Don't own Young Justice
No slash pairings, just WallyxDick friend like moments
Wally West eats more than most of Young Justice team combined but at least he eats anything. He's not picky, which helps when buying in bulk for a teenage boy with a seriously high metabolism.
The only real problem, besides the food bill, is the fact that he constantly needs to fuel himself up.
Normally it's not much of an issue because even during a fight with some robbers he could punch a guy, easily zip away to grab a hot dog and be back in time to watch the guy fall to the floor.
But out here in the jungle east of the first drop zone, Robin notices it might become an issue.
"KF." He calls over the speedster when he notices the older boy staring longingly at the hanging fruit in the trees, "Don't eat anything on this island, alright? Batman said it's all been tampered with."
Wally groans, "Why would anyone mess with food like that? It's just wrong."
Superboy gives Wally a confused look, "What does it matter? You always have food on you." In fact, Superboy has almost come to depend on M'gann and Wally as his snack sources.
"Well, you see Supey-"
"Quiet!" Kaldur admonishes the team in a way that has them all looking a bit guilty, "The complexes are up ahead. Miss Martian, scan the area."
She nods sweetly and floats away in camouflage mode to do her assignment as Aqualad turns to brief the rest of them.
"There are at least twenty hostages alive inside the main complex. Remember our mission is to secure them and to extract the research information. Robin, you and Kid will be taking care of the research in the lab to the west of the complex."
The two friends give each other thumbs up and Robin even holds up the USB drive to prove they are ready.
Superboy and Aqualad, along with Miss Martian will help retrieve the hostages and get them to the bio ship as quickly as possible. Then they will rendezvous at the pickup zone to retrieve Kid Flash and Robin.
The plan is solid and unlike the events in Santa Prisca, nothing should go wrong.
When Miss Martian comes back to give them all the mental images of their surroundings, they don't linger on them. The movement of the soldiers guarding each facility could change at any moment but at least they now know how many they'll be up against. Aqualad uses hand signals to direct them as they are wary enough to know that not only will radio signals be intercepted, they'll be traced as well.
Robin and Kid Flash remove themselves from the group at point zero five, wishing each other good luck silently as the two take a left and disappear into the engineered trees.
"It's weird." Wally mutters as he studies the trees they pass by quietly.
"What's weird?" Robins replies, his eyes scanning ahead for any signs of danger.
"That they'd mess with the fruit." Wally reaches out to grab a banana but Robin whacks his hand away.
"You really don't listen to Batman's briefings, do you?"
"I drift in and out."
"Tch, typical. Batman said that originally this place was supposed to be a tropical resort, everything man made but Poison Ivy got wind of it and altered everything."
"Ivy's hot." Wally agrees with a head nod, "Alright, I get it. She's going to turn this place from club med to club dread. It doesn't mean she had to mess with the fruit."
Robin sighs and wills himself more patience, "The fruit here messes with your mind, KF. Not that you have much of one to mess with."
Batman had explained that Ivy probably planned on using the resort as another get rich scheme. She'd invite only the wealthiest to the island and more than likely use the fruit and whatever else she created to mind control them into giving up their money. It was imperative that they shut down the island before she returned to deal with the finishing touches.
"Dude! Harsh!" Wally grins easily at their banter and picks up his pace. "Still…it all looks so good."
"Yeah yeah, come on. Ivy's probably on her way back to this place right now and we gotta be outta here before she does."
Wally huffs and without much warning picks up the Boy Wonder in his arms, zipping them easily through the jungle and towards the guarded facility which houses the computers that Ivy used to alter the once amazing jungle.
"Huh, all the guards left? Guess Supey must have all their attention." Wally comments as he sets an agitated Robin down to pick the lock to grant them access to the building. Robin looks around in barely detectable unease. He hasn't heard any sounds of fighting in the distance and doubts that Aqualad would have approved of it because of the hostages unless it was their only option but his unease doesn't change their mission.
"Dude, I've died and gone to scientific heaven." Wally murmurs as Robin pushes open the door and reveals years of scientific research on flora and fauna, complete with amazing computers.
"Isn't that a little oxymoronic?" Robin quips, shutting the door behind himself with a dull snap.
"Just let me bask in my geek-dom, please Rob."
Robin laughs at his best friend and makes his way to the computer, the unease creeping back into him slowly. He decides on doing a quick sweep of the building first, just in case, "I still can't believe that everyone left…"
He trails off when his foot snags onto something and glances down with a puzzled look. He realizes what he has done not even a split second after, "KF! It's a tra-"
He knows his words don't even fully come out as an explosion rocks the building. He's thrown violently backwards and hits something not solid enough to be a wall. Even with his head throbbing and his ears ringing he recognizes the feel of Wally's arms around him, pulling him from the still growing inferno as only a speedster can. But Wally can only go so fast and the door is no longer a way out as explosion after explosion threatens to send the red head to the ground.
Robin can hear Kid Flash hiss in pain but when he attempts to look Wally crushes him to his chest and the next thing Robin knows is that Wally has cannonballed the two of them out a window. They land so harshly on the ground that Robin is nearly knocked senseless but Wally is already up and running with his friend but even Kid Flash can't get them far enough away from the building to avoid getting hit by the last and most violent of the explosions.
Wally's body flies forward as both teens are whipped through the air and when they finally hit the ground neither one is conscious.
This was my first time really writing in this sort of tense so I hope it turned out alright lol
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