The girl stopped giggling and gave him a smile. "Artemis. My name is Artemis."

"Artemis? You mean like the greek goddess of the hunt and moon?" Wally said as they started walking towards his house.

"Yea."

"That's so cool! Wish my name was like yours."

Artemis gave him a glance before asking, "What is your name?"

"My name is Wallace," Wally replied rubbing the back of his neck. "but everyone calls me Wally."

"Which do you prefer?" Artemis asked him. Wally looked at her, startled.

"Uh, I like being called Wally more," He replied.

"Ok. I'll call you Wally, then." Wally nodded. The pair walked in silence until Wally turned toward a house. "We're here," he said. Suddenly, Artemis looked uncertain and anxious. "Are you sure I can come in? I don't think your family would like a stranger in their house…" Artemis trailed off.

Wally turned toward her and gave her a huge smile. "Don't worry about a thing! Except maybe about my family giving you a big welcome. They're the best, they'll let you stay!" he replied enthusiastically. 'Wow. Wish I had a family like that," Artemis mumbled under her breath, but Wally heard and swung an arm around her shoulders. Artemis tensed for a moment, then relaxed.

"It'll be fine," he assured her. "Ok." "Ok." Wally grabbed her hand and pulled her up the few steps to the house. He swung the door open and pulled Artemis inside, yelling "MOM! I'M HOME!"

A sweet-looking, red-headed woman with green eyes appeared from what was probably the kitchen. "Wally! Why are you so la-" She cut off with a gasp when she saw the worn-out girl next to him that was wearing his jacket. The woman rushed towards Artemis with concern.

"Oh my dear! What happened to you?!" she exclaimed as she approached Artemis. Artemis looked at Wally, not knowing how to deal with this. "I, uh-" "We must have you cleaned and patched up immediately! Wallace!" the woman turned toward Wally. "Get the first aid kit!" "Yes Mom." He ran up the stairs, being careful not to use his speed in front of Artemis. "And turn the water on in the bath tub!"

Artemis' eyes widened as Wally's mother dragged her up the stairs toward the bath. "Come now, dear. Lets get you all cleaned up, then you can have some soup," the kind woman smiled generously.

Artemis tried to explain that Mrs. West didn't need to go through all the trouble, but she wouldn't hear it and insisted that she had already prepared a large pot of chicken-noodle soup for the family.

When they got up to the bath, Wally was crouched by the tub, putting his hand in the running water to make sure it was hot. "Out Wally, this girl needs to get cleaned and she can't do that with you in here! Out, out!" Wally's mother shooed him out of the room, shut the door, and turned toward Artemis. She clapped her hands together.

"Now then. Lets get you cleaned up!" Eventually, Artemis got in the nice, warm bath. Though it was really awkward and confusing for Artemis; this woman who had never met nor heard of her, doesn't even know her name, is treating her like Artemis was her own daughter.

About half an hour later, Artemis was clean and her hair almost sparkled. Mrs. West brought her a comfy set of pajamas(apparently she keeps tons of extra clothes for visitors): a yellow tank top with a Kid Flash logo and red leggings. Artemis pleaded to have her hair up, but Mrs. West would not have it. She said that Artemis looked beautiful with her hair down.

When Artemis was finally presentable(to Wally's mom's expectations), they walked down toward the living room, where Wally sat on the couch watching the news. When he heard them come down, he looked up at Artemis in shock, jaw dropped and all. From behind her, Wally's mother was attempting to muffle her giggles.

Artemis looked back and forth between the two. "What?" "It's just, your shirt…" Artemis looked at the shirt she was wearing and looked back at him. "Yea, what about it? The Kid Flash logo?" she questioned. All Wally did was nod in response.

Mrs. West clapped her hands together and declared, "I'm going to go get your soup ready. I'll be back in a minute!" And with that she disappeared into the kitchen.

"So, um…" Wally started. "You a fan of Kid Flash?" Artemis shrugged. "I don't know, he seems pretty cool, I guess. He did save me once," Artemis grinned at the memory. "It was really cliche. I was being held hostage by Sportsmaster. Kid Flash, Robin, Superboy, Miss Martian and Aqualad were there. Sportsmaster said he was gonna shoot me if anyone tried anything. Then someone shot an arrow from behind us, and he turned around. Then I saw a red and yellow blur and the next thing I know I'm in some weird-looking ship being held bridal-style by Kid Flash."

For some reason, Wally had a huge grin on his face. Artemis stopped talking for a second, wondering why he was smiling. "Oh, don't let me stop you. Go on," he waved his hand for her to continue her story. "Well, he bandaged the cuts I got and tended to me and stuff…" Artemis paused. "Wait, why are you so interested?" Wally's smile got bigger, if even possible. "No reason."

Artemis raised an eyebrow and was about to say something when Wally's mom came into the living room with a tray and a bowl of hot, fresh soup and placed them in front of Artemis. "Wow, thank you Mrs. West!"

"Please, dear, call me Mary. Mrs. West makes me sound old," Mary chuckled. "And you never mentioned your name."

Artemis swallowed her bite of soup and looked at Mary.

"My name is Artemis, ma'am. Artemis Crock."