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Number 5: After the death of a family member, you must go to the family's house and pig out on their ice-cream and reminisce.

Sometimes, the world was a bitch.

Seriously, the world must be having some serious hate vibes for Artemis or something, because it just wasn't fair. It was plain cruel, plain evil. She had just been reunited with Wally, and wham! The world takes him away from her again.

It's just not fair.

There's an odd buzzing in her ear, and she can hear M'gnn or Barbra talking to her, trying to get her to move. But Artemis won't, even though she can feel the tears freezing on her face, even though she can feel the cold seeping through her body. She doesn't ever think she can feel warm again, not without her speedster to warm her.

They're shaking her now, trying to get her to move, but she can't. Why don't they understand that this is where she wants to be? Why can't they just leave her alone so she can curl up in the ice and wait for Wally to return?

Or maybe she could go to Wally. She wouldn't really mind, as long as they were together.

Artemis closed her eyes and let herself fall forward into the cold, unforgiving ice. The team, the League, they'll never know how much she hates herself right now. It was her fault that she rushed into a mission again, leaving her normal life, leaving Wally. Because of that, her time with Wally was cut short.

It was almost ironic how she, the one who faked her death and risked her life for the past couple of months was still alive, but Wally, bright, sweet, lovable Wally, who had just put on the Kid Flash suit, wound up dead.

Yup, the world truly hated her.

She felt the ground shift beneath her, and suddenly she was being lifted up into the air. She scrabbled around, kicking and crying, but Nightwing had an iron grip on her, lifting her up and carrying her back to the Bio-Ship. She only stopped struggling when she saw the tears streaming down his face, reminding her that she wasn't the only one who had lost Wally.

The cave was eerily quiet, just the occasional sniffling or blowing of nose. Artemis just couldn't stop crying. She wasn't sobbing or anything dramatic, just the steady flow of tears running down her cheeks. Many people had tried to talk to her, trying to get her to come back to the world, but she just couldn't be bothered. She wanted to be alone, just to wallow in her sadness and the realization that when she came home the bed would be cold and empty, and the fridge would still be full.

"Artemis, we're going to go tell Wally's parents," Barry said quietly, his voice a hoarse whisper, indicating that he would have been crying to.

Artemis nodded, feeling a rush of sympathy wash over her. The hardest thing in the world would be to tell Wally's parents, to see the sadness wash over their cheerful faces, to be the ones to tell them that their son would not be coming home to raid their fridge. She couldn't bear the thought of Mary's smile dropping from her face, or Rudolph's shoulders sagging with sadness.

"Come with us," Barry said, asking really.

Artemis looked at him with watery eyes, "I think- I think it would be better if it was just family," she said, her voice cracking.

"What are you but family? C'mon, please," he said, and Artemis couldn't say no to him.

Slowly, Barry, Bart and Artemis left the WatchTower, and zeta-tubed to the West household. Barry had called Iris to meet them there, and when Artemis could feel the tension in the West household. The Wests weren't stupid, they knew something was up. She saw Mary's face turn into a look of confusion and distress when she saw that Wally wasn't with them.

Iris sat up, looking between the three of them, "What happened? Where's Wally?"

Bart hung his head and refused to meet anyone's eyes, so Barry was the only one to speak, "He's- he's gone."

There was a shattering noise as Mary dropped the plates she was holding, and almost immediately Rudolph came to hug her, whispering in her ear as tears dripped from both their faces. Iris collapsed into the armchair, where both her husband and grandson came to comfort her.

Artemis just stood still, staring at the broken glass, thinking that yes, this was exactly how she felt. Like a part of her had been shattered, and now there was no Wally to patch her up.

She felt a pair of arms come around her, enveloping her in a hug, and Artemis realised that Mary and Rudolph had moved over to hug her. Iris, Barry, and an uncharacteristically quiet Bart joined in the hug, and Artemis couldn't help but feel a little better. That maybe she was shattered, maybe she was broken, but here were people, family, who knew exactly how she felt, and they were willing to let her lean on them.

It was super late at night, and really, Artemis should be tucked away inside her bed, or she should be at her mother's house, but she was happy enough just to stay here. She was tucked into Mary's couch, with a bowl of ice-cream in her hand and Bart curled up next to her. They were peering through an ancient family album; with Mary and Rudolph were describing the pictures through their tears.

"In this one, Wally had just had his first day in school. Oh, he was so excited," Mary explained, pointing to a small, 5 year old Wally.

Artemis choked on a laugh. He looked adorable, with his shock of red hair, collared shirt and pants practically pulled up to his armpits. He looked so happy, so full of life. Really, his smile hadn't changed at all.

"And in this one, it was his 9th birthday party, and he ate the whole cake before any of the guest arrived," Rudolph pointed out to the photo of his son, who had a very pleased expression on his face and chocolate smeared all across his face.

"Oh, I remember this one! Wally had just gotten his speed then, and he had just put on his Kid Flash uniform for the first time," Iris said.

"I remember that. It took him hours before he took it off again," Mary said, laughing.

Artemis laughed along with the rest of them, eagerly looking at each picture and listening to every story around it. Finally, she was piecing together that part of Wally that she missed out on seeing, finally, she got to really know him. She just wished he was there with her, that it was him describing each picture to her, laughing at every stupid thing he did.

God, she wished he was here.

"These are the medals he won, right? I was there when they presented it to him, he was so proud," Barry said, pointing at the certificate and medallions decorating the room, complimenting Kid Flash for his achievement in bringing justice to the world.

It went on for hours, the whole family reminiscing about Wally. Remembering him, cherishing him. It helped, really. It made Artemis forget about the void of emptiness inside her. Finally, she nudged Bart away gently so she could get up.

"Where are you going?" he asked drowsily.

"Home. Thank you so much for letting me stay and all, but I should really be heading home. My mum will be worried, and I really just want someplace to crash," she said, her throat dry from the endless crying and sobbing.

"You're more than welcome to stay here," Rudolph told her, but Artemis rejected the offer kindly.

"Take this before you go," Mary said, pushing a CD into Artemis's hands, "when you died, or rather, fake died, we encouraged Wally to make a video about what he would say to you if he could. We never watched it, but you might want to."

Artemis swallowed and nodded, heading back to her empty home.

Here she was, lying on the twisted sheets of the bed; wearing Wally's over-sized shirts with a box of tissues by her side. Nelson was curled up in the corner, and Artemis's eyes were glued to the television, tears falling down her face as she watched the recording of Wally sitting on their couch, talking to the camera.

"Hey, babe. Yeah, so my mum and Aunt Iris convinced me to do this, and because you're not really dead and all I thought it might be a little weird. But you know my mum, she always gets her way, so, here I am! Hopefully you'll never watch this, coz I have a feeling you would kick my ass about the amount of cheese in this video, but Artemis, it's true. I miss you. I miss having you around here; I miss your smell, your body, your lips, your goddamn beautiful hair. I miss your snide remarks and sarcasm, I miss your voice. I miss coming home to a warm bed; I miss your home-cooked meals. God, Artemis, I just miss you. I know that you're coming back soon, and I am seriously counting down the days, hours, minutes and seconds until you do. Because every time, every day you're not with me, I feel like a die a little inside. I want you back, I need you back, and when you come home, I swear I'm never letting you go again. I'll go to the ends of the earth, to hell with that, I'd go through heaven and hell to get you back. Because I need you Artemis, I need you as much as hydrogen needs oxygen to make water, as much as plants need the sun for photosynthesis to occur. I need you back, Mis. I love you, Artemis Crock."

I'm sorry, I absolutely suck at writing angst. I tried, though. And it practically killed me to write this, because I love Wally and I hate how he dies, and I desperately want a season 3 so we can see him again.
But anyway, review please!