The Tale of Black Jaguar (Young Justice Fanfic)

Daniel continued

Damn, this story is really going to the toilets, eh?

3rd person POV; location: Happy Harbor

Danny had finally made it. Happy Harbor. The location of the young justice, last known people with the Kage daughter.

It had been hard leaving Japan, his home. He had been there all his life, after all. It was hard to leave his clan, most of all. It was lucky for Danny he spoke fluent English, otherwise he may have delayed coming. It was only on a whim he had decided to come. That information from the Dokugan Ryu couldn't have been worth nothing,

Right?

Danny shook the thought out of his head. Now was not the time for self doubt. Danny had already hacked into the main frame of the mountain, which took hours because of all the stupid firewalls he had to pass. He found that there were three known entrances, the loading bay doors, presumably for the exit of vehicles, a hidden back entrance, and something they called 'Zeta beams', which appeared to be some sort of teleportation device.

The hidden entrance and loading bay were both under surveillance, it would take to long to break in that way. By the time he did, they would know of him being there and be ready for him. What he needed was the element of surprise. The best way in would be to hack into the zeta beam and make it take him directly in. He would have the drop, and they wouldn't know he was there until it was too late.

What he would do once he was in, he wasn't sure. He would take the hits as he came though, and hope he could find her.

~•~•~•~lazy author time-skip~•~•~•~

Layla's point of view; in the mountain

I sat on the couch in the living room area of the mountain, only half conscious. It had been a long night, the nightmares were much worse then usual. Now I'm exhausted and on an hour of restless sleep. Not the best situation. I've had worse though, with the clan.

Megan and Connor were out of the mountain, the former having dragged the latter to some big after school event. Probably a game or something. Aqualad(saltwater) is once again in Atlantis, he seems to be there a lot lately. I think Artemis is on one of the upper floors practicing her shot or something, but I'm not certain. Robin and Wally are in the kitchen making sandwiches. Or rather, Wally is making sandwiches while Robin makes sure he doesn't create something that will give himself food poisoning.

It seems like I do this a lot.

I hear the sound of the zeta beam going off, and I wait for the computer to announce who it was. It never did. I tilted my head in confusion, suddenly alert. The sound of the zeta beam itself is very quiet, so I'm gonna bet I'm the only one who heard it go off. The computer has never failed to go off before. Something tells me that wasn't just a fluke either, something is wrong.

Forgetting my fatigue, I got off of the couch and went to investigate. I stalked slowly into the next room, where the entrance of the zeta beam is. I gave a cautious look around. Nothing.

I sigh and rub my head, my face pulling into a confused expression.

'Perhaps I'm more tired then I though. I must be going crazy. Imagining things...'

I shook my head briefly, then gave a dismissive shrug. I turned back around too leave. What I didn't expect was the tall, dark figure that was standing right behind me.

I gasp and take a step back. "Ro-!" I begin to call for help, but the man suddenly had his hand over my mouth.

"Now, now, there's no need for that." He whispers.