A/N: Wow. I'm shocked by all the nice reviews! I've never actually written something like this, so this kind of reception for it is quite heart-warming, despite the angst of the story...

Y~*~J

Artemis rung her hands together, her lips pulled together in a thin line of apprehension as she stared down at the limp 'corpse' of one of her best friends. So far, so good. All was going according to plan so far, but next came the hard part; replacing Nightwing with an actual body.

Of course, making one hadn't been much of problem; Wally, for all his joking, had been very serious and precise while making the Nightwing clone with the stolen Cadmus technology. Nightwing himself had refused to put this plan into action until he had checked every inch of the clone himself, to double check that it was exact, down to every last scar, burn and bruise he had ever sustained, along with the wound that had originally taken his life. After that, they had it cryogenically frozen to keep it fresh and to ensure any autopsy would pronounce him only a few hours dead at the most. Last but not least, it was outfitted with a Nightwing outfit and belt to fit the picture exactly.

The clone had been hidden in the back of the ship in a large container, out of sight of the others through the use of a concealing spell - courtesy of the unknowing Zatanna - and Artemis had quickly switched them, taking the clone body and laying it on the table while putting Nightwing into the container before reactivating the spell, sobbing loudly to muffle the bumps this caused. Quickly re-covering the clone with a cloth, Artemis sat back, allowing her heartrate to slow down slightly now that the danger of getting caught switching them was over.

Despite the fact that Nightwing himself had insisted on the plan, Artemis could feel a wave of guilt washing over her as she sat there, staring at the blank canvas covering the body underneath.

The League would never forgive them for this. Never. Not at all.

In fact, once they found out, Batman, Robin, Batgirl, Superman, the Flash - hell, the whole League and the Team - would probably kill them for doing this to them, but its not like they had any choice. Artemis would've happily taken Nightwing's place, but Wally's absolute refusal to allow that had resulted in this whole screwed up situation.

'Damn it Wally, look what you've done!' Artemis couldn't help but scream in her head. Because of him, they were risking not only their friend's life, but their places on the Team or in the League and they were also more than likely to fall in the path of the Bat-Family's wrath once they discovered it was all a ruse.

This was a nightmare, and they were in the middle of it.

Y~*~J

A/N: Was this good? I hope it was...
~Persephone