Bethany Ford - A Young Justice Novel (Robin/Dick Grayson Romance) [Completed]

Chapter 34: Confrontation

Remember: Artemis doesn't know Dick is Robin. Just in case some of you skipped that Important Info chapter. I'm excited for you to read this one.

Bethany's POV:

Right when Robin began to slow next to Artemis' bike, I was already jumping off of our bike and tossing the helmet onto the ground. I reached a set of steep stairs. I slid down the handrail all the way to the bottom of the stairs to the docks.

Next to the docks, there was a steep cliff. At the bottom, I was sure there was water, considering we were at an harbor.

"What took you so long?" Artemis had her hands on her hips. She was in full costume already.

"We... Got held up."

"I can see that," she said, motioning to the burned material of my sleeve, "And who's 'we?'"

"Artemis!" Robin said as he finished the rest of the stairs.

"How'd he get here?" Artemis crossed her arms, "You said the others wouldn't be able to come that soon."

"He was nearby," I said without thinking.

"Hmm? So he goes to school in Gotham, too?" Artemis crossed her arms.

Robin waved his hand at her saying, "Don't worry about it. We have to concentrate on Klarion. He should be here any-"

"You ran away from me! Bad little children!" Klarion appeared out of nowhere a couple feet away from us near the docks. He stood right in front of the cliff.

Artemis, Robin, and I immediately took a three way defensive formation.

"We're not... Afraid of you... Ummm... Witch boy!" Artemis yelled out, stuttering. She had an arrow already knocked in her bow and had it pointed straight at Klarion.

"Wow. Way to sound confident," I grumbled at her. I slipped out my knife from my boot.

"There's three of us and only one of you!" Artemis tried again. I mentally face palmed. She lowered her voice so only we could hear, "Better?"

Klarion only cackled, red electricity dancing across his fingertips, lighting up his face in a reddish glow.

"Artemis, we are the only three non super powered people on our team. And we're fighting a Lord of Chaos. Do you really think the numbers matter right now?" I grumbled to her.

Robin ignored us and said, "We defeated your little fire minion. Didn't anyone ever tell you not to play with fire?"

"Ohh that's good," Artemis and I whispered to each other.

"Don't be so sure," Klarion replied, sounding more and more like a snake, "It'll take more than just your little toys to get rid of her."

As if on cue, a streak of fire shot through the sky and came to land next to Klarion. The flames receded to reveal the flame bitch. Since she wasn't controlling huge flames at the moment, I got to see what she looked like. She was toned and slim and looked to be a girl around our age, but it was difficult to tell because she was wearing a black half mask which concealed her true identity. She wore a really short and tight red dress and black knee high boots with platform heels. She looked more like she was dressed more for a fashion catwalk rather than a fight. Her hair was completely made out of flames and they danced on her head. I could see her glowing eyes from here. They were little flames flickering and glowing in her eye sockets, so I couldn't see what her eyes looked like. She put her hands on her hips, looking at us like we were her next meal.

"You didn't tell us you were working with a teenage prostitute!" I yelled at him.

"Ohh good one," Artemis said.