Because I am weird, I'm going to say that I've already written and completed the final chapter of this story- save for answering future questions.
I can't answer something that hasn't been asked.
Now all I have to do is write every chapter between this one & the last one.
Yay.
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Raven had to grab Artemis by her waist to keep her from running into the museum.
Before the archer could break free from her grasp, Wally ran out of the building with Zatanna in his arms, collapsing on the ground beside a distraught Artemis and Raven, before losing consciousness like Zatanna already had.
"Baywatch!? Baby? Wake up! Do not leave me again, you bastard!" Artemis sobbed, smacking him in an attempt to wake him up.
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Wally and Zatanna were both unconscious for a week. During that week, none of their kids went to school or left their sides. Wally was the first to wake up. When he did, he saw all three of he and Artemis' children were sleeping in the bed with him; Jaiyden was on his left, Irey was on his right, and Melissa was curled up into a tiny ball (How is that position comfy for her? Wally asked himself) on his feet.
Trying not to move too much and unintentionally kick one of his kids- *cough* Melissa *cough*- off the bed, he turned and saw Artemis sleeping in the chair in the corner, in what Wally thought had to be the most uncomfortable position he had ever seen.
Seriously? How can Artemis and Melissa bend like that?
He slowly scooted himself up- relieved Melissa didn't even stir- grabbed the box of tissues on the table beside him and chucked it, smacking Artemis in the head with it.
"Ow! The fuck-?!" She spat, sitting it up and rubbing her forehead where the corner of the Kleenex box hit her.
"How long have I been out beautiful?" He asked, startling her.
"A week." She answered.
"And Zatanna...?"
"She's still unconscious. At least, last time I checked on her she was." Artemis muttered.
"That was when?"
"An hour ago. Maybe two."
"The League is going to want to talk to you about who attacked you guys." She said, dragging the chair so she was closer to Wally and their still sleeping offspring.
Wally scoffed. "No one attacked us. It was the book."
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"What the hell do you mean the book attacked you?" Batman snarled.
He, Barry, Black Canary, and Artemis were all in his hospital room. Between Wally waking up and the few League members showing up to ask him questions, Jai and his sisters had been woken up and ushered out of their before they could even give Wally a hug.
"We were sitting inside, eyes on the book, bored out of our damn minds. Then it started to glow. Before either of us could get the words oh shit out of our mouths, the book exploded. Next thing I know I'm here, it's been a week, I've been out cold for the entire week as has Zatanna- except she hasn't woken up yet." He snapped.
"If someone made the book explode, we didn't see them. Or at least I didn't." Wally scoffed, crossing his arms.
"We didn't find anything on the book when it was first discovered that could've caused it to spontaneously combust-"
Wally interrupt Batman, something he would've never done back when Dick was still alive.
"That book is so old, the Helmet of Fate might as well have come from Walmart in age comparison. How much do you and the rest of the League really know about the stupid thing?"
"The League did extensive resear-" once again, Batman found himself being cut off by the enraged Speedster.
"Extensive research my fucking ass, Bruce! The book blew itself up! We have no idea what long term effects that might've done to me and Zatanna. Shit! Someone turn off the lights. Let's see if I glow in the dark! There's no guarantee Zee is ever going to even wake up. What's gonna happen to Johnny, Gia, and Mary if she doesn't?" Wally snapped.
At this point, you didn't need to have superhearing to be able to hear Wally cussing out the Dark Knight.
"In the event something should happen to Zatanna, her and Dick's children will come live with me."
That statement made Wally explode even more.
"Oh yeah! Because that turned out so well in the past. In case you forgot Bruce, two out of three orphans you adopted are in the ground!"
"Wally that's enough!" Artemis screamed at him.
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While Wally was having a... delightful conversation with Batman, the majority of the Teams kids were in the cafeteria.
And, no shock to anyone, Melissa and Irey were arguing. Luckily, their arguement was a few dozen decibels lower then their Dad's arguement with the Dark Knight.
"Jesus! Can you two at least pretend to get along? At least until Dad can come home?" Jaiyden snarled, walking up to the table Irey and Melissa were sitting at. His younger sisters were sitting across from each other, glaring at the other until Jai annoyed them.
"Fine." They growled in unison.
"Well, I haven't heard dad yell for about five minutes. Which means he's either eating or someone bashed him in the head with a lamp." Melissa stated.
"That's horrible!" Jai said, as Iris covered her mouth with her hand, trying to hide her giggles.
"This is why I'm Irey's favorite sibling." Jai stated.
"Excuse me?" His sisters chorused.
"Everyone who has more then one sibling has a favorite sibling. Proven fact. Watch- Hey Mark!? Abbie?! I got a question for you guys."
The two siblings turned to look at the speedster yelling at them from a few tables away.
"What?"
"Yeah?"
"Who's your favorite sibling?"
"Lisa."
"Lisa."
Figures.
"See?" Jai said, turning back to his sisters.
"Jaiyden, if my options for having a favorite sibling are between you or Melissa, I'm screwed." Iris smirked, as Melissa began cackling.
"Maybe if I'm lucky mom and dad will make me a little brother, who will love me like you two are supposed to." He retorted.
"Oh please! If Mom and Dad were gonna make another baby, it would've already been made." Melissa scoffed.
"You know they're trying right?" Irey whispered.
"What?"
"No way!"
"Well, I don't know if they still are or not. I over heard them discussing things like ovulation dates and periods and all that gross stuff no child wants to ever hear their parents talk about." Irey explained.
"But we can't mention anything to them! They dont know I overheard!" She added.
"Dude. I just have one thing to say about that." Jai said.
"And that would be...?"
"If mom gets pregnant again, I better get a brother."
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"What are you reading?" Abbie looked up from the book she was reading to see Amistad standing over her, his body blocking the sun from her line of sight.
"Frankenstein." She responded, placing her bookmark on the page she was on before closing the book.
Amistad sat next to her in the grass, smiling when Abbie rested her head on his shoulder.
"Abbie?"
"Hmm?"
"Are you... alright?" He asked. He didn't want to unintentionally start an argument, but his girlfriend of nearly three years had been acting strange the last week or so.
He was, understandably, worried about her.
"I got a letter from my school last week. They told me to give it to my mom and dad. But I wanted to read it first."
"What did it say?"
"My school thinks it would be better for me to completely skip middle school go straight into ninth grade with Mark and Jai next year. I'd graduate before Lisa- and probably before Mark too." She sighed.
"Do you want to skip middle school?" Amistad asked.
"Ugh- no! I get labeled a freak enough as it is. Graduating a few years early will make things worst." She sighed, folding her legs up to her chest and wrapping her arms around them.
"What did you do with the letter?" He asked her, rubbing her upper back with his hand.
"Ripped it up into teeny tiny pieces and flushed it down the toilet. Told the principal my parents said no, that they would prefer me to stay in my original grade, despite the "academic achievements" I would be giving up." She grumbled.
"All any of the teachers at my school care about are GPA and test scores and how many honor students they have per semester. The teachers think I'm stupid because I never take notes, I don't participate in class, or do my class work. But I prove them wrong when I take tests and turn in homework. I have to sit at the teachers desk when we take tests because they all think I'm cheating." She snarled.
"If you hate it so much, why didn't you just skip to high school and get away from them?"
"Because it doesn't take a genius to know that high school is worst, Amistad!" Abbie yelped, jumping to her feet, her fists clenched.
"I hate being smart." She groaned.
Amistad stood up, wrapping his arms around her and resting his chin on top of her head.
"Amistad, how tall are you?" She muttered into his chest.
"Umm... I don't know. Why?"
"Curious. Take off your belt so I can measure you against the tree." She ordered, joking completely when it came to her demand.
"I can't!" He laughed.
"Why not?" She asked, looking up at him.
"My pants are too big. If I take my belt off, they'll fall to my ankles. And we're not ready for either of our pants to come off." Unlike most boys his age, Amistad rarely made inappropriate jokes. And when he did, he made sure only Abbie heard them.
His girlfriend pushed him away, laughing loudly.
Due to them getting together so young, their parents- especially their fathers- were worried that they would end up having sex too young.
But Kaldur and Conner had nothing to worry about.
Abbie and Amistad both agreed that they were not ready to have sex.
When they would have sex was something they could not agree on. Abbie would prefer them to at least be in high school for a semester before they had sex for the first time, putting their relationship at nearly six years strong.
If Amistad had his way, their first time would be on their wedding night, with their relationship being who knows how long.
Who would win was yet to be determined.
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Wally was both happy and sad when the League cleared him to go home three days after he woke up.
He was happy because that bed was uncomfortable. But while he could go home and be with his family, Zatanna was still unconscious.
The only positive thing was that she still had brain activity. When and if she would ever wake up had yet to be determined.
Once all three kids were sleeping soundly (excluding Jai's wreight train snoring) Wally and Artemis wasted no time in being reacquainted with the other.
Wally had his arms wrapped around her waist, his lips on her neck, as Artemis sat in his lap.
"Wally..." she moaned, feeling his arousal pressed against her center, lifting her arms up so he could remove her top.
"Wally, babe- stop for a second." Artemis gasped.
He pulled away from her neck, confused.
"Everything okay?" He asked.
She sighed, before telling him what had been on her chest for nearly two weeks.
"Maybe... maybe we should stop trying to get me pregnant again." Artemis frowned.
Wally had been surprised. Yeah, it had been hard the past few months. Especially since the children they had were conceived so easily. But trying for baby number four had been her idea originally.
What made her change her mind?
"Okay. Can I ask what made you change your mind?" He asked.
"While you're in a coma, it got me thinking. There was a chance that you weren't going to wake up. And if I was pregnant- I'm not, the test came back negative- the baby wouldn't ever get to know you. And that got me thinking. Jaiyden, Iris, and Melissa have memories with you- with the both of us. But if we make another baby, there's no guarantee they'll have memories with either of us, you know?" She frowned.
"You're right. But it has been fun trying though." He grinned.
"Oh most definetly." She smirked, kissing him fully.
Now it was Wally's turn to pull away.
"Kinda wish you had brought this up before I got hard." He groaned.
"We can still have sex."
"I... I don't follow..." Wally said, confused.
"I restocked our condom stash yesterday." Artemis told him.
"Oh. Cool." He grinned, kissing her again.
And with that, no more words were spoken for the rest of the night.
No. Zatanna isn't gonna die. I have plans for her in the future that require her to be breathing.
