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Tim POV
"So, what's the plan for when we go into Rimbor?" I asked as the ship was landed.
"Me and Superboy will go in and show Icon our evidence. You should stay here, since your human. I doubt the aliens there will want to listen to a human." M'gann said as she stood up.
"Fine. How long will it take?" I asked, leaning in my seat.
"Not sure. It might take a while, just stay in here." Kon said, making my eyebrow twitch as they left.
One of the things I never had to deal with in the League of Assassins was people thinking that I was just a kid who would get in the way. No, no one ever looked down on me. Not after I made a man beg for mercy in just 10 minutes when the others couldn't crack him. You would think the Young Justice Team would do the same, since they formed this team to make the League stop looking down on them. Who knew they were hypocrites?
I tapped my foot, looking down at the time on my phone. They were gone for an hour. "Screw this." I muttered, grabbing a jacket. I slipped it on as I stepped onto Rimbor, pulling up my hood so no one would be able to see I was human.
Getting to the court wasn't exactly as hard as I thought. As it turns out, aliens weren't as different as us. I say that, because their court had huge ass alien letters with people walking out talking about how justice was finally served in several different languages, one of them English. "Well, doesn't look like the League's doing too well." I muttered as I walked in.
Luckily, there was only one door that was big enough for it to be the court room, so finding the room wasn't that hard either. Seriously, aliens think they're so much better than humans, but it's ironic how much of the same we are.
"- And it provides a motive. Bringing the Earth to the Reach's attention." Icon said right as I walked into the hall of the entrance unseen.
There were three judges listening to Icon, the Justice League was standing in a closed off area with red handcuffs. Miss Martian and Superboy were in another separating them from the rest of the court by a red light. "Yes, but do you have nothing more?" An alien with pink, fleshy skin, with four eyes. He was obviously the highest judge on the council, but it seemed like he really didn't care about the Justice League.
"Of course we have more to offer. Would we come here if we didn't?" I asked, walking in with a smirk. The League, Miss Martian, and Superboy looked at me shocked.
"Wonderful." He said, leaning back in his chair.
Everyone's eyes burned into me, but I just continued to talk to manipulate these aliens like I did with humans. "Well, this is a court of justice. The decisions of this court have repercussions throughout the galaxy. And what we have to offer is opportunity." I said, looking over at Miss Martian and Superboy, hoping they would catch on.
"Right! The opportunity to show that..." Superboy started, not sure how to finish it.
"Truth and justice prevail here." Miss Martian finished, smiling hopefully.
"That is not the more we are use to." The same alien said, leaning his chin on his fatty hand.
"But it may be the best one you've gotten. If the court shows how fair they are here and now, then more disputes will be brought to this high court from all the known worlds. And the more disputes, the more mores there will be." I said, grinning with false confidence as they looked at each other.
The main judge looked at the other two judges before nodding. "The council has decided to drop all charges, effective immediately." The alien said, pressing a button to release the League.
"It worked!" Miss Martian said, throwing her arms around Kon in a hug.
"You did a good job, Osprey." Hawkman said before walking over to Hawkwoman.
"Well, I'm glad you didn't stay in the Bio-ship." Kon said, throwing an arm on my shoulder.
"Thanks. But don't you think we should get back?" I asked.
"Definitely." Batman said behind me, scaring M'gann and Kon. The one good thing about training with Ra's, even if someone scares the shit out of you by sneaking up on you, you know how to not look scared. That's exactly what I did.
We walked out of the court, all of us glad to be out of there. There was just something about that place that made you wish you could get out of there right away, what it was, I wasn't sure.
"How did you come up with that plan anyways?" The Green Lantern, John, asked as we left.
"Simple. The aliens here are just like the egotistical pricks back at Gotham. They think they're so much better than humans, but really they're just like us. I mean, this court is proof of that. And just like humans, you can manipulate anyone." I said with a smirk as we walked back to the Bio-ship.
"Can't say I've ever heard that before." Wonder Woman commented.
"That's because everyone else is in an alien prison." I said.
We all got into the Bio-ship, and Miss Martian started flying the Bio-ship away from Rimbor before an angry mob of aliens could come and kill us. "I can't wait to go home." I muttered, leaning back against my chair.
"I'm assuming Nightwing doesn't know that your rib is severely bruised?" Batman asked, sitting in a chair next to me.
I froze slightly, putting my hand lightly against the rib Jack had hurt so much that I saw the bone. Something like that takes a while to heal, and the fact that Jack came back with the baseball bat again on the second month of healing and it that same rib didn't help it. I was just lucky that Dana called Jack down sooner than the first time, so that's all he got to do. "Nightwing doesn't know. How did you figure it out?" I asked frowning.
"Your breathing is shallow. What happened?" He asked as I narrowed my eyes at him.
"Personal. Besides, I don't see how it matters. I can still fight after all." I said, noticing the slight downward twitch of his mouth.
For a while, neither of us said anything. Then I finally realized something I should have realized before the League left, when I had that mission with Batman and when he gave me those looks. "You know, don't you?" I asked, staring at him.
"Your connection to Nightwing? Yes." Batman said simply, like it wasn't shocking at all.
"Why didn't you ever say anything?" I asked confused.
"I was going to talk to Nightwing about it, but I had to leave before I had the chance. Did you guys ever talk?" Batman asked, looking at me with a raised eyebrow.
"Yeah, among other things." I said.
I frowned, remembering what Dick said when I listened to him explain me to Jason when the Red Hood was asked to join the team. "I heard Nightwing mention to Red Hood that he felt bad after the Drake's told him I didn't want to talk to him. And even if that was a lie and he didn't know, he said he felt bad. Was that true, or did he make that up?" I asked, turning towards him.
"Trust me, that wasn't a lie." Batman said, his voice darker than before, like he was remembering a very bad moment. Was it really that bad? I looked the window of the Bio-ship, blinking when Nightwing's face showed up on a screen in the Bio-ship. Apparently the saying is true, speak of the devil and the devil shall appear.
"We have a problem. How long till you get back to Earth?" He asked rushed.
"30 minutes at top speed. Why? What happened?" M'gann asked.
"Blue Beetle found out that Black Beetle planted MFD's, a magnetic field disruptor, to destroy the Earth to get rid of all evidence of them messing with the Earth. We'll need all the help we can get." Nightwing said, his face grim. It was a look that was starting to become a normal look on him. I hated that.
"Okay, we'll get there soon. What's the plan?" M'gann asked as she sped up the Bio-ship.
"We'll be going in groups of two. Impulse will run over to you guys, give you all an MFD, and join Osprey to disable the MFD in Florida. The rest of you guys can figure out your teams, and Impulse will tell you the other places for the MFD's." Nightwing said before disappearing off the screen.
"Who's Impulse?" Superman asked confused.
"The Flash's grandson who came from the future to stop the apocalypse and decided not to go back to the future. And I get the wonderful pleasure of being dragged all the way to Florida by him." I muttered, remembering how dizzy I was when Bart dragged me to the desert.
"Perfect." Batman growled under his breath. Well, at least he could agree with me that speedsters were annoying.
"I know right?" I mumbled, softly agreeing with the Dark Knight.
When we landed at the HQ, Impulse was already there grinning like an idiot. "There are MFD's in Metropolis, Gotham, Star, and Central. Good luck!" Impulse said, right before grabbing my arm and dragging me all the way to Florida.
Considering I was being dragged over 70 miles per hour, usually I would be getting dizzy beyond belief. But while he ran, it was hard to get dizzy when you were staring at chaos. People were running everywhere we went, the sky was dark, and the wind was going crazy. If it kept up like this, there might be tornadoes. "Alright, I'll take out the robots, you put the 'egg' on the MFD, okay?" I asked, pulling out my bo-staff and putting one end on the ground to steady myself
"Sounds good. Your getting past the dizziness a lot faster than before." Impulse commented with a grin.
"That's because the worlds about to end." I said, getting into a fighting position with my staff.
"Makes sense." Impulse said, running towards the MFD as I distracted the robots guarding the MFD by fighting them with my staff.
They shut off seconds later when Impulse put the 'egg' on the MFD, which was surprisingly easy. "Well, that was easy. Think they went easy on us?" Impulse asked.
"No, I think it's because the other MFDs are shutting down. The wind is going down, can't you feel it?" I asked, noticing that the wind was going down to a slight breeze.
"Yeah, I do. Did we win?" Impulse asked as we fist bumped. My glove hooked onto a compartment in Impulse's glove. (Yes, I looked it up. Impulse does have a hidden compartment on his glove.)
"No, we missed one. The Earth's magnetic field is still being disrupted." Captain Atom said into our comms.
"Can't get my glove off." I muttered through gritted teeth.
"I've located 21st MFD, it's in the Arctic. I couldn't find it because of the Earth's North magnetic pull. I'll send the coordinates." Blue said through his comm.
"There are no zeta tubes in the Arctic, how are we-"
"Don't worry, I got it." Flash said, a look going into Bart's eyes.
I narrowed my eyes and hissed, "Don't you dare, Allen."
The problem with him being a speedster, he did dare. So that's how I found myself being dragged all the way from Florida to the Arctic with me screaming curses at Impulse. "Impulse, will you help me get my glove off of yours?" I asked, loud enough for him to listen.
Impulse opened the compartment, dropping me onto the Arctic ice. "And people call me a prick." I muttered as I stood up and started jogging towards the MFD. Like Captain Atom said, there aren't any zeta tubes at the Arctic, and if Bart can give me a ride here, he can give me a ride back.
"It's too late, it's gone chrysalis. I don't think the egg..." Flash said, my eyes widening.
"The egg is useless." Lex said, and I started sprinting towards the location even quicker.
The only way to fix it... would be to get rid of that energy with kinetic energy. "What now?" Flash asked, his voice drowning in my ear.
"Run." Lex said, and I finally made it to where the speedsters were.
The MFD had turned into a tornado of pure energy. Enough energy to destroy the world. "Hey, I'm not a coward, Luther." Flash snapped.
"He never said 'away'. If you and Impulse run the opposite way that is turning, you should be able to get rid of the energy. Of course it's easier said then done." I said, frowning as I stopped next to them.
"How did you get here?" Flash asked.
"That's partly my fault, let's just go!" Impulse said, both of the running towards the tornado.
I bit my lip, my teeth digging into my lip harshly, blood slipping down my lip. They were going top speed, and even though it was slowing, it wasn't stopping.
Just as I thought this, I felt a rush of wind past me, and a blur of red and yellow go by. My eyes widened even more then, because Kid Flash was going into the circle to help Impulse and Flash.
Now, this should be a good thing. But it wasn't. Why? Because I remembered when Flash, Impulse, and Kid Flash did this around Neutron. They weren't going at their top speed, and Wally still flickered out of existence for a few seconds. "Impulse! You have to slow down for Wally!" I said, going into a frequency only me and Impulse were on.
"I can't! This is the only way to save the Earth! And get off the comm with me. At this speed, the kinetic energy will overload both of our comms if they're on, and explode in our ears. I'll be fine because I can just quickly throw it away, but you can't." Impulse said.
I growled in frustration and snapped into the comm, "Then help Wally speed up! Like when you were fighting Neutron, don't ask about how I saw the fight, and you guys put both of his arms on your shoulders to speed him up when you ran away from the blast of energy Neutron released."
"Why?" Impulse asked.
"Listen, I saw a video of your fight with Neutron and when you three were running around Neutron, Wally ceased to exist for a second, but that wasn't at top speed. If you guys keep on going like this Wally will die!" I said, and I heard Bart's shocked 'what?!'
I don't know if he said anything else after that though, because when I felt the heat rising in my comm, I took it out. But, I didn't get to throw it away. Instead, it fell out of my hand, exploding the ice below me. And making me fall into the ice cold water.
On the way of the fall, I should have been able to catch myself on the side of the ice. But I couldn't. A sharp edge of ice shoved it's way into my ribs, the blood flowing into the water and ice. My eyes widened as pain overflowed me along with the ice cold chilling into my legs. "Osprey, why are you in the water?" I heard Nightwing ask. But where was he?
I turned my head around just in time to see him come out of the Bio-ship with the rest of his team, and then I fell into the water of the Arctic. The cold shocked me, my arms going numb as I started drowning. My flailing arms and legs moved slowly, stopping all together when my vision started going black.
And just as I closed my eyes, I saw Nightwing dive in, swimming towards me.
Dick POV
I jumped into the water, the cold nearly freezing me as I swam towards Tim. His eyes were closing, blood slowly seeping out of him by a rib wound. I thought he said that healed. I guess I should have expected that he would lie to go on the mission/
I grabbed his limp hand, swimming up towards the surface. "You have Osprey?" Artemis asked.
"Yeah, help me get him up." I said, pulling his other arm up so they could pull him.
They pulled him up, the blood leaking onto the ice. "How did he even fall in? The ice is sturdy." Kaldur asked as he started helping me carry him onto the Bio-ship.
I looked over, the tornado of energy completely gone and the others running towards us. "He called me on a comm link... he saved Wally's life." Impulse said, his voice shocked and breathy with panic.
"What do you mean?" Wally asked, confused as we all got into the Bio-ship.
"What hospital? We won't be able to get him to the HQ or the Watch Tower quick enough." M'gann asked as she sat at the driver's seat.
"How long will it take to get him to Gotham?" I asked, biting my lip.
"10 minutes if I go top speed. Will we get him there with his costume on?" M'gann asked, flying quickly towards Gotham.
"No, I left some cloths on here for all of us in case something happened. We can check him in as Tim Drake at the hospital, that way no one knows he's gone." I said, pulling some cloths from where I hid them and pulled off his shirt.
Scars littered his chest as I put a shirt back over his chest, blood seeping into the new shirt. How many of these scars has he gotten from missions, and how many did he get from Jack? That was what I wondered as I saw a few burn scars, other scars that looked like a crowbar. "Bart, what did you mean that Tim saved Wally?" Flash asked as flashbacks of Jason's funeral went through my mind.
I looked over at Bart, wondering exactly the same thing as Flash just so that I wouldn't have to think about Tim dying. Bart looked shocked, like it was his fault this happened to Tim. "He called me on the comm and told me that he saw a video of us fighting Neutron, when all three of us ran around Neutron. He saw Wally flicker for a second... and that's how he knew if we didn't help him speed up, Wally would have died. I told him the comm would explode. I guess it could have been worse and explode in his ear... but I never thought he would end up in the ice." Bart said, looking away with everyone else as I changed his pants. Seriously? It wasn't like he was going commando, and I know every here has seen legs and boxers before.
"It wasn't your fault, Bart." Flash said, rubbing his back.
"We're here. What's his excuse going to be?" M'gann asked.
"He was running out of the way of a tornado, and fell into a pond that was cold for whatever reason. He must have got his rib hurt by hitting a rock." I said before rushing out of the Bio-ship with him on my back.
"Come on, Timmy, hang on. I can't lose anyone else." I whispered before bursting into the hospital.
"He needs medical attention." I said, someone running up to me with a gurney seconds later.
"We'll take it from here, thank you." She said, pushing my little brother into the emergency.
I left the hospital, the feeling of dread spreading through me. Timmy had to survive. I couldn't lose my little brother. Not another one.
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