39. Unreachable

Artemis looked into the mirror.

Alone in her room inside the submarine, she was in the bathroom staring at herself for what seemed like hours. Nobody bothers her when she's alone in her room (except for Kaldur), it has perks in being Kaldur's right hand man. It was hours of training with the new recruits, briefing with them and basically following around Kaldur and keeping up the act of a villain. It itched her like a bad rash when she was near them. Before quitting the Team to live a normal life she became so used to being a hero. Loved that she get's to stop the bad guys like her father and now...now switching sides and being surrounded the people she would put them behind bars felt ironic now. She could handle being with them, it was rare for her to be locked up in this room alone. Now, what made her to lock herself away from the outside?

She met her father today.

It felt suffocating to be in the same room with him, to be near him, to even breath the same air with him, but that wasn't what drove her into the room; it was the way he acted toward Kaldur.

Kaldur had his helmet on as he briefed the crew of their next plan, Artemis behind him as Tigress with a stoic expression on her face. The metal hatch opened with a bang and all eyes were on the new comer, Sportmaster. Artemis's throat went dry at the sight of him. Thousands of question floated through her head. What was he doing here? Wasn't he supposed to be Paris? What does he want? Anger was rolling off of him, but this anger felt different than the ones she felt when she was little. It felt heavier, thicker, more dangerous, and all of it was directed at Kaldur.

Knowing that Sportsmaster would not wait until the briefing was over Kaldur dismissed everybody. Artemis crossed her arms when his eyes landed on her.

"Leave," her father said softly, danger rolling off it.

"She stays," Kaldur said.

"Fine," he scoffed. "As long as I make myself clear between me and you."

Artemis stand by warily.

"So, I heard what you did on your last mission. Met up with your Junior Leaguers and also heard my daughter was back. You...you stabbed her with your own hand right. In. The chest," he pointed out with his thumb, his voice growing darker. "You stabbed my baby girl, killed her without a moment of hesitation." And in a blink of an eye he had Kaldur pinned to wall. Artemis quickly reacted, pulling out her cross bow and aimed it at him, but he ignored her and continued to talk. "Listen here boy and listen close, the minute I see any disloyalty coming from you I have a knife with your name on it." He hissed and shoved him down to the ground. Artemis and Kaldur watched him leave. He paused in his step and Artemis quickly tensed up, getting ready to attack. "You should know I'm not the only one after your head, be on your toes. I don't want to lose my chance in slaughtering you."

He left after that.

Artemis never expected her dad to have such a reaction to her death like that. She always saw him as a cold hearted man who didn't give a damn about his family, only got what he wanted either by force or persuasian. Never had she ever seen her dad this angry over his daughter. She only remembered the harsh words, the stinging pain, his mocking laugh...those things stood out most in her memories of her dad.

She was confused. So confused and wondered if this was a good idea in the first place. Was it smart to have accepted this dangerous mission? It was cold and lonely here. Kaldur might have been there but they were undercover, they can't let their cover be blown because of her. She missed her Wally. His husky laugh, his warm embrace, his soft and tender kiss, his eyes that made her feel safe...his smile. But Artemis was a thousand miles below the ocean water and he was thousand of miles away on land.

Artemis knew the mission was going to be hard, but it was unbearable to away from her Wally, her speedster, her home.

I hope this wasn't too short, but I can't really concentrate with Young Justice coming up with a new episode TOMORROW. Did you see the clips? Did you see the caps online? JASON~! D: And did you see Jade's expression? Shits going down, Kaldur, watch out bro~! OMG! My inner fangirl is about to break out! Urgh! They should really stop going on Hiatus and leave us hanging. :/

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