~.: De's P.o.V. :.~
I didn't know how much time had passed since the wave of black overtook my vision and consciousness, but once I woke up, I found myself tied up on the ground in a cell of some sort. Groaning softly at the headache forming in my temples, I blearily twisted my head to see Aria, Octavia, and mystery boy tied up in the same cell as me. My senses were slowly coming back to me, but only slowly, so when a dark husky laugh sounded just outside of our cell, it took a moment for the sound to register in my brain.
"Awake, I see? Good. You'll be one of the first to be experimented on with this new Venom serum shipment that came in,"
I blinked repetitively, trying to get the black dots to clear from my vision so I could properly see the speaker, "Wha..-?" Was all I could mumble as my vision somewhat cleared to reveal the speaker to be a dark clothed, blonde haired male kneeling in front of the cage bars that I sat in front of, a white mask covering the male's face. /Sportsmaster../ I inwardly growled as the man chuckled again.
"Your head hurting, little girl? Should've known better than to go snooping around where you pretty little nose isn't supposed to be!" He snarled, grabbing the cell bars abruptly, causing me to jerk backwards slightly in alarm.
Before I could fire back a comment at the man, another feminine voice cut in, "Stop toying with her," the new voice snapped. I angled my head just slightly to catch sight of Cheshire walking out of the shadows nearest to the cell where my friends and I were tied up.
"Aww, but that's no fun, baby girl," the older man grunted, standing up straight once more as my friends began to wake up from their comatose states. The mystery dirty blonde male that had tackled me just moments before Aria, Addison, and Octavia had found me was the first to come almost completely to his senses, Octavia and Aria following suit.
"Ah, fuck. Hey, Sportsy, long time no see?" The dirty blonde male spoke to Sportsmaster in an impish tone as he tried to sit up a little straighter, despite his restraints.
"Shut up, boy. Where's your red hooded friend? And wasn't there another girl with you?" Sportsmaster growled irritatedly. /Huh. Seems like Sportsmaster and this mystery boy know each other pretty well-/ I thought then glanced over my shoulder, recounting my friends. /Addison and Jason! They were missing! Where did they go?/ I bit my lip worriedly as I looked back at Sportsmaster in apprehension.
"Good question," the mystery dirty blonde boy responded, his hazel gaze was aloof as he regarded the cell we were in with disdain, "Why don't you let us free and I just might tell you the answer?" He gave a devilish grin and I blinked speechlessly at his willingness to surrender his partner's whereabouts to a villain like Sportsmaster. /He can't be serious!-/
"Nice try, smartass," Cheshire snarled, walking towards our cell, a few syringes in her hands as she glared at me and the dirty blonde, "You're not going anywhere anytime soon..." she smirked as Sportsmaster stepped back with another one of his dark and sinster chuckles.
Aria and I looked at each other in anxiety, praying that Jason and Addison had told Nightwing and the others of our sticky situation and that they would hopefully be here to rescue us soon.
"What are you creeps going to do with us?" Octavia snapped, her eyes flashing in the dim light of the cell as she glowered at our captors.
"You'll see soon enough," Sportsmaster spat at her, then he turned his cold gaze onto me once more, opening the holding cell and grabbing me by my arms roughly, "You're first up to get a try of this venom, pipsqueak," I yelped as I was dragged off of the ground and out of the holding cell while Aria furiously struggled at her bindings.
"Leave her alone! You'll be sorry once my big brother gets here and kicks your asses!" She snarled angrily, blue eyes flashing white as I was dragged away from the others.
~.: Nightwing's P.o.V. :.~
It came as a complete and utter shock to me when Addison had ran into the cave, none other than Jason Todd behind her. "Aria, De, Octavia, and this idiot's idiot friend got caught by Cheshire, Sportsmaster, and their goons," Addison had explained hurriedly, her ice blue eyes dark as I stared disbelievingly at Jason before turning to Addison.
"Wait, what?" I blurted out, narrowing my eyes at her, "This was supposed to be a simple find and rescue mission, what happened?"
"Can we skip the whole explaination shit and go rescue them? My girlfriend is in the hands of a villain who's most likely injecting her with the venom vials he recently received," Jason burst out, pacing feverishly beside Addison as Addy was about to go into detail of what specifically had happened. I glanced wearily at Jason, worry pricking my skin like little needles at the rising tension in the air.
"Aria, Octavia, and I found De with Jason and another male, it looked like De and the mystery guy were in a confrontation of some sort before we found them. Everything went according to plan until we got ambushed by Cheshire and Sportsmaster. Fortunately, Jason and I escaped and came here to report to you and get help," Addison quickly explained everything once more.
"Uh, sorry, maybe I didn't hear you all correctly," Jason and I turned as Wally walked cautiously into the room, his dark emerald green eyes narrowed, "but did you just say that Aria got captured because of a rescue mission gone wrong?" Addison nodded, twirling her black hair as Wally came closer to us.
"Well, why are we just standing around here for? We've gotta go save her," I scowled gravely at him and he corrected himself, "-er, them. Save THEM."
~.: To Be Continued :.~
