Yup. I don't own Young Justice, and I'm mostly writing this story because hiatus is killing me slowly and I needed some Spitfire satisfaction. Hope you enjoy.

Artemis had never heard of a collaboration job with Intergang, so she knew that they must be moving some pretty big cargo to need the extra security. She and Black Spider would be watching the inside, and Hook, Ubu, and Cheshire would cover the perimeter, while Intergang members moved Apokoliptan tech out of boom tubes.

It was her first mission, but after ten years of training, she was itching for action.

Must be some pretty important tech if they want five Shadow guards. Artemis thought as she climbed to the top of a mountain of crates that gave her a good view of the interior of the warehouse.

Below, Intergang members bustled about, loading boxes of alien tech into trucks. The space was dimly lit by barn lights chained to the ceiling, bathing everything in a sickly yellow glow and casting dark shadows in the corners.

Outside, Artemis knew Hook and Ubu must be taking positions on the roof, while her sister walked amongst the shadows of the trees.

Black Spider swung down from a hanging light and landed with a thump on the box next to Artemis, which was stamped with the upside-down words This side Up. Artemis rolled her eyes under her domino mask.

"They must be moving some pretty big stuff if they want us around." Black Spider said, lounging next to Artemis and putting his arm around her shoulder.

"Yeah I was thinking the same thing." Artemis said aloud. She paused for a moment, then noticed Spider's arm around her shoulder and scoffed. "What do you want?"

"I was just checking on you. Wouldn't want a pretty girl like you breaking a nail on her first day on the job."

Artemis scowled. "I've been training for this since I was six. I have seven years on you, Spider. Watch it."

"C'mon, babe. I was only kidding."

Artemis rolled her eyes again. "It's never gonna happen, Spider. I'm sixteen. You're like, thirty."

"I'm twenty-two, Tigress. That's a six year age difference. It could happen!" Black Spider retorted.

Artemis snorted. "Well I'm a little out of your league, Spider. Now, why don't you go flirt with Cheshire? I'm sure she'd love the attention."

"Chesh? Nah, she's not my type."

Before Artemis could scoff make a witty retort, her sister's voice came over the radio.

"I saw movement. Investigating now." Cheshire's voice clipped in her ear.

"Copy that. Maintaining perimeter." Ubu responded.

There was a moment of uncertain pause, where nothing but static went through the radio. Black Spider tensed. Artemis's hand crept towards her side, where her crossbow hung by her belt.

"Ubu, Hook, I need backup. We've got three Leaguers, and sidekicks closing in." Artemis marveled at her sister's ability to maintain such a calm physique when faced with such a dangerous situation. Black Spider disappeared, which seemed to be his specialty, along with flirting with sixteen-year-olds.

The archer stood, alert and ready for action, and pulled the crossbow from her belt. "We've got company. Move it!" she called down. Her own voice was strangely shrill, but she maintained her composure and climbed up the mountain of crates to get a better vantage point.

The Intergang members below scrambled to the trucks.

Then all hell broke loose.

A red blur sped into the warehouse, immediately taking out the Intergang stragglers that weren't hiding with their cargo.

"Crap. It's the Flash." Artemis whispered to herself. No, wait. Now there was something yellow. Yellow and red, speeding around the piles of crates. "The Flash and Kid Annoying. This'll be fun."

From above, Artemis was able to recognize the yellow blur's running course, like the flight pattern of an airplane, and she sent a crossbow bolt in his path.

Artemis climbed down from her perch to intercept the speedster, who had been hit dead on by her projectile and had slowed down.

"You and me, carrot top?" she taunted, putting her crossbow away and taking up a fighting stance.

He threw the first punch. "All right, but I'm not going easy on you." He had a voice that made Artemis catch her breath. It was mischievous, playful, and yet… intoxicating.

As she hit him squarely in the jaw she narrowed her eyes. "Neither am I." Artemis feigned an attack on his right side, and then went in for a kick to his left. He caught her foot and twisted her ankle, causing her to cry out in pain. With her free foot, she kicked him in the jaw, did a back handspring and landed on her feet.

"Hey Tigress, if you're not too busy I could use some backup." Black Spider's voice crackled to life over the radio.

Artemis gritted her teeth. Under normal circumstances, she would have completely ignored Spider, but since it was her first mission, she figured she'd have to follow orders from her superior. "I'd love to keep beating you up," She said, pulling out her crossbow and aiming at Kid Flash, "but I've got other things to do."

She shot a bolt right at the speedster's chest, encasing him in an expanding mass of foam that froze around his body, trapping him. "This isn't over, stripes!" he taunted, straining to free himself.

"The name's Tigress, Speedy. Get it right!"

Artemis tore through the main loading area of the warehouse, which was a full-on war zone, and locked on Black Spider's signal.

"Someone order a pizza?" Artemis said sarcastically. Her comrade was bound in a length of cord, shot from a batarang.

"Very funny, Tigress. Batman just wrapped me up so he shouldn't be far away…" Artemis whipped around just in time to see the Dark Knight himself land behind her. He threw two more batarangs at her, which she dodged with a roll at the last second.

She brought out the crossbow and fired two bolts at Batman, one being sliced to pieces by the razor sharp fins on the hero's glove, and the other going right though the space where his head was only a nanosecond before.

Batman threw a punch. After ten years of training Artemis was a pro at hand-to-hand combat, but now she was on defense, which was her weakest suit. On top of that she was fighting Batman. The Batman.

Another punch. Artemis dodged and kicked the Dark Knight in the chest, sending him backward a few steps, though it barely took him a second to reagain his footing. Artemis flipped backwards to dodge another attack. As Batman came at her, Artemis jumped, used his broad shoulders as a spring board, and sprang up to a light fixture, which swung erratically under her feet.

From her new position, Artemis fired her crossbow at Black Spider, the sharp arrow snagging on the rope and setting him loose.

Batman shot a grappling hook at the platform beneath Arty's feet and pulled, causing the archer to hang on for dear life as her perch was jerked sideways. She cursed under her breath as she jumped down and landed on an unstable pile of crates that tipped over before she could regain her footing.

The next thing she knew, the dark knight stood over her, about to kick her lights out, but at the last second she rolled to the side and sprang to her feet. They were engaged in a deadly duel of arrow versus batarang, of fist versus fist.

"A little—" she called, only to look down and see Black Spider's lithe figure sprinting away from the scene. "—Help?"

For a moment, all the archer could hear was the eerie silence of the warehouse, which Intergang had abandoned. Batman took advantage of her confusion and threw an uppercut that sent Artemis flying.

She landed in a pile of boxes fifty feet away.

She groaned and got up, but found herself surrounded by Leaguers: Batman, Boy Wonder, the Flash, and Black Canary.

Sighing, she held up her hands, then remembered the special pill capsule she kept in a compartment in her glove. If swallowed, it would cause death within a minute, but she knew it had another use, too.

Artemis flexed her index finger, then made a throwing motion towards the ground, and smiled in satisfaction as a thick veil of smoke instantly shrouded her surroundings in darkness. Batman barked out an order to his sidekick, something about concussion grenades, but Artemis was already gone, having barely slipped through the gap between Black Canary and The Flash and started running towards the nearest exit.

As Artemis made a getaway, she looked back at the four superheroes, astounded at her easy escape.

Wait, four?

Wham!

Something yellow slammed into her.

Her skull made a sickening cracking noise as it hit the pavement, sending the world around her into a spiral.

"I've been… Intercepted." Artemis said into her radio. She knew that nobody would come back for her, but she thought she'd tell them anyways.

A voice crackled to life in her ear. "Sorry, Tigress." It was Black Spider, no doubt. He actually sounded regretful, if that was possible over a radio.

She took the radio out of her ear and crushed it in her fist, scattering the pieces on the pavement before drawing a deep breath and sucumming to dizziness.

Kid Flash himself appeared over her, an amused look on his face.

"Sorry blondie."

"You don't very sorry, carrot top." Artemis mumbled.

"The name's Kid Flash. Don't wear it out."

That was the last thing she heard before everything faded to black.