Robin wondered if it was because the world's greatest detective trained him or the fact that he knew Artemis' past was what made him the only one to notice signs of stress begin to take hold of her.

The Archer was having an internal battle. Her muscles were tense, ready to attack if necessary, but only a certain enemy. Today was the day she would finally put her father – if he even deserved that title- behind bars. She tapped her toes impatiently, eager to pounce on her prey. In the back of her mind, there was a voice telling her to be mindful of her surroundings, but she was sure the voice and her fuzzy eyesight were due to a lack of sleep from her double life. Absolutely nothing was wrong.

Aqualad was too nervous about the possibility of the mole finally coming out to aid the Shadows to notice any changes in the team. The addition of Zatanna, and the promise Zatara held the entire League to honor her with, did not help his anxiety. In an attempt to calm himself, he asked Robin to bring up a hologram of their destination for everyone to see.

"Even though this is a covert mission, I believe that we are more than aware of the dangers that the Shadows cast around them. Everyone will have an assigned partner or group, of which there will be no switching. Robin, you will accompany Zatanna. Miss Martian and Superboy will join me. Kid Flash, you will be paired with-"

"Not the replacement!" KF whined. Artemis' eyes narrowed to slits, but she held back her anger for once. Nothing was going to ruin the day she freed her broken family from its bindings.

With a gentle whoosh from the bioship, the teens touched down. KF and Artemis were sent to scan the perimeter while the others tackled opposite side of the building. As soon as their team was out of hearing range (although their minds were linked) Artemis shot Wally a look of disdain and said "no matter what you think, Kid Idiot, I know I'll never be anyone's replacement." For once there was silence between the pair and it lasted a long time, well at least an hour.

KF motioned for the Archer to be still and his eyes grew wide as he saw a shadow fall over them. "Robin, I thought you were supposed to be inside the building" Artemis stated, looking slightly confused, but otherwise unfazed. Wally, on the other hand, still looked like he was about to empty his stomach. The raven-haired teen smirked at the sight of his friend and remembered the girl's question.

"Oh yeah, we found Crock. Aqualad's calling the League to pick her up as we speak. Miss Martian ran into some trouble along the way, nothing too serious, just enough to put a stop to the mind link for now."

"So is Crock just sitting there or something? Isn't she supposed to be the Shadows' captive?" The boys were shocked by Artemis' sudden burst of anger.

"Why are you angry about this?" the speedster questioned.

"There's no way on earth that they would make the time to capture someone and let them escape that easily. We need to reconvene with the others. Now" Artemis growled.

As the trio stepped into the darkness of the run down warehouse, a chill ran up and down Artemis' spine. She whipped out her bow and nocked three arrows towards a slightly darker patch of flooring.

"Now daughter. Is that any way to greet me?" Sportsmaster rumbled.

A HUGE thank you to all of you awesome reviewers and followers! :D Virtual hugs go out to everyone. Just to let you guys and girls know, I'm not going to be able to update for a few days, sorry in advance. To clarify, the first three paragraphs are of the trip to Gotham from different perspectives. Topic question: who in the JL or YJ team would you be?