Time Against Time

Chapter Three

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Young Justice, folks! If I do, Wally West should never had ceased and Nightwing should never had leave the Team. Though, I own my OCs in this story.

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Chapter Three:
Surprised
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Zatanna Zatara sighed in frustration. Oh, how much she hated being on watch on the Justice League's routine. At the ripe old age of 21 (almost 22, mind you), she should be hanging out with Raquel in a party. Where she'd act wild and dance with whomever she want. Where she'd get a hangover, she was not fond of terrible headaches but she was ready to take the risk for her happiness. She was so angry at Captain Marvel for pinning her on this duty. That little twerp was surely hanging out with his 16-and-17-year-old friends, which she deserves just with people her age.

The only other person that was kind enough to join her at the duty was Superman. Shocker. The man was super kind that you'd think he'll be able to win the "Kindest Man on Earth". He was also not the horrible mentor he was five years ago, and that was saying something!

There were two new recruits for the Justice League, Huntress and some dude called Vendetta[1]. There were also new recruits in the Team, including the Boy Scout's very own cousin, Kara Zor-El or Supergirl. Though the latter looked young, she was older than Superman mentally and literally, it was just that her body was frozen for a long time so she looked like a teenager. The League was talking about making her as one of them, but Superman turned it down, saying that she was not yet ready to be a team player[2]. That is why the Team was her team for now. For her to learn the ways of working with a team, to be a team player on the field.

She rubbed her temple as she glanced towards the screen in front of her. Several camera views of the Watchtower was showing. She could swear that on one angle of the camera, Hawkwoman was mocking her for being on duty[3]. She didn't really see it, she just felt like it. Maybe she was wrong, or perhaps not. Stupid Justice Leaguers.

She craned her neck from where she was sitting to see Superman boringly looking at the screen. She once again sighed as she slumped on her seat, returning her eyes to the screen. There were so many ups and downs on being a member of the League, but at least she could still get into action. Zatanna grinned, she totally liked being on actions.

A bright white light from one of the camera views snapped her out of her thoughts, her glee rising on possible action but also dread of something entering the Watchtower without being detected by the alarms. Why'd you ask? Because the bright light looked like a Boom Tube, and Zatanna had a fair share with those and only she knew that villians really liked to use them.

Rising from her feet, she saw eight—no, nine—nine bodies fall from the possible Boom Tube and landed on the floor rather painfully. Superman, beside her, also tensed. He also recognized the light looked like those transportations. She expected the bodies to move, but they lay limp there. Maybe there were unconscious or dead. Oh, she did not like seeing people die (although she didn't really see it, she just didn't like people dead).

She ran out of the watch room, the door slamming loudly behind her, and went to the place where the camera had shown they were. Good thing she knew the place the nine bodies landed on and was somehow grateful for it. She could also hear Superman following her and she ignored his pleas to slow down.

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Robin groaned as pain erupted from his chest. The last thing he remembered was being stuck in that goo and his ribs cracking then falling into unconsciousness. He slowly opened his eyes and regretted it already. Bright light blind his vision and he could faintly hear a beeping sound next to him. A heart monitor. Which meant that he's on the medical bay at the Cave.

After he closed his eyes again, he rubbed his eyes before opening them again, the bright light long gone. He glanced around the room and saw that his teammates were also there, albeit unconcious. He looked at his bare chest and saw that it was bandaged. His hand went to his face with the speed that will make Kid Flash jealous and sighed in relief to find his mask was still on.

A moan made his head jerked to where the sound came from. It came from Roy's hospital bed as the archer slowly sat up and looked around. A look of confusion flashed from his gace and Robin understood why.

The medical bay they were in looked nothing like medical bay at the Cave, but it was familiar, he just can't name it. Soon enough, all of their teammates woke up, all looking around in confusion. Kid Flash was the one who broke the silence, "Hey, where are we?"

"I believe we are in a medical bay, Kid, but it does not look like the medical bay we have at Mount Justice." said Kaldur. His brows furrowed as he concentrated on something. "But it looks somehow familiar."

"It's certainly not the BatCave, 'cause Bats will not be whelmed that his medical bay looks like this." informed Robin, supporting himself to sat up on the bed. He succeeded to sit up but not without a wince.

Roy looks at them, seriously. "You think this is the Watchtower medical bay? I mean, we've been there and you can't deny the uncanny resemblance of those."

"Possibly."

"Watchtower?" Artemis drawled, confused. "Surely they won't send us into a space structure when we have the Cave. What gives?"

Robin thought about it for a moment then shrugged. He was clueless why the League decided for them to be treated in the medical bay at Watchtower instead of at Mt. Justice. The room indeed did look like the Watchtower medical bay they were once treated in after their exhausting fight with the mind-controlled Leaguers.

The opening of the door snapped the Team out of their personal  thoughts and they sighed at the sight of the Big Blue Smurf (Supes, Big Blue, Boy Scout, whatever you want to nickname him) but their eyes almost bulged out of their sockets when the next person came in.

She was an attractive yet familiar person. Her black hair was curly and few strands hanging from her ears to frame her face and she had cerulean-colored eyes. She wore a low-cut, button-up suit that showed her cleavage and a grey-colored blazer. She also wore a black mini-shorts, grey stockings, white gloves, a white bow tie on her neck, and high-heeled boots that reached up until to her calves. She was alluring and taller, sporting a curvaceous frame. Over all, she looked like a certain magician.

All of this clicked in Robin's head as he blurt one word that surprised his Team and himself, "Zatanna?"

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NOTES:
[1] - Vendetta is an OC, if you don't know.

[2] - I was having an internal debate on whether where should I put Kara on. The Justice League or the Team? I settle down on the Team since she was frozen for years (she's a little stiff, maybe) and is not a team player, as it was explained.

[3] - I'm having Hawkwoman act more like Hawkgirl in the "Justice League Unlimited" animation tv-show.

--> First question, should I include Nightwing in the story? Second, should  it be cameo or a long appearance? Third, should he come back to the Team?