"We're going down,"

"Cover the girls,"

"I love you,"

"I'm sorry,"

"They're gone,"

"I'd like you to be my protégé,"

"What do you want to be called?"

"Red Riding Hood,"

"Scarlet,"

"Scarlet,"

"Scarlet,"

"Scarlet, wake the heck up!"

I bolted upwards and connected with something hard.

"Ow," I heard a voice say. I looked over and saw a familiar blond

"What the hell Arty?" I asked my older cousin

"What? You're the one who wasn't waking up,"

"Well sorry, I didn't get that much sleep,"

"Whatever, anyway, Green Arrow and Black Canary are gonna be here in a few minutes,"

I sighed and stood up from the grass I was laying on.

It was night in Gotham City. Artemis and I were in a small, abandoned park, waiting for our mentors, Black Canary and Green Arrow. Who were probably making out somewhere.

I was really glad that Green Arrow had taken my older cousin on as a protégé. Arty had always been a good archer and had said she wanted to have a good future. Not a bad one and become like her father. She was pretty pissed for a while that I didn't tell her I was Red Riding Hood, the protégé of Black Canary, my aunt on my Moms side.

Artemis and I were related by my Dad and her Mom being siblings. We had grew up together. She and Jade would always come over to my house and play since I wasn't allowed to go to their house because my parents didn't trust their father. After Jade left and her Mom got out of jail. We became even closer, we were practically sisters. She always stood up for me and was my best friend. The only problem was that we were a year apart, which really sucked.

"You two ready?"

I turned around to see BC and GA. I raced towards the older woman and gave her a tight hug

"Can't…breath…Red," Canary breathed out

"Oops," I let go of her and gave her a bashful smile. Sometimes I forget I'm stronger than the average human

"So to answer our question, are you ready?" Green Arrow asked us.

"Yep," Arty said

"Let's do this shiz!" I pumped my fist in the air

"Okay then, let's get a move on,"

We walked over to an old telephone booth that was placed in a dark alley

"Um…not to be rude or anything," I said "But how are we gonna get to the cave through here?"

"It's a Zeta Tube," Green Arrow said

"You girls can use it to get to the cave, there are a number of them every where that lead to places all over the world,"

My mouth formed into an 'o' "Gotcha,"

I stepped in, and in a flash I was in a cave

Recognized, Red Riding Hood,

Recognized, Black Canary,

Recognized, Artemis

Recognized, Green Arrow

"Wow," I said, it was incredible, place must be at least two acres.

"Red Riding Hood, Artemis," A deep voice said

I turned around and saw Batman and Red Tornado

"Hi Batman! Hi Red Tornado!" I said cheerfully.

"Hey," Arty responded

"Are you ready to meet the team?" RT asked us

I nodded.

"Let's do this," Arty said

And as if by magic, four teens made their way into the cave. I recognized two of them, Robin and Aqualad. Aquaman and Batmans sidekicks, or protégés. The other two where boy and girl. The boy reminded me of a younger Superman, and the girl, a female Martian Manhunter

"Who are they?" Robin asked with rudeness.

"Artemis,"

"Red Riding Hood,"

"Your new teammates," We finished together

"Teammates?!" Boy Blunder exclaimed

The green girl squealed and flew over to us

"Hi! I'm M'gann or Megan, I'm also known as Miss. Martian!" Well she was bubbly "That's Robin, Aqualad, and Superboy,"

Recognized, Kid Flash

"The Wallman is here! Let's get this party start-" We all turned around to see a ginger. He was wearing beach clothes and a whole bunch of beach toys and junk. He raced in, only to fall on his butt.

I let out a laugh, but it was cut short by Canary smacking me upside the head.

"Wall Man huh? Love the uniform. And what exactly are your powers?" Artemis said with sass. That's my blond for ya.

"Uh, who are they?" He asked

"Red Riding Hood,"

"Artemis,"

"Your new teammates," We said in unison

"Kid Flash, never heard of ya," He responded in an irritated tone.

"She's my protégés," BC says

"And she's my new protégé," GA says

"What happened to your old one?" Flash Jr. said. Hey, I refuse to call a kid by his name if they give me and my cuz sass.

Recognized, Speedy

Oh great, the old protégé.

"Well for starters he doesn't go bye Speedy anymore," A redhead, who I presumed was

Speedy, said "Call me Red Arrow,"

"Wow," I said "How much time did ya spend thinking about that name?" For that comment, I got smacked up side the head. And for that, my aunt got a glare.

"Roy, you look-" GA started

'Red Arrow' cuts him off "Replaceable,"

"It's not like that," Green Arrow explained "You told me you were going solo,"

"So why waste time finding a replacement?" 'Red Arrow' argued "Can she can use that bow?"

"Yes, she can," Artemis says, to the idiot ginger. God, you have no idea how much I want to claw out his throat right now.

"Who are you?" Flash Boy asks again

"I'm his niece," "She's my niece," That was a lie, but let's not get into the details.

"Red's my niece," "Blacks my aunt,"

Boy Wonder chuckled "More nieces?"

"But she is not your replacement," Aqualad said "We have always wanted you on the team, and we have no quota on archers,"

"And if we did, you know who we'd pick," Flashy Kid said

"Plus we don't even know what Red's powers are," Robin said

"Whatever Baywatch/Blunder Boy," Arty and I said in unison

"We're here to stay," Artemis continues

"You came to us for a reason," Aqualad said, trying to change the subject

"Yeah," Roy said "A reason named Doctor Serling Roquette."

Boy Blunders eyes widened and he pulled up a computer screen "Nano robotics genius, Electronics expert in Royal University in Star City, vanished two weeks ago."

Am I the only one who thinks he sounds like a fanboy?

"Abducted two weeks ago, by the league of Shadows." Red Idiot said.

Wait a minute..."Woah, you want us to rescue her from the Shadows?" Me and Robin exclaimed at the same time...HEY! Unison was me and blondies thing!

Kiddy Flash and Robin fist pumped. "Hardcore,"

"I already rescued her,"

Way to kill the moment. This guy was a real pain in the butt.

"Only one problem. The shadows had already coursed her to into creating a weapon. Doc calls it the fog." Another screen appears showing tiny little Beatle like robots "Comprised of millions of microscopic robots, nano-tech infiltrators, capable of disintegrating everything in their path. Concrete, steel, flesh bone."

Well that's not creepy, not creepy at all.

"But it's true purpose isn't near destruction," Pink Arrow continued on "It's theft. The infiltrators eat and store raw data from any computer system and deliver the stolen intel to the Shadows, providing them access to weapons, strategic defense, cutting edge science and tech.".

"So, it's like the ultimate hacking weapon?" I said, fiddling with the end of my red cloak.

"Pretty much," Speedy answered. Still not being nice to him in case you haven't noticed.

"Perfect for extortion, manipulation, power-broking, yeah sounds like the Shadows." Arty stated.

"Like you know anything about the shadows." Seriously? He's being so immature!

Arty smirked. Haha, she so boss. Next to my sister and aunt, Artemis is my role model.

"Who are you?!" Kiddy yelled again.

I placed my hands on my hips and popped it out "I thought we already told you?"

Pinky ignored the comments. "Roquette's working on a virus to render the fog."

"But if the shadows know she can do that-" Robin started.

"They'll target her. Now she's off the grid. I stashed her at the local high school's computer lab."

"You left her alone?" Green Arrow got back in the conversation.

Reddy looked agitated "She's safe enough for now."

Green went up to his old partner. "Then let's keep her that way."

"You and I?" Apparently Pink Arrow doesn't want to be partners. "Don't you want to take your new protegé?"

GA opened his mouth, but closed it when Batman put his hand on his shoulder.

"You brought this to the team, it's their mission. Which means it's hers now too."

"Pfft. Than my job's done." Happy Arrow walked off towards the zeta tubes.

Recognized Speedy

"That's Red Arrow update." And then he was gone.

Wally glared at us. And I looked up at Artemis. What was his problem? Sheesh.

HAPPY HARBOR

AUGUST 8 21:53 EDT

I sat on the desk next to Boy Wonder, swinging them back and forth

"Everyone online?" I heard Miss. Martian ask

"Uh, this is weird," Arty said

"Agreed," I told her. It felt funny, hearing someone else's thoughts in your head besides your own.

"And it's distracting. Coding and distributing an algorithm virus on a kiddy computer with less ram than a wristwatch is hard enough. Now I have to hear team think in my skull!?" Roquette complained.

KF chowed on a candy bar. "Lady do you always complain when someone tries to help you?"

"Pot, kettle," Artemis pointed to KF and the Doctor. "Have you met?"

"Hey I don't need attitude from the newbie who drove Red Arrow off the team." Kid retorted.

Artemis jumped off the desk and crossed her arms."That is so not on me."

The Doctor looked more irritated than before. "Fate of the world, at stake!"

"She started it!"

"How 'bout I just help Miss Martian and Superboy patrol the perimeter." Arty decided.

"Good idea." Kaldur agreed.

"Well, your very welcoming," I thought. I can't BELIEVE this was the 'amazing team', Aunt Dinah had told me about.

"You could cut her some slack," Robin said "It was her arrow that saved you from Amazo,"

It was.

"What! No that was Speedy's- I mean Red Arrow's arrow, right?" Kid said quickly.

"Uh-uh," I said with a smirk.

"Well still not giving her the satisfaction." "

You know I can still hear you?" Artemis reminded.

KF grabbed his head. "Gah!"

"So," Robin asked "How long you've been Black Canaries protege?"

"Around...mm...maybe a lil less than a year," I answered

"How come we've never heard of you then," Cranky said

"BC liked to keep me in the dark, ya know, taking down minor criminals, villains. Trying to keep me away from all the press," I told him. "However, BC and GA let us out to watch you guys battle Amazo, told us to intervene if it looked like you were in trouble,"

"And Kid Malinger was," Arty added

"And your relationship to Artemis?" Aqualad asked

"Cousins," Blondy and I said at the same time

"Go figure," KF said "

"I couldn't get the Justice League" Roquette groaned. Oh, forgot she was here, sorta was wishing she wasn't here.

"The virus won't be of much use. We cannot find the weapon. Can you track it?" Asked Aqualad.

"My utility fog is not a weapon, it's science, brilliant science. And of course I can track it. But I'd have to go online. Might as well rent a billboard with this address and 'Assassinate Me' in neon." She kinda sounded tense. Then again, fate of the world at stake.

Aqualad put a hand on her shoulder. "We will protect you."

The Doctor sighed and clicked another button on the keyboard. "Tracking fog now."

Then, all of a sudden, we all heard "Mmm that boy."

"He can hear you! We can all hear you." That can from M'gann.

"Oh, I know." Well that's Artemis.

"Ahh!" I said dramatically "I can here Artemis's dirty thoughts!"

"Haha, very funny Red Riding Hood,"

"I know,"

"Miss Martian, Doctor Roquette has located the fog. Reconfigure the bioship so Robin, Superboy and Red Riding Hood can pursue." Aqualad said.

"Ready." Miss M. Stated.

"Okie dokie," I said, running outside and into Miss.M's ship "Let's do this shiz,"

And with that, we strapped in and went after the fog

So how do you like it? I decided to do a profile for Red Riding Hood in the next chapter, since you all don't know much about her. When Red wears her hood up, she looks like Raven with her hood up from Teen Titans. Im not gonna do the whole B01 thingy because its hard for me to change everything with the numbers and stuff. (Unless anyone would like to volunteer to do them for me) Leave a comment. And if you have a complaint, PLEASE TRY TO MAKE IT NICE! FAVORITE! FALLOW! COMMENT!