So it's midnight on a Sunday and i want to sleep because school is draining my soul. i also just finished this chapter... instead of finishing a paper i need to for class. i dead! I also payed no mind to spelling or stuff and will find something later and want to hide in a corner like i did for the Crock Crook mistake which nobody caught me on. A friend of mine did after laughing at me for an hour.

I'd also like to thank Hokeygirl28 because she was willing to share some of her story, which the rest of you need to read, with me in order for me to review. Even if it was a joke, it meant she wanted more and reminded me to finish the chapter and post it. Please if it's been a month tell me to post! I forget!

As summer nears I'll have more free time which means more stories. But i'm also taking and extra Chem class over the summer so i can whoop all those other kids in my grades butts with my scientific knowledge on chemical bonds and stuff.

Also To SpitfireChick, Hope this answers your question. And to LadyFrederic thank you for the complement n my writing style and to j9162 this is a 2668 word chapter. So is it long enough for you cause i'm bone dry write now from exhaustion. And to everyone else THANK YOU for reviewing. It makes me feel good abut myself and tells me i should keep going.

Any way I don't own anything but the world... Oh i don't own the world, so i own nothing

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Ch. 5 Confession

…Narrator…

Black Canary looked the scumbag in the eyes. He was still on the ground trying to recover from the punch the Flash just sent his way. His eye's showed realization as they shifted to both sides of his person. His hostage was taken and that left him with no protection from the two heroes' in front of him. That small feral smile she had on her face moments ago returned. Her hands griped the villain by the collar and forcefully threw him across the room.

"Get up and fight like a man." She said. Green Arrow took this moment to position an arrow on his bow, the sharp tip pointed at his chest. But before either hero could blink, Sportsmaster stood up, whipping out his weapon. A smirk appeared on his face, as he charged at the two heroes.

The bat made contact with Green Arrow's bow, as the hero blocked. Sportsmaster tried again without much success. Green Arrow blocked each swing that his opponent gave. When the two weapons were locked by the opposing forces of their holder, Black Canary stepped in.

She gave a swift punch to Sportsmaster's side, causing him to release the bat and free Green Arrow. He switched fighting styles as well. He lunged at Black Canary. She attempted to kick him but he moved out of the way. His fist hits her face. The punch has no effect on her. She hits him in the stomach. He Arms wrap around his midsection, the perfect distraction. She drops to the ground and sweeps his legs right out from under him. He jumps up from the floor, whipping out his knives.

Green Arrow shoots him with a foam arrow. The white foam surrounds the villain's body, but he breaks free and pounces toward Black Canary. As the man is flying through the air, Black Canary positions herself, takes a deep breath, and lets her vocal cords throw the man in the opposite direction. His limp body hits a wall knocking him unconscious.

Green Arrow rushes over, and places the hand cuffs on his wrist, pulling him up and dragging him outside to the police cars parked outside, ready to escort Sportsmaster to his jail cell.

...Meanwhile …

The Flash had little Willow in his arms, her bright shinny smile shining up at him. She showed no concern to the scene she was just saved from. It slightly concerned the hero, he had never saved a little kid before who was not scared of the incidence he saved them from, or one who seemed so indifferent to the fact they could have just died. She seemed to preoccupied with the fact that the Flash was taking her home, nothing else.

"Your cool." She said happily.

"Thank you." He said with equal happiness.

"You can run so fast. I wish I could run this fast. What else can you do?" she was very curious for a 6 year old.

"Well I can vibrate my molecules through walls, and I can think really fast, and I eat a LOT!" he finished with a giggle. The little girl in his arms giggled too.

"I eat a lot too!" she said with a smile. "How fast do you go?"

"Really fast."

She just smiled. As the two turned to corner onto her street, she spoke up again.

"You're the coolest hero ever."

And then they were at her little home in the safest part of Gotham middle class suburbs.

…Artemis…

Danny, my partner, was sitting next to me on the couch. His girlfriend, Sam, stood behind me in the kitchen making tea.

"Your daughter will be home before you know it." Danny said. His blue eyes stared at my face. All that stared back at him was blankness.

"Danny, my life is over. Besides my sister, I have nothing. If I lose my aster…" I found myself using the old word. It was hard not to.

"You'll get her back. The Justice League is even looking for her. You will get her back there is no-"

"Tea's ready." The Goth said, coming in from the kitchen. We both smiled softly at her. As she placed down the tea Danny continued.

"There is no way you won't get her back." He finished softly.

"Yeah well my life is still over." I got up and went to the window and a blur landed at the front of my entry way. I ran to the door and flung it open. My eyes popped out of my head as my feet sped down toward the scarlet speedster and my aster.

"Willow." I shouted. She jumped out of the hero's arms and into mine.

"Mommy. The Flash is sooooo cool." She said with a smile.

Danny appeared at the doorway.

"Danny" she shouted, but it kind of sounded like "daddy." And the flash must have thought so to due to the look on his face. And I need to talk to him… but as Barry.

I jumped into his arms, very un me like.

"Oh, Flash, how could I ever thank you for saving my daughter." I said so that anyone around me could hear.

"Come in an hour in your … other… identity. We need to talk." I whispered so only he could hear.

"Will do." He whispered back.

…Wally…

Black Canary walked into the cave. She wore a big smile as she looked at the group of people that gathered around her. Megan bounced over to her with a plate of cookies.

"So why are you here today, Canary?" She asked. I slowly made my way over there.

"Oh, just because I'm a hero, and wanted to shine my heroicness down onto my young pupils by having a training session today."

"That's not like you BC." Robin, now Nightwing, said. "Who did you stop?"

"Sportsmaster." That caught my attention.

"Why?" I asked cautiously.

"He kidnapped a little girl who…" She looked at me and smiled sheepishly for a second.

"Who?" Megan prodded

"Who was the daughter of a cop." She finished. It was clear she was hiding something by the look she was giving me, but before I could ask more, Megan spoke.

"Why?"

"I don't know. But there must have been a good reason." She stated then grabbed a cookie and walked towards the training room.

"He mentioned a meeting about something that would happen in a few days." Her voice faded off as she got farther away. It was clear to me what happed.

Sportsmaster wanted to live so he kidnapped some random girl and made sure to be put in jail so I couldn't kill him. 'Cause why else would he kidnap someone so low on the priority scale for the league? There is no other reason, at least I think so.

…Artemis…

I was putting Willow to bed while she went on and on about the flash being the greatest hero ever. She was talking about how cool he was and how fast he was and about how much he ate. I have no idea as to how he knew that, but it sure was true. Wally and Barry were so similar in so many ways it's mind blowing.

Mind blowing similarities aside, I finally got My Little Aster into bed and fast asleep. My eyes glanced over at the clock on her night side table, 7:30; of course he'd be late by over 2 hours. I knew he would be that's why I told him to come at 5. I sighed and walked into the living room and sat by the window, checking out the curtain every few minutes or so. By 8, a man in a tee shirt with the blond hair came jogging up the steps. I hopped up and opened the door before he could knock or ring the bell. With some velocity I pushed him on the porches swing and softly shut the door.

"Sorry I'm late I had-"

"Not an issue, I knew you'd be Barry that's why I told you to come in an hour. Because I knew it would took you three."

"Oh…" There was an awkward silence. He broke it first. (AN: OF COURSE HE'S A SPEEDSTER! THEY CAN'T STOP TALKING FOR MORE THAN 5 MIN IN THE PRESENTS OF A NOTHER BEING!)

"So is she Wally's" That was blunt, I thought.

"Um… Yeah she is." I turned away from him. "But don't you dare tell him." My head snapped back towards him.

"But why not, he needs to know."

"No he doesn't it would kill him."

"What's killing him is the thought of you being dead!"

"He thinks I'm dead?"

"YES!"

"Shhhhh… You'll wake Willow." My finger taps my lips in the universal sign of silence. Another uncomfortable pause passed.

"So her name is Willow."

"Yeah, Willow Aster Crock. " My words come out kind of cracked.

"Very pretty. After he finds out are you going to change it to West?"

"He's not finding out so that won't be an issue. Now, will it Barry?"

"I think you should tell him. How would you like it if you found out you had a 6 year old and didn't know?"

"We'll I guess I just wouldn't tell him." He gave me a disapproving glare.

"Oh stop that, I didn't tell him for his own good. He should have a life, He always wanted to be the next Flash, go to school, go places… A child would have killed that dream. "

"THAT is not true. I have a child who is three years older than Willow, and I'm still the Flash."

"Yes but your married."I retorted

"Yeah but who would know about Willow even if he wasn't married. It wouldn't matter. No one would know about her being the 'Flash's' daughter." He threw back at me.

"I would know. Willow would know. He would know. What if he got hurt, how would Willow deal, I would I. I just wanted to save his future, to save him." I gritted my teeth, holding back the tears starting to form in my eyes.

"You love him don't you?"

"Yes, I wanted him to be happy. That day… It wasn't suppose to have happened. We were arguing and then… then… Do I even need to finish?"

"She turned back to Barry, who was looking at her like the world was going to end if he heard any more about his nephew's sexual relations.

"Please don't." he said in between cracks. I gave him a small smirk.

"All right hot shot, I won't tell you that he put his-"

"LALALALALALALALALA" his fingers shot into his ears and his eyes shot closed. It was so funny. It made me happy to have a member of the Flash family here with me. They were all crazy.

"Okay Okay I'll Stop!" He popped his fingers out of his ears and gave me a toothy smile.

"So," I said, "if you think you can stay quiet want to come inside and talk its getting kind of cold."

"I think I can." He whispered.

We went inside and I made tea. (AN: I love tea.) He sat down on the sofa and turned toward me.

"So, how is Wally?" I asked over my shoulder the goofy smile still on my face.

"He's okay. He got this girlfriend who's a reporter." His words made that smile falter. My body turned toward him, that fake smile still plastered onto my face.

"Oh reporters I hate them, well not your wife she good. But it seems all these heroes love reporters. I really hate that one oh what's her name- Linda Park- she's just mean. She says all this stuff about Kid Flash, and you, that is just plain wrong- and rude too. None of it is true! I just don't like her." Just seeing her face on the National Morning broad cast makes me sick, if I were to see her in person I'd punch her in the face.

"Yeah well that's his girlfriend…" was the response he gave to my little rant. My mouth dropped.

"And he's dating her even though she hates his identity? What is wrong with him?"

"I think he just misses you."

"So he dates her. We are nothing alike- at all!"

"Exactly, she doesn't remind him of you. So he doesn't have to think of you that much."

"Oh." The water whistled behind me. I pulled it off the hot plate and pulled out two tea cups.

"Um, what kind of tea would you like, Chai or Earl Grey?"

"Chai, please." I poured the hot water into the cups with the tea bags inside, walked over to Barry and handed him one.

"Does he love her?" I asked softly while sipping the heated liquid.

"He says he does but I know he doesn't. I think you broke his heart."

"Well, Barry, I can't just jump back into his life and start where we left off. Plus, Willow would be so hurt and confused, I couldn't do that to any of us."

"Us? Are you really just afraid you'll get hurt Artemis." That stung a bit.

"I… I don't know… But I just don't want to risk hurting any of the ones I love. That would kill me." My words came out once more from behind grit teeth as I tried to hold back the tears.

"I think you should go see him." He was getting on my nerves.

"Barry I want to be done with this. I refuse to go. Refuse! And nothing you do or say will change that."

His blond hair covered his eyes. He placed the now empty cup of tea on the table and turned towards me.

"Artemis, how 'bout a compromise?" He had this smirk on his face that made me curios.

"Keep talking." I answered.

"What if I write a letter to Wally and put it in my safe box at the bank. I'd put it in my Will that he would get this letter in case I … of an emergency." His smirk faltered a bit. "But, if I don't die by the time Willow turns 18, you tell her who her father is and have to take her to him."

He paused for a second.

"Do we have a deal, because if we don't I'll go and tell him right now." He started to stand, so I pushed him down into the chair.

"This is not a compromise it is called black mail… And we have a deal." My words came out sharp.

"Mommy?" Willow came out of the shadows of the darkened hall way. Her sleeve rubbed against her eyes.

"Who is he?" It was then I took in my position on the older man. Neither of us realized it three seconds before but my hands where pushing against his shoulders my knee pushing against his hip. In training with Black Canary, we learned it was the best position to hold someone down, but to my daughter it looked like something else.

"A friend, Sweetie." I jumped off of him. "Let's go to bed okay." I gave her a small smile and put her back to bed where she slept soundly. By the time I came back to the living room, Barry was gone but a note was perched nicely against the tea cups.

Artemis,

I wanted you to have the spare letter,

so you would know what Wally

may know some time in the near future.

Let's hope not. Any way I copied it on a spare piece of paper.

Hope it meets your standers, if not Oh well.

Anyway I may come by again.

Until next time,

Barry Allen

And like the note said, the duplicate letter to Wally was on the table next to the tea cups.

With the hectic day behind me and the slips of paper hidden safely in my closet, I went to bed to get ready for the next day to come.

I'll Give cookies to anyone who Knows who Sam and Danny are, and what show they are from. *Hint Hint* It's one of my favorites *Hint Hint*

I'll start writing the next chapter later. I'll see you all next time.

Fee free to review or whatever. ( wow I sound indifferent)

Bye!