chapter eight

Boom boom pow! I already have plans for the second season of this. :D

Bialya

September 04, 00:16 EEST

Miss Martian sat up in the desert, muttering to herself in her native tongue in confusion as she did not know where she was for a few moments until she realized that she was on Earth. "But how did I get to Earth? And why am I wearing this costume? And why does my head hurt so much?" She fell down the sand dune, landing in a heap at the bottom. "Is this a dream?"

A plume of dust exploded a few yards away from her, startling her as she watched the dust settle. There stood Superboy, panting with a look of rage on his face. She looked down at his chest, noticing the Super symbol on his chest, asking if he was Superman. Superboy screamed, ripping his shirt before diving at her. Miss Martian dove out of the way. She flew into the air to avoid his attacks, watching as he leapt away. She lowered herself to the ground, cradling herself. "Not a dream...a nightmare."

Miss Martian started to fly through the air after shaking off the dreadful feeling of almost being killed, deciding to relish in the idea of being on Earth. She flew over the desert, trying her best to remember how she got to Earth before deciding to meditate on it. Memories flashed in her mind.

"Good idea. Go."

"Be careful."

"Careful Superboy! They're hot."

"Not as hot as you babe."

"Thanks, Wally. That's, uh, sweet."

"Not as sweet as you, sugar."

"Oh, grow up!"

"Team, report to the mission room."

"I'm on a team! I have friends!" Miss Martian cried out in excitement. "I need to find them."

She suddenly felt a cry of anguish, following it to find Superboy attacking tanks and Wally speeding away with Artemis in his arms. She felt torn but decided to help Artemis and Wally when she saw two drones fly after them, knowing Superboy could hold his own. She flew after them, letting them know she was almost there. She smashed the two drones together before lowering herself in front of the two.

"Well, J'onn, the costume is familiar...but I'm not sure the new bod screams Manhunter." Wally joked.

"You know my uncle J'onn? Hello, Megan! Of course you do."

"Wait, wait, wait! Martian Manhunter is your uncle? Is that how you know my name?" Wally looked confused.

"Your name's really Wally?" Artemis looked shocked.

"Its okay, we're teammates! Friends. I made you cookies." Miss Martian assured them. She sighed when she got blank looks in return. "You both lost your memories too. Come on, I'll fill you in as we go. Robin and Superboy need our help."

"Of course, Robin and Super...what now?"

By nightfall they had discovered Robin taking on Bialyan forces near a device and came to his aid, jumping into the fray with him. He looked confused but welcomed the help as Wally sped around collecting guns and punching the armed men and Miss Martian used her telekinesis to take them down. Artemis shot a man with an arrow that exploded into a net, rendering him captured.

"KF! Man is it good to see a familiar face." Robin high fived Wally.

"Hey, Rob. Memory loss?" Wally greeted him.

"Six months. Let's hog tie these creeps and compare notes." After doing just that, the four of them gathered a few yards away from the soldiers to talk things over. "So, we're a team?"

"The four of us and Superboy." Miss Martian added.

"Then this must be his." Robin held up a ripped shirt, the same discarded material that Superboy ripped off his chest hours before.

"Yes! Did you see him?"

"Feral boy? Some teammate. He attacked us." Wally rubbed his chin.

"He didn't know who we are. I don't know who we are." Artemis defended.

"I remember Batman ordering radio silence. Our team must work for him."

"How do you know we don't work for my mentor?" Wally poked his own chest, his costume changing from black and red to yellow and red. "Whoa! This is so cool!"

Robin and Artemis poked their own chests but nothing happened. "We look ridiculous! Quit touching yourself." Artemis scoffed. "We need our memories back."

Miss Martian rubbed her wrist anxiously. "To help my team."

Miss Martian brought the other three into her mind, explaining how she did it and how she wanted to piece together what happened by combining their memories. Artemis didn't seem happy. Miss Martian explained how she wouldn't intrude and Robin and Wally gave her the go ahead.

"Don't let it overwhelm you."

"Or underwhelm you. Hey, how come nobody is ever just whelmed?" Robin asked as Artemis clarified what Miss Martian would need.

Miss Martian extended her mind into the others' looking back through their memories. The four of them gasped when she was done, pulling out of the shared telepathic bond to stare at each other in shock.

"We forgot about Aqualad, Quicksilver, and Scarlet Witch!" Miss Martian cried out.

"What happened next?"

"I don't know that's the last thing we remember." Miss Martian was panicked.

"We landed twenty four hours ago. We should focus on finding Aqualad first. If he has been wandering the desert that long, well, that's not good for a guy with gills." Wally pointed out.

"Now that I know to look for them." Robin pulled up the GPS map. "Aqualad is close. But he's not moving."

They found him laying in a ditch, mumbling in Atlantean. Miss Martian stated that she couldn't restore his memories in this state. They discussed bringing him back to the bioship but it was out of range and Wally was out of fuel. Miss Martian said that she had to find the others and flew off, leaving the three behind with the unconscious Aqualad despite their warnings.

She made it to a tent that she sensed them to be in, walking into in camouflage mode. She was surprised to see only Superboy and Quicksilver there, both of them strapped to various machines. Superboy was being shocked over and over again while Quicksilver seemed to be knocked out, electrodes attached to his head.

Miss Martian floated closer to them, throwing the scientists away from their stations. She turned the machines off, going about undoing the electrodes on Pietro and the restraints on Superboy when she heard a voice in her head.

I see you.

She paused, whirling around to see a man with an exposed brain staring directly at her.

Psimon says forget, like before.

Her mind started to unravel before she managed to put a stop to it, fighting back against the psychic onslaught.

Outside the mental battlefield, Pietro was coming back to his senses. He saw Miss Martian and Superboy, stumbling to his feet. Armed men ran into the room and he sped at them, knocking them out along with a spherical being. He looked at it quizzically but it seemed to be communicating with Superboy, so he shrugged.

Pietro noticed his sister was not there and froze, reaching out to her through their private mind link.

Wanda? Wanda, where are you?

Pietro, everything is dark. I don't know where I am. I feel cold.

Sister, I am coming for you.

Hurry Pietro, I am scared.

Pietro took off running in the direction he sensed his sister to be in, coming up to a dark cave. He entered cautiously, calling out for his sister. "Wanda? Wanda are you in here?"

"Pietro? Pietro is that you?"

"Wanda!" Pietro ran to the back of the cave, almost tripping over his sister as she lay in the fetal position. "Are you hurt?"

She shook her head, shivers running through her. Blood was dripping from her nose and when she coughed, her palm came away crimson. "Pietro...something is terribly wrong with me, I can feel it, but...I cannot remember...what it is."

Pietro scooped Wanda up in his arms walking back towards the entrance of the cave. "Do not worry, sister. We will figure it out." As they reached the opening of the cave, the bioship appeared before them. Pietro froze, staring as the hatch opened and the team stood before them. "Who are you? What do you want?"

Wanda pat his arm. "It is okay, Pietro, I sense no ill on them."

"Wait, Wanda, you are a telepath?"

"How do you know us?" Pietro narrowed his eyes at them.

"Hello, Megan! They don't have their memories back yet!" Miss Martian's eyes glowed as she restored their memories to them, ushering them onto the ship. She looked at Wanda and furrowed her brow in concern. "Wanda, you're bleeding!"

Wanda wiped her nose. "The dry air of the desert." Pietro gave her a look and she smiled at him. "I am ready to go home, sleep in my own bed. That cave floor was unforgiving."

Everyone voiced agreement as they set off for Happy Harbor.

"Wanda, why didn't you tell us you were a telepath?" Artemis asked.

"We are all entitled to our secrets, Artemis. Are we not?" Wanda shrugged. "Besides, its not like I was spying on any of you. I use my telepathy mainly to communicate with Pietro. It takes a lot of mental power to keep open our line of communication at all times."

"You keep it open at all times?" Wally asked, blissfully munching on a breakfast bar.

"Of course. We have nothing to hide from each other." Wanda lied. "We tell each other everything."

Wally choked a little on the bar. "E-everything?" Wanda winked. Wally turned to glare at Pietro and he shrank in his seat. Wanda snickered, ignoring the burning sensation in her stomach.

She was fine. Everything was fine.

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