Betrayal and forgiveness
A/n: hello! This is ma 2nd fic so I'm happy! First of all I'd like to thank all of those people who reviewed my other story. You guys rock! Well I hope this story gets at least 10 reviews. On with this new story!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything besides the plot and my two very hyper Chihuahuas.
The mission had been simple. Get in, get the information, get out. What I wasn't expecting, however, was that the mastermind behind the crime was Sportsmaster. I should have known it would have been him. But most importantly, I should have known that he would make me betray my friends.
Things were going according to plan- that is up until Kid Idiot decided to give away our position. All hell broke loose then. Gun shots were fired, along with my arrows and Robin's batarangs countering them. The floor was soon littered with knocked out men, but more and more henchmen kept coming at us. We were already badly beaten up and with more men coming, we were soon overwhelmed. We stood, panting heavily, in the middle of a tight circle, completely surrounded by men and guns. Suddenly, the men parted and Sportsmaster himself stepped forth.
I growled.
"Well, well," He said. "If it isn't the Justice League's brats."
"Hey!" Kid Mouth yelled. "We're their partners!"
"Well," Sportsmaster master ignored him completely. "Apparently my brat is here, too."
He looked directly at me. I glared and pointed my bow at him as he walked towards me. Even though he was wearing a mask I could tell he was smirking.
"Stay back." I warned him.
"My, my, Artemis. You wouldn't dare give yourself away by killing, now would you? Especially if it was your own father?"
There was a collective gasp from my teammates.
"You are NOT my father!" I snapped at him. What was he doing? He was the one who had made me take on this job. He was the one who threatened me with death if I got caught. And he was trying to blow my cover?
"Artemis, what is he talking about?" Aqualad questioned.
"Nothing. Absolutely nothing."
"Oh but it is." My "Father" continued. "She hasn't told you, has she?"
"Told us what?" Miss Martian piped in.
"That she works for me, my dear Martian." he began to slowly circle round us.
"What?" Wally shrieked. "You work for him?"
"Yes, child, she does. You see, she's a trained assassin. I sent her to gather important information and kill you." he turned to me sharply. "But lately, she hasn't reported. Maybe she's getting soft."
"Artemis is that true?" Aqualad asked. The entire team turned to face me, waiting for an answer. I looked at each of them. I had feared this day for so long and now it was time to come clean.
"Yes. And I regret it all." I replied. Their faces showed anger, disappointment, but what hurt the most was the betrayal in their eyes. I had betrayed their trust. I deserved to die for it.
"Why?" Robin questioned. There was masked pain in his voice.
"Because-" I stared to explain but Sportsmaster cut me off.
"Because it's her duty, and she knows that if she doesn't follow orders, well, let's just say she'll have to pay a major price."
I shuddered at the memories. So much pain...
"Now, are you just going to stand there or do you job?" he told me. I stared at him in shock.
"Kill them!" he roared. When I made now move to comply, he turned and pointed a gun at me. "NOW."
Slowly, I turned my bow towards Kaldur. I looked at my friends again. I felt tears streaming down my cheeks. I didn't want things to be this way.
"I'm so sorry." I whispered and drew back the string.
No. NO! I am not about to let things be this way. I will not kill my friends. I hated this; I really despised this. I betrayed my only friends. Backstabbed them like they were worthless. I'd be willing to give up my life to get them out of here. Even if they no longer trusted me. So that's what I plan to do.
I let the arrow fly, but instead of it hitting the team leader, it exploded into the crowd of henchmen behind him. Quickly I shot more arrows at the crowd surrounding us, using knock out gas to take them out. I used a regular arrow to knock out the gun from the villain's hands; it shattered to pieces.
All heads turned to me as I attacked him. He lashed out at me with a wickedly sharp knife.
"You wretched girl! I'll kill you for that!"
"Get out of here!" I yelled at the team. Sportsmaster cut my arm.
"Artemis he'll kill you!" Miss Martian exclaimed.
"I don't care! Let me pay for what I've done. Go!" I said, dodging the blade that was swung at my face.
I pushed robin out of the way as Sportsmaster changed tactics and tried to gut him, cutting my leg instead. All Robin did was stare at me.
"Drop it, now!" Sportsmaster yelled towards the ceiling. A henchman cut a rope from the catwalk and something large and metallic started to fall.
"No!" I yelled as I shot a boxing glove arrow at my former friends' feet, making them run from the cage's range.
Robin was still frozen on the floor so I pushed him away just as the iron cage fell into place, grazing my arms further drawing blood in the process, trapping me inside with Sportsmaster.
"Leave, before it's too late!" I screamed at them. They all ran for the exit, except for Wally. He really was an idiot...an idiot I had fallen for. Despite the situation I was in right now, I couldn't help but feel that I hurt him the most. Tears streamed down my face faster as I remembered all those means things I had ever said to him, my secret crush.
"I'm so sorry. Go, please. Tell the League what happened." I pleaded.
He shook his head angrily.
"I never should have trusted you." And with that he ran away.
I felt a hand grab me roughly and I was thrown to the floor. Sportsmaster loom over me.
"Now, you're going to pay!" he snarled.
I screamed as the torture began.
A/n: well that was chapter one, I hope you enjoyed it! What's gonna happen to Artemis? Will the team escape? Find out in the next chapter...
~*by light of the moon*~
