A/N Hello all of my readers and reviewers! Here is my newest chapter, so please read and review it… Please enjoy.
Kid Flash sat on the edge of one of the caves various couches, his thoughts going in circles. No matter what he did he just couldn't get his mind off of his failed mission; he couldn't get his mind off of Robin. He had no idea where his absent teammate was and the worst part about the whole situation was that his best friend was somewhere with a deranged psycho.
"Why did he run ahead of me? That's not like Dick to do that. He should have stuck with me; we could have fought that freak off!" Wally thought angrily to himself, but was suddenly pulled out of his thoughts by Artemis.
"Are you okay?" Artemis asked concern etching her features.
"No, I'm not alright." Wally admitted with a loud sigh.
Artemis took a quick glance at the Speedster and she could see that he was truly worried about his missing teammate.
She had only been a member of the team for a few short months, but that was long enough to tell that the two boys were pretty close buds. She knew that they had their ups and downs just like everyone else, but in the end they always came through for each other.
"He'll be okay; you and I know both know Robin's a good fighter." Artemis said trying her best to bring some sort of comfort to her teammate, even though she knew it was no use. Nothing in the world was going to bring comfort to him at this moment accept the return of his friend.
"That's why I'm worried; Rob will probably say or do something stupid that will get him killed." Wally said, his eyes starting to glisten with tears. He knew Robin better than anyone and he knew he was famous for talking back, especially to criminal.
Artemis gently laid a comforting hand on Wally's shoulder. "What exactly happened in that building?" She questioned. "You can tell me."
Wally looked up at her and then let out another long sigh, then he began to explain what happened during his last mission.
*Flashback*
"Okay proceed, but be careful we still haven't confirmed who is in the building." Aqualad said through his comm-link.
"Got it." Robin quickly replied as he made his way to the warehouse with Kid Flash a few feet in front of him.
"We're in." Robin said pressing two fingers to his comm-link.
He then slowly started took in the scenery. It was a pretty old warehouse, probably thirty to forty years old and it reeked of mold and stagnate air. The floor was cracked in various places and stained; however, that was not the only thing that caught his eye. There was something laying in heap just a few feet away from him and it looked like a person.
Robin then slowly approached the still body and slowly flipped it over to reveal an older man with a big red grin plastered across his face.
"It's confirmed, are perpetrator is …" Robin stopped half way through his sentence when his ear piece started buzzing with loud static. Quickly he yanked the comm-link from his ear and tossed it across the room. Wally who was obviously also suffering from the same problem instantly followed suit and tossed his comm-link across the warehouse with Robin's.
"What the heck was that?" Wally questioned while rubbing his sore ear.
Suddenly they heard a noise come from some sort of speaker on the wall; they both immediately looked around and spotted a large black speaker hanging in the far corner of the warehouse.
"Hello kid's and welcome to Jokers fun house!" Joker said through the speaker.
"We need to get out of here and call for back up." Robin whispered to Kid Flash.
"Awww! Don't you kiddies want to hang around and play?" The clown asked with an eerie chuckle.
"Not really." Kid Flash said.
Robin and Wally then slowly turned around and started to head toured the doorway that was until the Joker had started to speak again.
"Oh, and don't try to leave because as soon as you go through those doors I'll kill every single one of these hostages." Joker said with his famous laugh.
"Think it's a trap?" Wally questioned, knowing that Robin knew a lot more about the green haired psycho then he did.
"Even if it is we can't take any chances. We have to help those hostages." Robin replied.
"So, we proceed without back up?" Wally questioned?
"Exactly!" Robin quipped, and then continued forward in search of the hostages.
A few moments later they were both running through the hallways of the old musty warehouse.
"Where are we headed?" Wally inquired.
"To the main control room. Think of it, if he was able to know that we walking towards the exit, then he must have been able to see us through the old security cameras." Robin stated.
Quickly they both rounded another corner and Wally suddenly tripped over some sort of rope that was hidden in the hallway. A few seconds later he was back on his feet, but Robin was nowhere in sight.
"Rob, where did you go?" Wally yelled, he then quickly raced around another corner but he didn't see his friend anywhere.
Wally then started to panic; he quickly started to pick up his pace, but then instantly stopped in his tracks when he heard a loud scream.
"Robin!" Wally yelled as he quickly made his way around the third corner in the direction of the sudden scream.
When he finally got to his detonation, he found Robin lying on the ground with a small trail of blood running down the side of his neck.
"Robin!" Wally shouted. He started to move towards his teammates, but something cold hit the back of his head and he quickly fell to the ground in a heap. Instantly his vision became blurry as darkness threatened to overtake him. Everything around him started to spin and the last thing he saw was a tall man towering over him with an evil red smile and then the darkness consumed him.
*End of flashback*
"And then the last thing I saw was that mad man." Wally said, trying his best to fight back the tears that where threatening to spill.
Artemis just sat there in shock; along with Conner and Megan who were now standing in the living room listening to Wally re-tell the events of his failed mission.
"I-I didn't know what to do, I was scared… and… and when I saw him he just looked so… so. I don't know how to explain it. We shouldn't have gone in alone; we should have waited for back up. I should have been in front of him." Wally said, tears now freely running down his face.
"Wally, it's not your fault." Artemis stated. "You didn't know that Joker was going to do that."
"No, it is my fault! I should have kept a better eye on him; he's only thirteen an a half for crying out loud. He should be the one here on the couch worrying, not getting hurt by some maniac! He deserves to have another chance at life." Wally yelled, he then threw his face into his hands and began to silently cry.
"We'll find him; I can promise you that Wally." Artemis said, as she pulled the sobbing Speedster into her arms.
*Back at Joker's Hideout*
Everything was black and all Robin could feel was pain. Slowly he tried to open his eyes, but even that little bit of movement caused him more discomfort. His head was throbbing and his ribs felt they were on fire he so badly wanted to hold his aching sides, but he was instantly reminded that his hands were handcuffed behind his back.
Slowly he pulled his head up to take a look at his surroundings, and from what he could see from this angle it just looked like another abandoned warehouse accept most of this buildings ceiling was gone and the rest was covered in mold. He then turned his head to the right to see a wall covered in red splotches.
He glanced around the building and realized that most of the warehouse walls were white accept for this one. It was half white with red splashed up and down the sides in uneven patterns.
A sickening feeling hit him when he realized that it wasn't red paint covering the wall "it was blood!"
"What do you think of the wall? I did it myself. Well, not all by myself; I had a little help from a civilian that found my little hide out." Joker said with a smile.
Robin then looked back over at the wall and saw a red hand print. (This needs more)
"Poor girl, she didn't know what was coming to…" Joker didn't get to finish his sentence before Robin started shouting at him.
"You monster!" "How could you just kill that person?" "They were probably cold or hungry." Robin tried to shout at the Joker, but it just came out sounding like a squeaky seal.
"No, she wasn't cold or hungry. She was a copper and coppers aren't good for me, but don't worry I made sure she went out with a smile." Joker said with another laugh.
"You're s- sck." Robin tried to yell at the mad man, but the pain from there earlier encounter was finally starting to get to him.
"What was that kiddo, I couldn't hear you?" Joker said and then gave Robin a hard kick to the side with his foot.
Robin let out a loud cry of pain.
"Did that last comment strike a nerve?" "I only meant to strike a rib" Joker laughed. "Now, now, kiddo I must be going, but I'll be back shortly and don't worry my goons will keep an eye on you while I'm out. So, be a good little bird okay?" Joker yelled to Robin as he made his way to the door and out into the unknown.
Robin waited till he heard the door shut and then he flipped onto his side and brought his knees to his chest. He then slowly pulled his hands from beneath his feet, so that his hands were now placed in front of him instead of behind his back.
Placing his bound hands on the blood stained wall he tried to pull himself up, but the sudden movement caused an explosion of pain to surge through his badly injured ribs.
Eventually after several attempts he finally had himself up into a standing position. Robin then started to take a step forward, until he realized that his feet were cold, he slowly looked down and realized that his socks and shoes were missing. Upon looking at his hands, he also realized that his gloves were missing too.
Robin then took another step forward, which wasn't a good move. He quickly bit his lip as pain shot throughout his battered body once again.
"God, that really hurts." Robin thought to himself. "Okay, now I just have to find a way out of here without having one of Jokers goons seeing me." Robin then started scanning the room; everything was all over the place.
He started to make his way to the door in the corner hoping that it was a door that led him out of this place. He gripped onto the walls for extra support, hoping that he would find something along the way that would make this easier.
Finally, he made it to the door and beside it there was a small peep hole. He took a quick look outside and saw a whole bunch of trees; he knew that this door defiantly led outside.
"Yes." He quietly said to himself and then he slowly grabbed a hold of the door handle and started to twist it; nevertheless, it didn't move.
"Come on, come on." Robin said while yanking at the door knob. "Please God; I need some way to get out of here." He whispered to himself.
"Hey, where did he go?" One of the goons yelled in a panicky voice.
Robin then started to smash at the door, but it didn't budge. Anxiety then started to kick in; Robin instantly felt his stomach start to knot up.
"Don't bother wasting your energy kid. That door won't open without a key and the only one who has one is the boss, and he doesn't seem to be around." Someone said from behind him.
Robin quickly flipped around to see one of the goons standing about five feet away from him. The goon took a slow step forward and revealed a knife that he had in one of his side pockets.
"Well, the boss said to watch you, but he never said we couldn't ruff you up a little." The goon said with a laugh.
Robin's eyes widened as the goon started to run at him with the sharp knife.
A/N: I know another cliff hanger. Anyways, I hope you guys like it. Please review and tell me what you think… Oh, and don't worry I will have a little more JL in my next chapter!
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