"There is a new assignment for you" one of the shimmering images spoke to the four boys. "You will be robbing the central city museum tonight at 8:30. As you know it is the largest of its kind in the world. No one has ever successfully pulled off a heist at the location. It's likely that you will encounter Justice League members. Remember our agreement." The screens switched off.
Kaldur still the team's leader and tactician, formed the group's plan. "Robin will hack the security, Superboy and Kid Flash will get the items, and I will remain on standby in case something goes wrong, or any of you need back up." The other three boys nodded silently and they set off.
Robin was tapping away at his keyboard, deactivating more and more of the security with every tap. He reached the last defenses. He was about to open the cases for some of the museum's most valuable items when something flew at him from behind.
He instinctively dodged the attack. Spinning around he found himself staring into the face of his old mentor. At the sight of Batman, something clutched at the boy wonder's gut. He didn't want to be doing this, but he had no choice.
The Boy Wonder swung out with his fist, attacking the dark night, catching the man off guard. They exchanged punches, each dodging the other's while managing to throw in an astonishing amount of their own.
Wally shifted his weight from foot to foot, waiting on Robin to open up the case that held some of the largest jewels (he was painfully aware of how much that sounded like a criminal). What could be taking the Boy Wonder so long? He realized something had to be wrong and touched his com, before he could even begin to speak he heard something that made him turn around.
Before Kid Flash had time to react, he was knocked out. The last thing he saw before his eyes shut was his old mentor, standing above him. An uncharacteristically serious look on his face, conveying the appropriate (for once) attitude for the situation.
Superboy turned around when he heard Wally fall to the floor.
The Flash was already hand cuffing his old sidekick in Justice League standard titanium handcuffs and a collar.
Conner tensed, sensing that an attack would come on him as well. He didn't have to wait more that a few seconds. Superman flew in and tackled his younger self. Superboy threw the older Kryptonian off him and stood. They charged each other, locking hands. Neither gave an inch in the deadlock until Superman raised his head slightly red tinting his eyes as the laser shot out of them. Superboy was thrown back, hitting the wall. He stood up and the two went at each other again, but Conner had lost a lot of his strength with the last attack. Clark slowly began to overwhelm the boy, pushing his hands behind his back and handcuffing him, fastening a collar around his neck as well.
The clone still fought kicking swinging his arms, doing anything he could, he had to. If those people ever found out that he didn't give his one hundred and ten percent Megan was...
Aqualad was waiting out front. When he heard radio static from Superboy and Robin's coms, he knew something was wrong.
Suddenly he saw his former mentor a fist flying at his face. Sidestepping, he brandished the short sticks and gathered water from the koi pond. It surged around him, gathering strength. He kept the older man at a distance with the longer range of his attacks, but Aquaman broke through. Kaldur used his water to form a spiked mace, hitting the other over the head as gently as he could while still knocking the bigger man out.
Aqualad turned around and was met with another attacker, his best friend, Garth. The black haired Atlantian lunged, landing on top of him, pinning him down temporarily. Kaldur pushed back and the two Atlantian started to roll, each grappling for an advantage over the other.
Slowly Kaldur began to gain the upper hand, but a moment before he could defeat his friend, he faltered for a second in his resolve, slackening his grip. He couldn't do this… but he had to. Resolve restored, he tried to regain the upper hand but it was lost. He found himself pinned, Garth's eyes betrayed his emotions a mixture of fury and sadness as he sapped the last of his platinum haired friend's strength.
The moment before he fell unconscious, Aqualad felt cold metal against his forearms.
Robin and Batman struggled, throwing weapons and clashing with their staffs. Neither seemed to give an inch and no one seemed to be gaining the upper hand.
While Batman topped Robin in experience, Robin had been trained from a younger age. Both knew their opponents inside out and neither would fall for the other's tricks. Just when it seemed like the battle wouldn't end robin felt something against the back of his head. He stumbled and then reached up to punch the dark night again. A bat-a-rang came from the other side of the room, pinning his hand to the wall. He turned around shocked, he saw Batgirl, his old friend. She looked like she was on the verge of crying as she advanced, locking on the handcuffs then whispering gruffly in his ear, "You're under arrest."
Dick went cold. What would happen now? They had always planned on dying eventually. Fighting their hardest, but what would happen if they went to prison? What would the light do to their mentors then? What would happen to Miss. M?
He didn't even see the next attack coming, Barbara swung her fist landing in the center of his gut. He saw black.
An: Ok, sorry the fights aren't very good, but here's what you need to know: YJ lost to their mentors, Batgirl and Garth showed up.
"What are we going to do with them?" Flash asked tentatively breaking the heavy silence that surrounded the group of heroes following the arrest.
"Prison, like all criminals, what else?" Black Canary replied, obviously trying to separate her feelings from the situation.
"Robin is going to come with me," Batman spoke with an air of finality "He's my problem and I'll deal with him." If anyone else had said this the group would have immediately assumed that they were going to kill the boy, but they all knew better. Bruce wouldn't resort to that sort of thing, no matter how badly someone hurt him.
Artemis grounded as she stowed her binoculars. "What now?" she looked at the red clad boy. "They got caught, but they won't say anything about why they were stealing. The league's going to lock them up and throw away the key."
"Not if we can help them." Roy spoke calmly his eyes narrowing.
The blond snorted "And what are we supposed to do? Bust them out?"
"There's a better way" Roy went over to his computer and started typing away "I'm calling in a friend, one with a contact inside Justice League."
An: before you even think about it Roy isn't calling Luthor. You'll just have to read the next chapter to see who he is calling.
I want it clear that:
-Garth has not taken over as Aqualad, he just made an appearance so I could have them fight.
-Batgirl is Barbra Gorden and Dick knows
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