A/N: As some of you knew, I was counting votes on which story to write next and this, along with a one-shot about a Drunk Wally, won. The one-shot will be written later, but as for now I'll probably be focusing on this story. It's a multi-chaptered one and I'm still pretty unsure about it's length but I'm hoping it'll be good. Rated T because I like to make my characters swear... :) So it's the famous soul-switch, Freaky Friday, The Change up, It's a Boy Girl Thing and etc. I haven't bothered checking if this has been done as a Spitfire or even in the Young Justice fandom before but even if it is a cliché, it's a good one, so read on and enjoy :)
P.S. Anyone DYING for the new episode? Oh, and a little treat for you guys (if you haven't seen this) here's a link to episode descriptions for the next 5 episodes!
Http : / / wallyartemisfanclub . / journal/ New-Episodes-Descriptions-288057924 (Remove the spaces!)
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"What is that?" Artemis asked skeptically as she inspected the newest addition to Wally's souvenir shelf. Robin shrugged and picked up the rock-like item. It was a deep purple and had appeared on this shelf after their latest mission. "Leave it to Wally to find something that no one has seen before," she scoffed, Robin nodding in agreement. Placing the rock back in it's place, he glanced at his fingers, frowning slightly as he saw the purple dust on his gloves. He inhaled deeply and then blew harshly, the dust flying off his fingers and shooting towards Artemis.
The archer coughed as the dust hit her face, sputtering as she felt some on her tongue. Robin cackled loudly and she pushed him away as she rushed to the kitchen. She ripped open the the fridge, spotting a juice-box inside. Feeling the taste in her mouth intensify, she grabbed it and stuffed the straw through the hole, taking a big sip. Sighing in relief as the taste of apples filled her mouth, she placed it on the counter and crouched down as she started rummaging the bottom counters for something sweet.
Spotting a box of Oreos she smiled. A loud gust of wind caught her attention and the smile disappeared. Standing up she saw Kid Flash in all his ridiculously yellow glory, drinking the juice box she'd just taken a sip from. "Hey, that's mine Baywatch!"
Wally froze and his eyes turned towards the box in his hands before throwing it over to her. "You mean you drank from this?"
She nodded and Wally groaned, dramatically scraping saliva off his tongue. Artemis rolled her eyes at his childish antics and grabbed the juice box, moving to throw it away. "I can't believe I just shared your saliva," Wally exclaimed, his voice laced with distaste. "But if it had been Megan's it wouldn't have been a problem, right? Jerk," she replied angrily, proving her point by hurling the juice box in his direction.
Wally ducked down quickly, avoiding the attack, hearing the box land with a splash behind him. "Wait Artemis, I didn't-"
"Save for someone who gives a shit." With that she stomped out of the room, leaving behind a stunned speedster.
"That was harsh dude. I don't blame her."
Behind Wally, Robin was looking at the squished juice box with interest, a small smirk on his face. "Whatever," the redhead mumbled, waving his friend off. "She totally overreacted."
"Right. She overreacted," Robin said sarcastically. Wally was about to retort when they heard Kaldur's voice call them from somewhere in the cave. Robin was quicker to react, moving right away and disappearing in the direction of the main room. The speedster walked behind sullenly, perking up slightly when he saw Megan float by. "Hey wait up babe."
"Where is Artemis?" Kaldur asked as he counted only saw 4 of the 5 team members. "Wally pissed her off so now she's brooding in her room."
"Duude!" Wally complained, elbowing his laughing friend.
"I never brood."
The five heads in the room turned towards Artemis, now dressed in her uniform, standing in the doorway. She walked into the room, making sure her bow hit Wally's thigh when she walked past. He glared at the back of her head while she focused her attention on their leader. "Now that we are all assembled, I shall reveal our mission. There's been reports of some disturbance in Bialya, we believe the Queen B still has some of her troops wandering the desert..."
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"Miss Martian, take us down."
The martian nodded and closed her eyes, the large bio-ship swinging to the left and lowering it's flight. After a few minutes they had landed on the ground and Miss Martian linked them up. "Camouflage mode everyone. We are not sure what we are dealing with here. Superboy, Miss Martian and I will go to the right, Robin you take Kid Flash and Artemis to the left. Stay hidden and call the team if anything goes wrong." Everyone nodded and pressed the emblem on their uniforms, parting to different direction when they exited the ship.
Robin and his followers walked in silence as they looked around the dark, seemingly vacant desert. "There's nothing here. It's completely empty," Wally complained as they got over yet another hill, seeing even more sand. "Like the inside of your skull?" Artemis quipped, drawing a snicker from the younger boy. The speedster mumbled something incoherent but was quickly silenced by Robin. "Do you hear that?"
The trio dropped to the ground, peeking over the edge of the hill. Standing barely a few feet away were about a dozen of soldiers, all heavily armed. They were standing around a machine of some sorts, poking and prodding around. The three heroes moved out of sight and Robin conjured up the holographic computer from his glove. After a few moments of typing, he sighed irritably. "I have no clue what that thing is. Get Miss M on the line and get them to join us," he spoke in a hushed tone.
Artemis nodded and closed her eyes in concentration. She opened them seconds later, a confused look on her face. "I- I can't reach her."
"What? There's no way we're out of her range," Kid Flash argued and Artemis glared. "Hence my confusion," she spat back. "Shut it guys. This is no time for your lovers quarrel."
Wally and Artemis made simultaneous noises of disgust which Robin promptly ignored. "I'm calling Kaldur," Artemis said but the younger boy stopped her. "We may have taken down Psimon but the Queen can still intercept our communication."
Artemis groaned and let her hands fall to her side. "The what do you suggest we do?"
"Return back to the bio-ship. Soon enough, Kaldur and his group will figure out that the mental link has gone wrong and will do the same. There is nothing we can do."
Robin and Wally stood up and started walking away. "Screw that."
They turned around just in time to see Artemis draw and arrow and fire it professionally down the hill. "Artemis," Wally shouted but his voice was drowned out by the sound of gun fire. The three of them slammed to the ground and Artemis pulled another arrow from her quiver. As soon as the head of the first soldier appeared, she fired. The arrow landed directly in front of him and exploded, throwing the man of guard, causing him and four of the other soldiers to go tumbling down the hill. "Wally, go."
The speedster nodded and pushed himself up to a standing position. Another soldier appeared and he raced off, dodging bullets and running into him, knocking him unconscious. He saw ten other soldiers approach but noticed one standing still with the machine. He risked a glance back at Robin and noticed him looking in the same direction. The Boy Wonder stood up, jumping up to kick an approaching soldier in the chest, throwing two batarangs while he was in the air, successfully taking down to more soldiers.
"Distract them," he shouted to Artemis, who nodded and started bombarding the relentless men with arrows. Meanwhile, Wally sped to the machines unnoticed, easily taking out the one man guarding the mystery machine. He moved closer to the device, examining it closely. A loud buzzing sound could be heard and he shrugged, starting in his search for an off button, completely oblivious to the battle behind him.
"Wally, look out," he suddenly heard Artemis shout from behind him and he swiveled around. He saw a soldier standing only a few feet away from him, his finger pressing the trigger. The loud sound of gunfire was heard and Wally could almost see the bullet heading at his body. He pulled himself away but wasn't quick enough. He yelped in pain as he felt the bullet slice the skin of his arm and he tumbled over to his side, the sound of a batarang and an arrow whirring through the air, a grunt following soon after. Everything was quiet and in seconds his two teammates were at his side.
"Wally, are you okay?" Artemis asked, trying to catch of glimpse of his face, which was currently facing the sand. "I'm so sorry, I should have been watching, he just slipped away-"
"You're right. You should have been watching."
"What?"
"It's bad enough that you don't have any powers, you don't have to add blind to the list," Wally practically growled, clutching his left arm.
Artemis seemed taken back for a second but was quick to recover. "You're saying I'm useless?"
Wally gave a gruff nod as he struggled to get to his feet. "I'm useless? You couldn't even hold a bow the right way. You count entirely on your powers, which, by the way, you would be dead without. I bet you wouldn't even last a week." Artemis was shouting by the end of her rant, her breath coming out in deep pants. When Wally just stared dumbly at her she stood up and walked away silently, stopping a few feet away.
Robin looked to his friend and shook his head sadly. "Not her fault dude."
"Just shut the damn machine off," he shouted, finally managing to get up on his feet. The younger boy sighed but did as he was told, walking to the machine and flicking the switch his friend told him to. The humming noise completely shut off but it was replaced by an entirely other noise.
Robin? Artemis? Please answer.
Miss M? We're here and we're alright. Robin answered and he heard the martian relieved sigh in his mind.
Speak for yourself, Wally's voice broke through, sounding grumpy as hell.
Bring the bio-ship to our location. Wally is slightly wounded and we have something the League will want to take a look at.
Roger that. We'll be there as soon as we can.
Megan tuned out and Robin rubbed his chin. "I'm guessing this was why we couldn't get through to the others."
When he received no answer from either of his teammates he sighed and sat down on the sand, grabbing a handful and slowly letting it sink from his grip to a small pile.
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"I told you, it's fine," Wally said as Kaldur tied the last knot on Wally's arm. "It'll be gone in a couple of hours or so. Fast healing remember?"
The atlantian ignored his words, only nodding at him before going back to his seat. Artemis sat at the back of the ship, a deep scowl on her face and her arms tightly crossed. The flight home was completely silent and Artemis was the first to run out of the ship when the hatch opened up. Robin glanced at his friend and when the redhead caught his gaze, he scoffed and also stomped out of the bio-ship.
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"Where have you been?" Artemis stomped through the small apartment, making a bee-line for the door and slamming it behind her. Paula Crock sighed and shock her head at her daughter, deciding to let her blow off some steam before even trying to approach her.
The archer kicked off her shoes and ripped the band from her hair aggressively, her anger getting the best of her. Her jacket and socks soon joined her shoes on the floor before she collapsed on the bed, glad that it was a Saturday morning instead of a school day. Her eyes started drooping, her last thought before her mind went black being about that selfish bastard that called himself a superhero, hoping that she wouldn't have to see his face again anytime soon.
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A/N: And so ends the first chapter. I'm pretty sure you all know what's coming next so brace yourselves. I'm sorry I made Wally a bit of a jerk but for the purpose of the story, he has to be. So review and I just made update quickly (yeah right..) But jokes aside, tell me what you thought. Is it well written for an overused cliché?