Wow, look, I'm updating again! Thanks for all the support and all the suggestions/thoughts! For the guest and user who wanted some Traught or Longshot, well, we'll have to wait and see now won't we! Who knows what will happen! No, I still don't own Young Justice, If I did it would probably be super cool with lots of people making out and drunk with more Joker all the time. And now, enjoy the next installment of Childhood Night!
Roy stared at him, a scowl firmly planted on his face. Though this one was a bit more pronounced than just his natural facial expression. "Snack time? Seriously? I was about eighty percent done with this night when I walked in, and by now I'm at about three hundred and four percentage of me that doesn't want to be here. You aren't helping that... in fact I think I'm leaving.." He turned to go, making it to the door of the training room before Robin spoke, stopping him.
"You...well...you can't exactly just leave...there's no way out till 5 am tomorrow...we have..." he checked his watch/computer. "7 more hours till you can leave...woops, guess I forgot to mention it..." his tone sounded a bit resigned, but the classic grin was firmly in place on Robin's cheeky little face.
"Fuck you." with that Roy stormed out, making it to the couch before falling face down onto afore stated couch, and with that all movement from the redhead ceased aside from the steady breathing.
Robin shrugged as the elder archer left, not so worried about the whole 'feelings' issue Roy was obviously going through. He turned to Wally shrugging, before trotting off to the kitchen.
This left the other 5 teens staring at each other quite awkwardly in the training room. Conner was the first to break the silence. "So, how about that snack then?" this seamed to shake the group back into focus about what the night was truly meant to be; a night of childhood goodness corrupt by teen sex appeal and need for rebellion. And Gosh be darnned if they were gonna fuck up snack time.
Wally straightened out his composure, the grin of 'leadership' growing back onto his freckle laden face. "Well then, Ladies, Gentlemen, and Artemis. Snack time approaches- an important feature to any child's life! Ranging from pigs in a blanket to ice cream to a billion and four other foods that every wholesome American has consumed-"
"So can we eat now or do we have to cook the food...?" asked Conner, he raised a hand to his stomach, looking off towards the corner of the room, avoiding the eyes of the others. "I'm hungry..."
"As am I.." agreed Kaldur with a nod. "We should eat."
"Well that's what I'm trying to initiate here! So why don't we go to the kitchen and go eat some quality food!" And with that Wally sprinted off into the depths of the mountain in towards the kitchen. He had left the others standing in the room with an uncharacteristically mournful Supey.
As seemed to be the pattern, Kaldur, Artemis, Megan and Conner trailed after the speedster, they too starting to sense a pattern of chaos over the night.
The kitchen had been covered in a shmorgishborg of junky snack food. Everything imaginable was spread out over the counters and the table. Roy was pouting in the corner, a bowl of minnie weenies wrapped in crescent roll dough in his lap. He was munching on them, looking like his little man full of self contempt. Which he was indeed.
The boys were upon the food as soon as they entered, leaving Megan and Artemis to 'supervise' or stand in the doorway and question their life decisions. Robin crept up behind them before pouncing onto Artemis's back, clinging like a koala to his eucalyptus tree. Seeing this Megan slid over to munch on some chips, abandoning her fellow female to the Bird boy.
"So Arty-Party, why are you so not fun tonight? I've gone to parties with you at Bab's and you're so much more fun there..and you aren't wearing that many more clothes..." Robin chuckle, nonchalantly resting his cup of god-knows-what on top of her head.
Artemis's head spun around to stare at him over her shoulder, spilling the contents of his drink all over the both of them. She blinked at him, her teeth grinding together. "You've been to a party at Bab's with me?..." She scowled. "You do know you just basically admitted to me that you're Dick right?"
He shrugged, trying to recover from the fit of giggles that had occurred when she spilled the drink. "Weeeeeell, yeah, but it was kinda obvious, so no one really cares if I told you or not...Besides Bruce...who isn't here to care!~" he pulled himself closer on her back, stroking her slightly damp head. "But anyway you should really loosen up because you're pretty lame right now."
She sighed, rubbing her temples in annoyance. This was going to be a long night. "I'm not hungry so there's nothing I need to do right now. Sorry, no way for me to be fun right now. Check back at a later time." Artemis rolled her eyes, making a vain attempt to shrug him off. Needless to say it failed.
"Look, 'Mis, I really don't need your sass. I have more than enough on my own. Now, you can either lose the 'tude, or be miserable for the rest of the night and grow up to be like a female Roy who will likely be more sexually promiscuous and volatile. Do either fun up or go on to live a sad life that's likely to get you into drugs and prostitution."
"Get off my back and maybe I will."
Robin snickered. "Was that a pun? Because- get off my back- except I'm on your back...so if it was intentional I give you all the kudos because that was a blessing upon my immortal soul."
"You are such a dick...Dick..."
"The epitome of wit and comebacks dear Artemis, you should be very proud m'dear~" Dick chuckled at his own statement, greatly amused by just about everything this evening.
"You're drunk." muttered Artemis as she adjusted Dick on her back. "And I need to washwhatever booze you were drinking out of my hair, thanks for that by the way."
Dick laughed, arms slung around her neck lazily. "Don't mind me- I'd love for us to share a shower, it'd be a real bonding experience-"
From across the room Roy choked on his comfort food, snickering at the pair. "Dick you're like twelve, no need to make Arty a pedophile."
"She's not 18 there's nothing wrong with it~ and I'm 14 thank you- far more mature than twelve. Besides I was just gonna watch you were the one implying any touchy-touchy feely-feely going on. Shame on you Roy-joy shame on you!~"
Artemis scowled. "How about I just wash my hair in the sink and not fulfill any more of either of your fantasies."
Wally glanced up from a bowl of ice cream, half of it dribbling over his face. "R'member, no putting on more clothes-"
"Idiots.." murmured the blonde, turning and walking out of the room, dragging Dick along with her as he began playing with the ends of her booze tainted hair. Little shit.
Artemis made it to the bathroom and dumped Dick down into the tub, rolling her eyes as he giggled and cured back into a sitting position. She grabbed the generic shampoo that was kept at the cave for those who stayed, rubbing it into the alcohol dampened hair. She turned on the water, rinsing and scrubbing until she was satisfied that her gold locks were not going to get her arrested.
"Alright Dickie boy, my hair no longer smells like you, do you need a ride back or are you good?" She grimaced at him, reaching back to pull her hair back into the normal ponytail with an extra hairband that had been left on the counter, again for general use in the cave.
"Nah, I'm good-" before he could say more Artemis left, strolling back to the kitchen to be around the people not trying to use her as a eucalyptus tree.
"You guys are complete shit at snack time, seriously. Have you eaten anything?" Demanded Wally, a frown on his ice cream stained face.
Artemis sneered at him. "Sorry Baywatch, not all of us have hyper metabolism, I have my figure to keep in mind."
"I think your figure is very healthy Artemis, I just say a documentery on eating disorders, you shouldn't think like that! You're a very pretty girl with a body to be jealous of-" Megan looked genuinely concerned at her human sister. The blonde huffed, falling into her general defensive stance of legs apart arms crossed over her chest. She was about to speak but just shook her head, really, who knew how to respond to this.
Robin, who had been tip toeing up behind the Archer in question, he dived on the kitchen tile, sliding between her legs. "I think 'Mis looks great, besides she's got plenty of muscle and a healthy figure." With a giggle he ran his hand along her calf, causing poor Artemis to jump about a foot in the air and give off a high pitched squeak.
"Are you fucking for real? Either learn to hold your liqior or don't drink- you're being fucking creepy!" Artemis turned, making a point to step on the Boy Wonder's back as she stomped out of the kitchen off to her room at the cave. The other teens listened as the door slid shut down the hall before a muffled crash resounded.
"I have to say, I think this has gone far enough... I do not believe this is how children spend their time, not that this wasn't a great thought..." Kaldur awkwardly rubbed the back of his neck, sighing. Evidently no one wanted to pay attention to him as Wally, Conner and Megan had grabbed food and migrated back to the living room to watch another movie. Robin was lounging on the floor, rolling around and suppressing a giggle. Roy had ditched the minnie weenies and was now just sitting in the corner shaking his head.
"Look, the other three are having fun and don't care about who's drunk, they took half the booze in there with them so they're bound to be a mess. Rob's already a mess, and Artemis and I don't want to be here. Sorry Kal, but your words are falling on unhearing ears." The eldest of the group got to his feet with a sigh. "I'll try and knock some sense into bird boy here and then we'll get him to let Artemis and I out of here so we can go home, the rest of you can do as you please when the doors open."
He grabbed Robin by the scruff of the neck and hauled him to his feet, dragging him to the bathroom. He turned the shower on as cold as it got and three the younger teen's torso into the shower, effectively covering his head in icy water. Robin continued to giggle, showing that this wasn't working. Roy huffed, dropping him full on into the shower before leaving with a groan.
"Fuck this, I need a plan.." muttered the red head as he began pacing the halls. "Step one, gather the other sensible archer who wants to leave, step two have her find a way out since she's used to that sort of thing, step three figure out a nice way to tell her I'm banging her sister, step four tell her in an even nicer way that her sister still hates me so it's just sex and not a relationship so I'm still available, step five avoid the blows that would then follow, step six get out. Step seven...hmmm, rat out Rob and Wally to Bats and his uncle, step eight drive home without running into a cop since the whole blood alcohol level is probably not in my favor right now... " He nodded, making his way to Artemis's door. "Solid plan, Step one initiate."
Roy knocked on the door, several times actually. Not even getting a response of 'fuck off' he entered the override code to open the bedroom doors, only to find her room empty and the vent cover gone. "Oh fuck her, she obviously did not have 'find other sensible archer' on her list, damn replacement..." he shut the door before going over to examine the vent. He had to stand on her bed to reach it, and even then he had to wonder how she got up there since she was shorter than him.
Elsewhere Artemis was making good time in climbing through the ventilation system. After the one attack, she had made sure to know the vent systems better than even Robin, and spent a good amount of time up there, shutting off fans and making hide outs. It was a good time. She had shut down the main vent system already, so none of the fans would be on to slice her to bits. The archer was in the middle of undoing a fan cage to work her way closer towards the outdoor opening when she heard the familiar swearing or one Roy Harper. "Well...sounds like he's not having the best of times...sucks to suck.." she chuckled to herself before continuing on, using her multitool to undo the screws in the vent cage.
Roy had figured out the hard way, that Artemis's 'girlish figure' made all the difference in getting into the vent system. As a nearly grown man of 19, and an archer, his shoulders were just a bit too broad to make it through, though not too broad that they wouldn't even get in. No, his arms and shoulders made it in, bit moving forward to pull the rest of him in wasn't going to happen. So there he was, on his tiptoes standing on Artemis's bed, in his boxers no less, with the upper half of his torso wedged in the air vent. "Fuck this. ARTEMIS I KNOW YOU'RE IN THEN COME HELP ME SO I CAN LEAVE-"
Hearing the direct demand for help she sighed, setting the vent cage down against the edge of the wall. She turned and began crawling back through the twisting labarynth of vents to get back to her room and save Roy. She understood that she could fit through most things, sometimes it was best to be safe, which constituted her carrying a bottle of cooking spray with her any time she got in the vents, some openings were smaller than others and even she had issues with a few of the crossways.
She finally made it to the opening of her room, resisting a laugh at the sight of Roy's arm and head shoved into the vent- the sad thing was, this was one of the biggest vents opening wise, and he and his manly frame were still stuck. "Did someone try to go in dry?" smirked the blonde as she uncapped the cooking spray.
Roy scowled. "Next time leave a not that says grown people won't fit."
She shrugged. "I din't plan on having anyone follow. Kaldur and Con have your issue of the whole shoulder trouble, except they can't even get this far, Megan doesn't like it and thinks it's creepy and Rob- Dick hasn't been in since I pepper sprayed him and his hand got caught in a mousetrap a few weeks ago. I forgot about you...and you wanting to leave.."
"I included you in my escape plan, and this is what I get-" murmured Roy moodily.
"Oh shut up, you need me, I know the way out, you don't." She grimaced and began spraying down around where the vent was stuck on his skin. "Start wiggling, either way, just get the skin dislodged so the cooking spray can let you slide in."
He headed the commands, grinning as he felt the spray allow him to wiggle into the vent. Artemis, scooted backwards, giving him room to enter, occasionally spraying him again as the going went less than good. "There you have it Roy-Joy, the propper way to enter a vent."
Luckily, the vent widened so that he could crawl on his hands and knees as soon as he was out of the vent. "Next time I'll keep that in mind... Should I pull the vent up?"
She chuckled. "Course not, it screws on from the outside, I just close off the path a bit farther down the line, it causes more chaos and people get stuck, it's a good time... anyway, follow me if you want to live, yada yada, you're the brute so you need the cooking spray, don't do anything unless I tell you."
He nodded, not wanting to be trapped in the air vents for the rest of his life. Soon they set off, him struggling to keep up with her as she nimbly crawled through the vent systems, turning and climbing onto different levels with trained ease and a familiarity he was nearly surprised at. They fell into a sort of rhythm, her opening vents and climbing through, occasionally tossing the multitool back for him to close them behind as they went, or her having to stop and pull him through a portion of vent.
"So, do you just go everywhere up here or are you guessing on turns?" Roy had been questioning this for a while, but only now felt secure enough to answer.
Artemis stopped as they got to a crossroad of vents that was nearly big enough for them to crouch in. "I make it my business to know every route in and out of a building a spend a lot of time in, this is no different. "
Roy sat down, glad to be able to sit and stretch his torso a bit after all the crouching. Artemis was cracking her neck and peaking out one of the vents into one of the empty rooms, presumable getting her bearings, not that she didn't seem fully aware of where she was otherwise. "Uh yeah.. makes sense..." He sat, watching her and waiting for instructions, though she seemed to be quite content to sit her for a while.
"This is the biggest space you'll get for a while before we get to the outer vent, from here on out it'll be arm crawling for you, with lots of cooking spray, I figured we could stretch a bit here, relax before we hit the last stretch..." she shrugged, leaning against the vent wall.
"Thanks...I appreciate that...so is the death trap of small space the only way to the outer vent?..."
"Yes." deadpanned Artemis, rolling her eyes. "If there were another way I would have taken it, but that's all there is."
"Oh..well, let's get going before I change my mind..."
Artemis nodded, turning to crawl into one of the smaller vent shafts, she stopped turning and quickly kissing Roy. "For Luck-" she was already half into the vent before he could react.
He crawled in after her, confused. "Did you just make a Star Wars reference?" All he got in response was her laugh as they began dragging themselves through the vent. Maybe she was a little less sober than he thought... "This better not end in statutory rape- I'm legal you're not!"
"It's just a kiss Roy, don't get your panties in a knot!"
Wasn't that fun! What will happen next? Is Roy gonna get arrested? Are Roy and Arty a thing? Will he follow his step by step plan? Did Robin drown? Find out on the next installment of Childhood Night! Reviews are always appreciated, they make me want to write and do fun things to half naked characters that will ruin their life!
Also, no worries! There will be many more games played yet- the night is still young!
-Getting Traught(Who's not so Traught right now, a little Archercesty but we'll see where it ends up!)