Disclaimer: Still don't own YJ…yea
Authors Note: Hello world! Sorry it's taken me a week to update (I was going to update Friday but decided not to) Try outs went great (I made it-whoo!) but I injured my thumb in the process so I'm even slower at typing then usual…so anyway,
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OK, now where was I…
Artemis POV
I woke up in the living room of my apartment. Which was weird and suspicious, since I didn't fall asleep here. So, I immediately reached for my bow. Which wasn't there. Now, this made sense. My mom hated when I had my weapons anywhere in the apartment. She finally agreed to let me keep them in my room only.
I sighed as I went to my room to retrieve my bow. As I walked past the kitchen, I noticed someone was cooking and I stopped. It was a lady. She wasn't facing me, but her hair was exactly like my mom's.
The lady was strutting about the kitchen grabbing plates and ingredients and such. So…that can't be my mom. My mother is in a wheelchair. She wouldn't be walking around the kitchen making lun-
"Artemis! Come help me please, darling." The women said, without turning.
Darling? Oh. My. Goodness. Only one person calls me that…"Mom?"
She twirled around, very light on her feet. "Arty, is something wrong? Why are you staring at me like that?" she frowned at me and I realized that my mouth was gaping open at her.
I quickly snapped it shut and tentatively asked, "Uh. Mom? What happened to the…wheelchair?" I had to force out that last part. Her head tilted to the side as if I asked her something in another language.
"What wheelchair?"
Back In MedBay…
"Batman, we should probably go to sleep…it doesn't look like they're getting up anytime soon."
It was 2:47. In the morning.
The Dark Knight didn't move. "I'll stay."
"Bruce…" Flash started. "They aren't gonna wake up and we need to sleep too! Red Tornado will be here and will alert us the second anything happens." Anyone could hear the doubt in Barry's voice. He obviously had no clue when the next member would wake up.
The rest of the League and Young Justice went to bed hours ago. M'gann was still upset and Kaldur didn't want to go back to sleep in case he had that dream again. But, after a lot of convincing from the elder heroes, they slept. Connor had no problem falling asleep, much to Canary's delight.
However, Batman, Flash, and Arrow were still wide awake with anxiety, questions swirling endlessly in their brains. What if they never think dream? What if they don't want to wake up? What if they think they would happier if they were asleep? What if-?
"Flash is right. I will alert you if anything changes. Agent A called and asked you to come home to rest as well." Red Tornado said in that toneless voice.
With a huge sigh, Batman got up, "Alright." And he was gone.
"Well, I suppose we ought to go too since we convinced Batman to go. Eh, Arrow?"
He didn't respond. He was looking at his "niece" with worry plain on his face.
"Uh. Oliver? You okay?" Barry asked in a gentle tone.
"I'm just…worried about her."
"Ah. Yea. I'm worried about Wally too," he paused, "What do you think those other kids had dreams about?"
"Something too good. Which isn't good…Wow, that sounded contradictory." Arrow mused.
The Speedster laughed loudly, "Yea it did." He sobered up. "But, it's true." They looked at the three young heroes, peacefully sleeping.
Artemis POV
No wheelchair? Ever? What is this craziness?
"Um. Yea. Sorry. I was…just. Confused. Sorry mom." I thought about this for a minute. No wheelchair. What exactly does this mean for me? About mom? About my dad? So, if she was never in a wheelchair…
I could no longer contain myself. I felt myself smile bigger than I have in what feels like years and I ran up to my mother and threw my arms around her.
"I love you, mom!" I told her happily, "This is…like a dream come-"
Back In MedBay…
Artemis suddenly jerked out of bed. She was on her feet and frantically looking for her bow.
"ARTY!" Oliver yelled. He rushed to her and gave her an unexpected hug. After a moment she hesitantly returned it.
"O-Ollie?"
"Yes, Arty? What's wrong?"
"I-is my mom still in a w-wheelchair?"
Ollie was quiet for a moment. "Yes, Arty, she is."
Flash quietly exited the room. Artemis sighed heavily.
"Is that what you dreamed about?" He asked her as gently as he possibly could.
She didn't answer the question but asked another one instead. "Uh. Where is everyone else?" She looked around and spotted Robin and KF still sleeping.
"M'gann, Connor, and Kaldur have woken up…as you can see, now it's just Rob and Wally. Oh! Speaking of Robin, I should call Batman. He'll want to talk to you…" He trailed off when he saw the forlorn look on the young girls' face. "Are you doing okay, Arty? I know the dream may have been…a bit much." He frowned as he considered what kind of dream she could have had about her mother.
"I'm fine, Ollie," She plastered on a fake smile, "The dream was a little…intense, but I'm fine."
Arrow led her out to the hallway, "Ok, Arty. If you insist."
They had hardly left the room when they heard the voice of a familiar Martian, "Artemis! You're awake!" M'gann flew toward Artemis and wrapped her arms around her.
"What's going on? Oh! Artemis, you're awake." Connor walked out of his own room and leaned against the wall.
Finally, Kaldur came out, wiping the sleep out of his eyes, "Artemis!" he smiled, "Good to see you awake."
"Thank you guys!" She grinned at all of them and could feel the love coming from them-even Connor. "How long have I been…asleep?"
Her "uncle" responded, "About…maybe 16 hours? I'm pretty sure it's been 16."
"Wow." Was all she could say.
"Don't worry; Wally and Rob have been asleep longer." Conner said.
Arty laughed a bit, "Yeah, that's true."
"Hello Artemis." Even Arrow jumped at the Dark Knights' sudden appearance.
They all whirled around to face him. The young heroes all straightened up, causing Arrow to smirk and lean back against the wall casually.
"Did you think the word dream?" Batman asked her persistently.
"Well, I said 'this is like a dream come true' …then I woke up. Wait, why?"
Arrow filled her in, "So far, all of you woke up after you thought or spoke dream." A beat of silence.
"Hang on…we have to wait for them to think the word dream? Are you serious? What if…they don't?"
"Well, all of us woke up so…" Kaldur faltered then came back strong, "They will too."
Then Connor gruffly put in, "Yeah. But the only problem is we don't know when."
Authors Note: So, here ends chapter number 4. This has been fun even though this chapter took me forever to type. Only Wally, Robin and maybe a happily ever after chapter to end it all. Keep reading and reviewing y'all, because you love me and I love you! Thank you thank you thank you!
