A/N: Hey guys! So, thanks for being patient and waiting for me to upload this :) I can't really say that the next chapter will come out quickly, but I will definitely try not to make you wait too long! And thank you to everyone who made a guess at the laser girl's identity :D Just a heads up that you probably don't have much longer to guess, so get them in while you can! But for now, I hope you enjoy this chapter :)

1:04 AM

"Artemis," M'gann panted, collapsed on the ground next to the archer, "Wha-what now?" They had run themselves into a dead-end and were taking cover between an old dumpster and the decrepit brick wall.

"Well, I had considered climbing our way up the wall, but I'm worried it would break under our weight."

"Where did Harley Quinn go?" Zatanna whispered, looking around the edge of the dumpster, "Do you think we might have actually lost her?"

"No way," Artemis replied quickly, "She's over there somewhere. Toying with people is kind of her M.O."

"So we really did just walk ourselves into a trap," M'gann sighed. She studied the rooftops surrounding them and pointed to the one to their right. "I'm pretty sure I just saw a cat tail up there, too."

"So, Harley's got us cornered and Catwoman's got us surrounded," Artemis summarized airily, "Could this night get any better?"

"Oh, you don't even know the half of it, Artie," said a voice as two figures joined them behind the barricade.

"Rocket! Aqualad!" M'gann hugged the other girl tightly before turning to do the same to their leader, "How did you get over here?"

"I believe the villains allowed us to, since we are merely trapping ourselves as well," Kaldur explained as the Martian released him from her grip, "Are you alright?"

"Yeah, sure, we're just being hunted down by the queen of all nutjobs and her pet cat," Artemis said, sarcastically calm, "Just another day in the life of us normal folk."

"Artemis kicked a can at a cat, and the next thing we know, Catwoman is trying to scratch our eyes out."

"I said I was sorry!"

"And I ran into them while I was running away from Harley Quinn," M'gann interjected before an argument had a chance to form.

"Which I still don't understand," Artemis added.

"What's to understand, blondie?" Rocket said bluntly, peering around the side of the dumpster, "She's a known psychopath; she doesn't need a reason to do this kinda stuff."

"No, you don't get it. I know Aunt Harley, and this just doesn't make sense."

"Artie, your family friends are all infamous supervillains, assassins or superspies. They aren't exactly innocent bystanders."

"Why does it not make sense, Artemis?" Kaldur insisted, ignoring the exhausted girls' snippy responses.

"Because, Aunt Harley's been out of the game for a while now."

M'gann looked totally lost, the lack of sleep starting to affect her cognitive skills. "Game? What game? This game?"

"No, I mean, she dumped the Joker and split. No one knows exactly where she went or what she's been doing, but she's been out of the whole crime business for a good year at least."

"So, the question is, what could have possibly happened to make her return so suddenly," Kaldur finished for her, to which the blonde nodded. Interlocking his fingers and pressing them lightly to his lips, a look of concentration etched into his features as he tried to put the pieces together. "Artemis," he spoke, still deep in thought, "You are familiar with Harley Quinn, correct? Where do you think she was during her little 'break'?"

"Well," Artemis furrowed her eyebrows, "As you can probably guess, villains don't really make friends with anyone, especially with other villains. They make alliances, but they can never trust each other enough to form friendships. But Aunt Harley has always been a really likable person; her flaw is that love makes her crazy, literally. So a handful of villains and heroes have a real soft spot for her."

"Get to the point, Artemis," Rocket growled through clenched teeth, "I don't see why this is important, anyway."

The archer shot her friend a glare, but continued with her explanation. "Anyway, I was saying that personally, I think the Batclan has had a big part in keeping her whereabouts hidden. But knowing her, I would bet anything that she's been bunking with either Catwoman or—"

"Poison Ivy?" Kaldur finished.

"Yeah. How'd you know?"

Kaldur let out a long sigh and dropped his head into his hands so suddenly, it made the skittish girls jump. Panic washed over Raquel's face, and the before the others even had time to be surprised by her expression, Raquel was already hovering over him like a concerned mother bird. Kaldur had said that he felt fine after their little run in with Ivy, but she knew he would've said such a thing even if he was hurt.

Her concern didn't go unnoticed by the man in question. "I am alright, Raquel," he told her with a tired sigh, rubbing his hands over his face, "However, I believe I might know what is going on. But first, have any of you seen Superboy?"

The words had hardly left his lips when they saw a flash of red, followed by said Kryptonian clone slamming into the bricks of the dead-end only a few feet above their heads. The Team dove to catch him as he slid down the wall and hit the concrete floor.

"Found him," Artemis commented, helping the clone sit up.

"Where on earth have you all been?" he groaned as he clutched his aching ribs, "I really hope I didn't break anything. That would just be humiliating."

"What happened to you, Conner?" M'gann asked as she fussed over some scratches on his cheek.

"I saved some rich Gotham Academy girl from this blonde with laser-goggles. But it pissed her off, and now she's out for my blood."

"A blonde with lasers?" Kaldur repeated.

"Yeah, that's what I said," Conner grumbled, not really in the mood to be questioned, "What about you guys?"

"We're being hunted down too," Zatanna shortened their story down to a single sentence, "Catwoman and Harley Quinn."

"And Poison Ivy," Raquel added icily.

"You ran into Ivy?" Artemis asked wide-eyed.

Another painful groan resounded from Superboy as he shifted his body. "Look, I would normally be the last to suggest backing out of a challenge, but if we've got four major bad guys on their way to kill us and we're in this bad of shape, don't you think it's about time we call it quits before those women force us to call it quits permanently?"

There was silence amongst the group. They knew he was right, but that competitive streak that thrived in all of them kept their mouths shut.

"Well, our fearless leader, what do you think we should do?" Raquel finally asked, knowing that Kaldur would choose the best plan of action.

But Kaldur still seemed puzzled over Superboy's story. "Artemis, have you ever heard of a villainess fitting the description Superboy gave?"

"Well, no," she admitted with a shrug of her shoulders, "Especially not in Gotham. But new villains are popping up all the time, and I've been out of that loop for a few years at least."

"Still…" Kaldur said unconvinced, rubbing his chin in thought, "Who is she?"

"She never told me her name," Conner said dismissively.

Kaldur opened his mouth to answer, but his voice was drowned out by a deafening roar as their dumpster barrier exploded into pieces, sending the Team flying backwards into the wall.

Conner groaned and pushed himself back onto his knees. "But it looks like you'll be able to ask her yourself."

"Hey, kiddo," the blonde villain said with a vicious grin as she stepped over the destroyed pieces of dumpster, "Miss me?"

"Actually, no, I didn't. I was hoping you'd lost track of how far away you'd blasted me and not bother searching."

"Tsk tsk, you don't learn very fast, do you?" she tutted at the scratched up boy, "The first thing you need to know about me is that I really know how to hold a grudge."

The rest of the Team pushed themselves to their feet slowly, the last of which was Kaldur. Rubbing his head, he looked up and his eyes grew wide for a moment. "What the-"

"So," the leather-clad girl called out loudly, spreading her arms out wide, "Which of you dead-weight newbies wants to take the first shot?"

Tenseness shot through every aching body, and for a moment, each young hero considered pulling the plug on their deal and giving up. But the fact still remained that they were in immediate danger, and they had to do something, or they were all going to die. The entire Team raised their guard and prepared for the fight. "Aqualad," Superboy finally called out, his eyes never leaving their mysterious opponent, "What are your orders?"

But to the others' shock, Kaldur's guard totally dropped, and the exhausted look on his face had reached an incredible 'I've-had-enough-of-this-bullshit' level. "You cannot be serious," he groaned, rubbing his temples, "It is times like these that I remember why I do not make deals with the Bats."

"Aqualad!" Raquel snapped, "What are you talking about!"

He was glaring at their opponent, but not in any serious manner. "I am saying that this 'villainess' is actually just another hemmmmmmppppphhhhh." Before he could finish his revelation, a thick vine roped his mouth shut and pulled him straight off his feet.

"KALDUR!" Raquel yelled and ran after him, but it was too late; he had already been dragged off into the shadows.

"Awww. Don't worry, kiddo." Harley suddenly appeared in front of them, twirling her giant mallet in her hands. "The two of us'll keep you company while Red has her fun with the fishie!"

The blonde girl smiled cruelly and cranked the dial on her goggles. "We most definitely will."

A/N: That's all for now, folks :) Hope you enjoyed the chapter, although I know it was a bit short. Don't forget to leave a review! Reviews motivate me to get these out faster :)