I got the inspiration for this story after reading Ghost by Fighter1357 on fanfiction.net. I also thought that this story could also show why Wally and Artemis is not in season 2 so far. Well I hope you enjoy it.

Wally: No, they won't.

Me: Wally? Ummm...

Wally: Didn't expect to see me did you?

Me: Ummmm... not really.

Wally: Yeah, that's what I thought. That's because...

Me: *runs over and slaps a hand over Wally's mouth* No! You can't tell them, that will ruin the whole story.

Wally: *pushes my hand off his mouth* Good.

Me: Ok, I'm just gonna say this ahead of time. I'm sorry. You'll understand after you read this first chapter. Just be glad that I don't own Young Justice.

Wally: humph. With the way you write, you wouldn't think that.

Me: Hey! I...

Wally: Just shut up and let them read the stupid chapter already.

Me: ... ok. Oh, one last thing before you start reading.

Wally: Ughhh, do you have to do this to me?

Me: Sorry, I think it's important. Ok real quickly, 'person's thought', mind link. There that's all I needed to say.

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The team was assigned to stake out a warehouse in Gotham. Batman was on a mission with the League and couldn't make it himself, so he made the team go, much to his dismay. The entire Young Justice team was there, well, everyone except Zatanna and Rocket. Zatanna was with the League helping Dr. Fate, and Rocket was with Icon on a secret mission by themselves, which left the original team.

They were all split up into three teams around the warehouse, Robin and Kaldur, Artemis and Wally, and M'gann and Conner.

Is everyone online? M'gann asked.

Yeah, Conner said in his usual deadpan way.

You bet, Wally said happily.

What no stupid pick up line, Baywatch? Artemis asked accusingly.

No way, I'm saving those for you, Beautiful, Wally said giving her one of his trademark grins.

Artemis blushed as she smiled and looked away. You know, we have a mission to complete, Robin said, teasing them a bit.

Yes, we must focus, Kaldur said trying to get the others to focus on the mission again. Kid, Artemis, try to find a way into the warehouse. The rest of us will wait for your signal.

Understood, Wally and Artemis said at the same time. They both looked at each other then turned away slightly embarrassed, they then turned and headed toward the warehouse.

They found a door on the side of the building and three windows, one of them broken completely out. There's a window broken on the west side of the building, Artemis told the others.We'll go in and have a look around.

Understood. Be careful, Kaldur warned them.

Wally and Artemis went in through the window and walked down the hallway. They heard someone talking and headed toward the voice. Once they found the room the voice was coming from, they crouched down so they wouldn't be spotted and tried to listen.

"The Bat could be here any minute. The boss wants these boxes outta here tonight," a tall, muscular man that had a mustache and short black hair said to two other men, slightly shorter than the first man.

"We know," the second man said as he picked up one of the boxes.

"Don't worry," the third man said also grabbing a box, "we'll be outta here before Bats arrives, besides, I heard he wasn't in town tonight, so we don't have anything to worry 'bout."

"Yeah, well, the boss still wants us to hurry," the first guy said as he looked around slightly nervous and picked up the last box.

Guys, there's only three guys. We'll be able to take them down no prob. Just hang there and me and Arty will handle this.

KF, don't underestimate them. There could be more hiding somewhere.

Where would they hide, Rob? The room here is so big and there's hardly anything in it.

Just be careful, Kaldur said also agreeing with Robin that there could be more.

What they failed to notice while they were talking though, was that the first man handed off his box and told that guy to bring the others outside in for one last talk before they left. So unknown to both Wally and Artemis, they were walking into the lion's den.

They hid behind a large tarp covered object that the three men didn't seem interested in and watched as the second and third guy disappeared. Hey, where did that big burly guy's box go?Wally asked.

Don't know, but this is the perfect time to strike. Let's go, Artemis said then pulled out her bow, nocked an arrow, and ran out from behind the tarp. Wally followed.

"Hey!" the man said when he saw them.

Wally sped over and punched the guy squarely in the jaw and stood over the fallen man. Artemis pointed her bow and arrow at the man and glared down at him. "What are in those boxes?" she asked her voice going deep to try and scare the man.

The man just laughed at the two and Wally and Artemis looked at each other. "Uhhhh, did we miss the joke?" Wally asked.

Suddenly, men ran into the room and surrounded them. There were probably over thirty guys standing around them. Uhhhh, guys, we may have a problem. Wally said, fear slightly evident in his voice.

We are on our way, Kaldur said, and then he and the others ran toward the warehouse.

By the time the others got into the building, Wally and Artemis were already fighting and there was gunfire going off. Kaldur pulled out his water-bearers which immediately turned into hammers, Robin pulled out a few bird-a-rangs and threw them at a couple of the guys closest to him, M'gann used her telekinesis to throw a guy into two other guys that were charging at them, and Conner just charged, yelling as he punched a few guys that went flying through the air into a few other guys.

They fought for what seemed like hours, working with each other to take down bad guys and slowly but surely knocking them unconscious. They were winning this battle and that made them fight even harder, but the team froze for a moment when they heard a gunshot and then a yell.

"KF!" Robin shouted. He punched and kicked the two guys he was fighting then ran over to his friend.

Wally was down on the ground, clutching his chest and panting hard. The men that were fighting him abandoned him after he was shot and went to help their fellow bad guys. Robin knelt down and tried to assess Wally's injury. "Dude... Rob, that... that really... hurt."

"Wally, don't move," Robin said as he tried to keep Wally from sitting up. He pulled Wally's hand away from where the bullet hit him and gasped as his eyes got wider.

The bullet had hit right in the center of Wally's chest, blood staining his bright yellow suit. "Rob... it's... it's gettin' ha... harder to... breath," Wally panted. He had his eye shut tight from the pain as Robin put pressure on the wound to stop the bleeding.

"Shhh, don't try to talk." Robin could tell Wally was fading fast. He quickly looked around and saw Artemis punching the crap out of the guy that shot Wally. "Arty, I need help over here!"

Artemis finally let the guy go and he fell to the ground as she ran to Wally's other side. Robin was now more in control of his emotions, but fear still clung to him. "What can I do?" Artemis asked as she looked down at Wally and ran her hand through his hair. Wally opened his eyes and smiled at her, but soon closed them again and his face twisted in pain once again.

"Take over here," he gestured with his head to his blood covered hands. On the count of three they quickly switched places which caused a gasp of pain from Wally. Robin then rummaged through his utility belt, pulling out gauze pads and other things to try and treat the wound, but as he used one hand to grab all this stuff, he reached up with his other hand to his comm. link. "Robin to Justice League, ergent."

"Black Canary here, what's wrong?"

"We have a man down. Wally was shot in the chest and I can't tell if there is an exit hole in his back. He's losing a lot of blood and is in a lot of pain," he answered. "What do I do?" His fear was very clear to both Artemis and Black Canary.

"First of all, stay calm. Secondly, keep pressure on the wound. Is there blood underneath of him?"

Robin glanced down. "Tons."

"Then we can assume that the bullet did go through. Ok, do you have any gauze pads or any kind of rags?"

"I have some gauze pads from my utility belt but there's not enough here."

"Robin, I need you to take a deep breath and stay calm." Black Canary could here that he was still tense and freaking out. He needed to stay calm if he was going to help his friend. Robin took a deep, shaky breath. "Good. Now, place all the gauze pads you have on the wound and take off your cape and try to wrap it as tight as you can around his chest."

Robin did as she asked. He handed some of the gauze pads to Artemis, who took them and pressed them firmly on the wound, then they both carefully raised Wally up enough so Robin could place the remaining gauze pads on the wound on his back then removed his cape, ripped it in half, and slid it underneath Wally.

Wally cried out in pain as they moved him. He tried not to yell too much, but the pain was too much. All of Wally's yelling, plus the sight of all the blood on him, caused Artemis to start crying. They carefully laid him back flat on the floor and Robin tied the cape over the wound as tight as he could, causing Wally to yell out in pain again. Robin looked down at his best friend with a sad look. "I'm sorry." He made sure that the cape was tied as tight as it could go. "Ok, now what?"

"Ok, now you need to get him back to the mountain as fast as you can. I'm gonna contact Flash and tell him what happened. Keep him conscious as long as possible." Robin looked down and saw Wally slowly losing the battle to keep his eyes open. "You did good, Robin," she said before she ended the transmission.

Robin continued to look at Wally. Wally closed his eyes and Robin shook him a little. "KF, come man you have to stay awake."

Wally opened his eyes again and looked up at Robin. "I... it hurts... and I'm... so... tired." Wally closed his eyes again and his head fell slightly to his right."

"Baywatch, don't you dare do this to me!" Artemis yelled as she turned his face toward her.

Again Wally opened his eyes and gave her a painful smile before he squeezed them shut tight from a shot of pain that ripped through his chest and yelled again. Artemis grabbed his hand as tears continued to roll down her cheeks.

While Robin and Artemis were taking care of Wally, Kaldur, Conner, and M'gann were all trying to keep an eye on their friends. Whenever one of the bad guys got to close to them, one of them raced toward them and stopped the attack.

By the time Robin and Artemis got Wally all patched up, the three of them had all the bad guys taken care of. Kaldur went off to inform the police to come and pick up the bad guys, and M'gann and Conner ran over to Wally's side.

"How is he?" M'gann asked quietly. She found herself barely able to talk.

"We need to get him back to the mountain. Black Canary's waiting for us. M'gann, can you levitate him without moving him to much?" Robin asked as he stood up and faced the Martian.

M'gann slowly nodded, not looking away from Wally. She slowly raised Wally up, being careful not to move him too much. Artemis stood up with him, still holding on to his hand.

They all quickly walked to the door, met Kaldur outside, then went straight to the bio ship. Once inside, M'gann made a bed to set Wally on then ran to the pilot's seat. She set a course for the mountain and put the ship in the fastest speed she could go, but it was still going to take at least an hour to get back to the mountain.

Everyone but M'gann either stood or sat next to Wally's bed. Wally was staring at Artemis, but his eyes slowly shut. "Wally? Wally!" Artemis was shaking him, trying to get him to open his eyes again, but it wasn't working. She and Robin were the closest to him and they both tried and tried to get him to open his eyes again, but what happened instead made everyone's hearts stop.

Wally had stopped breathing.

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Ok, that's all for this chapter. I...

Wally: WHAT!

Me: Sorry, Wally, I have to ke... *an arrow flys past my head* AGHHH!

Artemis: Make him breath!

Me: Help.

Wally: Please comment and tell her to make me breath again. I WANT TO LIVE!

Me: Anyway... Thanks for reading :D