3 am and finished with chapter 9, Woo hoo! Warning: very badly written fight scene ahead! :P I seriously can't write them well.. but I still hope you guys find it okay. Also, as I mentioned before, its 3am so if anything seems random, or is misspelled then its probably because I'm tired. But I love you guys and really wanted to publish the next chapter! So here it is! *I will come back and edit it later*

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"Back to square one." Artemis sighed as she bent to sit down onto the cold, hard hallway.

"Not necessarily. Worst come to worst, the hostages will just turn into one of Joker's minions now rather than get blown up. Though I guess both are neither good."

"No duh. Cause either happening would mean we fail as heroes." Said Artemis as she dropped her chin into her hands.

"We'll get through this. I mean, c'mon. Few weeks ago we lived through a situation that seemed equally as hopeless as the one we're in now. We just need to gather ourselves, think up another plan and…" Robin paused smirking at Artemis for the answer.

Artemis rolled her eyes, but had a smile on her face. "Get traught."

Robin smirked even wider. "Exactly."

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Artemis and Robin ran down the long empty hallway searching for any signs of a way out.

"There!" yelled Artemis as she went ahead towards an opening in the wall.

"Wait! There could be a-" Robin didn't get to finish as Artemis triggered a trip wire near the opening. He lurched forward and pulled himself and Artemis down to the ground just as razor sharp playing cards whipped above their heads.

"Trap." Robin finished as he slowly got up, so did Artemis beside him.

"Right. Guess I should have realized that by now." Said Artemis shyly, as she used her hand to scratch the back of her neck.

"Just be careful. I don't think that was the only one."

Artemis nodded and they both took off again down the hall. As they ran, Robin sent a message via morse code to Batman explaining their current situation. He had disabled the cameras again, but didn't want to take any chances, in case Joker found some way to listen in. Batman replied and ordered Artemis and Robin to find the stash of Joker's gas before anything, since the hostages' aka civilians were always the first priority. Just as Robin gave an okay and cut off the line, he heard a loud growling noise coming from behind him. Artemis obviously heard it as well since she turned her head at the same time he did, both stopping in their tracks as they realized what it was. Hyenas. The same ones from before, but now not only hungry for meal, but hungry for revenge. A whistle sounded when they were a few yards away, which cause them to halt, though they were still snarling through their teeth.

"Well well well. Two little kiddies come to play?"

Both teens turned to looked at Harley, a large mallet gripped in her hand, and about 7 henchman stood poised at her side.

Harley's eyes narrowed mischievously as she softly spoke the words "Get em."

They were surrounded, attacks coming from both the front and the back. Robin and Artemis stood back to back and gave a quick glance at each other, before going after their individual prey. Artemis shot her arrows almost as quick as a speedster, and one by one the Hyena's fell to the ground. Robin, who was on the opposite side, was flying through the air effortlessly, his foot colliding with many of the henchmen's jaw. A punch here, a kick there, a smoke bomb here, a birdarang there and in no time at all, the henchmen were left piled up in a small mountain of whimpering or unconscious bodies.

"Let's see how you like this, Bird boy!" yelled Harley as she leapt towards Robin, her mallet halfway through a strong swing. Robin somersaulted out of the way and counterattacked with a birdarang, which knocked the mallet from her hands. As she stood there whining, holding onto her injured hand, Robin used the distraction to throw a bat pellet at her feet, releasing knock out gas upon impact. Harley was flat on the ground in 3 seconds.

Robin now turned to Artemis, who was fighting off the last of the Hyenas. He watched in dismay as the last hyena stuck past her and managed to jump onto her back, forcing her to the ground. Artemis yelped in surprise as she found herself on the floor, twisting her body back just in time to see the hyena make a lunge for her face. She held up her hands in front of her body and closed her eyes, preparing for the pain that was about to come, though, it never did. Artemis realized this and open her eyes. Robin, was now standing in front of her, the Hyena's teeth lodged deep into his arm. He grunted as he punched the animal in the face causing it let go, and fall unconscious on the ground.

Robin held his injured arm, and though he tried to hide his pain, Artemis could see it clear on his face.

"Robin! You're hurt! Why'd you do that?" Artemis asked worried and angry.

"Better my arm than you're face, right? And there was no way I was just gonna sit back and watch a friend get hurt." Robin managed a smile, before he reached into his belt and brought out a bandage.

"This'll have to do for now." Said as he attempted to wrap it around his wound.

"Urrghh. Let me do it." Artemis grumbled as she snatched the bandage from Robin's hand and began to wrap it around his arm. As much as Artemis hated to admit it, she felt somewhat happy inside for what Robin had said. 'Friend' she repeated over and over again. That's right, unlike her past which was filled with so much hurt, she had friends now. Who cared for her and who she could depend on.

"Thanks." Robin smiled as Artemis finished securing it to his arm.

"Hmph. I'm the one who should be saying thanks." She huffed as Robin let out a snicker.

"Guess we got a little side tracked. We better get moving again."

Artemis sighed. She knew something as small as this wouldn't waver Robin from the mission. She returned a smile before both of them continued running down the hall again. 40 minutes left before the end of school, which now seriously meant the END of school.

Sorry if I made Harley seem so weak, but maybe its just because Robin is sooo awesome that anyone seems weak against him! XD