(General P.O.V)

"We interrupt this program to bring you breaking news. A section of the Yellowstone national park measuring about 41 square miles has mysteriously disappeared. The popular park covers a wide area of 3,472 square miles and the missing portion of it has left authorities in shock and scrambling for answers. Justice League members are on scene but are yet to offer any answers to this phenomenal that has left everyone surprised. Our reporter Cat Grant is on scene now to bring you more detailed information. Cat, can you tell us what is going on?"

The screen shifted and displayed a beautiful blonde woman standing infront of a cordon. Behind her, there was a large bowl like depression that stretched out further than the eyes could clearly see. Police officers, suited individuals from other sections of Law enforcement and a few Leaguers could also be spotted around.

"The residents around the large reserve reported a huge red explosion coming from the direction of the park. Minutes after, the authorities arrived to find a section closer to the middle of the park, shaved off in a half spherical shape. Investigations are still ongoing about what could have caused this and if the chances of it happening again are a concern. Green Lantern and Batman are scanning the area while Wonder woman and Captain Atom are on stand by with the authorities incase something happens."

Dudley H. Dudley, Billy Batson's uncle switched off the tv and placed the remote down with a sigh. Billy was missing. Whenever he got held up with a league mission he usually texted him or called him to say he would be running late. Tonight he hadn't done that and with everything happening Dudley was worried. It was already approaching 1 a.m but he decided to stay up the whole night and wait for him.

(Elsewhere)

Kid Flash opened his heavy eyes slowly.

"Robin hang on!"

He heard Artemis voice from for away.

"You better hurry, my Line Launcher's core is fried. I can't pull us up and Wally is surprisingly heavy for a speedster!"

Robin shot back, his voice strained.

"God my head...is killing me." Kid Flash blinked and swallowed. His mouth was dry and his body felt sluggish. The last thing he remembered was pain as his body was torn apart and then re-assembled together. It was worse than the first time he had tried to vibrate his molecules and phase through a wall, copying the Flash.

Wally felt a sudden pull and then his body was placed on a hard and hot ground. He could feel the warmth even through his heat resistant costume.

"Are you guys okay!"

Artemis questioned while checking up on Robin, who waved her concerns away.

"KF is up."

She came over to Wally and patted him down. Normally Wally would have a quip for something like that but currently, he only felt drained of energy.

He pressed a key on his gloves and a section on the wrist part of his costume opened up, revealing 3 bars of his calorie snacks. Artemis propped him up to lean on her, snatched one of the bars, removed the outer covering and offered it to him.

"Here."

Wally gobbled up the snack, while feeling touched at the gesture. Artemis and he usually clashed over the smallest things but it was great to see that each of his teammates had his back.

"Miss Martian, Superboy, Maelstrom and Kaldur are still missing, those are all our heavy hitters, what are we going to do?"

Artemis said, her voice shaking slightly. Wally rubbed his forehead as he felt the headache slightly abate, only catching the tail end of Robin's response.

"...not worry. I have trackers installed in each of their suits. If we get close enough for the signal to pick up, then we'll find them."

Wally slowly started to stand up.

"Whoa dude take it easy. The forced teleportation must have been even harder on you. Your powers must have tried to reconstitute you while your cells were getting torn apart forcefully, leading to a lot energy being used and thus the weakness."

Robin admonished him but Kid Flash stubbornly got up on his shaky legs. He could feel himself recovering his energy quickly.

"I'm good. What happ..."

His statement was cut off when he looked around.

They were in a...world of Lava. The 3 of them were standing on a rock pillar in a sea of lava that stretched out for a few miles or so. The rock they were standing on was just one of the many islands dotting the place. Kid Flash looked up above them and saw a ceiling made of rock that had red glowing circuit lines cutting across it's whole structure. Paired up with the red glowing magma, the underground Lava world was cast in a blood red tint on everything he looked at. Kid Flash stepped forward and his fought stepped on a fleshy object covered with a red metal on the ground.

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He closely studied where they were standing at and could see a few more pieces of the sane metal strewn about. The whole environment plus the remains of what seemed like a cyborg creature thing, made Wally shudder in revulsion and fear.

"Ok... please tell me this is a nightmare."

Kid Flash hoped.

"Sorry Wall-man but this is very much real."

Robin added while typing the keys on his holographic wrist computer. There was a cord running from his wrist that connected with the Torso of one of the destroyed creatures.

Kid Flash could see how banged up he and Artemis looked but shelved his concerns for now. They had handled even worse.

"What is that?"

Kid Flash asked while stepping closer.

"We don't know, they are a cross between an android and a fleshy growth inside the torso that seems to be their core."

"Are they... sentient?"

"No. So far they seem to be animalistic and possess no indication of an rational reasoning or high thinking capacity. They've been attacking us in cycles, using portals."

Robin answered, hurriedly continuing with his typing.

"And even if they were...this doesn't seem like a time to hold back on the lethal measures. More than half of us are missing. I'm especially worried for-"

"Aqualad and Miss Martian. They must be feeling the blunt of this place. Yikes, even I can feel the heat."

Kid Flash cut off Artemis' statement.

"And it's about to get even worse."

Artemis notched an arrow while pointing out into the distance. On one of the rock islands a few hundred meters away from them, a red glowing portal appeared. Kid Flash almost missed it. Though it wasn't really his fault because of how it blended with the surroundings. And from inside, over a dozen red creatures, that looked a cross between Red Tornado and bugs with greenish? Wings started pouring out. They let out collective screeches and started flying towards the young heroes.

"Whoa whoa whoa! You were taking on this many while still protecting me? No wonder you look worse than the Clayface mission from two years ago, Robin."

Kid Flash lowered his goggles to his eyes and got ready.

"Robin... I'm getting dangerously low on arrows and they are about to mob us."

Artemis stressed, letting loose an arrow that flew through the air. Before it could make contact, the arrow split into two and both shifted their trajectory to dig into separate rock pillars that the Creatures flew in between of. An electric net appeared and the first of the creatures were electrocuted. 4 of them lost their flight and fell to the burning hot lava below while the electric net fizzled and died out. The rest advanced towards the team like a flood.

Kid Flash whistled at the display and looked at Artemis differently.

"Wow, what were you saying about the others being our heavy hitters? I didn't know you had arrows like that!"

Artemis shrugged.

"It's one of the few experimental. Bad for humans because of the lethal charge and useless on people like Superman because of the low charge. I'm just glad it seems to work for..."

She cut of her next words and let loose another arrow as the creatures got closer.

"Anytime now Rob!"

"Aaaand done!"

Robin said victoriously while pressing a key on his computer. A yellow portal appeared behind them.

"Let's go, come on!"

Robin said to the others. Artemis stepped through, followed by Kid Flash and lastly Robin himself. They landed on another hard ground and breathed out a collective sigh. Robin looked around and found that the portal had sent them to a long hallway. Darkness covered both ends of the hallway but to Robin anything was better than their previous location.

"Ok that was... incredible."

Kid Flash stated, earning the ire of the resident archer.

"I'm sorry what! What part of that was incredible? For you maybe, seeing as you were in dreamland while we fought our hardest to stay alive!"

Kid raised up his hands to appease the others.

"No, no thats not what I meant! I just think it's cool that Robin was able to hack into alien tech and create a cross-dimensional portal without the need of Zeta tech technology. Think about it...if we can reconfigure it appropriately, we might be able to use the transmitter on Robin's computer to source out the frequency of the tracking devices on the rest and teleport there!"

"Kid, you're a genius!"

Robin said in excitement.

The Boy Wonder started to type fast on the projected wrist display while muttering with Kid Flash hovering above him, occasionally giving out his own input. Meanwhile Artemis looked around the space they had found themselves at, curiously. Not once did she lower her guard. The ground was even. Too even to have been shaped by human standards. She caressed the walls of the hallway while looking out into the deep darkness ahead of her. The whole space was lit up by glowing red crystals which seemed to be on theme with the place. She tightened the hold on her bow. One movement, just one and she'd let loose the last of her explosive rounds.

A red blinking light from one of the crystals started pulsing above them and Artemis blinked her eyes, as the light seemed to increase in intensity. A feeling of trepidation overcame her suddenly.

"Guys get down!"

Her words were however, too late as a red beam shot out of the crystal and impacted the device on Robin's wrist. Both Robin and Kid Flash were thrown to the wall.

The arrow on Artemis' bow, shot out and hit the red crystal above them. The explosion sent pieces of the crystals and rock falling down. She rolled away before she was crushed and swiftly moved to cover both of her teammates.

"Robin, Kid are you alright!"

"Yes I'm fine but Rob is hurt. It's bad."

Artemis spared a glance at Robin and saw red burnt skin where his wrist computer had been.

He winced in pain.

"Forget me, we lost the one way we could have used to find the others. Dammit!"

Artemis looked at the long dark hallway. Whoever was responsible for this wanted them to do it his way. They couldn't try to escape again because that would mean something far worse happening. Artemis swallowed.

"We have to keep moving forward."

"And go where?"

Kid Flash shot back.

"Wherever this sick bastard doing this is leading us. We don't have a choice!"

They stared off at each other before Robin sighed and used a bandage from his utility belt to cover his wound.

"She's right KF. We have to move forward."

(Elsewhere, with Aqualad, Superboy and Miss Martian)

"Why?"

Aqualad bit out venomously. He was lying on the floor along with Superboy and Miss Martian. They had fought the hardest battle Kaldur had ever been in and despite their valiant efforts, they'd lost. What Aqualad couldn't wrap his mind around was the betrayal. He stared up at one of the most powerful League members and tried to understand what was going on.

"All for my master."

Captain Marvel stated with a red tint in his eyes. His face was blank and his costume had changed from red, white and yellow to red and black. He looked ominous.

(Aden's P.O.V)

"Ok. Where the fuck am I?"

I wondered out loud after finding myself in a flat desert, with the heat of the sun bearing down upon me.

A section of the sandy ground rose up, revealing of all things, a tv screen. And on the screen were the words, 'Lets Play A Game.'