Hey there, so this idea came to me while I was watching extreme couponing, but I have recently watched all of Young Justice so it was fresh in my mind. l must admit, I cried a lot when Wally died, he was one of my favourite characters. So naturally I decided to make a fanfiction about Artemis. By the way, this is set almost a year after Wally died and Artemis is still going by the name of Tigress. I hope you enjoy reading and yeah :)
The day was good, the sun was shining and the water was a crystal blue. My five friends and I played around in the sun and surf enjoying every moment, not thinking about anything else. No worries about intergalactic troubles, or troubles in our own cities. Everyone was focused on one thing, having fun. I leapt into Wally's arms, kissing him lovingly.
"I'll remember this day forever, babe." I spoke softly and rested my head on his shoulder.
"Yeah, so will I. Especially when I do this." He giggled as he threw me into the water.
"Wally West you are in BIG trouble!" I laughed as I leapt on to his back, both of us falling down. We both giggled and splashed each other, leading to the other four joining in. Everyone was involved in a massive battle, not one of the battles we're usually involved in though. Not this time. This battle was between the six of us, it was the massive splash battle.
No one actually won, it just ended in a big case of the giggles. Wally swooped me off my feet and kissed me again, just as the sun set and changed the colour of the water to a beautiful purple-orange.
"I could really go for some pizza now, babe."
"Is your mind ever on anything other than food?" I laughed at speedsters antics.
"My mind is always on you, babe." He winked at me with those massive green eyes.
"You're so smooth, Wally. Shut up now you're ruining this moment."
"Gee you are one crazy lady." He tickled me and laughed as I thrashed around in his arms.
"You're such a dork, but I love you. Occasionally."
"Wanna change that occasionally to definitely?"
"Hmm, let me think about it." He started lowering me slowly into the water,
"Wally! I'm pretty much dry! Stop!" I laughed and screamed simultaneously,
"Ok, ok! I change my answer!"
"To what?"
"To definitely, I definitely love you." He giggled and lifted me up again.
"Come on you two love birds, do you really want to miss out on dinner?" Superboy called us over and Wally immediately sprinted to where the Kryptonian was standing.
"We're having pizza, right?" He questioned as he put me down.
"Yup, from your favourite place too."
"Well what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Wally ran to the Super-Cycle and motioned us to hurry up. I chuckled at his childish anticipation, he never fails to make me laugh. I really did love the tall, lanky red head. He is everything to me.
I sighed and looked out on the water as a tear slid down my cheek. That memory replays over and over and over in my head every day. When I go to bed the only thing I can see is him slowly fading away. I can never hold him again, kiss him again or joke with him again. The only thing I can do is hold on to every memory I have of him. I can see him in Bart, especially when he wears KF's costume, but I can never truly see him again. We never got to go back to the Eiffel Tower or travel around the world together. I just want to talk to him again, to hear his voice, to feel his touch. I miss him more than anything in the world. I just want to tell him that I love him, one last time.
"I love you Wally. Please come back, I need you." I knew he wasn't going to come back though, he is gone forever. I sat in the sand and watched the sun go down, it's started to become a habit. Before Wally died I couldn't imagine a life without him, and now my life isn't really a life anymore. It's just a continuous, repetitive cycle. I watched the sky get darker and darker until I received a radio transmission.
"Artemis, its Nightwing, return to base. We have a mission."
"I'll be right over, oh and Nightwing,"
"Yeah?"
"It's Tigress, remember?"
"Oh, right. Sorry. Just come quickly, we need you. Nightwing out."
I ran to my motor bike and returned to base. I passed through the zeta-beam.
"Recognized, Artemis, B07."
"It's Tigress goddammit!"
"When are you gonna realise that all of us want you to be Artemis again?" Bart leant against the wall next to me
"I want to be Tigress, I need to move on."
"You still haven't moved on though, it's been almost a year! It's obviously not working. Don't you miss your old bow?"
"Artemis' life was with Wally, I can't go back to that life. Not by myself."
"But you were by yourself before you met Wally. Right?"
"I was, but he changed my life. I don't know if I can go back to how Artemis was before." Bart looked at me sympathetically.
"We better go to briefing, before Nightwing gets even crazier." He sped off in front of me before I could question him. What did he mean by crazier? I shrugged and ran to the briefing room. I was the last one there, Nightwing looked, err, aggravated.
"Sorry I'm late." Nightwing stared at me, I felt like I was a criminal.
"Tigress, you're on Alpha squad with Kid Flash, Blue Beetle, Batgirl and Static." Aqualad stated.
"Beastboy, Miss Martian, Nightwing and Lagoon Boy, you're on Beta Squad. Robin, Guardian, Rocket, Superboy, Bumble Bee and Wonder Girl, you're on Gamma Squad. Alpha Squad, Lex Luthor has a new shipment of products being delivered to Metropolis. Your mission is to find where the packages are going to be delivered and then get a sample of the product. The building will be armed and there will be security cameras etc. do not get exposed. Beta Squad, suspicious activity has been noticed in the Atlantic Ocean, your mission is to investigate. We suspect that it might have something to do with Lex or another villain. Gamma Squad, a lab has been broken into at Gotham. Find the perps and the stolen items. Robin, surveillance footage has been uploaded to your system. All teams, go!"
Everyone ran down to the grotto and got on motorbikes etc. We all went our separate ways for our missions. Alpha team was almost in Metropolis when we got a radio transmission from Aqualad.
"Alpha Squad, we have found the delivery address for the products. Go to the warehouse district, the delivery will be in Warehouse 7. I advise you not to ride your motorbikes into the district. Aqualad out."
Before we reached the district we parked our bikes, as instructed. The district has a small amount of security but we were easily able to dodge them.
"Everyone, stealth mode. Split up, we can all get a sample of the product. Do not get exposed." Batgirl whispered before running ahead of us. Bart ran to the back of warehouse 7, Blue and Static went to the opposite sides so I just decided to go in the front. Wait, so not a good idea, it was pretty guarded. I climbed up to the roof and entered through a hatch. I landed softly on top of one of the delivery boxes, wait, delivery boxes. Great! I didn't even have to move. I got out my dagger and opened up one of the boxes. Whoa, why is it glowing? I got out a vile and gathered up as much as I could of the cake like substance.
"What is this stuff?" I asked myself. I heard footsteps beneath me. Crap. I press myself against the box in an attempt to hide. Bad move. The box shifts and falls. Double crap. I start to panic.
"Come on Artemis, calm down. You can do this. Breathe."
"Who's there?" A guard calls from below
"Up on top of the boxes, there's a girl." Another guard runs over and points his gun at me. Uh oh. I jump down and pull out my cross bow.
"Artemis! Look out, behind you!" I see a yellow and red blur.
"Wally?" Bang. I fall to the floor. Everything is spinning, what happened?
So that was interesting, um about the summary I had no idea what to write and I had no idea what to call this so yeah I just thought of Habits, it will be explained later. Let me know what you thought about this first chapter, I'm not to sure what to think about it so it would be nice if you told me if it was good or not. So please, review :) it will speed up updates :)
