THIS IS SO SHORT AND BAD UGHUGH.

I forgot what I was going to do with this chapter and had to make it up as I went along.

I'm so sorry.

/sobs

/crawls under a rock

/dies

Title: The Mind is a Strange Thing

Characters/Pairings: Artemis, Wally, Wally/Artemis

Summary: He was in Artemis's mind! But- But he couldn't be! That was scientifically impossible! This had to be fake, couldn't be real. Of course he wasn't watching Artemis's memories - scientists didn't even know for sure where the memories are stored in the brain yet! Everything could be explained by science, and this couldn't, so it had to be some sort of trick.

Disclaimer: I do not own Young Justice, or any of its characters.

'Wally, Artemis! Wake up!'

M'gann glanced down at her friends lying in the mud, eyes wide. Her mental commands didn't seem to be working so, just after she levitated one of the thugs into a tree, she kicked Wally. She probably did so too hard, because he rolled over so that his and Artemis's faces were inches apart. She groaned and a thug took this distraction to tackle her, but she saw it coming and kicked him to the ground.

"Ugh! WAKE UP!" She screamed, losing her patience, which didn't happen often, but if they didn't wake up then she would have to fight off dozens of thugs and Psimon, who she could tell was coming, on her own while protecting them. That did not sound like a winning fight. She punched a thug in the face, which she didn't do often, but he was really close, so she had acted on instinct.

It seemed that her screaming had done the trick, since Wally stirred. He opened his eyes groggily and for a moment he just lay still, registering the fact that he was laying on top of Artemis and their faces were inches apart. Eventually, he stood in a millisecond, letting out a noise of horror. His noise of horror seemed to wake her, and she stood, rubbing her head.

"Could you help please?!" M'gann demanded, and that was enough to send the two into action. It didn't matter if they were just in the other's mind - they could put that aside for later. Artemis pulled out her bow and shot one of the thugs on the leg in no time, but he continued to pursue her, so she went with a simple kick in the face. It wasn't as strong as it could have been, since she had just woken up, but it still did the trick. He fell to the ground, unconscious, and she moved on to another, using some of her explosive arrows.

While this was happening, Kid Flash was running at a group of the thugs and punching and kicking them at super speed, the flash of black startling them and giving him the perfect opportunity to deliver blow after blow, so in a minute, four of them were out cold. He continued this pattern for some more of them, man after unconscious man falling to the mud, then started fighting at normal speed, to save his energy.

The fight didn't last too much longer. The smoke from one of Artemis's exploding arrows created the perfect cover for Wally to attack them without them knowing - he had always prefered the sneak attack. The smoke seemed to last forever, and as Wally witnessed Artemis take out the last thug, he wondered what had happened to M'gann.

'Wally, we need to clear this smoke.' Artemis told him mentally, and he nodded, before running laps around the smoke cloud. It slowly started lifting and disappearing into thin air, but things still weren't clear for him, as he was running at such a high speed. He stopped and shook his head to clear it, only to see Artemis standing and watching M'gann. The Martian was standing completely still, in a position ready for battle, and parallel to her stood Psimon, looking similar to how she did in stance and expression.

They just stood and watched for a moment, wondering if there was anything they could do to help. They hadn't been there when M'gann had done this is Bilaya - they had been told about it, but still hadn't seen how to help. So they just stood in silence, watching to two's faces turn to ones of concentration. Eventually, Artemis turned to Wally and spoke bluntly. "You put a blanket on me."

He blinked, mouth falling agape. "What?"

Before Artemis could respond, a cry of pain sliced through the air and they turned to see Psimon was the one screaming, falling to his knees and clutching his head as if holding it tightly enough would take away the pain. They watched in horror as he slowly sank to the ground, unconscious, pain still evident on his face.

M'gann let out a sigh, catching their attention, and began to fall. Wally, being the speedster, was there in less than a second and caught her before she hit the mud. As she slowly opened her eyes, Wally asked her if she was okay. She said she was, and he helped her up, before frowning.

"So, care to tell us what the Hell just happened?"

~0~0~0~

"So, Psimon's mental attack went wrong and sent us into each other's minds?"

The three sat in the living room of the cave hours after the mission, in their civilian clothing. M'gann had refused to tell them after defeating Psimon with the promise that she would later, after she had a chance to talk to Batman. Well, it was later, she had told them, and now they were both looking extremely uncomfortable.

"Yes, after I tried to resist it - that's what I just said." M'gann answered with a sigh. She had had a long day, and her temper was more active than it usually was. She sent Artemis a look bordering on exasperated, and Artemis didn't take it kindly, crossing her arms and looking away.

"I was just making sure."

M'gann shook her head as she stood, and her expression turned to one of exhaustion. They couldn't blame her. That mission had been hard - much harder for her then it had been for them, even if they had been in someone else's mind. M'gann left the room without another word, and Wally guessed that she was going to sleep. It would make sense.

Him and Artemis didn't move for a moment, frozen in place. Both of them were wondering what the other had seen. It was obvious why Artemis was terrified, and Wally was wondering if she had stumbled across anything particularly embarrassing and would use it against him. Eventually, he decided to get it over with and cleared his throat, catching her attention. "So, uh... what did you see? Y'know, in my mind."

She didn't answer for a moment, and Wally was starting to think that she hadn't heard by the time she did. "At first you were on the beach. I could hear your thoughts. You were in the same clothes that you wore to the whole Doctor Fate thing, so I'm guessing it was after that. You sounded really guilty."

Wally found his cheeks heating up and looked away. "Oh. I remember that. How much did you hear, exactly?"

"Everything."

"...Oh."

A small smile appeared on her face as she continued, remembering the thrill of running at such speeds, and the adrenaline rush that came along with it. "And then I was running. It's actually... kinda fun." Wally smiled too, nodding, but didn't say anything. Her smile disappeared and her face was emotionless as she was telling the next memory, still not knowing how she felt about it. "Then I saw myself. I was pretty beat up. I was asleep on the couch in my uniform and you came in and put a blanket over me. That was... nice of you, I guess."

Wally blushed furiously and crossed his arms, looking away from her again. He didn't know how he always ended up looking at her. "I... you're my team mate. It's not like I hate you."

Artemis sent him a look. "Could've fooled me. Anyway, you were being annoying, then I woke up. I've told you, now you tell me." She turned herself towards him and tried to stop her voice from sounding worried. "What did you see in my head?"

Wally huffed, crossing his arms. "I'm not annoying."

"Wally."

"Yeah, yeah, fine." He grumbled, relaxing his arms and sending her a weak glare that he didn't really mean. "Uh, first, I think it was you, me and M'gann in the kitchen - she is interested in me, by the way." This glare did have some fire behind it, and her face looked ever so slightly uncomfortable. "Then we were on the bio ship and talking, laughing at something." His face softened at that.

He didn't continue for a moment, and Artemis rolled her eyes, sending him an impatient look. She shoved him, with little force, on the arm. "Wally, hurry up, I don't have all night."

"Sorry." He mumbled, and Artemis frowned at the sudden sombre and angry tone to his voice. "I saw, uh, this girl. She was - I'm pretty sure she was you. She couldn't be more than ten." Artemis tensed but Wally didn't notice. "She - you - went to this warehouse and was shooting arrows, but a man came and started punishing you." He gulped and looked up at her, concern evident in his emerald eyes. "Artemis, who was that? Why was he hurting you?"

"What did he say?!" She demanded, ignoring his question and standing, fists clenched. Wally sent her a weird look and turned to her fully before answering.

"He said that he had told you not to use arrows and that, quote, un-quote, 'disobedience isn't welcome in our profession'."

"He didn't say anything else?" Artemis asked, worry now flooding her voice, which she wasn't happy about, but she couldn't help it. Wally shook his head and she sighed, relief flooding through her as she took a seat once again and put a hand to her temple.

Wally shook his head. "Artemis, who was he? Why was he hurting you? What did he mean by 'our profession'?"

"Wally, it's nothing - drop it." Artemis insisted with a glare, but Wally didn't listen and placed a gentle hand on her arm, even more concerned than ever.

"You can tell me, Artemis. I'm your friend." He said softly, and she squeezed her eyes shut for a moment, her expression pained.

At first, Wally thought she was going to tell him, but was proven wrong when she shook off his hand and stood, sending him a furious look. Wally thought that he might have been able to see regret somewhere in her eyes. "I told you to drop it!" She practically shouted. "It's my business, my past, and I don't have to tell you. If you were my friend, you would know when to stop, okay?!" Wally knew not to answer, and after a second of him listening to her laboured, angry breathing, she turned away from him and stormed out of the room, not seeing the guilty expression on Wally's face.

In the corridor, Artemis barged past M'gann, who was holding a tray of cookies she was bringing them after not being able to sleep and cooking because she couldn't think of anything else to do. She blinked after the blonde, then at the cookies, then at Artemis again. She sighed, shaking her head. They were burnt anyway.

~0~0~0~

Knock, knock. "Hey, Artemis?"

She didn't answer.

Knock, knock, knock. "Artemis, are you in there? I know you're in there."

She decided to stay silent once again.

"If you don't open the door I'll tell M'gann that you think I look cute when I'm asleep."

The door was open in almost an instant, and Artemis glared at him as he stood at the door of her bedroom. She had been trying to get some more sleep, therefore her hair was messy and she was only in a grey sleeveless shirt and shorts she wore to bed. He was fully dressed, but didn't look refreshed. He looked guilty, with a hint of amusement at how he had got her out of her room.

"What are you talking about?" She seethed, and amusement flashed across his face for a moment.

"I was in your mind, remember?"

She groaned. "Fine, I opened the door. You can't tell her. Bye now." She moved the close the door, but he put his foot in the doorway, stopping her and making her even more irritated. She opened it and sent him a glare, opening her mouth to say something before he interrupted her.

"Why were you still asleep? It's ten in the morning." He asked with a confused look on his face.

Crossing her arms, she rolled her eyes for reasons she didn't understand. "I couldn't sleep last night. What do you want, anyway? To ask me more about what you saw? Maybe you want to know how I got every scar on my body?"

"No, I'm here to say that... uh..." He rubbed the back of his neck with his palm nervously, feeling the tips of his ears go red. He didn't know why it was so hard. It was only two measly words, why wouldn't he say them? Was he really so proud that he couldn't admit he made a mistake?

"Spit it out, Wally." Artemis snapped - she was tired and cranky, and didn't have time for this.

"Yeah, right, uh. I just wanted to say that I shouldn't have been asking you that because it's your life, not mine and I'msorryokay?" He said the last words in a rush, but at least he said them, shoulders relaxing. She blinked at him and didn't speak for a moment, making him feel more and more like an idiot. He shuffled from foot to foot, and eventually she smirked.

"You're being awfully nice lately." She said with good humor in her voice, crossing her arms, and Wally grinned, glad the silence was over.

"I am allowed to be, you know." He replied without missing a beat, and she rolled her eyes. She didn't know why. But he was acting so Wally that it was automatic - not that she was complaining. It was entertaining when he acted... how could she put it, Wally-ish.

"Yeah, well, thanks, but I kinda want to get some sleep." She said with a smirk, but Wally could tell by the look in her eyes that he was forgiven. Just before she closed the door, she hesitated, and stopped Wally before he walked away. "Hey, by the way, do you want to watch Scott Pilgrim again later?"

Surprise flashed across his face but then he smiles genuinely, and it's so similar to the one Artemis saw him wear when he had put a blanket around her in one of his memories that part of her melts in a way that she's not sure if she likes or not. "Sure." He tells her before turning and walking away.

"No humming this time!" She calls after him with a smirk and she hears him laughing just before she closed the door. She sighed and fell onto her bed, worming her way under the quilt and frowning. Did she really just ask Wally to watch a movie with her?

'Did you really? And what's this about you thinking he's cute?'

Artemis's eyes widen as M'gann's voice echoes through her head and she sits up, furious.

'You were listening?!'

~FIN~