Disclaimer: Talk about glitches! Not only do I not own Young Justice, but I've been having trouble getting these guys up. =/

Well, remember when I asked a long time ago for a way to get Roy in? He's in. And here he is. If I've got the numbers wrong for the Zeta-tube, tell me. I don't wanna get that wrong.

Where's Robin?

Ch. 8 – Arrow's Fury

Recognized – Red Arrow B06, Recognized – Black Canary 10

"So what's the big emergency that you had to call GA up?" Roy demanded as soon as he stepped away from the tubes. Dinah raised an eyebrow at the young man, hiding a smirk of pride. Very few people got away with being snippy with Batman. Roy was one of the rare few, and it was mostly because the two acted a lot alike.

Batman was still working on a report when they entered and only spared them a glance before shaking his head in annoyance. "Not an emergency."

The red archer groaned in frustration. Count on Ollie to send him and Canary to the mountain for nothing really important. Why was he still obeying the stupid man's requests anyway? Oh yeah, because he used Canary's phone. If the old man didn't have a meeting to go to, Roy would have refused. "Then why did you call him?"

"He needs to get Artemis out of the archery range and back home."

"Is that all?" The redhead tried not to whine at this. He really didn't like the idea of his old guardian using him like this again. There were several instances growing up where the man made him do mundane things just because he didn't want to do them, or dangerous tasks because the man didn't want to risk his own life. Getting the old man's bow from an alligator pit was just one of many instances he never wanted to repeat.

"Why is she there and not at school?" Canary asked quickly. Confusion grew on her face. "For that matter, why are you here?"

Batman said nothing for a long moment. Thankfully both members of his audience were willing to wait a few minutes if it meant answers from the brooding Bat. He finished up what he was working on before he gave them another glance. "I'm waiting. Artemis can explain what happened. Don't break anything."

The man's last warning made the two others exchange glances. It also perked the archer's interest enough to hang around and actually do what his old teacher was expected to do originally. Both Canary and RA strode through the hallways to the in door archery range to find Speedy's "replacement", bouncing ideas off each other's head.

"I bet something at his place blew up."

"Maybe Robin's in medical and can't be moved."

"Why would that girl be practicing here if Robin's stuck in medical?" Roy insisted logically. Batman staying around for Robin's sake wasn't far fetched at all, but what did it have to do with that girl? She had no other connections to them other than the team right? Sure she lived in Gotham, but that didn't give her exclusive visiting rights.

Canary shrugged. "Good point. Why is she still here? The mission last night was a success, wasn't it?"

"Dunno. Haven't heard a thing from Wally or Rob since Monday." He looked around the interior of the cave as they proceeded down the hall, glancing once at what was once Ollie's room there. He remembered redecorating the place once with Robin and Kid Flash, making it a full bat motif. Ticked the guy off but made Dinah laugh for a few minutes. Batman had merely lifted an eyebrow then moved on. Robin said he brought it up once in a while at home.

Frankly he kind of missed this place. Sure he didn't hang out there as much as Robin did back when the League operated from there, but he and the others did have some good times. It was too bad Kaldur didn't join them in their prank wars on the Leaguers. The fishboy was always the more sensible off the group. No wonder he was team leader.

"Does Artemis use Ollie's old room?" Roy asked with a little bitterness. He wasn't too fond of the girl in general, but she was slowly earning his trust. Robin trusted her at least, and despite always arguing with him, Wally agreed she was a good girl. Kal reserved judgment on her since hearing about the possibility of a mole in the team, but he worked with her whenever he could.

Still, that was Ollie's old room. She wasn't his niece. She wasn't even close to being family! It really shouldn't be hers now. Canary though nodded, giving him a slightly chiding look. "Yes. There really aren't that many options Roy. I still use my room and you know how Wonder Woman is about hers."

Roy tried not to groan at the thought. During their prank wars a couple years back, Robin had gotten the three of them in her room for an hour. They messed with the God displays in there and were later rewarded with an intense training session with the Amazon. She was very upset with all of them, and never gave them an ounce of leeway when they messed with her sanctuary. The boy's mentors later managed to get them out of there and lecture them individually about their poorly played joke. In his case, Oliver lectured for two minutes, then laughed, rubbed his head, and took them out for ice cream before heading home.

The archer tried not to think of those good times with Ollie too much. The guy sent him into an alligator pit after his bow for pete sake! Help put arrows together, fine. Clean the car, he could live with that. Alligators? Really, the man had to get his priorities straight.

Like why was he claiming that girl was his niece when she wasn't? It was one mystery he wished the man would just tell him. Robin wanted to tell him what he learned about Artemis months ago, but Batman forbade him. Rob was a bit of a mischief maker, but when Batman gave certain orders, particularly concerning identities, he obeyed. It was staying put and being a little angel orders he completely ignored. That was why people liked him.

But why did anyone like that girl? These thoughts plagued the young man as they made it to the range and opened the door. When he saw the girl, he was surprised she could hold the bow at all. Both her hands were covered in bandages, and the stains on them seemed to be growing as she drew the string back for another shot. Dinah darted to Artemis' side to stop her from permanently damaging her hands from her practice, but Roy just stared.

Even he took a break from archery when his hands were that badly hurt, and he loved it with a passion. Like how Rob wouldn't be him if he couldn't do his aerial moves, or Kid Flash if he couldn't run anymore, Roy knew if he couldn't draw a bow his life would be over. And yet this girl was working so much on her best weapon, she completely ignored her physical condition.

Okay, maybe she was related to Oliver in some small way. Obsessive much?

"What happened to your hands?" Canary demanded, not hiding her concern for the girl. She nearly had to pry the bow from the girl's hands. The look on Artemis' face and the way she wouldn't look at the Leaguer made Roy really wonder what was up now.

"I was beating up Wally," she grumbled bitterly.

At this admission, Roy tensed, rage starting to boil inside him. She admitted to hurting one of his best friends. Any sympathy he had for her and her hands flew out the window. 'She better have a damn good reason or so help me…'

Disbelief ruled Dinah's face. "What? Why were you—"

"And a few punching bags, and wooden dummies. That idiot," Artemis growled, still not meeting their eyes. It was becoming clear she was controlling herself and her hands probably suffered more than the speedster had.

"Artemis, what happened?" Black Canary demanded, her hands gripping the teen's shoulders tightly. Roy stepped a little closer to the two but still gave them a wide berth. Something was clearly wrong.

The girl archer finally looked up into the woman's eyes, a controlled fire burning behind them. "He shot Robin."

A cold wave plowed into the two caught in the dark. Roy's arms dropped helplessly to his sides, not believing what he just heard while Canary stopped still, frozen. Neither could believe it. "What?"

Artemis looked away a bit, taking deep breaths as she tried to explain. "Last night KF found some alien tech and brought it back. He was fiddling around with it and it went off. Robin got hit and now he's gone. Batman said he was shot to another dimension and the Green Lanterns are going after some homing devices to get him back. We thought he was dead at first and I kinda went berserk on that idiot. I think he's still in mental breakdown mode somewhere in the cave."

"Let me get this straight," Roy quickly interjected. He stared at her intensely, wanting to know for certain what exactly happened between two of his best friends. "Kid Flash was playing with some alien tech and shot Robin into another reality?"

"Pretty much sums it up."

The two archers' eyes met for a long moment while Canary let go of the girl to think this over in her own distraught mind. While she picked up the pieces mentally, the young man nodded and walked over to where the practice arrows were. He grabbed a quiver full and headed back out the door.

"So Robin's not gone for good?" Canary asked to clarify for her own sanity's sake.

"Yep. I think Batman's hanging around in case Robin finds his own way back. I was just in no condition to go home last night so I ditched classes today."

"You shouldn't be doing that," Roy heard Dinah say as the door closed behind him. He was grateful for once that she had a bleeding heart and was paying more attention to Artemis than him. It gave him quite the head start.

Instantly he took off, running as fast as he could to the places he was sure to find the yellow speedster. He stopped by Flash's old room first and found it empty. He then swooped towards the kitchen, crossing paths with Batman as he crossed the main hall again. The dark knight didn't even blink. He gave his warning earlier after all.

As he made it to the common area's archway, he notched an arrow to his bow and drew it for his furious assault. Wally was finishing up the remains of probably his second chicken that day when the arrow went flying towards him. It got the bird's carcass, making the fastest boy alive jerk up in alarm to where it came from. His uncle was out of sight, so the teen had no one to protect him this time.

Roy glared dangerously down the next shaft pointed at him. "Run."

Wally didn't have to be told twice. Instantly the speedster was on his feet and running around the room dodging arrows being furiously shot at him. He ducked behind furniture and countertops, but Roy kept chasing him with his ever ready bow. Once the man was out of the doorway, the speedster ran as fast as he could out the door. Roy only paused a moment to gather the arrows around the room to reload his quiver before chasing after him. He wasn't done with the guy yet.

"Kaldur save me!" Wally ran headlong into his team leader, begging franticly for someone to rescue him from the onslaught of arrows coming his way. The Atlantian turned in surprise at the request, and even more shocked at the impact from the boy's body. Last he saw the speedster, he was still shaking in his uncle's arms. Course that was quite some time ago. Now he was trying to use him as a shield.

"Quit trying to use people as shields!" Roy shouted, notching another arrow in place. He looked no more grumpy than usual. He aimed it just beyond Kaldur's head, directly towards the speedster's hair. "Hi Kal."

"Red Arrow." Kaldur gave his old friend a respectful half bow. "I take it you have heard about Robin."

"Oh yeah. Now get out of the way so I can shoot the bastard behind you."

"Take that back!" Wally shouted over his leader's shoulder. "I'm completely legitimate!" He ducked back down again when an arrow went flying at him.

"You do realize he is alive, do you not?" Kal tried to make peace between them, but wasn't sure how.

"Yeah I kinda figured." Roy's eyes narrowed as he put another shaft to his string. "Batman hasn't killed the little streaker yet, so bird boy has to be alive."

"Then why are you shooting at me!" the younger redhead demanded, still in fear of his life.

"Cause you stupidly shot Rob," his friend stated with less bite than expected.

"That was an accident." Kaldur was trying very hard to defuse this situation, but knew it would be difficult to calm either of these redheads down.

"Doesn't matter," Roy spat back, more annoyed than anything else. "He still shot him."

"How many times do I have to say sorry before you let me live!" Wally begged. He was starting to become desperate.

"Who says I want an apology?" the archer exclaimed. A dark smile grew on his face. "I just wanna shoot at ya."

The teammates just gaped at their friend in disbelief. He couldn't be serious, could he? Roy cocked his head for a moment. "Care to join me Kal?"

"What?"

Wally didn't even wait for a response. He just bolted away from the two of them before anyone could make up their minds. An arrow chased after him for a few seconds before the speedster changed directions. Roy notched another arrow and let it fly, chasing the speedster out of the room for the moment. The redhead looked back to his friend expectantly. "Well?"

"You cannot be serious." The Atlantian gaped at his friend. Surely he didn't really mean for him to join the archer in his attempts to kill his friend.

"Deadly. Wally deserves a few good shots for what he's done."

"But it was an accident!" Kaldur persisted. How could this archer not see it this way?

"I know." The younger man jolted back a moment in surprise at Roy's somewhat calmer exterior. "He'd never hurt Robin on purpose. Still won't stop me from firing a few good shots at him. I bet Bats would join in if he were the joking type. He sure isn't stopping me."

Kaldur blinked in shock. "So this is a joke? Seems quite serious to me."

"Oh I'm serious," Roy explained. "I just know nothing's gonna hit him. Think of it as divine punishment. He needs to know what it's like to be shot at."

"I believe he knows exactly what that's like," Kal replied dryly. He was beginning to get a headache.

"By a friend?"

He took a deep breath before responding. "Did you not use him for target practice before? I recall you telling me about shooting at both Kid Flash and Robin about a year ago."

"Hey! They taped my clothes to the Arrow Car antenna! They should be glad I didn't give them wedgies." That was a particularly embarrassing story GA liked to bring up on occasion, and the two boys responsible were used for target practice until they ran out of Star City. Neither of their mentors objected because agility and speed were both the kids' specialties, and they earned it.

"Never the less," Kaldur enforced, "I do not believe it's appropriate to start attacking my allies because they upset me."

"He shot Robin." Red Arrow's masked face fell into a dangerous glare. "There's no way in Hell he's getting away with that."

The two stared at each other for a good long while, then Kaldur stepped aside, bowing slightly. "If you wish to continue, be my guest. But I will have no part in this."

Roy shrugged, notching another arrow before passing him to the door Wally had run out of. "Suit yourself. Bet the alien couple will join in later, or Blondie of Canary lets her get her bow back."

"I bet they will," Kal whispered as the door closed behind his friend.

A/N: Okay, the whole memory about Speedy and the Alligators, that's one from Batman the brave and the bold. I thought it was one of the best ways to describe their early relationship as far as I can see. Ollie's not the best parental figure. Still, Ollie is his kinda dad, so he does care a lot about the man.

Now the whole shooting thing... well let's think about it. If you just found out one of your best friends just shot another one? What would you do? Well, I'd want to torture the sucker. So here we have Roy doing just that! Since he knows he won't actually hit wally, he's gonna keep shooting at him at random moments. It's practice arrows because the trick ones actually could hurt him. Shooting wally's going to be another running gag going on here.