I woke up strapped to a cold, metal table. I tried lifting my arms and legs, nope, I was strapped down. I lifted my head- which was the only limb I could freely move- to scan my surroundings. I was in a lab, machines and tables surrounded me. Different vials with colored liquids and needles sat on the tables.

"I see you're awake." A familiar voice said. A stupid, French accented voice.

"Brain," I growled, "thought, scratch that, hoped, I'd never see you and Monsieur Mallah again."

"The world works in mysterious ways. Mallah."

Mallah picked up a vile with a sickly looking black liquid in it. He poured the vial into a needle, I paled and started to struggle more. Not this again.

"What is that? What is that going to do?" I questioned, my voice near shouting yet panicky.

"It's the first injection of three, They will change your behavior to as if you were entirely a demon." Brain explained.

Mallah injected the liquid into my arm. I hissed in pain and gasped when I saw my veins, starting at my wrist and going up my arm they turned black, then back to normal. I couldn't take the rippling pain washing throughout my body, and allowed myself the sweet release of unconsciousness.

Nightwing's P.O.V

"M'gann, Artemis and Batgirl, take care of the security systems. Superboy, Aqualad, Beast Boy, Lagoon Boy, and Wondergirl, take care of the guards. Blue Beetle, KF, Robin and I will go in and rescue (H/n)."

I gave the plan and everyone agreed eagerly, everyone had grown close to (Y/n) in the short amount of time they had been here. She was like their second mentor, giving them advice she had learned over the years, and we all wanted her back.

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I looked at the lab from the tree I was sitting in. Everyone was waiting fro my signal.

"Now."

M'gann, Artemis, and Batgirl moved in. All of them took out a different section of the large security system.

"All clear."

Next, the next group moved in taking out the guards swiftly. I prepared to jump down from my spot when it was clear.

"Clear"

"Let's go." I mumbled to myself. I pushed back to thoughts edging closer to my main focus of mind. Like what they could have done to (H/n) in the time it took for us to make the plan and get here. I slipped my escrima sticks from their holders, my thumbs resting on the electric charge button on them. 

"KF, go scope inside." I ordered.

KF nodded and started to seed through the halls of the large laboratory, while we cautiously walked through them.

"Lab, 3rd floor. Recently used." KF reported coming to a stop in front of me, "But (H/n) isn't in there."

"What do you mean?" I didn't wait for an answer before I ran towards the lab that KF described. The halls were all the same, easy to get lost in, if it weren't for the labels on the walls. 1st floor, 2nd floor, 3rd floor. I skidded to a halt in front of an opened lab door with the viewing window broken.

I pushed open the door more and entered the lab, my eyes widened beneath my mask. Vials filled with black liquid were strewn across the table as if set out in a hurry. I picked one of them up and slipped it into my belts pocket, I would scan it when we got back to the cave.

"Blue, Robin, search."

Blue started to scan different areas of the room, while Robin looked through the notes on the desk. It gave me a chance to look at the lab closer. Scorch marks on the wall, chunks of earth strewn across the room, papers scattered as if a large wind blew through the windows, water was in puddles on the floor. (H/n) was definitely here.

"Where are you (Y/n)," I whispered, KF put his hand on my shoulder.

"She's stronger than all of us man, she'll make it," he assured me. I nodded numbly, not trusting my voice to sound sure at the moment.

"Nightwing," Robin called. I walked over to him, he held up broken straps that were connected to a metal table, ""I think... I think she got out."

"He's right Hermano," Blue added, landing on the ground after his scan was complete, "Scorch marks on the walls from her fire, earth spread throughout the room, papers moved from wind, and puddles of water in a completely dry laboratory."

"Then why hasn't she contacted us?"

"These notes talk about different serum combinations. It doesn't say for what though, whatever it is though, it can't be good."

"Team, (H/n) escaped. Search through the nearby woods" I ordered walking towards the shattered window on the far side of the room. I jumped out of it and shot a grappling hook at a nearby tree, catching myself before I hit the ground.

I landed lightly on my feet, proceeding to run through the forest. I looked closely for any sings of a trail made by her, twigs broken, drops of blood if she was still hurt, or hurt more. There was nothing, it was as if she just up and disappeared.

Something rammed into my side and I fell over, quickly jumping up and taking out my escrima sticks again, this time pressing the charge buttons, ready for a fight.

I definitely wasn't expecting to see the beautiful face that I fell in love with, no scratches, no bruises. It should have been a red flag, but I was too happy to care about any scratches she didn't have.

"(H/n)?" I asked ecstatically.

"Nightwing!" She crushed me in a hug, "I thought I would never see you again."

"I found her guys, heading back to the bio-ship now," I reported.

"How did you get out?" I questioned quietly.

"Nothing can hold me," she laughed, I raised an eyebrow, that didn't tell me anything. I started walking and motioned for her to follow me.

I took a chance to look at her more closely. Her costume was fully intact, besides a small rip at the elbow on the left arm where there seemed to be a small puncture room, and a rip just below the shoulder on the left arm, where a deep gash with dried blood around it was. Her mask was still on too, she was almost perfectly fine, better than to be expected.

"In the lab, we found vials and liquids. Do you know what they were for."

"Sedatives maybe," she answered quickly and shortly.

I nodded and looked ahead. We were drawing near to the bio-ship by now, I could see the rippling air where it was camouflaged nearby. She slowed down a bit so she was just behind me. I could see, out of the corner of my eye, her hand slowly moving down to her boot, and slipping out an object.

I whipped around and grabbed her hand. A glinting knife was dangerously close to penetrating my back. I ripped off her mask with my free hand, gasping in shock at what was before me. Her eyes were purely black, just like they would become five years ago.

"I thought it would be fun to try this, instead of killing you with my powers." She pouted then sighed mockingly, "A girl can try though."

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Okay... I hope you enjoyed this chapter! See you next time! Byyee!

~Lydia