Hello! Just a quick heads up that this will reference my other fic "Broken Allies" and the sequel stories that follow it but you won't have to read them to understand this one. The off mentionings/references to them might be a little confusing but I don't think it'll take too much from the overall story. Anyway here is an incredibly short chapter 1 I promise the next chapter will be longer and I should get it up either tomorrow or the next day. Please feel free to comment I love hearing feedback. Thank you for reading :) and to those of you who have followed me from my previous fics I really appreciate all of the support.


Dick waited on the stairs keeping an eye open for her. It was supposed to be her first day at school and he didn't want to miss it. Babs tried louring him into the school multiple times but he needed to be there when she arrived. Bruce had told him everything about her, he just needed to see it for himself.

Turning down Babs' 5th attempt at getting him inside the school he finally saw her striking blonde hair amidst the crowd. He started in her direction pulling his phone out.

"We'll laugh about this someday," he said snapping a picture on his phone of them.

He shouldn't have done that. Bruce warned him to keep an eye on her but otherwise to keep clear or her. He didn't want him risking their secret identities. Dick had to admit that it made sense. They talked all the time when working together and it wasn't like he changed his voice or anything like that. If he wasn't careful she'd figure out who he was.

He scratched at his chest, a nervous habit he'd had ever since the incident. He had his picture and he'd stay away from her now. He wouldn't risk Bruce's anger. No, anger he could deal with, he wouldn't risk Bruce's disappointment.


Wally inhaled the 2 granola bars he'd grabbed from the cupboard and reached for 2 more. He heard Conner and M'gann in their usual spot working on the bike. Why did they waste so much time fixing that piece of junk. He offered to help them fix it. He was a genius after all.

Kaldur had just joined then when suddenly there was an explosion and the room started filling with water. They jumped into action but it really only took a few minutes for each of them to be captured. As the world went black around him the last thing Wally felt was that familiar panic setting in.

Wally and Dick had only been officially back on the team for about a month. The incident had happened months before that. Even now they only referred to it as the incident.


Thank you for reading, even though it's super short!