Wally walked along the shoreline examining every single piece of debris he came across, hoping it would lead him closer to Artemis somehow. He rubbed his thumb against the piece of bow he tightly clutched. The ridges and imperfections he felt along the bow gave him comfort, he felt a piece of Artemis was there with him. Wally thought about how his feelings for the archer had changed over the few months he knew her. He hated her at first, replacing his best friend and fellow hero at the time on the team, but after being saved a few times his feelings for her started to change.
Wally stopped on the beach and stared out into the ocean. A thought popped into his mind of the possibility that she never made it to shore.
No. He thought, She is alive. Shaking his head hoping to remove the thought from his mind. He continued to walk down the shore. Each yard he traveled was more disappointing then the last, he was coming across debris from the ship less and less and there was still no sign of Artemis. She is alive, Wally reminded himself again. His shoulder ached, stopping Wally looked around the beach and saw that the debris from the ship was almost non existent. Massaging his shoulder he looked up towards the sky and watched as the sun set on the ocean horizon. Wishing that Artemis was there right next to him, hoping that she can see the sun set from where she was.
Looking down the shore Wally wondered how far he had been walking, within the few short hours looking for Artemis he must have walked miles. Realizing that he only has a few hours left of daylight and no source of artificial lighting to help find his way, and his injuries getting worse. Wally decided to make camp for the night, and hoping daylight will come soon to continue his search for Artemis.
Klarion the Witch boy paced back and forth studying the monitors in the main control room of the facility. His cat resting on his shoulder, while waiting for some news. With a loud bang, a lacky (what Klarion calls the hired help) bursted through the door. Klarion stopped and gave the Lacky his full attention, hoping for some good news.
"Please Tell me you have found the Speedster, I have been looking forward for the news". The Lacky that came through the door was about to speak, when he stopped himself and thought about what the Lord of Chaos just said.
"I have came to report that the Archer has been brought into the facility" The Lacky nervously said. "And that her wounds are being treated, and she will be put in the holding facility".
"What about the Speedster?" The witch boy interrupted.
"What?" The Lacky question.
"THE SPEEDSTER! HAVE YOU FOUND HIM YET OR NOT?" Klarion screamed inches from his Lacky's face. With a scared look the Lacky responded.
"No" He mumbled. Not hearing the response of the Lacky, Klarion asked again.
"What did you say?"
"No Sir" the Lacky stated. "We have not located the Speedster".
"ITS BEEN 20 HOURS SINCE YOU FOUND THE GIRL AND YOU ARE STILL LOOKING FOR HIM!?" Klarion screamed. "YOU PEOPLE HAD ONE JOB! AND THAT JOB WAS TO FIND THE SPEEDSTER AND BRING HIM HERE!" Klarion breathed heavily, and watched the color drain from the Lacky's face. Scared and trembling the Lacky was trying to be brave through his rant. Taking a moment to calm himself, Klarion dismissed the terrified Lacky, and returned to his pacing.
Taking a moment to scratch his cat, Klarion returned to the monitors looking for any signs of the speedster. He then turned his attention to the screen with the archer. Her unconscious form being dragged into the holding cell. Klarion smiled twistedly and mumbled to himself.
"Don't worry little Speedster, your precious archer is safe for now".
Wally hardly slept. Worry. Pain. Frustration. Prevented him from sleeping, he was worried about many things, his friends, the League, Artemis.
Do they even know we are missing? Wally thought to himself as he watched the first few glimpses of sunlight peak over the ocean. He questioned on weather anyone noticed that he and Artemis disappeared, or the fact that no one has gotten in touch with either him or Artemis.
Wally continued to watch the sun rise gently over the ocean, when enough light was shining on the beach Wally grabbed the piece of Artemis's bow and stood his stiff body up and began walking along the beach continuing his search. The debris on the beach was almost non existent where he was walking, but he continued on his trek. Wally was approaching some ocean rocks and tide pools when something caught his eye. A bright shining object was sitting in the water, with the sun hitting it just like a mirror and reflected into Wally's eyes.
He walked over towards the rocks and stepped into the gentle surf. Placing his hand holding the bow piece on the rock to balance himself, he bent down and reached into the water to retrieve the bright object under the surface. After examining the object Wally realized in horror what the item was. Artemis's communicator. After panicking for a few seconds Wally concluded two possibilities. One, that Artemis was alive and she is on the island, or two…..
It was a possibility he didn't even want to consider. Artemis was a good swimmer, even a better one than he was. She would have made it to the island. Wally put the communicator in his snack compartment, the snacks emptied long ago, but he knew the communicator would be safe there. He stood up and began to head back to the beach when he heard a rustling in the leaves that were guarding the entrance to the jungle.
Wally stared at the rustling for a few moments, when he convinced himself nothing was there an began to turn around. All of a sudden a sharp pain hit him in the back of his shoulder blade. Feeling around for what caused the pain, Wally quickly pulled out a tranquilizer dart that was deeply embedded into his shoulder.
The next few moments happened so quickly. Realizing he was just darted Wally turned to try and fight off the creature that gave him the sedative, only to be greeted with a strong punch in the face. After being knocked down by that whirlwind of a punch, Wally looked up and realized they were uniformed guards. Beginning to feel woozy, Wally began to get up again, only to be greeted this time by a strong kick to his stomach.
"You best stay down" One of the guards chuckled, "We can't let you get too hurt, Boss's orders".
"Who are you working for," Wally uttered trying to get up a third time. He was only met with a hit to his back, with what he believed to be the butt of the tranquilizer gun that was used to dart him. There were five guard total surrounding him, with his injuries from the crash, and his new ones he had been given, along with the sedative that was injected into him, Wally was having a hard time standing his ground.
"Don't worry, you and your girlfriend will find out soon enough." another guard answered.
Artemis is Alive! Wally thought to himself.
Spots were starting to invade Wally's vision, not giving up he began to slowly stand up again for a forth time, that guards let him stand.
"Where is she?" He threatened ,bringing his hands into a boxers stance. The guard who first spoke shook his head, before punching Wally in the stomach again. The sedative made Wally's reaction time slow, and thus allowed him to take the full force of the punch that brought him down into the sand again. Looking up at the guard that punched him, the guard walked closer to Wally's face.
"You find out soon enough", the guard mumbled to Wally. Just before giving him a swift kick in the face, forcing the speedster into unconscious.