Chapter 4
Aqualad, Miss Martian, Superboy and Rocket were in Megan's room, the door barricaded, trying to think of what to do next. Kaulder and Megan were still feeling the effects of the heat, Raquel was trying to fix her belt, and Conner was making sure Robin couldn't get through the door and trying to cover any cameras that may be in the room.
"I think our best bet is to try to have Conner catch him, he is the only one that still has any powers at this point. Or at least the only one that can use them." Raquel said
"We need to be able to catch him first, which sounds easier then it is, and it doesn't sound easy at all" Megan says
"How do we catch the freaking boy wonder, he's been doing this for a lot longer then us and is trained by Batman. On top of that, I don't think he's even trying that hard." Raquel said
"Of course he's not. it's barely been over an hour, and he's already got three of us captured. And of the four of left, three are powerless" Conner says angrily
"We must stay calm. We still outnumber him, and even if we are not full strength, we still have other skills to use." Kaulder said calmly
"Team, the training exercise will be put on hold for the time being, report to the briefing room for a real mission" Batmans voice sounded over the intercom
The four of them stared at each other, trying to figure out if this was just another trick from Robin. All of a sudden a monitor appeared and Robin, Artemis, Wally, and Zatanna all appeared in a video standing next to Batman
"He's serious guys. Let's go, I'll catch you guys later" Robin says laughing as the monitor shuts off
"We should hurry. We don't want to keep Batman waiting." Kaulder says
The remaining four walk into the briefing room, and Megan starts poking Robin.
"It's really me, now stop touching me." Robin says with a chuckle
"You can't blame us for testing" Conner says
"You should turn the heat down so me and M'gann can recover before the mission starts" Kaulder says to Robin
"Sure thing pal" Robin says pulling up his his wrist computer
He pressed some buttons and then there was a loud humming noise, then the walls started to glow red.
"Uuuhh, what's going on?" Raquel asked
"I'm not sure, but this feels weird" Conner says
"The heat definitely isn't going down" Megan says
"Robin, did you break something?" Conner asked
"I'm not sure, SB help boost me up to that control panel so i can make sure the circuits are all good" Robin says pointing to a panel on the wall.
They walk over to the panel and Robin pulls out a Bird-arrang to pry open the panel. Conner cups his hands together so he can boost up robin. As he bends over, the Bird-arrang lets out a green gas and Superboy falls to the ground, unconscious. After he fell, smoke filled the room. Once it cleared, Robin and Conner were gone.
"What just happened?" Raquel asked shocked
"We were conned" Kaulder says putting his hands through the holograms of the captured teammates
"How did we fall for this so easy?"Megan says poking the Batman hologram "And how does he plan on keeping Conner tied up? we wouldn't use kryptonite on him, would he?
"You're right Miss M, over exposure could do some serious damage to SB. But the red glow is red sun radiation. Kryponian powers come from yellow sun radiation, like earths sun. Red sun radiation negates his powers without hurting him. After the reds attacked the base, me and Batman fitted the cave with some precautions in case something like that happens again. Would have been helpful on the watch tower last month." Robin said over the intercom
"So this was just a trick to take out our big weapon?" Raquel says annoyed
"Basically" Robin said with a chuckle
"I'm really starting not to like this kid" Raquel says
"Hurry, lets regroup and come up with an idea" Kaulder said
The three remaining members of the team ran off.
Robin came into his secret room where he kept the three members of the team he has already captured. He pulled up a computer in the room, pressed a few buttons and then the room stared to glow red. After that he went outside and dragged a tied up sleeping Superboy into the room and tied him to a chair. Once he was done, he noticed the shocked looks from the others.
"The red glow is red sun radiation, negates his powers." He said shrugging like its no big deal. "Now just three left"
He looked at his wrist computer and sighed.
"I thought this would be more of a challenge. Its been an hour and half, and I've got most of you already. And the other three are weakened already. O well, might as well just end it" He said almost bored "Hey, you guys want to go see a movie after i get the others?"
He looked at Zatanna, Wally, And Artemis after he go no response.
"Oh that's right, tape. Just nod" He said
He received three glares and just shrugged it off.
"I'll look up times" He said laughing as he leaves again.
Watchtower screening room
"the fact that this kid is blowing through this challenge is mind blowing" Flash says "He's doing it faster then i could"
"Was any part of this kids childhood normal?" GA asks
"What me and Robin do at home is non of your guys business" Batman replies
"I think I'm going to have nightmares of this kid hunting me in a forest" Hal says
"I was stuck on an island for 5 years with nothing as scary and horrifying as this kid on it" GA said grabbing Black Canary's hand for comfort