This took way too long for something so short - why am I incapable of writing anything of decent length lately?

I wrote about one quarter of this and them I got hit by some major writer's block. It's the devil, guys.

(I just spent like two hours watching hilarious videos from a guy on Youtube.

Jesus take the wheel.)

Title: The Mind is a Strange Thing

Characters/Pairings: Artemis, Wally, Wally/Artemis

Summary: He was in Artemis's mind! But- But he couldn't be! That was scientifically impossible! This had to be fake, couldn't be real. Of course he wasn't watching Artemis's memories - scientists didn't even know for sure where the memories are stored in the brain yet! Everything could be explained by science, and this couldn't, so it had to be some sort of trick.

Disclaimer: I do not own Young Justice, or any of its characters.

After Artemis's had split open (or, it felt like it), everything was dark for a moment - a moment that seemed to last for years.

She squeezed her eyes shut, but it made no difference whatsoever. Either way, the never ending darkness seemed to smother her from all angles. Where the Hell was she, anyway? No, forget that - what the Hell was this God damn pain in her forehead?! She groaned inwardly, the pain still tearing through her skull. It was even worse than those fleeting headaches you get that only last a minute but are ten times more painful than normal ones - it was worse and it was lasting much longer. It had even gotten more painful since it had first started and she had fallen into the mud.

She realized that she should probably open her eyes to see is something - anything, really - was happening. She resisted the urge to close them again after she did so, as immediately her eyes met a blindingly bright... grey light? What the Hell? Why was it grey? Before an explanation was provided, however, the light died down and she's looking at... she's looking at... the mountain?

Not just the mountain - she was looking at Wally.

He strolled down the beach, kicking the sand and mumbling to himself in a very childish manner. He was in his civilian clothing, what he had worn when they had gone to check the Helmet of Fate, which was weird. She swore that before she had fallen unconscious a second, a minute, and hour ago, she didn't really know, he had been in his black Kid Flash costume. She had assumed that she had woken up, but realized that she still wasn't standing on anything. 'Okay... so, I'm delusional.' She thought, probably looking as annoyed as Wally did.

Wally stopped walking and Artemis tried to open her mouth to tell him... tell him... something but her mouth wouldn't move. She tried again. And again. And still, Wally didn't notice her presence. He ran a hand through his hair and his expression turned from annoyance to guilt.

'Ugh... I am such an idiot.'

Artemis's eyes widened. What... was that... Wally? But his mouth didn't move. Come to think of it, it didn't sound like his voice. Okay, so it did, but it sounded... louder. And it was like it bounced against the invisible walls of wherever she was, like an echo.

'Why do I have to be so bitter? I lashed out at her just because I was embarrassed... but I guess she didn't have to make fun of me like that. And in front of M'gann, too!' A brief scowl appeared on his face but was gone in a second, and Artemis wondered what the Hell he was talking (thinking?) about. 'It's her fault that Roy's so mad, too. She didn't have to taunt him like that. Why did she have to be so... so... defensive? It's not my fault that she was a few years too late to be the best archer available... Wow, do I really sound like that?'

Oh.

So that's what he's talking about.

Artemis scowled and imagined how satisfying it would be to hit him over the head at that moment. But then she took a look at his guilty face again and the pitiful way he was kicking the sand and running his hand through his hair, and part of her melted. Okay, so she could be a bit nicer to him in the future.

A bit.

There was another flash that took her by surprise and the Wally before her seemed to disappear into nothing, along with the sand, the sea and the mountain. The birds she could hear over the beach were gone and a moment later were replaced by the sound of wind rushing past her and the feeling of adrenaline pumping through her veins. She wondered what had happened for a moment and just as she thought 'So, I definitely haven't woken up, that's for sure.', she realized what was happening.

She was running.

And it was amazing. Buildings rushed past at such a pace that they weren't even buildings anymore; there were dull grey blurs that suddenly meant nothing to her. People around her were staring and it made her want to laugh how they became blurs too - blurs of pink and brown with hints of a shocked expression. She could hear people voices merging together to make a sound that was so strange, so unusual that it made the experience even more thrilling.

Then it dawned on her how fast she was running.

She couldn't run this fast - no human, no normal human, which she was, even if she wore a cowl and beat up bad guys, could run this fast. Only a metahuman could run this fast, and it had to be one like...

Wally.

She had seen him on the beach... and now she was witnessing him running. She could hear his thoughts. She was... were these his memories?
Was she in his mind?

She processed this for a moment, the thrill of running still giving her a giddy feeling that she was trying to ignore, and all she could think was; 'I'm surprised theres more here than hot air.'

Yet another grey flash, and the thrill was lost. In fact, what she was looking at was actually kind of boring - but in a freaky way. It was freaky because she was looking at herself.

She was wearing her green uniform, which was ripped and torn, stained with mud, blood and sweat. Her hair was down and also had mud in it, along with some twigs. Her eyes were closed and she was curled up on the couch in the Mount Justice living room. Her quiver was broken and the only arrow she had was a broken one, which seemed to have fallen out of the quiver and onto the floor. Artemis (the one watching) blinked in confusion. 'I got really beat up.'

It seemed that Artemis was so deep in sleep that when the computer announced 'Recognized Kid Flash, B03', she didn't even move. She just mumbled slightly. A moment later, Wally entered the room, perfectly clean and dressed in civilian clothing. He freezes when he sees Artemis, the grin that had been on his face falling.

'The mission was hours ago... why is she still... ?' He thought as he walks towards her, and the Artemis watching expects him to shake her and wake her up, or tell her that she's being lazy, or something like that. Instead, Wally notices her shivering slightly and softens. He scans the room, frowning, before he has an idea and runs out of the room. A second later, he was back, holding a blanket. He seemed to hesitate for a moment, before he placed it over her.

Wally West placed a blanket over a sleeping Artemis Crock.

When the blanket was over her, she snuggled into it, still deep in sleep. And Wally smiled. It wasn't the amused smirk he sends her when he's mocking her, it's not the triumphant grin he wears when he's won an argument against her. It's not the smile he sends to her when he knows she's looking. It's a genuine smile, like how he smiles at M'gann but with meaning behind it. It's soft and kind and caring and... and...

And Artemis is scared as Hell.

There's a flash again and this time the grey is so blinding that her eyes actually hurt for a moment and the pain in her head reaches new levels of painful and stays like that as she regains her vision. She finds herself looking at her team, and funnily enough, it's one of those times that she had one of those fleeting headaches before mentioned, because Wally is talking right in her ear. The whole team are in the living room fit to go to sleep, watching 'Scott Pilgrim Vs The World'. Of course, Connor and M'gann are near each other (Artemis has no idea why they've been so close lately), Dick and Kaldur are on one half of the couch and Wally and Artemis are next to each other on the other half. It's funny how they always end up beside each other.

He was poking her and smirking as she glares at him. "I swear, Wallace, if you do not stop poking me I will snap your neck."

Wally simply shrugged in response and stopped poking her. He starts swaying in a way so that he bumped shoulders with Artemis and she growled.

"Stop. Swaying."

"Sure." He grins and stops swaying, as she had said - instead, he started humming at a volume Artemis didn't know it was humanly possible to reach whilst humming.

"Ugh!" Artemis threw up her hands in frustration and her glare intensified. "Will you stop?!"

Wally grinned and momentarily stopped humming. "What do you think?" He asked chirpily, before moving on from 'Just the Girl' to 'She's Got You High'. Artemis let out yet another noise of frustration and shoved him so hard that he fell to the floor. The room fell silent and everyone turned to him. His face was bright red and he was struggling to get up. Artemis was the first to break the silence by letting out a full laugh. His face afterwards was priceless - a mix of anger, embarrassment and slight awe - why he was awed, she had no idea.

There was a flash again and Artemis expected something else because she was starting to actually get curious as to what would come next, despite the pain in her head. She expected more of the team, or maybe the two of them fighting, or hopefully more running, because she had loved that.

But she was simply greeted by darkness.

She inwardly groaned. Last time there was darkness like this it lasted for God knows how long and it was so boring. She waited for a moment, waited for the grey flash to blind her and for the memory that waited afterwards. She waited for Wally being an idiot or the team on the beach or herself so angry steam was practically coming out of her ears. But, sadly, nothing like that came. 'Ugh, what now?' She thought testily, and quickly afterwards she got her wish - something happened.

The pain tore through her skull again and consciousness slipped away from her.