Spider-Man and Rogue

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The sky began to pinken from the sun as the team was back at the BioShip. Artemis noticed Kid Flash grinning to himself, " What are you grinning about?" she asked.

Kid Flash held the red beret of Mallah in his hands, "One word: Souvenir." he replied before putting it on.

Spider-Man began walking past them, "2 words: gorilla lice." he said. Kid Flash quickly froze with Artemis stopping behind him. 

"Huh??" Then he processed what he was saying, "Oh man!" He took it off and held it away from him as he groaned.

Artemis watched Spider-Man leave, noticing his tone of voice was a lot less... Spider-Man-y.

Kaldur removed the collar of one of the howler monkeys, watching as it left. "That's the last of the collars?" Shazam asked the tiger.

It growled lowly. 

"I can count on you to keep the other animals out of trouble?" he asked the tiger again.

It growled again.

"Good. I'll be back for a visit. I promise." He pet the tiger before he stood and watched the tiger run off into the jungle. "I think I'll call him Mr. Tawny."

The tiger ran past M'gann and Conner and his wolf on it's way out. "The rest of the pack is gone." Conner told the wolf as he pet it, "What are you still doing here?"

"I think he wants to stay with you." M'gann told him.

"Can I keep him?" Conner asked, almost excitedly.

Wally laughed in the background, "First the Sphere, now this beast. Dude, you sure make a habit of collecting strays."

"Maybe because he's such a stray himself." M'gann said with a smile, "Aren't you?" she then asked telepathically.

"M'gann. I'm sorry. I was just worried." Connor told her honestly.

She knelt down beside him and placed a hand on his knee, "And that's sweet, Conner." She puts her hand at the back of his neck, "But on a mission, I'm your teammate. Not your girlfriend. Agreed?"

Conner smiled at her, "Yeah." he said with a slight sense of teasing in his voice.

"Well, he's gonna need a name." Wally then said, coming up to them, "Uh, how's about Krypto?"

The wolf growled angrily, clearly not liking the name. "Pass." Conner said instantly.

"Besides, isn't that taken?" M'gann asked. 

Artemis walked up to Spider-Man, who was configuring with his web shooters, "Whatcha up to there?" she asked.

"One of the monkeys scratched it." A spark flew and slightly burnt his finger. He groaned in pain and shook his hand, "These things are annoying." He shut it then aimed at a tree. He fired and a web successfully came out, "Need to make some adjustments." He turned to her, "What's up?"

She crossed her arms, "Oh, nothing really... We still on for tomorrow?" 

"Uhh... Yeah? Why wouldn't we be?" 

"It's just that... I realized I've been distant recently." She said, looking away. "I thought you'd wanna call it off or something."

"Haha, Artemis." He put his hand on her shoulders, "It's gonna take a lot more than that to make me wanna call of a date with you."

She finally looked back at him, "And you and Rogue? You guys seem close."

His hands dropped, "I guess. She's one of my closest friends and one of the first superheroes I'd ever met." She cocked her head, confused by what he meant. he elaborated further, "First Logan, Daredevil, Rogue, Superman, Batman." He then went back to the subject, "Why would I be..." He quickly realized what was wrong and cocked his head, "You think I was interested in Rogue?" he asked, almost on the brink of laughing.

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