Artemis POV

I walked out of the Zeta tubes furious.

Kid Idiot just loves comparing me to Red frickin' Arrow. Well guess frickin' what? I'm not Red Arrow!

I think back to when it was easy to have friends, even if they weren't that good. As a kid at Gotham North I had two really close friends. Now one of them, Hector, hates me because she thinks I betrayed her by going to a new fancy crap school. Now my only friend was Ace.

Ace is a tough young girl, about 13, with an attitude. She has a black belt in every martial arts there is, is clever like a fox, and her looks are pretty deceiving. She has thick black hair that goes down to her shoulders, not that you would know because it's always in a ponytail, bangs covering her eyebrows, and intense brown eyes that can read emotions and people easily. She is also a human hero, but I haven't seen her in a while.

I walk home quickly, as soon as I'm at the complex and about to walk in a voice stops me.

"Hey, 'Miss. Can you help me out?"

The voice was weak and quiet, but familiar. I nocked an arrow at the general area of the voice.

"C'mon Arty, please?"
"Step into the light."

A girl walked out. She was about 5" 2', cuts across her face, a knife in her hand, and some familiar attributes. She was wearing blood stained clothing that was supposed to be black and white. Her shirt covered her neck, but was sleeveless. It was white on the left side, black on the other. She wore grey leggings that were made of a rough material, it seemed to be steel. But I knew it couldn't be, it was something she had created herself. Her black boots were steel tipped and were up to her shins.
The most familiar thing about her was her hair. It was black, thick, in a ponytail, and had bangs covering a nasty cut on her forehead. Her lips, which were usually in a smirk, were now pulled into a half-smile.

"Ace." I whispered
"Hey, 'Miss." She responded softly
"W-what happened?"
"I was in Bialya and I got attacked by this guy in black. I don't think it was on purpose, kinda looked like Kid Flash if I had to say. So how's your work with the Justice League going?"
I sighed, "Kid Mouth is being an idiot, Superboy is still hot, Miss Martian is still perky, Robin is still a troll, and Aqualad is still Aqualad."

She grinned, "Funny you named Kid Flash first, hmm."
I blushed, "Do you want help or not?"
"Oh yes, I'm eternally grateful, now can you put your arrow away?"
I grinned, "Sorry."
"Well where are we going? We can't go to your house. Your mom will probably go crazy at the fact that I got hurt."
I bit my lip, "Let's go to the Justice League."
Her smile faded, "You still haven't told them about your dad."
"They can't know."
"Fine then. Take me to the heroes."