Chapter 4

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Artemis groaned. Tonight they had caught one robbery, one mugger, and had three hostage situations. Three! Since when did that happen? Good thing she would be able to spar and blow off some steam. She looked up to Roy entering, and saw Wally speed in carrying Dinah, who had a surprised look on her face. "I may have ran in and grabbed her without her permission." he admitted sheepishly. Artemis gave him a look and tossed Dinah her suit.

"Did the team return yours to you?" she asked Wally, seeing that he had nothing with him. He grinned and showed her his ring.

"I have this remember?" he said, showing her his lightning bolt ring. He twisted it and was suddenly in his Kid Flash costume.

"You need a new name." Artemis said, getting up and grabbing one of Oliver's spare bows. "You aren't exactly a kid anymore."

"You'll only need a name if you go public and start a superheroing career again." Black Canary cutted in, in complete black leather now. "Don't let him pick, it won't end well." she whispered to Artemis, who grinned.

"Who is ready to be beat by, and I quote, a little girl with a bow."

"Puh-lease." Wally said stepping up to her. "Superspeed, remember." He lunged at her, and she sidestepped easily.

"You're predictable, remember. And tonight you're sparring with BC." she said, and gestured to Black Canary, where she was standing on the other side of the room.

"Archer vs Archer, Meta vs Meta." Arsenal said thoughtfully as he grabbed his bow. "I like your thinking Artie."

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"Everything hurts." Wally complained as they walked up to their apartment.

"That's what you get for boasting." Artemis teased him with a shrug. "She was going easy on you until you started gloating."

"But did she have to slam me into the wall?" Wally said, complaining more.

"Would you rather it had been into Oliver's display of Arrows?" she asked him, grinning.

"Why are you so cheerful?" He inquired as they continued to climb the stairs. "And why did you have to pick the apartment on the top floor?"

"I'm happy because you're cute when you're complaining, and my apartment is on the top floor because it has easy access to the roof. Besides, you heal fast. You won't be sore in like, ten minutes." They continued climbing the stairs, and saw Oliver and Diggle waiting outside of her apartment.

"What are you guys doing here the late?" Artemis asked surprised to see them outside of her apartment.

"I texted you, called you, and called your apartment Felicity, to no response. You are never farther than ten inches from your phone, where were you!" Artemis gulped. Time for a spectacular lie.

"We were having dinner, and I left my phone at my apartment to keep from being distracted." Artemis said, then immediately gave her a mental facepalm.

"At two in the morning? And why are you two sweating?" Oliver demanded, not buying it.

"We fell asleep on the bus and got dropped off on the other side of town, so we ran home." Artemis said, wishing she was a better liar. "Now why are you here?" He glanced at Wally.

"Can you give us a moment?" Wally looked at Artemis. She gave a slight nod that nobody but Wally would be looking for. Oliver watched Wally slip into the apartment. He turned to Felicity. "We traced Deadshot to Gotham. We leave in two hours." He started walking away.

"What's the cover story? For the press?"

"I have a business in Gotham, I am trying to open a branch of Queen Consolidated there. I am also trying to gain the support of Wayne Enterprises, so I will be meeting with Bruce Wayne in the morning."

"Can I bring Wally?" she called after him. He turned to her.

"Will he be a problem?"

"No, he won't. I would just feel bad leaving him here alone, after we just got back together." she responded. She actually wanted him so they could meet up with Dick and Barbra.

"Fine." He walked off.

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Artemis walked into Wayne Tower with Oliver. She pretended to gawk at the beauty of the place, but she had been here many times before. She called Wally. "Does Bruce know you're alive?"

"I don't think so, why?" he responded confused.

"I need you to warn him to call my Felicity, not Artemis."

"You want me to run up the side of Wayne Tower, enter Batman's office, tell him I'm alive, and just so he doesn't call you the wrong name?"

"Yep."

There was silence on the other side of the line. "You owe me." Wally said, and hung up. Oliver was waiting for Felicity outside the elevator. As they started moving up, she saw a red streak race up the side of the building.

"Who were you calling?" Oliver inquired on their way up.

"I was making sure Wally stayed out of my stuff while we were gone, I forgot to tell him." she said, once more making up a terrible excuse. She needed to work on that. The opening on the elevator doors saved her from further investigation. Bruce stood there waiting. He glanced at Artemis, and gave her a subtle glare only she could see, after years of receiving them.

"Oliver." he said, shaking Oliver's hand. "Welcome, sit down. Would you like anything before we begin, water perhaps?"

"I'm good, but thank you for the offer." Oliver said with a smile, and then got to business.

Bruce was mad at the younger heroes, the ones that used to be on the Young Justice team. They just happened to have somebody come back from the dead, and didn't tell him! How did that even happen? He drummed his fingers on his desk, pondering it. Oliver and Artemis had left, and now he had a busy day ahead of him. He looked down at his desk, and saw a piece of paper that hadn't been there before. Curious, he picked it up. 'Meet me on the roof of my hotel tonight. I'm sure you can figure out where we're staying. - A'.

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Artemis lounged on her roof in her Tigress gear. She figured that if she needed to go active in Gotham, this would be better than her other gear. It makes her look less vulnerable, less like a target. Batman landed on the roof and she put her finger to her lips. "You wouldn't want to wake Ollie up, he doesn't know about any of this." She said, leaning against a pole.

"How is he alive?" Batman asked her.

"If I knew I would tell you. My friend found him, and gave me this crazy story that must of been some hallucination." Artemis checked the watch that was built into her suit, and sighed. "He's late. How can one of the fastest people alive be late?" Suddenly Wally arrived from the stairwell, using superspeed. "You're late." Artemis teased with a smile.

"Sorry, I fell asleep. Am I that late?" Wally asked.

"You're fine." Artemis replied with a smile. "Batman was just asking how you were resurrected."

"I wish I knew. By the way, where is Oracle currently stationed?" Wally asked, changing the subject. Suddenly the Bat signal was in the sky.

"We will resume this conversation later." Batman promised, and disappeared into the night.

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