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Robin frowned at the computer screen.

"Batman, there's no record of her."

They'd been searching for information on the mystery girl from the car yard for hours; anything from a civilian ID to previous crimes, aliases or accomplices, but there was no record of any criminals that the Justice League hadn't already heard of. Either this girl was new to the business or she really knew how to cover her tracks.

Robin had taken notes an everything he'd observed from the car yard about her appearance, the weapons she used and extra skills. It was an annoyingly short list.

Batman scowled. "None? What about the League of Shadows, do they have anything about her?"

"No," Robin sighed. "And it definitely doesn't help that we don't know her name or what she looks like."

Batman leaned down over Robin's shoulder to look at his notes.

Bow and arrow primary weapon

Can use grappling hook with ease

Long blonde hair

Dark clothing

Sarcastic humour

"She spoke to you?"

Robin shrugged. "Hardly, she just stole one of my birdarangs."

"I'll keep looking. If she's with Cheshire, surely she'll pop up again soon."

Robin nodded, knowing it was best not to argue with Batman.

He changed into his Gotham Academy uniform and hurried back into the manor.

"Did you find her, Master Dick?" Alfred asked, opening the door for Dick to get into the car.

"No Alfred. Bruce is still looking though."

Alfred nodded and started the drive to Gotham Academy.


Artemis self-consciously tugged at her skirt, trying to make it longer.

I hate school skirts, she thought. She also temporally hated her mother for making her go to Gotham Academy. She thought back to last night, how she actually managed to stop Cheshire from killing someone, and the Boy Wonder to boot.

She didn't want to be like her father and sister, but she knew from experience how tough Lawrence was on disobedience. She and Jade would've copped it bad for leaving him behind to face Robin and Batman, except that now she and Jade were his crime partners, not his daughters. Not like I have a choice in that matter. I can tolerate working with Jade, but not Dad.

"Oh, you must be Artemis!" A cheery voice said. Artemis turned to see a tall blonde girl trotting towards her. "I'm Alice, I'm here to show you around."

The girl's extremely happy attitude made Artemis a little bit uncomfortable, but she tried to smile. "Great."

Alice beamed even wider-if that was possible- and started to lead Artemis towards her first class.


"How was school, little sister." Cheshire teased.

Artemis glared beneath her mask as she stocked her quiver full of handmade arrows.

"Let's just get this over with before the Justice League shows up."

Cheshire laughed. "Scared of a few heroes?"

"No!" Artemis cried. "Of course not. I'm trying to protect my identity." What kind of question was that? No way was Artemis scared of the JL. A few guys in spandex are the least scary thing Artemis could imagine. "Unlike you, I still have a life outside of criminal activity."

"I have a life." Cheshire replied.

Artemis scoffed and slung the quiver over her shoulders. She pulled the black mask on, leaving nothing visible but her hair, mouth and grey eyes. "Come on," She said simply, before using her grappling gun to fly to the rooftop of the building, their means of entrance. "Meet me." She called before she would've had to yell.

Artemis touched down silently, the hook recoiling itself for reuse. Artemis ducked into the concealment of the shadows, searching for the ventilation shaft. She carefully lifted the grating and swung inside, dropping like a pin. Her soft-soled boots muffled the sound of her landing.

Bringing out her bow and knocking an arrow, Artemis crept through the facility towards the side entrance, where she'd disable the security systems and let Cheshire inside for the download.

As she entered to corridor, she kept to the walls, out of the cameras' sight. Aiming above the camera, Artemis shot a trick arrow into the ceiling. Electrical currents ran through the arrow into the wires in the plaster, shutting down the camera.

Before she could move forward to disarm the locks, she heard a distinctive whistle of a projectile. Effortlessly, Artemis dodged the flying birdarang, landing in a crouch. "Well," She said silkily. "I was wondering when we'd meet again, Bird Boy."

Robin stood in the hallway. "I didn't think you'd miss me that much, but I suppose I do have that effect." He replied in an equal tone.

"You flatter yourself, Robin." Artemis leapt forward in a flip, bringing her foot down on Robin's chest.

With a gasp, Robin crashed to the floor. Artemis settled herself on his stomach, pinning his arms down with her knees. "Well, that was way to easy."

Robin, surprisingly, just grinned at her. "Don't count me out yet." He lifted his legs, wrapping them around her shoulders. Robin pulled Artemis off him, and she skipped backwards on the slick tiles. Robin rushed forward, and she met him in a whirl of fists. She blocked all his throws, struggling to keep the grin off her face.

She spun and did a roundhouse-kick, giving the Boy Wonder a gushing blood nose.

Pulling out her bow, she whirled around and shot Robin in the foot. The trick mechanism triggered with contact, expelling a knock out gas.

Artemis watched in amusement as Robin started to cough, staggering backwards to get out of the could. But you can't escape what's attached to you.

Eventually the gas became too much for the kid, and he fell forward, out cold.

Artemis knew what Cheshire or Sportsmaster would do in this situation. No, you're not them. She scolded herself. Turning away from the unconscious young hero, Artemis disabled the lock and let Cheshire into the building.

Her sister eyed the kid on the floor. "Where's Daddy?"

Artemis shrugged there'd been no sign of Batman, so either Robin came alone, or Batman was waiting to ambush them.

Cheshire kept her sais poised, and Artemis had an arrow ready for flight.

No Batman. "Odd." Cheshire muttered, before sticking a memory stick into the hard-drive and hacking the system.


"You took her on, without me?"Batman demanded.

Robin rolled his eyes discreetly, adding two new things to his list.

Extremely quick reflexes.

Hand-to-hand combat skills.

"You were busy."

"She was with Cheshire, and we don't know anything about her! She had the perfect opportunity to kill you Robin!" Batman exclaimed, his parental side starting to show.

"But she didn't. She's not a Shadow, we know that much. And," He brought out the gas-arrow. "I got this."

Batman, scowled, grabbed the arrow. "We can track her with this?"

"No," Robin shook his head, turning back to the computer. "She was wearing gloves, so no fingerprints. But, we can find its manufacturer."

Batman glanced at the arrow. "Maybe Green Arrow can help." With that, he left the Batcave, leaving Robin to his search.


Eh, bad ending.

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