Hey guys, Long time no see. Sorry it took so long for this chapter, I really don't have a good excuse for taking so long either. I'm sorry. I got distracted by my other stories (that I need to finish still) I'm working on finishing off all my unfinished stories before I continue on with anything else. I really hope you all like the last installment of the box series. Thank you for all the reviews and favorites. They really mean a lot to me.
I don't own the characters or the chili.
As the curtain fell silence encompassed the spare hangar as both sides hunkered down in their forts waiting for the other to make a move.
Wally, Robin and Roy held their nerf guns in close; Kaldur aimed his water balloons and Conner kept a close eye on the girls. M'gann levitated some glitter bombs, Batgirl and Zatanna prepared to release an army of tiny monkey windup toys, Rocket manned the turd cannon (an evil device of Artemis' design) while the archer herself lay in wait with her favorite paintball gun.
Both sides remained quiet until Wally unfortunately lost his balance and tumbled into the battlefield where he became the first victim of Artemis' sharpshooting and thus began the war.
Nerf bullets were flying, people were screaming, potatoes were scattered across the ground, and glitter covered everything. The chiming of the windup monkeys filled the air, as did the rather vulgar language of certain teenaged individuals.
It was pure and utter chaos. If one were to look in on the battle they would've confused it with a small-scale apocalypse or the beginning of the end. It was clear there was only one way for this argument to end and it involved blood, tears and for one side to formally cry uncle (as stated in article 4 of their agreement).
On the guy's side of the field things were not looking so good. (well the girl's didn't look great either) Superboy was in an angry rampage against the toy monkeys. Poor Aqualad was facing the wrath of Zee's aquadots.
"What are these pellets sticking to me?" The atlantian inquired calmly as he tried to pull the sticky dots off his skin. "What kind of sorcery is this?"
The magician let out a cackle and threw more of the hydrophilic spheres onto the teen. "They're called Aquadots."
Kaldur was quite confused. "Aqua what?" he asked while dodging another wave of the sticky devilish pellets.
"You need to watch more infomercials." She giggled and continued pelting him with the beads.
"What is an infomercial?" Kaldur wondered as he fled.
Wally on the other hand was currently covered from head to toe in spray cheese.
"Ok who threw that!" The speedster shouted as he tried to scrape the horrendous substance off of his face as he blindly chased after the perpetrator. "Was it you Harpy?"
"What do you mean was that me? You'd know if it was me Baywatch!" Artemis shrieked in between battle cries at her post manning the turd cannon. The unmanly squeals of a one Red Arrow could be heard if you listened closely.
Batgirl snickered as she stealthily sprinkled Wally with dog treats that Wolf would most definitely find intriguing as soon as the speedster came within his range.
Robin was swinging through the rafters after Rocket who was dodging potatoes left and right. The boy wonder also finally had the opportunity to use all of the spud puns he and Wally had come up with last year.
M'gann unfortunately had fallen into the cruel clutches of Robin's devious trap and was currently glued to the wall. No matter how hard the poor alien the sticky substance binding her to the wall would not give way. Miss Martian was stuck for the time being due to the fact her other compatriots were busy with the boys. She tried to levitate random objects to halt any progress the guys made like jamming Robin's gun or stopping Wally from scraping the spray cheese from his face. Then she got and idea. It was a terribly wicked idea. M'gann took the remaining windup monkeys and sent them after an already enraged Conner.
"I HATE MONKYES!"
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Up in the Watchtower things were not as interesting as Batman lectured the league on new protocol. Everyone seemed to be listening (they all feared what would happen if the bat caught them dozing off or screwing around) Well all but a certain archer and speedster who were huddled over Ollie's smartphone in the back corner.
"I thought it would be bad, but not this bad." Barry whispered in awe.
The blonde archer nodded in agreement. He made a mental note to make sure to never get on Artemis' bad side. Ollie didn't even want to know what the suspicious brown substance was that she was shooting out of the cannon. "Poor Roy."
"Poor Roy? Did you see what they did to Wally?" Flash said quietly. His nephew was currently attempting to run from Wolf. "He's probably going to have to go the therapy after this."
"Therapy? Please, Barry you're such a drama queen. These kids are as tough as nails." Ollie scoffed.
"And crazier than the Joker. You see that look on Robin's face and that maniacal laughter? That can't be healthy." Flash whispered.
"You're right about that." GA agreed. "The bat's kid is pretty creepy. The female one has potential too."
"Do you see what she is putting Wally through? She's turning my sidekick into a potential chew toy! What do I tell his mother?" The scarlet speedster gasped. "This is all your fault Ollie!"
The offended archer glared at the speedster. "Excuse me? Was it not your protégé who started this?"
"I'm sorry but I think it was your protégé who started this." Flash argued.
"No, I'm pretty sure this is Wally's fault."
"Sorry Ollie, but Artemis started it."
The two quarreling men failed to notice that the room had fallen silent and a livid Batman was storming towards them.
"I don't care whose sidekick started what I'm ending it." The Dark Knight growled. He held out his hand expectantly. "Give it."
"Give you what Bats?" Ollie asked ever so innocently earning him the look from Dinah.
Batman sighed. "The phone Arrow, give me the phone." He didn't have time for this.
"What phone?" The archer smirked earning him another look from his lover.
"Arrow I do not have time for your childish antics. Give me the phone or I start breaking ribs." The detective threatened.
GA handed over the cellular device while the rest of the league held their breath wondering what the Bat would do next. He stared intently at Ollie's cellphone for what seemed to be it least five minutes before he tossed the phone back to the surprised archer. "There's an emergency in Gotham. The meeting will be continued the same time next week. You are all dismissed." He announced and then with a swish of his cape he was gone.
Once he was out of earshot of most of the league the Dark Knight radioed his trusty butler. "Alfred, ready the popcorn and meet me in the batcave, we have business to attend to."
After Batman's departure the league members turned their attention to Ollie and Barry. Both men seemed to think the situation was beyond hilarious.
"Would you mind telling me what you think is so funny?" Wonder Woman asked.
"Hold on." The archer choked out. "Someone pull up the video surveillance of the cave,"
"I'll get the popcorn." Flash volunteered.
Soon enough a betting pool surfaced as the league watched the protégés' prank war. Most considered it quality entertainment; other's harbored new fears and respects of certain teenaged individuals and all were surprised. None of the superheroes of the Justice League ever expected things to go this far.
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"Get the secret weapon!" Roy shouted as he retreated into the boys' fort where the rest of the male heroes resided.
"Are you sure Roy?" Robin questioned, his voice was laced with great concern. "Are you absolutely one hundred percent sure?" Once they released the secret weapon there would be no going back.
"Yes! Those bitches can't win and we have no options! I didn't want it do come to this either, but a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do and we need to beat those girls!" The Red archer growled.
"I agree, but there are other ways to win. It doesn't have to come to this." The acrobat pleaded.
Roy sighed. He would use democracy to settle this. "All in favor of using the secret weapon and ending the war raise your hand."
Everyone but the Boy Wonder lifted his arm into the air.
"Fine." Robin sighed. "But when this all goes to shit don't say I didn't warn you all."
Red Arrow ignored the acrobat and got to work. "Kaldur give Wally the super soaker. Conner get the redbull, I'll get the secret sauce."
Within the next minute Wally had a scuba tank full of the secret weapon, a super soaker gun in each hand and redbull in his system.
"Go get 'em Wally!" The red-haired archer cheered as the speedster took off. The screams of the girls' became music to Roy's ears.
"AHHH IT BURNS!" Zatanna shouted as she tried to scrape the brownish substance off her skin.
M'gann and Rocket were doing the same thing as Wally also hit them with a blast of the mysterious burning substance.
"Artemis! We're under attack!" Batgirl panicked. "It appears that they gave Wally redbull."
"Are they mad?" The archer asked. "We need to get to the cannon now!"
Once they were at the cannon Artemis tried to shoot down the crazed speedster while Batgirl protected her face with her cape. Strange enough the brown substance didn't seem to bother the archer at all.
Curious, the archer scraped a small bit off her forehead to inspect. She sniffed it a few times then tasted it much to Barbra's horror.
"Artemis I don't think that's a good idea." She warned.
The archer's eyes narrowed as the familiar taste filled her mouth. "Oh no they didn't"
"What is it?" Babs was concerned, Artemis was starting to get scary.
"Batgirl, BRING ME THE CHILI!" The blonde shouted.
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"Did they just give Wally redbull?" Dinah wondered as Kid Flash started to bounce around the spare hangar like a crazed pinball.
"Isn't there some international law against that?" Hal asked as he munched on some popcorn.
"Yes, and there is good reason for it too." Flash sighed. "And I thought things couldn't get any worse."
"Well I think things are about to." Clark interjected.
Ollie let out a less than manly scream as he tuned his attention back to the screen. "IS THAT MY CHILI?!"
"Your five alarm chili?" Wonder Woman questioned.
"YES!" The archer shouted. "HOW DARE THEY WEAPONIZE MY CHILI!"
"It look's like only Red Arrow and Artemis are still standing." Aquaman observed.
Dinah chuckled. "This is going to be interesting."
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"Looks like it's just you and me blondie." Red arrow sneered.
Artemis glared. "Not for long jerkface, you're going down."
Roy laughed. "Like you could take me."
"You know what asshole, I am done with your shit." The furious archer shouted and then proceeded to fling herself as her predecessor.
The two tussled and tumbled for about twenty minutes. The war had started hours before and both teens were more than tired. Slowly, but surely, both Artemis and Roy started to lose consciousness until they joined their exhausted teammates on the ground.
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"THAT'S IT? THAT'S THE END? NO WINNER? IS THIS SOME SORT OF TRICK?" GA Jumped out of his seat as Artemis and Roy finally collapsed on the ground.
"I think it's best that it ended up this way." Black Canary pointed out.
"It least they all survived." Barry sighed with relief. Things could've been much worse.
"I agree. I think that it is good this argument ended in a draw." Martian Manhunter spoke up. "Now they can get back to their daily lives."
"Finally some peace and quiet for once." Superman smiled.
"I wouldn't count on that." John Stewart chuckled. "Remember what they're capable of."
"Yes, But I have a good feeling there won't be anymore prank wars anytime soon." Dinah assured the rest of the league.
Three weeks later…..
"BAYWATCH!"
Well guys this is the end of the box series. I hope you enjoyed reading them. I'm so sorry it took so long to get this chapter out. Please tell me what you think. I really appreciate reviews. I mean it takes like 30 seconds. 30 seconds of your day will make mine. Please review.