Disclaimer: Anyone here own the wonderful, beautiful, mega awesome, super-duper, marvelous show Young Justice? (No hands are raised). Looks like I don't own it. I feel sad now.

They weren't fast enough. No, he wasn't fast enough. Fastest freakin' boy alive and he wasn't fast enough to stop the bullet, to push her out of the way, to do anything really. He saw the gun fire too late and then he was moving, moving in a blur. Punching his opponent hard and dashing to her as fast as he could. But not fast enough. He could only let out a strangled, pain-filled scream of, "Artemis!", as the bullet entered her back. He was only fast enough to get so close that he could see the shock and pain in her dark grey eyes. Wally had moved fast enough to catch her in his arms. He gently lay her on the ground and then collapsed next to her. His bright green eyes glazed over with hurt and fear. Wally completely forgot about the fight raging around them. The rest of the team was still battling Joker's goons, and at first no one noticed the anguished speedster on the ground with his hands shaking. No one noticed the pale blonde goddess with her head on his lap.

A couple seconds later, Rocket's last blast finally knocked out the clown she was fighting. Glancing around the dark warehouse she searched for any teammates in need. Her brown eyes spotted her fallen friends and her eyes widened in fear. Rocket flew to them and created a shield bubble around her, Wally and Artemis. She crouched down next to Wally, took one look at his face and slapped him. He started and stared in despair at her and Artemis. Rocket frowned and said in a surprisingly gentle voice,

"Wally, snap out of it. She will be fine. But you have to help me, 'kay?" Wally swallowed and nodded. Rocket didn't really believe what she was saying but she had to get Wally moving and helping Artemis. Raquel stopped the flow of blood while instructing Wally how to do CPR. The rest of the team slowly trickled towards the bubble, in complete and utter shock. Robin radioed the Mentors and Superboy went to move Artemis gently. Miss Martian summoned the bio-ship, trying to leave as fast as possible. Zatanna and Aqualad were suffering their own wounds but they were forgotten as they stared at Superboy picking up Artemis. Zatanna gasped and started to sob and Robin put a hand on Kid Flash's arm. There was so much blood. The dark pool of Artemis's life was on the floor of a dark, dingy warehouse. Robin's hand tightened on Kid Flash before he moved away to embrace the quietly crying Zatanna. Wally's face was blank. But inside there was a terrible storm brewing.

A/N: This fanfic takes place 2 years after the end of the first season. The ages are: Robin 15, Zatanna 15, M'gann 18, Conner 18, Wally 18, Artemis 17, Kaldur 20, Raquel 19, Roy 21. I'll be posting chapters once a week, probably on Sundays or Saturdays. I hope you stick with me for the ride! Please review, enjoy and what not! BTW this is my first fanfic so sorry about format or anything...

- Rosemary :}