Chapter 10: Duty Calls

After the awkwardness of their meet up Robin and Batgirl headed back to their respective homes whilst M'gann, Red Robin and Kid Flash went to speak to Superboy and Aqualad about the whole Arrows VS Bats thing that didn't seem to be reaching an end any time soon.

Tim sighed "I tried to bring Artemis into the conversation but it just made him angry and so we dropped the subject."

Kid Flash propped his legs up on the table in front of the sofa he was sitting on "It was a train wreck, completely disastrous, heavy on the dis-."

"So what are we supposed to do about Robin and Artemis?" M'gann asked the boys.

Artemis and Roy walked into the room having only heard the last part. She put he hands on her hips and raised an eyebrow "What about me?"

Connor waved his hand flippantly "How you and Robin aren't speaking."

Artemis sighed "Well I want to speak to him but he obviously doesn't want to talk to me."

Roy also sighed "He's not talking to me either. Man I'm such an idiot! This is what I get for listening to you." He pointed accusingly at Artemis.

She raised her hands in surrender "Hey you have free will it's not like I forced you! Besides it was Oliver who pushed Rob over the edge!"

Roy yelled at her "So you're still not going to take responsibility for what you caused! If you hadn't been so untrustworthy of the Bat's despite your own villainous backgrounds this never would have happened!"

Artemis flushed red in anger "I am nothing like Sportsmaster! And my mother did the best she could for me and my sister!"

"Really? Because Jade tells the story differently!"

"How do you-" Artemis never got to finish.

"Jade says in your family it's every girl for themselves! So maybe you're not so different from Sportsmaster! Maybe just like he does you push away everyone even your own family! And you were so ashamed of that truth that you buried it deep and convinced yourself that your mother actually cared-"

Artemis stomped her foot on the floor "WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT MY FAMILY! In fact what do you know about me? You don't know me!"

"And whose fault is that?"

"Your fault! It's your fault Roy, for leaving in the first place!"

Megan and the others were feeling very uncomfortable watching this argument so she did the first thing she could think of, fake empathetic distress. She put Connor, Kaldur, Tim and Wally in a mind link and told them:

'Guy I'm actually fine no one actually worry just act worried'

They all gave her confused looks unsure what she was talking about

Megan collapsed on the floor clutching her head "Guys stop please, the negative emotions are getting to me!"

Connor rushed forward quickly and then realised what she meant he crouched on the floor and whispered "This is fake?"

"Yeah."

Artemis and Roy had stopped arguing and Artemis looked worried "M'gann! Are you okay?"

Megan got up slowly with the help of Superboy "I'll be alright don't worry about me."

Roy sighed apologetically "Sorry Megan."

Megan smiled at him "It's quite alright."

Artemis stared and mimicked her wondering why she was speaking so weirdly "Quite alright?"

"Uum yeah. Why?" Asked Megan

"It's just not the way you usually phrase things. Are you sure you're okay?"

"I'm fine Artemis." Megan tried to assure the other green girl but it was hard when she hated lying to her friends so much.

Connor and Megan exchanged looks unsure how to proceed until Aqualad took the reins "Roy, Artemis you are already at war with Robin and Batgirl it is unwise to also be at war with each other."

Roy and Artemis sighed "He's right you know."

Roy held out his hand "Truce?"

Artemis took his hand and the engaged in a firm handshake "Truce. Might as well work together to get Rob to forgive us. We can fight amongst ourselves later."

Tim's Bat Comm rang and he answered it "Hello Red Robin speaking how may I help you?"!"

"Tim get here now, you me and Robin are going on a recruitment mission for Young Justice."

"Holy new recruits Batman! You really sprung that on me! I'll be there ASAP!" he hung up and jumped up and down excitedly "Guys!" he said to the other teen heroes "Batman, Robin and I are going on a recruitment mission! We might be getting a new addition to the team!"

They all looked shocked and a series of gasps and "Really?"s ran through the room before Tim let out an excited squeal and ran from the room to the Zeta "Got to go guys, duty calls!"

MEANWHILE IN THE BAT CAVE

Batman stood waiting for Robin when he got back "We have a mission." He said darkly

"What is it?"

"We're recruiting a new member for Young Justice."

Robin looked shocked "We are?!"

"Actually we have two potential new members on our list but we're only meeting one of them. And Tim's coming too."

"Okay, cool. Who are we recruiting?" asked Robin setting up his wrist computer so he could do a quick search on whoever it was.

"Well we are recruiting a girl called Karen Breecher. I believe you and Barbara go to school with her."

Robin's jaw dropped "Karen got powers?!"

"She was involved in a science experiment her father was doing, a bee got caught in the machine and gave her the ability to shrink, grow wings and fly and also to shoot little laser beam things. We haven't been able to determine what kind of energy it is yet."

"How comes Barbara isn't coming?" Robin asked as he saw Tim enter the Bat Cave all geared up in his Red Robin suit, which was somewhat like the Robin suit but with a big red cross on the front and a more Batman-esk head covering.

"A kid with black hair who lives in Gotham could be anyone. A teenage girl who has that certain shade of red hair is less common. Karen knows her and until she agrees to our terms and conditions she can't know about anyone's identities."

Tim grinned "That makes sense. Now let's go on my first actual mission!"

Robin asked curiously "Say uh Batman, you said there were two recruits. Who's the other one?"

"Aquaman is working on getting this Atlantis teen Vigilante to join us. Goes by the name Lagoon Boy." (A/N:I don't know his backstory)

Tim snorted "That's such a lame name." Richard agreed.

The three Bat Boys jumped into the Bat-mobile and drove off into a network of complicated secret roads and underground tunnels. Tim "Whoop"ed with joy and Richard smiled at his little brother remembering how he had been the same on his first official mission after the Tony Zucco incident.