The Cave, 7:30 a.m. Adam POV

I'm playing cards in the living room with Anaji, Braydon, and Cassandra. Cassandra fumbled with the cards for a second before putting a seven of hearts down on the pile of cards. I pull a card from the deck and say, "Penalty for not complimenting someone." She groans. "Seriously!" I give her another card. "Penalty for talking. Oh, and penalty for not saying something in a British accent." I hand her another card. She glares daggers at me while Braydon puts down his last card. "Mao you mother truckers!" Anaji throws down her cards and curses in Hindi.

Braydon is dancing around in victory and I laugh. Cassandra cleans up the cards and puts them into a neat deck. "I don't get this game!" she complains to me. Braydon gives a chuckle. "That's the point, you figure it out!" She begins to deal out four piles when the door suddenly opens, revealing the big guys.

There's Nora, Black Canary, Zatanna, and Kenny, but no Robin or Ally. Braydon notes this and whispers to me, "They're probably making out somewhere." This makes me snort with laughter, but I stop when Black Canary gives me a warning look.

"There's a battle about to happen in Blue Valley, so you three will be staying here while we evacuate the people to Empire City." Oh no! I think.

"My family's there, can I go with?" I ask. Black Canary shakes her head. "No, it's dangerous. If anything happens, we need you here safe and sound." Braydon makes a sullen face. "You can let my dad stay in his apartment. I'd like to see him buried under ten feet of rubble." He mutters. Zatanna gives him an odd look but doesn't say anything to him.

"We're leaving, don't get into any trouble." Zatanna says. I roll my eyes. "Oh please, we're fine. We're just gonna play cards, what could possibly go wrong?"

Blue Valley 8:45 a.m.

When the small group arrived at Blue Valley, people were already packing their things. Surprised, they turned around and saw a familiar, smiling face. He was tall and slim, but sturdily built. His shaggy black hair and his bright blue eyes danced as he walked up to them.

"What took you so long?"

"Brandon!" cried Kenny. She threw her arms around the man. He hugged her back. "Hey kiddo!" He said. Zatanna gave an easy smile. "Where's Yuri?" she asked, inquiring about his wife. "Oh, she's over there." He pointed to a crowd of people being directed by a young lady wearing a black dress under a white lab coat, holding a baby girl.

"You brought your kid?" Nora asked in disbelief. Brandon gave a sheepish shrug and smile.

"Yuri insisted on coming, but we couldn't get a sitter in time. She just came from Empire City High." He called her name and she walked over and smiled at everyone. "Hey! Nice to see you guys again." She shifted her hold on the baby. "Mae, please give me a break here." She said, talking to the baby. The baby, in reply, gurgled with laughter.

"Brandon and I are going to follow the buses to the shelters in Empire City and make sure no one starts a fight. Can you handle things here?"

Kenny nodded. "Sure." Suddenly, Yuri stuck her hand out in front of Kenny's face. Kenny blinked. A half an inch from her face stood an arrow point. Yuri was gripping the middle of it.

"It's been poisoned." Yuri growled.

The baby, sensing that something was wrong, stopped her playful giggling and looked at her mother's stern face with interest. Brandon plucked the arrow from Yuri carefully and snapped it in half, throwing it onto the floor. "Behind us."

Everyone looked back. Nearly four hundred feet away, stood an archer in emerald green. Yuri muttered something under her breath.

"Get everyone out, now!"

Central City 9:00 a.m. Ally POV

Somehow, we ended up staying over at her place for the entire night. I don't even know what happened, but the next thing I realized, I was pulling myself from her couch to the sound of my watch beeping.

Tim wakes up with the sound of my watch beeping and I blink to focus on it. "Incoming call." I muttered. Artemis was nowhere to be seen, probably deep drunk and sleeping it off in her room. I smacked a button on it while Time flicks on the lights.

It's full of static, and it's hard to see anything besides the snow. "Hello?" I ask. The sound comes in really fritzy.

"Ally! Zzzzzzz microchip ZzzzZzzzz in the cave! zZZZzzzz don't leave the cave! Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz"

"Hello? Hello?" I ask. The connection goes black and Robin gives me an urgent look. "Don't leave the cave. That means the others…"

I feel my heart sink into my stomach. "Oh no."

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