Conner, Artemis, and Wally were heading quickly across the town of Gothom in a hurry to make it to the possible place where their friend was hidden before their time ran out. Wally, of course, was there much faster then the other two and even considered just speeding them there. Artemis firmly refused to be carried since her stomach could not handle the presume of traveling at super speed. Conner just couldn't be carried by the rather small Wally. Wally, while he waited, started to search for an entranced where Batman had said there should be one. He ran in circles around the place gradually decreasing in size until he had covered the whole area. He found nothing. Out of frustration he huffed and sat down angrily on a nearby rock. The rock fell out from underneath him and into, guess what, the lab he was looking for. He lay on the ground for a minute stunned then peeked down he hole the rock left. He saw a hallway with a large map on the wall underneath him. Finally he just couldn't wait anymore, he went and grabbed Artemis and dropped her next to the hole. She puked for a good 5 minutes before giving Wally the most evil of all evil stares. Wally shrunk back at the glare.
"Please don't hurt me." He covered his beautiful face with his hands so it's would not be ruined by a possibly fatal punch.
"I told you I didn't need your help." She stopped and looked around for a moment before picking up her yelling again, "and where is my bike."
She was referring to the motorcycle on which she was riding before she was rudely sped to her destination. Wally also looked around for a moment before speeding away and coming back as quick as a flash. (lol sorry) When he returned he moved a good distance from Artemis then spoke.
"It was to heavy so it's well hidden in an alley near the Wayne building. So don't flip out...please. Now before you say anything else. Remember we have a mission here so let's find Dick."
"Go on in. I'll follow behind you after Conner gets here." Artemis crossed her arms and tried hard to refrain from killing Wally. She spotted Conner jumping from rooftop to rooftop in the city.
Wally obeyed her words and sped into the lab. He started his search speeding up and down each hallway. Then he was stopped by the sound of cackling and evil laughter. "Oh crap!" Wally jumped into a nearby room apparently not seeing the speaker on the roof from which the laughter was coming from. He looked around and to his surprise and joy he saw a lean figure sprawled out on the ground. It was Dick. He was out cold apparently. Wally crawled over to him staying out of site from the door just in case the Joker peeked in.
"Dick, Dick, come on man wake up we gotta get out of here." Wally tried to call Artemis through his com but to no avail. The coms were jammed.
Dick groaned, his eyes slowly opening. He blinked a few times and union seeing a dark figure looming over him jumped back into the wall. Wally jumped back as well at the sudden movement of his friend.
"Oh Gosh Wally! Don't do that!" Dick yelled, frowning at his friend.
"What? That's not the kind of thing you say to your best friend who, might I add, saved your life." Wally retorted a small bit annoyed.
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By now Artemis and Conner were in the lab and conducting their own search since they were unable to contact Wally to find where he was. As they searched they came upon a room with a locked door. Conner promptly knocked it down letting Artemis pass him through, her bow drawn and ready to fire. What they saw was a metal chair with broken straps. In front of it lay a bent up box contains what appeared to be the bomb the Joker had shown them in the video message he had sent. It was disarmed. I'm the corner of the room was a sparking electric box. Artemis smiled.
"Why that little..." Conner put his hand on her shoulder.
"Look." He pointed to the small screen attached to the bomb. On it was, in classic comic style, the words BOOM! POW!
"That's, interesting." Artemis raised an eyebrow and bent down closer to inspect it.
The little screen split to reveal a little tube that shot some sort of gas. Artemis took one wiff and was out. Conner covered his mouth with his shirt in an attempt to block it out. He grabbed Artemis and ran for the doorway but didn't make it. Joker himself was waited with a sprayer in his hand which he used to shoot the gas right into Conners face. Conner dropped to his knees letting Artemis drop off his shoulder. He pulled at his eyelids trying to stay awake. Joker push him back with his heel onto the floor and sprayed more gas into his face. Finally Conner was out. Joker snickered maniacally grabbing Artemis and dragging her to the chair Dick used to be placed in. He replaced the broken straps with fresh ones then moved to Conner. It took him much longer to move Conner and he had to re-gas him a few times before securely strapping him down with metal restraints. He placed a shocking meter on both Artemis and Conner's chests making sure they were powered by a source that was untraceable by the young Heroes. He laughed and giggled as he exited the room going off to find his other two playmates.
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Yay! New chapter :D this still did take me awhile to get up but it was shorter them the last wait time at least :3 I just wanted say Thank You SO much to all of those who have favorited and followed this story it makes me really happy to see that people enjoy reading my writing. As usual be sure to leave reviews telling me what you think should change or a twist you would think I should add to the story. I may just use it :3 but yeah dats all I has ta say BYEEEE! :]
