`1Mirror Master lifted his index finger to his mouth and made a shushing noise as he materialized into the room the Young Justice team was being held, hoping they would stay quiet and not accidentally alert the villains outside of their looming rescue.
Every single's teens eyes widened at the sight of the villain, but the man only shook his head and pointed at his mind.
Miss Martian was adept enough to know what he meant.
"What are you doing here? Are you here to hurt us?" M'gann growled into his mind, her green eyes glowing as they narrowed at him.
The man couldn't help but smile softly, "You don't know me or the Rogues, so I accept the distrust. But we're here to help Red Hood bust you kids out."
Her eyes widened at this and communication between them was cut. Mirror Master softly walked towards the only teen he actually knew, Robin, and began to untie him.
The kids were held back by different means. Robin, being a normal human without many means of escape, was just being held by steel chains. Artemis and Zatanna were as well, but the magician had her mouth taped over. Rocket was being held inside a type of cage, without her belt, and Aqualad was right beside her, wrists bound by some types of handcuffs, and some type of black material over his gills.
Miss Martian, on the other hand, was seated on a chair, with simple rope tied around her, and some type of nozzle suspended over her. Mirror Master did not understand why the bonds were so rudimentary or why the girl hadn't escaped yet. And Superboy sat beneath a type of lamp that was turned off, his wrists held down by simple chains.
Why were those two metas not trying to escape.
"Robin trusts you, so you have our trust for now." He heard the voice of what he assumed was Aqualad in his head now.
"Good." Mirror Master smiled slightly as he looked at the lock on Robin's chain.
Luckily, Trickster had taught all of the Rogues how to pick locks for times just like these, so he set to work. It took him a minute or two, but the lock finally gave and he placed the chains that had been around Robin previously on the floor as softly as he could.
"What's up with the three powerful kids? Why haven't the Martian and the Kryptonian gotten free?" Mirror Master asked Robin with a quirked eyebrow.
The young boy stretched as he looked at the man. "Miss M's chair has a trigger. If she so much as moves, Red Sun light comes down on Superboy. Hard." The boy's eyes narrowed as he thought this. "And Superboy's bonds are just the same. If he does anything, moves a single inch, fire blasts down on Miss Martian."
"They thought of everything this time around." Artemis thought regretfully, head downcast.
As the Rogue looked at all of the teens around him, he couldn't help but smirk slightly. "They didn't. Now, I know you kids don't trust people like us- which is a good thing, believe me- but I didn't come alone. And Red Hood is pissed off at what Lex Luthor's done."
"Lex Luthor is the cause of this?" Aqualad asked, eyes widening.
"Should have known." Superboy growled. "Only Luthor could have made such ingenious traps for us."
Mirror Master nodded, "We don't know what he's up to, but we're worried about what he might be cooking up. Now, I'm going to need your utmost cooperation so I can get you out and get searching for Baby Flasher."
Robin then began to work on Artemis' bond as Mirror Master worked on freeing both Rocket and Aqualad.
"Five minutes have passed. We've given him all the time we could spare." Captain Boomerang told his friends as he glanced down at his watch, "If we don't act now... God knows what Luthor might do..."
Captain Cold nodded at the Aussie and looked at Weather Wizard. "You cut off all access out of the room. We've got a bone to pick with these fools."
The man nodded and prepared his wand.
The Rogues prepared for the fight. Then Captain Cold kicked open the door Mirror Master had led them to, frown in place as he looked over the four hired guns with barely concealed anger.
"What's this I hear of villains from out of town in our city?" He growled, cocking his freeze gun and aiming it at Zoom.
The speedy man looked at him with a quirked eyebrow.
"Captain Cold, don't worry, they're with me. We're just dealing with a small problem." Zoom said as he sped up to the man, hands raised as if to show they weren't going to attack.
Cheshire and Sportsmaster still prepared themselves for a fight.
Heat Wave growled at the man in yellow, "Zoom, you're not a Rogue. You don't follow our rules, but we respect that you're in Central for good." He said, preparing his own weapon. "We don't mind you. What we do mind, though, is the fact that you brought four outsiders to kidnap our Baby."
Zoom blinked at his words, "Your... Baby?" He asked, completely confused.
His confusion made all of the Rogues smile, even though Captain Cold's was almost psychotic. "Kid Flash." He said simply before he froze the man where he stood. "Now..." He turned to the other three villains, "Let's see if we can beat some sense into you intruders."
Red Hood, Trickster, and Pied Piper stood outside the building, where they had accorded to wait for the rest of the people. They stood behind an abandoned building that, in turn, stood in front of the Star Labs structure. And, even though the windows in the building were mostly broken or not there, there was enough of a reflective surface for Mirror Master to get there.
"Do you think they're okay?" Trickster asked as he paced in the air, his hover boots humming dully as they worked.
Red Hood only sighed and nodded at the teen. "Of course they're okay. If they weren't, we'd have heard an alarm by now."
Pied Piper nodded in agreement, "Besides, we all know how Mirror Master works. He'll get in, get the guys, and get out before anyone notices what's happening."
Just then Mirror Master made his appearance. With him were Rocket, Zatanna, Artemis, and Robin, but Red Hood felt worry well up in him at the lack of the other four teenage members of the team.
"Red Hood, we're going to need your help for a minute. Lex got smart and made traps for the rest of the kids."
The man walked towards the other and nodded, and they both made to go back to help the rest of the team, but Robin suddenly stopped Red Hood by hugging him.
"I know I don't say this often, Red... But you're an awesome big brother."
The younger's action stopped Red Hood in his tracks from sheer surprise, and he was frozen for a second as he processed everything. But Robin's hold on him only tightened and he couldn't help but return the embrace.
There was silence among them as the rest looked on at the interaction, Trickster smiling broadly at the show, then Red Hood sighed, "You're okay... I guess."
With those words Robin smiled brightly up at Red Hood, who only ruffled his hair.
"Now you guys stay here with Trickster and Pied Piper. And no matter what, do not go back into Star Labs. At all."
The four teenaged heroes and two Rogues nodded at the order and Red Hood nodded in turn, then turned to Mirror Master. Soon enough, both men were traveling through the mirror dimension once more and towards where the kids were being held.
Once there, they got to work on getting rid of the traps that kept Aqualad, M'gann, and Conner from escaping. And as the black haired man focused on deactivating the shockers on Aqualad's gills, he couldn't help but wonder just where they were keeping Kid Flash.
"So..." Trickster dragged out, looking from his friend to the four teenagers around them.
Artemis was clearly annoyed that she couldn't go back to help her friends, Zatanna was worried over the fact that Kid Flash was not with them, and Rocket was looking Trickster up and down, as if trying to figure him out. Robin was standing beside both Rogues, already used to hanging out with them from time to time because of Wally.
"Wanna do anything while we wait?" He asked with a smile, getting a groan from Artemis.
"We have the weirdest lives!" She told herself with a shake of her head.
Rocket couldn't help but smile at the blonde, "Sure we do... But the view isn't that bad..."
Trickster felt his cheeks flare up as she looked him over once more.
"Now you three listen to me, we're going to go through the mirror dimension and we're going to bring you with us." Red Hood informed the three teens once they were free, then flinched when he heard what sounded like an explosion coming from outside. "That's our cue to get out of here and get Wally out. We only have a few minutes before we have to get the rest of the Rogues out."
The three teens in front of him nodded, then he turned to Mirror Master. "Let's get going. We still have one kid to find."
And so they left, and just in time too. For about a second after they had gone through the reflective surface that was a glinting piece of metal, Cheshire was blasted into the room by one of Heat Wave's fire attacks.
"Nobody messes with our city!"
When I first started writing this, I told myself it would be a one-shot. As I got to writing, I noticed it was too long, so I decided it would be a two-shot. Then I wrote the second chapter and conceded it could be a three-shot. Now, though, it's somehow become a story I was never planning with actual description and explanations and... Well, y'all should be happy. 'Cause it's now a story with more than three chapter.
Anyway, hope you liked it and find it good enough to review.