Accused (YJ fanfic.) book two

Pain.

Third POV
Batman, Vertis, Kaldur and M'gann all creeped down through the watchtower looking for their mentors and friends.

Entering a boiler room of such Kaldur heard a groan. He motioned to Bruce and they walked forward to see Superman and Martian Manhunter bound within fire surrounded by kryptonite.

"Clark!" Bruce shouted and ran around putting all the kryptonite in his utility belt away from Superman. After is was all gone Kaldur doused all the flames. M'gann helped her uncle up and Superman groaned. "Where's Connor?" He asked and an uneasy silence fell over the group. "No. Please no." Superman said and we all looked away from him guiltily. "What have we done?" Superman asked Martian Manhunter.

"You haven't done anything." Vertis said. "We hurt and killed people." Manhunter said looking at her. "If anything it's Vandal's fault. Not yours." She responded. "You should take your own advice." Bruce said looking at Vertis. "I would but I'd rather not lie to myself." She said shortly and continued walking.

Time skip because I'm lazy.

After we had found the entire league we went back upstairs and everyone gasped. Vertis had forgotten that they didn't know that Wally Dick and Artemis were dead. "NO!" Shouted Flash, running to his nephew's side and rolling him over, frantically searching for a heartbeat. Vertis stood off to the side and felt tears prick my eyes again. "CONNOR!" Superman yelled rushing to his fallen son.

Vertis closed my eyes trying to block out the anguish and misery. "YOU!" She opened my eyes to find that Barry had dashed towards her and he pinned her to the wall. She didn't resist. "This is your fault!" He shouted and Vertis saw tears in his eyes. "I-I'm sorry." She choked out and Flash just squeezed her throat tighter.

"Barry!" Bruce said pulling him off of the girl he had almost suffocated. "Leave her alone. She is already blaming herself. Don make this worse." Batman said kneeling down and gently rubbing Vertis's back.

Vertis's POV
I coughed and drew in a shaky breath. Choked two times in the last hour. Not fun. I heard shuffling and noises as someone approached. "Hey Vertis. Where's Artemis. I asked your brother but-" I cut off Green Arrow. "She's, not with us anymore." I said sadly. Why was I the one who had to tell everyone this?

That they killed their family? "Wh-wait. What?!" Oliver spluttered. I nodded solemnly. "How?" He asked. "I-I shouldn't-can't tell you." I said. "Vertis. Please tell me. I want to know. I need to know!"

Black Canary came over and put a hand on his shoulder and I saw desperation in his gaze. "Vertis. Tell him." Canary tried but I shook my head. "Keeping this to yourself is not good for you." She said and I curled up into a ball and cried.

"Come." Canary said and picked me up. I shakily stood and followed her into another hallway. "Now, tell me." He commanded softly. "I wasn't there but Robin was." My voice cracked when I said Robin. It felt sour on my tongue. "Green Arrow was controlled. But he shot Artemis. Right in the face. Looked her in the eye and-" my voice failed me. "Oh my god." Canary whispered. "Yeah." I replied. "Is that why I didn't tell him." I explained.

"Vertis. Carrying all this on your back. It's not good for you." Canary said hugging me. "I know. But if I can keep others from falling I will fall for them. So they don't have to." I said looking at Canary.

"You're so selfless. But you need to understand that if you relentlessly protect everyone then they'll never grow strong." Canary explains and I nod. "Come on. Let's go back to the group." She said and hugged me once more.
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Sorry it took me so long to update and that this chap is really bad and short.

[not edited.]

-catsaremeow.