Ch.28: Mommy

Artemis bounced her leg as she read her new book. It was titled Scorched by Mari Mancusi. The blonde was on her apartment balcony, the sounds of the city around her, but she was too entranced in the book to notice. The one noise she did notice was a light thump on the balcony rail.

Not even looking up from her book, Artemis waved. "Hey Bats. How's it going?"

"Fine. Came to ask a favor."

Artemis closed her book with a small smile as she turned to the Dark Knight, his new protégé hanging from his shoulders with a grin on his face.

Danny waved from his spot. "Hi Arty!"

Artemis waved back with an amused smile. "I'm guessing you want me to watch him tonight, right?"

Batman grimaced. "Yes. Last time I let Dick babysit him, I found Danny asleep in the closet, hanging from the ceiling in a harness."

Artemis's eyes widened. "I'm not going to ask."

"Good choice."

Artemis laughed. "Well anyways, Chickadee can stay here. I'll make sure he doesn't sleep in my closet."

Batman grabbed Danny's hand and swung him around to stand on the balcony. "Good cause I'm running out of babysitter's and, if you don't work out, Jason's next on the list."

Artemis put a hand over her mouth to hide her smile. "That wouldn't end too well, now would it?"

Batman grimaced. "I do not need another corrupted child…"

Artemis laughed and opened her arms so Danny could jump into them. "Ah, don't worry Bats. I got this all taken care of. Your child will not be corrupted while in my house… Apartment."

Batman nodded, pressed him com, requested (ordered) to be transported to the Watchtower, and then was gone.

Artemis, putting Danny on her hip, got up and headed inside, her book in hand.

"So… You met Jason, huh?"

"Yeah! I like him! Because of him, I got four older brothers and two big sisters now! Ain't that cool?"

"Yes Chickdee, it's very cool."

CRACK! BOOM!

Danny whined quietly as he opened the door to Artemis's bedroom. The rain pounded hard against the apartment complex's roof and against the window. The tree right outside the window beat furiously against it as well. The blonde woman, through all the noise, slept peacefully through it.

BOOM! CRACK!

Danny squealed before making a break for her the edge of her bed. He pressed himself against it before making his way to the other side, where Artemis was sleeping. But that also meant he had to get closer to the window.

The child squeaked again as there was another loud crack of thunder, lightning lighting up the room for a split second.

Grabbing the hand over the edge of the bed, Danny shook Artemis to get her to wake up. It took a few minutes of shaking and crying but the woman finally woke up.

Artemis opened her eyes groggily and caught sight of the crying child clutching her hand at her bedside. She sat up quickly and pulled the boy into her lap, rocking him gently. "Chickadee, what's the matter?"

CR-R-RACK! BAM!

Artemis frowned. "Forget I asked."

Danny clutched the fabric of her night shirt. "I'm not scared of the storm."

"Then what are you scared of?" Artemis asked, running her fingers through his hair.

"Whenever there was a storm, the bad people liked to touch me more…"

Artemis looked at the ceiling and mouthed a few profanities and threats to each and every last pedophile that entered Danny's mere presence, let alone his bedroom.

"Oh Chickadee, it's ok. I'm right here. No one's gonna touch you when I'm with you, alright?" Artemis cooed.

Danny nodded, still crying into her shirt.

BAM! BOOM!

Artemis laid down and laid the child next to her, still running her fingers through his hair. Danny snuggled into her chest and Artemis pulled the blanket around them. As the small boy's eyes dropped tiredly, he mumbled "I love you, Mommy" before falling asleep.

Artemis smiled, snuggling close to the little baby. "I love you too, Chickadee."

Could you people say a prayer for my great-grandmother? She kinda died last night.

Kadzait: It was just her time.

She was 94 and wanted to die. Right now, she's probably partying it up with Jesus.

Thanks to these people for favoriting and/or following the story and JOINING THE FAMILY!: Nightlance44. Yeah... You were the only one yesterday. XD

Reviews:

Supaherloena02: Hahaha! Glad you loved the last chapter so much! And I'm also happy you liked The Abused chapter in Young Justice! XD

Sina Xiel: Uhhhh, dude... You posted that review with an IP address and now Batman's got your location and is tracking you down. Don't say it was untraceable computer cause he is coming to a secret base near you. XD And I'll send you the pictures to your computer. Hope you get them before Batman kills you! XD

The Keeper of the Worlds: Hahaha! Bat-Family, conquering the world with little to no effort! HAHAHAHA! And I'm working on the Jazz end. Trying to think of an idea with her being revealed without actually revealing her. XD

IWasNeverReal: (your review to chapter Red Hood) I didn't butcher Jason? YES! I DIDN'T BUTCHER JASON! OH YEAH! UH-HUH! THAT'S RIGHT! I DID IT! OH YEAH! UH-HUH! THAT'S RIGHT! I DID IT! (review to last chapter) Hahahahaha! Bat-Family is scary as frikkin crap. Screw the Justice League when you have, like, seven humans who could take every last one of the metas down with no problem. XD

Nightlance44: I probably should... But I'm not... Why? I'm way too lazy too. (Kadzait: Spends all day writing one chapter and it could be, like, 30 pages long and she's too lazy to press a button and hit save? Where is the logic? Me: Oh, there is no logic. That's how my life ROLLS. Kadzait: *face-palms* Ooooohhhh, you make me hurt...)

To Lazy To Log On: Hahahaha! I'll see what I can do, just for you! XD

Grava: ...I AM SO DOING THAT ONE DAY...

BringbackDannyPhantom: That's kinda what I was hinting when I put that picture in the album. XD

Skymuse: I WASN'T GIVING YA PITY, though I can see where you thought I was... Just go to the Batman wiki and go the Jason Todd/Red Hood page and you can learn all about him and his sucky life. XD That's what I did.

Bibbledoo: Oh I know, right? XD

GreenDrkness: Ok, I'll right that down there somewhere and I like Babs as Batgirl for some reason so I'm just gonna keep her as that. XD And I'm working on the Jazz end.