Hi! So, a guest named Isabel pointed out a fact that I feel that I need to make clear. This was the part of her review I'm answering, 'Anyway, I noticed an inconsistency here. You said that Miss Martian was kidnapped, which was one of the reasons why Nightwing asked Jason to join the team, but then later on, she comes in with La'gann. So which is it?'
And just in case if anyone else is confused by this, I'm posting it now. In the last chapter, I wrote that Miss Martian was kidnapped, not is kidnapped. In the Young Justice Invasion episode right after Miss Martian escapes from Black Manta, Nightwing didn't want to push her because he was blaming himself for her being kidnapped and what happened to Kaldur. That is why he brought in Jason, so that no one else would get kidnapped when they had more team members to help. Sorry for the confusion.
Disclaimer: I do not own Young Justice.
Tim POV April 30th
"You're worried." Nightwing noted, looking over at me with an amused look.
"Yes, I am. Because if this doesn't work, not only will Blue end up a slave to the Reach, the entire world will be enslaved. I think I have a right to worry." I snapped, glaring at him as me, Wonder Girl, Beast Boy, and Bumble Bee flew to Bailya.
We discussed the plan, and we all knew we would need back up when Zatanna was doing the ritual just in case another beetle barged into the middle of it. That would be the ones in the Bio-ship, all except for Nightwing. He was going back to make a plan with Kaldur since, as rare as it was, it was the only time Kaldur and Nightwing could plan how to turn things around in the summit meeting. The people getting Blue and taking him to Bailya were Rocket, Zatanna, Impulse, and Batgirl. Red Hood was in Gotham, taking care of some things there, Miss Martian said she had to tell Lagoon Boy something important, and Superboy is being a buffer for his friend Wendy so that she won't mess up with the guy she's dating.
"Stay traught, we will get Blue back." Nightwing said with a comforting smile.
"What does traught even mean?" I asked confused.
"Well, distraught means to be unfocused and upset, right? So, traught means the opposite, obviously." Nightwing said, his grin growing.
"You know, there is a reason English doesn't work that way, right?" I asked, raising an eyebrow at him.
"It should, it would be simpler." Nightwing said with a snort.
"Not really. Then what would you do with the word like, disgust? You can't take the dis out of disgust because then you would have gust and gust already has a meaning. Or the word overreaction. Taking the over out of overreaction can't make reaction mean less of a reaction. That's what the word underreact is for." I said, snickering as he glared at me lightly.
"I'm not saying it should for all the English words, I'm just saying it should work for most of them. And since when did you get to be an English genius? Back at the circus you hated speaking English." Nightwing said, flicking me in the ear.
"I had to learn quickly when I got sent to a preschool. They make fun of you there a lot when you don't know what certain words mean." I said with a shrug.
Dick frowned slightly, but left it at that. Soon we got to the cave in Bailya, and Nightwing opened the door of the ship. "Careful to not get caught. We still don't have Blue, and the last thing we need is the Light warning the Reach before we do." Nightwing warned as we left.
I nodded and followed the others into the cave. "There's not many people here." Wonder Girl whispered.
"That's because there was no alert. No alert, no one rushing in to stop us." I said, sneaking into the ritual cave quickly.
When we got in, it was almost like one of those old tombs you see in mummy movies. Certain parts of the stone walls and pillars had crumbled over time, though the alter where the magician stood was still intact. Symbols were carved into the walls, most of them looking egyptian. "So, now what? We just wait for them to get here?" Beast Boy asked.
"We should probably hide. If Green or Black Beetle come for back up, then we'll need all the advantages we can get." I said, walking behind the alter.
"I don't understand, didn't you hide some of your moves before you came out? Couldn't you use them against the Beetles?" Bumble Bee asked as she flew behind a pillar.
"Well, yes, I did. But those moves end up breaking bones and killing people. I'm not even sure if Martian's have the same system as us, and I don't even know what kind of alien Black Beetle is. For all I know one of their major veins could be in their wrists, and if I broke it and they ended up dying, it would be all my fault." I said, making everyone else frown.
"That sucks. It would have been nice to have another advantage." Beast Boy said from where he was sitting on top of a pillar.
"Even if I did try to kill Black, it would still be hard. His armor would get in the way." I said casually.
"How can you say that like you talk about that everyday? It's horrible." Wonder Girl asked with disgust.
"Have you ever been to Iraq? Or Afkanastan? Or any place where there was a war of any kind?" I asked, leaning against the wall I was hiding behind and staring at the wall in front of me.
"No. Why would I? We help fight crime, not wars. Besides, if we did fight in the wars, that would just cause the other side to want metas, and they would do anything to do it." Wonder Girl said, her voice echoing in the cave.
"I have. The Light put me in a lot of missions in places with wars to get all hesitance of me killing out of the way. In war, you have to kill. It doesn't matter if you try not to, that only postpones it. Everyday, people die there and it's either killed or be killed. That's what I did whenever I had missions in Iraq or any other country with war. So yeah, I totally agree that it is horrible I can talk about death so easily. But I'm not proud of it, and I can't change it." I said, and I saw Wonder Girl stare at me from where she was hiding behind another wall.
Nobody else said anything as we waited for confirmation that Blue was captured, but the wait was starting to get long. And let me tell you, hiding behind a wall in the same position for an hour hurts. "What's taking so long?" Beast Boy whined, obviously bored.
"Taking down Blue probably isn't easy, not while he's under Reach control. You know how it is hard for us to take down Black Beetle? Well, the same battle tactics are now in Blue." Bumble Bee said, making Beast Boy finally understand just what they were doing to him.
"Team Beta, Team Alpha has just caught Blue. Be prepared for them to get to you soon." Nightwing said into all of our comm's suddenly.
"Got it. Beta squad, out." Wonder Girl said, and the wait started once again.
Luckily, it wasn't long before the sounds of fighting above us came, obviously our Alpha squad fighting Queen Bee's minions. "Should we help them?" Beast Boy asked, looking towards the entrance way.
"No, don't. Rocket maybe not be able to do much while she holds Blue, but they have Zantanna, Batgirl, and Impulse. More than enough to take out Queen Bee's stooges." I said. He nodded, but continued to look at the entrance way concerned.
However, he lost that look when Alpha squad walked in with Blue in a containment bubble.
"Do you have the power for this, Zatanna?" Impulse asked as he walked in with Batgirl and Rocket.
"Me? No. But I'll borrow from people who do." Zatanna said as she walked up to the altar.
She started meditating on top of the altar, channeling her power probably. "So far, no other Beetles." Wonder Girl whispered into our comms.
As if on cue, Green Beetle flew in. "You were saying." I said into the comm.
"Oh, shut up." Wonder Girl mumbled under her breath.
I rolled my eyes and looked over at the fight. Beast Boy was fighting him, currently an elephant. But, Martians were stronger than humans and was strong enough to push over Beast Boy.
"Let's go help." I said, running towards the Green Beetle.
"You humans are annoying." Green said annoyed before blocking all my hits with his armor.
"Perhaps, but that's the fun part about being human. It gives you an excuse to bug the crap out of others." I said with a smirk.
Green scowled, then blasted me away with his sonic cannon. "I hate the Reach." I muttered as I hit the wall with a groan.
I looked over at Zatanna, hoping she was almost through with the ritual. However, she wasn't. She had a blue beetle on her forehead, and her eyes were opening. But this time, she had no pupils. Her eyes were pure light.
The crumbled buildings started fixing themselves, everything going back to the way they were when they were made.
I looked back at the fight, and saw that Wonder Girl had Green Beetle tied up in her rope. However, that didn't stop Green from firing a cannon at Zatanna. "Impulse, use the rope to drag Green over to the altar in front of Zatanna. It will block the blast, and get his scarab clean." I snapped at Impulse.
He nodded, and in a matter of seconds he grabbed the rope and used it to stop Green's attack. Light filled the circle Green and Blue were in, both of them being consumed by the Light.
"Nice plan, Osprey." Impulse said with a grin.
I nodded, looking over at Blue and Green. "Are they back to normal?" Rocket asked.
"Ugh. My head." Jaime groaned as he sat up.
"Yes, they're back to normal. I can't sense any of the Reach's energy on either of them." Zatanna said with a relieved smile.
"It's true, I don't feel the Reach inside me anymore." Jaime said with a happy grin.
"Good. Glad to have you back. Can't say the same about the Green one, though." I said, glaring at the Green Beetle.
"Hey, he was under control just like me." Blue said, trying to defend him.
"Yeah, but he's the one who corrupted you. Give us sometime, he hasn't given us much to trust him on." Impulse said, everyone hesitantly looking at me.
"What?" Blue asked.
I looked up at him, then turned around. "We'll fill you in on the way. For now, I really just want to go back to the HQ." I said, walking out the entrance.
"Sounds like a good plan. Let's go Jaime, we have a lot to fill you in on." Impulse said with a grim look. The look was appropriate, since I would have to tell another friend I was a traitor.
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