Chapter 6 Fear of Rejection.

M'gann's psyche unknown time and time zone

M'gann was wandering the sandy Dune Sea of Mars(I'm sure I made that up). As a White Martian, the rejection M'gann went through daily was horrendous. She would be bullied, pushed around, and beaten mercilessly. The only Green Martian that treated her kindly was her uncle J'onn, AKA the Martian Manhunter. But, horrendous treatment aside, here, at the Dune Sea, M'gann could be at piece. It was a peaceful and beautiful place. It helped her think. It made her happy. And it was this place, the memory of it, that gave her constant happiness on Earth.

M'gann's surroundings then changed. She was at the Cave now. She cheerily made her way into the Living Room. There she saw Zatanna and Artemis talking about things only an Earth girl could understand.

Hey Guys! M'gann said cheerily, not realizing that she was communicating telepathically with her teammates. She saw Artemis and Zatanna stare at her with horror filled eyes. They began to back away from her.

Guys? M'gann asked worriedly. She started walking towards them. Artemis began to shout,

"Stay back!" And grabbed her crossbow. Pointing it a M'gann, she said, "I'll shoot!"

Artemis? It's me! Megan! Don't you recognize me? M'gann was getting even more worried.

"You aren't M'gann! She's not so ugly. You're a monster! Get away from us!" Artemis shouted. Her words hurt M'gann more and more until M'gann realized something. She ran to the bathroom to look in the mirror. She would have paled if she already wasn't. She was in her White Martian form. She desperately tried to change into her "disguise", but her body wouldn't change. She heard a strange laughter as a masked man walked into the bathroom doorway.

Crane.

Unknown location in Gotham 9:00 pm EST

Scarecrow stepped out of the room the girls were in. Sportsmaster, Secret Soldier, and Haverage were waiting for him. Crock cut right to the chase.

"When do we get paid?" He asked.

"You'll be paid when I see fit." Scarecrow turned to Haverage. "You, find me more 'test subjects'."

"Not until I get paid for this catch. I'm not doing anything more until I get paid." The others nodded. Scarecrow said in an almost creepy tone, "I see." He walked back into the room. When he came back out, he held a silver case. On it was the picture of a crow, with an "S" drawn over it. Inside was $1,000,000. Scarecrow said, "Here is your money."

Haverage refused though. "I want extra. The catch is worth more, I get paid more." He folded his arms over his chest. Scarecrow started to growl. "Fine. But after you bring me another test subject of equal value."

"Deal." The two shook hands, and Haverage was off on the hunt again.

Wayne Manor 9:30 pm EST

The Team were at Wayne Manor, taking a break from the search. Of course, the only one really breaking was Wally, who was eating all of Alfred's horderves. Robin was frustrated, every time he found something on Crane, he thought of Zatanna being at the man's mercy, and THAT made him angry. Robin and the Team were finally broke from their research as they heard Alfred shout a very firm,

"No Master Wallace. You can not have more horderves."

They then heard Wally whine, "Please!?"

Followed by another "No."

After about five minutes of this, Artemis got up, stormed towards the source of the conflict, and the Team heard a loud WHAP! Wally was dragged back to the computer room where the Team was at, being held by the ear by a very ticked off Artemis. She threw him into an office chair and said, "Now be still Baywatch." Walking back to her station, the others continued their work. Robin said, "Guys look at this." and the Team got behind him.

"From these files, Scarecrow likes to hide in abandon clinic buildings. Probably because he's a psychiatrist." Robin rubbed his chin. He then pointed at the screen. "North Gotham Clinic's been recently closed down, and all Scarecrow's other hideouts have been busted already. It's hard to say."

Wally then began to yawn, and Artemis sent him a death glare. He quickly quieted. Kaldur then said, "I believe it is getting late. We might need to continue tomorrow."

"Understood Kaldur. See you all tomorrow." Robin said.

As Artemis was walking home, She noticed she was being followed. Patting her crossbow, she continued walking home. As she walked up the steps to her house(she wasn't in uniform by the way), she was grabbed from behind, and dropped her keys on the top step. The car sped off, Artemis inside.

Soon after the car left, a green streak flew by overhead, in the direction of the car.

A/N: I have conquered the Block of Writing! That's why updates have been nonexistent. At least I've been reading FanFiction. That counts. Right? So, Zee isn't in this chapter really, but we'll check in on her battle with "Scarecrow" in the next chapter. In the review, please tell me who the "green streak" is. I will reveal a new(but Non-OC) character in the next chapter as another protector of Gotham. Until next time though, Read and Review, True Believers.