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Wally didn't know how long he was in the Speed Force. It was difficult to process everything he'd seen, it was all to fast.
He doesn't remember much before seeing his uncle in the Speed Force, arm outstretched for Wally to grasp.
It was a strange feeling, going faster than basically reality to a dead stop. He still didn't feel grounded. He was vaguely aware of Barry talking to him, but Wally couldn't focus.
He looked around, he didn't recognize the room they were in, there were other people in the room with them, but he didn't care because he saw her.
Her blonde hair was loose, and back to the length it was when they were young, her face full of shock and disbelief, and her silver eyes full of tears.
"Artemis." He breathed.
She slowly approached, the tears spilling down her cheeks.
Wally reached up running his fingers through her hair, using his other hand to wipe the tears from her face.
He kissed her. That's when everything settled inside him, when he felt grounded.
"If you ever do that again…" She whispered.
"I know." He answered before she could finish.
He looked around, there weren't a lot of other people besides Artemis and his uncle.
He saw Kaldur behind a console, M'gann and Conner behind him against the wall, to his left Roy (the clone Wally assumed as the original was super douchey) uncrossing his arms, and Bart stood in front of Roy vibrating in place from excitement.
Wally looked around, someone was missing, Artemis seemed to sense his worry and confusion squeezing his hand and giving him a sympathetic look.
He knew Dick.
Dick was his best friend, he was stubborn, and impulsive, and would've been front and center for something like this.
Wally looked at Artemis.
"Where's Nightwing?" He asked.
"Wally." Kaldur began stepping towards him. "No one has seen him in eight weeks."
Wally raised an eyebrow. "Eight weeks?! What do you mean eight weeks?!"
Kaldur shook his head. "No one knows what happened, it could be nothing."
"Don't bullshit me." Wally practically snarled. "You don't even believe that."
"No." his head dropped "No I do not."
"It's not like we're allowed to look into it." Conner told him. "We've been prohibited by Batman."
"Of course you have." Wally sighed, defeated.
"You haven't." Artemis whispered to him.
"That's a real small loophole."
She gave him the 'Worth a Shot' look.
"You could always ask Red." He heard Roy tell them.
All eyes were on him.
"Look none of us like being sidelined, okay?" Roy continued. "And he loves a good loophole."
"Okay, where is he?" Wally asked.
"Oh, I'll find him." Bart announced before dashing off to find him.
"Who's Red?" Wally asked.
"Robin," M'gann told him. "He goes by Red Robin now, as he's not Robin anymore. We haven't me the the new one quiet yet."
"Why isn't he Robin anymore?"
"Uh, we don't actually…"
Before she could finish, Bart came back with another person.
"Found him!"
The other person was Tim. He looked tired and worn and a little startled by his sudden trip.
He looked around, until his eyes landed on Wally.
He managed a weak smile and wave.
"Hey, glad your back." Tim told Wally. "I'm guessing Bart didn't bring me here to celebrate your return."
"We'll leave you alone." Barry decided.
Everyone filed out, including Artemis after telling him they'd talk later and giving him a reassuring hand squeeze leaving just Wally and Tim.
"Where's Dick?" Wally began once the door closed. "Kaldur told me Dick's been missing for eight weeks."
"Yeah, he was." Tim sighed.
"Was. Where is he now?"
"Okay before I say anything, don't think I don't know about the loophole, it's the only reason I'm being straight with you. Anyway we found him three days ago, he's in the cave now.
"Is he okay?"
Tim shook his head. "No and he won't be for a while."
"Can I see him?" Wally asked timidly.
Tim contemplated his answer.
"You, uh, you might not like what you see."
Wally could hear the sorrow in his voice, that made him second guess his desire for more insite. It went away fairly quickly.
"Please."
Tim sighed. "Fine, but just you."
Wally followed Tim down a hall to a Zeta Tube, inputting a code activating one to go to the Batcave.
"Since when are the Zeta Tubes in the Batcave?" Wally asked
"Since a year ago." Tim explained. "Dick thought they'd be a good idea. Bruce agreed, begrudgingly, after a crapton of security was put into it."
"So I can't just visit any given Tuesday?" Wally jokes.
Yeah, no. Not unless you want to get shot, stabbed, or beaten." Tim smiled.
Tim gestured to the tube and Wally stepped through.
He blinked. He's been in the Batcave a total of two times. Nothing had changed.
Slowly he stepped forward. Wally saw a few projects in the works in various locations, one of them included a suit with red wings extended outward with gold plating on the ends with the actual suit being extremely similar to Tim's Robin suit.
"What's that?" Wally asked Tim.
"A side project at the moment. This way."
Wally followed him around the computer down a hallway he didn't know existed. He saw a large window with a couple of chairs in front, one of which was occupied.
It was someone older than Tim, with his feet propped up on the other chair. He looked familiar. Steele blue eyes, raven colored hair with a small white section in the front. He was staring into the room, his eyes full of concern.
He turned his head to look at them, then it dawned on Wally.
"Jason?!"
He grinned at Wally's revelation, which quickly vanished.
"We can discuss my 'livingness' later. What are you doing here West?"
"He came to see Dick, Jay." Tim told him, gesturing to the window Jason was sitting in front of.
Wally slowly approached the window, and what he saw was going to give him nightmares for along time.
Dick's hair had grown into his eyes, he was white as a ghost, deadly thin, they had covered his forearms in white bandages and gauze, he was covered in bruises, burns, and cuts, he had purple veiny design on his left arm reaching up over his shoulder and onto his chest, he was fidgeting with a silver container in his lap, his knees were drawn to his chest, and he was trembling.
"What happened to him?" Wally asked putting his hand on the glass.
"It'd be easier to explain what didn't happen." Jason told him
"He was kidnapped by the Court of Owls." Tim explained. "As for what they did and why they did it, the one person who can tell us, well, he can't."
"What's he holding?"
"A flask of water." Jason told him. "He ripped out the i.v. we had on him so this was the best second option. Especially since he's a threat to himself and other people."
"So far the answers he does give, vague as the are, are only given if Jason asks the questions." Tim sounded a little bitter when he told Wally this.
"We don't think he believes he's home. He'll ask me about some knife occasionally. We're kind of out of options."
"And it's not like Demon Spawn is very helpful. Damian seeing Dick like this, he isn't coping well with any of it."
"Who's Damian?" Wally asked, figuring he might already know the answer.
"Me." Say a voice from behind him. "And who the hell are you?"
When Wally turned around he almost jumped out of his skin. There was a ten year old kid standing two feet from him.
He was like the other two people in that he had raven colored hair and blue eyes. In all honesty he looked like the kid version of Bruce Wayne, he even had the patent Bat stare.
"Wally. But, uh, saying 'me' doesn't really answer my question."
"Former Kid Flash," Damian pointed to Wally than to himself. "Robin."
"Ah, you're Robin." Wally noted.
"Have been for eight month." He explained.
"Great, now I'm all caught up." Wally retorted sarcastically. "I want to talk to him."
"I don't know…" Jason began to protest.
"He could if you went with him." Tim suggested.
"You're the boss."
"He's not the boss." Damian protested.
"You're certainly not."
"No. He is." Damian pointed to Dick.
"And he can't right now. And you know as well as I do how the chain of command goes. Bruce, Grayson, then guess what Drake. Which I'll admit, begrudgingly." Jason finished.
"Tt"
Tim looked at Jason. They seemed to be having a silent argument. Apparently Tim won.
"Fine." Jason yielded, rolling his eyes.
He stood gesturing to the door.
Wally followed him through into a small room between the first door and the security door leading Dick's cell before turning towards him.
"Don't expect much. Okay?"
Wally nodded.
Jason then opened the security door stepping through with Wally in tow, hoping for the best.
I know not much happened. The first couple of chapters, I'm just setting up the story. More excitement will come. I can guarantee it.
