A/N: Welcome to the longest chapter of Cosplay 2, ever. Just so you know I'm going to try and finish this story by/on March 3rd. Just so you can a YJ filled Saturday with the new episode and the ending to this. XD

ALSO: People who saw Failsafe- You really should have seen this coming. People who read Dramacon 3- You really should have seen this coming. That being said- please don't kill me.

Pretty please? OK you can read now.

Disclaimer: Do I own Young Justice? Ne (That's 'no' in Croatian).

Day 2: Fight

"Barbara who?" Artemis said in confusion.

"Babs," Wally cut in, "She likes to be called Babs."

"Oh-kay, I'll ask again. How do you know her?" Artemis snapped.

"Why? Jealous?" Wally said, raising his eyebrows suggestively.

"You wish," Artemis growled, spinning to face 'Babs', "How do you know Wally?"

Barbara shrugged, "He's friends with Dick. I know all of Dick's friends. Now, would you guys be kind enough to tell me where Dick is? Please."

Before Artemis could answer the doors to the studio opened and Dick walked in with Zatanna hanging precariously from his arm. They were both laughing but as soon as Dick's eyes fell on Barbara, who was tapping her foot impatiently as she stared at him, he slipped out of Zatanna's grasp and spun on his heels as if to run back out the door.

"Richard Grayson," Barbara shouted, "Don't you dare escape."

"Babs, is that you?" Dick said sheepishly, turning to look at the girl again, "I didn't see you there. Have you met Zatanna? Barbara meet Zatanna. Zatanna meet Barbara. Now if you'll excuse me-"

Before any of them could stop him Dick made a mad dash for the door but before he could get far Barbara shot forward, grabbing his cape just as his hand grasped the door handle.

"Oh no you don't," the girl chided, "Bruce asked me to come and keep an eye on you."

"Why?" Dick whined.

"Well, it seems that someone was hacking in to the Wayne Enterprises security system last night. Need I ask who that was?"

Dick muttered something incomprehensible before allowing Barbara to drag him from the room by his cape.

Zatanna opened her mouth to say something but before she could Oliver gasped.

"Oh good God, I meant to ask Dick to help me find Roy. Dick!" Oliver shouted as he ran from the room, following after the boy.

For a moment after they all left Wally, Artemis and Zatanna stood in silence staring after them. Then Zatanna turned on her friends with a frown on her normally cheerful face and said, "What the heck was that?"

"I have no clue. Wally?" Artemis asked the boy.

"What?"

"What the hell was that?"

"Oh, um, that was just Babs. She's always like that. She's kind of a friend of the family," Wally said, nervously rubbing the back of his neck.

"I see," Artemis said uncertainly, "You okay, Z?

"Okay? Yeah, sure. Why wouldn't I be?" Zatanna asked as she skittishly wrung her hands together.

"Did you know about Babs? Did Dick ever tell you about her?" Artemis inquired.

"No," Zatanna admitted, "but it's not like she's his girlfriend. I'm sure she's just a friend. Besides why would I care if he has a girlfriend? He's not my boyfriend or anything…"

Artemis raised an unconvinced eyebrow at the girl as Zatanna's right eye began to twitch in unvented frustration.

"Um, okay then. How about we go get something to eat?" Artemis offered, "I'm guessing the panels been canceled."

"Yeah, Dick said the panel was moved until later today…eating sounds good," Zatanna said.

"Eating sounds great!" Wally announced, throwing an arm over Artemis' shoulders. "What are we having? Subway? Burger King? D'Angelo's?"

"Ummm, Wally? You're not invited," Artemis said, pushing his arm away from her.

"What? Why not?" Wally said disappointedly.

"Z needs someone to talk to, as in a girl to talk to. She doesn't need you hanging around right now," Artemis hissed in Wally's ear.

"More like you don't need me around," Wally huffed, crossing his arms belligerently across his chest, "I bet you're just saying that so you can go meet up with Cameron."

Artemis gave Wally a stern look before saying, "Oh really? You really think I'm doing this so that I can ditch Zatanna and have a love fest with my abusive ex-boyfriend?"

"Well, yes- I mean, no- I mean," Wally stuttered and then groaned in frustration, "Just, why can't I come?"

"Because Wally, as it is, I've had it up to here with you today!" Artemis shouted, "You keep hanging all over me and acting jealous over the stupidest nonsense. You never even did this when we were dating! Just lay off and leave me alone for awhile!"

Artemis grabbed Z's arm and started marching out of the studio, before they made it through the doors Artemis turned on Zatanna and asked the girl curiously, "And where the hell is Kaldur anyway? This is the second day he's been AWOL."

"Oh, he's still busy doing-" Zatanna began to answer, but before she could finish Wally grabbed Artemis' shoulder and pulled her backwards, practically off her feet.

"Wally!" Artemis shouted as the red-head spun her around to face him.

"Just answer me goddammit! I can't keep going on like this. Will you please just tell me if you love me already?" Wally pleaded.

Artemis flushed, realizing that Zatanna was still standing behind them watching the scene unfold. She sighed and shoved Wally's hand from her shoulder and it fell to his side with a sense of defeat.

"You always rush in to things Kid Idiot," she sighed.

Wally half-expected her to kiss him right then and there but instead she turned on her heel gave a muted farewell to Zatanna and left. The door was swinging shut behind her when Wally finally snapped out of his trance and look over at Z who was staring at him with abject pity.

"What did I do this time?" Wally asked Zatanna softly, almost defeatedly.

Zatanna crossed her arms over her chest and answered, "Maybe, instead of shouting your feelings whenever you feel like it you should consider the fact that Artemis would never do something like that. She wants to tell you how she feels but she's not going to do it in front of a whole panel of cosplayers or in front of me or while she's mad at you; that and the jealousy thing. It was cute for awhile but it's starting to get old. You have to trust her, Wally. Wally?"

The speedster looked up at Zatanna after she called his name again. He had started to tune the girl out not long after she mentioned Artemis' feelings.

"Sorry, Z, I gotta go. You'll be alright by yourself, won't you?" Wally asked quickly, but before Zatanna could answer Wally was already dashing out of the door of the studio, leaving her alone.

"Oh, yeah, I'm just fine with by myself," Zatanna sighed, slumping in to a chair, "Thanks for asking."

Artemis stumbled outside the front doors of the con. Her head was reeling and she could barely process her thoughts as she plopped down on a bench by the parking lot.

She didn't know why she'd left. She could have told Wally right then and there that she loved him, that she wanted to be his girlfriend again. She could have told him a lot of things, but she ran: like always.

Sighing and rubbing her hands over her face she realized that she felt much better now that she'd gotten some fresh air. It didn't hurt that the parking lot was devoid of people compared to inside the con. There was barely a soul in-

"Artemis!"

Artemis groaned, turning to face the girl that was running towards her.

"What are you doing out here?" Megan asked as she sat beside Artemis on the bench.

"I was, um- getting some fresh air. Why are you here?" Artemis inquired.

Megan sighed, tugging at the gloves of her costume almost nervously, "I was following after Conner. His dad still won't talk to him and he's pretty upset."

"Oh, that's- Where is he?" Artemis said just realizing that the boy was nowhere in sight.

"I lost him somewhere in the parking lot," Megan said, looking over the rows of cars that stretched out before them, "He'll wander back eventually. He just needs time to cool down."

"Yeah? Him and me both," Artemis muttered.

"What was that?" Megan asked.

"Oh, nothing," Artemis feigned innocence, "Are you going back inside?"

"Yes," Megan said with a hearty sigh. After a minute she stood and looked back down at Artemis who still hadn't moved, "Aren't you coming?

"Oh, no," Artemis said, "Get back to the con. I'm right behind you. I just need a few more minutes to breathe."

"Alright…and Artemis? If you see Conner can you tell him I'm inside?" Megan asked quietly.

"Of course, I've got you covered, get inside. Dick's going to have a fit if we're all out here," Artemis laughed bitterly.

Megan smiled and left, prancing back up the stairs in to the con as if a weight had been lifted from her shoulders.

"Finally, I'm alo-"

"Artemis?" another voice interrupted her thoughts.

Artemis turned to see her Uncle Oliver opening the door to his car not ten feet away from her. She got up and walked over with a wry smile on her face.

"Finally catch Roy?" Artemis asked with a smirk.

"Unfortunately, no, but I did have Dick find him on the security cameras. I noticed he didn't have Lian with him so I asked around and found out that she's at your mother's place! Can you believe it?"

"Oh, yeah, I knew where Lian was. Sorry, did I forget to tell you that?" Artemis said sheepishly.

"You had me on a wild goose chase, huh?" Oliver said, shaking his head as he chuckled, "I guess you'll just have to make it up to me by coming along for a ride to your mom's."

"Oh, uh- I don't know. Dick will have my head if he knows I've left the con," Artemis said skeptically. "Not that I really care what he thinks but I am being paid sooo…"

"So, I'll tell him I forced you to come. Come on, just a little ride? I'll have you back within the hour."

Artemis grinned and slid in to the passenger seat, "Sure, why not? What's the worst that could happen?"

"Where is she?" Wally grumbled as he pushed past a group of particularly excited cosplayers.

"Where is who?" a voice said beside him.

Wally was so startled that he yelped and jumped backwards in to a crowd of fangirls. The girls automatically started screaming and giggling and pulling at his hair. He was so disheveled from the sudden onslaught that when a cane was shoved through the crowd, almost poking his eye out, he grabbed it without question and held on as a strong force pulled him from the fray and back in to the shadows of the dealer's room.

"Um thanks," Wally said to the stranger with the cane who stood beside him almost emphatically as they watched the fangirls disperse back in to the crowd.

"No problem, kid. Now who's this 'she' you're looking for?" the man inquired, fiddling with a pocket watch that was dangling from his right hand.

"Uh, she's a girl. Well, she was my girlfriend. She's kind of- It's complicated," Wally admitted.

"You don't say?" the man said nostalgically, "Oh, I'm Kent Nelson by the way."

"Wally, it's nice to meet you," the red-head grinned.

"Dick."

"Babs."

"What was that all about?"

"What was what all about?"

"You and that girl, the black-haired one, laughing."

"Oh, that was nothing, Barbara," Dick said nervously as he scrolled through files on his laptop.

The two were currently seated in Bruce's office on the second floor of the convention center, waiting for Bruce to arrive and dole out Dick's punishment for his latest hacking of the Wayne Enterprises security system.

"Was it really nothing, Dick?" Barbara sighed, "You know I'm your best friend. You can tell me anything."

"Actually, it's because you're my best friend that I can't tell you anything. You'd tell Bruce."

"Tell me what?" Bruce said, appearing in the doorway. Years of practice meant that Dick was hardly ruffled by his guardian's sudden appearance. Instead, Dick barely looked up upon his arrival as he was already enamored by a code that was scrolling across his computer screen.

"Nothing, Bruce, it was just something silly," Barbara assured the man.

Bruce gave each of them one final look before taking his seat behind his desk.

"So? What's my punishment Bruce? I have to get back to the others. The panel from earlier was pushed back and its starting soon," Dick said as he finally closed his laptop.

Dick was momentarily startled that when he looked up Bruce was staring at him with an intensely disappointed look on his face.

"Dick, this isn't a joke," Bruce said slowly, "This is the tenth time you've hacked in to the system this week."

"Bruce-"

"For your punishment you are not allowed to film Young Justice this summer. No exceptions."

Bruce got up to leave and for once Dick was speechless.

"So, Oliver, are you excited about meeting Lian?" Artemis asked awkwardly as she stared at the red light that prevented Oliver from stepping on the gas.

"Of course, I can't wait! I've been waiting for this my whole life. I'm a grandfather, me, a grandfather!"

Artemis rolled her eyes. Oliver Queen was the only person she knew that was excited about being called a grandfather when he couldn't be a day over forty.

"Oliver, the light is green," Artemis announced when Ollie, in his excitement, had failed to notice.

"Oops," Oliver said, stepping down on the gas and pulling out in to the intersection.

As much as she enjoyed teasing Oliver Artemis was excited that she was going to be there when he met Lian. She was going to take a bunch of pictures and text them to Jade. Her sister was sure to love them.

Artemis was startled from her thoughts by the sound of a horn blaring. She spun in her seat to see a red sports car speeding towards Oliver's mini-van. The driver didn't even seem as if he was trying to brake.

The last thing Artemis thought before her world exploded in to exuberant flashes of pain was, Well, this is fan-fucking-tastic. Now I'll never get to tell that idiot that I love him.

"Ah, I see. My Inza was the same way, a real spitfire. That gal never let me get away with nothin'," Mr. Nelson rambled.

Wally rolled his eyes and rubbed his temples. He had tried explaining his situation with Artemis to the man, hoping for some much needed girl advice but Mr. Nelson seemed more intent on digressing about 'spitfires' and 'his Inza' than Wally's problems.

They were currently in the cafeteria and thankfully Wally had had the foresight to buy food so he at least had a fistful of French fries to munch on while Mr. Nelson talked.

"Um, so, is there anything you think I should do? I mean- I don't seem to very good at the whole subtlety thing. How am I supposed to tell her that I love her without chasing her away or embarrassing her?" Wally inquired hesitantly, praying that the man didn't start off on an entirely different subject.

"Well, my boy, the key to romance is to wait for the right moment."

Wally paused, letting that information sink in.

"The right moment?" he repeated.

"The right moment," Nelson nodded.

"Um, so, how do I know when that is- exactly?" Wally said, munching on his whopper.

"You'll know."

"I'll know?"

"You'll know. Trust your instincts, but always second guess what you're going to say. Try to make the moment a real moment. Plan it out really well like- like-"

"Like my life's a fanfiction?" Wally groaned.

"Certainly, if a 'fanfiction' is a well constructed and idealistic universe then you must pretend your life is a fanfiction and wait to announce your feelings at the right moment."

Wally nodded, "Okay, I guess. Thanks, Mr. Nelson."

"Anytime, kiddo," the man nodded, "Anyway, I'll be going now. I have somewhere to be."

Before Wally could look up from his burger, Mr. Nelson was gone. Wally scanned the entire crowd and didn't see him anywhere so he eventually gave up and threw his wrappers away. He didn't have time to look for two people, he had to find Artemis.

When his phone rang he picked it up quickly, expecting it to be her for some bizarre reason.

Instead it was Dick was yelling something frantically on the other line.

"Dick- Hey, slow down! What's wrong?" Wally asked.

"Wally, listen," Dick said exasperatedly, "Just meet me in the front lobby okay? Don't ask-"

"What's going on?" Wally shouted in to the phone.

"It's Artemis, she's-"

"She's what? Is she okay? What's going-"

"Listen, Wally, just listen. Roy just called me, the hospital called him-"

"Hospital!"

"Yes, Artemis went with Oliver to meet Lian at Paula's house. They never made it there. They got in to an accident. Wally? Wally, are you there?"

But Wally wasn't there. The phone had slipped from his hand and lay on the dirty cold tiles of the cafeteria while its owner dashed from the room in a blur of yellow spandex and red hair. Moments later a figure emerged from behind a coca-cola machine and picked up the cell-phone.

Shaking his head nostalgically Kent Nelson pocketed the device and stared at the spot where the boy had last been standing.

"Go get her kid," the man chuckled, "Go get your own little spitfire."

Sooo please review? Artemis' life depends on it! :P