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BANG!

Artemis's head turned to stare at the kidnapper on the ground, the smoking gun. Her left shoulder jerked back, making her take a small step backward. Pain spread up her shoulder, a pain that she had never felt before. Sure, Sportsmaster had put her in situations where she'd get hurt, but he wasn't crazy enough to get Artemis shot. Well, at least not crazy enough to get Artemis shot with such a low-grade gun. The world seemed to turn, and Artemis stumbled backwards from the half-lunge that she had moved into to push Roy out of the path of the bullet. Roy jumped to his feet to catch Artemis. Wasn't he just lying on the ground a second ago?

Roy put his hand around Artemis's shoulders, which was a bad move. Her left shoulder screamed in pain, and Artemis yelped. He immediately let go, and she fell on him. Roy repositioned his arms and picked her up.

"Is that blood on y'r hand?" Artemis slurred a little, looking at the hand that had grabbed her left shoulder. A steady stream of curses appeared in the background, and Artemis's head lolled to the side to see Green Arrow, pacing back and forth.

Roy gritted his teeth and ground out a "Get Dinah." He looked ready to shout at Ollie for an hour straight, but he had better things to do.

He ran down the alleyway and two blocks down the street, then turned into another alleyway. Artemis desperately tried to keep her arm strung around Roy's neck to hold herself up. At least her shoulder had stopped hurting, but when she notified Roy of this, he just looked more worried. He threw open the door to a dusty old telephone booth and punched in some numbers. A computerized voice responded Not recognized, and Roy muttered "Fuck. Can't get to the Watchtower."

Artemis dully wondered what a Watchtower was.

"Okay, okay," Roy mumbled to himself, punching in some different numbers.

Recognized: Speedy, B06. Recognized: Guest.

A blinding light filled the booth, and Artemis blinked her eyes to find herself in a huge cave. There was a green girl and the boy from the park- what was his name, Conrad? Both the green girl and football-guy's jaws dropped. Their eyes drifted to Artemis's shoulder. Was there something wrong with it? It didn't hurt anymore, but it was feeling very wet.

"Wait," Artemis told Roy, and he skidded to a stop. Aww, he did care.

Artemis peered at the green girl. She looked familiar, but Artemis was certain she didn't know any green people. Maybe she should take a closer look.

"Hey, Roy, s't me down." Artemis's voice seemed quieter than normal. She wondered why.

"A- Tigress, we need to get to the med bay. Now." Roy looked confused and very stressed. Artemis wanted to know who Tigress was, but doy! Tigress was her. Artemis was a superhero. Coooool.

Artemis then snapped back to the task at hand.

"Set me the hell down, Harper."

Roy didn't move, so Artemis pushed herself out of his arms, boots hitting the wet floor. Uh-oh, they were going to be stained red now. Red from what, Artemis did not know. She took one small step, hardly an inch forward, then promptly blacked out.

Well, fuck. Roy had some explaining to do.

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Artemis woke up with a splitting headache and a dull throbbing in her shoulder- no, a dull throbbing everywhere. Just because it was dull, however, did not mean it didn't hurt like hell. She surveyed her surroundings. She definitely wasn't in Roy's apartment anymore. She tried to remember what had happened, ignoring her head's protest.

So… Roy got kidnapped, then she called Green Arrow. Artemis inwardly cringed when she recalled the following conversation. Then she put on the Tigress suit, which she was not wearing now, Artemis noted. Anyways, she and Green Arrow had found Roy, and then there was a gunshot and the rest was fuzzy. Artemis did vaguely remember a cave and the football guy who was Dick's friend, but she wasn't sure what that was about.

Artemis tried to push herself up from the hospital-like bed that she was laying on. When she put her weight on her arms, they buckled and the left one felt like it was on fire. Artemis immediately fell back down.

Her second attempt was much more successful. Artemis didn't use her left arm, and by extension, her left shoulder. She stood on wobbly legs and tried to make it to the door. The gentle warmth on her neck reminded Artemis that her identity was safe. What had her fake name been? Oh. Cissie. Artemis resisted the urge to facepalm. She wobbled out of the room, grateful for things to lean on as she turned and stumbled down the hallway.

Artemis stopped when two voices turned out of what seemed to be a kitchen.

"Are you sure she's awake, M'gann?" A guy's voice sounded. Football guy's voice. So Artemis hadn't been hallucinating.

"Yes. I can recognize the difference between sleeping brains and awake ones." Woah. Okay, that must be the Martian.

Artemis turned another corner and almost ran into the green girl and football guy from before.

"Hi! I'm M'gann, and this is Conner." the green girl jubilantly waved.

M'gann and Conner. Megan and Conner. Princess and football guy. What kind of people was Dick hanging out with? Not just a supervillain, apparently.

Shit. I have to find Roy.

Megan pointed down the corridor, reading her mind. "He's right down there."

"Thanks, yeah, I have to go." Artemis stuttered, then she left.

Artemis was about to walk into the big entrance cave she had… teleported into? Her memories were a little fuzzy, probably because of blood loss, Artemis added, seeing the bloody rags on the ground, mid clean-up. She could hear Roy's voice, and she almost went into the big chamber, but another voice stopped her. Dick's.

"I understand that you had to take her here, but you practically traumatized Conner and M'gann." he was saying. So Dick knew that princess and football guy were superheroes. Princess and football guy seemed to be coping well enough.

"Where else was I supposed to bring them, the Watchtower?" Roy's angry voice answered.

Artemis didn't hear Dick's reply because she peeked around and saw Robin. With Dick's voice. Everything clicked into place.

Artemis knew who Robin was.

AN: Also, the Easter egg was that the last chapter took place on July 31, which is when Artemis started being the superhero Artemis. Thank you, YJ wikia! Remember, reviews are imagination fuel! See you next time!