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For convenience sake, when Dick is in 'hero' mode, I'll refer to him as Robin. :) Well, on with the chapter! Please review if ya like it! ENJOY!~ (its a little shorter than normal.. Forgive me!XP)

Robin opened up the school map from his wrist computer and located the nearest route to the gym. He made his way there crawling silently through the vents, and in 2 minutes arrived at his destination. The vents had led him to an opening behind the stands where he could move quietly and unseen by the thugs, which were still holding up the room. He peeked out of an opening in between two stands and noticed Artemis sitting not to far away, at the very top of the stands. He crept over to her, climbed up the railings and tapped her shoulder when he got behind her. She jumped up in surpise and thankfully the thugs didn't notice. Artemis turned around and nearly screamed when she saw a black masked figure staring back at her, smirking.

"Hey Artemis. You seem distraught."

"What? How? How did you get in here? I mean…" Artemis sighed lowering her head. "How'd you know it was me..?"

"Well, I am protégé to the world's greatest detective, and am teams genius hacker. You thought I wouldn't know?"

Artemis frowned and crossed her arms as her face slowly turned a light red. Suddenly, a thought struck her. How MUCH did Robin know? What if he knew about... Artemis stared at Robin who didn't need Megan to know what Artemis was thinking about.

"Anyway, we'll discuss this later. We've got more important things to deal with right now. Keep quiet, lay low and follow me."

Artemis nodded. When she was sure both the henchmen and other captives weren't looking, she slid down the back of the stands and dropped down to where Robin was waiting.

"So.. what's the plan?"

Robin guided Artemis back through the vents until they came to an opening just above the hallway, lined with lockers on either side. They both dropped down silently onto the tiled floor and made their way to Artemis's locker. She reached the door, unlocked it and reached inside for her bow, quiver and dark green hero outfit, which were tucked away secretly at the back of her locker. Robin waited outside the bathroom while Artemis changed into her 'work' uniform. After she was done, Artemis followed Robin into the vents again where he brought back out his holographic computer.

"Okay, here's what we gotta do. I've located 3 bombs. One's in the girl's locker room, the other is in the engine room and the last ones in the gym. We've got to defuse all of them before the authorities and the other heroes can get in. When we're done, I'll call Wally who'll signal the others to come in. I've also hacked into the security videos and put them on replay so we should be okay moving around, but we'll still have to keep a lookout for those thugs. Last thing we want now is to attract Joker's attention." Spoke Robin in an authoritative tone. Artemis was speechless. She could hardly believe the person addressing her was just a 13 year old.

Robin continued, "So essentially the plan is to locate the bombs, defuse them and call for back up". She nodded in agreement at Robin.

"Simple, but I guess it'll work." she smiled. Robin smiled back and both of them made their way to their first destination.. the girl's locker room. It was now 12pm. They both had 2 hours to defuse the bombs, which is no childs play even for the young genius. Robin had hard work ahead of him. One wrong move and he and Artemis would be blown to smithereens.

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Even on a mission, Robin found it hard to keep himself concerted while in the girl's locker room. Artemis noticed him stiffen slightly and smirked at him, holding back her giggle. The young teen's expression was just too amusing. Robin composed himself, ignoring Artemis, and walked past the rows of lockers. He eventually found the bomb and bent down inspecting it. Artemis arrived soon after and stood beside him. They had failed to mention anything about dealing with bombs in any of her lessons, so all she could do was stand by and watch. She kept lookout though and was willing to help Robin if he needed it.

After a quick look over Robin got to work. He pulled out several tools from his utility belt and unscrewed the cover of the bomb. He weaved through the wirework. A snip here, a cut there, Robin recalled everything Batman had thought him about bombs, working carefully and precisely. The bomb was more advanced than the normal bombs he worked with, but after 5 minutes and after cutting the final wire, Robin was done. He sighed in relief, as did Artemis who noticed he was finished. Just then a small beep was heard from the bomb. Both Robin and Artemis looked back at the bomb and stared at it wide eyed. Robin pulled out a wire from his glove and attached it to the bomb and began typing away. He stared at the results on the computer screen.

"Oh oh, not good. Not good."

"W-what happened? Is it gonna blow?" replied Artemis worried.

"Well, not yet exactly. The bombs had a safety feature. If one was defused, the rest were programmed to detonate half an hour later. Now we've got less then an hour instead of 2 to defuse the other bombs before we're dead. We better get moving!" said Robin, standing up and making his way to the door.

Artemis followed. "No kidding!" she sarcastically answered back.