Hola, sorry this took so long. I was trying to post yesterday... but I fell asleep.
I hope you all like this new chapter. I'll make sure to have the next one up but next Monday at the latest.
Please write a review and tell me what you think.
"Wally! Wally wake up!" the voiced yelled at the speedster. Wally grumbled and started to open his eyes to see the boy wonder in full uniform and mask. He felt like punching the bird for waking him up from his dream. He and Artemis were…
"Artemis!" Wally shouted sitting straight up and smacking heads with Robin.
"Ow, dude what the hell?" Robin yelled as he brought his fingers up to his head hoping to not find any blood. Wally ignored his throbbing head which would probably have a bruise on it later.
"IsArtemisawake?" he asked as fast as he could hoping for the word yes to be responded with. The boy shook his head.
"That's actually what I came here to talk to you about." Wally's heart sank in his chest. He laid back down on his bed trying to hold tears back, he couldn't cry in front of his best friend. Robin rubbed his head trying to get rid of the pain.
"No, she hasn't woken up yet, but there is some good news." He said. The sick feeling in Wally's stomach went away.
"What is it?"
"Well M'gann was able to speed up the time frame in Artemis's mind giving Canary more time to talk with her, trying to help her relies they're real."
"And?" the speedster raised an eyebrow.
"They believe it's working, but…" before the acrobat could finish, Wally was gone with a gust of wind.
Wally nearly ran head first into the door, he stopped to see M'gann, Superboy, Aqualad, Black Canary, Batman and Green Arrow standing in front of the door. They all were talking in a low whisper. Oliver raised his head to look at the Kid, Wally realized how much the older man had aged from the nights with no sleep worrying over Artemis. Wally could only imagine how Artemis's mom felt, she couldn't even visit her own daughter due to her past record.
Wally walked up slowly to the group of hero's. None met his gaze except M'gann.
"Wally…" she began. His heart sunk again, he felt like he was going to throw-up. No, no, no! She can't leave me! His cheeks became red with anger he reached for the door handle. M'gann stepped in front of him.
"Wally." He wouldn't look at her. She gently placed her hand on his shoulder. He lowered his gaze from the door to the ground.
"Wally, she's still with us." A smile tugged on the corner of her mouth. His heart beat slowed down, the red left his face, but he kept his death grip on the door handle.
"She told Canary everything, but it's really scared her. It even scared Canary. She told her things she would have never told her out here." His gripped tightened. She should have told me those things.
"Wally she still doesn't believe the dreams are real, and the only person she can remember the most in her dreams is you." He quickly looked up at the Martian, finally meeting her eyes. "We think bringing you into her mind it could jump start her mind, finally making her believe. She won't talk to anyone, not even me... her parents or Canary. You're her best and last chance." He finally opened the door pushing in to see Artemis, her skin looked sickly pale, and her heart rate was slowly increasing, at this state Wally knew her heart would give out if she kept this out. If her brain didn't completely shut off before.
Wally sat in the chair on one side on the sleeping girl, M'gann on the other.
"Are you ready?" She asked the Kid Flash, he slowly nodded. She gently took Wally's hand in one hand and placed her other hand on Artemis's forehead. Everything went black.
Alice sat on the old swing set at the park only a few blocks from her house. She replayed what happened with Doctor Lance that afternoon.
She sat in her usually spot with her knees pulled up agents her chest. She waited for the doctor to say something anything. She had just told her about her dream with the clown and the pale man who called himself Psimon. Alice finally broke the silence.
"I know none of its real but, it feels so real," she said with a shiver, "after all this do you have any idea what they mean?"
"It should feel real," said the Doctor looking up from her notes. Alice waited for an explanation, but none followed.
"Wait, what? After a month of talking every day, that's all you have to say?!" The doctor nodded.
"Are you fucking nuts?! I just told you my worst nightmares, my deepest fears and all you have to say is that it's normal to dream about death, aliens, men trying to kill me, my own father abusing me!" She screamed at the doctor. Alice was now on her feet pacing back and forth, holding her head as a painful headache was coming on.
"Alice think about it, all these dreams feel so real, why?" Alice stopped pacing and turned to look at the doctor.
"Are you trying to tell me they really happened, all those people I killed, all those people I lied to, all the scars my father gave me, all that really happened? You're even crazier than I am! You belong In Arkham Asylum!" Alice quickly stopped herself. Lance stood to her feet with a raised eyebrow.
"What did you just say?"
"Nothing! I didn't say anything!" Alice stammered.
"You said 'Arkham Asylum' where is that exactly?" the blonde asked the other. Alice didn't know, she knew it was from, a book, a movie? She knew it wasn't.
"Artemis you're starting to remember," Doctor Lance said placing her hands on the shaking girl's shoulders. No, nope, those nightmares aren't real, they can't be. But maybe…
"What did you just call me?" Alice said pulling away from the doctors grasp. The doctor realized her mistake. Alice got up to leave. She had a major headache and couldn't take any more crazy.
"Alice wait..." Alice slammed the door shut behind her. She walked to her parked car, unlocking the green mustang and sitting down. She put her face and her hands and let out a sigh trying to hold back the tears of frustration. She sat up and drove. She had ended up at the park, where she now sat on the swings in the dark all by herself, trying not to to cry. Everything was falling apart.
"Why is this happening?" she asked herself letting out a sob. She looked up from her feet to see a figure walking towards her. She didn't run, something was telling her not to. That everything would be okay. She sat up wiping her eyes. The stranger came closer until she could see him. He had bright red hair, with freckles all across his nose. He stood slouched, but she knew he was definitely taller than her. He just looked at her with his deep green emerald eyes. She knew this boy from somewhere. She slowly cocked her head to the side trying to remember this nameless boy.
"Hey Arty," he said shyly.
"Don't call me Arty, Baywatch," Alice quickly snapped at him. Then it hit her, it was like a wave of relief had rolled off her mind. The boy took a step closer with a goofy smile on his face.
"Artemis?" he asked her.
"That's... that's my name isn't it?" she asked him.
"Yes, do you remember anything else?" he took another step closer. She could smell the cinnamon as he closed most of the space between them.
"My sister," she said with a scowl,"my father," she traced her fingers over the scar on her hip, "my mother," her voice cracked. Tears began to fill her eyes.
"The team, Robin, Miss. M, Super Boy, Aqualad, You." she said finally meeting his green eyes. Her headache began to grow, all of the joyful memories were washed away by ones filled with pain, blood, death, the screams of others. She pulled her hands over her ears trying to make the screaming stop and realizing she was the one screaming. it felt like her head was getting hit repeatedly over and over again with a hammer. She was now on the ground trying not to black out with the pain. She could hear the boys voice calling her name. Artemis. That's my name. Then everything went black.
Hope you all have a good week.
I was thinking about writing another story mostly focused around the BatFam, what do ya think? Yay or Nay?