Chapter 3: No Secrets Among Friends!
"What I'm about to tell you doesn't leave this locker room. Not even Aqualad, Red Tornado, or Batman can know about this," you said in a low tone voice as you pulled Artemis closer to you. You quickly started to explain everything to Artemis from the moment Dick discovered your secret to his proposal of you being his girlfriend exchange for keeping your secret.
"Ugh! I never really liked that Dick Grayson kid. I always feel like he was up to no good. Did I ever tell you that on the first day of school; he randomly came up to me and took a picture of us together. I think that kid has issues," Artemis said as she opened her locker. "Hey if you want, I could go and scary some sense into him," Artemis offered as she started to put on her costume.
You shake your head 'no'. You appreciated Artemis's offer, but this was your problem and you didn't want to involve anyone else with it. Beside if they scary Dick, it could lead to him letting out your secret. "Thanks, but I think it would be better if you stay away. Dick is a pretty smart kid. Now that he knows my true identity, I'm sure it wouldn't take him long to figure out who you really are," you said as you changed into your own costume.
Artemis let out a sigh as she closed her locker door. "I suppose you're right, but I'm still going to be your friend at school. You can't push me away that easily," she said with a small laugh as she placed a hand on top of your head before messing up your hair. A frown formed on your face as you quickly fixed your hair to its normal style.
"So what are you going to do about his whole girlfriend proposal thing?" Artemis asking wondering if you were actually planning on going along with Dick's little deal. You shrugged your shoulders. If only you had the power to see in the future to see what your best option was. If that was the case, you probably won't be in this mess since you could have predicted Dick discovery your secret identify.
"I'm not quite sure yet. I'm sort of debating if I should have Miss M use her mind powers on him to make him forget the whole thing, but I know she hasn't fully master her powers yet. I would hate myself if Miss M accidently sent Dick into a coma or something," you answered as you followed Artemis out the locker room. "I suppose you are right. Look on the bright side of things at least he is cute," Artemis said as she gave you a wink before a small laugh escaped her lips. This caused a small blush to form on your face for a second before quickly disappearing.
"You ladies must be talking about me," Kid Flash said as he wrapped his arms around Artemis's and your shoulders. "As if, Baywatch. I said he was cute not an annoying dork like you," Artemis said as she flipped her hair into Kid Flash's face before walking out of his grasp. You let out a small laugh before seeing the small frown on his face.
"You may be a dork, KF, but you're our dork. If it makes you feel better, I overheard couple of girls at school talking about how they think Kid Flash was their favorite superhero," you said before giving him a small pat on his back. His frown quickly turned into a big grin. You smiled as you slipped away from his grasp and hurried over to where Artemis was.
"You know that's just going to give him a bigger head than he already has," Artemis said as she started to get on her bike. Robin, Artemis, and you were going to take motorcycles to Star Labs while Kid Flash was just going to run there, of course. You shook your head at Artemis's comment. You could tell that Artemis had feelings for Wally. The only problem was Artemis was too stubborn to realize it herself. "Sometimes it's nice to have a big head," you joked as you put on your helmet. Once the hanger door opened up, Robin and Kid Flash took the lead while you and Artemis followed behind.
~*~Star Labs~*~
When the team arrived at Star Labs, everything seemed to be normal. However, they all knew looks can be deceiving. "Let's go inside and take a closer look to make sure everything is okay," Robin suggested as he turned off his bike. "Great idea, Rob. We can go inside and check things out while the girls stay outside and wait with the bikes," Kid Flash said eagerly as he leaned against Robin's bike.
"No way, Midnight and I are going to be stuck on stake out duty," Artemis said angrily as she removed her helmet. She glared at Kid Flash until Robin spoke up again. "I'm the team leader for this mission so I'm in charge of assigning tasks," Robin stated firmly hoping it would stop the bricking between Artemis and Kid Flash. Luckily, it did.
"Midnight and I will enter through the west side of the building. At the same time, Artemis and Kid Flash will enter through the east side. We will meet back in here in thirty minutes. Remember we don't have Miss M to link our minds so only use our communicators if it an emergency. Someone can easily intercept our communication if we are not carefully," Robin said as he explained his plan to the team. You felt your heart skip a beat when Robin paired you with him on this mission. Sometimes it was hard for you not to go all fangirl over Robin, but you knew you had to keep a level head.
"I don't want to be with him/her," Artemis and Kid Flash shouted at the same time as they pointed at each other. "So what's wrong with being with me?" Artemis asked as she shot another glare at KF. "Well for starters you are way too bossy and you're not that great with a bow and arrow like Speedy," Kid Flash answered as he crossed his arms and looked away from Artemis. Artemis glanced over at you for a moment. You looked at her with pleading eyes to go with Kid Flash. She knew about your small crush you had on Robin. Artemis let out a sigh before taking one for the team. "I'm just as good as Red Arrow and I'm going to prove it. Come on," Artemis said as she grabbed the back of Kid Flash's shirt and started to walk to the east side of the building. "Hey let go of me," Kid Flash said as he struggled to walk backwards.
A small laugh escaped your lips at the sight. You knew you were lucky that Artemis was such a great friend. "Are you ready to go?" Robin asked with a small smile on his face. You nodded your head 'yes' before following Robin to the west side of the building.
"Looks like we have an easy way in," you said as you pointed at an open window. There was a window on the third floor that was cracked open slightly that Robin and you could easily open to go into Star Labs. "Luck for us," Robin said as he grabbed his grappling gun from his utility belt. "Hold on tight," Robin said as he wrapped an arm around your waist. A slight blush appeared on your face as you wrapped your arms around his neck for better support. You were just happy that your mask was able to hide the fact that you were blushing. However, it didn't help with all the butterflies that were flying around in your stomach. Once Robin thought you had a good gripped around him, he hit a button on the grappling gun and you both were pulled up to the window still of the open window.
As Robin put away his grappling gun, you slowly opened the window and prayed no alarms would go off. You opened the window enough for Robin and you to slip inside. Soon you two were running down the hallways, checking each room as you passed by. Everything seemed fine and normal until you made it to the ground floor. The hallways on the ground floor were covered with vines from the floor to the ceiling.
"Looks like they redecorated here," Robin said jokingly as he turned his head towards you and gave you a warm smile. "It looks the work of Poison Ivy. I wonder if she is still here," you said as you started to walk down the hallway. You did your best to move quickly and quietly down the hallway while looking for any signs of Poison Ivy. Near the other end of the hallway, there was a door propped open with dense assortment of plants on the outside of the door. Robin signed to you that he would go in first and you should cover him if need be. You nodded your head to show that you understood.
When Robin entered the room, he did a dive roll to end up underneath a table. You did the same move as Robin and landed right next to him. The table you two were hiding under was not very big so you were rather close to Robin. Well really close. Close enough that you pick up a faint smell of cologne on Robin. 'He even smells so good,' you thought to yourself. Before any prevy thoughts could come to your head, you heard two voices coming the very back corner of the room.
"Will you hurry up! My sleeping gas is going to wear off soon and I don't feel like dealing with a bunch of guards or the police," a woman's voice said. By the sounds of her voice, it was Poison Ivy. "I'm going as fast as I can, but most of these files are encrypted and last time I check I wasn't a computer genius," a man's voice said angrily at Poison Ivy. The second voice you didn't recognize right away. You just knew it was a male voice. As you tried to listen to the two villain's conversation, you felt something touch your hand. You glanced down and saw that Robin's hand was on top of your hand. Her heart rate started to increase from the small contact from Robin. You look up at Robin to see that he was moving slightly to the side to get a better look. As butterflies started to form in your stomach, you bit your lip as Robin's hand remained on your own.
When Poison Ivy spoke, you focus your attention on her and not Robin. "Well just download the information and we can find someone else to unencrypt the data," Poison Ivy said as she walked closer to where Robin and you were hiding. You held your breathe for a moment or two as you moved yourself back slightly to hide yourself better. Unfortunately, your leg knocked the leg of the table and causing the table to shake a bit. Whatever was above your head made soft 'clunking' noise. You mentally cursed your bad luck and prayed that they hadn't heard you.
"Did you hear that?" Poison Ivy said with a small hiss as she moved closer to where Robin and you were hiding. 'Shit' was the only thought running through your head at the moment.