Artemis and Wally smiled, as they saw the portal slowly fade away into nothingness. Artemis could admit, there was something beautiful about the portal. The swirling colors, the light wind, the pure power, but the fact that it was closed gave Artemis a sense of relief, now she didn't have to worry about that psycho following her.

" So Wally—" Artemis started, but she never got to finish because a solid steel blade had just been put to the throat of the man beside her.

" You son of a—" Dick yelled as he held a knife up to Wally's throat.

" DICK!" Artemis yelled, frantically lowering his hand, " This isn't him, it's not the man that killed Zatanna, this is Wally. The real Wally."

Dick cast a painstaking look to Zatanna's lifeless body, before turning back to Wally, knife still on his throat.

" If you're really Wally, then tell me something only he would know." Dick growled.

" This is insane!" Artemis yelled, " Let him go!"

She aimed an arrow at Dick's neck, but he refused to let Wally go.

Wally gasped for breath as he tried to choke out a reply, " The…the circus." Wally gasped out.

Dick's features morphed into shock, as he loosened his grip on the knife. This was Wally. It had to be, not even the team knew about that as in depth as Wally did. But even though this was Wally, Dick still couldn't get over everything that had happened. Part of him was still wondering if he had even made the right decision bringing Wally back.

The knife fell to the ground as Dick just stood in front of Wally.

Wally stepped back and rubbed his neck, his eyes stuck on Zatanna's dead body. How could this have happened? Was it his fault? If he had only been able to tell Artemis then they could've prevented this whole thing.

" It's not your fault." Dick muttered sadly, almost as if he had read Wally's mind.

Wally forced his eyes to look at Dick, and a look of unusual anger filled his eyes. Dick had only seen this look once before: when ever Artemis went undercover.

Wally realized something then, it wasn't his fault, he couldn't have done anything. But he knew someone who could've.

" How could you let her do this?!" He yelled at Dick, " How could you let her risk her life just to save mine? How could you—"

Dick simply stared at him, his mouth agape. This wasn't exactly the reunion he had in mind, whenever he first went to Artemis with the possibility of bringing Wally back.

" Wally!" Artemis interrupted, " It wasn't his decision, it was mine."

Wally looked down at Artemis, and softened. After a few tense moments of silence, he held out his hand to Dick, " I'm sorry" He spoke genuinely, "…about Zatanna."

Dick grasped his hand, " Me too, but I'm glad you're back, Wally."

Even though these two were trying to rebuild the bridge of friendship, there were just some cracks you couldn't fix. Dick had sent Artemis into a speedster hell to save Wally, and Wally just didn't think that was something he could forgive him for. And even though neither one of them would admit it, they knew that their friendship couldn't be the same as it once was.

Nonetheless, they were still happy to see each other, it was just a bit…awkward.

Luckily, their reunion was interrupted by a certain green martian.

" Wally!" M'gann cried, as she practically tackled him.

" M'gann." Wally greeted her, a smile on his face, " It's been so long!"

" Yeah, it has." M'gann said, tints of sadness creeping into her previously cheery voice.

M'gann's face glistened in the darkness as a few stray tears fell down her face.

M'gann opened her mouth to say something else, but was interrupted by a sweeping wind.

A red clad figure stood in front of Wally.

" Wally?" Asked the Flash as he removed his mask, " Is it really you?"

" Uncle Barry?" Wally questioned tears filling his eyes, " Yeah, it's really me."

Barry engulfed Wally in a hug, and Artemis, Dick, and M'gann turned away. This was a private moment, one that they weren't a part of.

Still, even with their back's turned they could still hear part of their conversation.

" How are you alive?" Barry asked sadly, refusing to let go of his nephew.

" Artemis." Wally whispered, " The thought of her allowed me to remember part of myself. But of course, I wasn't fully in control of myself when I saw her. I didn't even recognize her ,Uncle Barry, the only thing I knew was that I wanted to kiss her, and then I knew I couldn't hurt her. I—I"

" Kid, it's not your fault. The speed force played with your mind. The fact that you even had enough sense to know not to hurt her was incredible—"

" No Barry! You don't get it. She didn't even think I was me! She thought I was just a—a—"

Wally cried as he crumpled to his knees in front of his uncle.

Artemis, still turned away from Wally, couldn't stop the tears from coming to her eyes. She still couldn't forgive herself, and even though she knew she should…she couldn't.

" Kid, you're safe now. And if there's one thing I know, it's that that girl loves you. And I don't think anything will ever change that."

" But Uncle Barry, you don't understand, I'm not me anymore. Well I am…but I'm just different."

Barry didn't respond to that, he simply stared at his nephew, ad gathered him in not there hug.

A slow clap filled the ears of all five members, as they whipped their head around to the source.

A mirror mage of Wally filled their gaze, as they menacingly stared at the figure in front of them.

" How did you—" Artemis started.

" It was simple, Arty. You didn't really think that the tear I made was just to get out, did you?" He motioned behind him to the portal that was reforming being him. But this time, the portal seemed unstable , almost as if it would break at any time.

Artemis didn't reply, instead she simply knocked an arrow at the mad man.

Barry ran up to him, and pinned him to the ground.

" Barry, how nice to see you again. We've really missed you in the speed force—"

" Save it!" Barry interrupted, pushing him up against the portal. He tried to force him back in, but it wasn't working.

Fake Wally laughed.

" You can't force me back in Barry, but feel free to keep trying."

Barry growled, but kept trying nonetheless.

Artemis turned behind her, to see M'gann's eyes glowing.

She screamed as she floated into the air…Fake Wally wasn't laughing anymore.

Artemis looked on at them in awe, she had no clue what was going on, but it looked like M'gann was…winning?

Fake Wally was crumbling to the ground, forehead beaded with sweat.

M'gann's eyes glowed brighter, and his skin started to chip.

Pure, raw, human skin started coming off his body in large chunks, getting caught in the wind of M'gann's psychic battle.

Artemis wanted to force her eyes to look away, but they were simply drawn to the scene in front of her.

" DO IT NOW!" M'gann yelled at Barry.

Barry hurriedly pushed the entity through the portal. It's screams piercing Artemis's ears, as it fell through the portal for the last time. This was the last time.

The portal seemed to disappear behind him as he fell. Colors collapsing into each other, until it just faded away.

M'gann fell to the ground with a shriek.

" M'gann!" The all yelled simultaneously.

Artemis and Wally got to her first, and connected eyes over her unconscious body. They both realized that even if the speed force was gone, they may not ever be truly able to defeat it.

It taken so much from them, and neither of them knew of they would ever be able to go back to the way things once were.

But they simply stared at each other, one basic thought ringing through both of their heads.

" Where do we go from here?"

AN: I'm going on vacation, so sadly I won't be able to post in the next two weeks. But the next chapter will be the final chapter...and it will conclude An Archer's Quest. P.S. the last line of this chapter was inspired by the song 'Where do we go from here' from the musical episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I'm a weird person. :)