Disclaimer: I do not own young Justice or any of it's characters

Wally stumbled into the cave in search of his friends. Once he found the team, who were lounging around waiting for batman to assign the mission, he began to make his way over to Robin, yawning as he went.

"Why so tired?", Robin asked as he played around with a birdarang.

Wally stretched, "I didn't get much sleep last night I had kind of a weird dream"

"About?"

Wally paused before answering, as if deciding whether or not he could trust Robin with his answer, "Well...we were on this mission, I don't really remember many details, but out of nowhere Artemis got shot...or maybe she was stabbed...I don't know I can't remember, but the point is she died". Robin looked up at Wally as if intrigued by the dream, he was no longer toying with the birdarang . Wally didn't notice, he was staring down at his shoes,as if grieving the obviously still alive Artemis.

"Man you're pretty hung up on this huh?"

Wally turned his attention back to Robin, "yeah I guess… although I don't really know why I mean c'mon it's Artemis". Wally turned his attention to the snarky blonde who was on the other side of the room, talking with Zatanna.

He glared at her, "I mean it's not like it was M'gann or something because that would be something worth getting upset over but Artemis…", he trailed off, obviously not having anything left to say.

Robin smirked deviously, seeing this situation as a perfect opportunity to mess with his best friend's head, "Well you know what they say…".

Wally raised his brow, "No… what do they say?"

Robin did his best at making a concerned face, "they say that", he glanced around, as if making sure nobody could hear them. He continued but this time in a whisper, "they say that 50% of dreams come true in real life".

Wally gulped, "50%?". Robin shook his head yes, trying to keep himself from snickering. Wally grabbed the little twerp by his shirt, "So you're telling me that there's a 50% chance that Artemis is gonna die?!".

Robin nodded again as Wally released him, "but hey that's only a half chance so it's no big deal". Robin began sauntering away from Wally as Batman approached the team, glancing behind his shoulder to see a very concerned Wally.

Wally stood speechless, waiting until Batman started talking to finally walk over to the rest of the team.

Wally didn't pay much attention to Batman, and how could he? He had just been told that there was a ½ chance that Artemis was gonna die, maybe even today! That's like flipping a coin!

Normally, Wally didn't believe in this "dreams coming true" mumbo jumbo, but with Artemis, he wasn't willing to risk it. Not that he cared about her or anything! Yuck, no freaking way! It was just that he didn't want to lose a teammate, and without roy they could use all the help they could get. Clearly, it was his responsibility to make sure Artemis didn't die, for the team's sake obviously! It's not like he actually cared about the annoying archer, or her pretty hair, or her cute laugh, or her…. wait no, he was getting sidetracked. Where was he? Oh yeah, it was his job to make sure Artemis didn't die, for the team's sake and no other reason whatsoever, strictly professional.

Once Batman had given the team their assignment, they headed to the bio-ship. Wally didn't really hear much of the details about the mission, (something about Bane and the mission being strictly covert), he had been too busy worrying about Artemis. Again, it wasn't because he actually cared, it was just because he didn't want to lose a teammate, obviously.

Once in the ship, everybody took their seats. Wally glanced over at Artemis, who was now engaged in a conversation with Aqualad that he couldn't quite hear. He was about to turn his attention over to Robin, who was sitting next to him, when he did a double-take. Artemis wasn't wearing her seatbelt. Seriously?! Even Conner was wearing a seatbelt and he's basically indestructible! There was no way Wally was going to let her die from something as stupid as not wearing a seatbelt.

Wally whispered in her direction, "Artemis….psssst….Artemis!". Artemis, who was still in conversation with aqualad, ignored him. While keeping eye contact with Kaldur, she flicked her wrist in his direction to show that she had heard him.

The bioship was about to take off and Artemis still hadn't put her seatbelt on, so he decided to take matters into his own hands. He walked over to Artemis' seat and began strapping her in.

"Hey what the hell are you-".

"Artemis you should really be more cautious, if the bioship had crashed there's no telling what could have happened to you", Wally lectured as he finished strapping her in and began walking back to his seat.

Artemis raised an eyebrow at him as he sat back down, strapping himself back in, "uh thanks?". After a moment of confusion, M'gann launched the bioship.

Zatanna, who had been watching the encounter smirked, "Gee Wally I had no idea you cared so much for Artemis' safety?"

Wally became defensive, "I don't! I just don't want her to get hurt and ruin the mission before it even starts!"

Zatanna rolled her eyes, "Yeah ok sure mr. safety".

After landing in a jungle at a location nearby Bane's base of operations, Aqualad began giving orders, "we are going to need to split up into groups of two and one group of three in order to cover as much ground as possible the groups will be-"

Wally's hand shot up, "I'll go with Artemis!", he figured the best way to keep her from dying was to not let her out of his sight. The rest of the team turned to Wally with looks of shock and confusion, except Robin of course who was trying his best not to laugh. Wally could feel Artemis' glare, but didn't take his eyes off of Aqualad.

"Alright then...Artemis and Kid Flash you will be stationed on the roof of the far west building, you shouldn't have to worry about anybody coming up there because it is abandoned, there is a window looking into the main building, your job is to watch and gather information about what bane is planning based on what you can see through the window". Wally nodded his head, he glanced over at Artemis who was still glaring at him and had since crossed her arms in annoyance.

Aqualad continued, "Robin and Zatanna, your job is to watch the front door of the main building to take account of anyone who goes in or out, do you think you could handle tha… and they are gone aren't they?". Everybody glanced around in search of Robin and Zatanna, not surprised when they were nowhere to be found. Aqualad sighed, "I hate it when they do the ninja-thing".

After a brief pause Aqualad continued, "Superboy, Miss Martian, and myself will be stationed at the rear of the warehouse which is the far east building, we will be watching for any vehicles that enter".

Aqualad turned to M'gann, "Can you link us up?". M'gann bowed her head in concentration, "Everyone online?"

A chorus of "yup's" and "yes's" followed, showing that the link was secure. Aqualad continued, "We meet back here in 3 hours".

Wally gave him a quick nod before he grabbed Artemis' hand and began pulling her to their station. Artemis smacked his hand away, "ouch what the hell..", he began rubbing his now red hand, "you didn't have to be so aggressive".

Artemis rolled her eyes and began walking ahead of him, "shut up kid moron, let's just get this over with".

They had been walking for a few minutes and were close to the buildings when Wally heard somebody coming. Apparently Artemis didn't notice because she just kept walking. He was about to tell her to stop when all of a sudden the footsteps got closer, out of the corner of his eyes he saw two of Bane's men, each with a machine gun in tow. He had to act fast, so he grabbed a very confused Artemis and jumped behind a bush.

"Hey what the hell are you..", Wally was now lying on top of her with a finger to her lips, shushing her as he began to gesture to the direction of Bane.

She rolled her eyes and crossed her arms, obviously uncomfortable with their current position. After a moment the men had left in the opposite direction of where they were going, but Wally had yet to get off of Artemis, "ok they're gone you can get off of me now".

Wally had been looking into her eyes, wondering how they could be such a pretty grey, almost the same color as the moon, when he snapped out of it, "w-what?".

She let out a heavy sigh and pushed him off of her. Dusting herself off she stood back up and grabbed her bow that had fallen to the ground next to her, "ya know I could have taken them out easily you didn't have to push me to the ground like a maniac", she began walking again, not bothering to glance back at Wally.

Wally got up and sped towards Artemis, "You don't know that, they had machine guns they could have shot you before you even got the chance!" Artemis kept walking, ignoring Wally's blabbering.

Wally stopped walking and turned her around to face him, holding onto her wrists protectively, "Artemis you can't be so reckless, you could get yourself killed".

She stared at him for a moment, as if considering this. Although, It didn't take long for her to push him away again, "whatever kid idiot, let's just finish the mission and then you can lecture me on my so called recklessness". After a moment of standing there in awe of her immense stubbornness, he followed after her. They didn't talk for the rest of the way to their station.

This story will not be very long, but I will probably be adding at least a few more chapters.

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