Kid Flash Literally
By Coly456
I do not own Young Justice or the characters
Artemis
I woke up to a groan of what sounded like pain. Blinking my eyes open I saw Wallys eyes clenched in pain even as he slept. Quickly I stood and pressed a call button that would call Black Canary.
"Arty?" He rasped out and looked over his breathing labored.
"I called Canary, she will be here soon okay." I whispered sitting in the chair instead of the bed.
He gave a small smile but his eyes held the familiar pain I got so used to seeing when he was kid Wally.
"I'm fine beautiful." His voice was soft and if you weren't paying attention it wouldn't sound like he was in pain at all.
"Don't do that with me Wallace West. We may not get alone, and I don't really know what those two kisses were but I know your in pain. I've spent enough time with you the past few days to know your in pain and you need to let someone help."
When I was done I was breathing heavily and Wally was looking wide eyed at me before giving a small chuckle.
"Didn't know you were so worried babe." He smirk cocky before gripping my hand tightly "there's nothing anyone can do at this point. It's healing, and unfortunately for me I can feel every bit of tissue and bone joining back together and it doesn't feel great." He frowned and squeezed my hand a little getting me to look in his eyes.
"There has to be something?" I whispered.
He shook his head and we kept eye contact for a little until the door opened and Canary was there.
I was sent out of the room for a few minutes. I heard him give a small Yelp in pain and I winced starting to wish I hadn't called Canary if she was going to cause him more pain.
When she walked out she smiled at me placing her hand on my shoulder.
"He's going to be fine Artemis, his knee just hurts as long as he stays pretty still he will be okay." She whispered before walking away and I quickly went into the room sitting back on the chair.
I didn't say anything thinking he was asleep.
"When I first got my powers, I broke my wrist and my arm." He suddenly broke the silence and I looked up at him as he looked at me his eyes intense.
"I was young, well younger then now and Damn it hurt. I won't lie I cried for hours, and every time my uncle had to re-break a bone and I shouted I saw the look on my parents face and I think they hurt more then me." He frowned
"I don't understand." I mumbled
"I made a decision, I wouldn't show them my pain, ever especially if I was a hero. There's no denying I was clumsy, even more so then I am now. So I learned to hide it, make jokes, pretend."
I listened as he spoke then sat next to him wrapping my arms around his shoulder, pulling him closer his head on my shoulder.
"I just don't want people to worry, not about me." He sighed and I frowned.
"Wally, you almost bled out. You coughed up blood." I frowned "we are all going to worry. Your parents probably worry every day when they see you in your uniform. You shouldn't pretend."
"I don't want to worry them more." He said putting emphasis on the word more.
I let out a huge sigh before kissing his forehead.
"Okay, but don't with me okay? Let me help?" I whispered my cheeks blushing and my voice shaking.
I couldn't be rejected. Not by him, my family was one this but this, this was Wally. The Speedster that someone went through my walls with that Obnoxiously red hair and huge smiling green eyes.
"Okay Arty, for you I can do that." He mumbled as his eyes closed.
I looked to see he was connected to an IV with a lot of medical bags. The largest was tagged 'Morphine' and the drip looked to be dripping a lot faster then a normal morphine dosage. The other bag looked like it could just be liquids.
I watched him sleep throughout the night as he curled the closest he could to me even with the bad leg. As I watched I noticed his eyebrows would furrow often and he had a tendency to chew on his lower lip as his face took on concerned features. The cut on his lip opened from being irritated and I slowly dabbed the blood off with my sleeve before his could drop down his chin.
"Artemis...No..." He mumbled his breathing becoming rushed and his face scrunching.
My mind immediately went to the night he had the night mare about the test we had.
Reaching up I combed his hair with my fingers and whispered in his ear
"I'm Here." I said it over and over until eventually I felt his body relax completely into me and his face relaxing.
I smiled as he finally slept peacefully, eventually I heard footsteps coming down the hall and knew it had to have been morning. I quickly pulled away laying him gently on the pillow.
"Hey Arty." Robin said as he walked in. Even behind his usual shade is could see he hadn't slept by his posture.
"Boy wonder, you didn't get any sleep?" I asked with a smirk.
"Did you." He said back and immediately I knew the bad mood he was in lightened a little.
We all knew him and Wally were honorary brothers, and the few months I worked with Robin I noticed how attached he was to all of us. And how serious he always took it when one of us was hurt.
"Did he sleep all night?" He whispered looking over at the sleeping red head.
"No, Canary came and hooked him up to IVs, I think they are giving him enough morphine to put to sleep a heard of wild mustangs." I tried to joke but I knew that meant it was bad.
"Canary told Batman and Flash that he has to have another surgery today, to make sure everything's coming back right. Most people with a shattered Kneecap never walk let alone run the same again." Robin said trying to keep his voice soft. I could hear the underlying worry.
"Don't worry, I'm sure Wally can handle it, and besides speedsters heal much different. Don't worry."
For some reason I don't think the last good worry was for him.
