I always wondered what happened on the mission with Clayface. Hmm…. This is after Wally's family birthday party and Artemis and her mom have the talk concerning Gotham academy. I know I said I was going to explain the Clayface mission, but Artemis wasn't even involved in it. I got really confused, so instead of showing that Clayface mission, I'm showing what happens with Clayface afterward. Also, I did use a quote from the movie/book last chapter, so I give credit to the Alice in Wonderland 2010 movie also. Alright, back to business. To all my readers, reviewers, my fans, no matter if you like or dislike this story, this one's for you all…
P.S. Not a whole lot of Spitfire in this one; just a cup of Robin, 3 teaspoons of Wally, a dash of Superboy. Yup, that's it.
Artemis's P.O.V.
I knew I was going to be transferred to a different school this year, I already told the Team I was. I saw the letter last week; my mother isn't great at being real sneaky now. I kept my mouth shut, thinking of clever ways for her to make me stay at Gotham North and not go to Gotham Academy.
Yet when I saw her tears, I just couldn't bring myself up to it to argue anymore.
Maybe I could've said something the moment I saw the letter, maybe I wouldn't be in this situation anymore. I would continue my job as a heroine and be able to see my friends at Gotham North. But it's never that easy.
I grab my pack of arrows and bow; I just changed into my costume a minute ago. I bring my gym bag too. I open the window and jump out, noticing it's already nighttime. I decide instead of going to the Cave, I'll just scope out Gotham.
I'm on the Team; so when I come yesterday night to train they're on a mission. I lost my temper and went home, now here I am, on the roof of my apartment building, at 7 P.M. just walking around. I sigh; I just expected because I'm on the Team now they'd include me.
"Hm. Maybe I'll just have to prove to them!" I say jumping from building to building.
Suddenly my phone rings. I reach into the gym back and press "Answer."
"Is this Arty?" someone asks; Baywatch.
"How the heck did you get my number?" I ask sitting on a tall building downtown.
"A little birdie gave it to me," he says.
"Okay, how the heck did Robin get my number?" I ask again.
"The guy can hack a computer in four seconds, wha'cha' think?" Kid mouth says sarcastically. I roll my eyes. "Just get down here, Batman is assigning us a mission."
"Oh!" I say mad. "Now you guys tell me!"
"You mean yesterday? It was urgent, you weren't here, get over it," he says.
"I'm coming!" I yell cutting him off. "Be there soon."
"Ya better," he says before hanging up. I sigh and shoot an arrow, making an easy way down. I attach the end to my belt before floating down. Once I reach the bottom I get the arrow down using the pulley system built in on my utility belt.
I walk into the telephone booth and feel myself being transported.
"Alright, I'm here…," I stop dead when I see the Cave trashed. Parts of the ceiling and wall are on the ground and it looks like they are still falling. Earthquake? I don't feel any vibrations. But then I screamed. "M'gann!"
She was unconscious in the middle of the floor. I ran to her.
"I'm fine…," she spat out blood; I was surprised it was red considering she's a Martian. I didn't even know Martians have blood? I try to pick her up by her back but she winces.
"Did you break something? Do Martians have bones?" I ask nervously; I can't act tough when people get hurt like this.
"In…human form…may…," she spats out more blood.
"If you do, your ribs are broken," I say.
"Martians can…heal," she says now stopping to spit out blood. "Help others. I'll be there…soon…."
"Are the others in trouble?!" I freak out. "I'll be back!" I start running. She's sitting up now so I have hope she's healing quickly. I run into multiple hallways and into the kitchen. A bunch of muddy slime is everywhere but the only person I see is Aqualad on the floor.
"Aqualad!" I yell walking towards him. He's mumbling a language I can't decipher, even though I'm fluent in English (of course), Vietnamese, and French. Plus I'm great at Spanish. But I'm not worrying bout that. "Um…water!" I run to the sink and grab a glass that hasn't been broken. I begin filling it up with water but the whole sink jumps up hitting me hard in the jaw.
"Damn it, Batman's gonna kill me," I hear Robin's faint voice.
"Robin!" I yell.
"Ughh…," Aqualad moans. I use the over-flowing water cup and throw it on him. He opens his eyes.
"Artemis…," he sighs. "Where is…Clayface?"
"That's the dude doing this!" I yell before helping him up.
"Go…," he sighs sitting down in the flood of water. "Now."
"Right," I say gritting my teeth. I wonder where the plumbing system is, but then I remember from the tour. The basement!
After a few minutes of finding it (easy using the mud trail from Clayface), I open the door and hear screaming. I run down the stairs and see only faint light.
"Robin!" I yell. "Baywatch! Superboy!" I instantly regret it as a muddy hand grabs my waist and quickly pulls me through twists and turns until I see Clayface's face.
I see Wally and Superboy unconscious on the floor but no Robin.
"Name?" he asks studying me. I don't know much about Clayface, his fighting habits are foreign to me and I never got to see him last night; all I know is he's a shape-shifter.
"Artemis!" I hear Robin yell. Clayface shoots his hand the direction his voice was coming but quickly brings it back with something stuffed in it: Robin's bombs. It explodes and I get blown out of his grip burning a part of my forearm. I wince but shut up quickly; I noticed Clayface has very sensitive ears.
I feel something grab my waist and pull me. I can't comprehend anything with the pain I'm feeling from my jaw and forearm. I see myself being pulled through a metal crate and then the arm lets go.
"You alright?" Robin asks looking at me. "We're in the vents faraway enough."
"Arm…," I moan. He grabs it and I wince.
"Sorry…," he says before gently looking at it; it was going to hurt to shoot arrows with the pain. "The burn will go away, but here…." He reaches into his utility belt and takes out a cloth and begins to rub it on the burn. I wince at first but relax.
"What is that?" I ask.
"It will heal it quicker and stop the pain, but your forearm shall be very vulnerable. Don't get cut or you'll endure a deeper cut then expected and a lot of pain," he says. I nod and pull up my forearm guards over it.
Suddenly mud starts flooding in the vents. It deepens and grabs my ankle; my now not sprained ankle feels a few electrical shocks.
"Robin!" I yelp. He grabs me and pulls me out. We start crawling quickly through the vents; him guiding and me following. The mud is chasing though. I look towards my ankle; it looks fine but I can't exactly see it under my boot. All I know is that it burns much worse then the bomb.
Robin pulls me down the vent as we sorta go down a sleep. With our feet out we kick open the vent and start to fall. I shoot an arrow and make an inflatable bed type thing for us to land on. Once we get off it, it deflates.
"Good call," Rob says.
"Uh huh," I say trying my best to ignore the pain. "So, how did you guys defeat Clayface earlier?"
"Um…," Robin scratches the back of his neck as Clayface comes running in from the hallway.
"Robin! How!" I yell. I dodge a missile of mud coming towards me and land on my burned ankle (at least now it's not sprained). I feel the horrible aching burn and fall clutching my knee to me; closing my eyes tightly.
"Artemis!" Robin yells faraway. I feel mud surrounding me. "ARTEMIS!" I open my eyes to see myself in Clayface's grasp once again, I'm very high up and I can barely make out the floor; I also think the burn is messing with my mind so that may be it too.
"Uh…," I moan barely able to keep my eyes open. He smiles evilly and I feel him open his palm; the only thing keeping me there is the mud that is slowly un-doing its stickiness. I don't hear any yelling and when I fall I just close my eyes and get myself ready for the pain I'm about to endure.
But soon I stop falling.
"You're welcome," Superboy says after jumping down. He sets me against the wall and all I can do is watch the fight going on before me; except my forearm is now burning in syncopation with my ankle. They hurt about the same, but they both hurt like hell.
"Are you alright?" M'gann says flying by me. I can barely move with the pain but I try.
"No…," I say; there's no use lying, anyone can see the pain I'm in.
"M'gann!" someone yells. She looks at me with guilt.
"I can…manage," I give a weak smile. She sighs and flies off. Right when she's gone and I let out a horrible moan and start to lie against the debris filled ground. I decide that lying here isn't going to help anyone so I sit up and take my bow and grab an arrow; long distance shots will have to do.
But I don't know what arrow to use.
I decide to try out a web arrow; I shoot it at the head which just absorbs in his skin. He turns and shoots a mud missile out of his hand towards me; I can see the electricity. I can't move though. A gust of wind comes and I feel myself being picked up; I see Wally holding me.
"Ow…hurts…so bad…," I moan unable to reach his neck to support myself; my arms are just waving around and it looks like I fainted. Clayface starts shooting more mud missiles at us but Wally moves fast enough to dodge each one. He stops abruptly to turn and I scream out in pain.
"You okay?" he says more securely carrying me. I can barely breathe. He stops slowly and leans my back on the wall but I fall and land on my stomach. I hold my ankle. "Artemis?"
"Go…," I say.
"But…," he starts but I cut him off.
"I'll be fine!" I moan again. "Go!" He leaves in a gust of wind and I just lay there. I'm staring down and everything starts to get blacker. I can still overall see though. But then a piece of heavy debris falls on my back and I cry out in pain. Soon after a half-a-hour, I hear nothing. No noise and I think it's finally over.
"Artemis!" People yell. I can't breathe; the debris seems to be caving in so my lungs can't move.
"Arty!" I hear someone yell near. I know it'll hurt; it will really hurt but I need them to know where I am. I scream and try to move the debris. It hurts so badly that the debris this time comes over my head. Something pulls the debris off and picks me up; it doesn't feel like Wally or Superboy. I look up and see Robin.
"I found her!" he yells. He turns towards me. "You're going to be fine...Artemis?" I can't breathe…not at all.
"Can't…breathe…," and those are the last words I say until everything, and I mean everything, turns black.
Black Canary's P.O.V.
"Hmm…?" she asks stirring in her sleep. Luckily only she and Kaldur got minor injuries. Kaldur got dehydrated while Artemis had a few cuts on her jaw and forearm; plus she also had two bad burns on her forearm and ankle. I put them both in gauze after putting medicine on them. They will heal very soon; the medicine was very strong.
"Wake up Artemis," I nudged her. Aqualad just had to be thrown in the indoor pool and he was fine; Artemis's healing took a bit over an hour.
"Huh? What happened?" she asked sitting up.
"You're safe now," I say helping her up. "It's midnight, go to your room and get some rest."
"Can I come in?" Megan said.
"Yes," Black Canary yelled. She came in smiling still in her costume.
"The whole team is going to watch a movie 'cause it's Saturday," she exclaimed. "I thought if you were up for it, maybe you like to join us?" Her costume changed into her pajamas.
"Yeah, I'm up for it," Artemis smiles. "So what movie?"
"I don't know, just be ready," M'gann smiles.
"What do you mean be ready?" Artemis asks curiously as they open the door.
"Wally's picking it out."
I know it's short and Clayface is going to continued later on. Next few chapters will add more drama. Ooh, and a bit of Spitfire bitterness/fluff next chapter. Be ready for the pairing's first huge argument... :)
Sincerely,
Royallynot ;)