The third chapter begins and brings with it more twist.
The boys quickly ushered Roy out of the room as Jade pounded on the force bubble.
"Let me out!" she hammered the inside of the bubble.
"And let you attack our boyfriends? I think not." Zatanna said.
"Don't try and be funny with me little miss magic."
"Jade, just calm down and we will let you out." Artemis said.
"No, you will let me out now so I can kill Red."
"Isn't the important thing he's back now."
"The important thing is he left in the first place." Jade snapped at her sister.
"So he had a momentarily lapse in judgment, the guys were able to talk sense into him and he came back." Artemis said.
"He shouldn't have had a lapse at all."
"Can you blame the guy? It was only about a year ago he found out he was a clone. You know better than anyone else the kind of guilt he feels."
"Don't try an act like you know more than me."
"I'm not."
"Well it sounds like that to me."
"Maybe we should just leave you in that bubble."
"I would like to see you try."
"Jade, Artemis, will you two get a grip." Paula yelled. The sisters shut up at once. Everyone watched (including the boys who were peeking out from Roy's room.) as Paula rolled up to her daughters.
"Rocket, dear would you mind letting my daughter out?" she said. Rocket complied and everyone held their breath as the energy force dissipated
Even though both her daughters towered over her in her wheelchair she somehow managed to grab both of them by the ear.
"OWWW!" the girls yelled in union. She let go and looked sternly at her daughters.
"Room…march." Paula said. Artemis and Jade walked back the room as the other watched in awe.
As soon as the door the closed Paula started on them.
"I cannot believe you two. Making such a scene, one such an important day. In the league's hideout no less."
"Well, it's not the league's hideout anymore." Artemis mumbled.
"That is not the point. Jade, you cannot act like that anymore. Yes you have every right to be angry at Roy, but treating to kill him and the others is not going to help the situation."
"But mom…"
"No buts. You should be thankful for anyone who knows everything about you and still wants to spend his life with you." Artemis couldn't help but grin at this.
"And you young lady, don't you smile," the smile vanished. "You should know better than to act like that. It's your sister's wedding day, you should not be adding stress."
"Well, she started it." Artemis grumbled.
"Like hell I did. You were the one who lied to me about Roy in the first place."
"I only lied so you wouldn't over react. But your actions so showed that I should have just told you the truth."
" Girls!" Paula interrupted the argument again.
"We may not be the perfect family and you two may have your differences but I will not have you acting like this. Wheather you realize it or not you are lucky to have each other. So grow up or I swear I'll ground you both."
"You can't ground me." Jade said.
"You want to bet." Paula narrowed her eyes and both girls took a step back.
"Alright, we'll behave." Artemis said.
"Good, Jade are you ready now?"
"I guess."
"Artemis go tell your friends we ready to start when they are." Artemis nodded and opened the door.
"What? Your friends aren't listening to this conversation." Jade said.
"They got caught once, they are not stupid enough to try it twice." She left her mother and sister a walked to end the of the hall were the girls and Conner were waiting.
"He already told you everything, didn't he?" Artemis said pointing to Superboy. Zatanna nodded.
"Is Roy ready?"
"As he'll ever be." Wally said coming out of the room. "Jade isn't going to try and kill him…or us, right?"
"Not at the moment." She said with a grin.
"Not as comforting as I was hoping for." He said. Artemis knocked and entered the room.
"Roy, we're ready to start." She said. He nodded.
"Let's get this party started." Robin said and lead the way out of the room. He, Roy, Wally, Conner and Kaldur made their way to a part of the mountain they never really used. It was a hallway that lead outside, near the top of the mountain. There was a flat ledge they were using for the ceremony.
Waiting at the hallway was Green Arrow and Black Canary.
"Finally, we were beginning to think you ran." Oliver said.
"Well…." Roy ran a hand though his hair.
"You didn't?" Dinah asked.
"He's back and we're ready to start." Wally said. The Arrows and Canary went outside and the guys waited at the exit waiting for the girls. They didn't have to wait long before the girls came up. M'gaan and Conner got ready to go out first, followed by Raquel and Kaldur and Robin and Zatanna.
Wally held out his hand for Artemis. "Ready beautiful?"
"As ever." She took his hand and they walked outside together. The clearing was small but it over looked the bay. The sky was perfectly blue with a few cotton clouds hanging in the sky. The clearing itself was decorated. There were poles that Conner and Kaldur put up the day before and white cloth was looping from pole to pole. Zatanna had made red flowers grow around the edge of the clearing and two rows of white ones in the center to make an aisle. A maple tree that was just begin to turn the autumn colours was at the edge and spread its branches to cover the place where Jade and Roy would become husband and wife.
Roy was already under it, all the worry of the morning had vanished from his face. He was standing next to Green Arrow, who had agreed to wed the young couple.
"It's really pretty, but when I get hitched I think I want a spring wedding." Wally said.
"Oh?"
"Yeah. Or winter." He said. Artemis gave a small smile. They reached the end of the aisle and broke apart. Wally took his place in-between Kaldur (the best man) and Robin and Artemis stood at the head of the girls (as maid of honor).
When Jade and Paula came out Roy's face lit up. Jade was smiling brightly. Paula gave Jade away and moved next Canary.
"We are gathered here today, to bring these two young, brave people in marriage." Green Arrow started.
'Well we know Canary helped Arrow figure out what to say.' Raquel said over the mental link. The team tried to repress their grins as the ceremony continued. Arrow talked a bit how Roy and Jade were an unlikely pair but proof of the power of love.
'Power of love? Canary defiantly told him what to say.' Robin said.
"If anyone here thinks these two shouldn't be joined in holy matrimony speak now or forever hold your peace." Arrow said and paused. Just then a sound like a very loud hairdryer made every one turn to cliff edge.
"Don't tell me." Jade and Artemis said together. Sportsmaster appeared hovering in a jet pack.
"I have a something to say about this." He said.
Okay you had to see this coming. How could it be a true Young Justice wedding if the team didn't have a disaster before they feel the aster. Look out for the next chapter.
Nardragon-until the next page.