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Reveal
Artemis didn't like finding herself with just Kid Flash to take down their mentors and Aquaman. The Flash kept grabbing her arrows while his protégé tried to get GA to hit Aquaman.
"I'm surprised we've lasted so long." Wally raced back to her, a couple arrows in hand.
"They're being controlled by a single person. Whomever it is has to deal with all of us, and thus is distracted." He handed the arrows over, dodging a shot from Green Arrow. "The thing putting us in danger is the same thing that's keeping us alive." Wally smiled. "We'll make it out fine, babe."
"Artemis, Kid," Aqualad shouted, running into the hangar. He slammed shut the door he had entered. "Hold on." Wally nodded to Artemis, who shot a grapple line onto the door. Kaldur pressed a button and the space door opened. They held on as the pressure fell. Flash almost made it to Aqualad before the pull became too much for him. As their mentors tumbled away, Kal shut the door.
Wally glanced at Artemis for a split second when they hit the ground. He got to his feet and besides the Leaguers before they could move. Chips were on them a second after. Kaldur made his way over to look down at the three.
"Apologies, my King."
"I don't think he needs it," Wally said. "He'll be proud of what we've done. Once he wakes up, of course."
"We must join with the others. Kid Flash, take Artemis and rendezvous immediately. I'll follow." Wally nodded and picked up the archer. She held on tight until they left the chamber, relaxing in his arms.
"We should tell them," he said. Artemis looked up.
"It's almost midnight. We should just show them." Wally grinned down, ideas she couldn't guess at going through her head. They soon reached the rest of the team to spot Vandal Savage and Klarion preparing to make their escape. Kid Flash dropped Tigress and sped up, hoping to tackle the ancient villain. They escaped right as the speedster arrived, grumbling.
The team raced up besides him. "They got away. Savage and Klarion." Wally looked at them, a light smile on his face.
"They may've gotten away, but we still won the day," Kaldur told the team. A holographic monitor popped up with the time.
00:00:00 EST. "Happy New Year, Justice League."
Wally glanced at Artemis and she nodded. He picked her up bridal style, staring. "I should've done this a long time ago."
"No kidding," Artemis said, getting more comfortable in his arms. Their lips touched and the team stared at them for a second before Superboy began asking the other guys for money.
Wally continued on for a couple seconds before pulling away. "You guys betted on us?" The entire team nodded, minus Rocket.
"I still can't believe Superboy won," Zatanna said, rubbing her face. "I was so sure that you had been with Wally ever since the pregnancy scare. Kaldur was the only one who didn't laugh at that idea." She stopped, seeing the knowing smirks on the new couple's face. "Really?" The magician turned to Superboy. "I'll be taking this."
"Don't you have your own boys to kiss?" Artemis asked the other females. M'gann laughed before Superboy pulled her in, silencing her with lips. Zatanna grabbed the front of Robin's cape and dragged him over to her. She nabbed his lips before he could react. He was stiff for a second before his arms dropped into a natural spot. Rocket said something to herself as she gave Kaldur a quick peck on his cheek.
"Human customs continue to elude me," Red Tornado said, spotting the teenagers kiss.
The League and the Team all joined together for a debriefing. They went over all of the various connections between the Light and everything they had faced since the original Speedy disappeared for a while three years ago. Both teams worked together to paint the entire plan until all that remained unknown was a chunk of 16 hours, where six League members were somewhere else on a mission. None of them remembered the time period.
"We are adjourned," Batman said to the gathered group. They began dispersing back into the Watchtower, a variety of tasks to complete, including removing Savage's access code.
Kid Flash had tried to slip over to his uncle and mentor, but Green Arrow reached him first.
"We need to talk."
"This is about Artemis, isn't it?" GA nodded. "Don't worry about us. Actually, scratch that. Be worried about me surviving if I ever make her angry." The older archer laughed.
"Go talk with your uncle. I'll harass your girlfriend." Wally made no move to correct GA. Instead he walked away, happier than he had been in a while.
"Thanks for hiding me from Green Arrow, Flash," Artemis said. The older speedster grinned.
"Least I could do for GA's 'niece'. Also, you don't need to call me Flash. Just call me 'Uncle Barry'." Artemis stared at the man in red before rolling her eyes and sighing.
"You're both so similar. I can't believe that nice Iris lady on TV got married to you."
"Don't make fun of Barry too much, Arty." She resisted the urge to make a fist and smash in Wally's face, even if it only lasted for a couple seconds. "He's so worried someone will figure out that he's married to Iris. I'm assuming you've seen the videos of them flirting, right?"
"Of course, Kid Idiot." They both looked around, noticing Barry had slipped off.
"And I was going to talk to him," Wally said. He pointed Artemis towards Superman and Superboy. They appeared to be talking, and the clone wasn't angry yet. Instead he looked happy.
"Look's like Canary's loosing a student."
"You want to go explore?" Artemis glared at Wally for not remaining on topic.
"Sure," she said, the glare faded into a smirk.
A/N: 3 chapters left. Yeah, I know. SO EVIL OF MEH!
