Younger Justice

Chapter 4

How could they possibly get out of this?

The team were on the verge of panic at their current situation, most of them powerless, virtually helpless, and with their mentors totally unaware of their predicament... everyone that was, except Robin. This confused the team to no end, he was a toddler, paralysed and powerless... but then again, he'd never needed powers before...

While the others had been panicking after Robin accidentally revealed his mental calculations about their chances in a fight, the team had gone from being worried to being mildly hysterical. Conner was both mentally and physically growling from being near the Kryptonite for so long, but in his 6 year old form it was much less intimidating than usual, Kaldur was attempting to get his emotions in check but was stressing over the fate of his team, Wally was panicking over not having his powers, Artemis was feeling helpless, tiny and vulnerable, but was trying not to show it and Megan was in a state of shock, using all of her will power to not revert to her true Martian form, as at 6, her transformations were still sloppy at the best of times. Robin, however, had been blocking all of this out while he formulated a plan, he finally let his outermost mental barrier down and projected his thoughts to the team.

At first, they were shocked at how calm and focused he was, he was physically incapacitated, in a far worse shape than any of them, but he was the most calm. How?! Before they could bombard him with questions, he began explaining,

"Right, first things first, Super Boy, Miss M, you're the only one's who had your powers at your current age, so you guys are how we are getting out of here," He stated firmly, leaving no room for argument. All the while, the villains were boasting over their victory and ordering their thugs around, totally oblivious to the plans being put in place, they had underestimated the Team, as always. "In the corner of my mask, there's a distress beacon to Batman, when I collapsed earlier, I landed on it, basically we just have to avoid being captured until he gets here. However, I don't know how long he'll be so we should still rely on ourselves to get us out of this situation. Miss M, see if you can start to get the Kryptonite off of SB. When it's off you two are going to have to fight your way over to me so that I can help, it will take the three of us to escape. Minimum."

After a couple of seconds of shocked silence, KF said, "Dude, have you forgotten you're paralysed? Great strategy, and I love that Bats is coming to save us but right now you are as helpless as the rest of us." Gloominess filled the mind link until Robin shattered it with 2 words, the 2 words that made everything seem possible and finally connected the dots for his team. And they were, "Utility belt".

"You have an antidote in there?!" Wally mentally yelled in excitement, causing the rest of his team to groan and grab their heads simultaneously, except for Robin of course, "Yes Kid Idiot! That's what he means! Now SHUT UP!" Artemis yelled back.

"Guys? Not helping..."Robin mentally muttered, "Anyway, any objections with the plan?" He paused to let the others respond, but no one was forth-coming, "Asterous, Miss Martian: get rid of that Kryptonite."