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The sun had finally sunk beneath the horizon when Megan finished her explanation, the moon rising high into the night sky and the stars twinkling like a thousand fairy lights. I had to admit, her explanation was reasonable. She had apparently woken up the same way we did. No recollections of the previous days or months and completely unsure of how she ended up in the middle of the desert. But since she was a telepath, she was able to concentrate hard enough and discover some old, previous memories which we had lost including Kid Flash, myself, Superboy and Robin which was why she was able to find us. There were holes in her story as well as hesitant statements but until we could prove otherwise, she was our best bet.
It was strange to feel her mind always at the edge of my consciousness as if fully prepared to invade my mind but I felt as if I somehow knew that she wouldn't paw around in my private thoughts. I didn't know where this sudden trust came from but it was good enough for me.
We followed her through the desert, Kid Flash constantly complaining about his stomach. At first I had ignored him but when his stomach made a sound that could've probably been heard from Mars, I was equally as focused on getting food for him as he was. I was not going to have him give away our position because of his stomach growling. If that happened, we would officially be the worst special ops team on earth.
The sudden sound of gunshots filled the night air. Megan, grinning, immediately sprinted to where the sound was emitting from. Sighing, I sprinted along with her as Kid Flash sped ahead of us, disappearing behind a rather large sand dune.
We clambered up the side, our boots constantly slipping down the always moving sand. I could now hear voices yelling at each other in a weird, throaty language. I knew immediately what that meant. Soldiers.
Megan froze, her body melting into her surroundings as she turned herself invisible. I, however, ran straight past her, finally stopping at the top of the dune.
I gasped.
A boy, barely thirteen years old, was taking care of the soldiers with ease, an ever present smirk on his face. He reminded me of the ninjas my Father worked with sometimes. He kept to the shadows, appearing at random moments, subduing a few soldiers before performing a strange and complex flip that hid him, once more in the shadows. I had seen him before on the News like Kid Flash.
Robin.
A circle of at least ten soldiers was still surrounding him though, shooting mercilessly at him while Robin desperately tried to evade the bullets.
I watched as a dark blur ran across the outer edge of the circle, the guns disappearing from the hands of the men as soon as the blur past them. I could barely make out the, "Thank you," and the "I'll hold that," as the guns became one with the blur. I smiled grimly.
Kid Flash.
He appeared in between two soldiers, smirking his usually smirk while dropping all the guns into pile at his feet. He then raced off to take care of the rest of the soldiers. Robin, taking the opportunity presented by the distraction caught a few men near him by surprise, knocking them out easily.
I studied the clearing cautiously. It seemed Kid Flash and Robin had taken out most of the men but I had a feeling it wasn't over yet. A few men suddenly appeared from between two sand dunes, shooting wildly at the boys. Robin pivoted but, before he could do anything, the men were pushed by some unseen force out onto the desert. Megan appeared a few seconds later, floating above Robin's head with a self satisfied smile.
Kid Flash, taking no notice of this, picked up another soldier and threw him onto two advancing soldiers, knocking them back. Another shadow caught my eye.
I snapped my head towards the shadow to get another look, nocking an arrow just in case. The shadow was a fleeing soldier. Fear shot through me. I somehow knew that if the soldier got away and told whoever he worked for what had just happened, we would, most certainly, be dead. I released the arrow, watching it as it zoomed through the air, catching the man in the back as a rope erupted from the arrow head, winding its way around the man.
There. All taken care of.
The three heroes turned to face me, Megan and Kid Flash offering me appreciative smiles while Robin stared at me in utter confusion.
I slid down the slope, joining their little circle.
Robin turned and clasped Kid Flashes hand. "KF!" he exclaimed, "Man, it's good to see a familiar face."
Kid Flash grinned. "Hey, Rob. Memory loss?"
"Six months! Let's hogtie these creeps and compare notes."
They both nodded and, after thumping each other on the back, began to drag the bodies of the men into the centre of the desert clearing. I shivered slightly when I shot an arrow at the crowd of soldiers, the rope erupting from the arrow head wrapping itself tightly around them, successfully tying them together. The temperature had dropped abruptly when the night came. I felt it was almost cold enough to snow. However, that might just be the crop top I was wearing speaking.
Megan explained her side of the story while we were doing the dirty work, Robin adding small pieces of info every now and then. We learnt that we were in Bialya, a small country near Iran though we still had no recollections of coming here.
When the creeps were tied up and Megan and finished her explanation, Robin said slowly, "So, we're a team?"
Megan nodded. "The four of us and Superboy."
Robin frowned, showing us a piece of black material with a red Superman insignia on it. "Then this must be his!"
Grinning, Megan took the piece of scrap material, staring at it happiness. "Yes! Did you see him?"
I nodded slowly, thinking back to Feral Boy. I turned to Kid Flash. "I think we did."
He scratched his chin thoughtfully. "Feral Boy? Some team mate. He attacked us!"
I raised my eyebrows, barely noticing that we had come up with the same nick name for him, "He didn't know who we are." I said, defensively. Don't ask me why I was defending the boy who nearly killed me. It was instinctive. "I don't know who we are!"
"I remember Batman ordering radio silence," Robin said strongly, "Our team must work for him!"
"And how do you know that we don't work for my mentor?" Kid Flash argued, putting a hand to his chest. Almost immediately, his black stealth suit changed colour to the normal yellow and red worn typically by Kid Flash.
"Woah," Grinning, he touched his chest again, his suit returning to black, "This is so cool!"
He tapped his chest again, causing it to switch to yellow and red.
I frowned down at my dark green ensemble, tapping the insignia on my chest thoughtfully. Nothing happened. It must be something only Kid Flash could since Robin and Megan were tapping their chests and nothing was happening as well. I frowned at my latex outfit while Kid Flash kept touching himself.
"We look ridiculous." I snapped, observing the surrounding costumes my supposed teammates were wearing. We looked like something out of a circus.
No one replied. They were watching Kid Flash, grinning like a fool, touching himself, switching him from black to red and yellow, from black to red and yellow.
"Quit touching yourself!" I fumed angrily. I turned away from him as he ignored my angry words. "We need our memories back!"
I resisted the urge to slap Kid Flash so hard, he would fall the ground when he still didn't stop touching himself. I turned to face him angrily, ready to give him the greatest slapping you would even see when something happened.
The world around us disappeared, the desert and night sky fading away until it seemed we were in what appeared to a fractured glass dome. Each fractured piece held a moving picture, one showing myself, crouched angrily on the ground and shooting an arrow at a running Wally while another showed Robin and Superboy sparring. With a shock, I realised they were memories. But they weren't mine.
We gazed at the dome in wonder as Megan appeared in a flash of light, her hood up and her voice echoing through all our heads. "I've brought you a timeline to share what I've remembered so far but I need your help. Together, our broken memories can form a hole if you open your minds to mine."
The shock hit me like a tidal wave as I realised what she was asking. I took a step back, eyeing the distance between us warily. "You want to paw through our private thoughts?"
What if she accidentally discovered the true identity of my Father? Or did they already know? I felt as if nothing made sense in the world at the moment.
Megan held her hands up in a peaceful gesture. "I have no wish to intrude but I-"
Robin interrupted, finishing Megan's sentence for her. "-need to hack our minds to find out what happened to us. Got it. Go."
I looked at him in desperation. Of course he wouldn't care. He was Batman's protégé so he obviously had nothing to hide. I, however, had everything to hide.
Kid Flash grinned cockily at Megan. "My brain is all yours. Try to not let its brilliance overwhelm you."
Robin frowned, looking deep in thought. "Or underwhelm you," he put in, "Hey, why isn't anyone just whelmed?"
I ignored their pointless bantering. They might be okay with her doing the mind sweep but I still wasn't. I took another step back.
A hand suddenly took mine in theirs, covering it with their warm fingers. I glanced next to me to see that Kid Flash, Wally, was the one holding my hand. He offered me an encouraging smile. I liked the way his hand was in mine. It felt right as if it was meant to be there.
Hell, we might have even been together in the months I couldn't remember but if I didn't get my memories back, I would probably never know. I squeezed his hand gently, giving him a small smile back. I had never realised how adorable he actually was.
The sudden urge to know what our real relationship was hit me. I glanced up at Megan. "Last six months only and only what you need," I told her coldly.
She nodded slowly, raising her hands to head level. Her mind pressed against ours, sifting through memories. Something similar to a movie played in our minds.
I could see Batman standing before a large, holographic computer screen, his face an impassive mask like always. "The Watchtower detected an immense power surge in the Bialyian Desert. Spectral analysis revealed elements non-terrestrial in origin. Find out what happened at that site, what landed there. Bialya is a rogue state ruled by Queen Bee," Batman pressed a small button, a picture of a beautiful and dark skinned woman immediately filling the screen, "She is a non-member of the League's UN charter. All communications are subject to interception. Maintain radio silence at all times."
The scene switched. I was now standing in the desert clearing we were in at the moment, Superboy heaving a large metal machine off our ship while Aqualad and I stood watch. I could still hear Batman's voice, serving as a constant commentary as to what was going on. "You will land in Qurac, on Bialya's border, two clicks from the main zone."
The scene changed.
Kid Flash and I were now cautiously approaching a small desert clearing, a small hut surrounded by numerous army vehicles filling the area. "The Bialyians control the site," I was whispering.
Scene change.
Superboy unstrapped the large machine from his back, lowering it gently onto the ground.
"Set up here," Aqualad was saying.
Robin was approaching the machine, reaching over and typing something into the small laptop built in. "We'll be up and running no time," he grinned, "Jackpot! The site is lousy with catabee radiation. Detecting not-terrestrial trace elements from the tent."
"I'll check it out in camouflage mode," Megan had offered, watching Robin's progress with interest.
Aqualad nodded. "Good idea. You go."
Superboy glanced at her. "Be careful."
"And maintain telepathic contact." Aqualad added.
"I will Aqualad."
The scene froze, melting away from around us until we were, once again, in the frigid desert clearing, the night sky twinkling above us. Everything made sense now. All memories of the last six months rushed forwards. I had been wrong. They didn't know about my Father neither, if I had my way, would the ever.
I watched everyone's horrified faces, their mouths open in shock. I had feeling I knew exactly what they were thinking.
"Aqualad!" we said in unison.
"Where is he?" Robin demanded, "What happened next?"
Megan shook her, "I don't know. That's the last thing I- we, remember."
I suddenly realised that I was still holding Kid Flash's hand. Our eyes met for a single moment before we abruptly ripped our hands from each other, folding my arms across my chest. All previous feeling for him vanished in an instant. Us? Together? Ha!
"We landed twenty four hours ago," Kid Flash said, trying, in vain, to keep his cool, "If Kaldur has been wandering the Desert for that long, well, that's not good for a guy with gills."
Robin nodded. "Now that I know to look for him," he said, typing a few words into the keyboard on his cuff. A holographic image popped up, showing a map of Bialya. He grinned, "He's close! But he's not moving."
Aqualad was incredibly close just like Robin had said. He had been lying, unconscious, behind a few rocks, successfully hidden from view by any passing by soldiers. He began mumbling in an unknown language when we found him, the words deep and guttural. Robin had muttered something about the language being Atlantian but I didn't really care. If I didn't understand the language, then knowing the name of it wouldn't further my understanding of it at all.
Megan was now resting Aqualad's head in her lap, stroking his hair as she tried to restore his memories. After a few moments, she said tiredly, "I can't restore his memories in this condition."
"He needs immediate rehydration," Robin concluded, "Call the Bio-Ship."
"It's out of range," Megan replied, turning to Kid Flash, "You can get him there fast, can't you?"
He shook his head. "He's too heavy and I'm too low on fuel. Right now, I couldn't even carry her." He gestured to me.
Scowling, I whacked his hand away from me. I had no wish to be reminded of the fact that I had allowed myself to have been carried by him, let alone the fact that I felt comforted by it. That memory was going to be safely locked away forever. I had no intention of embarrassing myself further by studying the memory.
I face Megan, "Why not just levitate him back?"
"I can't," Megan said stubbornly, lowering Aqualad to the ground before pushing herself off from the ground, "I have to find Superboy. Six months ago he didn't exist. He has no memories, just animal impulse. I'm the only one who can help him."
"But Superboy is indestructible," Kid Flash pointed out, "Just ask those tanks! It's Aqualad that needs your help. Like now!"
Kid Flash had a point but it seemed Megan wasn't listening. Concern flashed through me when I saw her place her head in her hands, her expression full of pain. I knew what was happening. She was feeling what Superboy was feeling through the telepathic connection.
I sighed. Well there went any chance of her staying with Aqualad.
"No!" she yelled, her eyes flying open, "Superboy is in pain!"
The panic evident in her eyes, Megan rose into the air and flew away from us, her face pulled into a mask of determination.
"Megan! Wait" I yelled.
"We still don't know who erased our memories!" Robin called, "It could happen again!"
After Megan left, we weren't very sure what to do. Robin was staring at his holographic screen, attempting to pin point the ship's location while we were left to figure out a way to transport Aqualad there.
It had been my idea to use the jacket of one of the soldiers as a few sticks lying around to create a stretcher; however, it had been Kid Flash who actually made it after zooming around to collect all the required items. It had been a pain to drag Aqualad onto the make-shift stretcher. Robin was still trying to locate the Bio-Ship so it was no use asking him for help. I had to grab his head while Kid Flash snatched his feet so that we could carry him to the stretcher.
His head had just landed on the jacket when Robin yelled, "Jackpot! It's a mile from here. If we leave now, we could make it before sunrise."
Nodding, Kid Flash and I each took one of the front bars and began dragging Aqualad through the sand, slowing down so that Robin could be in front and lead us. He made sure that we always had the cover of various sand dunes, stealthily going ahead of us and scouting the area before returning and telling us that it was okay to keep going. Then entire time, I was constantly worrying over Megan and Superboy. Who knew what was happening to them at the moment. For all I knew, they could've been dead. However, I'd rather not think of that.
Suddenly Robin froze, his head snapping back and forth as if listening to something which I couldn't hear. I strained my ears, yearning to hear what he was but, in the end, it was pointless.
"Quick," Robin whispered, "Over there."
He ran low near the ground, ducking behind another sand dune while gesturing to us wildly. We followed him, crouching low onto the ground beside him when we reached the dune. We had just hidden ourselves from view, when a straight line of cars passed by.
Robin peered wearily above the dune while Aqualad was once again beginning to sleep talk. He was mumbling in Atlantian, even mentioning the word Atlantis once.
"Shh, Kaldur," I whispered, "Quiet now."
Robin ducked down behind the dune, gesturing slightly to the patrol of armed men walking past our dune. "We can't risk a fire fight with Aqualad knocked out like this."
"It's not just him," Kid Flash said, rubbing the back of his neck, "I'm way out of juice."
I nodded grimly. "And I'm almost out of arrows."
I glanced to where Robin was standing and froze. He wasn't there anymore. I cast my eye out around us, looking for any sign of Robin but it was as if he had disappeared.
Kid Flash sighed. "I've forgotten how much I hate it when he does the ninja thing." He glanced at me, "Hey, you've never said why your dad would want to," he made a sliding motion against his throat, "me."
I blinked. Oh crap.
"I got, uh, confused by, um, some old movie I saw the other night about a, um, ninja girl whose ninja dad ordered her to kill her ninja boyfriend cause he was from a rival ninja clan."
I nearly smacked myself. Ninjas? Seriously? I might as well have just said the truth about Cheshire and my dad. Hell, that would have sounded more believable and that story sounds like some cheesy Disney movie.
"So," Kid Flash dragged out the word, "I'm your ninja boyfriend, huh?"
I scowled. Way to get him going, Artemis. "Hey, amnesia, remember? I completely forgot how truly annoying you are."
"Oh, and you're the Goddess of congeniality."
"Sheesh, get a room."
Our heads snapped towards the sound of Robin's voice, finding him in the exact same place he had been before, acting as if he had never left.
"Dude," Kid Flash seethed, "Where were you?"
He grinned and for moment, Robin didn't look like a normal teenage boy. He looked like something you should truly be afraid of. "Breaking radio silence."
A noise suddenly echoed through the desert. It was the sound of someone laughing manically as if a person had found our efforts in trying to save Aqualad incredibly amusing. Then I realised whose voice it was.
Robin. Nice job.
I leaned forward, peering behind Robin to see the patrol of men gravitating to where the sound was coming from, approaching it slowly. Suddenly a cloud of thick, black smoke enveloped them, eradicating them from my sight.
"That's our cue," Robin said, leaping to his feet. "Move!"
I grabbed one of the front bars while Kid Flash grabbed the other and I once again found myself following Robin through the endless expanse of Desert we were in.
We reached the Bio-ship not long after, loading Aqualad onto the bright red ship. Robin had voiced that, besides the secure location, it was amazing that the ship hadn't been discovered so far. I ignored him.
We placed Aqualad on a sterilized table, rushing to place an IV drip into him which led a steady stream of water into his bloodstream. However, as soon as Aqualad was guaranteed to heal in time and return to complete health, Robin and Kid Flash lost interest. Kid Flash immediately decided that it was high time to dig up some food. So far, he had found an unopened bag of pretzels which he happily began to munch on despite the fact that they had probably expired in the twentieth century.
Robin disappeared, doing whatever Robin did when he did that. I had once thought it would provide interesting entertainment to follow him during one of these disappearing acts. I had lost him in the first five minutes which was pretty impressive. I had never been easily lost when tailing someone. I had been taught by the best when it came to stealth exercises and knife fighting. Hell, everything I had learnt had been taught to me by the best. Well, the best that weren't one of the good guys.
I had remained with Aqualad, occasionally sponging his forehead with a damp cloth, attempting to hydrate him more.
I was in the middle of doing exactly this when Megan sounded in my head.
Hey everybody! I've got Superboy. He's back to normal and we're on our way!
From the way Kid Flash suddenly dropped his bag of pretzels, it was pretty obvious Megan had sounded in his head as well. Kid Flash glanced down at the bag sorrowfully, probably mourning the loss of his expired bag of pretzels.
Aqualad suddenly sat up, accidentally ripping the IV needle out of his arm. He stared at me with a mixture of fear and suspicion, taking the room with a practiced eye. "Who are you?" he breathed as I gently pushed him back into a horizontal position, "And how did you get inside my head?"
I grinned.
Hello Megan! Megan mentally scolded herself, Aqualad's memories! I knew I forgot something!
Kid Flash smacked his head, Aw, man. Me to! I didn't get a souvenir from the mission!
Don't worry, I could almost mentally hear Megan laugh, I've got the souvenir thing covered.
I frowned. Whatever souvenir Megan and Superboy had managed to dig up, I had a feeling I wasn't going to like it. But then again, when it came to those two, I never really had a choice.
Kid Flash picked a pretzel from the floor, handing it out to me, "Want one?"
I blinked slowly down at the pretzel. Sometimes, I felt as if I was the only sane person in this team.
This was one of those moments.
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