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Robin huddled in a corner. Today was the anniversary of the very tragedy that made him an orphan. It had been 4 years already, and yet every year, he still cried like it happened yesterday. To add to it all, Batman was called out on a mission, and though he tried to get out of it, his attempts proved unsuccessful.
"It will be okay, I'll be back as soon as possible." Batman said, placing a hand on his 'son's' shoulder.
He let go and reluctantly disappeared through the zeta beam. At first, it didn't hurt at all, but soon all the memories, emotions, everything, attacked the bird. Trying to hold back tears was no longer an option, so now Robin was hunched in a corner of his room at Mt. Justice, silently crying.
"Has anyone seen Rob?" Wally asked, walking into the living room. Just then the whole team heard a small weep. Inching closer to the source of the sound, they soon discovered they were in front of their youngest team mate's room. The weeping grew louder.
"Robin?" Megan asked, opening the door slightly, the sight they saw was almost unbelievable. Even Wally didn't know what to do, and he knew exactly what today was, but Batman was usually there. All the team could do was watch the little bird in his own misery. Artemis scoffed.
"Well?" She asked.
"What?" Wally snapped. Artemis rolled her eyes and stepped further into the room. This sight was almost more unbelievable than the previous sight.
"Robin." She said softly.
Robin sniffed in response. Artemis knelt beside him. She slowly pulled him into an embrace, rocking him back and fourth slowly, talking to him in a way that was soothing to the young bird.
"Shh, don't cry anymore." She cooed.
Robin sighed gently, letting a few more tears fall.
Finding that talking wasn't so effective, Artemis tried another approach.
"If you want to, I can save you, I can take you away from here, so lonely inside, so busy out there, and all you wanted was somebody who cares, all you wanted was somebody who cares, if you need me, you know I'll be there, cause if you want to, I can save you, I can take you away from here, so lonely inside, so busy out there, and all you wanted was somebody who cares(1)." She sang slowly, while still managing to rock the child gently.
Robin was now asleep, mindlessly dreaming of a happier time. Getting off the floor, with the thirteen-year-old in her arms, Artemis lay Robin on his bed, pulling the covers up to his chin. Humming the tune of the song for a few more mintues, the archer got up and left the room.
"Whoa." Wally said as she emerged.
"Tell anyone, and you die." Artemis threatened as she walked away.
A/N: So it was like 6am, and I was half out of it, and some how I came up with this, 6 one shots, 5 times Artemis has proven herself to be loving and caring, once were the team proved to Artemis that they were her family now.
(1)= I sing this to my cousin, basically because of the line 'and all you wanted was somebody who cares' honestly, I hate her mom, who is always talking smack about my uncle (they're divorced) so when she comes over, I let her vent about the situation and a lot of the time she cries when we talk so that's why I sing it to her, I know that isn't the meaning behind the song, but that's how I translate it.