Lost and Found

Chapter 5: Saving the Super

"Thanks Babs," Dick said and hung up a moment later, turning back around to Wally double and triple checking Damian's wounds.

"I am fine," Damian hissed.

"You dont even remember getting here and from the look of things Jon dropped you when he was shot down. You may have a concussion or other worrisome injuries. I've messaged Bruce of the situation but he is off world right now with Clark so we will handle this ourselves," Dick spoke.

"Fine," Damian growled, "What did Gordon tell you?"

"She informed me of a possible meta human trafficking ring near the city border. They may have just assumed Jon was a meta. Obviously though they are using some sort of Kryptonite technology to subdue him so the group is probably funded by Lex Lithor who is notorious for funding experiments on metas," Dick explained.

"Then let's go get him," Damian said simply, putting his mask back in his face and standing up.

"Wally and I will handle this," Dick said firmly.

"I can handle this," Damian complained angrily.

"I will call Jason and Tim to babysit you so you better deal with it," Dick concluded. Damian debated in his mind whether it was worth it to fight back but decided not to in the end.

"Fine, Grayson, I will remain here," Damian said, sitting back down, "But in an hour if you arent back I will follow."

"Deal," Dick agreed. Wally rolled his eyes at their exchange and sped into his Kid Flash uniform. Dick followed into their room and quickly changed into Nightwing.

"We have a location right?" Wally asked once they had crawled out the window and grabbed hold of the fire escape.

"Yeah, Babs sent it to me. It's their most probably site of operations," Dick responded as he flipped to the ground. Wally followed but less extravagantly. Once they were both firm on the ground Wally glanced at the address Dick had and swooped the younger into his arms, already calculating his route in the second before sprinting off.

"Here we are, my dear," Wally said, setting the younger down behind a tree and bowing. Dick rolled his eyes under the mask but played around and kissed Wally's gloved hand.

"We have no clue what kind of tech they have in there so we'll look around through the windows first," Dick whispered, "Or maybe go through the roof?" Wally looked up the building and quickly picked Dick up into his arms wordlessly. In seconds they were on top of the building.

Once on top Dick pried open the sun light and attached his grapple to the roof. He wrapped an arm around Wally and tugged them both into the dark building. They landed softly together on the rafters. Dick made a motion to the 22 men in the room and then another motion to suggest they divide and conquer.

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Dick jumped from the rafters and swung from another rafter to the middle of the room, tackling a man. Wally dove off the opposite side of the rafter intending to run down the wall. In a second he found himself on his back on the floor. He quickly stood up and figured he just lost his footing.

As the men were aware of the heroes' presences they split up as well. It was only a moment before Wally was punched in the gut, him doubling over in a pained heave. Before he could even react another man punched him in the side of the head. Wally stumbled back enough to get a moment to breathe and fight back.

"Wing!" Wally yelled as he was hit again.

Nightwing's head snapped over towards Wally as he finished pummeling the current goon he was on top of into the ground. Dick analyzed the situation across the room quickly. Something was wrong. Wally wasnt moving normally. He wasnt using his speed. Nightwing looked around at the cages of mutant and alien kids. Of course Lex Luthor has some sort of meta tech to prevent them from using their powers. In an instant Dick was in front of Wally pushing back the attackers as Wally doubled over in pain, not used to it since he could feel the injuries that normally healed too quickly for him to notice.

Dick whipped out his escrima sticks and electrified them, taking the rest of the men out with little difficulty. Finally he spotted the tech that must have been inhibiting the meta humans in the room and threw his stick at it, watching as it sparked to life and exploded. His stick fell from the ceiling where the device was mounted and back into his hand. He quickly saw the strength and abilities return to the metas in the room and watched for a moment as they blasted or tore their way out of the cages. Realizing they were fine Dick turned to Wally, crouching down and taking Wally's face in his hands.

"You okay?" Dick asked as he watched the cuts and bruises disappear from Wally's face and body.

"Yeah," he said, letting out a sigh of relief, "I'm good. I was just...overwhelmed." Dick carefully helped him to his feet before looking around, making sure everyone was getting out safely.

"I'll call Bludhaven Police," Wally said as he was finally stable.

"Thanks," Dick said with a slight smile. Dick then spotted Jon helping get others that werent as possible out of their cages. "Superboy," Nightwing called. Jon freed the kid he was helping then sprinted over.

"You okay?" Nightwing asked.

"Yeah, but is Da-Robin okay?" Jon asked quickly, worriedly.

"Yes, I promise," Dick said, "He is waiting at my place. Let's finish up here until the cops arrive then I'm taking you and Robin to the Watchtower to look you both over until Bats and Supes get back.

Jon nodded, "Alright, as long as he is okay."

Wally sped over, "Cops are around the corner. Ready to go?" Dick nodded and allowed Wally to lift him up and speed off, Jon following close behind.

Author Note: Thought you all deserved a longer chapter today. Longest I've written so far!