Chapter 11: Cadmus Labs part 1
When the Teams returned to the Watchtower briefing room, Nightwing and Dark Eagle were at the hollo-computer. They said they had set the computer to translate the files from Byalian to English the night before and when it was done they should get a location. In the mean time they were translating it with the little Byalian they knew. Dark Eagle was straining her mind, trying to remember what a word meant in English when there was a beeping from her utility belt. She took out the time-worp communicator and pressed a button to receive the signal.
"Hey Wonder Woman," the Black Mistress said.
Cassie looked up from where she stood with her boyfriend, knowing the 'Wonder Woman' Dark Eagle was talking to was her.
"Dark Eagle," came a mature version of Cassie's voice "Have you been in the past 3 days now?"
"Yeah. Remember everything is consistent. 3 days to us is also 3 days to you," said the Black Mistress "Why'd you ask?"
"Man Martian and Superwoman are coming. Prepare yourself," said the Future Wonder Woman.
"Wait... What?!" exclaimed Dark Eagle but the communication went dead.
"What's wrong?" Speed Arrow asked, walking into the room.
"Man Martian and Superwoman are coming! Wonder Woman just called to tell me!" said Dark Eagle.
"What's going on?" M'gann asked, density-shifting into the room, still wearing her white-and-navy uniform.
"2 people from the future are coming. Man Martian and Superwoman," said Speed Arrow.
"Those 2 are coming?" said K.F, walking into the room with Robin #5 and Archeress.
"Yep," said Dark Eagle.
A time-vortex suddenly opened up and a woman walked out with a green man. The woman had ebony hair that went down her back, a crimson-red leather jacket, black crop-top with the Super S on it, crimson-red mini-skirt, black knee-high combat boots and had dark eye-shadow and dark red lips, a thin red bandana around her head. The man was, of course, green with a black cape with a red interior and a hood, black short-sleeved t-shirt with a red stripe on it like a sash and one around his waist, black trousers, black combat boots with red souls, black fingerless gloves with red knuckles, inky-black hair and a domino mask with red eyes.
"Hey," the woman said, waving vaguely "Wonder Woman left it kinda late to tell you we were coming, didn't she?"
"That's Wondy for you," said the man.
Speed Arrow was infront of him in an instant, greeting his friend.
"Who the heck are you?" Superboy asked, alerting everyone to his presence.
"I'm Man Martian and this is Superwoman," said the man.
M'gann hovered over to him.
"Hi," she said "It's good to meet you,"
"You to, M'gann," he said, laughter escaping through his voice.
"What's with the domino mask?" M'gann asked "If you can shape-shift then..."
"I had an over-protective mother," said Man Martian.
They spoke and introduced for a while until the computer announced the translation was complete. Nightwing took one look at the location and he bowed his head.
"Nightwing?" Zatanna asked "What's wrong?"
"Why?" he said "Why does it always end at Cadmus?"
Archeress, K.F, both Robins and Wonder Girl wandered around Cadmus with the tour group. The genetics lab was now public about geonomorphs and gave public tours to anyone who'd pay. The undercover super-heroes scoped the place out. They relayed information through a mind-link, made stronger by the combined forces of Miss Martian, Man Martian and Superwoman (Superwoman had said her and her brother, Super-Ace, had been exposed to radiation, enhancing their meta-jeans, and Superman, i.e Conner, and Miss Martian saved them, explaining their Kryptonian abilities and her telepathy). Robin the Girl Wonder eyed a camera.
"The camera in the North corridor is down," she said to her comrades in the Bio-ship.
"So is the one in the North West," said Superboy, from the group he, Rocket and Aqualad were with.
"Understood. That's 7 cameras down in total," said Dark Eagle.
"You children should be smarter than to use a telepathic-link where a geonomorph is," said a voice.
"Doublex?!" said Superboy.
"Indeed Superboy. I assume you are here for Mr Wallace West?" Doublex asked.
"What do you know about Wally?" Archeress asked.
"As much as you do, young archer, but not as personally," said the geonomorph "He is in the lower levels of Cadmus... in a pod like Match once was,"
"Once?" K.F wondered.
"Since Geonomorph City was destroyed Cadmus officials have kept a close eye on me. I can only give you one piece of advise,"
"What?" said Dark Eagle.
"Beware the Kryptonite," and with that Doublex dropped out of their mind-link.
Superwoman and Miss Martian (who had reluctantly shape-shifted her white-and-navy uniform back to red-and-black, for the time being) silently slid through the vents with Dark Eagle and Nightwing. Aqualad, Rocket, Batgirl, Guardian and Bumblebee were look-outs. Blue Beetle was their eye-in-the-sky again. Wonder Girl, Archeress, Beast Boy, the Robins and the Kid Flashes were back-up. Tigress piloted the Bio-ship, Lagoon Boy keeping her company. Speed Arrow had a sniper position on a roof-top. The Flash was with Zatanna and Superboy, waiting in the trees for their signal to join Superwoman, Miss Martian, Dark Eagle and Nightwing. Man Martian had shape-shifted into one of the guards and had set the working security cameras on loop.
"The cameras are no longer a problem," he said.
Superwoman, Miss Martian, Dark Eagle and Nightwing slid out of the vent and walked down the corridor, heading for the express elevator. They ducked behind a corner when scientists walked out of it but they went into a room moments later. The heroes ducked below the windows in the doors and made their way to the elevator.
"Zatanna, Flash, Superboy, your turn," said Superwoman.
Zatanna spoke a spell and they were teleported to the rest of the squad inside. Superboy and Superwoman pried the doors open. Dark Eagle and Nightwing shot grappling-guns at the ceiling of the shaft and they steadily descended down. Superboy and Superwoman jumped across the shaft, going from the ledges of each floor. Miss Martian hovered down. Zatanna did a spell and a yellow circle appeared under her and Flash and the 2 descended down the shaft. Soon, Dark Eagle's and Nightwing's grappling cords ran out, Dark Eagle hung a few feet below.
"Etativel em," she murmured.
She rewound her cord, the black energy radiated off her and she hovered down beside Miss Martian. Nightwing caught a ride on Zatanna's magic circle, putting his grappling-gun away.
"Wally is apparently on sub-level 52," said Nightwing.
They finally came to a stop and Superboy and Superwoman pried the doors open. It led to a bazar looking hallway. Nightwing thought back to when he first saw it. He smiled at the memory.
"Miss M, can you sence Wally?" Nightwing asked.
There was silence in the mind-link until...
"YES! WALLY'S HERE!" Miss Martian exclaimed "But it's very faint, which means he's unconscious,"
The mind-link was filled with cheers of relief and joy.
They came to heavy doors. It said 'Project Exeleration' on it. Nightwing hacked the computer-pad and the doors slid apart. The 7 heroes ran into the room and gasped. Lying in a Cadmus Pod, in a tattered uniform, was Wally!
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