Moon-chan: Here is another AU, it is kind of still Young Justice, but with a bit of Justice League Unlimited flare...Barry is still alive. Please let me know what you think.

Thousand Miles

Artemis been missing for a while now and no one knew where she had gone. Some thought that she had switched sides again and was working for the League of Shadows again as the assassin that she had been trained to be since she was a child, but none of this was true. Well the fact that she was flying under the radar was, but her going back to the side of the villains, not. She was just trying to get her mind in order, her issues were deep seated and though she trusted the team there was still the idea in her subconscious that someday they would leave her just like Jade had.

Making my way downtown, walking fast
Faces pass and I'm home bound
Staring blankly ahead, just making my way
Making my way down through the crowd...

She had come to Keystone city to get out of the funk that she had been in. What she didn't expect, however was that the Flash would be in town. The reason that made her leery wasn't because of the fact that it was a member of the League in town, no, it was had something completely different. It was because this particular Flash still had her heart in his hand. She loved him and she had left to protect him from those that would use him against her, but as she walked down the street she felt eyes on her, turning she saw a familiar pair of emerald green eyes studying her. When she met them with her own grey eyes she saw him take a breath in shock. Her eyes widened and then she ran she wasn't ready for this confrontation; she still had the ring that he had used to propose to her the fateful night that she had left.

*Flash Back*

"Artemis, you know that we've been together for three years and I was…um…Uh…wondering, wouldyoumarryme?" Artemis hadn't caught the last part of his question because of the fact that he had unconsciously sped up in a fit of nerves in his speech.

"Wally, babe, could you repeat that, I still don't understand you when you speak that fast," she said placing a hand on his shoulder trying to calm him.

Sighing nervously he got down on one knee in front of the blonde archer, "Artemis, will you marry me, and make me the happiest speedster in the universe." The archer got misty eyed, and the hand that wasn't on Wally's shoulder went to her mouth to cover the happy smile that threatened to come onto her face.

"Yes, Wally. Why do you even think that you had to ask," she whispered her eyes telling him all that he needed to know.

She was happy, that is until she remembered that there was a problem…he didn't know about her past. The past that she had worked so hard to hide was going to catch up to her eventually and she didn't want the man that she loved getting hurt because of that. She loved him and as he slipped the ring onto her slender finger she saw a tall man standing not more than three yards away, his back to her, but his figure was unmistakable…it was Spotsmaster, her father. He hadn't seen her yet, however, it was only a matter of time. She, no, they needed to get out of there right then. "Wally, we need to leave, like now," she hissed not looking at her boyfriend to who had a look of utter confusion on his handsome face.

"Wha- but Beautiful we haven't had desert yet," he said looking at her and noticing that she wasn't looking at him, but over his shoulder at someone else. That was when it all started to go downhill.

Artemis and Wally hurriedly paid for everything and then they left the restaurant. When they got back to their little apartment and went to bed it was with a fearful heart that Artemis waited for her lover to fall into his normal deep sleep. Once he was knocked out the blonde archer carefully removed herself from his arms. She knew that she couldn't stay, she had some things that needed taken care of before she could come back.

She left that night without a word just a quick note that read:

Baywatch,

I'll be back I just have a few things that I have to do. Don't follow me, I know you'll try. I'll be back as soon as I can. I'm taking my ring with me, I love you.

Forever and Always,

Artemis

*End Flashback*

And I need you
And I miss you
And now I wonder

He had wondered why she had left in the middle of the night right after he had proposed, as he stared at the spot where she had been moments before he wondered what she had been doing in the past year since leaving the note for him to find on his pillow the next morning. He wasn't going to let her get away from him, not this time, not ever. He ran after her, abate at a speed just below that of his super-speeding power. She didn't get far and he grabbed her from behind in an iron grip that she couldn't get out of. Then he asked, "Why?" that was it, he wanted to know why she had run off just after they got engaged.

If I could fall into the sky
Do you think time would pass me by
'Cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles
If I could just see you
Tonight

"Wally," she said in a broken voice her eyes on the ground so that he couldn't get a glance at her face, loose blonde hair forming a curtain, hiding the tears that ran down her cheeks. "I had to do something…I didn't want you hurt."

"Babe, nothing could've hurt me more than you leaving me after that night," he said into her hair, turning her around in the circle of his arms so that her face rested against his shoulder.

Her tears started to soak his shirt as she continued to cry. When she spoke again it was with a tremor in her usually steady voice, "It would've hurt more if you had gotten killed because of me. I couldn't let him hurt you. That man took everything from me once I wasn't going to let him take you too."

Now Wally was worried, he never seen, let alone heard Artemis cry and here she was crying into his shoulder as she voiced her fears. "Shhh…Beautiful, shhh…"he whispered into her ear as he held her tighter trying to calm her.

It's always times like these when I think of you
And I wonder if you ever think of me...
'Cause Everything's so wrong and I don't belong
Living in your precious memories...

"Did you think about me," she asked in a barely auditable voice as she took comfort in the arms that fit around her so perfectly.

"Every second, babe, I never stopped."

"I thought about whether I deserved you a lot, sometimes I remembered that you deserved better than me…I thought about giving you the ring back for an instant, then…then I couldn't just the idea hurt me too much. Wally, I have so much baggage, how can you still care for me even though you don't know everything." Her face buried in his neck as she spoke.

'Cause I need you
And I miss you
And now I wonder

"I missed you," was all the speedster said in reply to this, he knew that she was upset and he also knew that the very fact that she had kept the ring, the silver and moonstone ring, had given her hope that she was going to be coming home. He didn't need to say anything else; he instinctively knew that she needed to hear those three words. The very same words that her body was telling him as well.

If I could fall into the sky
Do you think time would pass me by oh
'Cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles
If I could just see you...
Tonight

"Wally," she said quietly after a few minutes. "I- I need to tell you something…" she trailed off finally raising her tearstained face and red eyes to meet him. He saw the fear floating in her gaze as he she bit her lip before continuing. "My Dad threatened to kill you…and I," she looked away, "I killed him before he could. Please don't hate me."

Wally wasn't even surprised he had talked to Dick after finding out that she had run away. The troll wonder had told him about Artemis' family and the way that her father had been seen that night in the café that he had proposed to the blonde in. "I know," he said and smiled down at her so that she knew that all was forgiven. "I could never hate you Arty, I love you." She looked at him in surprise so struggling to move away, distance herself from him. He wasn't letting her, he knew exactly what she would do if she got free…run, it was what she did when faced with her emotions, at least the ones that could cause her to be happy.

"Y-you know?" She said with wide eyes. He nodded.

"If it makes you feel any better I would've killed him too," he murmured as she stared blankly at him in surprise.

And I... , I...
Don't want to let you know
I... , I...
Drown in your memory
I... , I...
Don't want to let this go
I, I don't...

"So are you still going to marry me Artemis," he said as he pulled her flush against him once again resting his chin on top of her head.

"Of course I am Baywatch…I don't want to let this go, I didn't want to leave that night either…I did it only because I wanted to protect you and then I went home and you weren't there anymore…I thought the worst until I saw the news about there being more than one Flash now. I knew that one of them was you all I had to do was find you. I also knew that you wouldn't want to take Central seeing as that was your Uncle's town…so logically that meant you would be in Keystone. I love you," she ended her speech with a soft look.

Making my way downtown, walking fast
Faces passed and I'm home bound
Staring blankly ahead, just making my way
Making my way down through the crowd...

And I still need you
And I still miss you
And now I wonder

If I could fall into the sky
Do you think time would pass us by
'Cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles
If I could just see you

If I could fall into the sky
Do you think time would pass me by
'Cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles
If I could just see you
If I could just hold you
Tonight

He smirked in classic Wally style as he said, "So you walked a thousand miles just to be with me forever."

Artemis laughed as she punched him gently in the arm. "I guess you could say that." Then the two estranged lovers kissed as the
sun cast their shadows into the street.

Fin

Moon-chan: Hey everyone, just as promised this is the update on this one that I said that I would have up by the end of the week...It would have been posted yesterday if I hadn't had to go into work. Any who I hoped that you liked it. Characters like Artemis are kind of my specialty so if you think she is out of character think about all the issues that she doesn't discuss or voice. She would allow Wally to see her in her most vulnerable state, him and no one else, at least that is my opinion.