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If he thought he was confused before, now he was even more confused. He was kissing Artemis, for one thing and secondly, he was enjoying it.

Pulling away, he backed away a few paces, trying to piece together his rapidly failing sanity. Artemis? Or Jinx? Who was he… what?

Neither one of them spoke for quite some time; trying to figure out what just happened.

"That was…" Artemis started.

"A mistake." Wally said hurriedly. But the way the two locked eyes, he knew it was far from that.

Hormones are a bitch.

~S~

Three seconds. That's all it took for their lust filled haze to come back and hit them squarely in the face.

At first, the only thing he could hear was his heart beating in his chest. But besides that, he was sure all his blood was going southfor the moment.

But then, his senses kicked in and he could hear her, gasping and growling underneath him. She'd growl something to him, and then continue kissing him, although what they were doing could not really be considered kissing. It was more like they were eating each others faces off.

"Wally…" she'd growled.

"Huh?" he grunted.

"I think…" she paused to kiss him again. "I really like you."

Body rigid, Wally realized again what he was doing.

"What do you mean…?"

"I really like you. As in, more than a friend." She giggled, moving to his ear.

For a moment, Wally was silent, not moving a muscle. This was Artemis. What the heck was he thinking?

Pushing her away, he stumbled away, realizing just what was happening. He was turning into one of those guys. One of the guys that Dick has to be. One of the guys he'd always been mistaken for.

He didn't want to use anyone, and at this moment, if this was how he coped, then he could go jump off a cliff. In his mind he reprimanded himself. No, no, no! Bad Wally! No kissing Artemis. No leading her on.

"I'm sorry…" he shook, along with his voice. "I- I don't feel that way about you."

It was her turn to be silent. He half expected her to shoot him, but without her arrows she was harmless.

"Go." was all she said. It was either her turn to break down, or she understood what he was thinking. Jinx was out there, unless it had been longer than they thought and he had to apologize. Okay, well, he didn't have to, but it was the polite thing to do.

"sorry." He apologized. But the room behind him was history the moment he began running. Just keep moving, just keep moving.

"Friend Jinx!" he could hear Starfire shrieking. Was she horrified at the sight? Of Jinx broken and beaten? But her shrieks sounded so relieved…

Turning towards the door, he found it open. All the rooms' occupants were crowded around the bed, blocking her from his sight.

"Hey guys." He said awkwardly. "Listen I'm sorry for earlier…"

"Oh. My. God." A voice Wally hadn't heard in over a year sounded from the circle. "You have got to be kidding me."

Hell hath no fury than a woman scorned. How about if you let it sit for a year or two?

~S~

Roy sat down in the darkness, laughing at himself for being such a procrastinator. The living room light had been burnt out for over two weeks now, yet he still hadn't fixed it.

Tossing a book between his hands, he leaned back and closed his eyes. He had two hours until his next patrol. Some sleep wouldn't hurt…

'Speedy?' Jarred out of his thoughts, he listened for the vague voice he'd heard. 'Hello-o? Speedy?'

"Who's there?" he called out. A sudden fear of the dark gripped him again, a fear that he hadn't experienced in years. "What do you want?"

'God Speedy, calm down, it's just me.' she laughed. Hallucinations were not something he had normally (anymore that is.) but this type did not come to him as a surprise. He could hear her, as usual, but she was always out of reach and could not be seen. 'You're wondering why I haven't shown up, aren't you?'

"No, because you're dead. I'm not living in the past anymore."

'Sweet heart… If you weren't living in the past, do you really think I'd still be here?'

"You're dead! I don't have those feelings anymore."

Silence. Had he really just shut up his subconscious? The fear of what lied in the darkness faded, and he knew she was gone.

'Speedy!' she was scolding him now? 'Don't go to sleep yet! I have one more thing to say.'

"What?"

'What if I'm not dead?' she sounded small, as if she were waiting for an answer. 'What if I'm just waiting for you?'

"Doesn't matter, if I found out that you were alive, but didn't tell me, you'd still be dead to me." More silence.

'Okay then… Goodbye Speedy.' He ground his teeth slightly, but he didn't have the heart to correct her.

He was obviously going insane. Maybe Garth would understand. After all, she had been pretty close to him too…

Roy instantly felt bad for wanting to whine to Garth. Garth had listened to her die.

Using his telepathy, he'd been able to communicate with her as she held the door closed. But those things were at least eight feet tall and could probably go toe-to-toe with Superman. Holding the door against at least thirty of them is impossible, especially if you lost your source of power.

They'd set the place to self-destruct, burying those thing in the rubble and hopefully killing them. But they weren't fast enough to escape them on foot. She'd volunteered to hold the door and buy them some time.

But, with them pounding on the door, the room had gone pitch black. She'd been locked in a dark room with no chance of survival.

Garth talked telepathically with her the whole time. She'd never once stopped laughing and joking with him, according to Garth. He'd listened to her dive under something after abandoning the door.

They'd escaped just in time to watch the whole place go tumble to the ground.

Garth called for her, we all did, but she never answered. Never replied.

They'd been successful in stopping the monsters, although they were sure at least one or two survived.

They'd gone in there as a group of four, but had come out a group of three.

Jinx and Starfire had come to Steel city about two days later, mourning their friend. But Speedy wouldn't accept it. He was convinced she'd survived, and had broken down many times. But after a while, the two girls had calmed him, and had gotten him to stop cowering each time the lights went out.

She'd been scared of the dark, and sometimes it had been so bad that she'd cling to whatever she could, normally either Garth or him.

And then there were the nightmares, ones so horrific that she'd not sleep the rest of the night, normally hiding in the front room with a book or her I-pod.

She'd listen to vocaloid songs, nodding her head to the beat and explaining if he ever asked that, even though she knew the songs were about her betraying people, or killing, or really sad, the song's catchy beats were calming to her.

Honestly, whenever he tried he felt like an idiot.

Maybe it was the fact that the voices were so computerized and high-pitched that he felt like he was listening to chipmunks in a computer. But, he had to admit, some of the songs were quite soothing.

So for the first time in months, he turned on his computer and opened YouTube. Turning the volume up, he searched for one of the more relatable songs.

'Insanity (frost mix) [English]'

The rest of the night was spent with that song, along with three or four Ren and Len songs on repeat until he fell asleep.

That night, his dreams were calm, something that rarely ever happened.