When Love Is Turned Into A Weapon

Chapter Twelve: The Labour of Love, Part 1

"Uhhhggg, where are we?" Nightwing blurted. He was the last to wake along with Batman and Blue Beetle.

Aqualad nodded at Superboy before he spoke. It may seem, Nightwing, Batman and Blue Beetle were out for a while, Miss Martian and Zatanna are nowhere to be found.

"We are at the bridge between the two worlds. Behind us is the way back to earth and over there is underworld." He pointed over a enormous gate where nothing can be seen beyond it, just fog. "Zatanna went off with Miss Martian to look for Barry, Bart and Wally." Aqualad continued.

"How long have we been unconscious for?" Batman growled.

"Half an hour, in fact, you three were the only ones that fell unconscious when we arrived. Zatanna assumed that the her detection spell she enacted with your blood may have been the reason you all fell unconscious."

"Did her spell work? Are we where they are held?" Blue Beetle questioned with anxiety.

"I am not sure if it worked. Zatanna and Miss Martian should be here with them by now if it did."

"We're conscious now, let's go find them." Nightwing stated.

"We cannot. We must wait for their return for they have stated to meet us back here." Aqualad saying everything.

Superboy finally spoke. "They're here, I can hear footsteps over there." He pointed in a direction of fog.

"I can't see anything." Nightwing squinting his eyes.

"Get out of there!" Miss Martian screamed floating over towards the group with Zatanna from the opposite direction of where Superboy pointed.

The team gasped, Batman quickly took hold of Blue Beetle and Nightwing and ran off with Miss Martian and Zatanna, Aqualad and Superboy followed

The team ran a fair distance from where the were originally. Before someone spoke they stopped to take a breath. "So.. can.. someone explain?" Blue Beetle struggling to speak.

"I told you to run because you thought that was us, I'm not sure what Superboy heard." Miss Martian answered.

"Ummmm Zee, you're flying." Nightwing gave a confused, concerning look at Zatanna.

"Oh yeah, I figured, this placed is infused with magic, much more that what is on earth." Zatanna bragged.

"So that means she's much more powerful here." A familiar voice spoke hidden behind the fog.

The team looked around for the voice.

Batman was startled, he was shaken from the familiar voice before speaking. "Barry? Is that you?"

"It's good to see you old friend." Barry walked in from the fog and was soon at the behold of the team's eyes.

"BARRY!" Miss Martian lunged herself at the speedster. Her embrace was very welcoming. "Are you with the others?" She asked with a smile of hope.

Barry sighed and answered. "No, we were left, abandoned by the dark angel in a graveyard not far from here, where ghouls attacked us. We managed to evade but got separated in the process. God knows how far they are from here. All I have left from that was this blue ribbon Wally had in his hand, he must have dropped it trying to escape."

The two men embraced each other but only for a quick moment, no-one suspected a thing. "I knew you'd come after us, which is why I stayed around."

"Hold on, Barry. Hand me that ribbon." Nightwing fretted.

Barry handed the ribbon to Nightwing. "I recognize this." Dick started to study the ribbon more closely since it was in his hands. "Yes, this was part of a gift I gave to Wally. I used this ribbon to tie up the gift."