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The next morning

Back at the cave, Artemis, Anna, and Kaldur were sitting at the table, Conner and Wally were flipping through channels, and April was helping Megan in the kitchen. Robin, who was infuriated at what he thought was his own failure, was working obsessively in the gym. None were talking and the silence was long and drawn out. Kaldur was the first to break the awkward silence, "So, where is Sparrow?" he asked Anna and April. The two girls looked at each other, obviously confused themselves.

"Of course that little sneak would be relaxing while we sit here worrying and feeling sorry for ourselves, I wouldn't be surprised if she was still asleep."

"She is not a sneak!" yelled April, suddenly angry but not really sure why.

"Yeah! What's your problem Artemis?" joins Anna, clearly frustrated too. Though both girls couldn't help but wonder why their friend didn't seem bothered by last night's complete failure. Normally she would've been in the gym with Robin taking out her anger on a punching bag (or a wall).

Just then, Robin walked in, obviously still bothered. And a few moments later, Sparrow walked in too, looking perfectly relaxed in her civvies and sunglasses, "Hey guys!" she looks around, noticing the lack of response and seeing their glum faces, "Why so serious?" she asks, laughing a little at her own joke.

"Um...we got thoroughly thrashed by super-villains last night." Wally says glumly.

Jay freezes mid-stride, "What?"

Finally, Artemis loses it, "You can drop the act!" she yells, standing up so quickly that her chair falls backwards, "We all know that you were there! I saw what you did!"

"I...I don't know what you're talking about." Jay says, confused, I was here at the cave sleeping last night."

"Artemis, calm yourself. Sparrow has not done anything." Kaldur says, grabbing her arm as he tries to reason with her.

Artemis pulls away, "No! I saw her last night! She was talking to Mastermind, plotting. They said that they would destroy us from the inside, using someone that we would never suspect. Meaning her!" Artemis pointed at Sparrow accusingly and everyone gasped. "You wouldn't do that to us, would you Sparrow?" Megan asks in disbelief.

"I have proof, from the security cameras." Artemis says as she pulls out a disk and inserts it into the player. A grainy picture immediately pops up. It shows Sparrow talking to Mastermind and, as the footage continues, they can hear two voices. The voices confirm what Artemis had just said. Jay couldn't believe her eyes. She would never betray her friends like that but, there it was. When the video stopped everyone looked at Jay, "I...I..." she tried to form words but couldn't, "I didn't...that can't be me." she just received sad stares, "April, Anna, you have to believe me." April's eyes were tearing up as she and Anna both turned away, the sadness and hurt in their eyes was overwhelming. She turned, "Megan?" the Martian girl looked at her feet, unable to speak.

"Just go Sparrow." She whirled around to see Robin facing her, his features hard as stone, though he felt like he had been punched in the stomach and his heart had been ripped out.

Jay felt her last hope shatter and she turned to leave without another word. As she turned away from them, a single tear slipped out from under her sunglasses and down her cheek, she quickly rubbed it off with her sleeve and then rode out on her motorcycle as fast as it would go. After she left, the silence was total and complete, there was nothing else to say, after what seemed like years but was probably only a minute or so, April mutters, "I don't believe it." then Wally hugs her, trying to comfort her as she cries into his shoulder. Anna quickly turns and runs out of the room, trying not to let anyone see the tears running down her cheeks.

Jay was speeding back Gotham on her motorcycle, replaying the events of that morning in her mind and wondering what had happened. The sky was already darkening as it got later in the evening. "First I wake up just like any other day, sure I woke up later than usual but nothing seemed wrong with that." she thinks to herself while whipping in and out of traffic, "Then I go into the kitchen to get some breakfast. The second I walk in everyone just stares at me like I'm still wearing pajamas or something." she dodges another car,

"And finally, someone who I thought was my friend randomly accuses me of plotting to destroy them with my arch-nemesis, Mastermind. AND she has the evidence to prove it! Then I realize that I can't remember last night at all. It's evening when she screeches to a halt. She stares up at the massive office building and her former home, Black Enterprise. "And now I'm not even sure if I can trust myself." she climbs the fire escape to the top of the building and sits on the edge, staring out over Gotham. Then she says out loud, "I guess the real question is; what do I do now?"

Suddenly, a bank alarm goes off in the distance, "That was actually a rhetorical question." she says to herself, "But I guess it might help take my mind off my current problems." She dashed off toward the direction of the alarm.

Everyone who didn't currently live there had left the cave, once again leaving only Megan, Connor, Anna Marie, and April. It was uncharacteristically silent. Usually Anna would be arguing with April about something or other and Megan would be would be in the kitchen, baking. Connor would be watching TV unless Jay was playing video games on it (usually online multi-player with Robin). They would watch old superhero TV shows and laugh at how the actor tried to imitate Superman.

But not tonight. Megan and Connor were sitting on one of the couches in the common room. Anna was laying on her bed in her room, staring at the ceiling. April was sitting in a chair in her room, trying not to cry as she looked at a picture in her hands. Jay, Anna Marie, and herself had all crammed into the tiny photo booth in the Central Falls Mall to take it, Jay was holding an ice cream cone that she had bought from an ice cream shop only a few minutes before the picture was taken and Anna and April were laughing as they pretended to try to eat it, Jay sat in the middle, smiling while she tried to protect her treat. A tear slid down April's cheek as she sat there, feeling lower than the floor.

Robin had decided to leave the cave early. Now he was sitting on the rooftop of Waynetech trying not to feel bad about what he had said to Sparrow but failing miserably. It just didn't make sense. Why would she plot to destroy them, and with her most hated enemy!? And she had seemed so confused, even as much as they were, when Artemis had showed them that video. But she had left without ever really denying it. The look on her face when he told her to leave would haunt him for the rest of his life. He was jolted from his thoughts when a bank alarm went off downtown. "Is it too much to ask for just five minutes without a crime?" he thought as he jumped to another rooftop in the direction of the alarm.

Meanwhile, Jay had changed into her superhero outfit and was now looking through the bank's skylight as a group of armed robbers were taking cash from the safe and stuffing it into bags. The bank had been closed for at least three hours now so there were no hostages. "No hostages, perfect. That means it just one against five, somewhat uneven odds," then she smiled and added, "for them." (cliché, I know, but I just had to add it)

She stood up and was about to enter through the skylight when she was hit by a wave of dizziness and pain in her head. She stumbled forward, tripped, and crashed through the glass, barely catching the edge of it to keep herself from plummeting. All of the crooks looked up as shards of glass rained down on them. "Um, hey guys." she said with a weak smile. She let go of the ledge and dropped down, landing in a crouch right before the crooks began firing. She did a handspring backwards and started dodging the hail of bullets. "Well it looks like someone's not in the mood to talk." she cartwheeled to the side,"I guess I'll just have to do the whole witty banter thing by myself."

She threw two bird-a-rangs at two of the criminals which hit the guns then exploded. She took advantage of their surprise and knocked the guns away from two more while she threw another bird-a-rang at the last one, making him drop his gun. "So guys, you gonna give up or do I have to-ow!" she got that dizzy feeling in her head again, making her drop to her knees, the world was spinning like a tilt-a-whirl.

One of the robbers picked his gun up off of the floor. The dizzy feeling was going away, but not fast enough. He pointed the gun at her head, then all of them froze as they heard laughter. Before they had time to react, a figure fell from the shadows, landing on the robber holding the gun and knocking him out. The others started to slowly back up, one reached down to grab a discarded gun. "Sorry, can't let you do that, I hate guns." said the dark figure as he stepped from the shadows, twirling his Bo-staff, it was Robin.

He quickly struck the gun out of the crook's hands. While he was taking out the other criminals, Jay had recovered from her dizziness enough to use her grappling hook to escape out the broken skylight. She stumbled weakly back to the roof of Black Enterprise and sat down behind the massive sign. Her head was throbbing and her brain felt like it was trying to pound its way out of her skull. She was exhausted and finally, she couldn't keep her eyes open any longer and she drifted into a fitful sleep.

Mastermind was nearly ready to put his evil scheme into action. He had been weakening her mind and her confidence for nearly a month. She was nearly defeated and after tonight her mind would be his to control.

Jay was at a picnic with her parents, she was six years old and was happier than she could ever remember being. They were laughing and talking and smiling. She closed her eyes and leaned against the tree they were all sitting under. Suddenly she felt a cold chill and she opened her eyes to find that she was now in the middle of a gray, foggy forest. The tree trunks were all gray, white, and black and the fog was so thick that she could only see a few trees ahead of her. Any light that was able to penetrate the branches and heavy fog was gray. Her parents had disappeared. She stood up, calling out, "Mommy? Daddy? Where are you?" she looked around again and said quietly, "Where am I?" She walked through the forest. Finding nothing but trees and fog she began to run as fast as her small legs would carry her yelling, "Mommy! Daddy!" She stopped, panting hard. "Anybody?" she said quietly then she screamed, "Somebody help me!" she fell to her knees, crying into her hands, a feeling of hopelessness threatening to crush her. Then a movement in the corner of her vision caught her attention. She looked up as a figure stepped from the fog and walked towards her. He stopped in front of her and knelt down, "Why are you crying child?"

She sniffled and said sadly, "Everyone left me."

the man stood up and held out his hand to her, "Come with me child, I will help you, I am here for you. Everything is alright now." his voice was soothing and made her feel safe. She couldn't help but trust him. She took his hand and let him help her up. She held his hand and they walked away. She looked up at him and asked, "What's your name?"

"I'm Stefan." he answered. The name sounded vaguely familiar but she didn't really think it mattered as he led her through the forest.

Jay woke up feeling even more confused. She couldn't remember much, her mind was clouded. There was only one thought that was clear, dominating all other thoughts, she hated those Justice League wannabes, especially Robin. At that moment, he landed right in front of her.

-Flashback-

Robin had finished off the rest of the criminals easily enough. As soon as he had knocked out the last one, he turned around to see if Sparrow was alright, but she was gone. He sighed, he couldn't blame her so he shot his grappling hook and flew through the skylight. The local authorities could handle the criminals, now he just had to find Sparrow, he needed an explanation. There was no way he would just believe that she would betray them like that, no way, even if there was proof. He figured she had to be somewhere in Gotham. He would find her even if it took all night.

-End Flashback-

Now he stood before her, she looked slightly astonished when he landed in front of her. Then her eyes narrowed as she realized who he was, her blue eyes burning with hatred. She pulled out her bo-staff and attacked him. He could understand if she was mad at him, but this was crazy! She was trying to kill him!

Jay was infuriated as she attacked Robin with all she had. She had the advantage of surprise at first, but now he was defending her blows better. "What are you doing!?" he grunted as he blocked another swing.

"Isn't it obvious?!" she answered as she swung again, "I'm trying to kill you!"

"Yeah, I noticed." he said, "Care to tell me why?"

"Like I need to explain myself to you!" and with that she hit him in the side of the head with her staff, knocking him down, "From now on, we're enemies." she hissed.

Then, out of the shadows stepped Mastermind, "Come my Darkling."

That was the last thing he saw before blacking out, knowing that the hero he once knew as Sparrow, was now gone, maybe forever. As his eyes closed, Jay watched with no hint of emotion showing from behind her dark blue-and-black eyes. She truly was lost in the pitch blackness controlled by Mastermind that completely covered her mind.

I'm sorry I made Robin be mean to Jay at that one part, but it had to be done so please don't hate me. Again, the next chapter shouldn't take me very long to write and upload, but with school starting and everything it might. Anyway, please review because it's really nice and you get your name mentioned in my author's note which is awesome!