Hey, I'm SuperHeroTimeFan. This story is a series of events that foreshadow events in Logan GC's story "A New Destiny". They also tell of events concurring with what is happening in the story, like deleted scenes. I have been entrusted with secrets of what will happen later in his story and I have been given permission to share some of those events with you. Feel free to ask me any questions but do not, I repeat, NOT ask me what Logan GC said will happen later. I can give details, but not too much. So without further adieu, here's Chapter 1.
Chapter 1: The Looking Glass
October 23rd Gotham City 1:38 AM
Artemis tossed and turned in her sleep. Ever since the unfortunate day of the training simulation, even though she never told anyone, she feared the worst for both her and Galen. As she slept, she started to groan and mutter. She then began to scream.
October 23rd Gotham City 8:16 AM
Next morning, Artemis wakes up with a start. She looks around and looks at the clock. "Dang!" she says to herself. She then hears Paula. "Artemis! You're going to be late!" she yells out. The young archer gets out of bed and goes to get dressed. She stops by her mirror and looks into it. "So, what's it like over there?" she asks. Just then, her reflection starts to move on its own. She gasped as her own image growled at her like a savage animal. "Artemis Alice Crock, come out of your room this instant!" Paula yells. "I'm coming! I'm coming, Mom!" Artemis yells back. She doesn't hear a response. "Mom?" She yells. Still, she hears nothing.
Artemis quickly gets dressed and then when she walks out of her room, she's not in her apartment, but the Cave and in her uniform. She looks around and sees the Team in the briefing room, with Batman. "Artemis, you're here!" Galen says happily. "Yeah, I suppose I am." She responds. Batman continues talking to the Team. "Your task is simple: Investigate any strange activity on Malina Island. If you need me, I'll be at the Watchtower." He says. As the Team is about to go, Artemis hears a strange noise. "Guys, did you hear that?" she asks everyone. No one replies. Artemis turns to the Team and gasps. There, to her shock, is everyone lying on the floor dead. Each has an arrow in their chests, kryptonite in Connor's, fire in M'gann's and so on and so forth. She gasps even more at the sight of Galen's dead body. She's even more shocked to see that each arrow is hers.
This can't be happening! No! She thinks to herself. Just then, a black-cloaked figure appears and shoots an arrow at Artemis. Artemis replies back with her own arrow. "Who are you?! Where did you come from?!" She asks angrily. "The darkness!" the hooded figure replies back. They start to shoot arrows at each other until the hooded girl shoots a smoke arrow at Artemis' feet. When the smoke clears, the room is now covered in black and white square floors. Artemis then feels an arrow zoom past her hair. When she turns around, the hooded figure lunges at her and they both crash into the wall, sending them into the next room. In anger, Artemis shoots an arrow at the hooded girl once again. This time, she breaks her bow.
As Artemis smiles, the woman in black summoned a long katana, a length of 5 feet long, being held in her left hand. Wish I had that, Artemis thought to herself. As the woman charged toward her, Artemis dodged, but failed to see her next attack at her. Artemis blocked with her bow, but it broke in two. Using these as broadswords, Artemis parried and fought her way at the figure. When she attempted to stab her, Artemis jumped on her sword and placed an explosive arrow on her back. The explosion was massive and when the smoke finally cleared, the archer gasped at who was under the hood. There, in a black redeco version of her suit and with a red bow, was herself. It, of course, was not Artemis, as she had bright yellow eyes that made a chill run down her spine and black veins on her face.
Artemis angrily lunged at her twin once again and they both continued to clash. As Artemis jumped into the air to shoot her, the doppelgänger lunged lightning at her. How can this be?! Only Galen can do that! Artemis thought to herself. She was flung back into the room of her dead teammates and her evil side followed. When she entered the room, Artemis was gone, and so was Galen's lightsaber. "Where are you, filth?" She yelled out. Just then, Artemis jumped out from the ceiling with Galen's lightsaber activated. The dark omen reached out with her sword out into the air, making Artemis land with the sword in her chest.
"I crave your death and your demise," her evil self told her, as Artemis struggled to escape. "By name of Black Arrow, in vain you'll die!" Black Arrow finished up. She then grew a single wing and threw her up into the air. Artemis yelled as Black Arrow flew up. In the air, outside of the Cave, she began jabbing at her until she slammed her into the ground. Artemis got up, with blood dripping and then looked up at Black Arrow. She then smiled. "What are you laughing at, maggot?" Black Arrow asked angrily. Just then, Artemis revealed a piece of her sword. In her anger, Black Arrow swooped down to kill her only to find that an arrow was stuck to her wing. Artemis used her crossbow to get up to her and then started stabbing and slashing at her. Artemis then used her own sword to stab her through her wing and heart, sending Black Arrow tumbling to the ground. Artemis, who landed on the roof of the Cave, looked down to the dead corpse as it first wrapped itself up with its black wing and then turned into a bright light, engulfing the area. Artemis was blinded by the event and then…
October 23rd Gotham City 8:16 AM
An alarm clock rang as Artemis darted out of bed. She looked at the time and gasped. As she was going to dress up, she passed the mirror. She then walked back to it and there, she saw the reflection of her dark nightmare, Black Arrow. As she looked, Paula screamed out to her, but all noise surrounding her was mute, as she could only see her dark ego and hear one voice. "You can never escape me!" a voice said in her head.
This ends Chapter 1. This event foreshadows another in Logan GC's A New Destiny. Feel free to tell me what you think. Use positive comments only. This is SuperHeroTimeFan signing off and have a nice day.
