Hello, thank you everyone who reviewed, it means a lot. Many people voted on what they preferred an OC or Linda. The winner was Linda Park; for those who wanted an OC I am sorry. If it is because you like Linda then no worries I won't bash on her too much. Enjoy the story.
The conference room was hot, it felt suffocating and stuffy. To make matters worse the chairs were leather and Artemis' thighs kept getting stuck on them. The view was depressing and grey; the murky, humid air looked like part of the city. The buildings were high and concrete; the traffic had started and you could hear the muffled curses and the car's honking. Yet the conference room was out of its character, it was hot and bright. Mahogany furniture placed in its correct spot, while the walls were painted in a white crème color. She couldn't think of a better oxymoron to describe the room. She turned her head to see Oliver having the same problem with his chair. "Artemis I am pretty sure you can see the sweat from my thigh." She giggled and got up from the chair and looked out the window.
"I am starting to like Wayne Enterprise; the last one welcomed us with fireworks." Oliver got up from his chair and started to feel the coolness on his legs. "They were good, they gave me free stuff." Artemis rolled her eyes and glared at him. "There stocks were horrible and the founder was an ex con." Oliver scoffed and looked at out the window. "What about this one, we need a partnership, Artemis." She smirked at him and sat back down, "I actually like this one, their stock holders are great and now all I need is to make sure the owner isn't a jackass." He pats her shoulder and then sits himself back down, the door opens right after.
A well suited man comes in with his hair gelled back and a genuinely wide smile. He looks buff and has the most amazing shoulders that Artemis had ever seen. Then there was a younger boy right next to him; he didn't look as muscular, but you could have just damn well lost yourself in his sparkling blue eyes. "Hello Mr. and Ms. Queen, these are my two trusted partners." He gestures at the two young men, but only one was showing. "Mr. Wayne you only have one partner standing here." Oliver looked confused and glanced at Artemis who kept a stern look.
Bruce looked behind him and saw Wally with a sheepish smile. He stepped to the side and Wally turned away instantly. Artemis pinched the bridge of her nose and Bruce immediately saw this meeting had gone south. "Hey Red, this is for big boys you wanna go to the other room and watch Baywatch." She was getting irritated; who knew all redheads were this infiltrating. "Baywatch is a great show and…" He turned around, but instantly regretted it. His mouth instantly went dry, her skirt hugged her in all the right place, her hair cascaded like a waterfall, and her eyes were piercing, but so intriguing. "Wally is that you?" He was knocked out of his trance and immediately his hatred came back. He nodded and Dick threw his hands in the air, "Well this partnership will never happen."
Artemis took a deep breath, "Should we continue, Mr. Wayne." Bruce was the goddamn Batman and he thought that this deal was off. "What?" Artemis composed herself and ignored everyone's confused look, "I won't let this influence my decision, and it's not the company's fault that he's an idiot." Richard smirked and Bruce let out a low chuckle, "Hey, I resent that." They all sat down and began the meeting. "So Mr. Wayne it appears that we have some of the same stock holders." They begun to take out there files and hand them to the business duo. "Impressive Mr. Wayne; what do you think about this Artemis?" She reviewed the papers and nodded to herself, "Well this is all exceptional, but what I really what to know is how your company works and the positions you all have."
"Richard and Wally are second in command, each one has their specialties. Richard deals with the financial and political part, while Wally deals with productivity and manufacturing." Artemis looked at the papers and then to Oliver, he nodded his head in approval. "Well I guess the choice is up to you Ms. Queen." Bruce extends his hand towards Artemis. She raises her eyebrows and purses her lips, "I guess we'll be seeing a lot of each other, then." She takes his strong hand and they both shock on it. Oliver rubbed his hands together eager to start, "So can we get a tour of the place." Artemis rolled her eyes but followed him outside. "Oliver, you and I have to sign some paper; I'm sure they won't mind showing Artemis around." Bruce gave Wally a stern look and he let out a long sigh, "Fine let's go, Harpy." She glares at him and Richard takes her hand and leads her down to the elevator.
"So Artemis, Oliver is like your dad, must've been easy for you to get your job." Richard gave Wally his best batglare, and elbowed him. "Oh Wallace, you really don't know when to keep your mouth shut; I am actually adopted." Wally stiffened and Artemis sent him an evil smile, "If Wally is done making a complete fool out of himself, this is our lab." He continued talking about their success and how the company has blossomed. Artemis eventually got bored and left; out of the corner of her eye she saw a door that said 'classified'. "No harm, no foul", she thought to herself. Artemis entered the room and saw Zeta radiation, it was surrounded by a bulletproof glass She was about to go further when someone touched her forearm and turned her around, "Can you read blondie it says Classified." She rolled her eyes, "It's Zeta radiation, huh." Wally looked at her and tried to pull her back, "Answer me, is it Zeta radiation?" She enunciated each word and he eventually gave up.
"What do you know about, that?" He started walking towards her, daring her to answer. "More than you would care to know." Wally was a bit confused but it all made sense, Oliver is Green Arrow and he wasn't the most secretive guy. "Yes it is Zeta radiation; I can't believe a girl like you knows what this is."Artemis rolled her eyes and scoffed, "Seriously the cliché of the dumb blonde is really old." He sticks out his tongue and they just stare at it. "Wow, it looks amazing." Her eyes beamed with curiosity, he couldn't help but look at how her eyes relaxed and they looked like storm clouds. "Am I interrupting something?" Dick came out the shadows and Artemis jumped at the sound of his voice. "Does he do that a lot?" Wally nods, "His timing is almost too perfect."
They heard people coming down the stairs and immediately left the room. "Artemis come on, Roy and Dinah are waiting for us." Artemis started to walk to him, when Richard grabbed her arm, "Hey do you wanna have lunch, you know purely for business." She looked at him and raised her eyebrow, "Sure why not?" He gave her a wide smile and his eyes gleamed mischievously, "Okay, meet me at M'gann's place tomorrow at twelve o'clock." She nodded and left without seeing Wally's face getting a bright shade of red. He turned around to see Wally and laughed. "Are you okay with this?" He couldn't help, but laugh as Wally tried to compose himself, "She's way older than you, and it will never work out."
"Who should she be with; I think she would look good with a red head with green eyes." Wally sighed and looked at his best friend. "We've been over this, I 'm engaged." Richard had it up to here with this girl, "Ya Wally, the same girl that maxed your card twice, you didn't even propose to her." Wally rolled his eyes and started to leave. "She found a ring and thought you were proposing, tell me the truth do you even love her?" Wally turned around and they were now face to face. "Look Dick, she has expensive taste, and she's okay."
"You still didn't answer my question." Richard looked at him with pleading eyes. "It's not fair to the both of you." Wally glared at him and called a taxi, "Wally listen to me, you've known her for three months. As your best friend I can't let you do this." He gets in the cab and Richard goes to M'gann to see what he did wrong.
Yes I know Queen Industries isn't a tech company, and Artemis was adopted by Oliver and Dinah. Please review and tell me what you thought.