A/N: It is really mind blowing how close to the end of the story we are. Seriously, there's only 3-5 chapters left, depending on how long I make them. This whole thing is actually taking a lot less time to write than I thought it would.

Dick held Wally's earpiece in his hand, but didn't dare do anything with it yet. Roy had seemed pretty angry when he had dragged Wally into another room. Dick had heard them arguing in there. He hadn't heard what was said, but he could tell that it must not have been good because a minute later Wally had come running out.

Wally had been moving so quickly that Dick couldn't tell what state he was in or how he was feeling, but when Roy came out a moment later, looking even more pissed off than before, Dick knew it hadn't been good.

Roy quickly glanced around the room and, not seeing Wally anywhere in there, scowled and glared at Dick. As if it was his fault that the speedster had run off.

"How'd your little chat go?" Dick asked, partially to rile Roy up even more, and partially because he was actually concerned and curious.

"Shut up, Grayson." Roy growled. Clearly, he wasn't in the mood for talking about it. He glanced down at the earpiece that Dick was holding and frowned. "I thought you were going to hack into that thing."

"I thought you didn't want me to." Dick responded.

"Somehow I get the feeling that you'll end up doing it anyways." Roy said. Dick shrugged, because Roy did kinda have a point there. "I'm warning you now though. If you even think about using that thing to harm any of us in any way at all, I will make you regret it." Roy threatened.

"Don't worry, I won't." Dick said sincerely. Roy glared at him suspiciously, but said nothing else on the subject. He began to head off to the main room where he had sent Artemis off to earlier. Before leaving though, Roy turned back to Dick and raised an eyebrow.

"You coming, Grayson?" Roy asked. "Because I'm not going to leave you in here by yourself."

Dick smirked. "Yeah, I'm coming." He pocketed the earpiece and swore that he would get around to using it to contact Bruce and the rest of the league. That would have to wait though. For now, he really should see how Artemis was doing.

Dick followed Roy into the main room. While the older boy went into the corner to talk to Kaldur and M'gann, Dick made his way to the couch where Artemis was sitting solemnly.

"Hey, you okay?" Dick asked as he sat down next to Artemis.

"My blood is turning to ice. How do you think I am?" Artemis snapped.

"That's not what I meant." Dick said. Artemis frowned and looked down at her hands.

"I'm not really sure." Artemis said slowly. "I just...Roy said that this all happened ten years ago, which was right around the time when Cameron just suddenly started to ignore me for no reason. Or, at least, no reason that he ever told me about."

"You think that this has something to do with it?" Dick asked. Now that he thought about it though, it made sense.

"It probably does." Artemis scowled and clenched her fists. "Cameron is such a jerk. I can't believe he would all but cut off our friendship, just because of an accident that happened so long ago. I mean, why would he think that that was a good idea?"

"He was only a kid at the time." Dick reminded her. "And accident or not, he almost killed you. I don't know about you, but I think that something like that would scare almost any kid."

Artemis' expression softened at the reminder that Cameron had just been a scared little kid when this all started. "So he avoided me because he was scared of hurting me again?"

"Probably." Dick shrugged. If there was one thing he had learned these past three years, it was that people, especially children, could carry a lot of anger towards themselves. Especially if they had done something that had hurt somebody close to them, or worse.

"He's such an idiot." Artemis frowned. "I never asked him to protect me like that. I never wanted him to protect me like that. All it ended up accomplishing was turning both of our lives into a living hell."

"He probably thought he was doing the right thing." Dick pointed out. "Cameron probably thought that it was all worth it to keep you safe."

"But it wasn't!" Artemis shouted fiercely. "I would rather live with the constant chance of being hurt than live without my best friend."

Dick smiled. "Why don't you go tell him that?" He suggested. Artemis stared at him blankly, as if the thought hadn't even occurred to her.

"You know what? I think I will." Artemis stood up, but was immediately pushed back down again by a gentle yet strong hand.

"You're not going anywhere." A teenager that Dick had never met before, but certainly recognized, said. Seriously, if Dick didn't know any better, he would think that this guy was Superman, except younger. The teenager caught Dick staring at him and stared right back, obviously a little annoyed.

"Sorry, I just...you look familiar." Dick said, embarrassed that he had been staring at the guy. He didn't normally do things like that.

"Don't worry about it. I get that all the time." The Superman lookalike said, all signs of annoyance gone. In fact, he looked kind of amused. "My name is Conner, or Superboy. I'm actually a clone of Superman's." He said it so casually, as if telling people that he was a clone was a normal occurrence for him.

Dick was caught off guard. A Superman clone? Well, that certainly explained the resemblance. Dick wondered where this Conner had come from, or if the real Superman was aware of his existence. Taking advantage of Dick's stunned silence, Conner turned back to Artemis.

"I can't just let you run off." Conner said as he handed Artemis a mug with some kind of hot drink in it. "I may not know how to stop what's happening to you, but I somehow doubt that getting yourself excited over nothing is going to help."

"It's not over nothing-" Artemis objected.

"The point is, you need to rest for now." Conner said. "At least just until we get a better idea of what to do."

Artemis glared at him, but Conner was stubborn and wasn't going to be moving an inch on this. She was stuck. "...Fine." Artemis grumbled.

"Good. Now, drink that. It might help." Conner said. Artemis, who hated being told what to do, even if it was for her own good, scowled, but still did as she was told.

As Artemis drank, Dick figured he should probably get started on the earpiece. He didn't think it would take very long to get the device onto the same frequency as the comlinks used by The Justice League. Still, it would probably be better to let them know what was going on sooner rather than latter.

Artemis watched over Dick's shoulder as he worked, which didn't bother him in the least bit. People watching him as he hacked never slowed him down or distracted him at all, and it didn't today. Within just a few minutes Dick thought he had gotten the comlink connected to the frequency that he needed.

"You finally going to use that thing?" Roy asked from directly behind him, which caused Dick to jump slightly. He hadn't noticed that Roy and the others had finished their conversation and had been watching him as he worked.

"Yeah." Dick said, wincing ever so slightly at the nervous and suspicious glances his old friends were giving him. "You know, if it makes you guys feel better, we can turn the sound up to the max on this thing so you can all hear everything too. Then if you guys hear anything you don't like, you can stop me. Okay?"

M'gann looked instantly relieved by the suggestion. Kaldur obviously had some doubts, but, being the kind-hearted guy that he was, who always liked to see the good in others, agreed with Dick's proposition. Roy still looked suspicious of Dick, but he said nothing. Dick took that as a 'go ahead'.

Dick tinkered with the comlink for another moment to make it loud enough that they all would be able to hear it just fine. He then turned it on.

"Hello, Bruce? You there?" Dick spoke into the comlink. It was silent for a moment, just barely long enough for Dick to wonder if he had connected to the right frequency, before a voice came in from the other side.

"Dick? Where have you been?" Bruce's voice was stern and angry, but Dick, who had been living with the man for years, could recognize the worry in his voice.

"It's a long story." Dick said as he glanced at his old friends. "I swear though, I have a very good explanation."

"Then start talking." Bruce said impatiently. Dick opened his mouth to explain, but before he could actually say anything another voice came on over the comlink.

"Dick, is that you?" the relieved voice said. Dick grimaced slightly and glanced over at Roy who glared at him, even more suspicious than before. Dick wasn't sure whether this was because Roy wondered who else would be connected to this comlink frequency, or if it was because he recognized the voice of his old mentor.

"Uh, yeah, Oliver, it's me." Dick said.

"Oh thank God." Oliver muttered. "Now I don't have to worry about Bruce trying to kill me because I couldn't find you."

"Couldn't find him? You didn't even look." Bruce growled.

"I was going to get around to it. I just got held up." Oliver defended himself.

"You were going to come look for me?" Dick asked. Had Bruce really been so worried about him that he would send one of the league to find him?

"Yeah, I mean, I was already in the neighborhood to check in on my penthouse. It had been broken into." Oliver explained. "I thought that it would just be a quick visit, but things got...complicated."

"Wait a second." Artemis frowned thoughtfully and she looked at Dick in confusion. "How do you know Oliver Queen?" Dick froze at her words. He should have realized that she would easily be able to piece things together. After all, there were only so many guys named Oliver that had a penthouse in Star City that had been broken into that night. Dick wasn't necessarily worried about Artemis knowing who he was talking to, but this certainly wasn't the way he had planned for the big reveal to go.

"...What?" Roy's eyes widened and he looked so taken aback that Dick kinda felt sorry for him. Roy quickly hid his shock beneath his usual cold demeanor. He crossed his arms and narrowed his eyes at Artemis. "What was that name you just said?" Dick was surprised to hear a slight quiver in Roy's voice. Artemis looked shocked by Roy's reaction as well.

"Uh, Oliver Queen?" Artemis said it as a question, as if asking why that name would cause Roy to act this way. Roy glared harshly at Dick and Artemis and looked about two seconds away from firing one of his arrows at the two of them.

"Dick, is somebody there with you?" Oliver's voice came over the comlink. Dick figured that not only could everyone in this room hear anything coming from the earpiece, but it also picked up noise from all of them. Which meant that Oliver and Bruce, and anybody else, should they be listening, would know that Dick was, indeed, not alone.

Dick took the comlink, but before he could say anything Roy snatched it out of his hand, a look of pure fury on his face. For a moment Dick was worried that Roy would crush the earpiece in his hand. Roy instead decided to express his anger in another way.

"Who the hell is this?!" Roy shouted into the comlink. There was silence on the other end, which did nothing to calm Roy down. "Look, I don't know who you think you are, but if you think you can just-"

"...Roy?" Oliver's voice came through the comlink, a disbelieving yet hopeful tone to his voice.

"...Oliver?" Roy's voice cracked slightly. "But, how-"

"Dick," Bruce said over the comlink, his tone made it clear that he was expecting an explanation.

"I told you I had a good reason for disappearing like that." Dick said. Roy looked kind of uneasy, as if he wasn't sure what to think. Dick supposed that that was to be expected though. These guys had gone for three years thinking that their mentors and guardians were dead. Obviously, finding out the truth would come as a bit of a shock to them. It would take some time for them to come to terms with things. Dick thought that maybe this whole reunion would go better if it was in person rather than over an old comlink.

"Oliver, are you still in Star City?" Dick asked. It he was, it would be all too easy to meet up with him.

"Uh, yes." Oliver said reluctantly. "I'm a little stuck though."

Dick frowned. "What happened."

"Icicle Junior used his ice to trap him in his penthouse." Bruce said disapprovingly.

"What? Why would Cameron do something like that?" Artemis' eyes widened.

"He was trying to protect Oliver." Bruce said.

Dick tilted his head slightly. This situation was starting to sound a little backwards to him. "Protect him from what?"

"Is Cameron okay?" Artemis asked, concerned.

The comlink was silent as the older heroes tried to figure out how to tell them what had happened. Finally, Bruce, not wanting to beat around the bush, stated the simple truth. "He has been captured by The Light."

"What?!" Artemis paled noticeably. "Why would The Light capture him? He was going to work for them."

"Eh, that's debatable." Oliver said.

"Their intentions hadn't been so malicious at first." Bruce said. "But then somebody decided to intervene."

"They were going to use that stupid collar on him." Oliver protested. "You can't tell me that they didn't have malicious intentions."

Artemis clenched her fists. She couldn't just listen to them talk about this anymore. "That's it. I'm going after him."

"No, you're not." Bruce said sternly. "You're coming here. We have some medics that may be able to do something to stop the ice inside of you."

"Let us deal with Cameron, Artemis." Oliver added.

Artemis frowned and glared at the earpiece. She was not happy with how everybody seemed to know about what Cameron had done to her, and they were all treating her like a child because of it. Yes, her blood was turning to ice, but that did not make her as fragile and breakable as ice was.

She didn't care what they all said. She couldn't just sit around and do nothing when Cameron needed help. He was her friend, and she was going to be there for him. Artemis stood up suddenly and left the room. Regardless of what everybody else thought, she was going to help Cameron.

"Artemis, wait." Dick called as he ran to catch up with her.

"No, I'm not waiting." Artemis said without turning or slowing down. "I'm going after Cameron, and I'm not letting you stop me."

"I wasn't going to try to stop you." Dick said. "I want to help you." This stopped Artemis in her tracks.

"You're not?" She asked.

"No. Like I told you last time you went after Cameron, I would do the same thing." Dick said. Artemis smiled at him, grateful that he understood.

"You aren't seriously going to just run off and save your boyfriend, are you?" Roy, who had apparently followed them, spoke up. Artemis crossed her arms.

"Look, whether you like it or not, we're going." Artemis snapped.

"Yeah, I got that." Roy smirked. "It might be faster if you don't go by foot though."

"You got any better ideas?" Artemis asked sarcastically, not really expecting an answer.

"In fact, I do." Roy led the two of them to a nearby room which turned out to be a garage of sorts. There were a couple of motorcycles and other vehicles in there. Roy picked up two helmets and tossed them to Dick and Artemis.

"I imagine you'll find your friend quicker if you take one of these." Roy said. Dick smirked and hopped on one of the bikes. Artemis climbed on behind him.

"Thank you." Artemis said reluctantly. As Dick revved the motorcycle, Artemis shivered. She could feel the cold spreading through her body getting worse. She didn't care though. She knew that she should be concerned at just how serious this chill might get, but she wasn't. The only thing she was concerned about was Cameron.

She just hoped that he was okay.

A/N: This chapter...really not my best work. I feel like it's not very good, but I could seriously not think of any other way to write it, so unless I want this chapter to take absolutely forever to write, only growing increasingly more frustrating to figure out, this is how it is going to stay. I mean, it's not bad (I don't think) I just feel like it could have been a lot better. Oh well, not everything I write can be a masterpiece.