hey guys! I have good news: so this is the longest chapter yet and its personally my favorite, also I've now started writing on my computer so hopefully my punctuation is way better.

okay so this is where i imagined the story going but i haven't really thought about whats next so your welcome to make suggestions.

just a teaser, in the next few chapters there will be some major fluff though haha.

anyway, i hope you guys enjoy.

The team had eventually completed their last hike back to the bioship and were now travelling back to the cave. They were still recovering from their battle with the shadows and had been deprived of sleep due to the changed times of their hikes. They weren't in the best shape to say the least. In the bioship they all sat emotionless, just hoping for a miracle.

On arrival back at the mountain the team instinctively headed straight to the medical bay where they knew wally was, only to be stopped by Batman. He knew the team were struggling and spoke to them in the most understanding way possible "Team, Kid Flash's condition is still unknown, I assure you that when Black Canary has any news you will be the first to know. In the mean time I suggest you get cleaned up."

Adamant not to leave their friend the whole team, except Artemis, collapsed into chairs you would find in any regular hospital, they were in the hallway where the medical bay was. It seemed as though they wouldn't leave until they knew the fate of their team mate.

Artemis on the other hand went straight to her room and closed the door behind her.

four hours had passed and the teenagers were now all fast asleep outside the medical bay.

After not being seen for almost 6 hours black canary emerged from the opposite room. She quietly got Aqualad's attention without waking up the others and instructed him to come into the medical bay.

Once in the room they could speak freely, "Kaldur, time is of the essence here. The blade that was lodged in Wally's stomach was laced with jelly fish toxin. It's been shutting down his major organs but until now I've been able to keep them functioning. The toxin, however, isn't waring off and soon his whole body could shut down for good. I just contacted the league who informed me of your immunity to Jellyfish toxin. Kaldur, the only way to save wally may be to inject some of your blood into his body."

Aqualad responded immediately without hesitation "I will do it".

Another 3-4 hours had passed and the blood transfusion was complete. The team was asleep and hadn't even noticed Aqualad's absence.

Black Canary and aqualad walked back into the hallway where they found and woke up the team.

Black canary began speaking to the team who looked dazed "Wally's stable, the blade didn't do too much damage but it was laced with jelly fish toxin which was shutting down his organs. Luckily, I was able to inject some of Aqualad's blood into wally to minimise the effects of the toxin"

Robin was the first and possibly the only one able to speak, "when will he be awake?" he asked. Black canary replied "its hard to know but hopefully within the next few days."

with little to no energy left Robin smiled for the first time in what seemed like days, he was finally at peace and so he closed his eyes. The rest of the team followed in a similar manner, not even able to move to their rooms.

Black canary looked at Aqualad who still stood beside her "thank you Kaldur" she said. "anything for a team mate" he replied.

Robin woke up disorientated but soon saw the rest of the team asleep beside him and realized where he was. Once again, the sense of relief that this best friend was okay overcame him. Robin looked at the team once more, there was a noticeable absence, Artemis.

Robin got up out of his seat, his muscles ached and his head hurt but he made his way to Artemis' room. Once there he knocked on the door, there was no answer. It seemed to be becoming a common thing. He opened the door but saw no sign of her.

Batman spoke to Black Canary in the mission room, "I am worried about this team, their reaction to the possible loss of a team mate was far to extreme". "Bruce, they're just kids. It was completely normal for them to react in that way" Canary replied. Batman continued "and what of wally, the discovery of his new ability makes him more valuable to this team. Should he really be throwing himself in front of other people?" "I don't think that's a part of wally you can take away" said Dinah. Batman nodded and walked out of the mission room followed by black canary.

Robin saw Canary exit the room, "hey Dinah, have you seen Artemis?", "Yeah, Artemis left for Gotham this morning, she said she had some things to take care of," Dinah replied. Robin looked puzzled "oh… well did you at least tell her that Wally was okay?" "yeah, after that she left in a hurry" Dinah said. Robin was now suspicious, what was more important than being around the team after such a serious incident? Black Canary looked back at him "Robin I know you're just looking out for your team mates but take a look at yourself. You're bruised, you're battered and you haven't even changed out of your suit. Please go and get cleaned up". Robin knew she was right, his investigation into Artemis' odd behavior would have to wait.

After the team had each been taken care of medically, it was really just like any other day at mount justice. M'gann and superboy baked cookies for when wally woke up, well Superboy tried. Aqualad analysed where the mission went wrong and Zatanna played chess with Captain Marvel who was keeping the team company in their time off. Robin sat in his room, deep in thought about Artemis' response to Wally's courageous act both on the mission and that day.

It was now 12:30 AM and Artemis arrived at the mountain through the zeta beam. After spending the whole day in Gotham, she was craving a snack and so walked straight to the kitchen. Upon entry she noticed someone lying on the couch, she walked into the lounge room for a better look. There, in a hospital gown, on the couch lay wally west fast asleep. Artemis gathered that she was the first one to see him but didn't want to cause a fuss. She went back into the kitchen, grabbed a packet of Oreos and then went to her room down the end of the main hallway.

Robin woke up from the best sleep he'd had in a while, immediately he heard talking in the lounge room and he knew the voice anywhere, it was wally. He got up, put on some clothes and ran down to the lounge. Wally saw Robin run into the room with a huge smile on his face, he met him with a warm embrace, "Dude you're alive!" said Robin. Wally winced "dude stitches here", Robin let go of his friend, "oh sorry", they both laughed. Among Wally's welcoming Artemis entered the room unnoticed, she had barely talked to anyone after the incident.

It was now 10:00AM and the team were wondering how they could spend the day. The forecast predicted storms all day so M'gann made a suggestion "Hey why don't we stay in and watch some movies? "That's a great idea" exclaimed Robin. Zatanna agreed "yeah and I'll make hot chocolate for everyone." Superboy and Aqualad shared a similar facial expression but after seeing the smile on Wally's face they agreed to take part.

It had now begun to rain outside and everyone lounged on the couches ready to watch a movie of Wally's choice, well almost everybody. Robin noticed Artemis walking to the back door of the cave so he got off the couch and caught up with her. "Hey Artemis where are you going?" asked Robin, Artemis turned and looked at him "I'm going for a run". "But Artemis… Its raining pretty heavy outside… and its our day off" said Robin. "Ill be fine" she said before pressing the button which opened the door. She threw her hood over her head and ran out into the forest.

Robin re-joined the others, "hey where's Artemis?" Zatanna asked. Robin didn't know what to say "ahh she just had some things to do, just start the movie without her, she should be here soon." Zatanna nodded and started the movie. Wally could tell Robin was lying, "what's Artemis really doing" he wondered.