A/N: I've decided to make this into a series of one-shots. (More at the bottom.) This one is a bit of a songfic using the song Say Something by A Great Big World.
"Artemis! Say something! Please!"
Where was the team? Why weren't they here!? Wally tried to put pressure on the wound. It wasn't working. Blood was spilling over his hands, and staining his costume.
How had everything gone so wrong so fast?
It had been a simple mission; stop an assassination attempt. It had been going great too. The target was safe and the team alert. Then the assassin had shown up. Turned out it was Sportsmaster. He wasn't a very forgiving man. When Artemis had seen him he could see in her eyes she had known her father would be angry. After all she had traded her whole life to the Justice League, destroying year's worth of training.
She coughed, blooding coming out of the side of her mouth.
"Please, Artemis!"
He didn't know what he was begging for. She wasn't dying on purpose.
Her eyes were staring up towards the sky. He grabbed her shoulders, shaking her, trying to get her to look at him.
"Look at me! Please just look at me!"
She did. It took a moment but her eyes eventually met his and his heart nearly broke. A tear slid from her eye and he knew she was giving up. And at that moment he felt himself giving up. She couldn't even speak, what chance did she have?
"Please... Say something."
He had his hands on either side of her face now, one trying to wipe away the blood. A drop of water splattered on her cheek and he realised he was crying.
"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry." He sobbed, "I should have kept up with you. I was too slow! I should have finished his men faster. I'm sorry."
He felt so small. So helpless. Had it been Robin here he would have pulled something out of his utility belt and saved her. But he was out of his depth. He had never been good with medical stuff and now he was paying for it by watching the girl he loved bleed to death.
And he had never told her. His pride had gotten in the way, stopping him from admitting it out loud. It could be now or never he thought. This may be his last chance to ever tell her. He swallowed his pride as the next words came out.
"Artemis, I love you. Please just talk to me. I don't want to lose you." His voice cracked on the last sentence.
The girl gave a shaky smile and seemed to try to move her lips, but he couldn't make out any words.
'Wally, we can't get to you! There's too many of them!" M'gann's voice came through the mind link.
It was then that he started giving up on her. He knew she was giving up too. She had no doubt heard it through the link and knew what it meant.
The world was blurring as tears filled his eyes. They streamed down his face now as he begged her not to give up, to talk to him, say something, say anything, to no avail. He saw a small sad smile on her face as she looked at him.
Her eyes had filled with tears as well, though she wasn't letting them fall anymore. Her shaky hand reached out and grabbed his shirt front, trying weakly to pull him down.
He bent over, as she struggled to get words out. He couldn't hear them, even right next to her, so he instead watched, trying to read her shaky lips.
"I love you too. Sorry."
"No." He said, suddenly panicking, "NO! Artemis!"
Her body had stilled, breathing stopping. Her eyes were slipping closed.
"Goodbye."
"No, no, no, no, no. Don't do this, please! Say something! Artemis!"
He realised shaking her would do nothing, but he didn't know what else to do with the feeling of complete helplessness that filled him as he gave up on her making it through this. He screamed and yelled, tears running down his face as she didn't answer. She just lay deathly still.
"Please." He whispered, his throat soar, "Say something. I'm giving up on you."
There was no answer.
A/N: HEY! IM BACK. So first of all, thank you to all the reviewers from the last chap! THANK YOU SO MUCH. This is now going to be a series of one-shots (And possibly some related ones). Sorry this chap was so short but I've already updated my other fic today and I'm doing NANOWRIMO.
Also this fic was wrote to sorta fit with the song Say Something by A Great Big World. It would be awesome if you listened to it while reading this story.
If anyone has suggestions for one shots please share! I had lots of other stuff to say but have now forgotten all of it so... ya.
Please review! I would love you forever! I'll try to update soonish as well.
