Wally lifted Artemis up, bridle style and ran to Star City's archer arena. Since it was closed, nobody was around and as stealthy as Wally was, he was able to break in and to turn on all of the arena lights. He gently placed Artemis on the ground and handed her, her bow and arrows.

For years, Artemis' father had taught her how to kill and how to shoot. One of his lessons were dangerous and full of peril and fear. Sportsmaster, her father, forced Artemis to wear a blindfold and placed her in the center of nowhere with just her bow and arrow. She remembered being trained to hear her enemy approaching and to feel the rhythm of their movements through her feet. Fake robots would shoot at the blind-folded little girl and she was supposed, no expected to be able to fight them all without her vision.

She always failed that lesson and often received lashes of her father's anger, however, that was when she was highly unmotivated. This time, she NEEDED to learn and this time she was determined to take her father's words into action.

"Arty, the target is this…." began Wally but was cut short by an arrow heading straight to the bulls-eye. It missed the target but it was already amazing that she knew which way the target was without Wally even guiding her. He was flabbergasted at her agility and wondered whether it was truly Green Arrow's training or not.

She then tried again. Her ears were open, her feet were in position, and her arms lowered the bow realizing learning from her mistake before. Then, she let go. The arrow flew through the air and went through the white mark. Wally exclaimed, "Wow Arty! You are a natural! Now you just have to lower it more."

Wally was talking to the air while Artemis was already preparing for her next shot. Her ears tingled at the softness of the east wind. She shifted her bow to face slightly west and to make a 90 degree angle. She held her breath and exhaled the moment she let go.

Time seemed to go slowly as the air was sliced by her arrow. Wally's eyes widened to cover his face. "Woah….that…shot…was waaaay…." started Wally…"way off?," asked Artemis. Wally defended, "No! IT was AMAZING! It hit the bulls-eye target right on the mark!"

"Really, Baywatch?" asked Artemis. Wally smiled and gave her a big hug. Artemis then shrugged him off a little too roughly. "I got to practice Wallman," Artemis said quietly. She picked up her bow again and started shooting intensely every shot. Wally sat by the side waiting for Artemis to finish to the point where he was snoring. Artemis giggled as she wiped her sweat off.

Wally must be really tired. i better wrap up and contact M-Gann to get Wally to the Cave. Wait…..someone's here…its deep and light at the same time..Dad's footsteps…Sportsmaster..

She then turned her arrow facing towards Sportsmaster or at least who she thought was Sportsmaster. "Don't be alarmed. I'm here to help," said Sportsmaster. "Help? Help? Where were you when you abandoned us, huh? Were you ever there to help? Oh yea, helping is taking away my sight, you son of a bitch," screamed Artemis. Sportsmaster put a finger to his mouth while putting the other one at sleeping Wally.

"You don't want to wake him up, do you?" threatened Sportsmaster. Artemis felt the tension and immediately went silent. Sportsmaster gave her a nod and Artemis looked at Wally. She saw his militaristic jacket and his worn out sneakers.

"Had fun pretending to be blind Artemis?" asked Sportsmaster. She sighed and felt guilty for lying to all of them. He approached and held her face lightly. "You were scared…that you might be a replacement..you wanted to test who would be there for you if you were obsolete. Once your so called friends find out about this lie…is your cover safe?" demanded Sportsmaster. She turned her head away from his touch. He grinned. "I don't think so.