Soo, totally not the expected story everyone was waiting for :/

Anyway, this is for Wally Artemis Week going on at dA, and today's theme was Secrets!

I decided to make this a bit different, and instead of doing on fic for each prompt, I'm linking all prompts into one small fic!

Also, I'm setting a small challenge for myself, in which I actually won't mention the prompt in the chapter...so in this case, I didn't mention the word 'secret' at all :)

Hence the title, I'll Never Say It. But it's got more than one meaning ;)

Anywhooo, that's about it from me! So please enjoy, and leave me a review!

I'll be updating this fic everyday, so hang on for the next chapter!

==Mount Justice

Artemis didn't know why the speedster didn't get the idea. Everyone had something to hide, and yet, he had decided that the only one that wasn't worthy of hiding something, and that had to spill her true nature, was her. Artemis didn't see Wally pestering Robin to reveal his identity, and yet she had to explain why her father had wanted her to kill people.

This just got her blood boiling so badly. Which was why at this specific instant, she was murdering the practise target with her arrows, her eyes narrowed and her lips pursed.

Why should she even care as to what Wally wanted to know or not? Was it that deep down, she wanted him to accept her as more than a measly replacement, and that she wanted more than having to make herself heard every time he was in the vicinity in order to feel like she was worth something? Yes, she wanted acceptance, since after all, with her background, being treated as a hero was something that she never thought would happen. And yet, everyone always made her feel welcome, except for Wally, who reminded her everyday of what she had left, since the constant put down was very reminiscent of what her father had done, and although he had no way of knowing about this, it made Artemis even more pissed at the speedster.

"Hey Artemis?" Megan's voice broke into her thoughts.

"What?" Artemis barked, not even staring at Megan as she continued to shoot her arrows.

"We're going to the beach to eat some lunch, do you want to join us?" Megan tentatively asked, staring at the charred remains that once were a target, exploding arrows littering the floor.

"Fine, I'll come in a couple of minutes." Artemis replied with an air of finality in her voice.

As Megan left, Artemis exhaled. She seriously wasn't helping her case, since by going to lunch with them, she would be right in Wally's sight, perfect for more annoying taunts. But Artemis wasn't one for backing down, and he would have to do a lot more than to make her give up.

==Some Minutes Later

"Hey Megan, where did you run off to?" Wally's charismatic voice greeted the Martian as she arrived at the beach.

"I was getting Artemis." Megan replied, sitting down beside Superboy.

"The she-witch? Why would you want her to dampen this picnic?" Wally retorted, disgust all over his face.

"Because, Baywatch, some people prefer hanging around with me, rather than having to deal with your constant 'mightier than thou' attitude you're always sporting." Artemis had arrived, and her scowl was colliding with Wally's own angry face.

The rest of the team was staring with interest, but at the same time apprehensive.

"Oh yeah, because you never act like you're the best?" Wally scoffed. "Please, you just need to get it through your head that you're a replacement! Plus, all your mysterious attitude isn't gaining you any points."

Artemis rolled her eyes. This was getting boring, it was always the same argument, and it would get to the point where Wally ran out of comebacks and the team would use that split-second to break them up.

"Hmm, it seems my plans for combat training are down the drain." Someone spoke up, and the team turned to see Black Canary striding towards them, a smirk on her face, and one of Artemis' arrows on her hand, and her other hand clenched in a fist. "So, rhetorical question time. Who trashed the training room with these?" Black Canary asked, holding up said arrow.

Wally started guffawing, seeing Artemis meekly raise her hand as an answer, pointlessly. "Nice job, you going to trash the rest of the mountain next?"

"Don't look so smug Wally," Black Canary smirked wider now, and held up her other hand, and unclenched her fist, showing a wrapper. "A little birdy told me that you're responsible for the pigsty I'm supposed to consider a kitchen."

Wally rounded off on Robin. "Dude!"

Robin held his hands up defensively. "I never said anything!"

"No, he didn't, but I did use his security cam feature." Black Canary replied. "It's been catching everything since day 1. You don't think we'd let a bunch of teenagers out and about here without some sort of security measure?"

Megan paled. "Wait, a security camera? That's been watching everything?"

Black Canary was having a field day right now, it definitely beat combat training right about now. "Yes, including that moment you guys had that day off."

Both Conner and Megan blushed, remembering their almost kiss in the kitchen.

"Anyway, combat training. How to clean up. Groups of three. Kaldur, Conner and Megan, kitchen duty, and good luck, those banana peels are treacherous."

Kaldur grimaced. "Yes, ma'am."

"Flattery won't get you out of doing this. Now, the rest of you three, are going to be picking up these wonderful blown up arrows." Black Canary.

Robin raised his hand. "Um, can I pass? I don't want to be stuck in a room with the sexual tension of these two going off."

Dinah shook her head. "Nice try, but you must learn to work independent of what's going on with your team. So enjoy this quality bonding time."

Everyone groaned as they shuffled to their respective cleaning station, leaving Dinah very happy as she went to the control room, where a bunch of Justice League members were watching, hoping to get lots of entertainment.

==Combat room

"Alright Arty-" Wally started, standing at the foot of the doorway.

"Don't- Call me that." Artemis narrowed her eyes, standing opposite him.

"Great, can I at least enter the room? I promise I'll put up mistletoe for the holidays on the doorway so you guys can kiss." Robin rolled his eyes behind his sunglasses, shoving the two aside and entering the room. "Holy-"

"You really did a number here Arty. Planning on murdering someone soon?" Wally whistled.

"What's it to you?" Artemis growled.

"Nothing, you just seem to be on a rampage here, so I'm wondering if your father's been ordering any more hits." Wally laughed, but was abruptly broken off as Artemis slammed him into the wall, more furious than he'd ever see her.

"Don't talk about him alright?" Artemis muttered, and as she let him go, she turned around so quickly, that she whipped him with her hair.

Wally all of a sudden felt guilty. And he was the last person to feel guilt on anything, but the thing was, he couldn't understand what was going on with Artemis, what she could be hiding, and yet here he was, making fun of her without any consideration. She was, until very recently it seems, carrying out some dirty deeds for her dad, and it seems that she wanted to forget it, but what could she have been doing that was so bad it deserved to be forgotten?

"Hey Baywatch? You going to help or just going to stand there looking like an idiot?" Artemis harshly snapped him back to reality, where Artemis was picking up her discarded arrows, and Robin was grabbing a broom to clean up some of the charred pieces that were around.

"Sure thing." Wally smirked, and started rushing around, and picking up what he could. Suddenly, his other two teammates started calling to him and he screeched to a stop. It seems that it was possible to make the combat room dirtier, and he just did, because his running had stirred up the dust, and flew everywhere, including the walls, and his two teammates.

"Thanks dude, but I think Red Tornado's got the twister thing worked out." Robin groaned.

"Great, now how are we going to clean the walls?" Artemis groaned.

"I'll do it." Wally grinned, picking up a hose and getting ready to run up around the walls.

"Whoa, hold on a second, last I checked, you can't fly, so you're not going to be able to hang up there." Artemis shook her head, her voice softening up a little, as though she was actually concerned about his safety.

"Psh, I can handle it, blondie." Wally smirked, and ran up the wall, turning the hose on as he did. He started running around, and the walls were getting cleaner.

"Word to the wise." Robin smirked. "Wally never listens to what anyone says, if it contradicts what he wants to do."

Artemis scoffed. "As if I hadn't noticed that before."

"Hey guys!" Wally called out, "What did I tell you? I can- WHOA!"

Wally's foot had gotten snagged in the hose, and with the wet walls, Wally slipped, and started falling.

"WALLY!" Robin and Artemis screamed out, watching their team member freefall. They had no powers, but they did think fast, and hurried to grab some gym mats from where they were stacked, and managed to slip them under Wally a split second before serious damage was caused.

==Some minutes later

All activities were suspended as Wally was taken to the mountain's wing, and everyone awaited with baited breath as the diagnosis of Wally's state was revealed.

Flash went into the living room of the wing, and smiled, killing all tension. "He'll be fine. Some cracked bones and a minor concussion. He'll be out of it for a couple of days, so just hang on, and he'll be back in no time."

Well, yeah...I don't know how great that was...does it seem a bit too far-fetched here?

Anyway, hmm, tomorrow's theme is AU, so be prepared for that!

Thanks for reading, and a review is appreciated!

Hezpeller