The team's ship raced into mount justice faster than a speeding bullet, her contents quite upset and eager to make it to safety. Kid Flash ran out the hanger door as soon as it landed, shouting for Red Tornado.
"Red Tornado! Red Tornado! Medic! Robin! He's..." he stopped in a panic, seeing Black Canary and Green Arrow there as well. Desperate, he tried again. "He's not waking up!"
Almost on cue, Kaldur ran in carrying Robin in his arms, the rest of the team following. They all looked drained and maybe a bit feverish, but the nightmarish look on Robin's face was the worst.
Black Canary came straight to Kaldur's side and started assessing Robin's physical condition. Green Arrow tried to keep his cool as well, but wasn't near as parental. "Okay guys, calm down! Tell us what happened."
"What happened?" Superboy raged. "What happened? I'll tell you what happened! We went through hell trying to complete the mission and we got sacked!"
"Superboy calm down!" Kaldur ordered. He looked towards Black Canary respectfully. "During the mission, we were exposed to some noxious gas and started hallucinating. Robin seemed the most tolerant to it and rushed forward while we were... incapacitated. He completed the mission, and probably saved our lives. He even helped us to the ship when the gas started to ware off. Then he... collapsed and became like this."
Kaldur tried to keep Robin still but it was obvious he was having a feverish nightmare. Something terrible. "We have not been able to wake him."
"M'gann tried going into his mind to calm him down too but she was shoved back!" Kid Flash interjected. He panicked even more than before. "I dunno what Batman's been teaching him but if it keeps people from helping him it can't be..."
"Take him down to the medical wing," Black Canary ordered. "We can check him out there." She looked to Green Arrow and Red Tornado. "Call Batman, priority one."
Green Arrow jerked, slightly scared. "But he said..."
"He'll be more upset if he isn't told about this right now." Green arrow stopped for a moment then nodded, going over to the com screens. Black Canary glanced over to Red Tornado. "Take them to the med wing and have them checked out. Everyone." The team stared at her dumbfounded. The rest were fine, weren't they? She glared. "Now!"
No one argued and Kaldur fought hard to keep a struggling Robin in his arms as they ran. Once there, he set the boy wonder on a bed, only to watch him thrash even more, gasping for air and calling out as if he was being beaten to death. KF and Kaldur ended up grabbing Robin's arm and pinning him to the bed, hoping to stop him from hurting himself. It wasn't working.
M'gann and Artemis hung behind, too startled and worried about Robin to do anything. Superboy stayed back, fearing his strength would only hurt his friend. Worry and dread stayed on their faces as they remembered what happened earlier and the sacrifice Robin made for them.
It was supposed to be a recon mission. They all were really but they never stayed that way. Someone was producing some kind of drug for the mob lords, a powerful one no one could name. It wasn't venom, cobra venom or anything they'd run across before. It was owned and run by some professor (no one bothered to remember his name) and he seemed to be controlling the mob through it. Infiltrating the distribution center was easy, but getting to the production lines was harder.
As always, Robin and KF ran ahead to do some snooping with M'gann joining them as protection. KF was more interested in raiding the fridge of course, but what Robin found seemed more viable. He growled a bit and muttered "scarecrow" under his breath, but did little else to tell them what was going on. He ended up downloading all the files onto his private computer then telling the others they better leave.
