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Wally raised his eyebrows. "How exactly does that one work out?"

Artemis sighed. "I, I injured them quite badly, and they often died afterwards. But I have never been able to actually take a gun, or a knife to them and outright kill them."

"Your father must have loved that." Wally grimaced.

"Yeah, he taught me a lesson I'm never going to forget." Artemis muttered.

"So wait, how did you manage to escape from him?" Wally asked.

"I didn't." Artemis replied. "That's the very reason why I'm here."

"Oh?" Wally sounded curious.

"The whole reason why I'm here is to gather intel on all the world's heroes, and give them to the Shadows."

Wally's face fell. "And what are they planning on doing with that info?"

"Kill everyone." Artemis drily replied.

"And how did you manage to swing this by Bats?"

"I'm giving him fake information on the Shadows, and a bogus mission, he doesn't know about this, but he still doesn't fully trust me."

Before Wally could reply with anything, Artemis' cell phone rang.

"Hey mom." Artemis answered. "Uh huh, yeah, sure, I'll come home now, you want me to pick up dinner? Alright, sounds good, I'll be right over." Artemis hung up and looked at Wally. "Look, I have to go now."

Wally kissed the top of her head. "You're not getting away that easily. I'm going to take you home alright?"

Before Artemis could protest, he gathered her in his arms, and sped off, running towards the mountain.

==At the Mountain

Wally sped inside, and left Artemis waiting by the door. He saw the team sitting by the TV, and greeted them. "Hey guys, I'm leaving now, so I'll be seeing you guys tomorrow."

Before they could register that he had even been in the room, he sped off.

"And where's Artemis?" Megan wondered.

Robin snickered. "I'm betting anything that they're going to be enjoying a nice cozy date."

Aqualad shook his head. "More like they're going on a date, and she will end up impaling him for some bad joke he made."

==Gotham

Wally had run to where Artemis instructed him, and was now standing in front of the very dreary apartment building. As Artemis got down, she grabbed Wally's arm and pulled him inside, and up the stairs.

Once they reached the landing, Artemis froze.

Wally looked confused, and started to ask, "Why are we-"

Artemis quickly shushed him by covering his mouth with her hand, and listened closely.

"Yeah Paula, work's going good, so no complaints there. Now where in the world is Artemis?" Lawrence's voice was heard through the door, and Artemis looked wildly around, and while Wally was still trying to figure out what was going, felt himself being dragged and agonizingly shoved into a broom closet, where quite a number of mops were making contact with his back.

"Sorry." Artemis whispered, wincing. "But my dad can't know you're here." She gave him a quick peck on the lips, and slammed the door shut, leaving poor Wally in a state of confusion.

==Inside the Crock Residence

"Hey guys, I'm home!' Artemis greeted, entering the house.

"Dang it, there goes my attempt at surprising you." Lawrence grumbled.

"Well, dad." Artemis replied sardonically, "Your voice was relatively loud, so it was kind of hard not to hear you."

"Fine, fine. Listen Paula, I need to talk to Artemis for a couple of seconds, so we'll just go outside for a second, and if you can get started on dinner, we'll help out as soon as we're done." Lawrence turned to Paula, and the latter nodded, wheeling herself into the kitchen. As soon as she was out of earshot, Lawrence grabbed Artemis by the arm, and dragged her outside into the hallway.

==Broom closet

Wally was preparing some choice words to Artemis, when he heard Artemis.

"Geez dad, you can just ask me to come with you, the dragging is kind of unnecessary."

"Silence." Wally heard Sportsmaster's cold voice reply, and Wally listened closely. "I trust you're not attempting to betray me."

"What? What in the world gives you that idea?" Artemis' incredulous voice asked.

A scoff was heard. "I've seen the way you're with that idiotic speedster."

"Him? He's about as thick as a wall, and just as smart, plus, I'm just trying to get closer to him, nothing more."

"Ah. Mixing business with pleasure eh? I never pegged you as the type."

"There's a lot you don't know about me dad." Artemis replied boldly.

Suddenly, a thud was heard, followed by the faintest of whimpers. "There's a lot that I do know, but you're not aware of. So instead of back-talking to me, you should concentrate on your mission."

==Outside

Artemis picked herself up from the floor, her lip bleeding a little. Before Artemis could come up with a witty remark, her father grabbed her by the throat, and slammed her against the wall.

"Listen to me closely girl." Lawrence growled. "I won't take any sort of bullshit attempt at betraying me. If I get even the faintest whisper of your disobedience, I'll do much worse than I did to your mother. And I'm sure your boyfriend wouldn't like to be in the same predicament your mother is now."

"You're a sick monster you know that?" Artemis dropped all pretence, and outright insulted him.

"That I may be." Lawrence chuckled coldly, chucking Artemis away.

==In The Closet

A sharp intake of breath was heard as something, or someone, Wally thought with dread, hit the wall. He then heard footsteps approaching his hiding spot, and panicked.

==Outside.

"I hope we're clear on that point Artemis." Lawrence turned around to stare at his daughter trying to get up. He put his hand on the doorknob of the closet. "I don't accept betrayal, so consider that before you attempt it."

He yanked the door open, but was only greeted by some mops falling on him, on account of the closet being stuffed full.

"Are you going to become a janitor in your frustration dad?" Artemis smirked.

Lawrence slammed the door shut. "I've got my eye on you girl. Just remember that."

Hmm, yeah so Sportsmaster is quite observant, and poor Wally must be rolled into a pretzel!

Okay, so I'm going to get started on the last chapter, which is Trust!

To give you guys an idea, it includes my theory of who the mole really is!

And if it's not too much trouble, please leave a review!

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