Chapter 2: Attack

Robin jumped over the counter and hid behind it for cover. His initial plan was to get to the air vents where it was safer and try to get his wrist computer to work again. His new plan was to not get shot. Three shadows caught up with him and KF and started shooting as the two heroes were about to enter the air vent. One of them was using a high tech rifle which fired lasers. The other two used regular machine guns. They didn't show any signs of taking them all alive. Kid Flash was behind the couch after his knee was grazed by a bullet. But fortunately, it was a small which would mean he would be up and running any minute now. The shadows shot at the counter he was hiding behind, so he jumped to the right throwing three batarangs and ducking behind the couch. Two of the batarangs had hit their target while the last one was embedded into the wall since the shadow dodged it. Robin looked to his left, to see that his best friend was no longer behind the couch. He then looked at his newly found injury which was on the upper part (bicep area) of his right arm. There was a large burn mark which meant he was hit by the shadow with the laser riffle. Robin hissed in pain as his wound started to hurt even more. The last shadow started walking towards Robins location, only to be knocked out by something fast.

"You okay Rob?!" Wally said as he kneeled next to Robin who had his hand on his wound.

"Yeah. It just burns. I'll be fine in a second… Where were you by the way? I could've used some help." He got up and walked to freezer.

"Heey! I got shot in the knee!" Wally complained.

"Haha. Dude! It was just a scratch." Robin joked

"It still hurt though. And you're welcome by the way"

"I could've used you a little earlier. Which brings up my previous question. Where did you go?"

"Well, after the pain subsided I took a look around for a bit for any other bad guys and came back to help you. I couldn't find anyone else and I think the mind link is down. I don't know why though. You think they got anyone already?"

"Don't know. But it would be best if we could find anyone else right now." Robin said as he wrapped an ice pack in a towel and held it to his wound. He winced in pain again.

"What about the air vents?" Wally asked

"We need to find the others first and see if their okay. Besides, they'd probably smoke us out of there." He dropped the ice pack on the counter and proceeded to wrapping his arm with a gauze."Now come on." He said as started to run down another hallway. Wally followed.

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Kaldur and Superboy entered the Hangar sprinting. So far, they hadn't faced any trouble but they were still very cautious.

"There's the cave's main generator." Kaldur said while pointing at the giant cylindrical generator in the corner next to the zeta tubes.

"Yeah but we don't know how to get it working again." Superboy pointed out

"That is true. It seems that they haven't bothered to tamper with it any more. Robin could probably make it work again. Right now, our top priority is to find the rest of the team along with a way out of the cave." Kaldur said while turning to look at the part of the cave that was connected with the ocean. "We might be able to swim out."

"I don't think so kiddies." The two boys turned around to see Devastation cracking her knuckles, readying herself to fight.

"We made sure there would be no way of you getting out." Just then, Black Manta surfaced from the water along with two manta troopers. "Manta's whole sub is blocking your only exit."

Kaldur pulled out his water bearers which immediately turned into swords and Superboy took his fighting stance. Devastation lunged at Superboy, tackling him to the ground and earning the first few punches. He then grabbed her fist as she was about to punch him again, put his feet one her abdomen and kicked her off of him. He then got up and ran towards her. She was already on her feet and they started throwing punches at each other and dodging. Kaldur was evading all of Black Manta's lasers which were shot from his helmet. One of the troopers was kneeing next to Black Manta firing his laser riffle at Kaldur while the other started advancing towards him with a knife. His water shield was his only defense against the laser being shot at him since there was no place to take cover in the huge room. In his other hand, his water sword turned into a mace. He easily knocked out the trooper with the knife by hitting him in the head with his mace. The other trooper then advanced towards him from behind. Kaldur turned around and hit him with his shield. He turned back around too late, to be struck in the abdomen by one of Black Manta's lasers. He fell forward on the ground, his mace and shield losing their shape and becoming water on the floor. Fortunately for him, his dense skin prevented any burns or cuts. He looked up to see Superboy thrown into the wall by Devastation, creating a small crater. He then turned to look at Black Manta who was slowly walking towards him.

"Make this easier for yourself and surrender Kaldur'ahm."

He winced in pain while getting up. "Never." Just then Devastation was thrown into Black Manta. Superboy ran over to Kaldur helping him up. "We have to go. We're outnumbered." Superboy then put Kaldur's shoulder over him and carried him down the hall.

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Rocket and Zatanna were fending off Sportsmaster and Cheshire in the locker room. Cheshire followed Sportsmaster around to keep an eye on him since she was worried about what he would do to her sister. Sportsmaster pulled out a handgun and started shooting. Rocket use her bubbles to block the shots. Zatanna used many spells to try and hold down Cheshire who kept evading anything thrown at her. When Cheshire got near her, the two engaged to hand to hand combat, in which Cheshire had the upper hand. Zatanna tried evading her attacks but was hit several times. Sportsmaster grabbed his mace from his belt and started swinging it around. Rocket evaded most of his strikes but one hit her side possibly breaking one of her lower ribs, causing her to fall to the ground.

"Etativel tekcor!" Rocket's unconscious body was lifted into the air before Sportsmaster could get to her with his mace again. Cheshire ran at her with her sai.

"Tcerider ym seimene tsniaga hcae rehto!" Cheshire flew back into Sportsmaster, knocking them both into the showers.

"Gnirb tekcor nwod!" Rocket was slowly brought back to the ground and subsequently woke up.

"Did we win?" Rocket asked

"Not exactly. We can't take them alone." Just then, a shot was fired from the showers, clearly by Sportsmaster.

"Can you walk?"

"Don't worry, it's just my rib." Rocket then proceeded to get up and start running down the hall with Zatanna.

"So where do we go next?" Where do you think everyone is?" Rocket asked.

"I don't know. I could use a locator spell, but that would require blueprints or a map of the cave. Which we don't have by the way."

"Great. So what now?" Rocket inquired.

"Let's check the lounge first." Zatanna said as they took a left down the hall. "You think they followed us?" Zatanna asked looking back along with Rocket.

"I don't think-" She was cut off by bumping in to someone. More specifically Robin.

"Robin!" Zatanna exclaimed. Wally who was next to him, helped him off the ground while Zatanna helped Raquel.

"It's a good thing we found you two. We were getting our butts kicked back there. And I do not want to go through that again." Raquel said.

"You guys okay?" Robin asked slightly worried.

"We're fine. Just a little bruised and battered." Zatanna answered.

"You guys got any word from Artemis. And M'gann! "Wally quickly corrected himself. "The mind link kind of went down a while ago." he stated

"No word from either them or Kaldur and Conner." Zatanna responded.

"We should get going. Something could be wrong." Robin said. The other three heroes nodded before following him down the hall. Most of the hallways were dark, but some were functional along with the light in some of the rooms.

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Artemis was in the library fighting Shimmer and two shadow ninjas. She was already battered from her previous battle but she was still able to hold up. One of the shadows was unconscious, Mammoth was trapped in foam thanks to the high-density polyurethane foam arrow she fired earlier with her crossbow. A shadow jumped off a bookcase behind her, hitting her in the back with a staff. She fell to her knees, and hands. She kicked the shadow's legs, tripping him. She then turned around and kicked Shimmer in the face. The other shadow got to his feet, only to be knocked out by Artemis' fist. Seeing how she won the battle, she walked over to one of the bookcases. Behind it was an unconscious M'gann who had been knocked out by Mammoth. Her injuries weren't severe but she had a major gash on her forehead from being slammed into bookcases and wall by Mammoth. The fight started as soon as they entered the library. Shimmer was already there with the two shadows and Mammoth came raging down the stairs. M'gann tried throwing any object at him, which he destroyed. Artemis fired several explosive arrows at him which only seemed slightly effective. He charged at her breaking her bow in the process. He kept punching while she dodged but one punch in her upper body (including her face) caused her to fly into a wall. It left her with a bloody nose. M'gann tried drawing his attention. He eventually got a hold of her and kept throwing her into bookcases and walls, leaving her unconscious and bruised. Artemis used her crossbow to fire a foam arrow which incapacitated Mammoth and left her to finish her fight with the rest of the villains.

"M'gann, wake up! We have to leave. Mammoth could escape at any moment." Artemis said while shaking M'gann to wake her up. She put M'gann's arm around her and carried her to the bookcase which she remembered had a secret passageway. She carried M'gann through and walked down the hallway. M'gann started stirring awake.

"Artemis?" She asked while rubbing her head.

"M'gann!" Artemis beamed excitedly. She set her down, her back leaning on the wall. She kneeled next to her and put her hand on her shoulder. "Hey. Are you okay? How are you feeling?" She asked softly.

"Dizzy. And a massive headache." her eyes started opening. "Artemis. You're bleeding." Artemis wipped the blood off her face with her hand. "It's nothing. Just a nose bleed." she reassured both stood up "Can you set up a mind link? We really need to find the others."

"Already on it." she said as her eyes glowed green. "Link established." A series of voices were then heard. Each team member asking different questions.

"M'gann, what happened?! Are you okay!?"

"Where are you guys?! We all need to meet up ASAP."

"Artemis? You there babe?"

"Kaldur. We need to regroup."

"Team. report you locations."

"GUYS!" M'gann silenced them all. "I kinda got a headache here. So if you don't mind, please keep it down."

"M'gann. Where are you?" Kaldur asked.

"Artemis and I just left the library. We're in the hall near the Hangar."

" Do not proceed to the Hangar. Devastation and Black Manta were there." Kaldur warned

" Retreat to the lounge."

"Uum. There are a few unconscious ninjas in there who might be slightly conscious right now so somewhere else would be best." Wally interjected.

"What about the bedrooms? I don't think they went in any of them" Conner added.

" All right then. Everyone meet in Superboy's bedroom." Kaldur ordered.

If you're wondering where Deathstroke is… Don't worry, he'll be back soon enough