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R&R

"So anything between you and Wally yet?" Artemis asked, nudging her with her elbow.

Crystal let out a small laugh. "No,"

"What? Nothing?" Megan asked shocked. "I figured Wally would be all over it."

Crystal shrugged her shoulders, as if it wasn't a big deal. "I'm actually used to it. I mean, I've been telling him for years that I've liked him, and he never changed."

"That must have been hard." Artemis said, looking at her sadly.

"Not, really." She told them happily. "I'd be more hurt if he treated me different. Possibly ignore like I thought he might. He did that at first, the first time I told him."

Artemis sighed, looking at her with a shake of her head. "I guess I can see where you're coming from."

"I hope you two get together." Megan said reassuringly.

"Let's just get to class. I don't want you two to get all mushy on me." She joked with them.

They walked into the classroom, waving to the guys who were already in there waiting for them. The bell rang, sending them to their seats.

Crystal glanced at Wally and saw him with his head on the desk, making her worry a bit. "Wally," She whispered gently.

He looked over at her, but quickly averted his eyes. "What?" He whispered back, kind of in a rushed way.

"Are you okay?" She asked him, tilting her head to get him to look at her.

"Peachy," He grumbled, turning his head to look the other way.

What was that about? Megan asked her telepathically.

I don't know Crystal said unsurely.

Every time she tried to get Wally to talk to her or look at her, he always found something that seemed to grab his attention. When the bell rang he was the first one to get up and leave the classroom, making the others look at Crystal curiously.

Crystal stood next to the door, watching Wally walk down the hallway. She looked at the door sadly, figuring that he was uncomfortable around her now.

"We'll go see what's up." Robin told her with a reassuring smile.

"Thanks, but I think I already know." Crystal said, rubbing her arm.

Robin, Kaldur, and Conner all walked out of the room, following where Wally went to eat his lunch. While Artemis and Megan ushered Crystal to the outside, where they normally have their lunch.

"I'm sure it's nothing." Megan said with a small smile.

"Hopefully," Crystal sad with a sad smile.

The boys found Wally finally, following him all the way up to the roof where he decided to lay down casually.

"So," Robin said quietly. "Want to explain what this is all about?"

"About what?" Wally said, as if he was clueless to anything.

"Why you're ignoring Crystal." Kaldur pointed out.

Wally quieted, looking up at the sky dazedly. "I don't know why."

"How do you not know?" Conner asked grumpily.

"I said I don't know!" Wally shouted, sitting up and glaring at him. "I can't look at her the same anymore. I concentrate too much on her. She's all I think about now."

Kaldur and Robin laughed, making him look at them with a glare. "That's called falling hard for her." Robin told him. "Dude just face it. You like her more now."

Wally's jaw dropped as he looked at them in shock, not realizing it before, and feeling stupid for not doing so.

"You're just surprised." Kaldur assured him.

"Though you could have been easier on her." Conner said with a sigh.

Wally grumbled as he rubbed his neck and leaned forward on his knees. "Ah, man. How can I be so stupid."

"You're always stupid." Robin told him teasingly.

"But I still can't look at her." Wally said standing up.

"Why not?" Kaldur asked confused.

"Because!" Wally groaned. "For the longest time I thought she was just telling me she liked me, because she saw me as a good friend, and possibly a brother. And now I find out that she was telling me that because she actually likes me? It's…" He stopped, looking at the unsurely. "It's hard to change how I used to be around her. I don't know how to act."

"Then why change how you did before?" Conner asked confused.

"He is right. As you said, she has been telling you this for a long time, yet she never minded you treating her the same." Kaldur explained to him.

They walked up to him and looked over the edge of the roof, spotting the girls below as they talked to Crystal who just nodded her head and looked at the ground.

"Maybe you're right." Wally said, watching her with guilt.

"Trust me, the guys will solve this." Artemis said, helping Crystal relax.

"It's alright." Crystal said, looking at the ground in a daze. "I'll just have to figure something out."

Artemis and Megan looked at her with frowns, before Megan smiled widely.

"Hello, Megan!" She said while hitting her head. "Why not trying to play hard to get?"

Crystal looked at her with a raised eyebrow, wondering what was going on inside her head.

"I like where this is going." Artemis said with a smirk.

"Why not ignore Wally the same way you were to him? That'll make him figure out what he's doing is wrong! And he'll realize he can't deal without you!" Megan said with a smirk.

Crystal raises an eyebrow at her, watching as a smile forms on Artemis's face. "I think I'm liking this too. Sounds like fun."

"And if Red Arrow comes in, then I'll just shoot him again." Artemis said with a smirk.

"Actually, we just may need his help." Crystal said smirking. She pulls out her phone and places a call, giving the girl's a smile and thumbs up as she talks to whoever is on the other side.

The bell rings, sending the girl's back to their glass with the boys. Robin gives Crystal a thumb's up as she passes by making her smirk and shakes her head at him with a small laugh. Just as class was beginning, Crystal looked at the girl's and smile, tapping her wrist and pointing at the clock.

Wally turns to look at her, opening his mouth to talk to her, when the door opens and Roy walks in through the door.

"May I help you?" The teacher asks, eyeing him up and down.

"I'm here to pick up my girls." He says with a smirk.

"You can't possibly be old enough to be a father." The teacher said, fixing his glasses and looking at Rob up and down again.

"I didn't say I was their father." He told them. "But I do have permission to pick them up."

"Oh? And who, may I ask, is trying to skip out on my class?" He asked grumpily.

"That would be me." Crystal said, standing up from her desk and grabbing her bag and books.

"Ms. Marshall?" He asked surprised.

"Yep, and I'm bringing Artemis and Megan with me, but don't worry, I'll help them with their homework." She told him with a proud smirk.

Megan and Artemis smiled as they quickly gathered their things and got up. They walked past Roy and out the door before the teacher could say anything, leaving Crystal smiling in front of him.

"Would you mind telling me the homework?" She asked, with an innocent smirk on her face.

"Ah, yes," He said, snapping out of his daze. He quickly wrote it down on a piece of paper and handed it to her, making her smile as she folded it up and placed it in her book.

"Have a good day." She told him, nodding to the guys with a smirk.

"Ah, you too." The teacher said, still processing what happened.

"I know I will," Roy said, a bit too loud on purpose so Wally would hear.

Roy placed his hand on the small of her back, ushering her out of the door. Wally glared as he watched Crystal smile at him and shut the door. Robin, Conner, and Kaldur looked at one another confused as to what just happened.

"What was that all about?" Robin asked, sitting on the couch with a flop.

"Who cares." Wally said, sitting in the recliner with a bowl of chips.

"You're just saying that because you're jealous." Kaldur said with a huff.

The cave recognized and introduces Megan, Artemis, Roy, and Crystal as they appeared in the cave. Artemis was now in long denim jeans, a cut off white shirt, and a small denim jacket over it. Megan was wearing a short denim skirt, button up blue t-shirt, and a small white jacket over it. And finally Crystal walked in with short denim shorts, an orange tank-top, and a small denim jacket that reached just below her chest and cut off at her shoulders.

"Thanks for getting us out of their and taking us Roy." Crystal told him with a smile.

"No problem. Just call me anytime." He winked at her, making her chuckle and look forward.

"Oh! How was school?" Crystal asked them nonchantaly.

"Where did you go?" Conner asked curiously.

"Just doing some shopping." Megan said happily, giving Conner a kiss on the cheek.

"You look nice." Robin told Crystal as she walked by.

She stopped and smile, twirling in a circle as he clapped for her. "Thanks." She kissed his forehead, giving him a smile as she walked on by.

"You didn't want to invite us?" Wally teased.

"Nope," Crystal said, not even glancing back at him as she walked on with the girls.

"Boys would have just slowed us down." Artemis said with a smile.

"What about Roy?" Wally argued, pointing at Roy who stood there smirking at them.

"Roy's a man, not a boy." Crystal said, giving Roy a smile. "Plus he knows all the right styles."

"Is that supposed to be a compliment?" Roy asked, raising an eyebrow at her.

"Definitely. You know how to make a girl look hot, and look bad-A all at the same time." Crystal told him, giggling as he smirked.

"Anytime to see you in different clothes." He teased.

"Good you're here." Black Canary said, entering the cave quickly. "Crystal I need you to follow me."

Crystal furrows her brows, not sure what to think of Canary singling her out of the group and having her follow the league member. She sighs and follows after her, with the others in quick tow, just as curious as to why Crystal was being summoned. They stopped as they hit the middle of the cave, seeing the league standing there with calculating looks pointed at Crystal.

"What's this all about?" Crystal asks them, stopping a few feet away from them, arms crossed.

"We need you to come to the Watch Tower with us." Superman told her simply.

"Why does she get to go to the Watch Tower?" Roy groaned, looking at them angrily.

"We have to stay back?" Robin asked irritated.

"Are we not good enough to go to the Watch Tower also?" Artemis said pointedly.

"This is a personal matter. None of you need to get involved." Batman told them strictly.

Crystal looked at the league carefully, before shaking her head and stepping back towards the others. "No, it's not fair to my team if I'm the only one who gets to go up. I won't go."

"Crystal, we need you to come with us. It's a very important matter." Flash tried to reason.

"No," she said stubbornly, turning her back to them. She began to walk away, ignoring the arguments behind her for her to come with them.

"It's about your parents." Batman finally said, making her freeze mid-stride and look back at them.

The others could see the fear in her eyes as she stared at the league. The league fidgeted on their feet, not feeling comfortable about Batman plainly telling her about what it was about.

"Batman, you shouldn't have said it in front of all of them." Superman said pointedly.

Crystal pursed her lips, before sighing and looking at them reluctantly. "What could have changed? They want to kill me. They want me gone. They want my power. They're looking for me. Anything I've left out?"

The league staid quiet as they watched Crystal look at all of them carefully. When no one answered she turned her back on them again.

"Then I'm not going up." She tells them plainly.

She grabbed her school bag tighter as she walked off before anyone could say another word. Roy glanced at her and followed quickly, the others following suit as they tried to catch up with her.

Roy grabs her arm gently and makes her stop. "Hey, you okay?"

Crystal turned and plastered a smile on her face. "I'm fine."

She looks at all of them, lingering on Wally for a little longer, before smiling again and walking off. She locked herself in her room, deciding to go to sleep earlier and calm her racing heart down.

"How are you feeling?" Artemis asked as she walked over to Crystal's desk the next day at school.

Crystal looked up and gave her a genuine smile. She let out a breathy sigh as she looked at the others crowding close by. "I'm fine. I just needed some sleep was all."

"That's good," Megan said with a relieved sigh.

"Class, attention." The teacher said, clapping as he came into the class early. "We have a new classmate. This is Max Jones. Please make him feel welcome."

He had shaggy brown hair, and dark brown eyes, almost to the point of being black. He nodded to the class, taking a seat towards the middle. Everyone ignored him as they continued to do what they were before. Crystal glanced at the new classmate, a smile playing on her lips as she stood.

She walked over to him and held out her hand. "My name's Crystal. It's nice to meet you."

He looked up thankfully, a heavy weight being lifted off of him. He grabbed her hand and shook it. "I'm glad someone here would talk to me."

"They'd warm up to you sooner or later." Robin joked, standing on the other side of him.

"Nice to know," Max joked back with a smile.

The others crowded around, giving him a warm welcome as they introduced themselves.

"If you ever need anything, just ask." Crystal told him with a smile.

"Actually, there is one thing." He said, tapping his chin.

She looked at him with a raised eyebrow. He curled his finger towards himself, making her lean in closer to him so he could tell her. He leaned forward and pressed his lips to the corner of her mouth, making her stand frozen with wide eyes.

"Now my day will be good." He said with a smile as she leaned back and stared in shock.

"Take your seats!" The teacher said walking in again.

Everyone headed to their seats as Crystal looked at Wally helplessly. "It's not what you think. I didn't know he would do that." She said to him quickly in a whisper.

"I don't care." He said in a grumble, putting his chin in his hand and looking away from her.

She looked at her desk sadly as she placed her hands in her lap and dazed off into her own world, trying to remember what Megan had said before.

Don't be so hard on her. No one could have known he would do that, Megan told him angrily.

I know. Wally sighed guiltily. I just got angry.

It's called jealousy. She laughed, making him huff and glance at Crystal from the corner of his eye.

A pang hit his heart as he watched her stare at her desk in a sad gaze. He would make sure to apologize to her when class was over. As the class bell rang, Wally stood up quickly, ready to talk to Crystal.

"Hey, wanna eat lunch with me?" Max asked with a wink.

Crystal opened her mouth, ready to tell him no. She glanced over at Megan and smiled at him warmly. "That'd be nice."

She stood up and walked out with Max to eat lunch with him. Wally narrows his eyes at them, his anger rising in jealousy again as he watched her leave with the man who just kissed her. Days go by with Max hanging near Crystal with every step she makes. Every time one of them was about to talk to her, he intervened and steered her away to go with him.

"Something doesn't seem right." Artemis says, sitting with the others at lunch.

They watched as Crystal walked around, trying to get Max of her tail, but sighs giving up with the escapade and letting him follow.

"Indeed, he seems to be a little too interested in her." Kaldur said, rubbing his chin.

"Maybe she's leading him on while were not looking." Wally says with a huff. "For all we know, they're secretly together."

"Wally, for once would you not be jealous." Artemis yelled at him.

Wally turned his back on her, continuing to eat his lunch, his stomach growling for Crystal's food he normally steals from.

Kaldur got up from his spot on the ground and followed after Crystal and Max. Crystal cut into the bathroom, making Max stay out in the hallway, waiting for her. His cell phone went off and he answered it quickly, walking off to someplace no one will stumble upon him.

"Yes, Sir." Max says finally on the phone. "Yes, I have Crystal in my reach. She's such an easy target, doesn't even argue as I follow her." He began to laugh as whoever was on the other side talked back to him. "It helps that one of her team mates won't even look at her now."

A faint grumbling was heard from the phone as Max nodded his head again. "Yes, sir. I'll take her from the league soon. We'll have her in our grasp soon enough."

He nodded his head in understanding, and then shut his phone and put it away. Kaldur hid quickly as Max walked out just as Crystal came out of the bathroom. He quickly found the others as the bell rang.

"We have a problem." Kaldur said quickly, catching their attentions as he walked up next to them.

"What is it?" Robin asked with a raised eyebrow.

"We were right. Max is planning something. He was talking to someone on the phone about taking Crystal away from the league." Kaldur said.

"Crystal's in danger?" Conner asked surprised.

"We need to help her before he does anything." Megan says quickly in a whisper.

"I agree." Kaldur nodded.

"You're probably over-reacting. He's was most likely talking to one of his friends about getting Crystal to date him." Wally grumbled, jealousy dripping off of his every word.

The others ignore Wally, and watch Max carefully as he follows Crystal. They see the looks of resentment to her when she turns around. His subtle comments of remarking about her. Every screw up he makes, they catch and grow more suspicious.

"Wally, take Crystal to your house today." Artemis tells him sternly.

"Why should I?" He asked still irritated.

"Because she's been to your house before." Kaldur told him pointedly, becoming irritated by his jealous behavior. It was so unlike him, everyone was becoming irritated by it. "No excuses, just do it."

Wally sighed as he did as Kaldur said, catching Crystal after school and offering to take her back to his house like old times. But as they walked to his house, the silence between them was choking.

"So, how are you and your boyfriend doing?" He asks her sarcastically.

"Who?" She asks confused.

"Don't act like you don't know," He says irritated. "I know you and Max are secretly dating."

They reached his house as Crystal stared at him in shock. "You have got to be joking!"

He looked at her as she shouted at him. "No?" He quirks an eyebrow and frowns at her. "Seems like you're perfectly fine with him following you and doting on you."

"Because he won't leave me alone! And I don't want to be rude!" She shouted back at him angrily.

"Oh, so it's not Max. Well then it's probably Roy huh?" He asked, thinking of the other guy she's close to.

"Roy? Yeah, right!" She scoffed, looking at Wally as her temper rose. "He's like a brother! He was there with Green Arrow as they raised me!"

"Well, that doesn't seem to stop you." Wally argued, not knowing what else to say. "Seems as if what you told me is completely false!"

Crystal stared at him with wide eyes as she dropped her hands limply to her side. "Is that what you think?" She shouted, looking at him incredulously.

His mother opened the door, catching them in the yard as they stared off with each other with glares. She stepped forward but stopped as she realized they hadn't even seen her yet, thinking it best they solved it themselves.

"I have told you I liked you for years! And you never acknowledged it! And now when I finally explained how I felt for you, you ignore me! And you're blaming me?" She shouted at him, her arms spreading out as her temper flew. "I can't believe you!"

She gritted her teeth as water built at the edge of her eyes, making a pang of guilt hit Wally again. His mother stepped forward, reaching out for Crystal. Crystal turned quickly and ran off, ignoring his mother as she shouted for her to stop.

"I can't believe you did that Wally!" She shouted at him.

He rubbed his neck in guilt as Crystal's words sank into him, and he realized everything she said was true. He should have listened to the others and thought clearer about the situation.

"I'll apologize tomorrow. She won't want to talk to me today." He told his mom.

She huffed, letting it go for now, but keeping her pointed look at him as he walked inside. Wally waited in front of the school for Crystal, but soon had to get to class, so instead he waited in class, but again she didn't show. His worry surfaced as he looked for her with any free time he had.

"Have you seen Crystal?" Wally asked the others.

"Not since you had her." Megan said.

"She didn't come to the cave last night." Conner said. "Wasn't she with you?"

Wally shook his head. "We had a fight before we got inside my house. She ran off before I could stop her."

They went to the cave and looked for her, and then the next day at school. She still never showed up as the others grew increasingly worried. Kaldur looked at the empty seat where the new student should have been, making him narrow his eyes and put two and two together.

"You thinking what I'm thinking?" Robin asked him as they looked at the empty chair as the bell rang for school to be over.

"I think we need to tell the league." Kaldur said.

They rushed to the cave and quickly called for the league to come. Superman, Batman, Flash, Green Arrow, Canary, ManHunter, and Red Tornado show up, looking at the kids confused.

"What is this about?" Canary asks them, her arms crossed over her chest.

"We think Crystal has been taken." Kaldur said quickly, taking the lead in the situation.

"We got a new student at school named Max Jones. He took an interest in Crystal quickly and continuously followed her around." Robin began.

"Kaldur suspected something and followed them at one point. He heard Max talking to someone, telling them that he had Crystal in reach and would take her from the league." Megan said helping out.

"Two days ago we sent Crystal to go with Wally, hoping she'd be safe there with him, but…" Artemis said, glancing at Wally unsure.

"We got in a fight." Wally said instead, looking at the league. "She left my house quickly and I didn't see her after that."

"We believe that Max has something to do with her disappearance. She hasn't shown up yesterday or today." Conner added in.

"Max may have followed her and Wally the other day, and took the chance to take her when she ran off." Robin said, finishing up what they expected.

"This doesn't sound good." Batman said.

The screen behind them, in the middle of the room, fizzed and zapped behind them, as the screen filled with the technical snow, before going black and a video appearing on it.

Max stood there with a cocky smirk on his face, clearing his throat and placing his hands behind his back, as if he was a polite and sophisticated man.

"Justice League, I am pleased to tell you that we now have your most valuable person. You don't have to worry, she'll be in capable hands soon enough." Max began, bowing to them in politeness.

He held up his hand, just as Green Arrow went to go talk to the screen. "Don't try talking back though. This is a one way camera. You can see me and hear me, but we can't see or hear you." He smiled at them. "I'm sure you're wondering how Crystal is doing by now huh? Well, see for yourself."

Max stepped aside, making Megan gasp and Wally to suck in a breath. Crystal sat on her knees, arms chained behind her back. Her head was hung low, but it didn't hide the bruises and scrapes on her, and the way her shoulders slumped in defeat.

"Don't mind her state. She brought it upon herself." He said, walking over to her and lifting her chin up, showing the bruise on her jaw where a punch was most likely dealt. "You see this girl was intent on keeping your secrets. Maybe we can try again. Why don't you tell us where the league headquarters is located? Or how about some of their identities?"

Crystal glared at him as she moved her jaw. She spit at him, hitting him in the eye as he stepped back and wiped it off, his smile sliding into a frown as he glared at her.

"Go to hell you scumbag." She told him venomously.

"Why you insolent bitch!" He shouted, back handing her across the face painfully.

Her head whipped to the side as the pain flared on her cheek. She looked back at him quickly and kicked out at him, hitting him in the knee and knocking him backwards.

He growled at her, standing up quickly and grabbing her throat. He lifted her up and slammed her against the wall, his strength definitely superhuman as the wall behind her cracked from the impact. She gritted her teeth in pain as blood poured down from her head and over her eye.

"Why don't you try that again." He growled out.

"Go…to…hell…" She gritted out, her breath escaping her lungs slowly. "You will never….win against the league…." She laughed, glaring at him. "You won't…even win…against the Young Justice…they'll…kick your…ass."

He glared at her, throwing her to the floor and kicking her in the stomach. "Ugh! I swear you really know how to push my buttons!" He growled at her. He pulled out a gun and aimed it at her, grinning maniacally as she sat up and leaned against the wall, covered in more scrapes and bruises.

"Last chance." He warned her, cocking the gun back.

She narrowed her eyes at him, giving him a mocking smile. "Too bad that the gun is the only way you'll win in this. You're just a loser."

He gritted his teeth as his finger pulled the trigger. Megan screamed as the bullet flew out and hit Crystal in the shoulder, sending her back into the wall and making her throw her head back and clench her teeth in pain. Her head slumped forward as a shadow crossed over her face.

"You are supposed to kill her!" Someone shouted outside of the camera's view.

"Shut up!" Max shouted, storming out of screen and slamming a door shut as he exited the room.

It was quiet in the room, showing that no one was in there with her anymore. They had left the camera on, giving them a view of Crystal as blood slowly soaked her shirt and ran down to the ground.

"Crystal," Canary gasped, looking at the girl slumped against the wall.

"Oh no," Kaldur said, watching Crystal as she didn't move a muscle.

She groaned, leaning her head back once again, and straightening up in her sitting position. "Dammit." She groaned out, as pain radiated in her shoulder. Her breathing became heavy as she was losing strength from blood lose and no food. "Wally," She said quietly, shocking him.

He stepped forward towards the screen looking at her confused.

"Dammit, Wally. You better be watching this." She said.

He thought she was saying this to make him feel guilty, so he shrank back behind everyone, not wanting to see any more.

"I don't have much time before they come back and realize they left the camera on." She told them, cracking her eyes open. "Star. Cloud. Moon. Moon. Space. Cat. Space."

Everyone looked in confusion at Crystal as she began to spout off this nonsense.

"What is she talking about?" Flash asked, looking around the screen to find some clues.

"Dog. Ball. Fire. Air. Wink. Flower. Ocean. Space." She continued on.

"What the heck?" Artemis asked, thinking of anything that could connect these.

"Maybe their things she saw?" Megan offered up.

Wally perked up, hearing the words she was saying. He quickly shoved past the others, grabbed a pen and paper and began writing down what she was saying.

"Dragon. Flag. Done." She finished up.

Her eyes squeezed shut tightly as she groaned out in pain, her teeth grinding against one another as she held back a scream from the burning pain in her shoulder.

"Wally," She whispered, feeling her strength leave her. "You have to hurry."

"Dammit! You left the camera on!" Max shouted, coming into the room again and glancing at Crystal. "Not so feisty now are you?"

He shut the camera off quickly, leaving the room silent as Wally continued to write on the paper.

"What did she give you?" Robin asked confused.

"It's a code me and her made up when we were little. We used to use it when around my parents, and teacher, and anyone we didn't like." He told them, finishing up the decoding. He held up the paper and looked at it. "It's an address!"

He gave it to Robin and looked at the league determinedly. "We'll get her back."