Surprise.

Flashback

Nightwing put his hands in his pockets, a look of frustration on his face. "And you're completely sure that this will work?"

Kaldur nodded. "It is a full proof plan." Nightwing nodded, looking down at the floor and giving a small shrug.

"Are we going to tell Wally?" He questioned, arching an eyebrow. Kaldur shook his head firmly.

"As you and I well know, Wally, has a rather…big mouth and is not great at keeping secrets." Kaldur responded wryly, starting at Nightwing.

"But he's her boyfriend, their in love. He deserves to know." Nightwing protested.

Kaldur shook his head once again. "It could jeopardize the entire mission, and then we would truly be putting Artemis's life on the line."

Nightwing nodded and sighed, running his hand through his raven locks. "I know, I just don't want to hurt him, I don't want him to go through what Kaldur did with Tula.."

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Nightwing knocked on Wally's door, or what had been Wally and Artemis's door, but Wally would only think of it as the apartment Artemis once lived in, before she died.

He had insisted on going alone, on telling his best friend of his Spitfire's death.

Wally got up, answering the door, expecting his blonde beauty, but instead getting his best friend, or former best friend. His eyebrows shot up in disbelief and his eyes narrowed.

"What do you want." He growled out, no playfulness in his voice whatsoever.

Nightwing, gave a wry smile. "May I come in?"

X.x.X.x.X.x.X

The pair sat down on the long couch, Nightwing on one side, Wally on the other. Wally's demeanor was stiff, unwelcoming. On the inside his emotions were swirling from worry for his girlfriend. He just wanted her to come home and be ok.

Nightwing turned to Wally. Not saying anything yet.

Wally glanced at Nightwing. "Why are you here. I thought you and her and everyone else were on the mission."

"We are done with the mission Wally." Nightwing spoke, his voice laced with sadness.

Wally rose an eyebrow. "Then where is Artemis?" His eyes narrowed once again. He cared about the blonde and the blonde only, he wanted to know where she was.

Nightwing sighed and opened his mouth. "Its not easy to say this Wally, but Artemis, she was wounded…and-" Wally zoned out everything else he was saying, his eyes widening. He understood what he was trying to tell him.

Artemis, she was dead.

Tears pricked his eyelids and he choked back a sob. His spitfire was gone…she was dead…she wouldn't be here to yell at him for all this shit he made her put up with or all the mistakes and flaws he had, or his goofiness or his cocky attitude. She wouldn't be around for anymore Valentine's Days or Christmases or anniversaries, or anything for that matter. She was gone, dead, capiche.

Nightwing looked at Wally as soon as he heard the noise, the stifled cry of sadness. Pain flooded his heart at the sight of Wally crying, never in Nightwing's life had he ever seen Wally cry except for the today and the day Artemis died in the psychic simulation. It hurt him so badly.

"…S-S-She's dead…" Wally murmured, his fists clenching so tight that his knuckles were white and struggling for circulation. "She's dead." He repeated slower, his voice laced with rage. "SHE'S FUCKING DEAD!" He screamed and grabbed the table throwing it over out of anger.

He tossed his head around, his harsh gaze landing on Nightwing. "You let her die!" He growled and pounced on him, aiming a fist, before Nightwing caught it.

"She was fighting Kaldur," He grunted. "I couldn't stop it." He answered, dodging Wally's fists.

Suddenly, all of Wally's movements stopped. "Kaldur?"

"Yes Wally, Kaldur killed her."

Wally froze, time felt as though it froze around him, completely stopping.

That traitor killed his love. Oh he would pay.

He glared at Nightwing."You were there! You could of stopped it!" He demanded and once again began aiming punches at him. "She could have been alive if it wasn't for you!" He shouted angrily.

Nightwing frowned. "Wally, I couldn't of saved her in time, there was no chance." Wally's punches were sloppy and easy to block, yet it hurt him every punch he caught.

Wally eventually gave up and sank onto the couch, sobbing in anguish, in sadness. She was gone and there was no getting her back.

"No…" He sobbed, burying his head in Nightwing's shoulder. "S-She's gone.." He cried hard, tears soaking into Nightwing's dark spandex. Nightwing bit his tongue to hold back a cry. It pained him to see Wally like this. It was so hard.

Don't worry Wally, Nightwing thought. It a few monthes you'll have Artemis back… I promise. He vowed.

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Palo Alto, August 11th, 18:09 EST.

Wally sat in a curled ball on his couch, Artemis and his boxer resting his head on his thigh. He had also come to terms with the face that his blonde adopted Mommy was never coming back. He whined, looking at Wally.

It had been exactly five monthes after Artemis's passing and Wally was getting no better. He was in a forever depressed state, it wouldn't break, everything hurt to much, sometimes getting up to get dressed or use the bathroom was just a challenge, pain ceased to leave him.

He had gotten phone-calls, visits, gifts, everything. He truly appreciated his friend's concerns, but nothing would bring Artemis back. Not even the most magic or science in the world.

His thoughts were broken as he heard a knock at the door.

"Go away!" He shouted weakly, his voice hoarse with the days of endless crying, endless nightmares of what her last words were. There was no more knocks.

He sighed, glad they went away before hearing a series of harder knocks. He debated whether on answering when Olive bolted from his place on the couch and barked at the door, scratching at the door with his paw as he whined happily.

Wally rose an eyebrow and got up, opening the door.

There stood, a rather masculine, raven-haired woman, her eyes a harsh black, yet something felt familiar about her.

Before Wally could ask what she wanted, Olive jumped on her, almost knocking her over. The woman caught the dog, the dog mercilessly licking at her face, barking happily.

She laughed, the laugh so familiar, the laugh that haunted him…

Oh my god.

The woman looked at him and tugged off a necklace that she had been wearing, a startling light amber it was. The image of the woman shifted into the image of the woman he had thought he lost five monthes ago.

It was Artemis.

She smiled at him, that gorgeous, beautiful smile that was all his and she spoke for the first time that she had in monthes. "Surprise."

~THE END~

AN: To you want me to continue? xD Because I will if you want me to… Drop by a review if you want, I enjoy feedback! Thank you for reading.