Disclaimer: Do you think if I owned Young Justice I'd be posting these stories here? No way! I'd be writing the show! Sadly, only DC can do that. They own everything

Okay, personally, I really like Artemis. her sass and mysterious past really intrigue me. her, Robin and KF are my faves, and Conner and Roy after them. M'gann and Kaldur (dude! I made him a bad guy!) aren't that interesting to me. And these are the kids in the cast. I'm not talking everyone else yet. Anywho, I thought it best to get her problem out of the way next. If she really wants to escape her dad entirely, she and her mom are going to have to move on.

Moving On

Artemis looked around their tiny apartment. There were so many memories in that place. It had been her home for over ten years. She hardly remembered another place she really could call home.

In her bedroom was her sister's old bed and poster. She recalled again the day she felt. Artemis felt so alone back then. Her mom was gone, her dad… well he was just plain horrible, and then her sister just left. She remembered hugging her stuffed animal, praying that somehow she'd find some way to keep this family together.

Now all she prayed for was to keep half of it away from her.

Truthfully, she once hoped she'd find Jade again, and find out she was something amazing. Maybe a company CEO, a fashion designer, maybe even working for Interpol. Finding out she had become a better killer than their father was heartbreaking.

Slowly Artemis took down the Alice in Wonderland poster, wrapping it up for storage. She might not want anything else to do with her sister, but there were good times too. Alice was one of their favorite shows. She remembered pretending to be Alice while Jade would be everything else. Their mom would come in late at night to get them to calm down and sleep. They'd fake that they were, then giggle late into the night about the show.

'It's really like a dream, all those happy times.' They were getting far and in between as they grew older and their dad wanted them to become assassins even more than before. Considering Jade became an assassin on her own, Artemis could only conclude she ran away because she wanted to do it outside her dad's shadow.

Besides, their dad was kind of lame. Really, a sports theme? Cheshire actually sounded cool and deadly. Being able to disappear whenever she wanted to was pretty cool too. Sportsmaster sounded like a coaching reject.

Artemis allowed herself a small laugh before setting the poster aside. Robin had sent her a new address earlier that day for her and her mom to move to by the end of the week. It was closer to school and work, but still within their price range. A low income Wayne building, one of those equipped to take earthquakes and really good for wheelchairs. She checked it out a few hours ago. It was perfect.

Only one thing left to do.

Convince her mom.

Slowly, she paced her room thinking. She meant to bring it up the previous day, but she wasn't sure how. She loved her mom and her mom didn't want things to change any more than they had already. Her mom's been through a lot. She had her own criminal record but that was behind her now. She was trying to make everything right for Artemis and her. Signing the divorce papers was one of her hardest moments in her life. Leaving Sportsmaster wasn't easy for anyone.

And now they had to solidify the deal. Once they were out of this place, her dad couldn't even come close to her. This new place even had a state of the art security system. Wayne seemed to be paranoid over everything, not just his ward or his life. Artemis would have a harder time sneaking in and out than before, but it'd be worth it to keep the assassins away.

It'd also be handy if Kaldur came by.

She remembered overhearing the Waynes talking once, saying it was a good thing Batman kept tabs on them. More than likely, Batman was wired into their security systems too. If Kaldur came anywhere near this apartment, Batman would be notified and Artemis wouldn't have to fight him alone. Heck, Batman would probably come flying in if anyone attacked the building. Her dad didn't stand a chance if he came by there.

She took another breath before exiting her room. She had to talk to her mom. Within a few minutes, Artemis found her working on making dinner. Another Vietnamese meal she couldn't name properly. The news was on and Artemis tried her best to ignore it. She wasn't in any condition to defend Gotham tonight.

"Mom," she started nervously, "I think we need to move."

Her mom looked up at her in surprise, hands still poised in the air to work on the meal. "What?"

Artemis turned off the TV and sat on the back of the couch. "It's just, this place isn't safe anymore," she tried to explain. "We've both made some pretty bad enemies over the years and…"

"Artemis." Her mom's firm voice made the archer freeze obediently. "We've been over this. No place is safer than this. Your father ensured—"

"Dad's one of the reasons we have to move." Artemis had to convince her. "He's not happy with me, and he's still not happy with you."

"He swore on his parents' graves he wouldn't harm us," her mom insisted.

"But what about his friends? What about his allies?" The archer knew ways around promises. Her dad wasn't above using them. "He could send them after us."

"Then what about Jade?" Artemis closed her eyes to breathe. Jade was the real reason they never moved out. A small, vain hope she would someday come back to them and the three of them could be a family again. "How will she find us if we leave?"

Artemis looked at the ground, feeling wretched. She hadn't told her mom about Cheshire yet. Slowly she raised her head to look back to her mom. She was already going back to dinner, matter settled.

"Jade's with the League of Shadows."

Her mom's eyes flew open wide in horror, dropping what she held in her hands. Artemis felt she had to tell the whole story.

"I… I met her again as… as Cheshire… it was my first mission with the team. I don't think she's with dad, but she sure isn't coming back here any time soon. She looks well, but she's…"

Silence stood before the two. Artemis let her head drop, knowing the information was breaking her mother's heart. That was why she never wanted to tell her. They had already suffered so much, she really didn't want them to suffer anymore.

Artemis decided to change the subject quickly. "Our leader betrayed us Mom. He was one of the bad guys the whole time. That's how I… Anyway, it's likely he's going to come after me, after us. He might try to turn me, make me like—"

"Don't you dare!" Artemis jerked her head up at her mother's shout. The woman before her was shaking in her wheelchair, terror, anger and sorrow fighting to control her face. "Don't you dare become like your father!"

"I won't. I swear I won't." She took a letter out of her pocket and handed it over to her mom. "It's just a possibility, and I want to avoid meeting him again until I'm ready. Robin sent me this earlier. It's an address and leasing information for a really great apartment. Location's perfect, wheelchair access, state of the art security, and just inside our price range. He'll even help with the down payment. I checked it out."

Her mom took the paper and read it, her head already jumbled by the information her daughter dumped on her. Artemis felt it was time to let her think about it. "We have until the end of the week before the place is back on the market. Just think about it okay?"

She gave her mom a quick hug, not sure if anything had sunk through. All she could do now was wait. She gave her mom a small smile then went back to her bedroom to think and wait to be called to dinner.

There really wasn't much left to think about to tell the truth, and if she thought about certain things she was bound to lose her cool. Instead, she laid on her bed and read the first book she could grab. Ironically, it was Robin Hood, one of her favorites until the end.

It was nearly an hour later when her mom knocked on her door to come to dinner. Obediently she got off her bed and joined her somber mom. It was halfway through the meal when her mother spoke again.

"Tomorrow, after school, drop by the market for some extra boxes. I'll have to call around for some help getting everything there."

Artemis' eyes grew wide in relieved shock. Slowly a smile crept onto her face as she nodded. Finally, it looked like they were moving on.

A/N: Friad I don't know much about artemis' mom to make a judgement call on her, But I think the reason why the apartment in the flashback is the same one despite her parents being separated both times, is because her mom won it in the divorce and she's waiting for Jade/Cheshire to return., Artemis probably wouldn't tell her mom the truth until she tells her friends it, mostly because it's harder to tell the people you love painful things than people you like who don't know the other person very well. That's my theory.

Next is M'gann, and her dealing with things isn't so happy.