I just wanted to start this off by saying thanks for reading this. Second this is set in the same sort of timeline as one of my other series Broken Allies and while you should be able to get by without reading them I would suggest you do because this will definitely make more sense if you do.
Gotham was for once peaceful, almost too peaceful. He should have been worried but Dick had been up for 36 hours and he was catching up on some much needed sleep.
His room was the perfect temperature and there wasn't even a sliver of light in his room. Everything was perfect.
Everything was perfect until a shrill ringing startled him from a deep sleep.
"Hello?"
"Dick, we need to talk," Wally said. He sounded angry, these days he always sounded angry with him though so he wasn't surprised.
"Wally," he said trying to sound patient, "is there any way that this could wait until morning?"
"It is morning."
"My morning Wally, I meant my morning."
"No Dick this can't wait," he snapped.
Dick groaned. He wasn't ready to have this conversation, especially not once he'd caved in and decided to sleep.
"Ok," he said sitting up in his bed, "I know that you're upset."
"This isn't about Artemis and Kaldur. They're home and safe, for now that's enough. We'll talk later about all of that."
"I wanted to be the one to go. I never wanted Artemis and Kaldur put in the kind of danger, even if it was a necessary risk."
"Dick! I'm not calling about that! Bart sent me a distress call! He was supposed to be in Gotham trying to catch a glimpse of the cave in person."
"Where is he now?" Dick was already on his feet running down to the cave.
"I don't know. The last text I got from him was something about Tim catching him and them hanging out."
He almost ripped the clock off it's hinges trying to get it open faster and flipped down the stairs not wanting to waste the time.
Tim's distress signal glared back at him. He almost dropped his phone.
He was just so tired when he stripped off his costume earlier he forgot to grab his communicator. None of the alarms in the cave can be heard through the house. How could he have been so careless?
"Dick!" Wally screamed into the phone.
"Sorry, Tim activated his distress signal too. Get over here now."
Within a few minutes Wally was standing in the cave wearing his Kid Flash uniform. Dick was waiting for him wearing his Nightwing costume.
"Wherearethey?" Wally asked jumping from foot to foot.
Whenever he used his speed he found himself slipping back into his old jittery tendencies. He tried so hard to be normal, sometimes he wondered if that would even be possible.
Dick grinned; it was starting to feel like old times again. If he didn't have Tim to worry about he would have loved to take the time to enjoy it.
He went back to the computer leaving the question hanging in the air. He didn't know where they were yet. He didn't have much time to look for them since he'd hung up the phone. Wally was faster than he remembered him being.
"Dick where are they?" Wally said slowing himself down.
"I haven't had much time to look for them, I don't know yet."
"Look faster."
"Why hadn't I thought of that?" Dick snapped sarcastically. He groaned rubbing the bridge of his nose; he didn't want to fight with him.
Wally let it drop; he recognised Dick's body language. They were still best friends, fighting or not. He knew Dick didn't mean to snap, he was just worried about his little brother.
He decided to walk around exploring the cave, it had been at least a year since he'd been in there last. Nothing had changed, including the mission. Every time they talked Dick was getting more and more like his mentor.
He watched his friend silently type away trying to find the younger boys.
They'd been through a lot together. He subconsciously rubbed the scare on his chest trying not to remember the laugh that still occasionally haunted his dreams.
The fight they were currently in the middle of wouldn't last forever. It was getting harder and harder for Wally to stay mad. He knew that had it not been for Bruce leaving Tim on his own Dick would have been the one going undercover in the light. Artemis volunteered herself for the job. Thinking about it from a logical everyone is safe point of view there was nothing to be mad about. That didn't take back all the worrying and anger though. It didn't change that Dick had no problem risking lives, whether they be someone else's or his own.
"Their distress signals are coming from 2 different places. It's hard to tell what's going on unless we investigate each site," Dick said interrupting his thoughts.
"They could be at one of them."
"Or they could both be dropped in completely different places to keep us busy," Dick said.
He hated when Dick made sense.
"Tim's is located in," he paused, "crime alley."
Wally knew the history there. "Do you think it's on purpose?"
"I don't know."
"Where's Bart's located?" He asked trying to change the subject.
"I have no idea. It won't give me a map location only a signal that we're going to have to follow."
Wally groaned rubbing his temples. They had to reason to panic yet, the boys had just activated their distress signals. No reason to assume the worst.
They were both assuming the worst.
"We'll take the batwing," he suggested not waiting for a response.
"You sound just like him."
"C'mon Wally, let's get in the batwing."
Wally chuckled following after him.
Chapter 1 is done! I hope you enjoyed that. I should have chapter 2 up either sometime tomorrow or the next day. I promise I'm a quick updater. Please review! I love reading them. Thanks again!
