Hey everyone! Aoi here! So sorry for the wait!
I know I know, those of you who've been wanting another chapter have been waiting...a while (I'm too lazy to see how long it's been)
BUT summer is here, and I'll do my best to keep up!
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The Last Olympian
Amidst the boisterous clamorings of metal, Artemis had about five seconds before she knew she was going to die.
She stared down the barrel of the gun, feeling as if her heart was about to stop altogether or lunge out of her chest in an Olympic dive to the ground.
Either way, she was toast.
Her bow lay broken on the floor, the string snapped in half. Arrows were sprawled across the factory floor, covered in dirt, expanding foam arrow heads smashed underfoot as the rest of the team fought off their attackers.
Artemis didn't realize how cowardly her dad truly was if he'd actually resorted to using a stupid gun to kill her, but she was down to three seconds. She didn't have time to ponder something so useless.
"You know, you could've been a great vanguard to the Light," Sportsmaster said, that cocky-ass grin of his turning up one corner of his mouth. The hockey mask he usually wore was sprawled across the floor behind him, dented after taking a hit from Aqualad's water mace.
Two seconds.
"You would've made me proud."
Like THAT ever would've happened... Artemis thought.
One second.
Panic seized the blonde archer and she lunged just as her father pulled the trigger. The bullet grazed her leg, cutting open the green fabric and Artemis inwardly shrieked, her thigh turning to fire. She rolled to a stop, just a few feet from her broken bow. She lurched into a standing position, trying to move forward.
Sportsmaster fired again, and Artemis dropped.
Another blast, and she felt the bullet connect with her shoulder. Tear through the flesh and bone in her arm - run cleanly through to the other side and out. Blood spurt into her vision, and all Artemis could see was red.
If she hadn't been so shell-shocked, Artemis was sure she would have been screaming in agony.
The faint blurs of a yellow and red suit zipped along the cat-walk overhead. Wally skidded to a stop, emerald eyes wide with panic.
"Artemis!" he seemed to cry, but the archer couldn't hear him. She stumbled, her vision blurring.
Artemis's hearing faded in and out - a bomb could have gone off somewhere behind her and she would have only heard a puff of air.
Another burning pain, zipping past her leg. A poison dart, slick black with venom, and Artemis teetered; she fell onto her side.
Superboy lunged at Bane.
M'Gann was facing a bunch of the muscle-mans goons, whipping them into walls. She could have been a mother scolding her children for digging up the flower bed, except Artemis was sure mothers didn't throw their children at slabs of cement.
Robin cackled maniacally, sprinting around the Joker as the green haired man chortled. "Time to clip a little birdies wings! Tee-hee!"
Zatanna zapped Poison Ivy off a pedestal of vines.
A buzzing ran through Artemis ears, as if a fly had flown too close, and she felt the urge to swat it away.
Her eyes grew heavy - an explosion rocked the building, jolting her awake.
The Team had won, Sportsmaster and Bane were gone, but the Joker and Poison Ivy were in custody.
A blur of red and yellow, and then she was lifted into the air. Artemis couldn't tell if she let out a moan or not. All she could see was the frightened green eyes above her, set above a spattering of freckles with a mop of messy red hair to boot.
"You're going to be okay...! Artemis, you're fine! You'll be alright! Just stay with me...okay...?!"
Artemis groaned, or at least she hoped she did. Black spots danced in her vision, and she knew that she was fading fast.
"M'Gann, get us out of here!"
"I have to be careful! Too much turbulence could be bad for Artemis, Wally! The BioShip is doing the best it can to protect her while getting us back to the cave."
Artemis coughed and opened her eyes. She hadn't even realized they had closed, but the blurry vision wasn't any better. Her breath felt shallow, lungs heavy in her chest. Her heart may as well have been a brick in her chest. Her throat felt like it was about to capsize. Every inch of her body felt like it was folding in on itself, as if she'd dove too deep under water and the pressure was crushing her.
Wally sat next to her bed, eyes wide and panicked. Artemis choked and the speedster jolted, helping her sit up, laying her head on his lap.
"Artemis...Artemis! You've got to stay awake okay?"
It's hard not to with your annoying voice as an alarm clock, Baywatch, she tried to say, but it only came out like a gurgle.
"No! Don't speak! Save your energy."
No shit Sherlock...
"We'll make it back to the cave! Ol' Bats and my uncle are there! They'll fix you up. You've just got to STAY AWAKE."
But I REALLY don't want to, Artemis grumbled to herself.
The black spots were back, and Artemis realized she couldn't feel her legs, nor her fingers. She tried to sit up, to see if they were there, but ended up coughing, blood spattering across the floor of the BioShip.
"Artemis...!" Wally gasped.
Saliva and blood dripped over the archer's lips.
"Wally..." she rasped.
"Landing now! Get Artemis prepared to move Wally!"
"Artemis! Stay with me!"
"Sorry...Baywatch..."
And the darkness took over Artemis's senses, and she seemed to float there in oblivion.
Artemis decided that with death, she just might miss a certain cocky, smart-ass, green-eyed speedster in a bright yellow costume.
WELP THAT WAS A DOOZY.
Barfed out in an hour flat that was.
But not posted until about five days later OTL
I honest to God hate killing off characters I adore, and Artemis and Wally are most definitely NOT the exceptions.
Please R&R! Feel free to suggest topics for the next chapter ;P
~Aoi~