After seeing Rick, Isabella told Artemis everything and Artemis told Richard, they were both sure Lucas told Barbara. However none of them could entirely believe it, really they just didn't want to believe it, but now they had even more questions. They had questions before but now it seemed like they couldn't stop coming up with new ones.

Mary told Isabella that Danny wasn't going to school that day, after what happened yesterday she thought it'd be best to have him stay home for the day. Lucas knocked on his door earlier that morning, if Danny didn't answer Lucas was going to figure out how to get the door open to make sure Danny was still there.

Thankfully Danny answered with, "I am going to break something if you keep bothering me, go away."

Lucas sighed in relief before quickly texting Barbara to let her know that Danny was still there so she didn't need to tell her dad to call a man hunt. He told Isabella who texted Artemis who then informed Richard, Danny still didn't feel like talking. Isabella and Lucas were dropped off at school, then the twins, then John and Mary went to work.

After Richard got to school he texted Danny, 'Hey, how's it going?'

Richard didn't expect Danny to respond, and definitely not right away, but Danny surprised him once again. 'I got into a fight with a bunch of kids, started bleeding, had to stop the bleeding, left the school, unintentionally revealed my scars, and I refuse to go to school today, how do you think?'

Richard read the text twice before responding, 'Okay, I honestly didn't expect you to respond. I know yesterday wasn't exactly a good day but you know none of us care about your scars right?'

'But I do, I'm still pissed about all of that, including that you saw them.'

'I'm sorry, I didn't mean to, but I won't even mention them again if you don't want me to.'

Richard waited for a few minutes, just when he thought Danny wasn't going to respond he did. 'Look, I don't entirely hate my scars, I just don't like it when people keep asking about them, so if you do I swear I will end you.'

Richard couldn't help but laugh a little, 'You don't have to tell me anything if you don't want to, just don't run away or break anything please, I have to go to class.'

'No promises.'

Richard smiled a little before going into his first class, he was still worried but at least he didn't just say to leave him alone. Richard texted Danny throughout the day to make sure he was okay but tried not to bother him too much. It hadn't exactly been a good week for Danny so he wasn't in a good mood and Richard didn't want to make it worse.

After school Isabella and Lucas went home and went to check on Danny, he still wanted them to leave him alone but he seemed less irritated. He didn't want to leave his room so when it was time for dinner Mary left him some food outside his door. When she came back it was gone which made her happy, after Danny ate he waited until it was a little later before leaving.

He went to the base and watched, they hadn't added anything to their security measures so Danny snuck inside. He went into the security room and looked at what they had done inside, they had more cameras and guards as well as some sensors. They wouldn't be too much of a problem so he just needed to make sure he knew the guards patterns and routines.

Then he had to memorize where the cameras and sensors were and he'd have no problem sneaking in when the time came. He only had four more days to wait and then he could figure out what they were planning and leave, he could last four more days. He went back to the foster home after that and went to sleep, he felt tired after everything that had happened.

The next day came around and Danny actually went to school, he wasn't happy about it but he did. Almost everyone avoided him in the hallways, after already winning two fights when he'd been outnumbered people were a little scared of him. Richard found him at his locker and he smiled, "So you actually came to school today."

Danny looked irritated, "I wouldn't be here if I didn't have to be, believe me."

"And I thought you liked it here." Danny gave him a very unamused look and Richard put his hands up, "Okay, no more jokes about you liking school, got it."

Danny closed his locker and the two started walking to class, Richard wanted to ask if Danny was okay but knew it was a stupid question. Danny took him out of his thoughts, "Stop with the silent brooding, it doesn't work for you."

Richard looked away for a second, "I'm just kind of worried."

Danny raised an eyebrow, "About?"

"You." Danny looked irritated again, "Just hear me out, in the last week alone you nearly got kidnapped, shot, been in two fights, hurt your hand, and your shoulder."

Danny rolled his eyes, "Yeah because I needed to be reminded."

Richard sighed, "My point is that a lot has happened, you won't talk about it and I don't blame you but I won't say I'm not worried."

Danny messed up his hair a little, "Fine, I guess I can see why you might be worried, I don't like it but I get it."

Richard smiled just a little, "You seem less angry then normal."

"Oh I can get that angry really quickly so don't tempt me."

Richard smiled a little and they walked into their first class, thankfully the people that fought Danny were suspended for two weeks. That meant they weren't going to see them at all for a while so Danny didn't have to run the risk of getting into another fight, hopefully. Their first class went by without incident and a lot of people seemed to be avoiding Danny.

The rest of their morning classes went well too, Danny didn't seem interested in the classes though. He'd stare out the window or look very irritated while waiting for the class to be over and when it was he was one of the first people out of the room. Lunch had finally started and Richard lost track of Danny, hopefully he'd be able to find him in the lunchroom.

He ran into Artemis, Barbara, Isabella, and Lucas on his way to the lunchroom and once they all had food they looked around for Danny. He was sitting alone at a table writing something in a notebook, he didn't seem too happy either. They all walked over and sat down, Danny closed his notebook and looked like he wanted to set it on fire.

Danny gripped his own hand tightly enough that blood was seeping through the bandages which concerned them. Isabella spoke, "Not a good morning?"

"This morning has nothing to do with my bad mood and everything to do with the last few days."

They all looked at each other and Artemis spoke, "Well, I guess I should apologize."

"For?"

Artemis looked away for a second, "I wasn't exactly nice to you."

"People have treated me worse, and I was more annoyed by my stitches tearing open then anything."

Lucas hesitated before speaking, "Do you want to talk about what happened?"

"Some less then fun shit happened and now we're here, that's all I'm saying about it and if you bring it up again I can't promise that I won't start throwing punches."

Barbara spoke, "Then how about we talk about how you learned to fight."

"Street fighting, then formal training, and no I will not say by who."

Richard spoke, "Well with skills like yours you could be a hero."

Danny didn't look amused, "Very fucking funny."

"I'm not joking, I mean Batman, Robin, and Batgirl don't have powers and neither do Green Arrow, Red Arrow, or Artemis."

"Over my dead body."

Artemis spoke, "I mean I have to admit you might be able to if you wanted to."

"Which I don't, anyone at this table is more likely to become a hero, I mean you even have the same name as one, hero name or not."

Artemis paused for a second and Richard wondered for a split second if Danny actually knew who she was but figured he probably didn't. Lunch was over soon enough and Danny and Richard got through the rest of their classes without incident and the weekend had officially started.