Ten days ago, Artemis crock lost her mother.
She had been out patrolling Gotham. Slow night. The normally ominous alley ways didn't hold their usual thugs and bandits. She left around 9:00 to go home. She couldn't help but smile at her good day. She had told the team of her past relations ad they were totally okay with it. Not to mention he wasn't the only one with secrets. Her smile fell the second she opened her door. It wasn't the sight of her mother laying crumpled on the floor feet away from her smashed up wheel chair laying in her own blood that hit her first. No, it was the smell. The metallic smell of blood flooded her nostril's before she even opened the door. She dropped her quiver and bow and ran to her mother's body. She knew it was to late by her mother's cold skin and glassy eyes, but that didn't stop her from sobbing and crying out, "please! Please don't you dare leave me! Mom…Mom! Wake up mom! I can't lose you again!" She shook her mother again, "please don't leave me…" she whispered one more time before nothing the golf ball sized hole in the middle of the ladies neck. Artemis's sobs turned into anger at whoever did this. Laying under her mothers body was a note covered in blood Artemis read, " Remember Who Your Family is." In very neat handwriting. Artemis couldn't control her sobbing anymore. She couldn't believe he would do this…not to his own wife…not to his daughter.
Green arrow, Batman, Superman, Flash, and Martian Man Hunter all sat in a booth dressed as civilians discussing "business." Flash was currently saying something unimportant about getting a speeding ticket. Batman was about to yell at him to be serious when a loud ringing cut him off. Oliver apologized and answered his phone, "Hello this is Oliver Queen speaking," The other four men at the table could hear sobs on the other end, except for superman who could here Artemis but couldn't make out what she was saying because she was crying to hard. "It will be okay we will be there soon, Everything will be okay we will catch whoever did this." He hung up the phone. He had tried to sound calm and reassuring but he was shocked. Fear for the girl in his eyes he said, "Artemis's mother has been murdered."
Artemis was still cradling her mother in her lap when Batman and Green Arrow had bust in (now in uniform). Compassion filled GA's eyes, even batman placed a comforting hand on her shoulder. Green Arrow sid something about going to the cave for the night. But Artemis wouldn't leave her mother's side. Batman knew they wouldn't be able to do anything with Artemis here. So again he tried to get her to leave. When she refused again, he picked her up and started to carry her away. Artemis in turn, started screaming. Tears soaked batman's costume.
Wally sat on the couch at the cave. Him and the rest of the team minus Artemis were watching a movie. When all of a sudden, the computer announced Batman and Artemis's arrival. Wally looked over to greet them but what he saw shocked him. He saw batman walking in serious as ever carrying A screaming Artemis fireman style up to her room. She was pounding his back and crying. (very un-Artemis like). Wally along with everyone stared open mouthed and worried. A few minutes later batman returned minus the crying girl and he walked over to the zeta tube gnoring all the questions. "Is there something wrong?" Kaldur asked.
Batman paused a moment and then said, "Artemis is an orphan," and with that he left.