A/n: Apologies for the mini-hiatus, everyone. A combination of schoolwork/finals, conventions/cosplays, and work back-logged my time to update. Here's hoping on a regular basis again.

I'll also admit, the end of the show hit me hard too. For the first two/three weeks after the finale the only thing my writing mind could come up with was plots for how to bring Wally back. I'm considering putting one of them up...? (I came up with five or six haha...)

Speaking of our favorite not-sidekicks, there IS a chance to bring the show back. A HIGH one. Now, unfortunately, according to most insiders in the animation industry, no sort of kick-starter will make a difference despite how much that's been campaigned so far. The number one way (likely only way) to get the show back is to buy all the official show merchandise wherever available. This is what DC, Warner Bros, and CN are looking at, and this is the only thing they really care about.If product sells, it's a worthy investment to them, so they'll bring the cartoon back. That means purchasing episodes on iTunes, DVDs, the t-shirt, toys, soundtrack and the comic books.

The continued messaging on the Warner Bros/Cartoon Network/DC official internet pages have their attention. Most of it has quieted, but that is the other key factor that was helping. Do not stop.

I know I sound like a broken record, but I honestly do still have hope that we can bring YJ back. We've been loud, and we're being heard. In all conventions that people involved with creating the show have gone since the series ended, they've said that the big-wigs have heard us. WE STILL HAVE A FIGHTING CHANCE.

Nothing comes easy. That's what makes victory all the sweeter.

Apparently, Young Justice is now the Firefly of animated shows. Cue ugly, sarcastic sobbing.

Wordplay
Fourteen - Wordplay with Artemis

"Dude, go mid, go mid."

"No, no, I've got Bravo. Back me up!"

"Ugh, these goddamn campers are everywhere! So annoying! Can't you—arg, what?! He shot me through a wall! That's so fake!"

"This game is so fake! If I weren't so lazy I'd hack the—aww, crap, I died—I'd hack the server and make it so you couldn't camp."

Sometimes, Artemis didn't know whom she saw more of: Wally or Robin. Naturally, since she began dating the speedster after new years, she expected (and wanted) to see him as often as possible. Despite butting heads at times, she truly did like him. However, there was a catch that came with dating the fastest teenager in the world. And that catch was his best friend.

"I hate this map!"

"I hate this game!"

"Then why do you two play it and get so worked up over it?" The blonde archer finally burst out, slamming her chemistry book down on her lap in defeat. The trio were in Central City, at Wally's house, on a Thursday afternoon. Originally, Wally had extended the invite out to Artemis and Artemis alone. See, the girl was struggling in her chemistry class, and had a paper due the next day. On the other hand, Wally was doing less than stellar in his Spanish class, and had an exam first thing the next morning. So, since Wally was a science wiz and Artemis knew how to work her way around foreign languages even if she didn't speak it herself (thanks to her Vietnamese), the couple agreed to help each other out. The West family, excited that Artemis was coming over, convinced her to stay for dinner.

Somewhere between coming home from school, nearly hooking up on the couch, and finally starting to get their focus on homework, a little bird came chirping at Wally's bedroom window. Literally. Robin, in civilian guise, threw some rocks and started serenading Wally with the song "Let's get it on" by Marvin Gaye. At first Artemis was both confused and humiliated, then rolled her eyes because what's a girl to do? Wally got up in a huff, seeming like he was going to tell his friend to leave them be. Imagine her surprise when instead he started to sing along and harmonize. From there, Robin let himself in, made himself at home, and the best friends were distracted with playing Call of Duty on the xBox360.

"Because it's one of those things you just love to hate. Like stepping on a LEGO or all the cheese powder left on your fingers after you eat a huge bag of Doritos." Robin explained, cackling a little too happily after getting a double-kill in the game. "Suck on my Grayson, noobs." Artemis arched a fine eyebrow at Robin's choice of words, but didn't get to question it.

"Dude, licking the cheese powder off your fingers is the Doritos experience! It's like the best part!" Wally countered, sweetly nudging his girlfriend while his eyes were trained on the game. "It's a great stress-reliever game, babe. You should try it next."

"Yeah, babe. Keeps you traught." Robin smirked to himself. He wasn't sitting with the couple on the bed. He was sitting on the floor at the foot of the bed, resting his back against Wally's legs.

"Well, not to be a buzz-kill or anything, but I don't want to play until I understand what it is I have to write a paper about for tomorrow." She shook her head, smacking the redhead's shoulder with her notebook and waving it in front of his freckled face. "Which, by the way, thanks for all the help, babe."

"Yeah, babe."

"Shut up, Rob." Wally kicked him. He pulled Artemis closer, handing her the xBox controller and wrapping his arm around her middle to teach her the controls. "Just one more game, ok? I promise I'll help you finish your paper after that—before we work on my Spanish tutoring, even. Just play this one game. Pleeeease? It's fu-un!" He sang.

Artemis played tough, giving her boyfriend a coy smirk through a sassy, hard gaze. "For someone who's got a pretty important exam tomorrow, you're sure relaxed about this." Wally nuzzled her neck, tickling her with his nose, and stole a chaste kiss from her.

"It's cause I got you, babe."

"Gross, babe." Robin quipped from the floor, unleashing his daredevil cackle as he took control of the game.

"Ugh, what are you even doing here, Robin?" The blonde girl pouted at the young hacker. He was hunched over, his stare fixed on the screen as he took down his enemies in capture the flag. In the back of her mind, it made her thankful that the kid was like his mentor and dead-set against the use of firearms. Otherwise he'd be a menace, if this game were any indication. "You weren't even invited."

"Yeah, I know; which, by the way, super rude, babe." He commented, swiftly sending a glower at Wally. "It's a good thing your parents were cool with it."

"My parents don't even know you're here."

"Yeah they do; I went downstairs to greet them before coming up. They're making four-cheese ravioli for dinner, looks real good."

Both the speedster and the archer shared a confused look. "Then why did you come in through my window?"

The match ended, Robin and Wally's team the victors of capture the flag. Stretching his arms and dropping the remote, Robin stood and jumped over their heads on the bed. He lazily spread out and hugged the pillows, ruining the sheets and making a mess. "I gotta keep things interesting, babe. Predictability is a weakness and takes away from my charm."

Wally snorted, taking a pillow and smacking the boy wonder with it. "What charm, your troll charm?"

"Eeeeeeeexactly, babe!"

"Stop calling us that." Artemis said.

"What, b-a-b-e? Why? You call him that, and he calls you that."

"Yeah, that's because we're dating, boy genius. That's what couples do, call each other nicknames. Wally calls me babe, I call him babe, and that's that." She explained. Robin was happy to disagree.

"I still have that right. Wally and I are like a couple...a couple of best friends!" The pair laughed obnoxiously, fist-bumping each other, and Artemis resisted the urge to slam a pillow to her face. She was dating a five-year-old and now had to put up with his three-year-old best friend all the time. What did she do to deserve this?

"No! There will be no 'babe' from you, OK? I'm not a person that likes nicknames that much but if you must give me one it will not be babe. It can be anything but babe. Got it, R-o-b?" She pointedly clarified. Even with his non-reflective sunglasses on, Artemis could tell that a spark flashed in Robin's eyes. Wally sat silent, gauging his best friend's expression. A gradual grin formed on his lips.

"You mean that? You really, actually mean that?" He asked. Artemis nodded, and suddenly felt like she was walking into a trap. A phone buzzed, and Robin whipped it out of his pocket and read the text quickly. "Duty calls; gotta run. See you guys at the cave tomorrow." He announced, springing off the bed and slipping back into his sneakers. He went to the door briefly, shouting, "BYE MR. AND MRS. WEST! THANKS FOR THE CHEESECAKE!" Then, he went to the window. "No making b-a-b-e-s after I'm gone! Later!" He jumped out the window and was gone.

"...I'm going to regret promising him that, aren't I?" Artemis groaned, looking where the boy wonder was standing just moments ago. She felt a gust of wind and when she turned around Wally was sitting there with a plate of cheesecake and a stuffed mouth. "Wally!"

"Can you believe my mom made lemon-shortcake cheesecake and was hiding it from me?!" He asked, offering her a bite. He noted her less than please glare and swallowed, "Oh, right. Er...I'd say I can fix this, but I can't. You totally set yourself up for the onslaught of name puns you're gonna get. Chances are he won't stop until he settles for his favorite choice, so yeeeeah...cheesecake?"

If Robin thought that Artemis was just going to sit back and take hit after hit of name puns, then boy would the kid be in for a surprise. She did her research. She couldn't pry the boy wonder's real name from Wally, but she made due with 'Robin' just the same.

Let the record show that she didn't really push Wally to spill Robin's secret identity. She figured there was no harm in gambling her luck.

The blonde archer was extremely smug of herself and made no effort to hide it. As she rounded the corner from her bus-stop, headed home, she felt a familiar gust of wind whoosh past her and smiled widely, running the rest of the length to the apartment building she and her mother lived in. Once she cleared the five flights of stairs, she found the door open, and Wally happily chatting away with her mom.

"Hey mom! Wa—." She greeted, cut off by a quick kiss from her boyfriend. Around his neck was a thin chain necklace with the 'Flash' ring dangling from it, containing his costume. His speedster goggles were sitting on his forehead, pushing his messy red hair back.

"Hey babe, er, Artemis." He piped cheekily, beaming a smile at Paula Crock in case she didn't approve of the nickname. "Took you long enough. I've been here for hours."

Artemis raised a brow, "But I only get out of school at 3:15. You know that."

Paula interjected with a laugh, "It's only been a little over an hour. Wally came to pick you up; he offered to run a few errands for me while he waited. Such a gentleman."

Artemis turned to her boyfriend, "Pick me up...?"

Wally nodded, "Mission. Half the team's already on their way. I told them I'd wait up for you and Rob; we're hitching a ride with him." Artemis nodded objectively, and ran to her room to change out of her school uniform into her green crime-fighting uniform. She strapped on her bow and quiver as she came back out to the living room, pulling her mask over her face. Wally was still there, chatting away with her mom. "Ready?"

"Aren't you going to change?" She pointed out.

"Oh! Right!" Taking the ring on his neck, he pushed the button that made his uniform pop out and, in a mini whirlwind, changed right there. He hugged Paula warmly, thanking her for the snacks, swooped up Artemis, and charged out the door towards the bridge to leave Gotham. "Rob's just outside the city limits; says he managed to borrow the keys to some new bat-thing...babe, why are you looking at me like that?"

"You just changed in front of my mom. It's...weird."

Wally blushed dark red. "Oops...my bad." He grinned shyly. "Er, listen, you're not still hell-bent on the whole name-pun challenge with Rob, are you?"

"You bet I am." She smirked, tapping her head with an arrow. "Got a whole list memorized right in here." Her mischievous smirk grew when Wally groaned.

Wally couldn't decide what was worse: the gunfire he was stuck smack-dab in the middle of, or the catty exchange of puns (that somehow turned into insults) between Robin and Artemis. At first, it started off innocently enough. Like when the trio met up in The Bat: a militaristic hybrid of a helicopter with the speed capacity of a small jet engine, plus, of course, state-of-the-art weaponry. Batman's latest ride that Robin, quote, "borrowed without immediate notification," unquote.

"World's fastest teen and somehow you're still late." The boy wonder snorted in humor as his friends strapped into the back passenger seat. There was only one; Batman would only expect one other passenger on board with him, after all. "Sorry it's cramped back there. I'm surprised Bats even included a plus-one in this bad boy."

Artemis shook her head, tsk-ing in disappointment. "Sweet ride, but...Robin the Batman? Not cool."

Robin opened his mouth to stand up for himself and only let out a squeak. He realized what she did. Shock washed over his face for only a brief second before a devilish grin set in.

"Well, a guy's gotta do what a guy's gotta do sometimes. At least KF and I can get to places on time. I'm betting the reason you guys are late is because you lack the Art of punctuality."

As The Bat made lift-off and Robin began driving toward the coordinates locked in on the GPS, Artemis replied, "Actually I'm quite good with timing. After all, since I use archery to stop all those nasty crooks and robbers in Star City, I need to be five seconds ahead of them."

"You mean your Artchery."

"I mean Robin-ers."

Robin sighs deliberately, shaking his head, "Artemis, do you really want to travel down this road with me? Think wisely. The last person to try this with me was Roy, and we ended up not talking for two weeks after I kicked his sorry butt." He told her. "There's only one person that can beat me at this game. And before you ask, no, it's not Batman."

"You don't scare me, Boy Blunder."

Then, by the time the trio made it to the east-coast shore of Long Island, New York, to keep intruders from trying to invade Plum Island, matters had gotten out of hand. Very out of hand. The teen were supposed to be protecting this island, a highly-guarded laboratory for the Center of Disease Control harboring some of the world's deadliest plagues, and were more preoccupied bickering with each other. And it only got worse.

Unfortunately, Wally was being intimidated to take sides. Both his best friend and his girlfriend were being rather...terrifying about it.

"HEY! Art you paying attention?! The plan is to bag and tie these goons away from Plum Island shores, not at them!"

"Well, it'd be a lot easier if I didn't have a robbelious little ninja-brat talking non-stop and distracting me!"

"Rebellious, no. Chatty, yes. It's —hiya!—quite the astute trick, actually. After all, you're a prime example of my tactics. Look how artward your fighting is when you're trying not to listen to me! Hehe-hahahahaha!"

Artemis sputtered, "Artward? The heck does that even mean?"

'I think it meant awkward?'Miss Martian feebly offered over the mind link. Artemis scoffed.

"Please, that's a stretch."

'Maybe. I don't see you trying. Arty-farty, arrow-shawty!' Robin retaliates, cackling in delight as he somersaulted over the archer (coincidentally) and knocked out her villains with a handful of bird-a-rangs. Artemis yowled out in anger. It was unclear if she was pursuing Robin to attack him or assist him. "You're slacking, Artemis! I thought you said you could keep up!"

"I swear, bird-brat, the minute I catch up to you...!" She threatened hotly. "Kid, WARN him!"

Kid Flash, previously preoccupied, zoomed to Superboy's side, fighting alongside the Kryptonian. Not too far from them was Aqualad, who was demanding answers. "I...uh, warn w-what?" He stuttered.

"Kid, what is going on between them?"

The speedster chortled awkwardly. "A bad bet gone terribly wrong."

"It's the name thing, isn't it?" Conner piped up. "I've been hearing Robin go at it since you guys got here. It's making my teeth grind and he's not even toying with my name." Kid Flash nodded in confirmation.

"Well this needs to stop." Aqualad said decisively. "Miss Martian, link everyone up."

"Alright, but..." She began, but then decided it'd be best if the saw (er, heard) what was going on for themselves. With a nod, Miss M linked her teammates' minds up effortlessly. And then the rest of the boys heard what the poor telepath had been hearing with hers, Artemis', and Robin's mind-link this entire time.

'Arttention. Smart. Sharp...shart? HAAA, no, no, no, no! Erm...let's see, more more more...Ah! Inarttentive; lethartgic. Gosh, Arty, I thought coming up with name puns for you would be hard; it's almost as easy as Conner's or Wally's or Roy's!'

Robin was spitting up words like a dictionary or thesaurus, and suiting them to Artemis' name-pun intentions.

'SHUT. UP!'

Artemis had long lost her vigor to find more name puns for Robin. She was just flat-out irritated.

'I just roylly connot...and it all arthere's to the rules! Good Wally!'

'...I think my brain just metaphorically threw up a little in it's mouth.'

'I think if you were still trying, you would've said robgurgitated. It's okay, though. Clearly, victory is mine.'

'Robin, Artemis! You can resolve your petty squabbles later. We are on a mission right now. Lives are at stake, as well as the safe-keeping of the laboratories on the island. You can continue this argument when the mission is over. Am I clear?' Aqualad's voice boomed in their minds.

Silently, a ways away from both the non-powered heroes, KF sighed to himself. At least for now Aqualad solved this problem. But neither archer nor ninja would let it go so easily. Wally knew that Artemis wouldn't, because she never let anyone play her in any way, shape, or form. And Robin simply wouldn't because Artemis' stubbornness was far too much fun for him. He'd continue on for his own amusement.

Kind of like his picture prank with her in Gotham Academy. He told Wally about it; showed all the picture's he took when he randomly snuck up on Artemis. Wally just hoped to God that he be on a mission with Uncle Barry in China on the day Rob decides to 'laugh about it' with Artemis. His babe would murder him if she ever knew Rob let him in on the prank.

A/n: It's been so long since I did a wordplay chapter I didn't realize how much I missed it. It shouldn't be this much fun to punnify names XDD

You know the drill, vote for what you want next chapter(s)!

A. The true identity of the Daddybat (three-part segment)
B. Wordplay (Zatanna, Aqualad, or Miss M)
C. Roy Harper: World's greatest babysitter; aka, why the league was forbidden to babysit Robin (three-part segment)

I shall be getting back to all the reviews left during the hiatus in the next chapter! THANK YOU so much for still reading guys! Love you all :]