Sorry it took s long, I've had a lot going on and haven't been able to get to my computer til now
Chapter 5
Zatanna had finally wiggled her hands free from the rope behind her back. She went to take the tape off her mouth but still couldn't reach with the rope around her torso restricting her arm movement. she grunted in frustration and just stared in defeat. As she does this Artemis looks over and see's her friends hands free and gets excited. She motions and grunts to get her attention, and when Zatanna looks her direction she motions for her to untie her hands. They try to adjust themselves so she can reach before the boy wonder takes another one of them captive. After a few minutes of wiggling Zatanna got Artemis' hands free, but couldn't reach the knot that held her torso to the speedster. They both grunted out of frustration. At this Wally got an idea. He kept grunting to try to convey his idea to the two girls who just stared at him in confusion. He grunted angrily before starting again. He stared at Artemis, then pushed his mouth out to motion to the tape, then motioned his head to Zatanna
Artemis finally got it and went to kiss Wally, but stopped when she remembered the tape. she then motioned with her hand for Zatanna to move her head down. The magician happily obliged and moved as far as she could and the archer moved her arm as far as she could to try to remove the tape. The two struggled to get close enough until finally Artemis grabbed the corner of the tape. The force of both Artemis and Zatanna going back from each other, not being able to push themselves down anymore, and the fact that its duct tape, really hurt Zatanna's mouth.
"OOOWWW" she screamed
There was a giant red rectangle covering her mouth where the tape was, making both the speedster and archer snicker as they stared at her.
"Ya, keep laughing, see if I set you guys free." Zee said with a smile " eitnu em"
As she got up and stretched, she noticed the couple not laughing anymore
"That's what i thought." She giggled "eitnu meht"
The ropes fell off the couple, and they got up and stretched. As their hands were above their heads, Zatanna reached for the tape on their mouths and ripped it off. Hard.
"OOOWWW WHAT THE HELL ZEE" They said in unison
"You're right, it is pretty funny." She said holding the tape in her hands "but we should be quiet, we don't want Robin coming back and recapturing us."
The three of them looked to a still sleeping superboy.
"I'll untie him, but we'll have to leave him here, he's to heavy for any of us to carry if we're going to get away." Zatanna said holding her hand up "eitnu him"
"We need to get to Rocket, Miss M, and Aqualad so we can take Robin down together and win this thing." Wally said as they got the tape off Conner's mouth.
"yeah, but where are they hiding?" Artemis asked
"Lets find out" Zatanna said pulling up a computer. " looks like they're in the pool room, makes sense i guess."
"What about Rob?" Wally asked looking over his shoulder, half expecting him to pop up out of no where like usual when that question is asked.
"He is... " Zatanna paused sifting through all the cameras of the cave "Are you kidding me?"
"What?" Both Artemis and Wally said getting ready for a fight
"He's sleeping in the living room" Zatanna said a little agitated "Are we boring him?"
"Well he's caught four of us in two hours. One of them being a kryptonian" Wally said
"I guess" Zatanna said "lets just get to the pool room and make a plan to catch him"
As they left to leave, Zatanna stopped
"Hold on" she said "eit pu emos sregnagleppod fo em, dik hsalf, dna simetra"
She waved her hands and three copies were tied to the chairs with tape on their mouths.
"What about Superboy?" Artemis asks
"tropelet rennoc ot eht loop" Zatanna said and he vanished "eit a ypoc fo rennoc pu"
Just like the others, a copy of Superboy appeared tied to a chair.
"Perfect, now to the pool." Wally said reaching for the door
"wait!" Zatanna said stopping his hand. "knowing him, he probaly put an alarm on the door"
"Then how are we getting out?" Artemis asks worried
"Quick, grab my hands," Zee says "tropelet su ot eht loop"
Next thing they realize they're in the pool room face to face with the three remaining teammates.
"You guys escaped?" Megan said excitedly
"Yep, and we know where wonder boy is" Wally says
"Shall we make a plan to capture him and end the exercise?" Aqualad asks'
"Yes, but first" Zatanna pulled up a computer and reset the tempature so that Kalder and Megan could be at full strength "Lets get the team as close to full strength as we can"
"I'm surprised that he didn't change the password after you tried the first time to change it" Artemis said
"Well he caught her, so he probably didn't think he had to yet" Wally said
"I cant turn off the red sun radiation, so Conner still won't have his powers once he wakes up" Zatanna said
"And I cant't fix my belt without my repair kit, which I don't have at the cave today" Rocket said "So we can't trap him we originally planned"
"Well he's asleep, so if we sneak up quiet enough i could just say a spell that will tie him up" Zatanna said
"Plus with the heat back to normal, Megan can just keep him trapped in place" Artemis said
"And I can run around him fast enough to take away enough oxygen so he passes out like Red Tornado did when the reds attacked us" Wally says
"We're not trying to kill him Wally" Megan yells
"Enough, we'll sneak up while he is sleeping and Zatanna will tie him up, if that doesnt work Miss Martian will hold him still so she can try again. Then we call Batman and end this. Agreed?" Aqualad said
"Agreed" They all said together
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The team is sneaking through the kitchen on their way to the living room. Zatanna said a spell that made their foot steps silent so that robin couldn't hear them coming. As they approached the couch, Megan levitated off the ground and camouflaged herself so Robin wouldn't see her. As they got closer, Wally tripped and landed next to the couch with a thud alerting Robin awake.
"Seriously Wally?" Artemis screamed at her clumsy boyfriend
"I do better at high speeds, I'm not a ninja like you babe" He said
"So you guys got out of your ropes huh?" Robin said standing up in a defensive stance "And turned the heat back down I can see, so Kaldur will actually be able to fight. Guess I'm just escaping"
As Robin was about to throw a smoke pellet, he froze. The whites of his mask widen as he realizes he can't move.
"Glad your feeling better Miss M" Robin says with a chuckle
"Straighten his body out Megan, and I'll tie him up. Then we can call Batman and win" Zatanna says giving robin a cocky wink and smirking as she says this
"I will go call Batman" Kaldur says and walks away
"Eit nibor ot a riahc" Zatanna says waving her hand and Robin is tied to a chair in the middle of the living room
"If you wanted me tied up Zee all yo..."
"Gag mih" Zatanna interrupted, a strand of tape coming over the boys mouth
"Thank god" Wally says
" Recognized Batman 02, Black Canary 13, Green Arrow 08"
"Did you guys seriously catch him?" Green Arrow asks "He was cruisin before"
"You were watching us?" Artemis asks
"They were betting on you" Canary says
"You better have bet on me" Artemis says to Oliver
"Why did you call us?" Batman asks
"What do you mean? You said to call once we caught Robin. We caught Robin" Wally says pointing to the tied up boy wonder.
"That's not Robin" Batman says
The team walked over to the tied up boy to poke him to make sure it wasn't a hologram again. He felt solid. The team looked back confused.
"What do you mean it's not Robin?" Megan asks
Just then a still sleeping Superboy came down from the ceiling and landed in front of the team and an energy barrier came up around the seven shocked teens.
"What the hell is going on?" Artemis says confused
Just then, Robins cackle sounded through the cave as he flipped down to the ground in front of the cage that popped up out of no where.
"What...'' Wally looked back and forth between the two Robins
"Close your mouth kid, bugs will nest" Robin said with a chuckle "Hey Bats, I got them all"
"I can see that Robin" Batman said "Now free them"
"Can I leave Wally?"
"Hey?"
"Do what you want, but turn off the red sun radiation and put that practice dummy back in the training room"
The team looked at the tied up Robin only to see it turn back into a robot that they use for training.
"How did you know that wasn't Robin?" Canary asked
"He's my Protege" Batman said
Robin pulled up his wrist computer, resetting the red sun setting, the tempature, and releasing the team.
"So was the dummy just a distraction?" Zatanna asks
"No, when you turned down the heat i woke up. I ran and got the dummy after i saw you had escaped and were planning to get me after meeting with the others." Robin said " So about that double date to the movies"
As Batman, Green Arrow, and Canary watched the four leave through the zeta tubes after changing their clothes, Green Arrow turned to Batman.
"Seriously, how did you know that wasn't Robin?"
"He was tied up to long, obviously not Robin." Batman said without looking at him
"If we ever have kids, they are never going over his house." Black Canary says to GA as they walk away
"Remind me to hug Artemis more, I don't want her ending up to much like Robin" GA says shivering
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I know this is a terrible ending, but i wanted to get it done and couldnt figure out how i wanted to end it. but obviously Robin had to win this little game