Gone and Forgotten

Chapter 1: Brave the Unknown

Author: Brruundin

Warning, I do not own the rights to Young Justice, or any of the other characters I may use.

CRASH! Wally West hits the floor, he struggles to get up, and even to open his eyes, but he tries. As he opens his eyes, all he sees is bright blinding light, he winces and struggles at first but eventually the light fades a bit and he can see clearly. Nothing around, no sound, just wide-open space.

He finally picks himself up and can stand. He tries to walk, but it is difficult, the fall seemed to have injured his leg, and as he tries to walk around he does so with a limp.

Where am I? How did I get here? Oh yeah... the magnetic field disruptor... I guess it sent me here? But where am I exactly? Am I dead... I can't be. I'm in pain. But how do I get home? What about... Artemis... my friends... I must get back to them. They must be worried.

Wally realizes the disruptor field must have sent him through a speed force field. He then continues walking, trying to recover and heal his leg. His accelerated healing abilities should be able to heal his leg in a matter of minutes, but it didn't seem to be getting better.

Maybe my powers are nullified here? Wally thought to himself again. He tried running at superhuman speed, and even though his leg was in pain, he was able to move rather quickly.

Hmm I guess my powers are still working, but why is my leg not healing as fast, maybe time works differently here? Wally sighs, he longed to return home, to see his friends, his family, and especially Artemis. He longed for her touch, her smile, he missed the way she smelled, and how she always knew what to say to cheer him up. Artemis... I will find you again... I will return... I will fix this mess! Wally says, his emotions taking the best of him, he begins to start running, and running, and running.

He eventually reaches max speed, and the world around him begins to shift, he starts seeing familiar places, like the Eifel tower and parts of Central City.

What's going on here? How do I get back, maybe... if I go fast enough I'll be able to pull myself back through this force field? Maybe return home? I guess it's worth a shot.

So, Wally tries again, running at full speed, seeing if he can get back. He starts to see familiar faces, and eventually they're clear enough to make out. The first face he sees is Kaldur's. Wally exclaims with excitement. He begins shouting.

"Kaldur! Kaldur! Can you hear me? It's Wally, I need your help!" Wally shouts at the of his lungs. Kaldur looks right at him, but seems confused, Wally is put off by this, and begins to try again.

"Kaldur? It's me Wally, don't you recognize me?" Wally says, the pain and confusion coming through the sound of his voice.

"Wally? That name, so familiar but... No, I don't think so I don't have any memory of you. I'm sorry."

Wally's heart drops, he begins to worry more and more, confused and in incredible agony, one for the confusion of what's been happening, and the other fact that he doesn't seem to be healing and his legs are screaming in pain.

"Kaldur, you have to help me! Tell the others, tell the rest of the team! Tell Megan! Tell Conner! Tell Art..." And like that Kaldur's face was gone. Wally then came to a screeching halt, he was in agonizing pain and sent himself flying face down into the ground with a loud thud.

Why didn't he remember me... What's going on... How do I fix this? Wally picks himself up again. He sighs, a tear falls from his eye. He's exhausted and scared. Worried he's never going to see Artemis again. He knew he just had to keep trying, and that he couldn't just give up.

Wally takes a second to try and calm himself, for he knew getting angry wouldn't fix the problem. He tries to think of a solution, but nothing comes to mind, he sighs, and starts walking, the world around him wasn't bright lights so much anymore, but faded in grey, he could see the outline of trees and hills. He knew he was in some sort of in between gray zone, and then there had to be a way to get out, he just knew it.

Wally continues to walk for several hours to see if his body would ever heal. It started too, and he was feeling better. He was exhausted though, and just wanted to sleep. He decided to stop and make camp here, picking up where he left off in the morning or night. Wally wasn't sure what time it actually was. Or what year it was? Could it be possible that I had gone back in time? No... no way, time travel is very difficult and doesn't work that way... Wally sighed in relief, he knew he was probably in present time. He just had a figure a way to get back to the world of his own.

As Wally laid on the ground, tons of thoughts rushed through his head, Artemis, his friends, his family. If they were worried about him. If they thought, he was dead... why Kaldur didn't recognize him. Eventually he just drifted away into a deep sleep.

Wally was awoken by the sound of rain, and rain drops hitting him on the head. It startled him, why is it raining? How is it raining? Wally then got on his feet and stretched out, lifting his hands above his heads. He then began to shake his legs, he felt back to his normal self, so he guessed he just needed a good night sleep.

Wally started running again, and the shift happened again. He started making out faces again, and this time he saw it, he saw her, Artemis. He was so relieved she was alive and well, she was sitting on her bed looking sad, a picture of Wally in her hand... She remembers me. That's a good sign, right?

He then tries calling out her name, screaming at the top of his lungs.

"Artemis! Artemis! It's me Wally! I love you! Artemis!" Wally screams, but it doesn't appear that she hears him or can even see him. He tries again, screaming as loud as he can and even tries to reach out for her, this time she appears startled, and she looks around, confused and scared.

"Whose there? I felt something! Show yourself..." Artemis says, getting off her bed, looking around armed to fight.

"Artemis! It's me Wally can you hear me?" Wally tries his best to get her to hear him, screaming, and hoping for some sort of miracle at this point. Artemis looks in the direction of Wally, but it doesn't appear that she can see him. His heart sinks again.

"Wally..." Artemis says softly, she begins to cry, tears running down her face. Wally notices this, and starts crying as well, he can feel her pain, he knows exactly what's she feeling, the longing to hold each other again, the way things used to be. He tries again, but then again nothing. He knows she can sense him, but why can't she hear him, what does he need to do for her to believe, to hear, to see. Wally screams in pain, the agony of her not being able to hear him drives him insane, eventually she fades away, like a distant memory and the grey world fades to black. Wally sighs, he knew it wasn't going to be this easy.

A/N Finished! Let me know what you guys think of this story, I decided to throw some ideas out about what I feel like could possibly happen with Young Justice season 3 returning soon. Read and Review! :)