"Kid Flash was already disappointed in you Artemis for the last time. They blamed you for what happened. They probably will blame you again once they fall in MY hands. Why not join me as..a family reunion," Sportsmaster said. Artemis looked at her sinister father then looked back at innocent Wally. He was still sleeping like a child. Sportsmaster smirked. He backed away slowly as he said, "Choose a side. You belong with us now."
Wally woke up not aware what had happened. He looked around to see the cave. Artemis? I'm pretty sure I was with Arty at the Star City Arching Arena..how am I here? If I'm here, where is Artemis? She can't find her way around.
Robin came by to check on Wally. He tracked Wally's cellphone in the Arena and picked him up. Once he arrived there, he saw Artemis' bow, but found no Artemis. To his surprise, there were letters integrated on the field that threatened the Justice League. It said: Evil Prevails. Though he was curious of what happened, he didn't ask Wally anything….yet.
"Dude…I feel so tired and sore. Where's Artemis?" asked Wally. M'Gann came into the room with Superboy and Aqualad. "I can't find her location Robin," M'Gann reported not knowing Wally was there. Wally immediately stood up and interrogated M'Gann. Superboy went in the way and held him back. "You knew, and you know something I don't. Tell me now!" yelled Wally. Aqualad had enough of the fight and yelled in an echoing voice to stop.
"Kid Flash, when we found you at the arena, all there was, was words integrated into the field with Artemis' bow on the ground. She was not there..now I need you to tell me what happened," Aqualad said. Robin looked at M'Gann and M'Gann looked at Wally.
He refused to talk until Aqualad gave him his serious face. Aqualad demanded, "Spill the facts…NOW."
Before explaining, Wally and Robin including M'Gann sighed. "Truth is…Artemis..lost her eyesight during an encounter with Sportsmaster. She wanted to practice her archery..to avoid suspicion. I should have been awake to watch her, but I was so tired that I decided to take a nap, but I had no idea any of this happened while I was just sleeping," Wally broke out. Aqualad and Superboy were shocked while the rest just put their heads down in sadness.
Superboy faced M'Gann. "M'Gann is that why Artemis was staying with you and you felt upset?" asked Superboy. M'Gann replied yes internally. Then, Aqualad looked at Robin and realized he knew too. He calmed himself before talking to Robin.
"Why did you not report this to me? Artemis could have been killed in a fight with her enemy taking her blindness to their advantage. Do you not consider me a leader? I must take care of each of you," said Aqualad.
Robin replied, "She was desperately trying to hide that fact." Wally added, "If you knew, you would have excluded her from any mission and then Red Arrow would take her position..that's why she decided to fight it." Aqualad stared at them with guilty eyes.
"All you say is true. I would have excluded her..but only for her safety. I should have noticed but instead she suffered for my mistake," Aqualad admitted.
"Miss Martian, can you track Artemis mentally? She might have an open mind. Track her" ordered Aqualad, " and Superboy, follow Miss Martian to the coordinates." Wally asked, "What about Robin and me and you?" Aqualad looked at Robin and said, "You search for Sportsmaster…I have a feeling they are somewhat correlated to each other..she might not have been abducted." Wally pinpointed Aqualad to wall and grew furious.
"Do you still suspect Artemis for what happened last time?" demanded Wally, "She fucking decided to fight even though there was no hope for her to see!" Robin glared at Aqualad also but knew why he would think that, but for now, he kept quiet.
Wally ran back to the arena in a millisecond. He searched the entire perimeter for Artemis or any clue. When he arrived, he saw a blanket on the bleachers he was sleeping on. Wally originally brought it to keep Artemis warm and himself warm. He called Robin and asked, "When you found me, what did I look like? No..no i mean was there anything on me or something?" Robin replied, "The only thing that was on you was a blanket…why?" I never put a blanket on when I slept…Artemis had it by her side….then…who.?….Artemis?
If I didn't have a blanket on me, but it was on me..then it had to be Artemis who did it..but how could she if she is blind? Even weirder, there was blood on it….what happened, Artemis? Where are you