Ok. To start with, the characters and places in this fanfic aren't mine. They belong to DC Comics. I'm using them in this fanfic because I like Young Justice. Secondly, I don't care that much for Batman or Superman, so there will be some occasional bashing of the two in an attempt to keep this story light. Special thanks to Reina Grayson for helping me edit this. Anyway, I hope you like the story. Email any and all comments (even burns) toSilver_Howler1_99
Now on with the story;
Daughter of a Tigress
By Silver Wolf1
Chapter One
First Day...
She had to be jinxed, that's all there was to it. There is no way one person's day could be this bad. But yet here she was, Artemis Crock, stuck teaching a small group of five and six year olds. 'I've faced my father, near death experiences, aliens, wars, but nothing like this,' she thought as twenty-four pairs of eyes watched her from where they were seated on the floor. She took a deep breath and slowly started to relax before asking the first question.
"So, does anyone have a question for me?" A couple of hands slowly went up as she smiled at them. "Ok, let's start here in the front." she said pointing at the one student.
"Are you really our teacher?" a young boy asked.
She nodded and said, "Unless your principal thinks I would be better suited in a different classroom, I'm your teacher." She motioned towards a young girl sitting behind him who was straining to talk to the new teacher.
"You're pretty." the girl said smiling.
"Why thank you," Artemis replied with a slight nod. "Anyone else have a question?"
"Do you have a mother?" a girl in the back asked.
Truth be told, that wasn't a question that Artemis was prepared for. She looked over at the girl and said, "Yes, I do. Do you have a mother?" The girl slowly shook her head before looking at the floor. 'Weird,' Artemis thought. She barely had time to dwell on it when she heard the bell ring. "Ok everyone;" she said standing up. "Let's get started, shall we?"
As she proceeded with the lesson, Artemis couldn't help but feel as if there was something strange about that girl; like she had seen her somewhere before. 'Maybe I'm over thinking this.' she thought as she walked to the cafeteria. Her thoughts were interrupted when she heard a scream. Looking over at one of the tables, she saw a group of boys bullying one of the students.
"Don't interfere." one of the others teachers said walking over to her quietly.
"Why shouldn't we?" Artemis asked.
"If you do, it will only get worse." one teacher said walking past.
"No. It will get worse if we don't." she replied sitting at the table. As she watched the boys out of the corner of her eye, she couldn't help but feel sick to her stomach watching them.
"You want to stop them, don't you?" the teacher across from her asked, "A lot of past teachers have tried to stop them, but are immediately fired because those boys claim sexual harassment or that the teacher touched them."
"Is that so?" Artemis asked as she pulled her phone out. 'Note to self; thank a certain bat for teaching me this trick.' she thought as she pushed a few buttons.
"What are you doing?" a teacher asked.
"Dealing with a bully." was the only reply before putting her phone away. She glanced over, and without even thinking, grabbed a pen from inside her jacket and threw it across the room with enough force it shattered a tray one of the boys was using as a ball bat.
"Just what do you think you doing?" she yelled as she surged to her feet.
"We were just talking to her." one of the boys said.
"I highly doubt that," Artemis retorted, "You four, main office. NOW!"
"Why should we listen to you?" one of the older boys asked.
"Because everything you've done to her, the teachers and every student has been recorded on the surveillance system that was upgrade over this past weekend will be broadcasted to every television, on every channel within a five county radius," she replied crossing her arms, "And just so you know, the new system now records sound and focus in on specific conversations."
"You're bluffing," the student replied. A smile started to appear on her face as she said, "I was hoping you'd say that."
"So has the little throw away found her mommy yet?" echoed through the room as the monitors kicked on. All eyes turned and watched as a replay of what the four boys both said and did to the girl started playing.
"Think I'm bluffing now?" Artemis asked watching them, "Main office, now…and don't even try to leave before I get there or else." The boys quickly got to their feet and started running to the office.
"I don't believe you did that." one of the teachers said.
"And you doing nothing makes you no better than them." Artemis said coldly before walking over to the girl.
She knelt next to her and softly asked, "Are you ok?"
The girl slowly looked at her and said, "No one's ever stood up for me before."
"Yeah….well, I hate bullies." Artemis said smiling, "What's your name?"
"Kara." the girl said before her stomach growled.
"I take it that was your tray they were going to hit you with, huh?" Artemis asked.
Kara shook her head and said, "They threw my lunch in the trash when I arrived this morning." Artemis was silent for a few second before going over and grabbing her lunch.
"In that case, you can have mine." she said placing it in front of the young girl, "I have a feeling I'm not going to be able to eat it."
"Really?" Kara asked.
"Just make sure you eat it all, ok?" Artemis said before heading towards the office. She was about half way there when her phone rang. "Thanks for the backup, little bird." she said knowing who it was.
"Don't thank me, thank Barbara." a familiar voice replied of the phone, "She was the one that asked me to upgrade those cameras."
"Still I owe you one, Robin." she said with a slight smile.
"No problem and you're really going to like Black Canary;" he said with a slight chuckle, "She saw that video and contacted the school board about what those teachers told you. The district superintendent will be arriving in about five minutes to clean house."
"Good," she said reaching her destination, "Talk to you later." She ended the call and had no more then put her phone away when one of the boys opened the door. "Just where do you think you're going?" she asked.
He swallowed hard before replying, "Uh, the bathroom."
"Go sit down." she said not believing him. She followed him back into the office and leaned against a wall were she could keep an eye on the four of them.
"Excuse me, Ms. Crock," the secretary said glancing between the boys and the blonde, "Why are you here with them?"
"Bring up the browser on your computer," Artemis said with an evil grin then she turned to the boys, "I warned you boys about trying to leave."
The voices of the four boys could be heard from the computers speakers before the secretary yelled, "JEREMY DOUGLAS!"
The one boy flinched before saying, "Uh-oh."
Artemis looked over to find the secretary glaring at the one before asking, "Your kid?"
"He lives with his father," the secretary replied sounding upset. "But not for much longer."
"You're screwed." the one of the other boys said.
"I wouldn't be talking, Harold." the secretary said as the door opened.
"What did he do this time?" an elder gentleman that asked looking towards the four as he entered the office.
"He was caught on camera bullying another student during lunch, Mr. Blackthorn." the secretary answered.
"He did what?" Mr. Blackthorn asked.
"Made derogatory statements and threatened another student with bodily harm before attempting to break a tray across the back of said student's head," Artemis replied. "And the only thing that stopped me was you throwing that knife at it." Jeremy retorted.
"That was a pen, not a knife." Artemis replied coolly.
"A pen?" one of the other boys asked in disbelief.
"A pen." she said before the principal walked in.
Upon seeing the four, the principal sighed and asked. "Ok, whose saying they did what this time?"
"Thomas Eric Blackthorn." Mr. Blackthorn said walking up to the principal. "You have some massive explaining to do."
"D-dad, what are you doing here?" the principal asked surprised.
"I thought I'd stop in to see if you were free for lunch, only to find out that my grandson is bullying students," Mr. Blackthorn replied, "If I find out that this is true, my grandson will be going to military school until he realizes that is not acceptable behavior. Regardless of what your precious little 'my son can do no wrong' hippie of a wife thinks. "
"Don't bother asking if it's true, for it was recorded on the schools video cameras." the secretary said.
"I want to see that video, Milly." the principal said looking over at her.
"Turn on any TV in the school and you will see it," Artemis said calmly, "It's on a continuous loop for the remainder of the day."
"If that's the case," the principal said looking at his father. "Which military school did you want to ship him off too?"
