Black Canary swung round to launch herself at the speaker. Apparently they knew the apartment better as they flicked the lights on, temporarily blinding Black Canary. Who was then shocked by the woman's next statement.

"Oh it's you Black Canary."

When Black Canary was able to see properly she found herself facing an unmasked Catwoman. This should have worried Black Canary but it provided her some comfort. Someone else was checking in on Artemis. Someone else cared. She let out a sigh, relieved, before getting back to the point.

"You know Artemis?"

"Yes. I take it she is in some sort of trouble?"

"You could say that. How well do you know her?"

"Well I'm here to see whether she threw that rotting cake out yet and I've given up being a villain for her so well enough to know that her Mum is dead and that Gotham cities finest haven't put a report through on the case and that they haven't informed Social Services. I also know that she is part of some sort of team that she won't tell me about because she figures that you lot would get really angry with her if any of you ever found out. Also she's out of food, again."

"That would explain the smell." Black Canary was surprised by how much information that Catwoman had volunteered. Needing time to think she headed into the kitchen. The smell was indeed coming from what looked like a very dead cake. Canary almost died when she realised what the lettering on the cake said:

Happy Birthday Artemis!

"Please tell me that it wasn't her Birthday."

"It wasn't. We were celebrating a week early because of some team thing that she wasn't allowed to miss. How come you don't know when her birthday is?"

Black Canary let out the breath that she had held than sighed. She didn't think any of them could have handled it if it had happened on her birthday.

"Apparently there's a lot we don't know about Artemis."

"You didn't know her Mum was dead?"

"Or that kids at her school were beating her up or that she was feeling worthless or that she thought that committing sui-"

Canary broke off at the end. She couldn't say it. She knew that it was true but she just couldn't deal with that right now.

"Well that explains the bruising. So she finally tried?"

Black Canary whipped around from examining a very battered looking copy of Through the Looking Glass to stare at Catwoman. Catwoman was looking towards the floor, lost in thought.

"What do you mean?"

"Well she won't admit to it but she has been contemplating it for some time now. A few times she has come close but before now she hasn't tried."

"Yeah well she almost fell off a building tonight and now she is missing."

A silent moment passed between the pair. They both knew that fall wasn't what Canary had meant but neither felt the need to correct the remark.

"Any idea where she is?"

"She wouldn't be missing if we did. There are no clues here so I am going back to scouring Gotham. You don't have any idea where she might go, do you?"

"I have a few. She probably isn't at any of them though. I'll give youse a hand. There are some places even the Bat can't go in Gotham."

"Really you care about her that much?"

"Of course. I gave up my villainous ways for her. If I thought that they would let me I would've already gone to Social and got custody. She's a unique girl."

"That she is. One last question. How?"

"Paula went to the corner store to pick up some milk. Someone came in and tried to rob the place. Paula launched herself out of her chair and gave the clerk a chance to run. She wasn't so lucky."

Catwoman looked down. She was hurting too. It told Black Canary all that she needed to know. So she reached into her pocket and pulled out a spare earpiece and handed it to Catwoman.

"Here. The more eyes we have out there the better. By the way you can call me Dinah."

"In that case it's Selina."

Both women used the window in Artemis's room to leave before contacting Batman.

"Artemis was at her house but she is gone now. Also I picked up a friend of Artemis's to help us out."

"Really, who?" Batman was calm over the ear piece curious about who was helping them.

"Evening Batman."

"CATWOMAN!"

"Let her talk Batman. There's more going on. We could use her help."

"Fine. Talk." Batman was not happy with this development but he had no choice. If she could help then he couldn't turn her away.

Two and a half hours after starting the search the Justice League called it off. There was no sign of Artemis and all of them were tired. There was nothing more to do for the night except go to bed and make a fresh start. They decided to tell the team in the morning. It seemed pointless to wake them for bad news. The only problem with calling the search off was that Green Arrow and Red Arrow had to be forced to stop. It had taken the combined efforts of Superman and Captain Marvel to subdue them and return them to Star City. Both were refusing to admit how upset they were about Artemis but it was obvious. Without intervention they probably wouldn't have stopped. None of them felt good about giving up but there had been no sign of Artemis. They all went home with one hope. Finding Artemis before the situation got worse.