Sooo, yeah, long time no talk! Or read...you get the point!

Anyway, so yes, back to Hecate! And her not so mysterious ways.

This chapter has drama, not so much action, but I think it's important...so I hope you guys like it! :D

Yeah, that's pretty much it from me for this part, I'll talk more at the end of the chapter.

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==Mt. Justice

The team had come to, and quietly left the bank in shame of their failure, and returned to the cave.

Fortunately none of the adults were yet, since none of them knew that the team had gone after Hecate, so they had some time before the lectures started.

"Hecate." Wally mocked. "Who the hell is she?"

"No one from the Shadow's roster of villains." Robin had been checking the League's files for anyone with that name.

"And what is it with Greek names for alter-egos?" Aqualad questioned.

"Wait, her name's Greek too?" Superboy looked surprised.

"Why don't we do a Google search for her?" The Martian had recently found the wonders of the search engine, and was fascinated by it.

"Megan, we won't find something on someone that not even the League knows about." Robin explained.

"No, I mean on her Greek namesake. There must be some kind of clue as to who she is!" Megan countered.

They then went to Robin's real laptop, and searched up Hecate. They opened up Wikipedia, since it was the first hit that came up.

"It's not trustworthy." Aqualad shook his head.

Robin ignored him and summarized it for them. "She seems to be a goddess associated with magic, witchcraft, necromancy, and crossroads."

"So wait, we're dealing with a villain who deals with voodoo magic, poisons, bringing people back from the dead, and indecisions?" Wally grimaced. "Sounds like a bunch of fun."

"-Which is why you shouldn't have taken her on your own." Batman added, having entered the cave soundlessly.

"Oh come on! Artemis is missing, and we have to sit around while you guys do whatever you're doing?" Wally complained.

"That doesn't mean you should go around chasing after every Shadows member that appears." Batman narrowed his eyes, and Robin knew that it was time to intervene.

"Still, you should know that we're not going to be treated like kids." Robin stoically replied.

Flash came in. "We're not treating you like kids, we're protecting you-"

"From what? The Shadows? We've dealt with more dangerous enemies." Superboy spat back.

"Yeah, and your success rate is?" Flash shot back. "Look, it's not because we don't think you can handle it, it's just that there are certain facts that you guys aren't ready to know."

"And when will we be ready?" Miss Martian replied, some venom in her voice.

"In time." Superman also joined them, getting the tension to rise tenfold.

"Ha! You'll never stop treating us like sidekicks! In time could mean in 60 years, when you guys are ready to retire!" Robin exclaimed.

"Plus, if you don't prepare us accordingly, you'll never find out if we're ready." Kaldur added, well spoken as always.

"It's not a problem of preparation." Black Canary walked over to them. "It's that you are still a new team, and you don't know much about each other, not to mention that you don't have a lot of trust built up."

"Trust? We're a new group? The Justice League's only a couple of years old!" Kid Flash exploded, glaring daggers. "And plus, at least we trust each other with our secret identities, something that you guys are too paranoid to do."

Wally then turned and started to leave. Flash ran ahead to stand in front of his nephew. "Look, you're angry, your teammate is missing-"

"Maybe even dead!" Wally blurted out.

The rest of his team had a sharp intake of breath. They had all thought about that possibility, but no one wanted to say it for fear of it being true.

"Listen, we're sure she's not dead." Black Canary shook her head.

"Yeah? What proof do you have? Or are we not prepared for that either?" Wally replied, zooming out of the room before anyone could stop him. Batman put a hand on Flash's shoulder, silently telling him to give him his space.

Everyone was pretty surprised at how Wally was acting. For the guy who was always in a happy-go-lucky mood, he was pretty pissed off. You could say that he was missing his spitfire.

Wally walked over to Artemis' room, and snuck inside. He had no idea what had made him go in there, but he got the feeling that he would feel better by doing so.

The room was a bit messy, but it looked just as if she had left a couple of minutes ago. Wally sighed as he sat on the edge of her bed. He spotted her bookshelf and walked over to it, poring over the titles, seeing what she was interested in.

He spotted a book, not really thick, the spine reading 'Classical Myth.' He opened it up, seeing if maybe this would provide more information on the mysterious Hecate.

He went to the index, and searched up Hecate. There was a basic definition of her being the goddess of witchcraft and crossroads, nothing new. There were a couple of pages on her, so he decided to tackle the first one, page 218.

He found her name, halfway down: "Hecate's poisons: Hecate, although traditional made her a Titan, becomes the evil counterpart of Artemis-dark of the moon, a deity of darkness, fear, and death."

Wally blanched. It couldn't be. Artemis was Hecate, why? Why would she do that? Would she really betray them like that?

Suddenly, he felt the presence of someone else on the room with him. He saw their shadow, and knew that they were moving towards him. He jumped up, and before his assailant could blink, he ran behind them, and pulled them down with him, pinning his assailant beneath him.

Wally's eyes widened as he saw Hecate, struggling to get out from under him.

"So, the mighty Hecate is spying on me?" Wally mocked, his eyes boring into hers.

"What is it to you?" Hecate snarled.

"The fact that you're here, Artemis, and I want you to explain some things." Wally slyly said.

"Explain what exactly?" Hecate growled, not noticing what Wally had called her.

Wally smirked. "Why you're responding to the name Artemis."

Hecate's eyes widened. "What're you talking about?"

"You heard me, Artemis." Wally's expression saddened.

Hecate looked away. "It' nothing."

Wally's eyes narrowed. "It's something if you're fighting against us."

Hecate sighed. "I-I"

Wally let go of Hecate's arms, and took off her mask. He saw how Hecate became Artemis. The hair lightened to the blond he remembered, and the eyes went back to the stormy blue they should be. When Artemis raised her eyebrows in confusion, he shrugged and replied, "I want to talk to Artemis."

"Wally, you wouldn't understand." Artemis stoically replied.

Wally groaned. "Why does everyone keep on saying that?" Artemis decided to tell him the truth, or at least, part of it. "Look, my mom is being ransomed by the Shadows. She's really hurt, she could even die, but they're keeping her alive, as long as I keep doing the dirty work for them."

"Let's got to Bats, he'll know what to do." Wally started to sit up.

"NO!" Artemis exclaimed, pulling Wally back down. "No, you can't. They'll kill her."

"Come on Artemis, we can help you-"

"No one can. I have to do this by myself, please promise me that you won't tell them ok?"

Wally scoffed. "You expect me to sit around while my girlfriend's being emotionally blackmailed by those Shadows?"

"Please Wally, just don't tell anyone." Artemis was begging.

"Artemis, I can't do that-" Wally started. Then he sighed. "I suppose that-"

Wally couldn't finish his sentence because Artemis sat up and pulled his face to hers for a deep kiss. Wally felt guilty, because he had just finished contacting Megan telepathically telling them about Artemis.

As they broke apart, the rest of the young heroes scrambled inside.

"Artemis!" Megan exclaimed, and engulfed Artemis in a hug.

Artemis was glaring daggers at Wally. "Care to explain?"

"I contacted them when I took off your mask." Wally shrugged.

Artemis' gaze did not soften, but the 6 teens agreed on something. This was going to be their own mission, no adults to restrict them in what they were about to do.


So, yes, Artemis is Hecate. I had originally intended to make Artemis become Cheshire, since it would make sense, but then I thought it'd be too weird, and then I found out about Hecate in my mythology class, and voila!

And yes, the book does exist, it's right in front of me :) Hecate really is the 'evil and dark' side of Artemis in Greek Myth, so there's a bit of fun facts for you right there!

Hmm, as for the rest of it, I think I focused too much on the team complaining, but I wanted to show how Wally was dealing with this, and the team's feelings towards the mission.

Of course, now we just need to find out how the team plans to save Artemis. Or rather, I need to write it, and you guys find out :P

Soo, yeah, for those of you that haven't seen, I have completed Behind It All, and I updated How To Date The Girl! So check them out if you haven't already!

Also, I have a ton of stories to review, so sorry to those of you that I have yet to review!

Thanks,

Hezpeller