Heey guys, this is my least favourite chapter so bare with this one. So please enjoy and you know the rest :) x
Artemis stood in position her bow in hand. She wasn't sure she should be doing this, but she couldn't make it obvious.
She was standing at a tree trunk keeping concealed from anyone's point of view when she heard voices ring in her head
"Guys they are transporting some sort of weapon, I've never seen anything like it" Robin said,
"OK, well do they look like anything the shadows have mustered up?"
"No, this is much bigger and whatever they are we need to…guys get out they are coming, we need to go now!" Robin's voice was frantic
"Guy's we need cover now!"
Wally and Artemis sprang into action; he bolted forward taking out three guards along the way while Artemis laid some cover for him. She followed swiftly behind him jumping over the tall fence effortlessly, she pulled out another bow blowing open the door that led into the facility.
Wally sped in
"Robin where are you?" Artemis asked
"In the main wing, it's the biggest room in the facility please hurry!" He cried
Artemis felt the lump in her throat grow, she ran as hard as she could knowing that Wally heard the message to. She arrived at two corridors going down the first one she saw; luckily she had picked the right one and ended up in the largest room. When she arrived no one was there the room was empty, she pulled out and arrow and walked slowly searching the room. She couldn't see Wally so either he had ran down the other corridor or something had happened to him.
She stalked slowly around the room, looking out of the corner of her eye with every turn she made. She knew something was wrong because she couldn't get through to anyone telepathically. She heard a noise, almost like a thrashing…
She looked around, it was barely see able but there was no one on the floor around her, she heard it again. She took one more scan of the room before looking up. She saw M'Gann, Connor, Dick, Kaldur and Wally. She felt her heart sink into her stomach, even Connor was knocked out and that took some serious effort.
She quickly ran up the stairs moving closer towards her friends, she shook Robin to consciousness, he was groggy at first but soon realised it was her
"Artemis?" He asked
"I'm going to get you out of here Robin, I swear to Ahh!"
"Artemis!" Robin screamed, his scream had stirred the rest of the group because most of them were awake now. Artemis was thrown off the stairs; she clutched her stomach praying that the baby was OK. She knew she shouldn't have been thinking that but she couldn't help it, she looked up to see a brute of a man walking down the steps towards her. She stood up before he could get to her and released an arrow into the man's chest it exploded leaving a mist of smoke before he jumped out and grabbed her by her neck. She choked out a wheeze and kicked the guy in the face, no effect.
He laughed at her; she hated it when people did that. He was evil looking, he had scars over his face and she could have sworn he had a glass eye that didn't quite sit right. None of that mattered though because right now he was the enemy and she had to save her friends.
She tried to kick him again but the grasp only went tighter
"Artemis!" Wally screeched, he had to do something to help her, and he knew exactly what. He moved his body, at first he thought it wasn't going to work but his molecules moved, sure his nose was a bit bloody but it was none the less working.
Once he finally fell to the ground he grabbed Artemis and punched the oaf in the face as hard as he could. Dick was now cutting the others out of there, ropes that he knew was constructed of some special material to hold Connor.
"You OK?" Wally asked her moving a loose piece of hair out her face
"Yeah fine help the other" She said releasing an arrow at her enemy, it only took a second or two for him to recover but it was enough time for them to get away. Everyone had gotten out and they were now running towards the nearest exit. She felt guilty because she was worried for the little person growing inside of her, she shouldn't of, and she didn't even want this.
She ran hard and fast to the bio-ship,
"Let's get out of here" She spoke softly to M'Gann hoping it would calm the situation, nobody interjected so she was guessing it worked.
The trip was quiet, nobody spoke much. It wasn't the worst situation they had been in but it was still none the less a scary place to be. She was proud that Wally had figured out a way to save them, but she still couldn't talk to him normally.
Once they landed, Artemis stood up and a pang of pain flashed through her body and into her stomach and her vision went blurry. She grabbed on to the nearest ledge she could find trying to steady herself
"Ahh" She said, breathing in deeply trying to stop the pain, she clutched her stomach Dick turned around to face her
"Artemis? Artemis what's wrong?" He said putting his hand on her arm trying to steady her, she inhaled deeply and let out a moan of pain
"I…don't feel so good" She said, the pain was hurting her now badly, she fell to the ground Dick holding her steady as she did
"Artemis…come on we got to get you a doctor" He said picking her up
"No! I'm fine, I promise Dick just don't get me a doctor" She said a tear spilling down her face, he picked her up and carried her to the medical wing making sure no one saw her. He called in Black Canary to help her.
Whether she liked it or not she was going to come clean.
