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Chapter 17
Artemis watched as Wally and Roy trained. Wally was using a bo staff and as was Roy. The female archer was shocked at how gracefully the two moved especially Wally who was known for being a klutz at time but Artemis now figured that it had something to do with Wally keeping who he was a secret.
Artemis also realized that if Wally could reveal his secrets than maybe Artemis could reveal her secret although Artemis had a feeling that Wally and Roy may have already known the truth about her family since both red heads had super sense of smell and could smell her father on her.
Artemis waited until the two were done with their training before she went up to Wally and Roy to ask them if they knew her secret.
"Hey guys, I have something to ask you." Artemis said walking up to her alien teammates.
Wally looked at his teammate that he had started to realize that he had feelings for since her all most death by Nosfer caused his to transform in to his full Lycan form and almost kill his friends.
"What's up Artie?" Wally asked using his nickname for her. He had a feeling that he knew what Artemis wanted to talk about as he had known about her family since he first had met Sportsmaster on a mission and when he had met Paula Crock the first time as the scent of SportsMaster was on Paula and Paula's scent was on Sportsmaster.
"This isn't easy for me to say this but I figured if you two can tell us your secrets then I can tell you my secret." Artemis said as she took a breath before she spoke again. "The truth of the matter this that I am not really Green Arrow's niece. I'm actually the daughter of Sportsmaster and Huntress and my sister is Cheshire. My mother as you know is in a wheelchair but that is because of my father breaking her back after she got out of jail. It was then that I realized that I didn't want to be a villain and want to do something good with my life. I met Green Arrow after I had saved Wally from Amazo and he went out to find me and offered me a place on the team. I took the offer in a heartbeat. I was scared to tell everyone "
Wally looked at the female archer with a smile. "Artemis, I knew about your family for a while as your scent is similar to Sportsmaster who let me tell you that you are nothing like your father. You wanted to make something of yourself. It takes a lot of courage to tell people about your past and your family." Wally told his teammate.
Artemis did something that she had really hadn't done in a while. She smiled a smiled that reached her soul. She was happy that two of her teammates had accepted her past. Artemis noticed that Wally was looking behind her and when she turned around she saw the rest of her teammates looking at her.
The blond archer felt scared that her teammates would treat her like she was as villain but that feeling went away when M'gann came up to her and hugged her. The rest of the team followed.
"Artemis, you have nothing to fear as you are not your parents nor your sister." Kaldur told his fellow teammate.
Once Artemis realized that her team wasn't going to treat her like she was a villain she started to cry. Wally walked over to the female archer and hugged her.
Roy in the meantime sat back and watched the scene take place. He may have been a jerk to Artemis but he knew that she did have a good heart. In fact Artemis reminded him of his older sister for some reason. Maybe it was the fact that both his sister and Artemis felt that they had something to prove and were hiding from a past.
Some time later after Artemis had calmed down and had realized that her teammates really weren't going to kick her off the team everyone had settled down to get something to eat with Wally actually acting civil at the table.
"Answer me something Roy." Kaldur said. "If you knew who Artemis was and who her parents were why did you treat Artemis the way you did if you also know what it is like to be treated wrongly because of who you were?"
Roy looked at the Atlantian with a smile. "It's true that I knew the truth about Artemis but in reality I really didn't trust her with those I consider my friends. My point of view changed over time and I realized that Artemis really was a good guy and I know what it is like having to fight your own family. Sort of like I had to prove to my adopted family that I wouldn't go evil when I changed for the first time like my older half-sister did years ago." Roy explain as he remembered his sister transforming and trying to kill everyone.
"Half-sister?"
"Through my mother. My mom's first husband died when my sister was two and she meet my father a year later and married him and gave birth to me a year later when my sister was 4. I got along well with my sister who protected me the best that she could from bullies when we were going up with Brave Bow." Roy explained.
The room was quiet for a few moments before Robin spoke.
"Oh my God! Talaos is your sister isn't she?" The Boy Wonder asked putting two and two together.
Roy nodded his head. "You have no idea what it is like to have to fight your own family because of something someone did to them. I pray to the Goddess that I will find some way to get my sister back."
"That's why you somewhat know what Artemis is going through having to fight Cheshire as you have to fight your own sister?" Robin said sadly.
"Yes." Was all Roy said before he left the room.
"Did we make him upset?" M'gann asked wondering if they had hurt Roy ins some way.
"Roy has a hard time talking about many things and what happened to his sister is one of them." Wally explained. "Look, do me a favor. Don't treat Roy any different than you have been. Please."
"We won't. He is still that arrogant but loyal to his friends and family archer." Artemis pointed out earning a smile from Wally.
"Now that we have that matter taken care of. I suggest that we all get to some sleep as I have a gut feeling that Black Canary is going to be very vicious in her training to since Eyolf is going to be assisting her and let me tell you Eyolf is worst than Black Canary with it comes to training." Wally told his friends as several groans were heard from everyone.
Next chapter training begins as more secrets about Roy are found and the team find out just who Talaos is.
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