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"Conversation in italics is mental link or thoughts"
Superboy was the first to arrive at the now docked ship soon followed by Kaldur, Robin, Kid Flash, and Me'gan with Zatanna arriving last. All the commotion on the docks had alerted the guards aboard the ship causing them to open fire on the team the moment they all arrived.
The ship was an old ocean liner that appeared to be on its last leg, and on its side read Misère in French. Aboard the ship there were more than four times the amount of guards then there was on the docks, and they all looked prepared for trouble.
"Where's Artemis" kid flash hurriedly asked Zatanna as he swerved to avoid the machine gun fire
"She noticed something on the docks and went to investigate" Zatanna answered before casting a spell to turn some of the bullets into bubbles
"What by herself! So while she's playing detective were out here doing the real work" kid flash yelled back
"Get over yourself Kid and don't worry you of all people should know she can handle herself"
"If you two are done talking maybe you could focus on the mission" Robin said as he flipped in front of both of them while simultaneously throwing three birdarangs at two thugs that were about to shoot at them
Kaldur summoned a wave causing the guards to be temporarily stunned allowing him to board the ship "Robin dispose of the chemicals while we engage the guards and secure the ship" he ordered within the mental link
Me'gan became invisible and flew above the ship while Superboy jumped and landed right in the middle of the fight. Kid Flash grabbed Zatanna and ran aboard and Robin merely sunk into the shadows and disappeared.
Artemis was pulled back by a strong pair of hands and her first instinct was to try and elbow her attacker in the stomach. However her move was anticipated causing her hand to be painfully pulled behind her while being thrown into the wall. During this process her other hand was pulled above her head and forced behind her until she had one elbow pointing to the sky and the other pointing towards the ground with the perpetrator holding her hands in the middle of her back.
"Hold still or you're going to hurt yourself" said a familiar voice in Artemis' ear
At the sound of this voice Artemis instantly stiffened and stopped moving "Jade" she managed to say while trying to look at her sister through the corner of her eye "what game are you playing because right now I am so not in the mood"
"You're too serious all the time that's why I can always beat you, you need to be more lose and free" Jade said still using her playful voice. She paused then continued more seriously "If I let you go you promise not to attack me, I only came here to talk"
Gunfire and yelling could be heard coming from the fight on the ship just a few hundred feet away
"Yeah like I can take your word for it" Artemis replied sarcastically
"Artemis"
"Fine I promise now let me go" she relented through gritted teeth
The team was hardly making any headway these guards were clearly better trained and equipped than those on the docks.
Superboy was surrounded. Fifteen guards were all firing at him as well as using taser guns to bring him to his knees. Me'gan saw he was in trouble and started levitating some of the guard's taser guns and firing them at the men surrounding Superboy. One of the guards noticed this and thought he saw something strange with the sky above them so he fired his flame thrower towards the it and soon heard a loud scream followed by Miss Martian falling to the deck.
Superboy became enraged when he heard Me'gan fall he no longer cared about controlling his strength. He went after the guards around her like a wild animal throwing them off the ship as soon as he got a hold of one.
Kaldur created two huge water hammers sweeping the floor with any that came near pushing several into the reach of an angry Superboy
Kid Flash would run towards their attackers drawing their attention and fire giving Zatanna the time she needed to cast her spells. This plan worked perfectly until one of the guards got in a lucky punch making Kid Flash slip on the wet floor and slide nearly off the side of the ship. Zatanna was able stop him before he slid off giving him the opportunity to get up. As Kid Flash got to his knees he saw a man sneaking behind Zatanna
"Behind you!"
Zatanna turned in time to see the man raise his weapon as he was about to hit her with the butt of his gun, however, the man never got the chance because at the moment there was a violent explosion causing the ship to lurk towards the right making everyone on deck slide to the edge.
Jade released her hands and took a step back still ready to defend herself if her sister decided not to keep her promise. As Artemis turned around to face Jade she rubbed her wrists and stretched her arms trying to get the blood circulating again.
"If all you wanted to do was talk then why did you attack me" Artemis asked through gritted teeth still angry at her sister for pinning her up against the wall
"Come now Artemis, would you really have talked to me if I stopped you on the street and tried to have a normal conversation with you" Jade said placing her hands on her side and leaning on her left leg. When Artemis didn't respond she continued "exactly"
"Whatever" Replied Artemis finally getting the feeling back in her arms "what is so important that you had to attack me to get my attention" she said as she casually walked over and picked up her bow from where she dropped it. Without it she felt uncomfortable and too vulnerable.
"A warning and an offer" Artemis narrowed her eyes but didn't say anything "I'm still not a hundred percent sure what's going on but I know the league of shadows is collecting kids that they've been interested in for a long time and continuing some project"
"And what does any of this have to do with me?"
"We were apart of that project, Artemis, don't you remember going to that youth center and having those doctors examine us?"
"What are you talking about I've never been to any youth center before?"
"You've forgotten?" Jade said as she raised an eyebrow
"No Jade I think you're confused"
"Look, Artemis, Sportsmaster is looking for you and I know for a matter of fact he is about to send people to bring you back"
"And how exactly do you know this" Artemis asked "and if we both we experimented on then why are they only after me?"
"I know this because I all ready intercepted some of them" jade stated "and there not after me because I left before the experiments were completed plus I am protected by my mistress which brings me back to my offer"
"And what would that offer be?" Artemis asked skeptical
"Come join Talia Al Ghul's personal guard and work with me she has already agreed to let you work for her. No one in their right mind would go against the princess of assassins"
"I got away from that life there's no way I would just go back, not even if my life depended on it" Artemis replied dead serious
"Then take this as a warning little sis and stay on your guard because I won't be able to keep them away forever" Jade said as she slipped into the shadows and disappeared
Artemis stood there for a second thinking about the conversation she just had before running towards the direction of the ship. The closer she got the louder the gunfire and shouting became until she came upon it and shot a grappling arrow to climb up the side. When she reached the railing on the deck there was a sudden exposition which threatened to throw her back on to the dock. Just as her hand slipped someone grabbed her and pulled her back on board.
"Nice of you to finally join us" Kid Flash said as he tried catching his breath
"What was that explosion?" Artemis yelled ignoring his earlier statement
"I don't know but it came from below deck"
"Artemis Kid Flash are you there" Kaldur asked threw the mental link
"Yes were here what's going on" Artemis answered him
"The decks below us have caught fire and Robin is still down there" Kaldur replied
"I'll go get him" Kid Flash stated as he was about to run
"No Me'gan is unconscious and cannot cal the bioship I need you to help move any injured or trapped guards off the boat" Kaldur ordered
"No way you can't be serious Robin's still down there" Kid Flash complained
"I'll go get him" Artemis said as she was running below deck
It was hot below deck and getting hotter by the second. Artemis kept on running until she came to a cargo hold where the fire was the strongest. The big room was lit orange and red with the furry of the flames that threatened to consume everything in its path.
"Robin where are you! Robin" Artemis yelled as she searched the room
The smoke was starting to get to her causing her lungs to burn and eyes to tear. She looked for her oxygen mask and quickly put it on when she found it. Artemis stayed low to the floor continuing her search.
"Robin answer me" Artemis yelled again getting worried
She frantically continued her search until she heard a small cough "over here…" cough "I'm over here" said a week voice
"Robin hold on" Artemis yelled again as she turned over some broken crates that trapped the boy wonder underneath
Artemis took off her mask and gave it to him offering some much needed reprieve from the smoke. His head had an inch gash above his right eye and his costume was torn in several places revealing some minor burns on his arms "The containers seemed to have some sort of built in fail safe that would detonate several charges throughout the room if the chemicals were rendered inert" Robin said anticipating the question forming in the archers mind
"That doesn't matter right now, the only thing that does is getting you out of here" Artemis said as she lifted him off the ground by putting his arm around her shoulder
The walk up the stairs and to the outer deck was painful and even though the boy wonder tried to suppress any groans it was obvious he was in pain
The moment the pair stepped outside they were met with a gush of wide and a blur of red and yellow "What took you so long blondie? I was about t…." Kid Flash trailed off as he saw the state his best friend was in
"Robin needs medical attention. Run him to the bioship I'll be close behind"
"O.K but don't take too long" Kid answered before running to the ship with the injured bird in hand. He quickly handed Robin to Kaldur and Zatanna "he needs help but I'm going back for Artemis"
A few seconds later Kid Flash was back with the team's archer "you were taking too long we need to leave now" and with that he ran aboard the ship ready to head to the cave to treat the now unconscious Robin's injuries
Artemis was sitting at Robin's bedside the moment Black Canary left the room he had woken up right after arriving at the cave's infirmary. The rest of the team hit the showers and were getting ready for bed, they were told Robin suffered a minor concussion including the gash on his head, several minor burns on his arms, smoke inhalation and a bruise that ran the length of his right abdomen. Wally was done showering but decided to wait outside for and give those two a minute.
"This is all my fault" Artemis said resting her arms on her knees and looking at the floor
"How is any of this your fault?" Robin asked laughing at the fact Artemis was beating herself up over this
"It's because I found that stupid flash drive we even had this mission but more importantly if I didn't get distracted I would have been down there with you"
"Wow it really is all your fault" Robin said giving her the biggest smirk when she raised her head to stare him down
"The only thing that would have been different if you were with me would be that you would also be in here getting your burns bandaged"
"You may think that but I bet batman's going to chew me out for not watching your back" Artemis said worriedly
"No he's not… well maybe he can be over protective at times"
"Thanks for making me not worry" said Artemis sarcastically
They both heard someone clear their throat from the hall way and a moment later batman walked in. Even under his mask one could tell he was not happy one bit
"Um I'll just leave you two alone" Artemis whispered as she backed threw the door
"Yeah not happy one bit"
A/N: Wow this chapter was hard to write. I knew exactly what I wanted to do but it still took me forever to sort everything out :) like always thanks so to Alex Skywalker, XxSlayerChickxX, SuperGLEEK97, greekfreak101, Pink Guns and Sunfl0wer S33ds, B-b-birdy (), alamodie, and ashley () for taking the time to read and review my story :) wow I think that's the most reviews I've ever received for one chapter :) and thanks all those who silently read this
