Disappearing Girls

Chapter 11: Clues

Artemis woke up to find herself tied up and sitting on a chair.

She was in the room alone.

The room was bare and had all white around it.

Even her clothes were white, and she wasn't in her school uniform.

A door slid open behind her and in walked in the adult kidnapper.

"Hello little one." The man said in a loud, but not hurt your ears, voice.

"What do you want with me? And where are my clothes?" Artemis asked fiercely.

"I took them off you. Do not worry though, I didn't touch you. A least, not like that." The man held his hand up while he talked.

"Why? And where am I?" asked Artemis.

"You'll see why later. As for where you are, well, if I told you, that would defeat the purpose of kidnapping and having a secret base." The man said.

"What do you want from me?" Artemis hissed out.

"What I want from all the girls in Lilly's Academy." The man said.

"And what's that?" Artemis asked.

"A completely obedient army of women." The man smiled evilly.

oooOOooo

When all the leaguers and girls got to Artemis's S.O.S. signal, they only found her broken bracelet.

Black Canary looked around and pointed at a nearby camera.

"Robin, can you hack that and see what happened." Black Canary said.

Robin pulled out his phone and started tapping away.

"A white van pulled up, no license plates, no distinct features. I can run a trace on the model, but it'll take a while. Anyways, two guys came out, teen and adult males, Artemis and Michelle put up a fight. It looks like Artemis broke her bracelet." Robin said what he saw.

"Okay. Run a test on the van Robin." Batman said.

"Is there anything else we can get here?" asked Green Arrow.

"The adult male has a shoe size of thirteen and the teen male has a shoe size of...seven?" Robin pointed out.

Batman held out his hand and Robin gave him the camera view.

"That's an eight." Batman said after a few minutes of watching the phone.

"So it's confirmed? These are the same kidnappers?" Rocket asked.

"What?" Batman asked.

"I hacked the other cameras of the kidnapping sites. A few had the same shoe size; thirteen and eight. But that was all until now." Robin said.

Batman hummed and was thinking.

Batman started tapping on Robin's phone and soon pulled up some more camera feeds.

"So it appears that they are the same kidnappers." Batman said.

"But why kidnap the girls? Why so many?" asked Zantanna.

"Still not sure." Batman mumbled.

Robin grumbled something under his breath.

"What?" Batman asked and looked at Robin.

"I said, 'This would be so much easier if Artemis took her bracelet with her.'" Robin said.

"But she didn't. She did however give us a crime scene and a direct camera." Batman said.

"But all we got was that it's confirmed that all the girls kidnapped were kidnapped by the same guys." Frowned Megan.

"Yes, but we have a van to run, shoes to look out for, and take a look here." Batman pointed to the adult male on the screen.

The adult male was wearing a black face mask, a short sleeved black T-Shirt, black jeans, and black shoes.

"A tattoo?" Robin asked.

"Yes. Black ink on his left upper arm." Batman said.

"I can't see a distinct picture, but that's a tattoo." Robin said.

"So what you're saying is to look out for an adult male wearing size thirteen shoes and a tattoo on his left upper arm?" Rocket had one of her eyebrows raised.

"Yeah. Just keep an eye out. And if you encounter them, call. If they try to kidnap you, break your bracelet and hold onto it." Batman said.

All the girls and Robin nodded.

"I just wish Artemis is okay." Megan said sadly.

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"So little one, what's your name?" the adult male asked Artemis.

"Fat chance I'll ever tell you!" Artemis spit out.

"Now, now. I let you ask questions and I answered them. You owe me. Besides, you wouldn't want to make me angry." The man said and a glint of something dangerous flashed in his eyes.

"Maybe I do." Artemis growled.

"Well then, we'll get to that when we do. But don't say I didn't warn you. You DON'T want me angry." The man said.

"Why are you doing this?" Artemis tried to understand.

"Because this is what he wants." The man said very cryptically.

"Who? Who's making you do this?" Artemis asked.

"No. I'm not going to answer any more until you tell me your name." the man frowned suddenly.

"Fine…Artemis." Artemis said.

"See that wasn't so bad now was it?" the man smirked.

When the man smirked, Artemis felt a jolt.

"W-What was that?" Artemis asked with wide eyes.

"It's what you get for being good. If you're bad, you're punished. If you're good, you get rewarded." The man smiled.

"Master, sorry to bother you, but I have news. It seems her guardians are checking out the site now." A girl in all white came into the room.

The man smiled at the girl and said, "Thank you."

The girl blushed and she quickly left the room.

"That's how you're doing it. You're controlling them through whatever that was that I felt?" Artemis asked.

"I have NO IDEA what you mean." The man smiled.

Artemis's eyes narrowed.

"You're brainwashing them!" she accused him.

"Perhaps…perhaps not." The man smirked.

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"So that's a total of thirteen girls kidnapped." Batman said.

"And still no rhyme or reason." Robin said.

"How about 'They're insane?' Does that work for you?" Rocket sarcastically said.

"No." Batman and Robin said at the same time.

"You will all carry on as usual. Robin, you run those tests. I will review the camera feeds again. Everyone keep your eyes out for shoe size thirteen and a tattoo." Batman ordered.

"Remember, DON'T confront them by yourselves." Black Canary said.

"And if we do get confronted?" Rocket asked.

"Then break your bracelet and try to hold on to it. If you can't try to get it into the van." Said Wonder Woman.

"And Artemis?" Megan asked.

"We'll be looking for her." Said Green Arrow.

"That's right. And if anyone hurts her, or the other girls, they're going to be sorry." Robin growled.

A/N: Hope you all enjoyed!

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