"Artemis!" Wally cried out. "Help!"
Artemis walked over to the two other boys, cracked her knuckles and jabbed two fingers into Red Arrow's neck. He collapsed.
"Thanks" said Wally, rubbing his neck.
Artemis punched him in the jaw.
"Ow! What..."
Wally noticed the light purple glow to her eyes.
"Aw crap" he muttered, jumping out of the way of a kick.
"Artemis! Fight it! Somehow. I don't know, just fight it already!"
Artemis stumbled forwards and shook her head like she had a migraine.
"Good!" said Wally. "Good! Keep fighting it! If anyone can break it it's you. You're the toughest girl I know! And that's why I... why I..."
For the love of... Just freaking say it already, West!
"Why I love you." There. He'd said it. Out loud. In front of witnesses. In front of the witness.
Artemis stumbled forwards a bit and looked up. Her eyes were their normal pale grey.
"You mean it?" she asked, sounding like a little girl waiting for reassurance.
Wally wanted more than anything in the world to say yes.
Instead he found his body charging forwards, arms swinging. Artemis barely jumped out of the way.
"Now, now" Wally felt his mouth say, though the words were not his own. "As romantic as this is, it's finally time that one of you suffered some... permanent damage."
Wonder Woman ripped the last MONQI off of her shoulder and crushed it in her hand.
Scattered bits of green metal and wiring coated the entire tarmac. Not far away were the smoking remains of an MQ-9 Reaper drone.
Captain Marvel bent over to try and catch his breath.
"Woo! I hope we don't have to do that again for a while" he said. The rest of the Leaguers shared his sentiment.
Superman put a hand to his earpiece. "Batman, this is Superman. The area is secure. We're moving in."
"Acknowledged" said Batman. "Be advised, we've found bullet holes and fired shells but no sign of the Team or any additional hostiles. Martian Manhunter has detected something and we're checking it out. Move into the base and continue the sweep. Over."
"Roger that" replied Superman. "We're on our way."
Robin was expecting something weird when he peeked around the corner and he was, of course, correct, but seeing Roy groaning on the ground and a subsonic Wally trying to grab Artemis was a tiny bit weirder than what he'd had in mind.
What made it even weirder was when Wally turned around and lashed out at Roy.
"Stop it!" Artemis shouted, tackling him.
"Hey!" shouted Robin, running into the open. All of his detective's instincts were blaring. Something was very wrong here. Kaldur and Rocket were right behind him.
Wally suddenly exhaled and blinked. "Rob!" he shouted. "Don't hurt her! She's not the-"
Kaldur suddenly cried out in pain before hurling a punch at Rocket.
"Whoa!" she shrieked.
Roy's leg shot out, catching Kaldur off balance and knocking him to the ground. The archer slowly got to his feet.
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Worst Case Scenario
FanfictionThe Light has had enough of the Team's meddling in their affairs. It is time that these sidekicks be removed from the board once and for all, by any means available and by any means necessary. It is time for Operation Guillotine. There will be no me...
