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~A/N: Thanks so much for reading guys! I have to apologize 50x because… well… you'll see at the end.
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He had one shot at this. One shot to end the battle of all battles. In his time as the Flash's sidekicks he had definitely faced many fights that threw him out of balance and knocked him to the ground. Even with this new team Young Justice he had hardships… but none of these hardships could ever compare to the battle with Artemis.
Their entire relationship had been a battle, the constant fighting, teasing, nagging… And once the relationship became something confusing brought by a bunch of kisses and strange speeches Wally was being thrown farther and harder to the ground before. It had been a ride and the ginger could never end it and take the prize at the end… not until now. Not until she is supposedly out of the hospital and sneaking about his room. Not after he confessed his stupid love to her and especially not since she almost gave in. He hated it, he hated this stupid crazy teen romance but at the same time he loved it.
That's why he is even desperate enough to spill everything out to his best friend Robin, his feelings his caring… His aggravation! His hunger to take what he wants. And the boy can only ask him, "What do I have to do with this?"
It's a smart question, Wally give him that, but he has such the hard time spitting out the final part only because he knows how hard it will be on Robin. "I need you to do me a huge favor…"
And there it is. Robin's arms fold. Any favor would be okay but when Wally say's huge he can't help but to worry. "What…?" There's an air of caution in the thirteen year old's tone and he has every right. Wally claps his two hands together and with a begging face he mutters, "I need to know where Arty lives…"
Wally knows this is something you just can't ask of Robin. It broke so many rules that Batman laid PAINFULLY on the boy's shoulders. Robin made it a point to make it very clear to the speedster. "Wally…" "Robin." "Dude…. You have no idea how…"
"I know! It's bad, you're not allowed to but I know you're able to do it!"
"Look…. Let me just start by saying 1. Bats makes it his job to keep the team's personal information personal! 2. Me finding where she lives is invasion of privacy overload! And 3. ….I don't care about rules 1 and 2 it's just the fact BATMAN cares that I am going to strongly advise you don't ask me this!"
It sucks; because Wally knows how bad it would be for his best friend to get in trouble, but how could Wally ever get this chance again? How could he know if Artemis returned to Mount Justice and would avoid him just like his mind played over and over? So with that a deep frown is left on Wally's lips as he stares his best friend in the eyes. And Robin frowns back. Wally knows it's unfair of him to ask Robin this… buuuut you know how teen love goes.
"Please?"
"You know this probably isn't even real love, dorkface. You're just another hormonally imbalanced teen who's got a huge and disturbingly passionate fling with some girl on your team and you just want to jump on it! You're being reckless and stupid and if she turns you down flat I will NOT be doing you any more favors!" This speech is said as Robin taps furiously on his arm computer, which is hooked up the the Mount Justice main computer system. Wally nods and agrees with everything Robin says. "I know. You're probably right. But I would sooo rather do and fail then not do and wonder how it would have resulted."
Robin glares up at him form his crouched position. He stares at his friend for a brief moment before returning to his computer. "You had better…. BETTER make her yours this time Wally. Because I at least want to make getting killed by Bats worth it."
The address suddenly flies up in hologram on Robin's wrist. Wally leaps beside the bow crouching with him to eye the address up and down. "Ohhhhh…." The ginger mumbles, side glancing at Robin. Robin glares back. "…Yeah."
Wally has been to Gotham before. He knows his way. That's the gift of befriending a Gotham resident, and a Gotham vigilante patroller. He'd visited countless times to visit Robin; the young thirteen year old wouldn't be able to say the same about central city because of Batman. That little boy's identity was so precious; the Bats wouldn't let anything expose it… But bats didn't know Wally already knew it. Or did he? Wally never figured, but Kid flash always wondered. Life was always split into two for the heroes and right now Wally was walking dangerously along that line in pursuit of a bitchy blonde whom he supposedly 'hates'.
Her apartment is before him, dark and hovering. Everything felt dark in Gotham but this particular building loomed over him for other reasons. The more Wally thought about it the more he felt like an idiot for confessing to Artemis that he "loved" her, if it was love… Robin could in fact be right, teenagers run on hormones and impulse. For all Wally knew he could have been speaking nonsense blinded by the heated passion between him and his teammate. But that was beside the point, he tried telling himself, he told her that and he had to follow through. He knew he had feelings, something big, whether it was love or not it was something he needed to peruse. With that last thought he opens the paper slip in his hand and reads where Artemis's home is located in the building.
How romantic it must be to superspeed up a fire escape, he felt so cliché climbing the 'tower' for the 'princess'. He snorted. Artemis, a princess? She wishes. He thinks, a smirk dawning his pinkened face. That feisty attitude was still in him and directing to her, which is good because life would be so boring if Wally was on his knees kissing her feet. He liked their relationship, even if he wanted to push it a little further. When he reaches the right floor he makes his climb across windows in search of Artemis's. If Robin's calculations where right her window should be right- he's stunned by the sound of a man's voice. Wrong window? Dang Robin must have gotten it wrong- "I don't care!" Artemis's voice suddenly accompanies the man voice Wally hears. He freezes.
Wally slyly moves himself so he's crouching on the building ledge; his head leaned close to the open window. He takes the moment to listen before identifying the second voice. "Well I do. Those are my friends." Spee- Red Arrow. Wally narrows his green eyes. He's lucky he's in the back of the building, this way no one questions the ginger sitting all the way up on the building spying through a window. Wally can't say that for the building behind him though, he wonders if people are watching through their own windows. It's no matter; he's got other things to worry about.
"I'm getting tired of your suspicious attitude, and I'm even more tired of you stalking me. How did you even find out where I live?" That snippy attitude was surely Artemis's. At least Wally knows he wasn't hallucinating the other night.
"Like that even matters." Roy says, he sounds very menacing. Wally wants to know how and why these two have anything to do with each other… besides Green Arrow. He bites his bottom lip.
"Uhm it kind of does, you who are standing in my room, has no right to be keeping secrets from me!"
Wally hears footsteps travel close to Artemis's voice. "You, who are on a team with my friends, have no right to be keeping secrets from them."
Secrets? What secrets? Wally's eyes shift almost uncomfortably side to side as he searches for the meaning behind those words. He doesn't think long when Artemis says…
"You already know I'm not Green Arrow's niece, so what. And you know there's a reason behind that! So why are you still bugging me!" She hisses.
Not green arrows niece…? Wally's eyes travel skyward. He feels unsure.
"Because something else isn't right about you… and I may not know it now but I will find out for sure."
Their voices are close, and Wally is dying to take a peak. He has accelerated thought process so one quick glance would be enough for him. With superspeed he steals a peak, going un-noticed. Red arrow is leaned close to her, his eyes narrowed. He looks too menacing and Wally knows whatever RA is suspecting of her it must be bad. The ginger shuts his eyes and shakes his head. He'd remembered not trusting he when she first joined the team but he assumed it was just typical unfair hate. Now he was unsure of her… again. More than before. His stomach twists.
"By the way the team should have recruited someone better. That's very unprofessional of you to let your guard down and get stabbed like that." Roy mutters. Wally hears a slap; he makes a quick glance to see Artemis shoving Red Arrows hand away from her. He winces and wants to slap him for even trying to put his hand near her back bandage. But before he can get any more possessive over Artemis he hears, "Idiot. I didn't let my guard down. I let that assassin stab me."
"That's a stupid joke."
"It's not. I was in an awkward situation, and there was no way I'd return to the team after that situation with Kid Dork."
Wally's eyes widen. Accelerated thought process or not, he could not process that line fast enough. He replayed it over and over, but he couldn't understand… he just couldn't… "You're sick." Red Arrow says coldly. Sick wasn't the half of it. "Shut up! I am not and you don't even understand. Get the hell out of my apartment; I don't even know why I'm talking to you about this." Wally hears angry footsteps and uneven ones; she was pushing him to the window. Wally made his grand escape, superspeed running down the wall and into the ally. He watched from the shadows as Roy climbed out and got the window slammed shut behind him. With an achy heart and a heated face the speedster made his dash home.
~Is this chapter too short? OMG…. Dude… I am so sorry. This, yet again, WAS going to be the final chapter but once I started typing the drama poured out of my head. Sooo…. I have no idea how much longer this will be guys. I'm sorry if I'm dragging it again but I must feed the fire… xD Good? Bad? Decent? Review and tell me what you think. And by the way I should slap those of you who thought I'd make some affair with Red Arrow. Hahahaha… That douche wishes. (no likey the red arrow-y)~