30. Coldhearted
Artemis walked into the souviner room and noticed something was added to the collection, a backpack. She remembers about Wally's mission in Seattle, he saved a whole country from Count Vertigo. Artemis smirked at the thought of the red head. For an annoying speedster, he did good in saving a country and a 10 year old girl from dying.
"Hey,"
Speak of the devil.
"Hey yourself, Baywatch. I heard you saved a country and a little girl's life."
Wally let out a chuckle. "Yeah...I did."
Artemis frowned. "What was that pause for?"
"It's just...the event before all of that happened." Wally sighed, almost grimacing at the memory.
The blond archer frowned with concern and put a hand on his shoulder. "Do...you want to talk about it? You don't have to if you don't want to."
"No, it's fine." Wally gave her a weak smile. "During the mission, I was so intent on joining you guys...I didn't really care much about the heart and the mission. And I made the most stupidiest mistake, Vandle Savage was supposed to distract me and he did, he had my attention for 15 whole minutes. 15 minutes were wasted on some guy attacking the troops instead of focusing on the life of a 10 year old girl who was depending on me. I got there as soon as I could and the minute I heard that...the girl died just teared me apart. I didn't think so much guilt could weigh down on me." Wally sighed and rubbed the back of his neck. "You wouldn't know how much anger I felt when I found out that I was conned.
"I never really liked Vertigo, but finding out that he would kill his own family just for some stupid thron...something inside of me just snapped like a piece of stick. After defeating Vertigo and his goon, I ignored all the pain inside of me and headed straight toward the doctors. I was so relieved when I found out that Queen Perdita was in recovery and all I had to worry about was Vertigo and his damn immunity."
"That's when you figured out a plan to trick Vertigo thinking that his little niece was dead and BAM! Plan was a success and you saved the day." Artemis smiled. "You did good Wally, even if you didn't like it at first, you still finished with your own will."
Now it was Wally's turn to smile. "Thanks Artemis, I'm glad Perdita's fine now."
Artemis leaned in against him. "So, all in all, was this a good birthday or what?"
Wally chuckled. "Definitely the best one I ever had."
"Good," Artemis grinned "That's good to hear."
This chapter was weak. D:
I was inspired by the episode Coldhearted it was a definintely sweet episode about Wally and him being a hero don't you think? And what isn't when he doesn't bask in it with Artemis?