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The lab air carries a sharp, chemical sting, thick with the low, persistent hum of machinery that casts long, jagged shadows across the sterile white corridors. A single fluorescent light flickers above, washing the cramped holding cell in a sickly glow. Dick Grayson leans against the cold metal bars, his shoulders tense, every muscle coiled. Beside him, Artemis breathes in measured, deliberate rhythms—calm, calculating, a rock in the storm. They'd been caught during the infiltration, tagged and bagged in a move that grates against every instinct. The 'scientists' separated the metas from the normals, hauling away friends like Kaldur and Gar to some unknown fate. With M'gann and Conner still on their honeymoon, the Team feels fractured, thin. But his fingers find the weakness in the loc…