"It's okay. The guy's in jail. You don't have to be so upset anymore!" Artemis said as Nightwing paced back and forth in their living room.

"No! It's not okay! Why'd Aqualad have to put you in that kind of position?!" Nightwing shouted.

"Dick! Aqualad's fine! I'm fine!" Artemis said.

"That guy! He was so close to...hurting you." Nightwing said as he sat down and put his face in his hands, "that guy....he had a knife...he was ready to..."

"Dick, you weren't even there!" Artemis said.

"And I should've been. I owe so much to M'gann. If it hadn't been for her, you wouldn't be here right now...how could I be such a terrible leader...a terrible boyfriend." Nightwing said and hunched over in his chair, his olive bangs covering his eyes. Artemis felt bad for him. She walked over to him and put her arm on his back.

"Sweetie. I'm home. I'm safe. With you. It's okay. You may think you're a bad leader, but we all think you're the best leader this team could have. And you may think you're a terrible boyfriend, but your girlfriend thinks that you're the best boyfriend in the world." Artemis said as she sat on his lap and wrapped her arms around him.

"Thanks for being there for me." Nightwing said as he held Artemis.

"Hey, thanks for being there for me! AND for worrying about me so badly." Artemis smiled.

"And for understanding me...when I don't even understand myself." Nightwing muttered.

"That's what I'm here for!" Artemis smiled and pulled him into a kiss. Then when she pulled away, she removed his mask, "you sleeping with me tonight?"

"I mean, I don't have anywhere better to be." Dick smiled as he picked her up and brought her to their bedroom, then dropped her on the bed.

"Besides." Artemis smirked as she pulled him down on top of her, "it's been soo long."

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Dick gasped as he sat up in bed. He rubbed his eyes and looked at the time.

"....1:23..." He muttered to himself. He looked around and saw Artemis sleeping soundly next to him. He let out a sigh of relief. He had another nightmare. The same nightmare. He's been having it a lot lately. Every night, and he had no idea if it meant anything, and he really hoped it didn't. He got out of bed and bent down to pick up his Nightwing uniform off the ground where he had thrown it that night. He put his clothes on and headed to the door. Before he left, he turned back to where Artemis was still sleeping. Then he put his domino mask back over his deep blue eyes and he quietly shut the door behind him.

He went out to fight crime. He sat atop a rooftop waiting for a robbery or something. He always did this to let off some steam or to clear his head. Most times, he felt the need to punch something, or someone. Suddenly, a few minutes after his arrival, he heard a car crash in a nearby alley, so he shot his grappling gun at the nearest building and swung off to get there. He saw there was a gang of illegal drug dealers. They were selling drugs there, so Nightwing vanished.

"Is this all?" The man holding the bag of money asked.

"Yep. A deal's a deal." The other man said as he held another bag of narcotics. The man with the money swung the bag and snorted.

"Good. Because you have no idea how many banks I had to go through to get this money!"

"I hope you remember which banks, because you're gonna be taking them back. Oh, and the narcotics got to go, too." The men heard someone say.

"Who's there?!" The drug dealer called into the void darkness. Suddenly, someone threw a handful of black birdarangs at their men, leaving only the drug dealer and the business man conscious. They both inspected one of the birdarangs.

"...Nightwing." The drug dealer growled.

"Wow...took you that long? I'm not whelmed. Not whelmed at all." Nightwing smirked from behind them. The two men immediately took out their guns and whipped around shooting like crazy. But the entire time, they were shooting at a blank brick wall.

"What the--" the businessman was cut off after Nightwing covered his mouth and punched him, knocking him out. Then he vanished into the darkness again.

"Nightwing! Come on out and put up a fair fight!" The drug dealer yelled.

"Fine, fine. But I'm warning you: This is going to hurt." Nightwing said as he stepped out of the darkness and into the alley light. He got his dual batons out and motioned the man to come at him. The man growled, made a fist and ran up to Nightwing. But Nightwing just did a backflip and kicked the drug dealer's face in the process. Then he punched him down onto the ground. He looked behind the dealer and saw both bags of drugs and money. He walked over and picked them both up.

"You...are gonna...pay for this." The drug dealer panted as he laid on the ground bleeding.

"Well, you just did." Nightwing smirked as he got out his phone and pressed a button, speed dialing a number. The drug dealer laughed.

"Oh, who'd you just speed dial? Your girlfriend?"

"No." Nightwing said as he shot his grappler gun, "the cops."

"Wait...you have the cops on speed-dial?! Come back!" The man yelled as Nightwing flew off leaving the men in the alley. Then he heard the police sirens blaring through the city. He stood on the roof admiring his work. His job is done. But before he could do or say anything else, someone yanked a potato sack over his face. He tried thrashing the person behind him, but he was somehow already tied up along with his legs.

"Oh, I am sooo screwed..." Nightwing muttered to himself, "Artemis is so gonna kill me before these jerks do..."

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"Where is he?!" Artemis asked back at the cave, "I woke up this morning and he was gone!"

"Calm down, Artemis. We're doing the best we could." Batgirl told Artemis as she held her shoulders.

"B-but what if he's gone?! Forever?! Did he run away?! Did he..." Then Artemis' eyes started to get glossy. Batgirl gasped then wrapped her arms around Artemis.

"Artemis. I know Dick. He wouldn't run away. And I know he's not dead." Batgirl assured her.

"I...I'm sorry. I just miss him and hope he's okay." Artemis apologized. Batgirl looked down in sorrow. Then she looked up at Zatanna, who had come to help too. They both loved Dick Grayson, and still do. They were willing to do anything to find him.

"Etacol Gniwthgin Kcid Nosyarg!" Zatanna recited her spell as she pointed at the cave holographic image of a globe, so her magic will show the team where they could find Nightwing. But no location showed up, "sorry guys. I couldn't locate him."

"That's weird...you were able to locate a lot of things as of six years ago! Why couldn't you do it now?" Impulse asked, then chuckled, "Nightwing must be somewhere 'to infinity and beyond'! This guy could be ANYWHERE! The possibilities are endless! Off the charts!"

"Actually...that's not a bad idea..." Zatanna said. Then she typed something into the computer. The map of the world turned into a map of the solar system. Then she repeated her locator spell. This time, A red dot showed up a little further from the Watchtower, "there he is."

"But, he's just...floating in space? There's no satellite or planet there." Impulse said.

"No. But..." Zatanna said as she started typing in the computer again. It zoomed in on the map and his destination became clear. Gasps echoed through the cave.

"Ugh, the War World again?!" Wonder Girl groaned in disbelief.

"Apologies, Wonder Girl. But we must go back. Our leader is there. Our leader and our friend. Let's move out. Everyone, now." Aqualad said and they all went to the Bioship and the Super Cycle to go bring back their friend.

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