So sorry for not Updating! I haven't had time and then I was stressing so I'm sorry!
Artemis could feel a pounding in her head. She was dreaming about a little girl dancing around her living room with the biggest smile ever. But that pounding interrupted her pleasant dreams. She felt hungover. Or at least what she thought would be hungover, since she never had tasted alcohol in her life.
"Oh my god! What the hell happened?" She thought to herself, sitting up. She opened her eyes, taking in her surroundings. She was in a dark cold room. There were gadgets everywhere! The walls were lined with computer screens. She turned her head and saw three men standing in front of the largest screen. The first man was tall and skinny, but kind of hunched over. The second man was huge and broad and the third man, who was really a boy was extremely skinny.
"Wait a second," she thought to herself. "That kind of looks like Bat..." She stopped mid thought when she saw what was on the screen. It was her face. They were digging into her life. Looking at things about her. Her stomach twisted in anger. No one was aloud to know about her! That's the whole point of a secret identity! Artemis looked left and saw her bow and arrows. Maybe if she was quiet enough she could escape. Slowly standing up, she grabbed her stuff and backed away slowly. Her eyes not leaving the three men who were staring at the screen. She wasn't watching behind her and her back slammed into the door of the Bat Cave.
BEEP BEEP BEEP
"Shit" Artemis thought to herself. The three men turned around to stare at her. Normally, her fight or flight skills would have kicked in and she would be fighting for freedom right now. But, instead, she just stared right back at them.
Robin was the first to break the staring contest. Running over to her, face riddled with concern he tired to reach out to her, stopping halfway.
"Are you alright?" Robin asked. Artemis only nodded. She had no desire to show any kind of emotion other than aggression towards him. After all, he was the enemy.
"Artemis, if I may call you that, please come forward" said a strong voice. Artemis made a face of disgust. She knew exactly who was talking to her. Batman. She hated him! Hated is attitude and his stupid face, even though she couldn't see it! As she approached the Batman, her steps became heavier and heavier. Her dislike for him showing through her body language. But Batman wither didn't notice, or chose to ignore it.
"Welcome to the Bat Cave Artemis, I am Batman. Behind you is Robin and to my left is Alfred,"
"The dumbshit butler" Alfred muttered under his breath.
"Sup." Artemis said, completely monotone. Crossing her arms over her chest, she stuck her hip out and stood in the most annoyed teenager stance. She was ready to be as difficult as possible.
"Hey, um, Artemis" Robin stuttered. "I... I... I'm sorry for uh... uh... last night and stuff"
"What do you mean?" She asked. What happened last night?
"You know, for punching you" he replied nervously. Artemis narrowed her eyes at him. She was ready to punch him too.
Batman cleared his throat to get her attention. Artemis slowly turned back to him, giving him a WTF expression.
"We would like to ask you to consider joining our ranks" Batman began.
"Wait what" Artemis thought to herself.
"You have proven to be an excellent hero. You have saved people all over Gotham and we are hoping you can join the members of the Justice League" Batman explained.
"You want me to join the Justice League?" Artemis asked in disbelief.
"Oh no that isn't what he meant" Robin replied. "Remember that team I told you about? Well that was what we want you to join."
"I'm not even a sidekick" Artemis replied dumbfounded.
"We have decided that you could join the team under the pretense that you are Green Arrow's niece and his sidekick." Answered Batman.
"I... I... Yeah I'll join" Artemis replied. "What the Fu... ARTEMIS!? Why did you just agree to join? You don't even know what you are getting into!"
"You will?" Robin asked hopefully.
"Yeah" Artemis answered unsurely.
"Excellent" Batman said.
Flash forward two days Artemis was awkwardly standing in what Batman called "Mount Justice". She met Green Arrow the day before and they hit it off right away. She thought he was a nice respectful person. All she wanted to do was save people along side him! But now she was standing in the middle of this mountain, waiting for members of Robin's team to show up.
"I'm here!" Cried some Ginger kid that appeared out of nowhere. He turned his head and stared at her. "Who is this?" He asked sarcastically.
"Team, this is Artemis. She is Green Arrow's niece and new sidekick." said Batman "She is now joining the team."
"What?" Cried the Ginger kid. "We don't even know her!"
"Kid!" said the black guy, "be respectful" He approached her. "My name is Kaldur, sidekick of Aquaman." He pointed towards the Ginger kid. "The rude one is Kid Flash, sidekick of Flash."
"Hi!" The Green girl ran up towards her. "My name is Meg'aan! I've always wanted a best friend!" She ran up and gave Artemis a slight hug. Artemis didn't really like touching, but it was nice how friendly this girl was. Secretly, Artemis has always wanted a best friend too.
"That's Meg'aan, sidekick to Martian Manhunter" said Kaldur. He turned to the large boy standing in the corner. The boy was huge, with a dark expression. "That's Conner, or Superboy."
"Hello" he quietly said. Walking forward, he stood next to the Green Girl, a walking, giant brick wall. His head no expression, but his eyes were angry. She recognized that anger, she lives with that anger everyday.
"And of course you know Robin" said Kaldur. She nodded slightly, surveying this group of kids. She gave a mental nod, "Yeah, I can do this. I'll work with them. At least I'm not working with Batman!"
"Alright, Artemis, Meg'aan will show you around and show you the ropes" said Green Arrow. She nodded to him again. Then Batman and Green Arrow turned and walked out. Red Tornado, who she hadn't seen standing there, shot up into whatever little room was in the ceiling, leaving her and the team standing there alone. They stared at her and she stared back. It was a Me VS Them situation.
"So you wanna explain who you are?" Kid Flash asked accusingly.
"You wanna explain who you are?" Artemis retorted.
"Wally, Wall-Man, Wallinator!" he answered proudly. Artemis rolled her eyes. "Wallinator?"
"Listen, Bay-watch. My name is Artemis. I'm Green Arrow's niece. I shoot arrows. Happy?" Artemis said sarcastically. Wally scoffed at her, probably because he couldn't think of a comeback.
"Come on Artemis! I'll show you around!" Meg'aan cried, looping her arm through hers and walked off.
"Not bad" Wally muttered, checking out the archer's backside.
"Way to be a pervert" Robin accused him. He heart clenched and his blood boiled. Perhaps, he was jealous. "Hell no! I'm not jealous!" he thought to himself. He didn't quite believe himself though
10 points for anyone who guesses the reference! *Hint: It is from the same thing that the last chapter's reference was from!*