Chapter 15:

Artemis was scrolling throught the internet finding out as much as possible about Dick. He had some social media, not lots, just twitter, facebook and a select few others. There really wasn't much about him; Bruce Wayne's ward, super smart, good athlete, the Artemis stumbled apon and old newspaper article reading

High Flying Family Falls, Child Left Orphaned

Artemis was intrigued and clicked on it, she gasped when she saw the pictures, 2 acrobats, one male and one female were lying on the ground dressed in a green suit with a fancy G on their chests with blood pooled around them, another picture showed a young child wrapped in a blanket being consoled. His deep blue eyes, looking directly at the camera, were filled with pain and sorrow. Artemis felt her heart crumble when she realized that it was Dick. The kid she went to school with, that little bundle of happiness had lost his parents, watched them fall and die and now he had been kidnapped again but this time he had also been tortured 'Which could have happened multiple times before' Artemis thought."How does that kid stay so asterous and whelmed all the time?" she asked aloud chuckling lightly when she realized what she had just said. She clicked on another newspaper article titled

Wayne Takes In Child

She scrolled through the article scanning it for important info;

Bruce Wayne has become the legal guardian of Richard Grayson, who's parents were killed 1 month ago during a circus act sabotaged by Anthony 'Tony' Zucco. Zucco remains in hiding. Grayson has been living at a juvenile detention centre for the last month where he was beaten by the other children. Artemis choked back a sob when she saw the photo of all his bruises especially when she saw the ones on his neck, because they weren't hand shaped, they were from a rope 'Did someone try to hang him, or was he just fed up?' she wondered. He definitely didn't seem suicidal. She smiled when she saw the photo of him smiling up at his new guardian who was smiling back.

Artemis heard a knock on her door and went to open it.

"Oh, Kaldur, do we have a mission?"

"No I just wanted to talk to somebody"

"Why me?"

"Because Wally left, Megan is busy and Conner isn't much of a talker, also your good company"

Artemis smiled and then Kaldur noticed her computer

"What are you doing?"

Artemis turned back to her computer "Just some research on Dick Grayson" she was about to close the tab when Kaldur walked over to it and started reading through.

"That poor kid, he has lost so much" Kaldur said having just finished reading the first article about his family's death

"Yeah" Artemis spoke softly

'That's not like Artemis' Kaldur thought concerned

"Are you alright?"

"Hmhm I'm fine" Artemis replied quickly

"Do you know him?"

"No, complete stranger"

"Artemis" Kaldur pressed and Artemis broke

"Alright, fine I know him, he goes to my school, he took a picture of us on my first day with no explanation and I've been ignoring his existence" Artemis sighed and sat on her bed, tears forming in her eyes. "I ignored him and now he might die, he could already be dead"

"Well you can't blame yourself"

"I'm not, I just wish I hadn't been so cold to him"

Kaldur put his arm around her shoulders "Everyone makes mistakes and he'll be fine, I'm sure"

Artemis leaned onto his shoulder "Thanks Kal" Artemis collected herself and stood up walking over to the computer, continuing her research about Dick.

"Wanna help?" she asked Kaldur

He smiled and walked over pulling a chair up next to Artemis.