Purely Platonic
Chapter 1
"Dick!" Wally yelled, racing through the burning building. He ducked as yet another bomb went off. "Come on, where are you?"
Kid Flash, have you located the boy yet? Aqualad asked through the mindlink. He was attempting to put out the rising flames in another part of the building.
No I'm still looking! Where are the others? I could really use some help locating and diffusing the bombs! How many are left? Wally answered, annoyed.
Aqualad is trying to put out the fire, Miss M is distracting Bane, and Superboy and I are attacking the goons. There should be one small bomb left and then the big one. Where is Robin when you need him? Bombs are practically his specialty, Artemis said, her voice strained.
"If only you knew," muttered Wally. The team, minus Robin, had been told of a hostage situation with Bane, where he was threatening to blow up the building. The hostage? Richard Grayson, son of Gotham's richest bachelor, Bruce Wayne. And to a privileged few, the duo were known as Robin and Batman.
The mission had started out fine, with the team determining that there were indeed 10 small explosives, and then a huge bomb which could blow up the whole block. But it started to go downhill when Superboy tripped an alarm and the bombs started going off. Bane told them that the biggest bomb was attached to Dick, and if they attacked Bane he would hit the button to blow it up. The catch was that they had no idea where Dick was.
Finally, Kid Flash found Dick in a storage closet, tied up to a chair with a bomb strapped to the back. Above his gag, his eyes were wide. Wally quickly ripped out the gag and went to do the same to the ropes when Dick stopped him. "Wait! The ropes have wires running through them. Undoing the ropes will set off the bomb."
Wally cursed. He had no clue how to disable a bomb. Thankfully, Dick did-or rather, Robin did. He coached Kid Flash through it, sighing in relief when they had finished and the bomb didn't go off. He shrugged of the ropes quickly.
Okay guys, I found Grayson and stopped the bomb. We are going to head out. Where are the flames weakest? I can handle the smoke but I don't think the kid can.
KF, the flames are about the same everywhere, but they are a little weaker where I am at. Be quick and you should be fine, Aqualad replied solemnly. Wally grimaced, then turned around and picked up Dick bridal style.
"My Hero," Dick said sarcastically.
Wally glared at him. "Be nice or I won't save you." Quickly, Kid Flash raced down the stairs. They had almost reached the door when the last bomb went off. It tossed them off their feet and into the fire. For the third time on the mission, KF cursed. Ignoring the pain on his arm he scooped up Dick and ran as fast as he could outside. Thankfully, there was an ambulance waiting for them and the two boys' burns were quickly attended to.
Acting as a civilian, Dick thanked the team for their help. Wally, grinning, responded, "Anytime, Dick," and proceeded to run off. Dick mentally facepalmed-how was Wally going to explain knowing Dick's nickname? With confused expressions on their faces, the rest followed the speedster to the bioship.
Once aboard, Wally got more than a couple perplexed glances. Finally, Artemis broke down and asked how he knew Dick. His eyes grew wide in alarm, but he kept his mouth shut. "C'mon Wally, you used his nickname! How did you know it?" Artemis whined.
"Well how do you know it?" he shot back at her.
"He goes to my school, Kid Idiot."
"Well, maybe he goes to mine!"
"Wally. You don't go to my school."
"Uh…well…he told me while I was rescuing him!" he said in desperation. Artemis gave him a look of disbelief but let it go. But before she turned around, she gave him The Look.
The one that said she WILL get to the bottom of it.
Wally swallowed hard.