I'm so sorry I've been MIA and haven't updated I had a lot of end of year projects, it's not like I decided I would forget the email I used for my account and got confused when I couldn't get in with my other one! ;D
I've decided to do 1 chapter per year that Artemis had left. So the last chapter was the year she left, this one is the year after so it's called year 1. I'm only going to do a couple of events for each year because I really want to get into the bit after.
Bold= Newspaper/Newsflashes Normal=The Team/Justice league Italics= Artemis
Enjoy! Painty Shark =)
Should I stay?
As The Years Go By Year 1
Ha this is just too easy. You'd think these museum directors would learn to update their security! Man, this system is so out dated. Hmmm, I wonder why this guy wanted A Monet. The Water-Lily Pond, what a classic. Not my style but it's nice none the less.
Buzzing. There must be a laser grid. Time for my new gadget, god I hope this works I didn't bring a backup.
A flat black rectangle with a button was taken from this blondes belt of toys. She pressed the button and slid it across the floor, as it slid it released an almost invisible stream of smoke. This smoke revealed a laser grid, tricky, but luckily this was the curvy woman's forte. She laid down and slid across the floor to a certain point under the grid where she could slowly start to rise to her knees. She then dive rolled to the left side of the grid by the wall and stood there to assess her surroundings, plan a route. She crawled across the floor, keeping her body low, next she did a couple of front flips to get her at a certain point in the grid. Her next choice was to take out a pair of odd looking gloves from her belt and slide them on over her current ones. She then took a gun, a gun that could fire a thin wire at the ceiling which she could then climb and climb she did. Once she was at the ceiling she pressed a button on that belt of hers which made her gloves and the bottom of her shoes glow a faint blue. These amazing gadgets allowed her to crawl along the ceiling!
Miss Martian and Superboy stood apart with their captive, awaiting orders.
'Miss Martian, we need to know what your captive knows'
'On it Kaldur!'
"M'gann. Don't"
"But Conner! We can learn so much for the mission"
"It's not right!"
"I don't care, I'm doing it for the good of the mission"
The young Martians eyes glowed green, the captive left drooling.
Conner sighed.
That was just too easy, they practically handed me the painting. The Dog & Duck bar, what weird names these britts come up with. I sat around a half hour or so, waiting for my contact. 1 drink, 2 drink and 3 drinks later my contact arrived. By my guess I'd say a 190lb man in his late 30's early 40's around 5'1 came up to me. We had a laugh and a chat. When he handed me a drink I passed on a key with, a label attached with, an address on it where he could find the painting to give it to the client.
"So sweetie, I have this client with a job ,obviously, and hun you fit the profile"
"What kind of job?" I was a bit sceptical about this as I always got my jobs from Master Lo, in Thailand.
"Mmm, the kind where you'll need a gun, a wet work."
I took a deep breath
"How much is it worth?"
"Half a million, 250,000 when you accept and then the rest when it's done and a possible 175,000 bonus for time and cleanliness of the job"
I sighed, I knew wet works earned more money, I needed the money. I needed to help my mum and set myself up for the future when I get old or married or whatever.
MONET STOLEN! WIRE FOUND! IS THIS LINKED TO THE STRING OF THEFTS ALL OVER THE WORLD?
"… and well done M'gann that information you managed to obtain saved our mission"
"Thank you Kaldur!"
"Okay team I think it's time to get some rest"
An exchange of goodnights was mumbled by the tired team and they started to disperse.
"M'gann?"
"Yes Conner" she said this in such a loving way that Conner started to regret what he was about to do…
"I...Um...uhhh"
"Yesss"
"Well...I...I don't want to be together any more" Conner mumbled this quietly and so fast he wasn't sure if M'gann heard.
But she did. Her mouth opened into a shocked 'O'. Tears started to well up in her eyes. Conner felt so bad.
"...but...but… why?" she asked, on the verge of tears.
"Because I can't bear to watch you rip people's minds apart one after another and date you, you doing this has made me...me… I don't know what it's made me other than numb to your affections. And I haven't told anyone because I love you too much and I hoped that you'd come to your senses and see what you were doing was wrong and stop"
It pained Conner to say this to the Martian he loved so dearly, Love an emotion he never expected to feel.
"Conner, I, what I'm doing is right and I know this because every mission we've been on and I've done what I've done the mission has been a Success! Where as if I hadn't of done it we would have failed! Can't you see Conner, I'm doing this so we can complete our mission without anyone getting hurt"
Throughout the whole explanation there was a hopeful tone to it, which ended with a hopeful smile that Conner would understand her thinking.
I could see him chatting to this elderly man through my scope.
He came closer.
And Closer.
Closer still.
I was screaming to him in my mind to move.
But he didn't.
I took a deep Breath in.
And as I let it out...
"M'gann people are getting hurt on these missions"
"Who"
"The people whose minds you're destroying, the people whom your leaving with a fate worse than death!"
"Yeah, but they don't count."
Conner sighed and walked away from M'ganns love forever… well maybe not forever.
SENATOR GREYMON ASSASSINATED AT CHARITY BALL!
Sorry arrowflash Zatanna will not be finding Artemis as they haven't met yet in my story! So sorry! :(
A massive Thanks again to all of you who are reviewing and following! I thought I'd add 1 chapter a week and I was planning on finishing this but I've decided to split it into parts to make it easier for myself!
