Flash Rebirth || Wally West [1]

08|Killer Frost

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As I sat at the center of the living room I attempted to the best of my ability to clear my mind. Having spent the entire day locked inside my apartment I was now beginning to give up in the idea that my irritation and guilt would be eased. Suddenly and unnatural gust of wind caused my hair to blow in my face, followed by the excited barking of Impulse. "For a so called hero you should know that breaking and entering is a crime Barry."

"How did you..."

"Who else?" I questioned and although his presence already ruined my meditative state I still kept my eyes closed refusing to meet the pity that would surely be shinning in Barry's eyes. Even with my eyes closed I could almost feel the awkward tension radiating off of him. It truly was a surprise that my sister had dated him, he certainly did not seem like her type.

I heard as Barry cleared his throat before he shift to my right. "I didn't know you meditated."

"In The League meditation is practiced to clear the mind and body of what troubles you."

"Diane never did. Actually she really didn't talk about of the League at all." He replied and from the tone in his voice I could hear that this was difficult for him to say. Whether it was the memory of my sister or the fact that he truly knew nothing about her I was not sure.

Shaking my head at his reply I sighed, for a CSI he could be very clueless at times that it was truly remarkable. "Maybe you simply never cared enough to learn more about her on your own."

"She was very secretive."

"Not as much as you think, she told me everything." I replied dryly finally opening my eyes to take in Barry's troubled face. With everything that happened in the span of 24 hours I couldn't be sure what exactly had him so troubled.

"Anyway you haven't been by S.T.A.R. Labs all day. Haven't answered your phone we were worried." He stated in a surprisingly stern voice and even then I found it odd how he always seemed to want to avoid speaking about my sister for very long.

I stood seeing as this conversation with Barry was going to be longer than I would have liked, in fact I could see this conversation possibly taking a dangerous turn. "What would be the point? Sit around all day hoping that Wally will get out of that thing."

Barry studied me for a moment, and for the first time it actually felt like he saw me. Not a reminder of my sister or a troubled girl. "This isn't just about Wally is it?"

"I failed." I admitted flatly still furious at myself for my stupidity. I hadn't been able to sleep all night replaying every moment that went wrong, and even I had to admit to myself that I had plenty that I needed to get off my chest. "The first time I go out there as Artemis and I failed."

"Jade it's not..."

"No Barry it is my fault!" I yelled, pure rage running through my veins. "What's happening to Wally that's on me. I had one job and that was to protect Wally and I couldn't even do that."

Barry took a step forward but seemed to think better of approaching me as he froze an almost pleading look in his eyes. "Diane would be proud of you."

"How could you possibly know? She's not even here." I countered surprised by my bluntness in the statement. But I have had too much time thinking about this that I no longer felt sadness only anger. In Star City Artemis was considered one of the greatest heroes along with The Green Arrow and Black Canary. Her legacy was something that I had to live up to, and how could I possibly have any hope of doing that when I failed my first mission as Artemis. "She's dead. Damien Darhk killed her."