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Chapter 1
"Artemis!" Wally exclaimed as he awoke. He, like Robin, Aqualad, Superboy, wolf, And Artemis, had died during the alien invasion.
"She's fine." Flash said as Wally looked up at him.
"What happened?" Wally asked
"You guys were placed in a mental simulation." Flash said
"But it felt so real." Wally said
"Before going in we informed you were going into a mental simulation together." Martian Manhunter said, "After the death of Artemis, Miss Martian's power caused you all to believe it was real. That's why when Artemis died she was put in a coma out here. She was supposed to wake up but she believed it to be real in her mind" He explained as Wally remembered how he took it when Artemis died.
"It's not her fault!" Superboy said defensively as he walked over to Megan.
"No it isn't." Batman said
"In terms of raw power, she has the strongest telepathic mind I have ever encountered. Stronger, by far, than mine." Martian Manhunter said
"All she needs is time to gain better control over her mental power." Batman said as Martian Manhunter nodded.
"All of you head to bed for tonight. Tomorrow you will have mandatory counseling sessions with Black Canary." Batman said as the team headed their separate ways.
The next day
"Hey babe." Wally said as he sped into the room and sat down with a big bowl. He didn't want to come this counseling session, but Batman said it was necessary.
All I need to do is convince her that I was unaffected by pretending like it never happened, Wally thought.
"How do you feel about what happened yesterday?" Black Canary asked
"I feel unaffected. It was a simple training mission that we failed." Wally said as he tossed some popcorn into his mouth.
"I can see that you don't want to talk about it. Would you rather we talk about your reaction to Artemis's death?" Black canary asked
Oh come on. She would ask me the one question that I have on my mind, Wally thought
"Maybe when Megan made us think that the situation was real she unconsciously transferred her sorrow of losing Artemis to me. And since I don't do sad, it transformed into anger, combined with the sense of loss I already had for losing a comrade." Wally said off the top of his head.
"You expect me to believe that?" Black Canary said with a Batman face on.
"I expect for you to be calling your next person, because I'm leaving." Wally said as he exited the room quickly.
Some time later
"I thought I'd find you up here." Flash said
"Hey Uncle Barry." Wally said
"What's going on Wally?" Flash asked
"You might want to follow me first." Wally said as he led Flash on a 3 minute run to Barry's house in Keystone city.
"So talk to me." Barry said as he and Wally both came out of their superhero costumes and sat in the living room.
"I didn't want any eavesdroppers." Wally started
"Ever since the team started I had a small crush on Megan. I was disappointed that Speedy couldn't be there with us, but I had faith that he would miss us and join later. When Artemis joined, I didn't want her taking Speedy's place, it was nothing personal, but I was being selfish. As time passed my friendship with Artemis got worse because of all of the arguing and stuff we did." Wally said as Barry nodded.
"When I put on Dr. Fate's helmet I talked to Kent Nelson. He told me that Megan was just a small crush that wouldn't last. He said I needed to find a girl who wouldn't let me get away with anything. At first I paid him no mind and continued flirting with Megan. Looking back at my reaction to Artemis's death, I think she's the girl for me." Wally finished
"Why don't you tell her how you feel?" Barry asked
"I would, but I have competition in Superboy. I don't think he likes her, but I know she likes him." Wally said
"Do you have any ideas of what you can do?" Barry asked
"I thought of something while we were running. I need you get me some leave from the team." Wally said as he looked at Barry with determination.
"I think I can arrange that." Barry said
The next day
"You want what?" Batman said
"I want some vacation time for me and Wally." Barry said
"Why?" Batman said
"You'll understand when we return." Barry said
"You're den mother for two weeks." Batman said as he agreed to the arranged vacation time.
One week days later, mission briefing
"We're all here Batman." Robin said.
"Wait where are Wally, Aqualad, and Zatanna?" Megan asked as she looked around
"Kid Flash and Flash are away on other business. Aqualad was called home to Atlantis. Zatanna is undergoing training with Black Canary." Batman said, "You're mission is to determine what is the situation in Qurac. The elected president, Harjavti, has stated that Qurac and Bialya are going to recombine with Queen Bee as leader. He has also censored the press, silenced protests, and allowed Bialyan troops to enforce martial law in the capitol Dhabar." Batman finished
"Queen Bee must have him under her spell." Robin
"Her powers don't work long range and she is still in Bialya's capitol." Batman
"Who's going to lead us Batman." Megan asked
"Robin." Batman said
"What?" Robin exclaimed
"You're the next logical choice." Batman said as he dismissed the team.
AN: The events inbetween episode Failsafe and epsiode Image still happened, but Wally just wasn't there. Since Wally and Barry were away Superman took his place in the delivery mission, on Wally's birthday, using his super speed. Superboy took Superman's place in the fighting on the joint mission. As you can see I'm replacing Wally's spot on the Qurac mission with Artemis. This all happened in the course of four days back to back in my story. I will explain how Wally and Barry spent their last three days in the next chapter.
