A/N: Another update. Left cliffy for MYSELF on the last chapter. So I had to update. And I need to update this fast. Gotta keep up with the show…

Disclaimer: I don't own.


Air caught in her throat, and, for a second, she could've sworn she was choking on nothing. Her lungs filled again and everything was alright. "Richard?" she asked, recalling her sister's words from only moments ago. "His name's-"

"Dick, yeah, now quiet." He clasped a quick hand over her mouth. He didn't want this to be so loud. The more people that heard, the more danger Robin was in. "I'm already gonna have to burn some tapes here." His eyes watched the shadows as if expecting foreign invaders to start popping out of nowhere. Wally couldn't help the suspicious feeling that was eating away at him now. "So let's finish this talk fast. I don't want to have to set up a massive bonfire to dispose of this stuff."

She pulled her face away from his hand, which then retracted back to his side. "Batman's that protective?" Aside from the shock in her system, she couldn't help a bit of familiarity that seared her mind. Dick. Richard. Why did it both sound familiar and make sense at the same time? Thoughts raced through her mind as she retraced memories, trying to put the puzzle pieces together. In her mind, it worked. For what reason, she didn't know.

"Bonfire. No joke." He looked to the door. "I can explain it all, but he'd do that better than I would. Talk about it on your home turf, not here." His jade orbs remained full of fear, flitting back and forth to scan the area around them. "But let's get this out of the way."

"So we know it's not us three," began Artemis, wishing she could set up a cork board with suspects and evidence like they always did on those crime shows. It would make organizing everything so much easier. "You, Rob, and I are all clear. For sure."

Kid Flash gave his curt nod. "For sure." He seemed to almost be twitching. His mind was racing with ways to burn those tapes and DVDs. He could shred them and then burn them. "I trust you, and I trust Rob."

"So that leaves us with Aqualad, Supey, and-"

"Megan." She noticed how his voice held a bitter edge on it as he said her name. Wally continued, "But only a few people in the hero world know his name. Or at least on our level. All of the Justice League knows. I know. Kal knows. Roy knows." Roy hadn't even crossed his mind until now. He almost winced at the thought of his red-haired twin being the mole. They'd been friends since what felt like forever.

"Except for we've got to include Megan in because of Bialya. She fixed our memories and may have seen something she shouldn't have." Artemis had her arms folded across her chest. Her voice was skeptical and almost accusatory. "So that still leaves us with three if we're counting Roy in."

"And Conner," sighed KF. "He and Megan are always in each others heads. No telling what they've told each other without even meaning to." Because, honestly, he knew Supey and Meg were together. It was just that some part of his too damn stubborn heart wasn't accepting it. Moving on was harder than he ever thought it would be.

Artemis leaned back against the wall behind her, head hitting it as she slid down. Weak. Pitiful. Useless. She made a better assassin than she did a hero. "We've got four possible people, not to mention how many Leaguers could know."

"But the mole should be within the team." Wally's logic was always flawed, yet she always found some reason to believe in it. "Realistically, at least."

"Well," she started, wiping a hand on her pants to get the sweat off her palms, "we'll need to ask Robin who all knows his secret ID and start from there." Her mouth quirked a half-hearted smile as she looked up at him from her place on the floor. "It's a jumping point, and at least Cheshire gave us that."

Snorting his obvious disgust with the whole thing, Wally huffed, "Yeah, to jump off a cliff to our dooms." He slid down the wall, reddish hair standing out like fire in a dead forest; his tired jade eyes found her. "Let's face it, if the Shadows know his name, we're as good as dead. The rest of us throw our names around like candy in Willy Wonka's stupid factory."

"Well, hold on." Artemis felt a renewed hope ignite in her chest despite how she knew she was especially screwed. "Why reveal this info now?" Determination glittered in her deep blue eyes. "Why not earlier to make us even more paranoid? Because the sooner we're paranoid, the sooner we start accusing one another and trying to practically kill each other. Maybe if the real mole takes care of some of the others-"

"I follow you," said the speedster, nodding quickly and quietly as his mind computed her thought processes. His eyes flickered as if doing calculations in his head. "Suspicions rise, we're practically killing each other, alliances form, trust is forged. Bringing it in now means it's recent."

"As in she just found out." The blonde's brow furrowed, lines creasing her forehead. "After she got here."

"Meaning someone who's visited her since she was here-"

"-is the mole," finished Artemis, looking at him triumphantly as they now stood staring at each other with victory in their eyes. "We make a killer team." She shot him a quick smile before making a run for the DVDs he'd collected while she was in interrogation with the assassin. Her blonde ponytail bounced behind her as she bolted. One of the tapes was bound to show someone going in. Someone who wasn't supposed to go in.

Wally watched her leave before letting out a long, exhausted sigh. "Killer team alright." One hand ran through his fiery locks; one finger found a spot on the back of his head, one that he had imprinted in his mind. He still hadn't forgotten the arrow that was supposed to pierce his skull, which was supposed to destroy him. He couldn't forget that.

But he did trust her. With his life.


A/N: Sorry for the length. Expanding it seemed… anticlimactic. So review?

~Sky