Hero's Journey (A Percy Jackson X Young Justice Crossover)

Chapter 15

A/N Whoops. Looks like I forgot to actually publish (I've written them, but they were all noted as drafts and I didn't notice) chapters 15-19. Have a nice marathon. 

Wally found himself in the void. There was nothing but darkness. He could remember glimpses of events that occurred not so long ago. Him eating weird brownie, the pain of his organs slowly burning, then a moment of peace followed by more torture. He spent hours wriggling while his body was practically on fire. Most of it was the same. He didn't care to remember. But there were some moments he did remember. A beautiful blonde girl, standing close to his bed. Artemis! He opened his eyes, hoping to wake from this, but he woke in the very same void, only now he was wearing a hospital gown instead of his normal clothes.

"What are you willing to sacrifice? What would you give away to go back before this happen? To have it like it never was?" A dark and mysterious voice sounded.

"Who are you? Invading the minds of others is not cool dude." Wally asked, looking into the void. He tried to pinpoint the unknown person, but it came from all around him. He tried to move, but his body was not responding to his commands.

"Curious little brat, aren't you? My name is not important." The voice chuckled and image of Artemis appeared. She was sitting on a chair, frozen. About five feet behind her there was a gun pointed at the back of her head. There was no one holding it, but Wally could tell that it was about to fire. He wanted to rush there and save her, but his body was not working. A gunshot could be heard. He tapped into the speed force. Everything seemed to slow down, but he was unable to even lift a finger. "Ah. You do care about her. It's a shame you had no chance to explore the feelings you two shared before this."

Something in speedster's mind clicked. "Wait! This isn't real. It's all in my head." He started to concentrate, trying to wake up, but no matter what, he had no possibility.

"Yes. And no. This..." Wally could only guess that it referred to Artemis being shot. He was still holding onto the speed force like a life-line, trying to figure out a way to save her. "This might not be real. But it could. She is after all a heroine. This could happen every day. And you are powerless to save her."

"N-no! She is strong. She can protect herself. Besides, why would I even care?" He tried to bluff himself out, but it didn't work. Suddenly, a three-bladed necklace appeared on her neck.

"She made her choice. She wanted to save you, but what are you willing to do to save her?"

Wally wanted to protest, to stall, to reject this, but he couldn't one look at her face and he found it impossible. Kent Nelson's words sounded in his head. 'Find your own little spitfire, one who won't let you get away with nothin'.' He remembered how she scowled him about his actions, his stupidity. Another set of images appeared before his eyes. Her, sitting next to hospital bed on which he was, cursing his stupidity, crying. She was angry at him. Only now it hit him. She didn't hate him and did it to spite him. Maybe at first. But she really did it, because she cared about him and didn't want to see him hurt, which is exactly what she was seeing now. Wally West, Kid Flash, laying in bed unconscious and barely alive. The greatest torture for her. To hell with the consequences.

"Fine. What do you want?"

"What will you offer?" The voice spoke in amusement. Wally almost physically felt the triumph of whoever this was.

"Same thing she did. I know she made some deal with you." It was a wild guess, but his intuition gave him an idea.

"You are smarter than they give you credit for, Punk. Yes. She offered her service in exchange for your life." Mysterious person sounded amused.