"Re-routing systems to integrate the weapon into the ship's bio-matrix. I'll have to decamoflauge for a few minutes."
"We may not have a few minutes."
I turned to see what Robin was talking about, it became apparent immediately, two more alien ships we coming down on them. How many of these ships were there? It seemed like every time they beat down one, more would just come out. One cannon wasn't going to be enough to take these things.
Aqualad gave the order I hoped he would, "Miss Martian, OPEN FIRE!"
"Can't. Weapon systems are offline to incorporate the new cannon. And that's not fully integrated yet either."
Great. Just Great, we were sitting ducks at least I thought so until I heard Her voice in my head.
"I've got you covered. Get inside, I'm almost there."
I saw Artemis fire three arrows. I couldn't help but be impressed, two of them managed to hit. One completely blew up its target and the other brought the second ship crashing down into the snow.
I breathed a sigh of relief and turned around to watch the alien cannon becoming part of the Bio-Ship. We were good.
At least that's what I thought until I heard her name being yelled out. I turned around and jumped off of the ship onto the ice terrified. The cannon from the ship that Artemis shot down was powering up. I saw the beam of light fire directly at her. I saw it encompass her whole body. Then, as if in slow motion, I saw her uniform disentagrate along with her skin, and finally her bones. Nearly every muscle in my body froze.
"ARTEMIS!"
I woke up still frozen solid, breathing rapidly, still screaming her name.