Young Justice: College AU | Complete

Chapter 12

The screaming was becoming unbearable as they watched the girl scream and cry. It had been two hours now and she kept on screaming in pain. After all that was the only thing she could do since her body kept growing rapidly. "Found a match!" Tim and Barbara yelled at the same time. Roquette was running some blood tests before and found out that there was a drug in her system. It was Tim and Barbara's job to narrow down what drug it was. The large computer screen had a name and attached code in bold words.

Tim turned around with a proud smirk on his face. "Its Amzius-871; a rare drug that effects the human body making it age rapidly until death. But with Mar'i it's effects are slower and I still don't know why" Tim said as sighs of relief filled the room. At least they knew what was affecting the girl now. "Wally you're a science geek got any Intel?" Dick asked looking over at the red head who was sitting on the floor scribbling stuff down onto a note pad. "I have a theory but I don't know if its correct" he said now chewing on the back of the pencil.

Artemis had dozed off sitting next to him with her head resting against his shoulder. How she could sleep through these agonizingly painful screams they didn't want to know. "If she was effected with this right away she would be dead already. But what if Kori was effected with it while she was pregnant. The drug would've faltered and been brought down to the baby. So Mar'i would've been affected and its just now being registered through her body" he said as everyone gave him confused looks.

Tim's eyes lit up before he turned around and began typing things into the computer as many files began popping up. "Theory correct now how do we fix it?" Tim asked as the room fell silent. All eyes fell onto Roquette as she scanned her medical textbook. She was into her second year of medical school so she was way passed the basics. "Um well for a rare drug like this I would need to know how to cure it before properly getting the right tools and immunizations" she said as Tim and Barbara nodded.

     Since the red head had access to military files she could find anything she wanted. Looking up at the screen she began to quickly scribble things down on a piece of paper. "Get these and she'll be good" Barbara said handing the paper to Roquette as her eyes scanned over it. "What? I can't possibly get these I'm not even a qualified nurse yet!" She yelled as Barbara grabbed her badge and flipped it open. "I'm apart of the U.S military I can get anything" Barbara said as they all looked back to Roquette.

     An annoyed sigh escaped her lips as she walked over to Mar'i and kneeled down. Tears were streaming down the girls face as she whimpered. "We're going to help you I can promise you that" Roquette said brushing the now extremely long dark hair from her face. Standing up she walked over to Barbara and narrowed her eyes. "You better hope I don't lose my scholarship for pulling shit like this" she growled as the two walked to the elevator and went down.

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     The room fell silent before another painful scream escaped the child's lips. Artemis's eyes shot open as she gasped. "Jade!" She yelled before looking around at her surroundings. "Arty are you okay?" Wally asked as they all glanced over to the two. She nodded before standing up and walking over to Zatanna who was leaning against the wall. "You okay?" She asked as Zatanna looked over at her and shrugged. She had spent more time with the little girl than Dick had.

     These screams were getting to her as another one echoed around the room. "It just kills me" Zatanna said sliding down the wall until she was sitting on the floor. "Artemis she called me mommy earlier as if I could help her somehow. That look she gave me was full of pure terror and pain" she said as the blonde nodded pulling her knees to her chest. All they could do was sit and wait for Barbara and Roquette to come back. "Dick's struggling I can see it" she continued as they both glanced over to him.