He had gotten that call while he was working in the station with Barbara. Dick was at the point of losing his damn mind. Barbara was in the middle of tracking the location of the phone. It was his job to keep her talking. Although it was hard to hear her, she was mumbling. Tears were welling in his eyes. The phone was plugged into Barbara's computer. Everyone could hear what the girl was saying. "Zee you need to stay awake" he said running a hand through his hair. His heart ached so much knowing that she was in pain.

"How long until we know her location?!" he yelled as everyone jumped.

"I'm trying my best here Dick!" Barbara yelled back.

He continued to pace back and forth continuing to talk to Zatanna. She needed to stay awake if anything. "Dick....I know you can hear me. Just know that-that I love you and Mar'i so much" she said as he shook his head.

"No Zatanna don't say that!" he yelled slamming his hands down onto the desk.

There was a beeping noise before it faded. Then he heard a crashing noise over the phone before she screamed and the line went dead. "Please tell me we got a location before the line went dead, please" he said, fingernails digging into the table. Barbara didn't know what to say. "N-No" she said slowly as he began to shake his head. Tears falling from his eyes and hitting the desk. "We have a lead though. She must be under ground, the reception wouldn't have been as bad as it was otherwise" she said turning her chair.

Mar'i and Damian were left at the hospital with Stephanie when she arrived. Barbara came straight to the station to help as soon as the blonde arrived. Morning soon came as someone burst through the doors. "Miss are you alright?" there was a commotion going on out there. A knock was heard against the office door. Dick didn't move to get it. He had been sitting in the corner since they lost the call. Barbara let the officer into the office. She immediately recognized the girl as Megan, Dick's friend.

"Zatanna's missing so I came to help" she said before coughing.

"Are you okay?" Barbara asked wheeling over.

The red head was wheezing as she took a minute to catch her breath. He still didn't even acknowledge the new person in the room. Megan looked over at him frowning. "Is he okay?" she asked as Barbara shook her head.

"How can you help?" she asked as the girl nodded.

"I know some people" Megan said as Barbara nodded.

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Mar'i was not taking this well and that was an understatement. She was taking it horribly. The Nurse's were lucky she hadn't broken anything yet. Damian covered his ears as she screamed again. Mar'i was having a full on meltdown. Stephanie was trying her hardest to calm her down as well. "Will you shut up you stupid girl!" he yelled as she turned around to face him. Anger swirling in her eyes as she stared at him.

"But-" he slapped her across the face.

For a moment the girl stared at him wide eyed. The whole room had gone silent. Stephanie's mouth was now hung open as she stared at him in disbelief. It didn't take long before she slapped him back. Except this one looked like it had hurt ten times as more. He mumbled something as he held the side of his face. "Daddy needs help finding Mommy" she said crossing her arms over her chest.

Damian rolled his eyes at her. Why did she act like such a child all of the time? "Why are you such a child?" he spat as she grinded her teeth together. There was an uneasy tension in the room. Stephanie was still in shock as to what happened moment's before. "Maybe I am childish and not like you! You-well you try to act like you aren't one but you are!" she yelled as he growled.

"Anyways we need to help find her. She's the only Momm-Mom I have" she said correcting herself.

For a second Damian looked satisfied before resuming his usual bored expression. A bandage was wrapped tightly around his shoulder and wrapping around his chest. It still hurt like hell but he had been through worse. "Then let's visit my mother" he said as Mar'i raised an eyebrow. By now Stephanie had snapped back to reality. "No your to stay here" she said walking over as he growled.

"Get out of my way Fatgirl" he spat as she gasped.

"You are one bad boy" Stephanie spat with her arms crossed.

"Maybe that's a good thing" Mar'i said with a small smile.

Suddenly he felt all of the heat rush to his cheeks. His mother could definitely help them. After all she knew everything. Anything that happened around Gotham she knew about. After all she was just as bad as he was.

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She screamed when there was a crashing noise. The phone was snatched from her hands and smashed. John stood over her huffing and puffing. Sweat rolled down the side of his face as his hands were balled into tight fists. Immediately she braced for what was coming. He grabbed her face, nails digging into her skin. At this point she was too cold to feel it.

John growled before pushing her face away harshly. Reaching up he ran a hand through his hair. They couldn't take her away now. He hadn't had enough fun yet. After all he loved her so much, too much to let her go. Taking the key out she took the handcuffs off. Her wrists were bruised and scabbed up. After all she had been pulling against them for who knows how long now. Grabbing her arm he pulled her to her feet.

The pain was so bad that she could barely stand. How was she able to continue to survive? "Why don't we go for a ride love?" he said dragging her up the stairs. The entire time she was stumbling over her own feet. At least it didn't smell like mold anymore. As soon as she was pushed outside she immediately froze up again. The blanket that she had was gone and left downstairs in that horrid basement.

It was daylight as the sun blinded her. Some woman was walking down the sidewalk in front of the house. "Help...please" she said as the woman gasped. It took a moment before he pulled his gun out. A shot rang out as the bullet went straight through the woman's head. Zatanna's blue eyes went as wide as saucers. The woman fell to the pavement lifeless. John opened the car door stuffing the dark haired beauty in.

In his eyes she was the princess and he was her prince. She groaned as she hit the cold leather seats. The door was closed as he got in the front starting the car. There was a screeching noise as he peeled out of the driveway and onto the road. All she could do was lay there motionless. Everything felt so slow. "Just survive somehow" she whispered to herself. Her motive to stay alive was solely on Mar'i and Dick now.

"Just survive somehow"

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It was dark. The two of them got to crash on the bed in the basement. Artemis by now was fast asleep. But just because she was asleep didn't mean that her nightmares were any better. She was curled up in a ball on the bed wincing every so often. Wally had gone upstairs to use the washroom. Artemis sat up quickly gasping for breath. Clutching her chest as if someone was trying to steal her heart.

Looking around her vision slowly began to focus. She was still in the basement and not at home. Wally only knew the half of what had been done to her. She didn't like talking about her life when she was younger. Lawrence Crock was a nasty man who did horrible thing's. A man who made his children do horrible thing's. Jade was just as messed up as she was. Except she listened to her father and Artemis didn't.

For some reason she was just more stubborn. Jade had always said that about her. Wally came walking back down the stairs. He was still half asleep as he yawned. Then he heard the heavy breathing. "Artemis are you okay?" he asked walking over. As soon as he sat down she engulfed him in a hug. Even though she was free she still felt like he had her by the neck. Chained down so he was right where he wanted her.

Artemis had come to the fact that she could never escape him no matter what. That still didn't stop the reoccurring traumatizing memories and nightmares. "Babe it's okay" he said softly as she nodded. Eventually she was curled up in his lap full blown crying. If anything Wally felt bad for her. Maybe she needed to get out more.

It was a good thing that she got on the archery team. After Christmas everything was going to begin to pick up. Classes are back up again and more team's will be open. If anything Wally was joining the track team. Even if he had classes and she didn't Bart would be there to watch her. At first having the kid stay with them for a bit sounded like it was going to suck.

But the more he thought about it the more it sounded like a good idea. Maybe Artemis could use Bart as someone to vent to. Wally knew that his girlfriend didn't tell him everything. There's obviously been thing's in her past that she can't talk about. Not to him at least. His hand ran through her long blonde hair. He compared it too sunshine or gold. It always brought a smile to her face when he would say that.

"I wonder how Dick and Zee are doing" she mumbled as he raised an eyebrow.

It was kind of weird that they didn't text or call in awhile. Now that he thought about it the whole thing was strange. I mean Dick texted him all the time. "What time is it in Gotham right now?" she asked as he grabbed her phone. The light nearly blinded him as he blinked a couple times. It was just turning six am. Gotham was two hours ahead of Central City. So it was about eight am over there. They should be up by now.

"Here we can call them" he said handing her phone to her.

After all Wally stupidly forgot his back at their apartment in Gotham. Drearily she scrolled through her contacts. First she tried Zatanna who didn't answer and then Dick who did the same. It was weird that they both didn't answer but she just shrugged it off. Instead she just left a voicemail saying Merry Christmas. Turning her phone off she sighed. It was still dark upstairs and outside.

"Can we just lay here?" she asked as he nodded.

"We sure can beautiful" he said as she crawled off of him.

The two laid side by side for a minute and a half in pure silence. The only noise being their breathing. Artemis turned on her side staring at him. Turning his head he raised an eyebrow as she jumped on him. Kisses immediately being planted on his lips. Of course he kissed back as he flipped them over. The lights suddenly turned on as they jumped. He fell off of the bed tumbling to the floor as she laid there blushing like crazy.

"I need bleach for my eyes!" Bart yelled running up the stairs.

The two of them were mortified. It could have been way worse. If Bart caught them naked than that would've been an entirely different story.

A/N: Anyone who is a huge fan of the television series The Walking Dead will appreciate the little easter egg I put in here. Also I know I'm being evil with Chalant right now XD

Skycrystal23 ;)