A/N: This just came to me. This takes place a year after Artemis joins the team. Wally and Artemis have a sort of close friendship going on but they still tease each other and Artemis still calls Wally out on his crap. Also, M'Gann and Conner are still dating. Zatanna hasn't joined the team and neither has Rocket. Basically everything is the same but for Artemis and Wally's relationship. Please enjoy.
Disclaimer: Don't own Young Justice.
Aidez-Moi
By JustJanelle
"I need your help."
Artemis blinked, confusion dawning on her face as she stared at her sister.
Cheshire was kneeling on the windowsill in Artemis' bedroom, or rather what once had been their bedroom. Artemis didn't say anything as Cheshire stepped inside. Her sister tossed her mask on to what had once been her bed before she faced Artemis again.
"Didn't you hear me, little sister? I need your help," Jade reiterated. She was Jade now, her long black hair tossed in to a wild mane that was pushed back from her face, her features stark and naked without the mask that usually hid them. Without that mask she wasn't Cheshire, she was just Jade, and Artemis didn't know how to respond.
"I'm not helping you," Artemis said stiffly from where she stood in the doorway, "we're no longer sisters. You left me, you took his side-"
"Artemis," Jade snapped, "that's why I'm here. I want to-"
"Artemis?" Paula called from the living room, "is everything alright?"
Artemis glanced from the open door to her sister before replying, "Yeah mom, everything's fine. G'night."
"Good night, dear," Paula called back just as Artemis slid the door shut.
"Alright, Jade, talk. What is it that you want?" Artemis glowered, trying to pretend that she didn't give a shit why Jade was there.
"Our father, I'm going to kill him and you're going to help me."
Artemis looked up at Jade with wide eyes.
"You're serious?"
"Dead," Jade quipped.
"Not funny," Artemis said fiddling with the zipper of her sweater before pulling it off and throwing it aside.
"You in?" Jade asked after Artemis spent several minutes rummaging for her spare crossbow under her bed.
Artemis looked up at her sister reluctantly and only after inspecting her crossbow in the soft moonlight that filtered through the open window. After a moment Artemis nodded.
"Let's do this."
"Has anyone seen, Arty?" Wally asked as he zipped in to the cave a few days later.
"No, she said she'd be here after school," Megan replied from the kitchen.
"But its three o'clock," Wally said, glancing at his phone. "She should be here by now."
"It's three in Happy Harbor, not where Artemis lives," Robin said as he appeared at Wally's side.
Wally jumped, surprised by his friend's sudden appearance even though he should have been used to Robin's behavior by now.
"And how do you know where Arty lives?" Wally asked accusingly before shoving one of Megan's cookies in to his mouth.
"I know everything," Robin replied.
"'s fat coaw?"
"What?" Robin said.
"I said," Wally said, swallowing his mouthful of chocolate chip cookies, "Is that so?"
"Yup," Robin smiled.
"What's my middle name?" Wally challenged.
"Rudolph."
Wally's entire face flushed red.
"Oooh, Rudolph? Like the reindeer in that Christmas movie we watched the other day?" Megan squealed.
"No," Wally said waving his arms for emphasis, "Rudolph as in Arthur Rudolph one of the pioneer's in rocket science in the-"
Wally faltered under Robin's withering gaze.
"Yeah, okay, I was named after my dad."
Robin's jeering was cut off by a sudden announcement over the comm system.
"Team, report to the mission room," Batman said stiffly.
"Whelp, fun's over," Wally said, grabbing five more cookies, "time to get to work."
Once the team was assembled in the mission room sans Artemis, Batman got straight to business. He was only on the vid screen and not in the cave in person but he might as well have been standing in front of them for all of the silence his presence demanded.
"Team, today your mission is in Gotham City. You will take a zeta tube immediately and rendezvous with me at these coordinates-" Batman began.
"Shouldn't we wait for Artemis?" Wally chipped in as he shoved another cookie in to his mouth.
"That won't be necessary," Batman said.
"Why not?" Robin inquired.
"Artemis is the mission," Batman explained and suddenly his face on the screen was replaced with a news feed of a girl in black and gold spandex. She had an arrow notched at a security guard. Cheshire appeared behind her and tossed something up at the camera, knocking out the feed. The screen went dark and then Batman appeared again, noticeably unshaken.
The rest of the team, however, were in different stages of refutation.
"That can't be- That wasn't Artemis," Wally denied.
"Batman, I believe you have made a mistake. This girl is not- She was wearing a different costume and she was with Cheshire," Kaldur said his voice clearly dazed.
"Cheshire is-" Robin began but upon seeing the glower on Batman's face he faltered. He glanced between Batman and the rest of the team before affirming his stance and finishing his statement. "Cheshire is Artemis' sister."
"What?" Conner growled, "How could she not tell us something like that?"
"Conner I'm sure she-" Megan began to intervene.
"No," Conner interrupted her, "M'Gann what if she's the mole?"
The rest of the team hesitated as if this scenario hadn't occurred to them. Suddenly their thoughts were interrupted by Wally's ringtone.
"She fucking hates me/trust/she fucking hates me," his phone rang as he fumbled to find it in his coat pocket.
Batman scowled down at him from the vid screen.
"She was queen for about an hour/after that shit got sour/she took all I ever had/no sign of guilt/no feeling of bad, no~"
By the time Wally managed to lift his phone to his ear he had a scowl on his face to rival Batman's. Only when he heard the caller's voice on the other end of the line did a smile grace his facade.
"Hey, what's up?" Wally crowed in to the phone.
"Who is it?" Robin asked.
"Oh, it's Artemis," Wally said, looking up at the rest of the team, before going back to his conversation, "Yeah, I'm with the team. Bats is on the vid screen telling us to meet him in Gotham because- get this: you've turned evil and Cheshire is your sister."
The rest of the group went silent as Wally's jovial grin slowly slipped from his visage only to be replaced by a frown.
"What do you- Oh, I see," Wally said waving off any attempt Robin made to interfere with the conversation, "Wait- No- Arty!"
Wally looked up from his phone apathetically, "She hung up."
"What did she say?" Kaldur asked, stepping around Robin who seemed to be stewing with unanswered questions.
"Dude, why didn't you let us talk to her?" Robin whined, throwing his hands up in frustration.
"She seemed…" Wally trailed off before looking up to see Kaldur and the others staring at him expectantly, "Cheshire's her sister. She confirmed it. She also told me that she has some unfinished business to attend to. If she's not back in three days she says to erase all of her files and…cut her off."
The team was at a loss for words. They looked up at Batman who seemed to be deep in thought.
"The mission still stands," Batman announced, "You will go to Gotham City, bring back Artemis and take Cheshire in to custody. Be back in 0800 hours or I will be sending a search party for you."
With that the screen went dark.
Kaldur turned to the others, his fists clenched at his sides. "You heard Batman," he said, "Let us start this mission."
Wally's ringtone is 'She Hates Me' by Puddle of Mud. And yes, it only rings like that when Artemis calls him. He has specialized ringtones for each of the team members (at least the ones that have cell phones). XD
As you can probably tell there will be a lot of gore but a lot of humor too...or at least my attempt at humor. I hope you continue reading.
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