Born together, die apart book 3 (young justice)

Eminent Threat

Dick walked through the hospital sliding doors with his hands in his pockets. His eyes wandered around, landing on a rack of lab coats which he went towards, taking one. As he pushed open a different set of doors, he put it on, the custodian not putting any mind to him. Once he was in the morgue he changed into his gear, going up to the wall he saw through his and Wanda's telepathic link. An image of what code to put in appeared in his view, him typing it in before Oracle took care of the eye recognition. The door opened, Nightwing walking in. 'Once the door closes i'll lose signal. Be careful.' "Always." A bug then flew in front him, making him hit his head on the wall behind. 'LOLz! More careful than that!!!!' He pointed at the robotic beetle. "You are supposed to be on my side." Not a second later does he lose signal, him pressing on his com. "I'm in. What's your status."

"We're two minutes out," Tigress answered.

"SB? Scarlet?" There was no response, making him sigh. "Follow." Dick snuck down the tunnel, coming to a stop behind a wall letting the beetle take a look.

"Receiving video."

Jeff's voice soon followed. "Nightwing, stop this before they finish loading those kids."

He moved from his spot to a door he spotted, eyes going from bright blue to normal. "Negative. Those pods aren't going anywhere fast on rails. I need to locate SB, Scarlet, and the prince first." Quietly, he opened the door, going in once he confirmed that it was clear.

"Activate the spy gear we planted, might help you find them."

"It might if it wasn't in a thousand pieces." Nightwing pressed his back against a wall next a window. "Got eyes on X and, huh? Dr. Helga Jace. They've got SB, unconscious, in a pod."

"Oh, he is not going to like that," Artemis stated.

"Nope." He moved his gaze to a different one. "Brion's in the next pod over. I think they were trying to make him meta-active. But i don't see..." His eyes then widened when a third pod's tar lowered, revealing an unconscious Wanda. "Tigress, Lightning, do either of you know if you can activate an already active meta-gene?"

Lightning was quick to answer. "You'd have to have a meta lab rat to test that out on."

The brunette fell to ground once her pod was open, coughing up the tar. His fist clenched as his eyes narrowed. "Yeah, well, i think they found theirs." X went to her, trying to help her stand when he was flung against the wall, falling into one of the tables. The scientist remained on it until he was gently picked up and set down, Dick looking over to Wanda to find her standing completely still.

"Arriving now."

"Then i'm going in." Dick was about to go when he heard a door open, turning back to look at Vertigo who had entered the room.

"What is going on here?"

"Ready to go in-"

"Hold up. Something's happening."

Count took a step closer. "Explain yourselves." X tried but came up short as he walked by the two. "I have just spoken with his highness and he gave no orders for the podding and tarring of the prince of the realm!" He grabbed the scientists collar, lifting him up slightly. "Especially not for the witch! She could've ended up dead! Our greatest achievement put at risk!"

"His highness? Gregor?" Dick wondered.

"I want answers! Now!"

X pointed at Helga. "You lied to me! You said this was all done by the bosses command!"

"I had to," she defended. "His so-called highness is out of control. The things he has made us do. But now we have someone with the power to stop him, to stop Bedlam!"