5 months! 5 months since I updated this, and let me tell you I feel super guilty about taking so long, but hey, at least I updated!

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Now, this is a semi long chapter, more than 1,500 words, and I hope it's enjoyable! Just to refresh people on what last happened, Artemis, who is now working for the Shadows as Hecate, wants to visit her mother, after having visted the team, and unwillingly had to reveal herself to them. Now, after this chapter, I hope to only have 2 or so chapters left, and then Family Business will come to a close!

I think that, what took me so long to actually finish writing this out, was that now that we know Jade's actual relationship to Artemis, it's kind of hard to write them as mother and daughter, but oh well, I'm nearly done, and I will finish it, so worry not!

Also, I think I'll start doing review replies by PM, since, most of the readers are not anonymous :P But to answer to Coconaut, don't worry, this chapter and the next won't have fluff, so worry not, as for my other fics well, we'll see :)

I hope everyone enjoys the chapter!

==Infirmary

Jade lay in her hard bed, eyes closed and ears perked. Someone was outside her door, and she didn't trust the Shadows to not come and pull one on her. She gently felt for the knife that was under her pillow, touching the hard wooden handle, fingers wrapping around it. As the doorknob squeaked, she gripped the blade, ears ready for the slightest sound which might indicate the intruder was armed.

As the door kept creaking open, Jade's eyebrows scrunched together, and as the light poured in, her eyes shot open, pulling the knife out and stnup, holding it in position to strike.

A figure sneaked in, and in the dim light, she made out Artemis' distinct form, long blonde hair giving her away. Her grip on the knife lessening slightly, but the older woman was still adamant.

"Artemis?" Jade wasn't sure she was seeing right. Artemis wasn't supposed to be in here, what was she doing in the Shadows HQ? Now she knew how she wound up here. After she blacked out, Jade thought she heard Artemis' voice, and smelt the familiar odour of their Gotham home, or rather, now her Gotham home. Then it all became a blur again, as if someone knocked her out, and she found herself in the Shadows HQ Infirmary, with Sensei and a couple of his ninjas standing guard. He didn't give her any details, only that she was hurt, and had been brought here to heal, with the Shadows' expert medics on hand, and would need to stay here for a little while. In all honesty, Jade knew the Shadows' leader was somehow slipping something in her medicine which was slowing down her healing process. She never took this long to heal from bullet wounds. No matter how many, or how deep.

"Hey…" Came the meek reply. Artemis shuffled inside, and closed the door softly, not approaching her mother. Artemis didn't know what possessed her to think she'd be able to get support from her mother. For all Artemis knew, Jade could be in cahoots with Sensei, or approve of his methods, no matter the cost. But Artemis still hoped, naively maybe, that Jade would understand, or even support her, give her ideas.

"What, what are you doing here?" Jade was still wary.

Artemis chuckled softly, but Jade could tell the humor lacked from it. "I'm part of the Shadows again."

Jade didn't believe her. Artemis wasn't the type of girl to work hard at something and just drop it. No, there was something else going on, but she knew that her daughter would not give her the real reason if she outright asked, so she had to play this differently.

"Oh really? And what made you change your mind?" Jade drawled noncommittally,shuffling in her bed to be more comfortable.

"You could say a convincing argument persuaded me to come here." Artemis mumbled, moving closer to the bed, head bowed.

Jade nodded absentmindedly, lowering the knife, but still gripping it. "And what argument would that be?"

"Nothing."

"Really?" Jade smirked and raised an eyebrow despite the situation. "An argument about absolutely nothing sparked the life changing decision to back to working for evil after you'd been so set to become a goody-two-shoes after all this time then?"

The younger woman sighed, and sat down on the farthest edge of the bed from her mother. "Don't worry about it."

Jade sighed as well, no way this was going to be a simple visit. Artemis usually would've taken her jab and said something equally sarcastic.

However, she just passively shrugged it off, this was very serious. She took a deep breath, and continued prodding. "I will worry. I might not be the best parent, but I'm still your mother, and you can tell me what's so dismissive about you changing sides…again."

Artemis narrowed her eyes and glared, reminding Jade how alike in attitude Artemis was to her. "Fine, if you must know-"

The door slammed open, and Sensei walked in, a self-satisfied smirk on his face. "Artemis has decided to join us for a more permanent duration"

Jade growled. "I knew as much. Now, if you'll excuse us, Sensei, I'd like to talk to my daughter, privately."

Sensei might have been hierarchically more powerful than Jade, but it was common knowledge you never crossed Cheshire, and especially not when her eyes flashed dangerously. The scarred man bowed, and exited, but before he closed the door he muttered, "But be careful, the walls have ears."

Jade scoffed after the door shut. "As if that'll dissuade me." She put the knife on her bedside table, and turned to her daughter, who had suddenly taken a very particular interest in her thumbs, twiddling them. "Now, you were saying."

"It's really nothing you should worry about, it was stupid of me to come here anyway, and you need to rest-"

"Don't you dare leave." Jade grasped Artemis' wrist, pulling her back down on the bed. Her bullet wounds on screamed in pain at the exertion, but she only grimaced and let out a nearly audible grunt. She could piece the puzzle together now, but wanted confirmation. The minute she was out of this bed she would tear Sensei a new one. "Now, you tell me what that bastard's done, Artemis."

"He's, well, he's convinced me that, working for him would be in my best interests-"

"Or else he'll kill me?" Jade raised an unimpressed eyebrow, and sighed, pinching the bridge of her nose once Artemis made no indiacton of disagreeing, with the previous statement "Artemis, you know that I can take care of myself, do you seriously think that he'd be able to pull one over me?"

The blonde narrowed her eyes, and scoffed. "Right, because he totally has no power over you while you're bed-ridden and on whatever else he's been shoving down your medicine!"

Jade kept up the glaring contest they were apparently having, until she lowered her eyes in defeat. Artemis, much to the older woman's chagrin, was right. It didn't take a genius to figure out that someone was spiking her meds, and if they added an extra dose one day, and someone attacked her while she was under, she'd have no defenses, no one to defend her, and then what?

"Well, what exactly were you planning that involves me being put in danger like that?" Jade smirked, bearing a striking resemblence to her alter-ego.

Artemis' eyes widened. "Wh-why would you think-"

The older woman scoffed, shaking her head. "I think I know my daughter's behaviour by now, don't you think?"

The archer smiled bashfully, of course her mom would figure things out. She took a deep breath, and looked the other woman in the eyes. "Actually, now that you mention it..."

==Mount Justice

The team was conflicted. They were ecstatic to find out Artemis was alive, but no one had any idea as to how they'd save her from the Shadows.

"Better question is, why is Artemis so important to the Shadows?" Robin wondered. They were currently sitting on the living room, the bright kitchen lights illuminating the area.

"She's skilled?" Megan offered with a shrug.

Kaldur shook his head. "Skill to save doesn't mean skill to kill."

Conner countered. "Shooting with a bow goes both ways really."

Wally's mind went back to that night back to the first few days Artemis joined, and she had killed that goon to save him. But just because she could kill didn't make her evil. Batman was capable of killing, but that didn't mean he was evil! He scoffed, "So what, you're saying she's evil?"

The young hacker sighed. "Look, the Shadows went through a lot of trouble into capturing Artemis, they wouldn't take just anyone for the heck of it, there must be another reason for it-"

Wally stood up, arms up. "Her mother's being used as blackmail!"

"Enough." The Atlantean warrior stood up, his gaze meeting the Speedster's, and the latter softened his gaze as he sat back down, realizing he had gone too far. "Artemis is a teammate, but more than that, she's a person, and as heroes, it's our job to save her, independent of her allegiance."

Everyone nodded, and then turned to Wally as he started searching his pockets for his phone. He took it out and scanned the screen quickly. "Artemis is on another mission for the Shadows."

"Where to?" Robin asked, all business, preparing his wristcomputer to input the coordinates.

Wally gulped. "She's coming here, to Mount Justice."

Ooooh cliffhanger! What could happen next? I do wonder...well, I don't, I know what'll happen, but I'll leave you guys in suspense XD

So, I hope this story was enjoyable, and like I said above, there's only 2 more chapters, and we'll call this one done. Now, next fic to be updated will be an ADJL one, and then I'll be back with Broken Puppet!

I tried to make this more descriptive and less just talking, not sure how well that worked, but oh well, I'll let you guys tell me how well that worked!

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