He was about to heave his prisoner over his shoulder when Alexandra's character stopped him.

"You should carry Bard, I'll take him." There was an evil glint in her eyes. Robin had no doubt she would watch Gabriel for the slightest sign he was trying to escape and the punishment would be swift and brutal; with her taking pleasure in every moment. He nodded wordlessly and went over to Jessie.

His com link crackled and Aqualad's voice cracked in his ear, "Robin, come in Robin."

Robin clicked the com to allow Aqualad to hear him.

"I'm here. What's up." He prayed nothing had gone wrong on their end. Out of the two groups, Aqualad's team's mission had been the most difficult.

"All of the assassins have been detained. The few that had powers lost them a few minutes ago, it was simply a matter of rounding them up after that."

"Anyone hurt?" He held his breath for the answer.

"A few bruises here and there, but nothing more than that."

Robin let out a sigh of relief.

"Anything else?" He prayed there wasn't, but intuition said that something was off about this whole thing.

"Not really, it's odd though, other than the assassins there was nothing and no one else here. No food, nothing that would allow them to receive orders, no transportation to get them out of here, not even weapons."

"You're right that does sound off. Do you think this is a set up?"

"Very possible. It's also possible that once transformed the person behind this can send commands to their minds, but even so this just seems too clean."

"We did take down the one harvesting the characters."

"What about Alexandra's sister?" There was a hopeful pause that seemed to echoed by everyone on Aqualad's team.

"We have her, but we will need a med team."

Aqualad informed him that doctors were on standby and the bio ship was heading to their location with some backup. Alexandra or her character, Robin wasn't sure which, lead the way to the submarine's control deck. Along the way she found a long coil of rope which she used to tie Gabriel's neck, shoulders, wrists, and waist to a pole in the center of the room.

"A bit excessive, don't you think?"

"He has admitted to kidnapping both you and Bard, torturing you, drugging Bard, attempting to kill you, and he has probably done a few other nasty things like the attempted murder of two UN officials. The better question is, do you want to risk him getting lose after all he has done, while Bard is defenseless? Because I really don't."

"No, I don't want that." He looked to Bard who he had laid on a bench. She was pale and resembled a skeleton wrapped in skin. Would she be able to fight again? Or walk? How long would these things take? He reached for Jessie with his mind, but found she was silent. "Do you think she will be alright?"

The girl shrugged.

"I cannot say, I am no doctor."

Robin pulled off his cloak and laid it over Jessie to keep her warm. He made sure she was as comfortable as he could make her before he went to the controls. After only a few seconds the craft was rumbling to life.

"You do know how to drive these under water carriages, correct?" As she asked this, Robin backed the submarine into the rear wall. The entire ship shook and the impact caused an ear splitting sound of metal scraping against metal. She glared at him as she pulled herself back into her chair. Robin smiled sheepishly at her before turning the ship around and taking them through the door. It took them less time to reach the surface than it had taken them to get down to the base.

The Bio ship was waiting for them above the water. Robin directed the sub to breach the surface of the water, the bio ship landed on the larger craft, and the bay doors opened. Robin made his way quickly to the ladder. Unfortunately, it is much harder getting up a ladder with a heavy burden than it is going down with one. Megan came flying out of her ship and landed above him.

"Need a hand?"

"That would be nice."

Megan floated them up and set them down on the outside of the sub. Five other people were disembarking from the bio ship. One wore a blue armored suit that reminded him of a beetle. Bumblebee flew down and enlarged to her normal size next to the beetle. Batgirl and Wonder Girl walked out together. They were followed by a bright green hawk. Robin smiled as Garf took human form. So Megan's blood did have some side effects. Garf, or Beast Boy as he was now known, thumbed a finger at Alexandra who was carrying Gabriel.

"Who's he? And who beat the stuffing out of him."

Robin glanced coldly at the older boy.

"His name is Gabriel Creen. He's the reason for this mess." Robin noted a particularly nasty looking black eye that had swelled up already, that hadn't been there earlier. "I believe-."

"Anya," Alexandra's character did a polite curtsy and a slight bow all while holding Gabriel over her shoulder like a sack of potatoes. "Anyone who treats a lady the way this filth did they should be thoroughly thrashed before being locked up." She dropped Gabriel's dead weight to the ground and smoothed out her skirts before adding, "I would have given him that thrashing, but I just purchased this dress and I don't want to sully it in his blood."

Wonder Girl smiled approvingly at her, while Batgirl and Bumblebee exchanged worried glances. Robin could clearly see what they were thinking; this one is nuts.

"Who is she," Batgirl asked nodding at Jessie, whom Robin still cradled in his arms.

"A friend."

Megan looked like she would wanted to say something to him, but Robin walked on towards the bio ship.

"There are still people down there," Robin warned them. "Get them rounded up and into cells. Then sweep the place and see if you can find anything we don't already know. This all seems way to easy for my liking." Now that he thought about it, Gabriel didn't have this kind of money. He then added as an afterthought. "Be careful down there. Most of the techs seemed to carry tazers, but the guards carry guns and knives."

There was no way Gabriel could just pay for an underwater fortress complete with minions, doctors, equipment, and laboratory doubling as a hospital. Who would give him this much money, and what did they get out of this mess, he wondered. The only thing Gabriel wanted was Jessie, and him dead, he amended. Which must mean the assassins were for the dark hand behind all of this. Robin's blood went cold. Jessie could very easily still be in danger thanks to Gabriel.

Quickly Robin brought Jessie onto the bio ship. He strapped her into one of the seats and Megan and Anya came in behind him. Anya dropped Gabriel on the floor then proceeded to truss him up like a turkey again. She even removed his socks, shoes and jacket. Megan raised her eyebrow at the other girl.

"This man's crimes include murder, attempted murder, torture, kidnapping, and possibly rape."

The last was a slap across Robin's face. Of course he knew it was possible, but to have it voiced out loud made his anger flare back to life. Anya swiftly stepped between Robin and Gabriel pointing her parasol at Robin.

"Don't." She pointed her weapon at the seat farthest from Gabriel. "I will ensure he doesn't move. You watch over Bard."

Robin grit his teeth but turned and sat down in the seat. Megan looked between the two of them before taking her seat. Megan closed the bay doors then steered the ship back to the mountain. He spent the entire trip clenching and unclenching his fists in an attempt to control his anger.

"Five minutes out."

Robin got up and unbuckled Jessie from the seat. Once they landed the bay doors opened and he carried her out to the doctors who were waiting with a stretcher. The doctors whisked Jessie away to the med center. Anya dragged Gabriel down the ramp; a hood over his head. He didn't stay to watch the other boy be dragged off. Instead he went into the mountain and headed for the med center. He stood in the doorway watching as the doctors checked over Jessie. Some time had passed before soft footsteps echoed behind him. He turned to see Alexandra back in control of her body and striding towards him.

"What's the verdict?"

Robin had spoken to one of the doctors briefly after their assessment. It wasn't bad but it wasn't good either. Alexandra seemed to know it wasn't good. She was biting her lip nervously.

"She's in a coma. They aren't sure why, but they did say her muscles are regenerating. Again they don't know why. However they did say she wasn't-," he swallowed hard unable t finish his sentence. Alexandra looked at him, understanding in her eyes. She sighed in relief. Neither of them wanted to voice that thought even though Anya already had.

"Did they say how long she would be like this?"

He shook his head no.

"And I don't suppose she said either?"

"She didn't."

Alexandra looked a little crestfallen, but not surprised. A harsh clanging from her jacket pocket prevented her from saying anything further. She pulled her phone out and glanced at the caller ID on the screen. Her face paled.

"I have to take this. It's my mom."