Three Days Later

Wally woke up with a start, sitting up straight in the bed. He looked around the room, wondering where he was. It was not bright and it did not have an overpowering feeling of relaxation.

At the side of the bed, Artemis slept, resting on her arms on the bedside. Wally smiled brightly, "It did happen," He sighed. He rubbed her blonde hair gently, making sure that it was indeed real. "How…How am I back?" He asked in a whisper.

Artemis moaned, her hand reaching up and grabbing on to his. She lifted her head to look up at Wally, smiling at seeing him smile. "Hey Baywatch," She said. "How do you feel?"

He moved over to the side of the bed, throwing his feet over the side. He pulled her up to her feet and encased her in a bear hug. "Really happy," He replied. Artemis couldn't help the tears that escaped and squeezed Wally tightly. "More happy then I have been in a long while babe."

They stayed in embrace for a long few moments. Artemis pulled away first. Wally gently wiped away the tears that trickled down her cheeks. "How long have I been gone?" He asked, looking back and forth at her eyes. "Not too long I hope."

She shook her head, "Not too long at all," She hugged him again. "Don't ever leave me like that again, Wally."

He laughed lightly, "I promise that I'll never leave you, Artemis."

She kissed him lightly, "Good."

He sat back down on the side of the bed, holding on to her the moment she sat beside him. She laid her head on his shoulder. "So how did I get back?" He asked. He looked at his free hand. "I can remember it so well but I can't remember barely a thing of how I came back."

She looked up at him, "Anything?" She received a shake in return. "Well we don't honestly know yet either. We do know that it was a girl who got you out, at least she came out with you."

"A girl..." He thought out loud. He looked forward at the blank white wall. He tried to picture the event but could only see a bright blur. "I just can't remember that moment. Everything else…is pretty clear." He squeezed his fist closed, scowling slightly.

"Do you want to talk about it?" She asked.

He shook his head, "Not yet…" He looked at her, giving her a small smile. "I will one day though, when I understand it all."

Artemis smiled, nodding her understanding.

"So where are we?" He asked, looking toward the metal door. The room was a faded grey, almost white with just a small cot for a bed in the middle. "Watchtower?"

Artemis nodded, "Yeah. Most everyone is coming in and out of the Watchtower since they heard you'd come back."

He raised his eyebrows questioningly. "Wow…"

"Would you like to go and talk to whoevers around?"

Wally looked down at his legs, unsure whether he'd like to confront his friends. "Honestly…I'm not ready to talk about it with anyone. What about the girl? Is she okay?"

"That's okay, Wally, everyone will understand." She now looked down, sadness lining her face. "She's in the sickbay. She's been asleep for three days now. She hasn't woken up once."

He looked at her, "Have I been asleep three days?" He did feel overly rested and surprisingly, not so slow.

"Three days asleep and three days gone before that."

Wally tensed, three days was a long time. Three days in there was the longest time. He had felt so weak…so slow and slowing every second he had been inside. Wally curled his fist, feeling his muscles tense and relax, feeling the quick release of them. It was the fastest he'd felt in days and it felt awesome. Yet at the same time the way he felt inside there… He clenched his fist again; angry he had even thought that. He wanted to be in the here and now. Needed to be.

"I'd like to see the girl if that's alright?"

Artemis stared at his hand, looking up at him when he talked. "Of course," She stood up, grabbing on to his hand. Wally stood up, following her out of the room.

They walked down the hallway, not having to go far to get to the right room. Wally was happy about that since he didn't see any of his friends. Artemis silently opened the door, walking into the room and nodding to another in the room.

Wally walked in after her, surprised to see Batman standing in the room. He stood in front of some holographic computer screens, looking at her vitals and DNA. "Hi Batman," Wally said.

Batman looked over at him, his scowl surprisingly not plastered on. "How are you feeling Wally?" He asked, sounding genuine.

"Well rested," He replied, not wanting to go any further with it.

Batman nodded, turning around to look at the girl, turning to business. "Do you remember her?"

Wally finally looked at the girl. He nodded, "I do…but I can't place why. She was the one that pulled me out of there right?"

She was actually quite, oddly familiar. She wore the flash symbol, which meant she was in the family some how. Her suit was yellow and red like his with only a few minor differences. The yellow top cut off a little above her belly, the sides of it armored and red. She had no sleeves, cut off at the shoulders and going half way up the neck. She wore yellow belt, red pants, and yellow boots with red armor on the calves.

"Yes," Batman said, turning back to type on one of the screens. "She is not from this time. No doubt from the future." His voice was ruff and hoarse and you could tell he was scowling again. "She was pulled out of the hole with you. With the line that she placed outside and away from the hole, it appears as though she may have gone in to save you."

Suddenly Wally could hear her voice like he did inside of there. "Don't pull me in Wally! I'm here to pull you out!" He could see himself pulling her, pulling her into it.

Wally shook his head, scowling at the memory. "She was there to pull me out." He looked up at Batman and Artemis. "She was definitely there to pull me out."

"Are you sure?" Artemis asked, grabbing on to his arm.

He nodded, "Yeah, I'm sure." He looked down at the girl again. "She was there to help me, not for any other reason."

She had long, strawberry blonde hair that lay in a heap on the pillow around her head. She had very few freckles on her nose and had a small, heart shaped face. She looked calm… Goggles held her hair out of her face, pulled up to her hairline, red ones just like Wally's.

Wally stared at the goggles, "Are-are those mine?" He asked. They looked just like his and even had all the minor scuffs on the sides.

"I think they are." Artemis said, walking around to the other side of the bed. "They look like the pair you kept in the dresser." He nodded in agreement.

Wally looked over at Batman and then down at the girl, "So is there any relation to Barry or even Bart? She's obviously part of the family somewhere."

Artemis barely touched the top of the girls' hand. She pulled her hand back, curling it and looked up at Batman. He nodded once and typed on the screens again, pulling up multiple pages of DNA samples.

He put Wally's, Artemis', and the girls' DNA side by side on the screen. "This girl is yours and Artemis' daughter, Wally." He stated. Under both of theirs it said one hundred percent match.

Wally looked up suddenly, staring at the screen. "Our…daughter?"