Chapter 1

November third was a rainy day and students at Gotham Academy for the most part wanted to go home; however, some teachers for some reason have decided to give tests on that day which made lives of wealthy Gothamites even more miserable. Only few students enjoyed the day, one of who was Dick Grayson as he was in top of his class even though he was younger than the rest of the children at the school.

So far Dick had two classes, Biology and Algebra and in the mathematical class he annoyed every single student as he completed the math test in half class time and later sat in his chair reading a book while the rest of the students were frustrated. No student in his class was stupid but Richard Grayson's intelligence surpassed everyone in his class, especially in the mathematics.

During lunch, Dick went to eat with his friend Barbara and wait for the next class. As it was a private school, the break was rather long, giving students enough time to extinguish their hunger and socialize.

"So how is your extra curricular activity going? You lately spend a lot of time outside of Gotham working with THEM"

"It is fine, Babs, although I do miss working as much in this city, where many people are distraught, heavy on the dis" Dick joked. He liked to spend time with Barbara, as she was one of the few people who knew his secret and as such could behave natural in her presence.

"I know that you are much whelmed about that" Barbara joked and the two laughed. "So, who is the new girl, you have not told me about her. Is she in your CLUB?" she asked her friend

"Yeah, she is the archer who lives in Gotham." Before Dick could say anything else, he saw that a couple of girls blocked the space on the bench where his teammate wanted to seat and looked at the girl with hostility.

"What is your problem?" Asked Artemis although she knew that some of the students at the school still had not accepted her as they sometimes joked about her transferring from Gotham North with all the implications it provided.

"You don't really belong here Artemis and as such you will not sit at our table. Go eat by yourself!" the girl told to the archer and turned away from her.

That was a wrong thing to do. Artemis did not like to be intimidated and pushed the girl who offended her. "So you want to fight? I believe you will be out of this building in less than a day," the girl said, smirking while looking at Artemis.

"She is with me and if anyone has any problem they will have to go through me!" Dick Grayson rarely engaged in any school fights as students knew about his relaxed attitude and cool demeanor but they also knew about just who he was as well as him being the best student in their athletics class.

"And me" Barbara also stood up and the two friends walked towards Artemis and looked towards the bully. It was clear now that nobody would mess with son of Prince of Gotham and the daughter of Gotham's Police Commissioner. Artemis however glared at her "rescuers" and walked away from the table.

Artemis was suspicious on just why would the two most influential kids in school would protect her, given the fact that they even have not socialized much, only in some classes. However, as the girl observed the mannerisms of Grayson kid, she saw strong resemblance with one of her teammate as well as slightly overhearing the conversation of the two friends and one word in particular, "whelmed". The girl dismissed her suspicions and headed for her next class.

Soon two more students arrived in the classroom and Artemis sighed, as she did not really want to hang out with Dick and Barbara at that moment and pretended to read a book while also quietly observing the two students. "Artemis, are you alright?" asked Dick Grayson

"Why did you do that? I could defend myself!" the girl replied in an annoyed and angry voice.

"Artemis, some of the students here want you to be kick out and it is very likely that if you get into conflict with someone, the teachers will take the side of the other kid. However, nobody would even think to face me in a confrontation. Besides, that's what friends are for" the boy smiled cheekily and the girl looked at him in confusion.

"I barely know you" she exclaimed and continued reading her book. She overheard a faint "That's what you think" that came from the boy but dismissed it. After ten more minutes passed, their teacher arrived.

"Hello Ms. Bertellini" greeted the three students their teacher while waiting for their class.

"Hello Grayson, Gordon and Crock" she greeted her three students and then sat in her chair. Next five minutes were followed by silence and relative peace; however the tranquility would not last forever. As fifteen more minutes passed, surprisingly nobody else showed up to the classroom as the students were still enjoying their lunch break.

A loud noise occurred and then someone switched on the speakers. "Greetings Gotham Academy students and teachers. Your school is now under my control and we will use you for ransom" proclaimed the speaker. "Your parents have exactly two hours and twenty two minutes to deliver me two million dollars if they want to see you all. Each student's parent will need to give that sum for each of you"

The person stopped speaking and the quietness once again started flowing in the building. Artemis sat on her chair and started crying, as she knew that her mother would never be able to pay the ransom. "Artemis, you are distraught!" exclaimed Dick Grayson.

"I know that genius! Unlike your father, my mother will not be able to help me! Of course I am distraught!" screamed the girl.

"Then get traught! We need to help those people and fight Two-Face" Artemis looked at Dick Grayson and suddenly had an epiphany. But before she could say anything, a couple of thugs appeared near the classroom and saw the group.

"Get our, our boss said we need to get all of the people here to the gym, where we will wait for the ransom" But before they could threaten the group, Helena Bertellini jumped and quickly knocked out the two thugs. Barbara and Artemis were surprised but Dick smirked. The woman then took three backpacks and threw them towards the students.

"Change and follow me!" she told them.

"Wait, who are you and how could you defeat them?" as the time passed, Artemis was more and more confused.

"My name is Helena Bertellini aka The Huntress. Unfortunately the Bat is not in town so he gave me your costumes in the backpacks. Sorry about the bow, but it could not fit in it. You can use my crossbow though. The brief silence followed the conversation, after which the group found a corner where they could change into their uniform. Three minutes later, the four vigilantes changes into their costumes and stood outside of their classroom.

"Now, follow me. I will create the distraction and you three free the hostages," The woman told the group and they ran towards the gym. When they reached the room, Huntress threw a smoke bomb and jumped towards the location of the Two-Face's gang, who started shooting at her as soon as they saw her.

Meanwhile, Robin, Batgirl and Artemis ran towards the hostages and quickly overpowered the guards, defeating them as the thugs were destructed by the smoke and quickly freed the student body. As the people were quickly leaving the room, one of the thugs caught Barbara's arm, the Batgirl could not escape and got captured.

"Go, I will be fine" the girl cried as Robin and Artemis lead the entire school out of the gym.

"What are we going to do, they captured Batgirl" exclaimed Artemis. Robin was a bit whelmed as at times his teammate sometimes lost confidence when she was thinking that odds were against them.

"She will be fine. Right now our objective is to lead this people outside where they would not be in danger." The people were still running and soon they ran outside, where police already was waiting for them.

"Good job Robin, is Batman here?" Robin saw the Commissioner and his guts constricted as he though how Gordon's daughter was captured.

"Everything is fine, Batman is not here. I think that we freed all hostages although we need to check if there are others" replied Robin and the two young heroes ran towards their school.

"Do you think Huntress is fine?" asked Artemis. Robin did not reply and the two walked slowly. They opened the door to the gym slowly but as soon as they did that they saw that the entire gang was watching them since the smoke had cleared. Both Huntress and Batgirl were captured and tied.

"Robin? I did not know that you got yourself a new sidekick" he taunted the boy. " You have to choose who you will save- one of your mentors or friends. You have exactly two minutes." Two Face decided to enrage Robin further as he hit Batgirl with his fist. "Please decide faster, otherwise I will shoot all of you"

Robin suddenly jumped and after throwing some smoke bombs, started jumping and defeating each criminal he saw. Artemis was surprised to see Robin acting like this, as he always was very calm with a silly side, always joking around with a small exception of their recent adventure in defending their base. Soon, almost everyone was lying on the floor with the exception of the two superheroes and Two –Face.

"It seems that you don't want to take my offer, it is a pity. It seems that I will have to do it myself." Two-Face pointed his gun at Batgirl's head and prepared to shoot the gun.

Before former District Attorney could perform his evil act, Artemis shot her crossbow and an arrow flew towards the hand that held the gun, making it change the direction of the shot; the bullet soon left and hit the ceiling. Robin then jumped and by using a couple of kicks knocked out Two-Face. The two teenagers then ran towards the captives and freed them.

"I think it is the time for us to disappear." The older superhero replied and the four heroes disappeared, living more smoke in the room. Soon, police ran to the gym and saw defeated Two Face with his gang. The heroes meanwhile escaped the building and met on a roof.

"Well done you three, I will tell to Bruce how you performed tonight. See you tomorrow in class" the Huntress disappeared and three kids remained sitting together on the roof.

In the evening, when the three kids met to fight crime, a figure stepped from the darkness and they saw the most feared superhero in the world. "You performed satisfactory today in my absence. " Robin thought that his mentor actually made a small smile although even he was not sure.

"Batman, 02, Robin B01, Artemis, B07" The two teen ran to join their friends and then heard the computer one more time. "Batgirl, B08". Robin smiled as his friend was now on the team too.