Author's Note: This one goes into what the episode didn't, how the league found the team! I own nothing, please review!

9. Finding The Truth

Batman returned to the Batcave at almost four in the morning. The League mission had been long and difficult but by some miracle they had all made it out of it unscathed. He had expected Robin to be back by now, she was usually back from the Mountain at around one.

"Alfred, has Robin called in?" Alfred, who was dusting the dinosaur, shook his head.

"No Master Bruce. Miss Diane has not been in contact. I was under the impression she would be at the Mountain 'trolling' Miss Artemis." Alfred made his way down the ladder that was positioned next to the large dinosaur. Batman lowered his cowl. He tapped his earpiece.

"Robin. Robin, come in. Robin!" Static met his ears and his heart dropped.

"Batman to Aqualad. Kaldur. Kaldu'ram!" Nothing.

"Kid Flash! Come in."

"Miss Martian!"

"Superboy!"

"Artemis! Someone answer me!" The static persisted. Bruce rushed to the Batcomputer. He tried to pull up cave security systems but found them all dead. Racing to the zeta tubes he tried to access the cave but the tubes were in emergency shutdown mode. That only happened when they had been unexpectedly shut down, they needed time to reboot. Batman didn't waste any more time, he called the League.

"Batman to Justice League." Superman answered the call immediately, Batman almost never called the League especially this soon after a mission.

"What's wrong Batman?" Batman's scowl was deeper than usual.

"Has anyone had any contact with Mount Justice or any member of the team?" Superman shook his head.

"Not that I know of, hang on I'll check." With that he turned and spoke to the other members of the league that were still in the Watchtower. The Flash raced over to the computer next to Superman.

"Bats what happened? Why are you so concerned about the kids all of a sudden?" Batman had to take a deep breath in order to not start yelling at the Flash.

"I attempted to contact Robin, who is late, and got only static. After failing to get a hold of him I attempted to contact the rest of the team, with the same result. Their zeta tube is in emergency shutdown and the Mountain's security system is offline. I believe they may be in danger." By this point the rest of the league members had gathered around the monitor. Green Arrow looked pale and J'hhon's eyes were wide with fear for his niece.

"I am zetaing to Providence. Anyone willing can and should meet me there. Flash, do not run ahead, if the team is in danger you might get them killed if you run in without thinking." Barry paled under his red cowl but nodded racing off to the zeta tubes followed by everyone else in the room. Batman raced to his own zeta tube and programmed it for Providence. The tube glowed and he stepped forward almost into the Flash as he materialized in Providence.

"The others are on their way, but…" Batman glared.

"Then we wait for them." They only waited a few minutes but Flash had nearly set the grass on fire twice by the time the rest of them got there. The gathered heroes consisted of Batman, The Flash, Superman, Green Arrow, Black Canary, Martian Manhunter, Aquaman, and Captain Marvel.

"Right, Flash and I are going on ahead. When we get to the Mountain we will check in. You follow only when we give you the go ahead, if this is a trap I want to be ready for it." They nodded at him and the Flash grabbed hold of him. He felt a whoosh of air and suddenly they were outside Mount Justice. Batman sighed, he hated running with the Flash but it was necessary. Batman scanned the area, all seemed quiet, too quiet. He motioned Flash to him. Barry was twitching he was so nervous. Bruce regretted picking him but he had been the one who could get him to his daughter fastest.

"We are going in through one of the secret passageways. If anyone ever finds out about this passage from you I'll know. Barry nodded as Bruce led the way to a spot about halfway up the mountain itself. He pushed aside a large rock and typed out an insanely long code into the keypad beneath. The larger rock in front of him swung open and Bruce leapt into the opening. Barry followed him. When he made it to the bottom of the passage he found Bruce kneeling on the damp floor.

"There shouldn't be water here, did a pipe burst or something?" Batman didn't respond. Barry raced over to him and gasped as he saw what was in his hands. Robin's cape lay sodden and torn on the floor.

"He managed to get it off before they got a hold of him. But Artemis doesn't look like she was that lucky. I count sixteen arrows, about half her quiver. Robin set off some explosives here too, but they must have been completely underwater or they would have left bigger scorch marks." Batman quickly pried off a panel on the wall revealing a set of access ports. He pulled out a cable and a small black box. The box glowed and a computer, much like Robin's wrist mounted version, appeared.

"Tapping into caves motion and heat sensors." He tapped a few buttons and frowned.

"Correction, reactivating the motion and heat sensors, Robin must have turned them off at some point." He nearly sighed in relief as he found six heat signatures, they weren't moving though.

"The hanger. Tread carefully, I'm not picking up any other heat signatures but that doesn't mean there aren't other people here. The Flash nodded and raced off toward the hanger, Batman in hot pursuit. He was still a few rooms away when he heard Barry cry out and yell.

"Bruce!" It had to be serious if he was using Batman's forbidden first name. Batman picked up the pace and was in the hanger in moments. He found a harrowing sight there. All six members of the team were lying strewn around in the aftermath of what had to have been an epic battle. None of them looked alright. Kid Flash and Superboy were held upright in melted metal while the others were laid out on the floor. Batman's eyes zeroed in on Robin who lay face down at the base of the metal that held Superboy immobile. Blood had pooled around Robin's face and Batman didn't think twice, didn't worry about this being a trap, he just ran to his partner's side. He made to flip her over but his glove came away sticky and red with mostly dried blood. The cut on the back of her head would need stitches, he could do that once he made sure she was alive.

He flipped her over gently, she looked tiny without her cape. She was breathing, suddenly he could breathe again. He tapped his ear com.

"Batman to Superman. Get over her ASAP. Whatever did this is long gone but the team are all down." He cut off the call there knowing it would get them to the mountain faster. He turned back to his protégé determined to take whatever had done this apart piece by piece.