"Catwoman too?! Ooh! I can't wait to see this!" Charlie grabbed her phone and turned on the camera, before being grabbed by Oracle.

"Charlie! Listen, you have to get out of here!"

"But the cave's locked down. And if we abort the lockdown, Catwoman will escape!"

"Ugh... Batgirl's right. Just..." Oracle stared at Batgirl, then Charlie, "just stay out of the way."

"Yes, Ma'am!" Charlie saluted.

What a pain... Oracle groaned as she wheeled away to a different room, "alright. Batgirl, Black Bat. You two good to go?"

"You bet, Barbara!" Batgirl smiled as she cracked her knuckles.

Black Bat pulled out three batarangs, "let's rock and roll!"

"I'm ready too!" Charlie hopped.

"Right." Oracle grabbed Batgirl's arm and whispered, "Don't let her out of your sight."

"Sure." Batgirl nodded as Oracle wheeled away, headed towards the secret room in the cave.

"Okay. I guess our first motive is to--"

"Kick Catwoman's butt!"

"NO!" Black Bat sighed< "stop interfering. The first thing we need to get done is to locate her and plan an attack strategy."

"Oh..." Charlie nodded.

"So I'll go check out the hangar. You two stay here in the briefing room." Batgirl ordered.

"Why are you leaving me here with this insane little girl?!"

"Hey, who are you calling insane?!"

Charlie and Black Bat traded insults, until Batgirl finally sighed, "Fine. Black Bat, go to the hangar! I'll stay here with Charlie! Just report once you run into her, she's probably following us around stealthily"

"Good. See ya." Black Bat smirked as she ran off.

"Keep an open mind!" Batgirl called after her before she vanished.

"So..." Charlie fidgeted, "Uh, what do you like to do in your free time?"

"What? Who me? Uh, I don't know... Hanging out with my friends I guess."

"I don't have any friends..." Charlie sighed, "Well, not any best friends at least. A lot of people think I'm weird."

"Well, just embrace yourself. Everyone loves a sincere person than a faker. I mean, what I'm trying to say is to try not to be someone you're not. You're a great person Charlie."

"Really?! Wow! I can't believe Batgirl is telling me that!" Charlie beamed.

"Hey, Batgirl? Oracle?" They heard Black Bat in the comm, "Catwoman's in the hangar. She followed me here."

"I knew it. Let's go, Charlie." Batgirl said, "Just be careful and try not to get hit."

"Okay, no prob!" Charlie cheered as the two ran through the halls and into the hangar, where Black Bat and Catwoman were stuck in hand-to-hand combat.

"Hey, Batgirl!" Black Bat called as she fought, "Oh, and Charlie too. Don't get in the way, Kid."

"Catwoman! What do you want now?!"

"Ah, Batgirl." Catwoman jumped back and kept her distance between her and Black Bat, "what a coincidence. My daughter was telling me about you all, and being on the team and all that fun stuff."

"Get out of here! You're not really wanted here, you know!"

"Oh please, I've done what I needed to do."

"What would that be?"

"Oho! You'll find out sooner or later." Catwoman winked, "but for now, I just wanted to see how much stronger you kids have gotten. But really, the Bat hasn't really done much, has he. He's losing his touch. I almost got beat by one of his birds. The little one."

"Damian?!" Batgirl gaped, "Okay. That's it. Just shut up already, you don't scare any of us."

"Oh really?" Catwoman smirked, the reached behind her, "then I'll just have to try harder, won't I?" She pulled out a handful of smoke bombs and threw them at the ground making them all burst on impact.

"Batgirl?!" Charlie coughed.

"Charlie! Stay close!" Batgirl ordered her and grabbed her wrist.

"Oh no you don't!" Catwoman sneered as she cracked her whip and soon had both Batgirl and Black Bat tied up.

"Batgirl! Black Bat!" Charlie cried.

"Haha! What are you going to do now little girl?" Catwoman cackled.

Charlie stared in horror at Batgirl and Black Bat trying their hardest to get free.

"Now." Catwoman reached her free hand behind her back and pulled out a knife, "I want you to go give me the override password to the cave, or your biggest heroes die."

Charlie gasped and continued to stare in horror as Catwoman held the knife to Batgirl's neck.

"Don't do it!" Black Bat shouted, "how does she know she would even know it? I'm sure she doesn't, so just leave us alone!"

"Charlie..." Batgirl coughed.

"Ngh..." Charlie gritted her teeth, "I'LL NEVER TELL YOU!!!" Charlie reached behind her back, grabbed a batarang she had borrowed from Batgirl, and threw it.

"What?!" Catwoman gasped as she used the knife to block it. Once the knife was out of stabbing range, Charlie pulled out a smoke bomb and threw it at Catwoman.

"You idiotic girl! You've had no training whatsoever! What makes you think you have the right to even fight me?!"

"Because... I am a superhero!" Charlie shouted, "I'm called... Uh... Misfit!"

"Misfit? What kind of name is that?" Catwoman smirked, "how about once I'm done with these two, I'll kill you next." she picked up the knife and threw it straight at Charlie.

"No!" Batgirl shouted, but before Charlie could get hit, they heard the clang of metal on metal, then the sound of the knife falling the on the ground.

"Huh?"

Once the smoke cleared, Charlie saw a birdarang on the floor next to the knife.

"You girls okay?"

The four turned to see Red Robin and Nightwing standing next to the entrance.

"Nightwing!" Batgirl smiled.

"Well, geez, I'm here too..." Red Robin coughed, "Catwoman..."

"Get out of our sight. We have no real business with you." Nightwing ordered.

"You're right." Catwoman smirked as she yanked her whip, freeing Black Bat and Batgirl, "then I'll be gone." She walked past them, then left through the open hangar door.

"Nightwing! Red Robin!" Oracle entered the hangar, "you guys made it!"

"It was smart of you to open the hangar doors, Babs." Nightwing smiled, "but what happened? What did Catwoman want?"

"We're... Still unsure of that... But nothing seemed to be stolen. I did a quick scan of the cave." Oracle shrugged, then turned to the three girls, "you three okay?"

"Yeah. We are now. Thanks." Black Bat scratched the back of her head, then they all turned to look at Charlie.

"So..." Nightwing smiled, "Misfit, huh?"

Charlie looked at the ground and smiled, "not really, no. I can't really be as amazing as you guys! You're all totally awesome!"

"Well, you were pretty cool back there." Black Bat smiled, Batgirl nodding with her.

"Of course I'm not skilled enough to join, but... Can I at least have your numbers, Batgirl? Black Bat?"

The two looked at her, laughed, then pulled out pieces of paper and a pen to write their numbers on, "sure! Call us any time!"

Nightwing smiled and nodded, then turned to Oracle, "we need to talk, if you don't mind."

"Not at all." Oracle and Nightwing left the room and went to the living room.

"I found Bart."

"What?!"

"I sent Wally after him."

"Dick, we talked about this. Leave them be!"

"No Barbara. We're all out of options. Even Barry's not fast enough to get Bart back. That's why I had to go to him, and he was willing to do whatever it took. So we sent him after him, and finally, he shot him with a micro tracker in his bloodstream. We have his coordinates as we speak."

"So what now?"

"We'll go after him. I'm taking Kid Flash, Alacrity, Beast Boy, Red Robin, and Blue Beetle."

"Will it work? Will you actually get him this time?"

Nightwing laughed and put a hand on her shoulder, "you doubting me? Don't worry. We'll get him back."

"Okay. I believe you." Oracle nodded, "so where are you going?"

Nightwing smirked, "Paris."

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Impulse coughed up blood after the hard blow, "I already told you... There's no way I'm giving that up..."

"Oh is that so..." Cobalt Blue smirked, "the boss won't like that answer."

"I don't give a crap..." Impulse panted as he wiped his the blood dripping from his chin, "now let me go."

"Hmph. If you won't hand it over, I'm afraid we'll have to keep you a little longer."

"Watch me." Impulse vibrated his molecules out of the chains, then he took off.

"Get him!"

Reverse Flash and Cobalt Blue ran after him. They sped through the streets of Paris, and nothing could stop them. They kept running, until the two split up, then caught him in the middle.

"Let go of me!!!" Impulse thrashed as Cobalt Blue and Reverse Flash held him steady.

Cobalt Blue turned to his partner, "call the boss."

"No point."

The three turned suddenly to see another speedster run up to them.

"We got him, boss!" Reverse Flash nudged Impulse.

"I know. I'm not blind." The black and green speedster glared at him.

Impulse looked at the speedster, eyes wide open, "y-you..."

"Why hello there... Bart Allen. You recognize me?"

"You... Look... Just like me." Impulse stared in shock, "it's like--"

"Looking in a mirror. Hm." The speedster smirked. He reached into his pocket and pulled out what looked like a chip.

"Who are you?!"

"Me? Ha." The speedster pulled off his goggles, ruffled his blonde hair, and opened his yellow eyes, "My name is Thad Thawne. But you'll come to know me as... Inertia."

"Wh-what are you doing?!" Impulse stared in horror as Inertia started vibrating his hand awfully close to his chest.

"Don't worry, buddy." Inertia smirked, "this won't hurt a bit."

With that, he vibrated his hand through Impulse's chest and planted the chip in his heart.

"Gah!!" Impulse cringed in pain and tried to move away, but Cobalt Blue and Reverse Flash held him tighter.

When Inertia finally pulled back his hand, Impulse stood panting.

"Let him go."

"Wh-what?! But he'll--"

"Now."

Reverse Flash shrugged, and he and Cobalt Blue stepped back. Impulse stood panting and head leaning forward, until he finally calmed down, then stood up straight. 

"Impulse." Inertia smiled, "don't trust your team. They're up to no good. At least... They don't understand you... Or your problems."

"Y-you're right..." Impulse finally agreed, "they don't understand me."

"So what will you do?"

Impulse was silent, then he smiled evilly, "I'll run."

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Next time on "Young Justice Season 5 : The Fifth Generation - Run":

"Impulse! Please listen to us!"

Blue Beetle tried to walk closer, "we'll help you, Hermano... We're best buds... Don't you remember?"

Alacrity was already on the verge of tears, "Bart!"

"Kid. This isn't helping your case. Just come back." Kid Flash put his hands on his shoulders.

"...No."

"Impulse!" Nightwing yelled, "now or never! We're trying to help you!"

"We don't want to fight." Red Robin clarified.

"You people don't understand what I'm going through..."

"Then talk to us! We're here to help!"

"... It's too late now." Impulse shoved Kid Flash's hands away, "I've chosen sides, and I'm never going back."