Wynonna's P.O.V.

Darkness, The cold, The temptation to just give up, to stop running but I can't. I have to protect them, I have to, it's the vow I made when they took me in all those years ago. It's freezing, the snow is coming down hard, almost blizzard like. I don't have my weapons, my powers aren't working, I feel useless but I can't give up. As I ran onto 112th street in New York City I noticed there were no people at all.

"HELLO! WHERE IS EVERYONE!" The only response I got came from behind me.

"They're all gone Wynonna. It's just us, soon to be just me" I spun around and saw a figure through the snow slightly ahead of me. I then saw yellow eyes. When the figure started to move I turned and ran again.

Soon I somehow ended up standing on the frozen lake. I came to a slippery halt when I was cut off by a ring of fire surrounding me. When I stopped my right arm got caught in the fire and badly burnt. I pulled my arm to my chest and then held up my left hand and tried to concentrate. My hand glowed red as my powers started to work but then just stopped.

"No!" I then heard an evil laugh from behind me. I spun around and the fire dissipated. The voice then said

"You're useless. You don't even know how much power you have at your disposal. Just let go of that pesky humanity"

"Go to Hell" the figure then came into the light of day. I was shocked, I was looking at myself, the evil me then said

"What's the matter Nonna, scared to have a little fun"

"I can't just let go" The evil me then said

"You can't stay strong forever, I'll be back" everything around me then started to fade...

MOUNT JUSTICE
December 5, 17:04 EST

I opened my eyes and sat up with a gasp. I ran my hands across my face and muttered
"Damn it" With one hand still on my face, I looked down at the work on my bed but before I could do anything there was a knock at the door.
"Yeah?" I pulled one of my knees to my chest as the door slid open. Zatanna sheepishly walked in and as she looked at the textbooks and artyfacts on my shelves I said
"You alright?" She's been struggling to adjust to living here since her dad sacrificed himself. She looked around and said
"Yeah, just been thinking"
"About?" She came over and sat down on my bed.

She crossed her legs before saying
"What's the deal with you and Robin?" I leant back on the headboard and said
"What do you mean?" she made gestures to the pictures on my bedside table and said
"Like are you and him a thing or…" I looked at the photos on my bedside table as she spoke. One was of me, Dick, Wally, Roy and Kaldur before the team was formed. One was of me, Dick and Wally out on our first solo patrol. And the other is just of me and Dick taken by Wally. We're sitting on the couch and he's got his back to me, I've got my arms wrapped around his neck from behind and we're both grinning from ear to ear. It wasn't until I really looked but in each of these photos I'm standing next to Dick and we're almost leaning against each other…

Zatanna snapped me out of my thoughts
"So what's the deal?" I replied
"Nothing is going on with me and Rob. We're just mates" Not gonna lie, but just saying that made my heart ache.

Recognised: Green Arrow 08 Red Arrow B06

I then stood up. As I did, Zatanna said
"So you wouldn't care if I asked him out?" I stopped just before the door, looked over my shoulder and said
"Look Z do whatever you want. If you want to ask him out, go for it" I then walked out of my room and muttered
"You'd be doing something I've wanted to do for ages" Luckily she didn't hear me.

Anyway, I walked into the main hall and saw Roy, Oliver, Red Tornado, Wally and Kaldur standing in the middle of the room. I walked over whilst saying
"Hey stranger" Roy turned around and happily held out his arm as I tucked myself into his side, wrapping my arms around his waist. He wrapped his arm around my shoulders and said
"Hey Kid, How have you been?" I smiled and said
"Better since being forced to stay off missions" Wally then quickly spoke
"Wynonna, you passed out because you haven't been sleeping and your powers flaked out multiple times on missions, you needed the break" I stepped away from Roy and said
"Yeah alright but it's been two weeks…" Oliver then said
"Dinah cleared you for field work a couple of days ago. It's just been a bit busy to come tell you"
"Yes!"

Recognised: Artemis B07

Oliver Immediately turned to Artemis and said
"Artemis. Just in time. Look who's agreed to join the team" Roy then turned to face her as Wally spoke
"Finally" Artemiss face dropped as she walked out of the Zeta tube whilst saying
"Sure. Teams has needed a real archer" there was a slight awkward silence before Oliver broke it by saying
"Okay, people, listen up. The Dynamic Duo's on a case in Gotham, but Batman gave me a heads-up" Some CCTV footage then came up and an image of Sportsmaster. Upon seeing this I could have sworn I saw Artemis flinch slightly.

Anyway, Oliver then went onto say
"Sportsmaster was spotted coming through Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport" Zatanna then spoke as her, M'gann and Connor joined us
"In full costume? Nervy"
"In street clothes. Facial recognition software picked up the ID. Find out what he's up to" Connor then said
"All of us? Seems like overkill for a shadow job" Red Tornado then said
"Perhaps a small squad. Miss Martian's camouflage abilities seem ideal"Oliver then said
"Thought the sidekicks... Sorry, ex-sidekicks. Could suit up on this. Aqualad, Kid Flash, Red Arrow…" I cut him off by saying
"I'm going too, i've been cooped up in her for weeks, need to stretch my legs" No one argued with me. Connor then spoke
"Good. Stakeouts make me crazy" M'gann then said
"We could use the night off" Artemis then quickly interjected
"I want in. With M'gann and Robin out, no one has logged more hours piloting the bio-ship" Oliver looked at her and said
"Artemis, are you sure?"
"Absolutely"

20 minutes later we were on the bio-ship. Kaldur, Roy and Artemis were in the uniforms but Wally and I were in our bike gear. Wallys was more colour specific to his uniform but mine were basically my normal clothes; A pair of jeans with knee pads sewn in, a pair of fingerless padded gloves, a grey t-shirt, Combat boots, and a Dainese Lola D1 Leather Jacket. I'm a few months away from getting my license so I can legally drive my motorcycle around in public once I've got that I can work on my full drivers license. I've got two motorcycles. My personal one is a red Ducati Monster. Whilst my mission bike is a black Suzuki GSX-S750Z ABS.

I'm currently sitting in the cockpit of the Bioship with Artemis and Wally. My helmet is down by my right foot whilst my left foot is up on the chair with my knee up by my chest. We were sat in silence until Wally broke it by turning around and saying
"Uh, this could be one of those things that sounds better in my head than out loud but you are a real archer. No, I mean, I'm jazzed about Red Arrow. We go way back, you know?" As I got up, I picked my helmet up and patted his shoulder and said
"Get to your point faster bud"
"But you, you've made your own place on the team. You have nothing to prove. Not to me, okay?" Since he found out the M'gann and Connor were an item he's almost gravitated towards Artemis but I'm not sure if he's realised it yet. Anyway as I headed for the door I heard Artemis say
"Okay... And, Wally, it sounded fine out loud"

I joined Kaldur and Roy as they were securing the bikes and as Kaldur said
"I gather you didn't join the team for the camaraderie" Roy replied
"And not to please G.A. Either. There's a mole on your team, Kaldur. You don't wanna face it, so I will. And suspect number one is Artemis" I walked over to them and said quietly
"Artemis? No way!" He looked at me and said
"Think about it, Kid. How much do you actually know about your teammates excluding Rob, Kaldur and Wally" I couldn't reply. He walked passed me and nudged my shoulder as he said
"Exactly" I put my helmet on the handlebars of my bike before folding my arms, looking at Kaldur and saying
"Do you really think one of them could be a mole?" He hesitated before saying
"Roy is right in the fact that we do not know a lot about the past of our teammates"
"Yeah but… Everyone is entitled to their secrets Kaldur"
"That may be but wouldn't things be easier if we truly opened up to each other?"

ORLEANS PARISH December 5, 21:27 CST

Wally and I were following sportsmaster by road, Artemis was in the Bioship, Aqualad was in the water and Red Arrow was following him on the ground.
"Target's heading north. Pursue. But maintain a discreet distance. And that goes double for you, Artemis. Sportsmaster has proven adept at spotting Martian camouflaging when in motion" I just rolled my eyes at the last part...Roy seriously doesn't trust her and it's quickly becoming an issue. Anyway, We saw Sportsmaster and Red arrow on the water from the road and followed them around.

We pulled over in a lay-by as Roy said
"He's stopped. Hold your positions. I'm moving in for a closer look" the comms then went silent. After a couple of minutes of silence, I looked at Wally and said
"Somethings gone wrong"
"You don't know that" I revved my engine before saying
"Do you want to take that risk?" I didn't wait for him to reply before speeding down the road.

He quickly caught up with me but he wasn't on his bike, he was running alongside me. He ran ahead slightly but thanks to the modifications on my bike, I managed to keep up with him but only just. We followed the road as far as it would go before jumping off our bikes and running into the trees.

It felt good to run at full speed for the first time in weeks.

Anyway as we approached the other we heard Chesires voice
"But at least a kiss is still a kiss" Wally ran ahead a knocked her off Roy
"Unh!" Wally then picked something up and said
"And a sai is just a sai, and quite the souvenir, by the way," I ran up a rock and jumped off doing a roundhouse kick towards Chesire, she dodged it easily. As she backflipped away Roy yelled
"Artemis, tracer-arrow on Sportsmaster now" Moments later Artemis replied
"Ugh. He's out of range" When I looked around I couldn't help but think, even I could make that shot. Roy pushed her out of the way
"Move" He made the shot with ease. He then ran back over to his jet ski causing Artemis to call
"You're abandoning?"
"I'm prioritizing"

As he sped off, we turned around to face Chesire. She smiled and said
"That's gotta sting. He makes the shot you were afraid to even try" Artemis wasted no time in firing an arrow at her.
"Aqualad, target has made me so I'll take a dive. He'll think he's clear, you can track him below. We'll be right behind, using the tracer" Cheshire then kicked me against a tree. As KF and Artemis fought Chesire an explosion drew my attention away. I was just about to fly over to Roys last position until Aqualads voice came over the comms
"Artemis, Kid, Phoenix, listen. You need to throw the fight and put a tracer on her. She'll lead us to Sportsmaster" no one questioned him, it was a pretty solid plan.

It didn't take long for it to appear like we were losing the fight especially seeing as I'm not using my powers. Speaking of the fight, Cheshire has just sliced my chest with her sword. I stumbled back with my hands crossed over the wound as blood started seeping through my fingers.
"Leave her alone" I looked up as Cheshire kicked Artemis knocking her back.
"Artemis" Wally ran over to her and helped her up as she said
"Forget me. What about...? Cheshire?" When we looked back she was gone. I felt the wound on my chest start to heal as Wally looked at Artemis and said
"Did you...?"
"Tracer is on her sword."
"Brilliant. I knew you could…Oh, hey, there's the guys" I stood up and joined the others just as Roy and Kaldur came ashore
"So we threw the fight as ordered after Artemis planted the tracer"

Artemis pulled out a small tracker pad whilst saying
"Cheshire is heading north"
"Sportsmaster was headed south, kind of like this mission" Wally then said
"Maybe he'll double back. Maybe she will. Either way, they'll rendezvous and we'll find them" Kaldur then said
"We had better. Sportsmaster acquired an attache case. We need to learn what it contained"

Roy didn't take his eyes of Artemis once as he spoke
"If you had stayed aboard the bio-ship…" She cut him off by saying
"I saw Cheshire sneaking up on you"
"Then you radio a warning"
"And if she found you by hacking our frequency?" Kaldur then stepped in between the pair
"It is true, we have come to rely on M'gann's telepathy over our radios" Wally then continued
"So let's stop looking to place blame and start looking for Cheshire" She then threw the remote at Roy and said
"Here. Since clearly, I can't be trusted, you track her" As she turned to walk away Wally muttered
"Artemis" She kept on walking as she said
"It's fine. I'll follow in the bio-ship" Nothing else was said to her as she disappeared in the trees. Kaldur then said
"Go, Kid. Arrow and I will return to the river, and we will all follow as originally planned" As we all went different ways, I finally spoke
"I'm fine by way"

Okay, so not strictly true. My chest is throbbing. The cut may have healed on the outside but I don't think it's fully healed on the inside.

What the hell is going on with my powers?!

~30 minutes later~

"Rendezvous at my coordinates"
"Acknowledged" I then said
"I'm Sending Kid ahead. We're ditching the bikes" we pulled over and without a second's hesitation Wally jumped off and took off running ditching his biker gear in the process, luckily he had his uniform on underneath. I climbed off my bike and with a snap of my fingers was in my uniform. I then took off flying towards the location Roy just gave us.

I arrived at the location at the same time as KF (he had to make a detour). We burst through the door at the same time and at the sight of Chesire, I sent a blast of energy in her direction.
"Unh!" We then joined Artemis. As we joined her KF said
"We found the tracer on a caboose, and I don't mean Cheshire's. She must have ditched it"
"Yeah, figured" I then looked at her and said
"Wait. Then how did you and Red end up here?" A whirring sound then interrupted us. I looked at Artemis and said
"We've got this. Go"

MOUNT JUSTICE
December 6, 03:21 EST

Let's just say when we got back to the cave, it was hard to admit that we had failed. Looking back on it, it was a piss poor attempt at a mission, Roy and Artemis rivalry is going to become an issue very quickly. I was snapped out of my thoughts when Kadlur spoke
"Let me be clear. We failed. Though the Injustice League is in custody, their allies still scheme and we have learned nothing of their plans" Roy folded his arms and said
"Gee, I wonder why" Artemis quickly snapped
" Hey Who found out Sportsmaster was working for Brain, Klarion and…" Roy cut her off by saying
"Yeah, great intel. Except Ivo's been in Belle Reve the whole time And the guards just checked. It's the real, not a robot" Wally then turned to Roy and said
"You know, I'm getting pretty tired of you dumping on her"

Roy held up one of Artemis tracers. I then said
"Her tracer. So? Cheshire ditched it" Kaldur held up another tracer as Roy said
"No. Artemis ditched that to send us on a wild goose chase. She put this one on Cheshire" I looked at Artemis and said
"Artemis?" She couldn't meet my eyes. Wally then said
"Are you that freaked out about Arrow joining the team you had to prove yourself by bringing down the bad guys solo? Please tell me I'm wrong" She didn't reply. Wally sighed before saying
"Well, nice going. What you proved is that you're insecure and selfish" he threw the sai at her feet before saying
"Keep the sai" he snatched the tracer from Kaldur before looking at Artemis and saying
"This is the right souvenir for the mission" Wally then stormed out of the room. Roy looked at Artemis and said
"So how will you betray us next time?" Kaldur then stepped in between the pair
"Enough. If making a mistake was a betrayal, we would all be traitors" he sighed before saying
"I must report to Batman. The rest of you, get some sleep"