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Wally is a part of the League of Shadows and anonymously feeds the Justice League information he manages to hack and slip out. Cheshire is his partner in crime, and they attempt to take down the Shadow's, risking their lives in the process. Both are resigned to the fact that they'll be stuck in this limbo of sides the rest of their lives until Artemis, Jade's sister, is captured. And Wally will do anything to keep her safe. Isn't that what boyfriends were for?

Summary: Split-Personality Complex, they said. It didn't really matter, he reasoned, because he was going to die anyway. He let loose an insane laugh, doubling over with hysterics and tears. He never expected to live long, anyway.

He still wished he could clear his name.

'Watch yourself, Baywatch'- internal thought or voices

"Be as Chalant as you like."-Talking

'I am Fate'- internal demons

Song(s):

Danger - 4h30 (Savant Remix)

Shirobon ft. Camden Cox - Running My Head

Voicians - Loner (Joulz Remix)

Disclaimer: To see, please refer to Chapter 1. I stand true to my claim.

Chapter 2

Fair Maidens and Dizzy Spells

A loud whoop of laughter cracked the silence that hung over the slums of Central City, followed soon after by the roaring of a motorcycle, topped with a leather-clad rider (you know, minus the jeans). His bike flew over a tall hill and he yelled with excitement as the tires screeched over the pavement as he brought the bike to a standstill, leaving a streak of tire marks in his wake.

Wally whipped his black visor helmet off his head, revealing a mop of fiery red hair and sparkling green eyes from one of his guilt-free pastimes. Grinning to himself, Wally locked his bike to a rack and sauntered to the 24/7 market. Rusty doors slid open with a hiss, and a dim overhead light flickered occasionally. Ignoring that though, it actually wasn't a bad place, he mused to himself. He picked up a small red basket and wandered down an aisle looking for the medical supplies. Unable to resist himself, he soon found his basket several pounds heavier with food. A chocolate bar (double marshmallow! Wally was in heaven) was making its way to his mouth when a small tan hand slapped it away.

Wally yelped, spinning around in the freezer section into a clumsy-off-balance defensive position. Which epically failed and he found himself waving his arms around like a windmill and landing on the ground in a heap, staring at the ceiling, a tinkling laughter above him.

Wally silently groaned in his mind. 'Not only have you failed to fend off a basic attack (and possibly hurt someone else, really, what is wrong with you?), but you are now the laughing stock of the female species. Again.'

With an inaudible sigh, Wally lifted himself onto his elbows, staring up at his would be assailant. And promptly felt his jaw drop.

The women above him was gorgeous, with a long mane of light blond hair and tanned skin and stormy grey eyes. Just like the night the clouds darkened and lightning struck and the world slowed down-

But now shes staring at him and he feels more than a little awkward. He should probably stop gawking and get up off the ground, but his brain functions were a little slow right now(barring the fact that an insanely beautiful women was staring at him, he might have gotten a concussion...Eh, it'll wear off in a few minutes).

"Er, you ok?" the women asked(Artemis, the name tag read. Wally had never heard of a more amazing name).

Wally lazily grinned up at her, "Of course, beautiful," and promptly flopped back onto the ground.

"Oh shoot, do you have a concussion," the disembodied voice asked above him.

"The skyyyyy is falling!" he moaned, "looook at the preeeety flowerssssz."

"Well gosh darn it, Dave is going to kill me for this!" the husky voice muttered, and she suddenly appeared in Wally's line of vision.

"Woah!" he shouted, scooting back," how are there three of you?!"

All three Artemis's smacked their foreheads in annoyance. "Yep, defenintally a concussion. Here, grab my hand and we'll get you somewhere to sit down. And maybe a doctor-"

"NO DOCTOR'S!" Wally suddenly shouted, pain suddenly giving way to panic. His nice new blue shirt was probably covered in who-knows-what from the dirty floor, but Wally quickly inched his way back against a wall in horror (they only make things worse, make it hurt). The girl in the pretty green shirt followed his progress with widened eyes.

"Ooookay then," she mumbled, mouth twitching into a small smirk, hands resting on hips in a sarcastic manner, "Nooooo-woooo-oooo Doctors then. Guess you'll stay here the night then?"

"Huh?" The world was spinning a bit and Wally felt nauseous. Laying down didn't sound so bad right now-

Wally yelped as small, strong arms hauled him to his feet and laid one of his arms over muscled shoulders. The-small-mart-employee-named-Artemis had taken advantage of his confusion to drag him over to the workers lounge and drop him on a slightly ratty sofa. With nothing to hold him up, Wally fell back against the cushions with a loud 'whump'.

"What was that for?" he glared at Artemis, who was busy untying her apron and pulling out a phone.

The blonde rolled her eyes, hanging the apron up on a designated hook and yanking a leather jacket on over that really-cute-green-shirt and black combat boots. "I'm calling a doctor, genius. What's your name?"

"Uhh, I thought I already said, I'll be fine?" Wally bit out, exasperated, attempting to pull himself up and landing back down with a pain-filled groan. "And it's Wally West."

"Sure thing, Wallace, because you look just fine and dandy. Really, I should lose my job by letting you attempt to go home like that!"

Well. She did have attitude, points for that. But there was still no way he was going to see a freakin doctor!

"Fine, okay, well how about you check me over, and if I die driving home, I won't blame you."

"Cause my conscience is so going to let me do that."

"Hey, I'm being serious here!"

"Really, I didn't know that was possible."

"Ya, I know-HEY!"

"If it took you that long to figure that one out, I don't want to know what you're like in a normal state."

"Shut up and look at my head."

"FINE!" Artemis shouted, (finally relenting! Wally internally celebrated a victory. Harpy: 0, Wall-man: 1), storming over and flashing a bright flash light in his eyes.

"OW!"

"You asked for it!"

"A little gentler would be appreciated!"

"Oh no, I'm so sorry!"

"Thank you!"

"..."

"..."

"..."

"...that was sarcasm, wasn't it?"

"No, duh."

Wally flinched as she flashed the horrendously bright light (like the lightning that struck, the prison cell, Cheshire's flash bombs) back into his (stunning, spectacular, brilliant, like his mothers) green eyes. Up close, her slightly concerned grey eyes were even prettier, even more intense. Wally liked them, and said as much.

"Your eyes are pretty."

"..."

Ok, so maybe he hadn't meant to say that out loud, but who cares.

...the blush on his freckled checks said as much.

"Ah, sorry, didn't mean to say that out loud," Wally said nervously, arm reaching back and rubbing his neck as the bright red continued to spread across his very pale and very freckled body.

"Uh, that's, that's fine." Artemis mumbled in that incredibly se-

No, no he was not thinking that. This women was out of bounds, and there was no room for dating in a villains life. At all. Like, it could get them killed (just like Linda, just like mom and dad). So he should probably drop it. And not say what he was thinking.

"So, you want to go to see a movie? I heard Platinum Flash premiers tonight."

And not invite her to see a superhero movie, mush less one about his arch nemesis the Flash! Great Einstein, what was wrong with him? (Do you want to get her killed? Just like them, just like that little girl who got in the way?)

"You know, for almost eating your stores food before paying for it."

Good lord, he was making it worse. (Worse than living in a land of guilt and suffering, in solitude, forced to become what you're not).

"I mean, I was gonna pay for it, but, you know, high metabolism and all that, and-"

Dig your hole deeper, why don't you? (Just like their graves, and wishingwishingwishing you weren't stuck here).

And of course, Artemis sat back on her heels, wide eyed, watching him ramble on like a freight train. This night couldn't get any worse could it?

"-sorry for sounding really stupid right now, my brain usually filters out most of the stupid things I say, and current filter is just a little bit broken-"

It got worse. The joys of being a speedster who didn't think such mundane things through. Really, what was he thinking? Honestly, he was surprised he hadn't started spouting off the Leauge of Shadow's hideouts and all his (poor, unfortunate, innocent) victims.

Finally, the only sane person in the room covered his rambling mouth with a gloved hand and he glanced back up at the-girl-who-was-super-pretty-but-he-probably-shouldn't-have-asked-out.

Artemis smiled slightly, "A, a movie sounds, great, Wally. I would love to."

"Really?" Wally sat strait up at that and nearly hit his head against hers, "Geez, I'm sorry! I am sooooo..."

His voice trailed off as Artemis sat there smirking at him.

"What?" he asked in a (slightly nervous, but not really) confused tone.

"Is the great Wall-man nervous about taking a girl out to a date?" Artemis mocked playfully, dodging and laughing as he attempted to swat her shoulder, missing almost entirely.

"Maybe I should just take you home, you seem a little...out of it."

"M'fine. 'll wear off in a min...or two..."

Huffing to herself, Artemis grabbed Wally's hands and pulled him to his feet.

"Woah there, Baywatch! Another day it is, I'm getting you home now."

"M'fine, I'm fine!"

Ignoring his protests, Artemis slipped her arm around his waist and pulled an arm around her shoulder so she could help him awkwardly stumble out of the store. Artemis waved to the last employee, who was half asleep anyways, and pulled Wally through the parking lot.

"Um, my bikes that way," Wally said, pointing in the opposite direction.

Artemis snorted, still supporting Wally's weight with ease. "Ya, because I'm going to let you drive like this. C'mon, my car's just around the bend."

After walking (stumbling) over to her grey (falling apart) vehicle, Wally was fairly sure he was going to pass out (and he should not be trusting her this easy. It's going to make the betrayal-because theres alwaysalwaysalways betrayal-worse). Artemis fumbled through her pockets until she found the keychain and unlocked the car with a click. Gently, at least gentler than she'd been all night, Artemis opened the passenger side door and helped Wally clamber inside, double checking he had his seat belt locked correctly before shutting the door and getting in herself.

"So, where do you-?" Artemis glanced over to the passenger side to see her unwilling passenger fluttering his eyes closed. "Ah, no, you're not supposed to fall asleep with a concussion!" She groaned, shaking Wally's shoulders until he blearily opened his eyes to glare at her.

"What?"

"Duh, Kid idiot, you need to stay awake until I make sure there's no permanent damage."

(Why was that so familiar? His mind wasn't cooperating, and he couldn't remember)

"Uh-huh, sure," he mumbled, eyes already slipping shut again.

Artemis looked at him, exasperated. "Fine. Just remember this is your fault," and with that she turned on the heavy metal as loud as she dared (without waking the whole neighborhood.)

"Ah!" Wally jumped in his seat, head whipping around wildly, "I'm awake, I'm awake!"

Artemis laughed, and Wally found himself, once again, mesmerized by her unmistakable beauty. "Welcome back to land of the living, your majesty."

With a humph, Wally slouched in his chair and pouted, causing Artemis to laugh again. Wally allowed himself a small grin as she pulled out of the parking lot. He realized that none of the items he'd intended to buy had actually made it out of the store, but that was alright. Because this one was a keeper.

He just really hoped she didn't look at his watch...when he...fell...asleep...

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What did ya think? Lovin the Spitfire? Not too much angst in this chapter, but the next one is gonna be a step up from it (though we'll really get into it in a reflection chapter). In case anyone was wondering, they will meet in battle at some point, but no guarantee's at recognition!

So, I know I said there'd be capes this chapter, and I'm really sorry! But guaranteed capes next chapter! (And hey, all those references and the watch thing in the end had to count for something, right?)

R&R always appreciated!

Kisses!

Alyss