Okay so nothing really happens in this chapter, just full of mushy stuff and Artemis/Wally moments really. Hope you like this chapter! PLEASE REVIEW!
Chapter 4: Unconscious
Artemis ran to the alley where the transported was located and was about to open the door when she heard the sound of a stone being kicked. She turned around and was in a fighting stance. In front of her was a freckled redhead. She sighed with relief.
"Wally! Don't do that! I thought you were some stupid criminal or something! I could have kicked your face!" she yelled at her boyfriend.
"Please. You're just happy to see me after almost eight hours of boredom." He said with an irritating voice.
The blonde girl rolled her eyes and opened the transporter door. She entered and then the bright flash brought her to the cave followed by the speedster. He put his arm around her, which kind of surprised her but didn't really mind. They entered the living room where Robin was on the floor and was using the coffee table to put his MacBookPro. The masked kid looked at them which kind of bothered Artemis so she decided to leave her boyfriend and his best friend alone.
"Uh, okay, well I'm going to get changed then." Artemis said as she exited the room.
After she left, Wally sat down on the couch behind his teammate and just stayed silent.
"So, how are you guys doing?" Robin asked, breaking the silence.
"Well we just started dating five days ago. What do you want me to say?" He answered his best friend.
"Yeah well that's my point, you guys haven't even been together in for a week but it looks like you guys have been dating for years. And I'm not the only one who thinks so. Actually, everybody thinks so; from the cheerleaders to the nerds; from Megan to Kaldur."
"Really? I never really noticed." He said as he took an apple out of the fridge.
"Of course you don't" he said with his mysterious grin.
"Say whatever you want but I really like her. I love her. And nobody can change that."
"I never said you weren't allowed to date her, much less love her. I was just saying."
"Whatever, I'll go get changed." The annoyed redhead said to the masked 13 year old on the floor as he left the room as well.
Wally changed within two minutes and was walking in the large hallway, thinking about his girlfriend, again. Then he accidentally bumped into someone. When he realized it was Artemis he apologized immediately.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to bump into you." He said stupidly.
"It's okay Baywatch. Let's just get to the training room before Black Canary screams into your ears." She said with a chuckle.
They walked together hand in hand in the hallway.
"You know, ever since we became friends, you've loosen up a bit more and now that you're dating me, you don't even mind laughing out loud so much." He told her.
"Yeah, you're right." She said simply.
Wally stopped and stared at her in shock.
"Where is the Artemis I fell in love with and what did you do to her?" he asked quickly.
"What's wrong with saying that you're right?" she asked back, putting her hand on her hip.
"Nothing except that you're saying it to me! Boyfriend or not, the Artemis I know would never say that!"
"Okay, fine. I guess I'll just have to break up with you then" she said playfully to see his reaction.
"You're bluffing." He stared into her eyes to try and scare her but she was raised by a super villain, a cute green eyed stare wouldn't be able to scare her a single bit.
After a few seconds, he gave up. He hated it when she did those things, he never won them. Maybe it's just because she was raised by a criminal.
"Okay, you win. This time." He said, pointing at her with his index finger.
"You do know I just said that you were right? It's not a big deal." She told the redhead as they continued walking.
"Yeah for a normal person. But you're not a normal person. You're Artemis. My Artemis." He said sweetly, which kind of touched her. "The Artemis who had it rough her whole life and is saving the world even though she was raised by Sportsmaster. You may not be the goddess of the moon or of the hunt but you're still Artemis. The amazing Artemis who I love so much, super villain or superhero." He said sweetly as he kissed her forehead.
"Say that again." she whispered as she leaded on him.
She didn't need to tell him what to say, he knew exactly what she meant.
"I love you." He whispered.
It always seemed to comfort her. It made her feel like someone other than her mother cared for her. Like she was really someone, not just some poor girl who got lucky and got a scholarship at Gotham Academy. She felt like she had a purpose in the world, and that's only thanks to 3 words coming from him.
The doors of the training room slid open and they saw the team ready for training in front of Black Canary. The moment Wally saw the member of the Justice League, he took of his arm off of his girlfriend's shoulder. He walked towards the others while looking down. Damn it! She's so going to tell GA and GA is so going to kill the hell out of me, he thought.
"Nice of you to join us." The grownup said with her normal voice.
"I bet they were making out on the couch and didn't realize they're 1O minutes late." Robin made fun of them.
Wally elbowed his best friend as he stopped beside him and he made an "ouch" sound.
"Why would they be making out?" the blonde woman asked Boy Wonder with curiousity.
"Because they're together!" he cried out with hand gestures towards the couple.
"Is that so?" she asked like if that would be impossible.
"Yeah pretty much, with our help of course but ever since we spent the night at our friend's house, they've been all muchy-muchy." Robin explained.
"So you're telling me that a bunch of kids―"
"Teenagers" Robin interrupted.
"Whatever, teenagers can get Wally and Artemis, two teenagers who hate but love each other get together but the whole League can't get Batman and Wonder Woman together or at least admit their feelings?" she asked as if it was the most ridiculous thing on earth.
"Well Wally isn't as stubborn as Batman so I guess it was easier." M'gann interrupted.
"But Artemis is." The redhead teased with his usual chuckle.
"You seriously want me to break up with you?" Artemis asked with a threatening voice and one of her many death glares.
"I'll shut up now." He said simply.
"Good because we are here to train, not to gossip." BC told all of the teenagers.
They trained in pairs; Artemis fought Kaldur while Robin fought Kid Flash. It sort of made Wally jealous, seeing her training with someone who wasn't him, but he knew very well that Kaldur still had feelings for Tula and had new feelings for Amy, so he let it go shortly after.
After the training, Artemis changed into her civilian clothes and walked out of the locker room and passed through the living room where Wally was watching TV and then entered the kitchen behind the couch. She took a pitcher of water out of the fridge and a tall glass out of one of the cabinet on the wall. She poured the water into the glass, put back the pitcher into the fridge and sat down beside the redhead on the couch.
"What are you watching?" she asked.
"Nat Geo" he replied, still staring at the giant screen.
"Seriously? What is it about?"
"Greek Myth. They're talking about you." He said still not taking his eyes of the screen.
She looked confused and the speedster could apparently sense it.
"I was kidding; they're talking about the goddess Artemis and also about her twin Apollo." He explained.
"And why exactly are you watching this?" she said as she raised an eyebrow.
"Honestly, I have no idea. I just wanted to get your attention." He said with a cocky grin.
"You're such an idiot, you know that?" she said as she took the remote out of his hands and turned off the TV.
When she turned to him, he gave her a peck on the lips, she could feel his smile on her mouth and smiled as well.
"I'm your idiot." He said like he was proud of it.
She rolled her eyes at him like she would do every day, boyfriend or not.
"And you have been cornier and cornier every second of the day." She said with a chuckle.
"You're mission today is simple. You will fly to North of Alaska." Batman said with his monotone voice under his mask.
"Why exactly?" Robin asked his mentor.
"The Justice League has located Sportsmaster." He answered and looked at the villain's daughter. "You will not fight anyone there. Only observe. He still has the blockbuster venom and we need to get it back, just not now."
"And why not?" the team leader asked.
"Ever since you came back from France, he just disappeared." A holographic map was now behind the Dark Knight and pointed the villain's exact location. "So we don't know whether he's planning another trap or if he's planning another meeting, that's why you are only observing. Clear?"
All of them nodded, already in their costumes.
Once they arrived at their destination, they separated.
"Is everyone online?" the Martian thought.
"Yeah, we're all here." Artemis replied.
"Okay, Artemis you will check out the North entrance, you have to climb to the window on the ceiling, take a few pictures and we're good to go." Kaldur told her.
"Simple enough."She replied. "I'm almost there."
She hid under a giant block of snow and saw 2 guards in front of the entrance. She was able to sneak behind them and she held one of the guards with her arm, trying to knock him out but the second saw her. He approached her but she kicked him in the gut and them in the face and then he fell onto the soft white snow, unconscious. After a few seconds, the one she was strangling fell unconscious out as well. She slowly, pulled him behind the block of snow she was hiding behind and then she did the same for the second one. Once that was done, she climbed up the wall with the help of the pipes leading to the roof. Once she made it there, she saw a large window and looked down, she could see her father with his blond hair and mask. He was with a few of his people, they were talking, she wasn't sure of what but she was sure it had something to do with the venom. All the other thing she could see was a lab but that was pretty much it.
After a few minutes, Kaldur told her that it was okay for her to come back.
"Where are you guys? I can't see you." She thought.
"We're not too far from the South entrance, opposite of your location." He replied.
She walked to the other side of the roof and she could see the dark skin and the blond hair of her team leader, a bit too far for her liking.
"Why can't you guys just make the ship pick me up?" she asked half irritated.
"Because even if we did put on the camouflage, there would be tons of traps. That's why we sent you first to dismantle them. "He explained.
"Wow, thanks. Let me take the risk." She said.
She went down the pipes, her new Doc Martens, that GA gave her for Christmas touched the snow once again. She walked a few feet forward but stopped; in front of her was a long, large river, almost as twice as big as La Seine, in Paris. It was frozen but it looked like it went on for miles, if she crossed it and it cracked when she's in the middle of it, there would be no running away.
She put her right foot on the ice, it was smooth and it would have been perfect for ice skating. She put all her weight on the foot and it held her. She put the rest of her body on the solid ice. She walked on the slippery ice and tried not to fall down on her butt and then cause the ice to crack.
"Artemis? Are you still there?" the redhead's voice echoed in her head, which startled her and made her jump slightly.
"Yeah, don't worry; I might be there a bit late. I'll be there in another ten minutes." She told the others.
"Why? Are you in trouble?" Wally thought with a worried tone.
She didn't want to tell the team she was going to be late because she couldn't cross a frozen river.
"Uh, no nothing to worry about, it's just that you guys are farther than I thought, that's all." She lied in her thoughts.
The rest of the team knew she was lying but before any of them could point it out, Artemis heard a crack. She looked behind her and she ran for her life but it was too late the crack caught up to her. She fell into the freezing water and she shrieked. Her team heard and it and hoped that her father didn't.
"Artemis? Artemis! What happened?" Wally asked, worried out of his mind.
"She's not res―" Superboy started to say but before he could finish his sentence, Kid Flash zoomed in front of him, towards the iced water.
Artemis swam as fast as she could to the surface but before she could, a layer of ice was blocking her from the oxygen she needed. She started punching it but it did nothing. She reached for one of her arrows –nothing, they must have gotten out because of their light weight. She started tapping on the ice once more then this time she saw a figure. Red and yellow, she knew exactly who it was. She saw him reach for something to his right, it was thin and green, her arrow, probably. He made a circle on the ice and pushed it in the water, she moved aside so that it wouldn't hit her. She tried to swim to her exit but right before she could reach for air, she lost consciousness.
*Insert doomed music here* Mwahaha! I just got this idea when i went ice skating with my friend. Wonder what's going to happen next? Guess what? So do I. I have to go through my ideas AGAIN. So thanks for all the nice reviews and PLEASE KEEP REVIEWING!
