A/N: I do not own any of the DC Universes including YJ. This takes place before Auld Acquaintance. Thank you!
The Team had just arrived at their mission destination. They were facing Sportsmaster and Cheshire again and this time it was to try to arrest the two. When they were first scooping out the area, Cheshire was nowhere to be found. They saw Sportsmaster, Claw, and Black Spider all watching the men load the supplies onto the truck.
'Link established.' M'gann informed everyone.
'Move out.' Aqualad said. He had given them their orders on the bio-ship, but things were quickly sent off track. Wally and Artemis were supposed to take on Black Spider, M'gann and Raquel were supposed to take on Claw, Kaldur and Conner were supposed to take Sportsmaster, and Robin and Zatanna were supposed to stop the truck from leaving. The henchmen, on Sportsmaster's orders, targeted Superboy and Aqualad. Sportsmaster then targeted Artemis and told Black Spider to go take care of Robin and Zatanna. The fighting began. At first Artemis and Wally were winning, but then the link was broken. Claw had gotten a lucky shot and knocked M'gann down. She wasn't unconscious at first, but then one of the henchmen who weren't already hurt or busy set a fire around her reining her unconscious.
"The link is down." Kid Flash told Artemis.
"I know." She growled and then let another arrow fly at her father. Sportsmaster was able to back the two up to a river. The flow was fast and if someone fell in, they were going to have a hard time getting out. Sportsmaster quickly turned the tables on Artemis and grabbed her by her neck.
"Traitors deserve death." He hissed at her. She was being choked so she slowly lost consciousness. Sportsmaster then chucked her into the river. Wally dove in right after her without thinking. The flow of the river was fast, but he couldn't see Artemis. He went under and found her drifting lower and lower. He swam down and down and down until he finally reached her. He pulled one of her arms around him and swam to the surface. He was out of breath and he couldn't tell if Artemis was breathing or not. All of a sudden rocks were visible in the water.
"Oh no." Wally mumbled as his body was sent into some rocks. Scorching pain filled his back and legs, but he tried holding onto Artemis. It was obvious that she had hit her head on the fall into the river. Wally grabbed a hold of a rock and pulled Artemis onto his back. Her arms hung over his shoulder and he began going rock to rock closer to the shore.
"Need some help?" a voice asked from above him. He looked up, but found there was nothing there. He adjusted Artemis on his back and shook his head.
"I'm going nuts." He laughed as he continued his attempt to get out of the water.
"You're not crazy, I'm just good at hiding." The voice laughed evilly. This time he recognized it.
"Cheshire." He growled. He should've known she'd be sent to torture them.
"Sorry to disappoint you Flash Boy, but I really am here to help." She said as a rope landed in the water in front of him. He took his chances and grabbed a hold of it. He quickly pulled Artemis in front of him so he could hold her and the rope and the same time. Slowly he could feel himself being pulled out. He could hear the grunts from Cheshire and another person. When he was finally on the shore he set Artemis down next to him. He quickly checked to make sure she was still alive. She had a pulse and she was breathing.
"Why help us?" Wally asked as he turned to Cheshire and Icicle Jr.
"I have my reasons. Take care of your girlfriend." Cheshire said as she and the walking popsicle disappeared.
"She's not my girlfriend." Wally mumbled to himself. He pulled Artemis farther from the water and propped her up against a tree. He knows she dropped her bow and arrows back where the Team was.
Wally kept thinking. He didn't know how the Team was going to find them, or how they were going to find the Team. Wally thankfully had several protein bars; he packed extra ever since Bialya. He quickly ate one and saved the rest. Artemis had a huge gash in her forehead and he was about to treat it when a first aid kit landed next to him. When he looked up Cheshire was sitting on the branch. She wanted something; Wally just couldn't figure it out.
"What? I'm not allowed to be nice?" Cheshire asked as she jumped down.
"I just didn't expect it." Wally told her as he opened the kit. After pulling Artemis' mask off, he quickly cleaned out the gash and then bandaged it up.
"You should probably wrap her ankle." Cheshire said and slowly pulled the blonde archers boot off.
"Why are you helping us?" Wally asked as she began wrapping Artemis' ankle. Once the cat was down she cleaned the scraps in Wally's back.
"I'm helping you because I want to." She told him.
"Well, thank you." Wally said as she finished.
"Don't thank me. Thank the person I don't want dead." Cheshire said. She quickly stuck a needle in Artemis' arm. It was clearly a sedation drug and Wally was too weak and too slow to stop the cat from giving it to Artemis before disappearing for good.
"She doesn't want Artemis dead." Wally realized. Now he was trying to figure out how to get home. He quickly tried both of their communicators, but neither of them worked. He then decided to call it a night. Wally knew he had a better chance of finding the Team in the daylight so he quickly collected some leaves to use as a pillow and let Artemis use his arms as one. He quickly drifted off to sleep with the blonde archer next to him.
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