Hey guys! I was going to wait to put up the next chapter but there are a few things I forgot to say in the last chapter. Arty is an orphan because her mom is dead her sister and father are unsuited to take care of her. I know the ending was pretty bad but I wrote this late at night so…gimme a break. There were separators separating sections but they got messed up and blended everything together. I decided at the end to give a preview for the next chapter. Oh and if you guys are wondering why I haven't updated "Who Cares" its because I need at least five reviews.
randommonkeyz998: Thanks I know my spacing sucks monkey but
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Keepmovingforward2: Thanks for your critique. I know I could have handle that part a lot better. But hopefully I'll learn in time. ;)
Gangster Girl-Crush: Thanks I know it was sad. (at least I hope it was)
LadyMysteri : Thanks I was planning on continuing. I was originally going to have ten chapters but I might to do more or less than ten
.Souls: lol thanks. I actually made Artemis an orphan so I can use that later. Just wanted to try some Artemis Green Arrow bonding.
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Nine days ago Artemis stopped crying.
"Artemis Is an orphan," The last words batman said still ringing in the ears of the team.
Batman's departure was greeted with the arrival of Green Arrow. He walked in looking exasperated.
"Did you happen to see…" he trailed off trying to find words to describe the situation with the dark night and the crying girl. The team nodded their heads, one by one getting over the shock. "Did he tell you…?" he trailed off again.
Kaldur spoke up, "he did not say much. We already knew of Artemis's relations, but we were informed that she was looked after by her mother, Batman said that she was an orphan." The team all exchanged glances and nodded in agreement. Green Arrow let out a long sigh and sat down on the couch. He leaned forward and started to tell Her story.
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Artemis had been crying herself to sleep just to have her nightmares wake her up. Each one had a different scenario with a different death of a different person she cared about. Her cries had echoed through the mountain. The team decided to stay the night in case she needed anybody, but so far, she had kept everyone up. Out of the young justice team, Wally felt the worse. He hated to see the normally sarcastic and cruel girl like this. Artemis never showed any sign of weakness. Even Green Arrow stayed at the mountain. Her cries hit him the worse. At first he didn't really care about the girl who wasn't really his niece, but over time they've bonded, and he thinks of her as a real daughter. At around 2:00 in the morning she had started screaming. Ollie ran into her room and squat next to her bed. He tried hard to think of something to say that wouldn't make the situation worse. He wished Dinah was here, "shhhh. Everything will be okay, Artemis you have to be strong. Everything will be alright… he will pay. Shhhh" He reassured her in her dreams. Her whimpers started to decrease in volume until she was asleep again. He stayed up the rest of the night sitting in the chare in her room. He couldn't find the strength to leave her side. He had to be here if she started screaming again.
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Artemis woke up in the morning her face fresh from tears. She heard soft snoring other than hers, she looked over expecting to see Wally, or possibly M'gann but surprised to find Ollie sitting in her lounge chair his head tilted back in an uncomfortable position. If she wasn't in such a mood she would've laughed. But she was, so she didn't. But she did have to wonder, why did he care? It's not like she was really related to him. It didn't really matter right now. Every time she closed her eyes she saw her moms body laying there, so she kept them open until they started to water and she was forced to close them again. She could imagine how he did it, how he killed her mom. She silently cried some more, before realizing what she was doing. He mentally slapped herself. She sat up and tilted her head back laughing bitterly. She was acting like a little girl. She didn't show weakness in public and here she was balling her eyes out like a lost little kid. (which she most certainly was not). She stood up walked over to the mirror and looked at her reflection. The girl staring back was unrecognizable. She had red bloodshot eyes, and puffy cheeks. Her empty sad eyes had bags under them. This girl was definitely not Artemis. Artemis dried her face and put on some fresh cloths. She couldn't get rid of the pain, she knew her mom would still b dead no matter how hard she tried to hide the tears. But she knew she had to be strong, she had to do it for mom. Today she was going home. "Come on Artemis pull it together… Be a hero," She whispered to herself. With that she went home… to say her goodbye's.
The next chapters going to be up either later today or tomarrow so don't worry…it's going to be really fun to write I can tell already. Sorry if you didn't like this chapter but tell me why!
