The Start Of The End Of The World
EDITED!
This is my first brotherly love fanfic and the first fanfic I actually wrote. I wrote this for Twilight Archangel who has helped and inspired me in a lot of ways. Thank you so much for all your support, you are truly awesome!
Summary: Robin shows up at the mountain late one evening hurt and crying. It's up to big brothers Roy and Wally to make the little bird feel all better.
Disclaimer: I don't own Young Justice.
A Bad Case Of The Blue Birdies
Mount Justice, October 7, 15:20
Wally's POV
Robin was late…
Although it wasn't strange for Batman to keep Robin late for additional training Wally couldn't shake the idea that something could be wrong. He was certain that Robin would have, at the very least, texted him to let him know that he might be late. And today of all days when Roy was visiting the cave made it increasingly odd that there was no word from their small bird. Rob had been ecstatic when he found out that his 'self-proclaimed older brother' was coming to hang out with the two of them. In fact, Wally figured he would be the first one there, bouncing up and down on his heels with anticipation, but when Wally had Zeta beamed to the cave there was no sign of the little bird. It was quiet except for the distant sounds of television static that Superboy was undoubtedly watching.
"That's strange…" Wally thought. Walking into the kitchen where he found M'gann stirring a bowl of cookie dough.
"Hello Wally!" M'gann greeted him as he sat down on a bar stool near her. He reached across the counter top and scooped a bit of the dough out with his finger and popped it into his mouth.
"Wally! Wait till they're done!" She scolded pulling the bowl out of his reach before he could eat more.
He grinned sheepishly at her. "Sorry babe." He said before quickly turning serious. "Hey… Have you seen Robin anywhere? Roy should be here any minute now."
"Nope. Not since yesterday… Uh, Wally? Has he seemed down to you lately? It's just that for a while now his emotional waves have seemed very… Conflicted." She chose her words carefully as if she was trying not to offend.
"What do you mean?" Wally asked, suddenly concerned for his best friend.
"Well he seemed like he was fighting with his emotions and they were all too jumbled up to make any sense out of them but when I asked him about it he just shut down and said he was fine. I'm sorry I don't mean to intrude and I know it's not any of my business but… I don't know maybe I'm reading too much into it but I'm worried about him." She said, her brow furrowed in thought as she played with her hair.
"No it's fine… Maybe Batsy is pushing him too hard again… I'll try to ask him about it when he-" Wally stopped suddenly when he heard the computer announce the arrival of 'Speedy'.
"Hold that thought. Roy!" Wally nearly squealed in delight as he sped out of the room, momentarily forgetting his concern for his young friend in the excitement of finally seeing his big brother after so long.
"Wally wait-" She tried to stop the hyper active speedster but he was already gone.
Gotham, October 7, 15:27
Dick's POV
I was running late.
I found out Alfred couldn't pick me up from school because Bruce had a Wayne Enterprises meeting that was running late and they couldn't make it here for another hour. Then on my way home I got a text from Wally telling me Roy had already arrived at the cave and I should get my butt over there too so we could get the party started, but of course right at that moment my phone's battery decided that it would be a hilarious prank to die right before I got the chance to reply to him. And if my day wasn't already bad enough I was about to reach the the Zeta nearest to Gotham Academy when a familiar cringe worthy voice spoke up behind me, "Hey dick."
Shoulders hunched I continued to walk forward. "Wow! How very clever of you Reid! It's not like I haven't ever heard of that one before! Frankly, I'm impressed your tiny brain could even come up with that!" I winced as words just kept spilling out of my mouth before I could stop them. I mentally cursed myself as I felt my backpack being pulled from my shoulders… This was going to be fun.-said no one ever.
The next thing I remember was waking up on the cold, hard asphalt. My school uniform was torn and dirty and the the contents of my backpack were strewn about me carelessly. I continued laying on the concrete for what felt like an eternity as the memory of what happened before I lost consciousness played out before my eyes like one of those old projector movies that always had almost a sad, creepy aura about them. A numb feeling came over me and words echoed through my mind.
Charity case!
(Kick)
Geek!
(Thump)
Please stop…
(Thunk)
He doesn't love you!
(Kick)
Charity case!
(Punch)
Stop…
(Bam)
I'm sorry…
(Kick)
Did they scream!?
(Crack)
No more…
(Kick)
Did your family scream when they fell!?
"Stop!" I yelled, whipping myself into a sitting position. The sad movie stopped playing and suddenly I was back in present time. The numbness that had previously filled my bones was replaced with an agonizing pain that nearly had me writhing. The honking of a horn followed by a shout of, "Get off the road!" Was what finally got me moving. Stiffly I stood up and gathered my tattered belongings. The screen of my phone was cracked and I was definitely in desperate need of a new book bag. Tearing my thoughts from my ruined supplies I focused on my new task. If I could just get to the Zeta everything would be alright.
Yep… Definitely not fun…
Mount Justice, October 7, 16:05
"Ooo ooo! I know! How about this one!? What do you call a pepper that won't mind its own business!?" Wally asked as he tried to distract himself from the concern he held for his small friend.
Roy sighed, "Jalapeno Business. Now when is Rob getting here?"
Wally frowned, "How'd you know!?"
"That's the third time you told that joke… Today." Roy scowled at Wally with irritation. "When is Robin getting here!?"
Wally thought for a second, then said, "… Oh."
They had been sitting in the TV room talking about everything and anything trying to pass the time when Roy glanced at the clock and said, "Wally! Where the hell is Robin!?"
It had been nearly an hour since Roy arrived and Robin still hadn't shown up.
"Don't know haven't talked to him today…" Wally mumbled as he glanced nervously at his phone.
Picking it up and scanned the messages he had sent to Rob.
Wally: roys here get ur skinny little ass down here so we can get this party started xD 15:25
Wally: hey where r u? 15:28
Wally: dude… seriously answer me 15:32
Wally: r u ignoring me?8( 15:38
Wally: i kissed zatanna 15:42
Wally: then i spilled bbq sauce all over ur computer in ur room 15:46
Wally: ok those were lies 15:48
Wally: well the 1rst 1 was a lie 15:48
Wally: i may or may not have spilled some bbq on ur key board 15:48
Wally: rob c mon ur scaring me 15:50
Wally: r u ok? 15:53
Wally: did ur cell die x_x 15:55
Wally: robbie-poo! where r u! heh i rhymed xP 15:58
Wally: answer me dammit! 16:01
He was seriously starting to worry about Rob not answering his texts. He almost always texted him back within two minutes. Why wasn't he now?
"Rooooy he isn't answering my texts!" Wally looked at Roy with wide frightened eyes but he tried to play it off like he was only complaining.
"Try again." Roy said.
Wally: rob i need u! help im so bored without u 16:07
"Nothing…" Wally muttered after waiting a few minutes, "You try…"
Roy took out his phone and sent Dick a message.
Roy: Dick where are you? Hurry up and get here. And answer the damn messages! 16:12
They sat there in silence for a few minutes chewing nervously on their lips, picking at their nails, glancing back and forth between where their two phones sat side by side on the table-doing anything to keep the time from feeling like it had stopped.
Just as Wally was about to say something they finally heard it.
The glorious computer animated voice had finally announced the arrival of the youngest of the trio. Relief flooded their systems and as soon as they heard it they were out the door.
Of course Wally being the speedster that he was got there first. "Rob! Where have you been!? We've been waiting FOREVER! Roy has been here for eighteen hours pretty much! How long were you planning on keeping us... Waiting.." He faltered when he saw Robin stand there in his civvies but not the ones he'd normally wear to Mount Justice. Instead of the normal jacket over hoodie and standard black skinny jeans, he wore gray loose sweat pants, a baggy T-shirt and was without his shades. He hung his head and Wally couldn't get a clear look at his face.
"Rob, what happened..?" He whispered. Roy's footsteps resounded through the room as he caught up.
"Why didn't you answer your phone!?" Roy snapped. He marched over about to give his youngest brother a mouthful but thought better when he saw him. "Robin, look at me." He said when he continued to hide behind his hair.
Slowly lifting his head he avoided their eyes so he wouldn't have to see the shock and pity they held in them.
"Rob..." Wally repeated a bit more forcefully this time, "What happened..?"
Dick shoved his hand into his pocket and pulled his phone out and showed them the shattered screen. Giving a broken smile he said, "Looks like I'll be needing a new phone, huh?"
Wally stepped forward and enveloped the thirteen year old into a hug. The pain that had been building up inside of Dick finally broke free. Tears welled up in his eyes and spilled over his bruised and swollen cheeks. Sobs wracked his body and he called out Wally's name. "Wal-Walle-e-e... He-he asked me if they if they screamed!" His fists clenched around the fabric of Wally's shirt. "He asked m-me if my family screamed when they fell! Wally! He asked… Wally! It hurts… I-it hurts so much… Please... Make it stop…" Both Roy and Wally froze, eyes narrowing at each other.
"Who did this!?" Roy snarled in rage his face going red with fury.
Dick sobbed harder and harder until he could hardly breathe. Roy wrapped his arms around him too, effectively sandwiching the little bird in between him and Wally.
They had made their way to Wally's room which was the closest and far more private than the open training room. When they got him to finally calm down enough to tell them what happened he was curled in a ball with his head on Roy's lap, hands clinging to the hem of his shirt for dear life as Wally rubbed soothing circle onto his back.
"Dickie-bird, who did this to you…?" Wally asked using their pet name for him. Dick would never admit it but he loved it when they called him that.
"It's notta big deal…" He muttered lazily into Roy's leg.
"Not a big deal!? Not a big deal my ass!" Roy scowled down at the black, feathery, mop of hair that covered the youngest' face.
"Dick this is a big deal. Now let's try that again… Who did this to you?" Wally asked in a far more stern tone.
Dick sniffled before answering, "Just a couple of guys at my school…"
"Let's try being a little less vague… Names…Dick, give us names." Roy again.
"Er… Don't wanna…"
"Dick…"
"Fine…" He sighed as he gave in. He was too tired to put up a fight anyways. "Jared Hays… Danny Peirce and… and Johnie Reid…"
"I'm gonna kill 'em!" Roy growled.
Both Dick and Wally raised their heads to look at Roy and said simultaneously, "Roy no!" As if they were scolding a dog, then turned to look at each other and laughed, both saying, "We are so in sync!" Then they lost it, howling in laughter, tears streaming down their faces. It was the type of belly hurting laughter that only your closest friends can draw out of you. The kind where everyone around you won't get why you're laughing so hard over something so stupid and sometimes even you find yourself wondering the same thing, why are you laughing so hard? But that wasn't really important because right then and there he was happy and that was the only thing that mattered to them.
Mount Justice, October 7, 19:21
"Ow…! Ow…! Ow, stop!"
"It would hurt a lot less if you would hold still." Roy replied as Dick squirmed around on the hospital bed in nothing but his boxers.
Wally and Roy had taken him to med-bay about ten minutes ago. They would have taken him two hours ago if he hadn't fallen asleep but they didn't have the heart to wake him up. When he finally woke up, it took a good fifteen minutes to talk him into letting them patch him up and so that brought them there.
"But it's cold and you keep finding the most painful spots to jab!" Dick complained as he continued to squirm away from the probing hands.
"If you would just stop moving for like five minutes we wouldn't be having this problem!" Roy grimaced. Just looking at Dick's chest hurt. Every time Dick said 'ow' it would put him in an even fouler mood than he was in just moments before. He wanted to make those jerks pay for what they did to his baby brother and one look at Wally said he was thinking the same thing.
After a good twenty minutes of squirming and complaining they had finally finished patching him up.
"You made that a lot harder than it needed to be." Wally had told Dick when they finished putting away the medical equipment.
"Well I like making things difficult for you!" He stuck his tongue out in a childish manner. "Now give me my pants!" He snatched them out of Roy's out stretched hand and pulled them on quickly, wincing as he did so.
Wally and Roy shared a dark look of agreement.
Revenge was going to be sweet…
Gotham Academy, October 8, 07:15
"Bye, Alfred…" Dick mumbled as he got out of the black limo he had arrived in.
"Good bye, Master Richard! Have a nice day at school. " Alfred called warmly after him in his British accent. He closed the door and the limo pulled away from the curb.
"Thanks..." He muttered although Alfred had already drove off.
As he neared the main entrance of his school he noticed a commotion by the front gate. Curious about what was going on he walked over to see what the big deal was and what he saw surprised him more than it should have. Roy and Wally… What are they doing here?
He pushed through the crowd to get a better look at what was going on. Wally and Roy had Hays and Pierce pinned to the wall, both had bruises blossoming over their already ugly mugs. Reid was on the floor cowering away from the two gingers as his 'friends' got threatened.
"If you ever go near Richard Grayson again this will look like rainbows and butterflies compared to what we'll do to you!" Roy snarled into the quickly paling faces of the terrified bullies.
Wally turned and grabbed Reid by his shirt's collar. "Where the hell do you think you're going!?" He growled. "What kind of cowards likes to beat on a kid!?"
Without waiting for an answer Roy spat, "Watch your backs because we will be back if you even so much as look at him funny!" He then roughly shoved Reid into the wall and smirked. "Now beat it!"
The three bullies scampered away as quickly as possible and soon after the rest of the crowd dispersed whispering things like, "Thank you!" And, "About time."
"I'm just surprised that none of the teachers tried to stop us…" Wally said looking around.
"Wally," Dick answered, "This is Gotham, people tend to not get involved with other peoples fights." He walked up to them, then scowled, "M'not a kid…"
Wally laughed, "Awww!"
Roy made a kissy face and cooed, "Oh he's so cute!" As he ruffled Dick's hair.
"Shut up!" The small bird said but couldn't help the smile that spread its way over his lips… "Have I ever told you how much I love you guys?"
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