(I've taken liberties with Miss M's powers. LOTS of liberties. Like, Dresden-Files-lifted liberties.)
3. Aqualad!
M'gann flew down hallways, reaching out as far as her range could take her.
Aqualad, respond!
"M'gann, we've got three minutes left," Wally shouted from behind, skidding to a stop in front of her. "I've searched the sublevels, but I don't know about the secret passages."
Don't panic don't panic. Aqualad would say Don't Panic.
"Okay, okay, I think I've got an idea, but I need you to remove everyone from the building."
Wally smiled, all bravado. "Already done, beautiful."
"And I need you to get out."
The mask came down. "M'gann, the buildings gonna go in less than three minutes -"
"Then I need you to let me concentrate!"
He reeled back in surprise at her sudden aggression, the disappeared in a blur of yellow and red.
She meditates where she is and reaches out her conciousness.
She feels the floor, the windows, and doorways. She can feel the air currents in the vents circulating and changing direction as the automated system turns on. Her mind outlines the bomb on the lobby floor.
But she doesn't See these things. Instead, she Sees old memories and feelings tied to rooms. She Sees the monotony of the upper floors, the front for the company. She can See the anxiety in front of the computers as the clock ticks down to deadline (ticktick…boom!), the passion in supply closets when the lust becomes too much, the aggression and calm collectedness in the boardrooms.
Below, in the basement levels she can See the room they had put her in, the table that they strapped her down in that arched into her pain, the room trembles and quakes for bloodlust. The room is dark and there are many others like it. (Superboy's rage, Artemis' cunning, Wally's anxiety, Robin's…)
The hallways close in on her mind. It's grown its own conciousness and they want to keep the boy they've hidden away in the depths.
She squeezes past and she Sees this
small
flickering
Light in the darkness and it feels warm but it makes her feel calm and it cools her down like a wave on the ocean surface and she reaches out to grab it.
Twenty levels of flooring are torn out from under her and she dives down.
