Robin gave Artemis a ride home on his R cycle and dropped her off. He knew she didn't live in Star City but in Gotham.
"Ah…Robin, where are we?" asked Artemis. "Star City, isn't this where you live?" Robin asked.
Crap, he doesn't know that I really live in Gotham…anyway, I better feel my way to the bus station and figure it out on my own. Double Crap! I can't do that in my current condition and my mom will be so upset. How am I supposed to help my mom in her wheelchair?
Robin watched in pain as she just looked lost. "Artemis, you can sleep at the cave with M'Gann for the time being," he said.
"My mom will worry! Maybe you don't have any parents that you have to worry about, but I have a mom in a wheelchair who needs me. I can't just leave her," Artemis yelled.
Her words hit his weak spot, his spot that makes him lose his temper.
Robin cursed and yelled back, "You're just a burden to her now you know that? Now that you're blind, you can't take care of her anyway and if my parents were alive, they wouldn't be as disabled as your mom!"
Artemis flared up and walked into the street angrily not knowing a car was passing by. Robin, shocked, immediately plunged and pushed her out of the way. They landed on top of each other on the other side of the street.
Normally, Artemis would kick him off, but this time, she held onto him as she cried.
"It's not fair…my eyes are the most precious to me..I need them to help my mom and be on the team..now..I'm really useless," she whispered.
Robin patted her back awkwardly for he didn't know what to do in a sad time like this. He had a flashback of when he saw his parents died. He said the exact same words, it's. not. fair.
Artemis wiped away her tears with her arm and defeated, said," I'll stay at the cave for the time being. But you have to promise me that my mom will be okay and that she knows NOTHING about this and when I say NOTHING, I mean NOTHING."
Reluctantly, Robin made that promise, but he didn't know how long he can keep that promise