Typing quickly on the computer in the Hall of Justice, Robin tried to hack to gain information. "[ACCESS DENIED]," the computer spoke aloud.

"Heh," Robin smirked as both Aqualad and Kid Flash watched from behind her. "Want to bet?"

She started pressing more buttons and the screen started to fill with codes that were moving very quickly. Kid Flash stared at the screen in awe. "Whoa, how are you doing that?"

"Same system as the batcave," the Girl Wonder answered. She continued to type things to the computer, her eyes glued to the screen and her fingers not missing a beat.

"[ACCESS GRANTED]," the computer announced.

Robin smirked and pulled up a folder from the computer. "All right, Project Cadmus, genetics lab here in DC," she read. "That's all there is, but if Batman's suspicious, maybe we should investigate?"

She turned to look at Aqualad, an expecting grin on her face.

"Solve their case before they do?" Aqualad asked, unsure. But thought about it. "It would be poetic justice," he conceded.

"Hey!" Robin said cheerfully. "They're all about justice."

Aqualad seemed like he was about to agree to it but sighed. "But hey said to stay put."

"For the blotting out the sun mission, not this," Robin said, exasperation in her tone.

"Wait," Kid Flash spoke up after hearing what the two were talking about. He turned to his best friend with a large smile on his face. "Are you going to Cadmus? Because if you're going, I'm going."

They both turned to Aqualad with a large smile etched on their faces knowing that he was outnumbered.

"Just like that? We're a team in a mission?" Aqualad said, finally giving in. He told himself it was because he didn't want them to get hurt or in any trouble where they couldn't get out but he knew he was just fooling himself and covering his need to prove himself to his king.

"We didn't come for a playdate," Robin answered with her traditional smirk on her face. Oh, the payback.

***

The wails of firetrucks and ambulances can be heard from even a block away from the burning genetics lab. Two scientists can be seen from the second floor of the burning quickly.

"Help!" One of the scientists yelled.

"Get us down!" the other one shouted, equally scared.

"Stay put," one of the senior firefighters ordered calmly with a megaphone. "We will get you out."

But before the firefighter can give any more orders, an explosion from behind the scientist knocked them out of the building. They both screamed for their lives as they fell to their impending doom. Just at the nick of time, Kid Flash ran at his full speed up the walls of the building thanks to the pent up momentum and caught the two falling scientists and threw them safely on the roof of the building. He only had enough momentum though to throw them to the top, leading him to start slipping down the wall of the building. Lucky for him he managed to latch onto the open window on the second floor of the building.

"It's what's his name--Flash boy!" the same firefighter from earlier yelled, relief etched on his face.

"Kid Flash!" the speedster corrected before sighing. "Why is that so hard?"

Aqualad and Robin finally arrived at the scene after seeing it from a mile away.

"So smooth," Robin said sarcastically.

"Does he always have to run ahead? We need a plan," Aqualad started to assess the situation. He turned to look at the thirteen-year-old but was greeted by empty space. "We--Robin?"

He was only answered by the teen's signature cackle and he turned to see her grapple into the building and helping Kid Flash. Aqualad only sighed and ran up to one of the firemen who was using the firehose to put out the fire.

"I need to borrow that," he said before using his water-bearings to make a stable platform and raise it, with himself on it, to the roof where the two scientists were still at.

"Step aboard now," he ordered, his voice final and left no room for questions. The two scientists stepped onto the water platform and Aqualad started to make it slowly go down. He jumped off onto the open window where Robin and Kid Flash disappeared to and waited for the platform to reach the ground with the scientists safe with the firefighters before jumping out of sight.

He turned around and saw Robin going through one of the computers and Kid Flash was going through some of the files in a filing cabinet.

"Appreciate the help," he thanked his teammates sarcastically. He continued to walk deeper into the building but not too far from the two.

"You handled it," Robin replied with a small smirk as she continued to type into the computer. 

"Besides, we're here to investigate. Poetic justice, remember?"

Aqualad didn't reply and walked into a hallway but a sound from his left caught his attention. He turned to see a silhouette that was tall as a human person but had long horns on top of his head. The silhouette was inside a closing elevator but before he can say something, the doors of the elevator were close.

"There was something in the-" he said to himself as she started to walk to the elevator the creature disappeared to. Kid Flash came around the corner after hearing the sound of the elevator closing.

"Elevators should be locked down," Kid Flash thought aloud.

Robin came around the corner as well, running into the redhead speedster and went in front of the elevator.

"This is wrong," she said aloud, seeing that the structure of the elevator. She brought up her holo-glove and started typing into it. "Thought so, this is a high-speed express elevator. It doesn't belong in a two-story building."

"Neither does what I saw," Aqualad said. He stepped right in front of the metal doors and using his Atlantian strength, pulled the two doors apart.

They looked down but was greeted by several floors that seemed to be endless.

"And that's why they need an express elevator," Robin sighed. She got out her grapple and launched it to the top of the elevator shaft and jumped down. Aqualad and Kid Flash turned to each other and Aqualad shrugged and jumped onto the rope and jumped down with kid Flash following in pursuit.

As Robin continued to go down, her grapple stopped all of a sudden at sub-level 26. "I'm at the end of my rope," she concluded. She started to swing herself onto the side of the elevator shaft and plugged her holo-glove into the control panel of the elevator door.

Kid Flash and Aqualad soon joined her. "Bypassing security. There, go."

Receiving the okay signal, Aqualad then opened the doors as he did earlier and the three of them stepped onto Sub-level 26. They were greeted with a large red-lit hallway.

"Welcome to Project Cadmus," Robin said under her breath.

Kid Flash started to run ahead, wanting to stretch his legs.

"Kid! Wait!" Aqualad yelled under his breath.

Kid Flash almost didn't have time to respond when he saw something about to hit him. He skidded on the floor, rubbing his head but when he looked up he saw a monster the size of an elephant about to step on him. He rolled to the side right before he could become a speedster pancake. He sighed in relief and ran carefully to where Robin and Aqualad was.

The three of them stared in shock at the numerous elephant-sized creatures that continued to walk down the hallway, not even bothering to look at them. However, a small creature on the head of the elephant-sized creatures turned to look at them and it's horns started light up in red color before looking away, not bothering to spare the heroes a second glance.

"No, nothing odd going on here," Aqualad said with an underlying sarcastic and deadpan tone as they continued to stare in shock at the passing line of creatures.