A Twist of Fate

Chapter 37

Warning for fighting and Maybe a Tigger Warning... I'm not sure. Happy read.

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Wally felt cold. As if his bones had been laid in a snowbank and he could no longer feel them. With a wince Wally opened his eyes. Or he thinks he did. The room was nearly pitch black with only a crack of light coming in from under a doorway. He heard shuffling and a soft moan of pain.

"Arty?" Wally called out hesitantly.

There was another moan before, "Here, Baywatch. Aqualad?"

"Here as well." Kelder called out, "Superboy? Miss Martian?"

"Here." Conner called, "Magan is still out."

"Dick?" Wally called out hesitantly.

There was no response.

"I can see him." Conner told them, "I think he's still out though. He's not moving."

Kelder sighed pulling on his arms and legs only to be met with resistance, "I think I'm chained."

"Same." Conner called, "I also feel sick. I think they are laced with kryptonite."

Wally pulled at his cold hands and yelped.

"Kid?" Kelder called, "You ok?"

"Fine." Wally hissed, "I just have barbed wire around my cuffs so I can't vibrate through them without shredding my hands to pieces."

Magan sat up with a groan, holding her head, "Where am I?"

"No clue, Miss M." Wally told her, "Is Dick up yet?"

Conner squinted into the dark, "No. If he is, he's not moving. At all."

"I'm up." Dick called softly, "Just can't move very well."

Kelder moved his arm and chains rattled, "Do you have any ideas to get out?"

"None." Dick mumbled, "Don't think they're going to give me a chance like last time. Just whatever happens or anyone, including me, says anything, you are to remain silent. Not a word."

"What if they try and kill us?" Artemis asked.

Dick laughed softly, "You're here for leverage. I'm not going to give it to them. I hopefully will find an exit in his fuming."

"That doesn't sound reassuring." Conner commented.

Dick chuckled, "Nothing about this situation is reassuring."

"Someone's coming."

They all silenced, waiting to hear the tell tail clap, clap, clap of feet. There wasn't any but the door opened sending blinding light into the dark room. Wally wince, squinting, seeing that their room was a dungeon like cell. Cobblestone that dripped with damp. He also noticed that the team was all chained to the floor by their hands. Dick on the other hand was in the center of the room standing, with his hands chained to the ceiling.

Turning his head Wally watched as a person walked in wearing a suit that reminded Wally of an Owl. The assassin was wearing all black, highlighted with orange accents for the beak, eyes, and clawed gloves. The man walked in on silent feet holding a burning torch, not even giving a glance to the team sitting in a circle around the room.

Dick didn't say anything to the man nor did he turn to watch the assassin put the torch in a holder. No he watched the open door way. It wasn't long after the lackey faded into the shadows of the room that the real predator walked in the room. He looked like the other but he was bigger and utility belts crossed over each shoulder to meet in the middle before going around his sides to meet in the back. And peaking over his shoulders were two prominent katanas.