Gotham Academy,
Gotham City, NJ
May 7, 1: 05 PM EST
Artemis Crock was not enjoying school. Some junior guy kept trying to hit on her in Chem, and he was getting annoying. At this point in time, she sort of wanted to punch him in the face, but that would first of all get her suspended, second of all give her away if she punched a guy hard enough to knock them out, so she was stuck ignoring him. She hated being passive, Jade was good at that, of course then again Jade was always passive with an ulterior motive, Artemis never really understood how her sister did that.
When the bell rang she was the first out of class, practically running, trying to put as much distance between her and that junior as possible. She then ran into Becky, her student liaison, sighing with relief. "Hey Artemis!" she called, walking over to her.
"Thank god, I thought I was going to die in Chem." Becky laughed, her blonde curls bouncing in the air slightly as they walked towards lunch.
"Was it Gordon?"
She nodded, "How did you know?"
Becky smiled and replied with an exasperated roll of her eyes', not at Artemis though, but at Gordon, "He tries to hit on all the new girls. Just ignore him and give it a week, and he'll have moved on."
"Sure thing, if I last that long." They both laughed, when a black haired freshman with mischievous blue eyes' walked past with a red haired girl and waved.
"Hey Artemis!" he called then disappeared from sight. That kid was familiar, then it hit her, that was the freshman who had taken a picture of her on her first day at Gotham Academy.
"Okay seriously," she said turning to Becky, "Who is that? This is like the second time he's talked to me."
"Dick Grayson, adopted son of billionaire extraordinaire, Bruce Wayne of Wayne Enterprises, kid genius and school prankster," Becky replied with annoyance lacing his tone.
"What'd he do to you?" Artemis asked as they approached the cafeteria, seeing Dick and that girl sit down at the edge of the cafeteria laughing with some other freshmen.
"He hacked the sprinkler system for the football field, and turned them on during cheer practice, causing the entire cheer team to slip and fall, and we got our new uniforms all muddy and wet an hour before Homecoming Game!" Artemis covered her mouth to avoid laughing out loud, that kid was brilliant, but she knew she shouldn't laugh, Becky was her friend. Suddenly gun shots rang out across the hall, and everyone started screaming dropping to the ground, as men in black get up and AR-15s ran into the cafeteria, forcing everyone to their knees, including Artemis.
Shock filled Artemis as the two men and woman all not in black walked into the room... Sportsmaster, Joker, and Cheshire. She was so screwed.