A.N hey everyone sorry for the late update. i was out of town, was in morroco then china then dubai then london, and now im home! hows it going... i have complete quite a feww chapers, but here the cath the more review i get the quicker ill upload. ^_^ so please please Review it.

"Are you kidding me!" Wally annoyed leaned over robin who was sitting in front of the laptop with Artemis on his other side in their living room (which was totally secure windows and doors sealed tight.) "What do you mean there is nothing there?!" Robin pushed him off of himself.

"The base is empty," Megan repeated her voice coming from the laptop.

At the site earlier encountered by Wally and Artemis during the day. Aqualad Superboy and Miss Martian arrived to find it in an abandoned destructed state. Almost as if the site was bombed in certain areas, walls weak for support, some parts of the ceiling and air vents on the ground machines out of order or busted with wiring out of place.

"Looks like it's been empty for awhile now" Conner said moving a big concrete block with ease.

"Kid are you sure?" Kaldur said over his com.

"Yes I'm sure." Wally said through the com.

"Kaldur, why would we make this up? I'm telling you, there is something really messed up." Artemis said in defense of Wally.

"Well it looks like the bad guys are smarter than we thought." Robin said placing his hand on his chin in thought. "Every time we get close, they move two step ahead." robin took a deep breath "so not whelming."

"We will return just as we are finished searching the entire base." Kaldur notified the team on the opposite line.

"Or what's left of it." Conner said.

"Team out." Kaldur said before logging off. Robin shut his laptop; all three of them now leaning back on the sofa were looking at the ceiling.

"im hungry." Wally said after a few minutes of silently watch the ceiling lost in thought. Robin turned to look at him with an unbelievable look.

"Seriously that's what your worried about."

"im kinda hungry too." Artemis said still looking at the ceiling. "what do we have to eat?" Artemis called at the kitchen.

"well we have a bunch of left over's." Zatana said from the kitchen, coming out with her laundry basket in hand. "how did it go?"

"nothing they didn't find anything." Robin informed.

"let go out to eat." Wally said getting up and starching out.

"yeah lets go out." Artemis said from the couch lazy looking at Zatana.

"nah. I got a lot of homework to do." Zatana seemed exhausted probably due to chores, and that heavy laundry basket that she held.

"you sure?" Wally asked Zatana nodded. "rob?"

"its cool. Ill help you" robin said getting up from his place and walking to Zatana taking the laundry basket from her which did prove to be heavy and casually chatting as they went out of the room up the stairs.

"a… well I guess its just you and me." Wally said shoving his hands down his pocket. "what are you In the mood for?"

"Chinese." She said getting up and stretching out. "But your buying" she told grabbing her coat as they both headed out.

Walking a few block later….

"wonder if the league can upgrade us with a ride?" Wally said to Artemis.

"ha. Why don't you ask them for a great big mansion to while your at it?" she joked, Wally smiled and thought on what she said rubbing his chin as if in great thought.

"you know-ouch what was that for?" he exclaimed rubbing the side of his rib which was just elbowed by Artemis.

"I was just kidding." She sounded outraged.

"so was i." meeting her tone.

"oh. Incase you weren't." she covered.

"are you always this fired up, or is it just me." Wally asked.

"no just you." Artemis said as she looked both ways crossing the street.

Not long later did they arrive at the restaurant; it seemed pretty nice. The ambiance was pretty good classy too. Wally and Artemis noticed a lot of familiar faces dinning in there either on dates or in groups, mainly because they were teenager like themselves from the same school. Some even still wore there uniforms. There were a few hi's and hey's, but it wasn't like they actually knew anyone. But who could not know who Wally and Artemis were after today's events.

"do you have any reservation Sir?" asked pretty girl who seemed to be college going, Artemis and Wally both exchanged looks.

"uh- no,"

"then im sorry sir you may have-"

"no need they are with me." Damon said appearing from behind the girl, she quickly turned around.

"oh Mr. Patterson, im so sorry." She looked worried and apologetic.

"No its fine. They are new in town" damon said dressed pretty fine. It would be a lie to say that Artemis didn't find it slightly smart looking.

"this way-" the girl was about to lead but Wally held Artemis arm stopping her from taking a step forward.

"no its ok your probably on a date with…"

"yeah but my date bailed at the last moment." Damon sounded distressing rubbing the back of his neck. "anyway lets eat im hungry." He said pushing Artemis and Wally from behind.

It was a round table seated for 4; Artemis sat between the two boys she felt quite awkward during the time. Wally couldn't help but just glare at Damon the entire time, while Damon ignorant of how Wally felt was smiling the whole entire time from the moment that they ordered, served and ate.

Damon tried to make some small talk, with Wally but the scarlet kid speedster wasn't really enjoying himself much. However Artemis did carry a full 15 minutes conversation with both the boys, but nothing was in common between either of them, other than the fact they both were on the same team.

"so… how was the food?" Damon asked as he raised his hand to notion for the bill.

"meh… ok I guess." Wally said as he played with his food on his plate. It had been bothering Artemis that he hadn't eaten much, for he eats a lot!

"I think it was good." Artemis said smiling at Damon. Wally only clenched his fork tighter.

"by the way. Damon, you said you were on a date. What happened? did the chick dumped you. How are you holding up?" Wally asked with a lot more than just the sheer curiosity. Artemis kicked him under the table which he ignored.

"Wally!" Artemis heated.

"its ok," he said placing a hand on hers. Like Damon couldn't get more on Wally's nerves. "Actually I was meeting this old friend of mine, she use go to EGH, her parents called her back last year. I heard she was coming to town, but didn't make it."

"Why did she leave?" Artemis questioned.

"let me tell you, EGH can be a very cruel place and eat you up, so don't go pissing off the king- or in your case the queen of the jungle."Damon informed casually dinking his soda.

"what do you mean? Did she piss someone off? Was it Blair" Wally asked worried, looking from Artemis to Damon.

"im just telling you to be careful. I knew her before all of this happened." Damon had sadness in his eyes, he looked down avoiding there's.

"What happened?" Artemis asked curious both were. Maybe if they knew what the person was like before it happened they might get closer as in to solve the case.

Damon thought to himself for a minute and his face expressed now less of sadness and more of anger. It was annoying him how things have been working out for him. he tried in his very heart to open up to Artemis and Wally, lord knows how much he was pushing to say something, just as he got the courage to do so…

"Aaaa-ahhhaaaaaaaaa" a girl not to far away started screaming.

"whats happening to me?" the guy sitting opposite her, franticly questioned as his whole appearance changed, other than having a body of a average teenager, his body was expanding and contracting From different places. "AAAhhhh" he held his head and clenched his teeth. The girl that he was with got up and slowly backed up and ran. The boy got up and started banging at different tables and chairs. Other people at the restaurant panicked at the sight of the boy changing and ran screaming for they life.

Artemis and Wally exchanged looks as they got up, though Megan wasn't there to provide them with the psyche link, the game plan was the same wait for everyone to evacuate then attack. Getting ready and slowly approaching the guy.

"lets go!" Wally heard Damon yell, Wally froze for a moment. The scene with Artemis being taken away by Damon left him confused the whole thing seemed very ambiguous, at the same time he was left blank in the head but very much confused emotionally.

Wally was left alone in the restaurant with- with that thing which was neither human nor alien, but it was that of a giant monster with a chameleon like skin. After almost destroying the table and chairs close to it, it charged at the distracted Wally.

"waho," just a millisecond did Wally dodge it out of the way, leading it to slam across the Wall. "dude you ok. Can you hear me, if you are even still in there anymore?" Unable to balance on its own two feet it grunted and looked even more angry then before, it got up to attack again. Wally took out his goggles "argh. I was so hoping you would grunt yes. (sigh) but we don't get what we want" Wally complained wearing them. He ran towards it and with great force jumped at it, trying to push it away with his own speedy impact, Wally made a swift and smooth landing but his object wasn't reached it again charged and quickly grabbed Wally by his head and lifted.

"Damon let go!" Artemis franticly said trying to get free, as they just made their way out of the restaurant. "Where's Wally?" she said quickly scanning for him around her…. Realizing the speedster was inside with that thing she moved quickly going back inside.

"what are you doing," Damon stopped her by grabbing hold of her.

"Wally is in there" she spoke franticly getting free of him.

"STAND BACK." commanded Aqualad pushing pass the crowd towards the restaurant. Megan appeared flying from the sky, followed by Conner crash landing at the heart of the restaurant.

Inside the restaurant…. Wally was on the ground unconscious, the thing went and picked his limp body from the floor. Wally stirred a bit, still unconscious. The thing that lost all that was human in him ready to break Wally apart he made an animal like sound, that of a loud grown.

"hey! Ugly put him down!" Angry as always Conner said before he ran into it as he dropped Wally who was now slightly unconscious. Conner pushed the thing in to the other room, Aqualad and Miss Martian came in just in time.

"Miss Martian take Wally out Artemis is there" he commanded as he took out his water benders and headed in to the other room. "let's end this quick."

"Understood." Miss Martian replied. She levitated Wally's body out, to the crowd and making sure to land in front of Artemis. Thought she didn't have to do much of the finding, since Artemis appeared herself.

"Wally!" Artemis quickly made her way through. Only then did she notice how bad he looked. With a slight bruise here and there on his face and body. Also his goggle were broken, Artemis quickly took it off. The sight of Wally was a lot to take in, but she was snapped back to reality by….

"Artemis get kid out of here. We will take care of the rest."

"got it" Artemis replied, wih that Megan went back inside.

"Damon help me get Wally up." Artemis said trying to get him up.

"look, the paramedics. We should take him there first." Damon said as he lifted Wally up from the other side and motioning to the paramedic van that had just arrived along with the news crew and police.

Artemis nodded in agreement. Wally was slightly coming to, the sounds of people screaming and the ambulance the police sirens were too loud. The whole scene was too loud to make out what is what. Wally woke up and saw to one side that he was being held by Artemis, and to the other side he saw it was Damon. Feeling the pain….

"urgh." Wally stirred.

"hey dude you ok?" Damon asked worried still holding onto him.

"My head hurts" Wally said softly holding his head from Damon's side, making himself lean more on Artemis, which they both were adjusting to the sudden shift in weight.

"hey sit." Artemis said placing him down near the van.

"we need a little help here." Damon shouted out to the paramedic in the van, two men came out with their kit.

"oh my. Kid you ok?" One of the men asked Wally as he opened his bag to get the supplies.

"yeah. Nothing that im not use to." Wally said absent mindedly, the man gave a worried yet suspicious look, so did Damon who was still standing there.

"Rough football" Wally said covering with a smile.

"kids now a days." The man said shaking his said.

"oh miss sit. Let me take a look." The other man said approaching Artemis and looking at her with worry.

"huh?. What?" Artemis was confused, what was he talking about she looked at herself.

"Artemis your bleeding." Damon alerted.

"what?" she touched her side. And yes there was blood. Wally shoved the hand of the man who was attending to him.

"Artemis I thought you got out." There was a mix of worry confusion and slight anger was in Wally voice. From where he sat he pulls Artemis closer by the hand to look at the wound. Surprised by his sudden action she tried to resist but she only half heartedly tried. "wahoo it looks deep." He said looking up at her.

"its nothing. Must have hit something on my way out." Artemis said casually trying to cover the wound at the side of the stomach.

"still you should get that checked." Wally said looking now at Damon, blaming him.

"yeah you should. We were in a rush to get out we didn't-"

"you didn't. you were in a rush to get out you didn't bother looking behind you." Wally said distastefully at Damon cutting him off.

"Wally!" Artemis sternly said staring him down quiet and stepping on his foot. "its ok, I barley feel it." She said smiling at Damon, while Wally pouted. "lets quickly get out of here." She said feeling slightly uncomfortable.

"wait. First let me stitch that." The other paramedic guy said attending to Artemis.

"really its-" there still wasn't any ease to the way she was feeling. And Wally holding her hand even tighter surly wasn't helping.

"Artemis just sit. Let them have a look." Damon said very concerned and apologetic.

"i still don't understand how did you get out alive?" Damon asked as they all just entered the house. (the teams house.)

"what can I say, im amazing." Wally said passing a smirk to Artemis.

"yeah amazingly stupid. Thank god, Superboy, Aqualad and Miss Martian were there to save you." She said in a throwback to put off his smirk.

"so this is your crib. Sweat." Damon said casually scanning the room. "anyway. Im gonna go."

"yeah ok bye." Wally said excited, Artemis gave him a look.

"ill see you out." Said Artemis.

A.N. and also ill be moving again in a bit. soo please please review i want to complete this chapter before i move. and the others that have been gathering cyber dust bunnies :P anyway enjoy and im open to constructive critic. so love all those who read like fav and follow and a big shout out to all those who review also 3 ill be editing all the chapters for spellings and gramer since i have now got a beta :)

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