She jumped to hear a knock on her door. She turned off the shower and stepped out and wrapped herself in a towel. She unlocked the door to see her father standing there. He had a look of concern on his face.
"Is everything okay?" he asked. She sighed.
"Yea, just another bad dream." He frowned at this.
"You seem to be having a lot of those lately." She wasn't going to deny it, it was true. From Aliens, to a man in a bat costume, to even an asteroid in outer space that you could transport to. She let out a sigh.
"I'll schedule another session with Doctor Psimon." That name sent a chill up her spine.
"What about Doctor Lance?" she asked hoping to finally meet this nice Phycologist people were telling her about. Her dad's eyebrow came close together over his brown eyes like hers. He looked a lot like her, same hair, same eyes, even the same laugh. She had gotten her mom's dark skin and both parents athletic build.
"But Doctor Psimon has done great work…" He stopped himself. A sudden smile spread across his face witch almost startled her.
"Of course Artemis!" he said. She jumped back.
"What did you just call me?" she asked the older man. He looked confused, a sad look passed across his face, a smile quickly covered it.
"Oh sorry, we got a new partner at work today named Artemis. I've been trying so hard to remember her named it must have just slipped out." Alice nodded beginning to believe her dad. He gave her a hug, a long hug actually. Something she had never gotten from her father before. She hugged him back. He pulled away from her and put his hands on her shoulders and smiled at her.
"Goodnight," he said giving her a kiss on the forehead. He quickly walked out of the room gently shutting the door behind him. She stood there astonished. Her father had never acted that… happy before. She smiled to herself. Maybe things were finally getting better.
M'gann finally opened her eyes and let out a sigh and smiled. Everyone was looking at her.
"Well? What happened?" Wally said finally breaking the silence. M'gann looked up at him smiling.
"I have finally taken control away from Psimon, I now hold order in her subconscious." The room seemed to let out a sigh. Robin, Auqualad, Superboy, Batman, Red Arrow, and Green Arrow all stood there feeling a bit of weight fall off their shoulders. Wally wasn't pleased. He sat down in the chair across the bed from M'gann. His face was almost as red as his hair.
"So wake her up then!" he said with steam almost coming out of his ears. M'gann sighed.
"It's not that easy Wally." She said looking at the ground. Everyone looked up at her.
"What do you mean?" Aqualad asked. M'gann was silent for a few seconds.
"Psimon didn't only put her to sleep, he…" she trailed off.
"He what?" Robin asked from the side of the room.
"He didn't only make her fall asleep he created a different reality that she is living right now. To her this reality is real. It's the only thing she knows. We don't exist, we're just dreams… nightmares to her. She has a different life, a best friend a boyfriend…" Wally moved awkwardly in his chair to hear that word. "… She is living her dream life. She doesn't even go by Artemis in this world."
"What dos she go by?" Asked the shadow in the corner of the room. M'gann stiffened, she couldn't look the girl in the eye.
"She goes by Alice." M'gann's voice said shaking.
"That stupid fucking book," the Cheshire scuffs from the shadows.