Disclaimer-Sadly, I don't any of the rights to the DC universe, just to my thoughts.

Because of the wonderful reviews which, I admit, were not expected, I've given you a longer chapter! This one is about half opinions of Artemis from them and the rest, we'll you see! Read on!

Warnings-Contains blood, slight torture, and mild language. I think the teen warning should cover the story.

He frowned slightly behind the mask, looking at his daughter. This was not what he'd wanted her to become. She should've stuck with the family business. But then her mother had come home. Said she wanted to go straight and wanted Artemis to do the same. Of course he left. She had been training to be an assassin not a hero. But she had wanted to be a hero, too. She didn't want to kill. She had wanted to save.

And look where it got her.

Meanwhile…

Wally wanted to scream in frustration. There was no end to these things! If they didn't make it because of these things… He shook his head but couldn't help remembering her last message.

Not worth it.

He punch right through a drone's tail, fuming. Of course she was worth it! That's what being a team was about. All he could do was keep destroying these things, hoping not to set them back too much.

Red Arrow watched his friend's frustration. If it had just been him, he wasn't sure whether or not he'd go after her. Since he knew Wally, he probably would have. And he'd seen Ollie's face when her walked in with the bow half. Then the picture and the first movie… The man was probably nearing a breakdown by now. He sighed, knowing he'd have to get her back, more for everyone's else's sake than his own.

He looked around again and could actually see a difference in everyone's fighting, even that Zatanna girl. It was more furious and ferocious now than usual. As he shot off more arrows, he just hoped it wouldn't get them all killed.

Robin looked around at the number of drones, to see about as many down as up. 'Great. Just great.' She'd have at least two more arrows in at this rate. He frowned, executing a perfect roundhouse kick to take out a drone. He couldn't help but feel kinship with the girl after the attack of the Reds at Mount Justice. She'd pulled through when they needed her to. Now, he could only hope they would.

A battle cry from Conner made itself heard among everyone as he jumped to grab a drone. He threw it, sending five others crashing down. He growled, repeating his tactic. Artemis was like a sister to him, to all of them on the Team. So, naturally, he felt the protectiveness that being a big brother entailed.

M'gann hovered above the chaos, taking drones down by just moving her hands. Like Conner, she thought of Artemis like a sister. She, however, was not even close on Artemis's level of toughness. Honestly, it hurt to see her 'sister' like this. She wanted nothing more than to run up, hug her, and take her away from the Shadows. But she couldn't do that, not yet.

Aqualad growled as he swung his water-mace into another drone. He felt the most responsible for her, only because he was leader. Even though he'd had no control over it, her still felt at least like he was somewhat to blame for her kidnapping. He knew they needed to get there, and soon.

'Senord hsarc otni hcae rehto!'

Zatanna watched the drones crash down and repeated herself. She wanted to scream, to attack the Shadows, but ultimately just to save her friend. They all did.

4:00 P.M.

No one knew how much time had passed until the remaining drones, about one hundred of them, suddenly stopped again. They groaned as their transmitters buzzed yet again. Batman didn't even greet them as he started the video.

It started the same way as the other one, with Artemis unconscious. The man yet again jumped on the screen. He stood in front of Artemis and backhanded her again not once, not twice, but three times before the girl finally regained consciousness. They could all see that she was fighting just to stay with them, her eyes barely half-open as the man walked off again.

Cheshire stepped in again, waving. They could tell she enjoyed this a little too much. Simultaneously, the seven teenagers' jaws clenched as Cheshire bent down to Artemis's right calf. The Archer knew what was coming and seemed to bow her head, almost in defeat. That or she had passed out again, they didn't know. Another red 'X' appeared on her leg.

She turned to the camera and waved again but waited a few seconds before piercing the arrow through the blonde's flesh. Artemis's head jerked upwards for a few seconds before settling down again into obvious unconsciousness. Cheshire walked off as the camera panned down again, another message revealed.

Of course we knew.

The video cut out and the drones attacked again. It took maybe twenty minutes before the last of the drones were down and the all anxiously boarded the ship again. Ten minutes later, they had reached their destination. The warehouse was swarming with guards. It was definitely their base.

"Superboy, how many are there?" Aqualad asked as the said clone switched to infrared vision.

"About twenty of them but not one in a chair." They all knew he meant Artemis.

"She…she's not there?" Wally didn't want to believe it. He didn't want to believe that they'd come all this way for nothing.

"Well, someone's gotta know where they are in there." said the Boy Wonder. "Right?" He looked around at his teammates.

"Right." Aqualad agreed. They all disembarked again onto the roof of a warehouse twenty feet away. "Miss Martian, keep us linked up for the rest of the mission." Aqualad said.

'We do not want the Shadows intercepting our comm. Take out the perimeter patrols quickly and quietly. Rendezvous at the entrance afterwards. We will take out those inside together if none of the patrollers have the location.' Aqualad said through the link. Robin was already off, leaving his signature cackle behind as everyone followed suit.

Ten minutes later, seven patrollers were tied up together. 'Zatanna.' Aqualad spoke again. The magician nodded.

"Trulb tuo s'erihsehc noitacol!"

"We don't know!" they blurted out at the same time.

'Then we'll have to go inside.' Everyone nodded at Aqualad's words. 'One, two-' The door to the warehouse slammed open as five more guards ran out. 'Three.' Aqualad sighed as they took on the guards. Hearing the commotion, five joined them. Ten minutes later, the ten were tied up next to the original seven.

The teenagers entered the warehouse to find it Ra's al Ghul leaning over a desk, Professor Ojo, and Ubu standing guard. As soon as the heroes walked in, they attacked. Robin was off, leaving his cackle as the only proof he was still in the warehouse. However, seven against two left good odds for the heroes and soon, they were walking towards Ra's.

Their transmitters buzzed and Ra's turned around to smile. "I'll let you watch."