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Flash was vaguely aware that the small group had stopped outside of a hangar bay, their tones and voices indicating something had gone wrong.
"I told you to keep power up in this sector! What kind of moron are you?"
A taunt looking man glared at Susan,
"I'm the kind of moron who was able to shut down the entire watchtower, you ungrateful little-"
"ENOUGH!"
The third had finally decided to speak, his eyes narrowing dangerously.
"If we stay here any longer we'll be found out. Someone's bound to notice the trigger happy doc's work sooner or later."
Susan tapped her foot and settled her icy stare on her two comrades,
"Don't try blaming all this on me! If you hadn't—"
The tallest man whirled on her, striking her hard across the face,
"Shut up."
She looked up at him with a shocked glare, her once icy gaze cracking ever so slightly.
"Bill…I…"
Edward McKane decided to side step their little spat and went straight to the small set of controls that were located next to the chrome door.
"Let's see…hmm…"
Susan was still staring at Bill, as if something was wrong with him.
Bill, however, was occupied with helping McKane anyway he could, or so he thought.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" McKane spat as Bill pulled harshly on several of the main cords,
"Tearing them away like that will set off a systems warning! The Martian will be able to figure us out if they get the system back on soon."
Bill smirked at him and held up the wires in a mock salute.
"I'm counting on that, my friend."
Both Susan and Edward stared at him in puzzlement.
Bill took this moment to reach his hand back up behind his left ear, pulling a loose flap of skin down and away, releasing a small amount of yellowish gas, hazing their view.
"You're…not Bill."
A faceless man appeared before them, instantly his posture and demeanor changing.
"No, I am not."
Edward gargled for a moment, mostly on shock and utter rage,
"You're the Question!"
The Leaguer seemed to smile, although that was completely impossible, he held up his hand, index finger pointed up,
"Bingo." The finger moved quickly down to point at the prone figure of the Flash, who was still breathing softly on his gurney.
"Now, I'll just be taking my young friend there." He said in an almost sing song voice.
"I don't think—"
"Where's Bill!?" Susan stepped past McKane, "Where?"
"The same place that you left Dr.McGee…"
Susan's eyes went wide then they went wild, "YOU! YOU KILLED HIM! I'LL--!!"
She rushed forward before anyone could react, grabbing Question around the throat and bringing up her hand to punch him.
Unfortunately for her, the Question was by no means helpless. He caught her hand and swung her off him and into the solid metal wall.
Her head snapped up against the surface and her eyes clouded over as she slid silently to the ground.
"Bastard." Ed spat, looking around to settle on his options. He decided to pull out a small wielding torch he had at his side that he had been using to connect wires together.
He brought it to life with a small click and hovered it above Wally West.
"Stay back or he loses an eye."
"I don't think you want to do that."
Ed looked very well like he would love to burn out the eye of the Scarlet Speedster as he lowered the flame towards his goal.
CRACK!
He could feel the bones in his jaw splinter and shoot around in his mouth, several teeth being jarred and set towards the ground along with their former keeper.
Supergirl stood protectively in front of the Flash, her eyes narrowed dangerously and her hands firmly at her hips.
A faint shimmer of red waltzed across her eyes and for a moment, Ed thought he was going to die; he was saved, however, by the timely and swift intervention of Dove, who stepped in front of the bloody man with a pleading look.
"Kara…it's ok…the others will handle him."
Kara frowned as she thought about shoving Dove to the side and finishing the job.
"He's right. Get the Flash back to his room."
The Question was already bounding up the pair, humming between his comments.
Kara looked at him and he shrugged.
"You might have saved him from these three…but he's still got that poison in him."
Dove looked a little pale as they walked back into Wally's old room. A janitor had taped off the area that McGee covered while Batman kneeled far too close to the remains, trying to piece together what had happened.
He didn't look up at Kara and Dove but he made a small tch noise when they entered, like he couldn't be bothered with them now.
"The system will be back on completely in half an hour. You can go then."
"I'm staying with Flash this time." Kara told him bluntly. Batman glared at her but knew that nothing short of Superman could possibly move her physically.
"….." He got up and walked away from them.
Dove looked over at Kara gently, "The others have been working with the sample, you know. J'onn should have an antidote soon."
Kara nodded, "We would've had it sooner if the systems didn't go off line…" She walked out of the old room and headed for Flash's new room, Dove at her heels.
They were sitting in quietly for several hours before J'onn finally came to them with good news.
"I have tested the antidote. It has been successful on the test subjects." He told them with a faint smile.
Dove and Kara hugged each other before Kara jumped up to hug J'onn, tears brimming in her blue eyes.
"Thank you."
J'onn nodded and they watched as Flash was injected with antidote, both of them holding their breaths, watching the beeping machines.
Wally coughed, violently at first but then his body relaxed. His eyes forcing themselves open weakly.
"Ugh…where…am I?" He turned his head, "J'onn?"
J'onn smiled a smile rarely seen on the stern Martians face. "Your body will need a few moments to fully recover. I will go and get the others."
He left the room silently, already calling the core members.
Kara watched, stunned for a moment as Wally cleared his throat with several coughs.
"…ugh…"
Dove went up to the bed. "How are you feeling?"
Wally winced. "I'm not gonna lie…I don't think I'll be having iced mochas for awhile." He said slowly, with a faint grin. His eyes traveled past Dove to Kara, "What's wrong?"
Kara bit her lip, "Don't you remember? I did this to you."
Flash sat himself up with help from Dove. "…I'm pretty sure one of those bear things did this…"
"But…if it wasn't for me…" She stopped short as Flash held up his hand.
"Kara. Mistakes happen…ok? Trust me…Just have one of the others tell you some of mine from when the League was founded." He coughed for a moment before continuing on. "Just…think of this as a learning experience…"
Kara still looked worried, "They were questioning me being in the League."
Flash laughed, "Yep. They're pretty protective of me, aren't they? Don't worry, Kara."
He would have said more but the others had arrived, each looking relieved beyond imagination.
"Hey G.L. you bring me a get well soon present?"
"You wish Hot Shot, maybe we'll grab a burger when you're outta here."
"…oooh better make that ten…I'm starved."
Kara and Dove stepped back to allow the core members to celebrate but found themselves blocking Batman's path as he arrived at the door. He looked at them for a moment before walking around to head for the bed, nodding slightly.
"At least he didn't eat your face." Dove joked to Kara quietly.
"…not yet anyway."
Kara stood once more facing the Big 7, Flash now seated in his rightful place once more. They had been discussing the situation for what seemed like hours before calling her for the moment of truth.
"Supergirl, your actions of late have been reckless. And because of this a team mate was injured. However, the matter has been voted on and you are hereby…"
Kara braced herself for the worse as J'onn kept speaking. "Placed under temporary probation and as a requirement of it you will be expected to complete 48 hours of simulations and team work training."
Supergirl sighed in relief. "No problem."
Flash grinned at her, "Practice makes perfect, right?"
Superman rolled his eyes at Flash. "Now if you'll excuse us, Kara. We have some other matters to discuss."
Kara nodded and waved at Flash before leaving the conference room, the door locking behind her.
Superman dropped a fist on the table, "Now. Do we have any idea as to how three Cadmus workers got up here?"
J'onn nodded, "Susan Cordele was working here for nearly 6 months before being approached by them. She then used her own security clearance to help the other two up here.We found the third locked in the closet in the med bay room after Question had found them out."
Batman narrowed his eyes, "I've already started rerunning every civilian through another background check."
Diana nodded, "The passwords and clearance cards are being changed as we speak as well."
Superman sighed, "We cannot afford to have something like this happen again."
"Man, Cadmus is full of jerks…" Flash muttered and the others stared at him, "What!? It's true!"
John cracked a smile; the tension was always easier to handle with Wally around, "Good to have you back, Hot Shot."
Flash returned the grin, "I know."
wow...this story is finally over...YESSSHHH!!