Hey, y'all! Yep, I'm back and writing! This will probably be another long-ish fic! I haven't done chapter spitfire fics in a looong time, so this should be fun!

Disclaimer: I don't own YJ, though I do own a jar of nutella, which is like heaven.

SET AFTER 16TH EPISODE, SEASON ONE, "FAILSAFE"

Hope you enjoy reading thisss!

ARIGHT, LET'S GEDDITT

"I'd rather talk about you, babe." Wally said, smirking coyly at Black Canary.

She sighed. "So you're not at all going to open up to me about the training session? We saw your reaction, Wally, I saw it. When Artemis died-"

"Look! I don't want to talk about this, okay? I don't care about her, not in that way, and I didn't care when she 'died'" Wally cut in angrily, making air quotes. "It doesn't matter. It's over so why talk about it? Nothing happened, I don't care, period!"

Dinah sighed. "Wally…"

"Don't 'Wally' me, okay?"

She rolled her eyes. "Wally, sit down. You're letting anger take over your emotions. Can you just admit that you got afraid when everyone...disappeared? When Art-"

Wally pushed himself up, "Stop, okay? I didn't get afraid, nothing happened. Stop talking about that...replacement like I actually care about her!"

Dinah didn't flinch. "You're running away from this, Wally, like all of the other things you do."

"I'm Kidflash, that's my job."

"Fine. Run away from it, it'll still always be there. I'm also still here to talk when you need to, okay?" Dinah put a hand on Wally's shoulder. He glanced back at her, and saw warmth and care behind her firmness.

"Alright.." he muttered, giving her a short nod. "But I won't need it."

Artemis sat in her room in the cave, curled up on the ground. She was still shaken from the traumatic experience. She could still feel the pain when the tank hit her in the session. It was still there, not physically, but mentally.

After she 'died', Artemis could hear her teammates yelling for her, and M'gann sobbing. Somewhere in the distance, she even heard Wally, angrily going around.

She was afraid; Artemis was afraid.

What if that happened in real life? Could she be the reason the whole training session failed? She must have been. Maybe her teammates would be still alive she hadn't died, maybe she could have just moved out of the way and nothing would have happened. If that actually happened in real life and she messed up…it could cost the fate of the whole mission, just like it did in the session. It could fail, and everyone would really die because of her stupid actions.

Artemis stifled a sob. She was trembling. "What have I done….It's all my fault.." she whispered.

The others had told her it wasn't, they had comforted her, told her how afraid they were when she died. Artemis didn't really believe it when M'gann and Zatanna said that she was like family to them. How could she be? No one liked her in the team… She was only a side figure who helped.

Artemis was used to it. She was used to getting treated like dirt. Her father, sister, no one actually cared about her, and she knew it. But when the team told her that they did, – all besides Wally, of course - she felt a strange emotion rise. One she hadn't thought of before, or perhaps, let in.

She had never opened her heart to anyone anymore, for fear that they'd just crush it later, or that it was all just a dream. Artemis couldn't…love anymore.

So as she sat on the floor, Artemis bit her lip. "What have I done…" she sighed. She hadn't been able to sleep that night. Only nightmares arose from that dreaded session, and all she was able to do was twist and turn, shift and shake, and feel as if she was the reason everything came crashing down.

"I need to get out of here…get some fresh air.."

"Artemis!" Wally shouted. The whole world went in slow motion for him as the tank shot at archer. Artemis didn't see it coming, she turned around just as the laser hit her in the back and crushingly dissolved her into bones until she was quite, quite gone.

"NOOOOO!" Wally yelled, unable to move. Artemis was gone, she had died. She got killed. All Wally remembered of her was the ghastly look on her face before she got shot.

"Artemis!"

Wally shot up in bed. He was covered in sweat. "Artemis…" he breathed loudly. "Just a dream…it's..just..a dream.." he panted.

He was having nightmares today, all of a certain archer as she died. Wally couldn't save her. He hated that. It was his fault the mission got spoilt. Kidflash, the fastest boy on the planet, couldn't run and get her out of the way before she got zapped.

Wally swallowed, "How could I not…Why didn't I…" he covered his face with his hands, unable to bear the pain of the scene that kept playing itself over and over again in his head.

He got out of bed, and felt cold air hit his bare chest. "..Arte…mis…" he whispered.

Wally stumbled towards the door, and with sweaty hands twisted the handle and slipped out. He went down the hallway, forgetting the cold in his evident fear. There was a light coming from the lounge, and as he stepped inside, he saw a small figure curled up on the couch, her blonde hair thrown messily over her shoulders.

Artemis' knees were pulled close to her chest as she sat there, biting her lip in a vain attempt to forget what happened that day.

"Still awake?"

Wally looked confusedly at her. "You saw me coming?"

"I heard you…" Artemis replied blandly. "It's dead quiet in the cave today.."

"You seem quiet as well. Strange, right?" Wally commented, expecting her to shoot back a comeback at him.

She didn't. Artemis only sighed. "Wally..I'm not in the mood…okay?" she said, swallowing as she turned to face him.

"Rough night for everyone, huh.." he stated. Artemis nodded.

"So….how was your…session with Dinah?" she asked presently, when the two fell into silence once more.

Wally's face hardened. "Why do you want to know?"

"I don't…I'm just asking.." Artemis told him quietly.

"Well, don't, okay? I'm tired of people asking me what I thought, or how I felt!" he said a little harshly. Artemis flinched.

"Sorry.." As if it wasn't strange enough to hear Artemis apologize. "..It's been tough for everyone…especially in the training thing.." she mused.

Wally's eyes narrowed. "Everyone?" he snarled. "No, not everyone. You died. If you'd just moved ou of the way, nothing would have happened!"

Artemis frowned. "It wasn't my fault, okay? It was meant to get worse and-"

"Well, yeah! But you just couldn't move out of the way, right? Everything went horrible after that! M'gann got upset, everything was ruined!"

Artemis glared at him. "You're saying it's my fault? It was M'gann's when she started crying and forgot, not mine! I don't blame her, but can you for once just get your head out of liking her and think about others?"

"Of course it's your fault! And I do care about others, just not you!"

Silence.

Deathly, horrible silence.

Artemis didn't speak. She didn't say a word, only looked at Wally, with pain in her eyes. Just that made Wally regret what he'd said. It wasn't true at all, but he let his anger get the better of him and shouted at the girl who made him feel the way he felt right now. Frustrated, annoyed, sad..

Artemis' lips quivered. "…No one does..care..you're r-right…" she whispered brokenly. "I'm s-sorry..for hurting you…"

Before Wally could say anything, she turned around and fled from the room. "Artemis, wait! I didn't mean…" but she was gone. The last thing Wally saw was a tear drop from her eye, and a hurt look etched on her face.

"I didn't mean it…I'm sor – UGH! Why am I such a screw up?!"