Hey everyone! So this is the first official story that I'm posting! I can't guarantee that its all that great but I figured I'd go for it. So far I won't say when the next update will be. I want to write a few more chapters before I get into the habit of updating (hopefully) regularly. So basically consider this the pilot chapter :). Enjoy y'all!

~Skylar Day

|Unknown Location

|August 25 15:51 PDT

"Ugh." He moaned, "Please tell me someone got the number of the bus that hit me." Slowly his eyes peeled open. "Trees?" He looked down, "Dirt! Ok what's wrong with this picture?"

…"This is a covert mission, observation only."…

Wally West ran a hand through his thick red hair as his memories began to return to him.

…"Looks like it's just you and me green cheeks!"…

"Miss M!" Wally jumped to his feet searching the forest frantically but the thick foliage prevented him from seeing too far. In the blink of an eye, he was running through the woods searching for his lost teammate, the pitter patter of his feet blending remarkably with the sounds of nature. Before long, Kid Flash spotted something that didn't quite belong. A green and blue lump resting on the otherwise brown earth. In a heartbeat Wally was kneeling by Miss Martian's side.

"Come on!" He shook her gently, "M'gann! You need to wake up."

Miss M let out a weak groan and her brown eyes cracked open slightly.

"Wal-Kid Flash? What's going on?"

"Not so sure on that."

"You mean you don't remember?"

"Not really, no… Mind helping me out with that?"

"Oh! Hello Megan! One sec!"

|Mount Justice

|August 24 23:48 PDT

Robin, Wally, Kaldur, M'gann, Artemis and Conner stood surrounding the dark figure. Batman surveyed his team with a critical eye before debriefing them on their next mission. The Dark Knight typed something into the computer next to him and three pictures were pulled up. The first was a tall bald man in an expensive suit. The second was a boy with red eyes and black hair shaped like horns. A cat rested comfortably in the boy's arms. The last picture was by far the most terrifying. The man wore a purple pinstripe suit and had wild green hair. His ruby red, larger than normal lips stretched in a maniacal smile on his face.

"Ok I get Joker and Luthor teaming up, I mean it's not the first time, but what does Klarion gain out of this?" Wally spoke up.

Batman ignored him and continued addressing the team. "Lex Luthor, Klarion and the Joker were all spotted meeting in a discreet location near Metropolis. The league has been keeping watch and they have met a total of three times at the same location. With this information, I have predicted them to be meeting again in a few hours. We need you to go in and gain Intel on their plans. This is a covert mission, observation only. These three are highly dangerous and it is imperative that you engage only to preserve the team or a civilian's wellbeing and even then as a last resort. Gain as much Intel as possible before you abandon your post. I expect you to be ready for departure within the hour." Without so much as an acknowledging glance, Batman turned on heel and stalked briskly out of the mission room.

"Ugh! This reeks! How many covert missions are we gonna have to sit through?"

"Calm down Baywatch! It's not the end of the world I mean this is the Joker, Luthor, and Klarion we're talking about!"

"Well it's not the end of the world that you're such a harpy!"

"That doesn't even make any sense Kid Idiot! At least I have a br-"

"Enough!" Kaldur shot a light glare at the bickering heroes. "We must focus on the mission at hand. We will split into groups now so that we will not waste time later. Kid, you and Miss Martian will wait outside to assist the infiltration teams if needed…"

"Looks like it's just you and me green cheeks!" M'gann blushed

"…Robin and Superboy, you will be our first infiltration team…"

"Asterous!" Robin stuck out his fist and smiled when Conner fist bumped him back.

"…Artemis, you and I will be the second infiltration team. I will assign points of entry once we arrive on scene. Everyone suit up, we must leave within the hour as Batman said."

|Unknown Location

|August 25 16:06 PDT

Miss Martian's eyes returned to their normal brown color as Kid Flash pulled out of his flash-back.

"That is all I can pull from our memories." Miss M said sheepishly.

"It's ok but we need to find the rest of the team ASAP. Can you fly above the trees and see if you can find anyone." Wally decided he needed to take charge for the time being. M'gann could hold her own but she was still inexperienced. M'gann nodded and rose above the trees. While she did this Kid Flash figured he might as well see if he could find anyone on foot. He zipped through the trees trying to cover as much ground as possible.

Wally! Miss Martian's voice rang in his head

What's up green cheeks?

I-I think I found Kaldur! But we need to hurry!

I'm on it!...Wait.. Where exactly is "it"?

Hold on…there!

Got it

Wally skidded to a stop and turned in the opposite direction. Within a minute he was kneeling next to an unconscious Aqualad. Miss Martian came up behind him not long after. Aqualad looked a little worse for wear but mostly alright, you know, apart from being unconscious. Wally reached out to gently shake him awake.

"Aqualad. Aqualad!" Slowly, Kaldur's blue eyes blinked open taking in their surroundings.

"What has happened?" Aqualad ground out as he sat up quickly. "Where is the rest of the team?"

Wally gently pushed him back down eyeing the suspicious cut on his temple. "Give yourself a minute dude. You were just unconscious. Miss M and I don't remember much but Batman sent us on a covert mission to get Intel on Luthor, Joker and Klarion. Do you remember that?" Aqualad shook his head. "Great it's just like Bialia all over again!"

"Let us hope not, that mission was less than satisfactory. I believe I will be fine Kid, you can let me up now." Aqualad said with a smirk.

"Oops!" Kid Flash took his hands off of Aqualad's shoulders and helped their leader stand up.

"I could try to scan your mind for the rest of the memories Aqualad, but it might not do much."

"Do it." Miss Martian's brown eyes lit up green once more but promptly turned back brown.

"Sorry! I still can't extract any memories from our mission. Maybe if we had the whole team I could get something but there's just not enough memory there to make any sense out of it." Miss Martian rested her feet on the ground.

"It is alright Miss M. I too think we should find the rest of the team before the sun goes down. We must make sure no one is injured in anyway."

"What about the Bioship?" Wally piped up, "I searched most of the surrounding area and I couldn't find it. If it's not here then Robin, Superboy, and Artemis may be wherever it landed."

"I can't seem to find the Bioship's wavelength. She would have to be very far out of range, or maybe we didn't even bring her. We can't remember our departure."

"All are valid points. Miss M, establish a mind link and see if you cannot find the bio ship. We will split up in order to cover more ground and if needed we can find our way back through the mind link. Miss M focus on finding the Bioship. Kid Flash and I will search on foot for the rest of the team. I only hope we can find them before ill befalls them… or us."

|Unknown Location

|August 25 14:54 PDT

Pain. That was the first thing Artemis felt when she woke up. It took her fuzzy mind a moment to pinpoint where the pain was coming from.

"Damnit!" Another spike of pain shot up from her lowest left rib all the way to her shoulder. Breathe Artemis. Breathe. She breathed in the air deeply and hungrily as the pain subsided back to a dull throb. She opened her eyes slowly, wincing at the montage of sunlight overloading her senses and took in her surroundings. Trees. She was in a forest.

"Wally! What did you do!" She shouted instinctively.

"Ungh…" Artemis snapped her head towards the grunted response. Huh. The Bioship. How did I miss that?

"…Wally?" Only it wasn't Wally. Pinned underneath the Bioship was an unconscious Superboy.

"Oh my God, Conner!" Artemis tried to push herself off the ground but found her left leg wasn't working either and the effort left her tired and dizzy. The archer gritted her teeth and forced herself onto her stomach shooting another spurt of pain up the left side of her body. She army crawled as fast as she could, which wasn't very fast with only one side of her body, towards her fallen teammate. It took her way too long to reach him. "Superboy? Conner! Can you hear me?" She tried to reach out to wake him up, but she was too tired and weak. And what the hell was wrong with the left side of her body? She rested her head on the forest floor when her vision started to fade in and out. She would have to take this very slowly to keep from passing out.

"Artemis?" Her heart leapt for joy! She never thought she would be so happy to hear Superboy's voice! She turned her head towards him and tried once more to get up, only to collapse immediately to the cold dirt.

"Artemis! Hold on!" Faintly in the distance, she could hear him lifting the bioship gently. Duh, Superman's clone, of course he was fine. Waking up like she did really must have fried her rationality. Suddenly a pair of strong arms were lifting her up off the ground. She shivered. When did it get so cold? Before long she found herself looking up into Superboy's concerned face.

"How are you?"

"Not feeling the Aster… Hold on, did I just quote Robin? Ugh! What is wrong with me?" She tried to move her left arm, her left leg, anything but all she got in response was pain. She began to panic. Had she been paralyzed somehow? Her heart began to race.

"Whoa! What's wrong?"

"I- I can't… Superboy I can't move my arm, or my leg! My left side won't move Damnit!"

"Hemiplegia… Artemis you need to calm down!" Conner almost sounded angry.

"Calm down! I'm paralyzed aren't I! That's what hemi…sphere…ia or whatever is!"

"Yes but…" Artemis began to panic even further, she could feel herself hyperventilating.

"Artemis! It's not as bad as you think! Calm down! You need to breathe or you're going to pass out!" Superboy's tough love treatment snapped out of her panic and helped her to think clearly again. She forced herself to take deep breaths. In and Out, In and Out, inhale, exhale.

"You good?"

"WHAT DO YOU THINK?!"

"Sorry..." Superboy shook his head, "…Girls…"

"WHAT! Would you just tell me what the hell is wrong with me already!" Her voice got really quiet. "Am I… you know…"

"Paralyzed?"

"Yeah."

"It's probably not permanent…"

"Probably!?"

"Let me explain…"

"Oh you had better!"

"I'm not sure…the genomes taught me a little about medical…stuff…but I think its Brown-Sequard Syndrome."

"What the hell is that?"

"Brown-Sequard Syndrome is an incomplete spinal cord injury which presents itself by clinical symptoms which reflect hemisection of the spinal cord. I think it'll go away, but it's a serious injury which is why you need to calm down and rest." Artemis blinked. That was probably the most she had ever heard him speak at one time.

"How long…"

"I don't know." Of course, back to classic Superboy. "What do we do now?"

Artemis tried shrugging but was promptly reminded of her situation.

"Maybe I should have a look at those…" Superboy pointed to a number of injuries lining her body.

"Yeah…you do that…" One thing was for sure, this was hella awkward.

|Unknown Location

|August 25 16:32 PDT

"Robin. Partner to Batman. Thirteen Yea- AGH! R-Robin. Partner to Batman. Thirteen Years Old."

"Enough with this nonsense! Answer the question! Now!"

"Robin. P-Partner to B-B-AGHHH!... Batman. Th-Thirteen Y-Years Old"

"STOP MUMBLING! SPEAK UP!"

"ROBIN. PARTNER TO BATMAN. THIRTEEN YEARS OLD!"

God please…someone help…

"Robin. Partner to Batman. Thirteen Years old. Robin. Partner to Batman. Thirteen Years old. Robin. Partner to Batman. Thirteen Years old. Robin. Partner to Batman. Thirteen Years old. Robin. Partner to Batman. Thirteen Years old…"