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

Here we go! So I would've uploaded this earlier but I was kind of driving between California and Las Vegas so...yeah. So, here's the other one I promised! And for those of you wondering why chapter ten and eleven were the same, I fixed it. Must've not actually copied chapter eleven like I thought I did. So, yeah. It's fixed. Might wanna go read it. XD

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

Meanwhile…

Batman turned off the video screen in the Watchtower. Green Arrow, Black Canary, Red Tornado, Superman, Martian Manhunter, Aquaman, Flash, and Zatara stood behind him, mostly gaping at the screen. Most of the faces of the senior heroes were frustrated, some worried, and some just downright pissed off. Dinah was comforting Ollie, who had a small tuft of blonde hair in his hand, murmuring 'Both of them, now…' Superman, Manhunter, Aquaman, Flash, and Zatara looked at the man in confusion. "Both of who?" Superman asked, turning to Batman.

"Yesterday, Artemis was kidnapped by the League of Shadows." He continued, the shock evident on the faces of the others. "I'll show you the first and last video they sent." He played both videos, everyone in the room getting paler by the second. "We know they intended for her to die and not for the others to find them. We know what they're willing to do, now, so we must remain cautious when we make our move. However, only the Team knows where they are. They did not tell us where they were going. For now, we need to wait and trust them to get themselves out or a message to us." He said, earning a few frustrated looks in return, nonetheless, everyone nodded. "We've got an hour until the next video, so go ahead and do whatever, just be prepared and here in an hour." Again, everyone nodded, heading towards the Zeta-tubes to get home.

Once everyone had left the room, Superman grabbed his best friend's shoulder. The Bat turned to glare at him and Superman took his hand off but still spoke. "We'll get him back." He knew Bruce was worried about his son but the other hero shook his head.

"It's not him I'm worried about. The seven of them will be fine. They'll get a message to us and we'll rescue them." He explained to his friend. He was worried about Artemis. In the state they'd seen her in, everyone knew she had five hours at best. She meant somewhat more to him because she'd been recruited by himself, in Gotham no less. He knew Dick cared about her, too, especially after Red Tornado's 'siblings' had attacked and they'd have to save the Team, Artemis pulling through at the end. Besides that, she'd proven herself in Batman's eyes. Now that was saying something. "It's Oliver I'm worried about."

"Ah." Replied Clark. Code for 'I'm actually worried about Artemis.' He knew Bruce wasn't good with showing emotions, except around Dick. That kid brought out the best in the Bat. It really was a good thing he was around. No one wanted to think of how dark the Bat might've become without him.

Meanwhile…

Artemis was sitting in a chair in a room on the floor above the dungeons. It was completely dark except for the seven screens arranged in a semicircle around her chair. Figures were shown in white, blurred outlines against blue on the screens, giving the room a ghostly light. She wasn't sure where to look, so she kept her eyes focused on a space behind the screens, staring off into space. Sportsmaster stood behind her.

"What do I do with her? We've captured the others, as requested. The video was just streamed to the Justice League using an untraceable signal, just like the others." He stood there somewhat awkwardly as the figures on screen decided. "She has five hours at best." He decided to add, obviously meaning Artemis.

Finally, the figure in the center spoke. "Leave her. Take her back. Her friends can watch her die."

Artemis scoffed. "Yeah, but you know it's rude to talk about people like they're not here." She said, receiving another slap from Sportsmaster in response.

"Get her out, now." The voice was angry but calm, one of the scariest tones that can be used.

"Still rude." Artemis said, almost growling. Another slap had stars dancing again. Then, she was picked up and carried out. She could make out murmuring voices as they left the room.

"They're definitely troublesome."

"But we can't take them out, yet. The Justice League will have our heads."

"Yes, we must wait."

The voices faded as they left the room. Once back in the dungeons, she was practically thrown into her cell. Sportsmaster kicked her again for good measure and walked out. It was silent for a few minutes as everyone watched Artemis try to catch her breath. She turned to them as much she could. "Hi, guys." Her voice was more scratchy and coughed again. She had paled more than when she left but was still putting on a brave face. "They plan to let me die. They want to kill you guys, too, eventually. But they're going to get as much out of this as they can." She said, barely above a whisper. "So, have you got a plan?"

Everyone tried to focus on the positive and Robin spoke. "Yup. We can use tapping our fingers." She looked skeptical, so he elaborated. "Ok, so you know how on an old phone's keypad, the numbers also correspond to certain letters? Well, we can use that. For example, watch." He tapped out a rhythm. "It's 'hello'. See?"

She smiled slightly. "It's perfect! Even if no one else gets it, Batman will. Who came up with it?" She asked, curious, before coughing again.

"I did." Wally spoke. "I still have an old phone so I use it." His face contorted slightly into worry. "You look worse. What happened?"

"Thanks, Captain Obvious." Artemis responded. Wally looked about to retort but she cut him off before he had the chance. "Well, my father," She refused to call him 'dad'. "Took me to this room with a bunch of screens. There were people outlined on them. I'm pretty sure they were 'The Light'." She coughed again. "Anyway, I wasn't very polite to them so I got hit again." She would've shrugged if she could've. She saw Robin and Roy's smirks. She knew they'd have done the same thing. Wally just looked kind of angry with her. "Anything else I missed?" She asked before he could say anything.

"Um….oh, yeah. I'm officially leader now." Robin responded. "If you're ok with that, because you weren't here for the vote." He added, definitely wanting to her to approve. They were a team; they needed to all be on the same page all the time.

She smiled slightly again. "Definitely. I always did think you'd be a great leader." He blushed slightly and she smirked.

For the next almost hour, they practiced the new system of communication, making sure everyone knew how to use it. Even Artemis could move her fingers enough to effectively use it. To anyone who didn't know better, they just looked bored, which was exactly the point. By the time it was almost ten o'clock, they were communicating silently, having whole conversations about random things, trying to take their minds off of their current situation. They talked about weather, about school, about food, and their favorite movies before the 'camera crew' came in again.