Hi! So after reading SO many stories on this site and loving them, I decided to make one of my own. For those who don't know me, I'm Rose, and I wrote for GMW and then just out of nowhere, I became addicted to DC Comics. You can find out more about me on my profile page if you'd like!
Couple of notes on the story. Wally and/or Dick will be appearing in each of these. Sometimes it won't be together and a lot of times it's not focused on them all the time, but if you don't see one, then you'll see the other. Another note, some will be BirdFlash. Of course, it won't all be BirdFlash, just specific ones. And I'll make sure to put like a (BirdFlash) after the chapter title, so if you don't like BirdFlash, you can skip that. I will update whenever I can and trust me, I do want to work on this, along with some others that I'm planning. A final note, since this is a group of one shots that are connected it will always start with "When the Bat's Away...Always mischief. Always, always mischief. That's the way it is. That's the way it will always be." Bonus note, sorry. Its That's it. Sorry for blabbing so long, but I needed to get it out. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: Don't own Young Justice. If I did, then Wally and Dick would be dating and Wally wouldn't have died. ; )
P.S. I'm not entirely sure, but I think Dick's a little OOC in this. I don't know. You can be the judge of that.
When the Bat's Away...
Always mischief. Always, always mischief. That's the way it is. That's the way it'll always be.
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It started after Dick had moved into the manor and became Robin. Wally was 11 and he was 9.
"This is Kid Flash," Bruce said, peeking over his shoulder to the nine year old raven, who was currently hiding behind Bruce's back. They were in the Watchtower, and Wally was going to be hanging out with Robin.
Flash and Batman had a meeting with the Justice League and Dick had begged him to go. When he had got there, he was uncharacteristically quiet. He clung onto Bruce and when someone said hi, he buried his face in Batman's cape. Bruce had decided it had been because Dick was used to him but not used to being in a room with metas and people who had powers but were not villains.
"Hi," Robin waved timidly and Batman almost smiled, relieved. He hoped the boy wouldn't be this shy later, or else he would have a lot of work to do with the galas and the charity balls.
Kid Flash raced up to Robin, and the latter took a step back, startled. "Hi. I'm Kid Flash. But you can call me KF or 'the fastest kid alive' or Wally...oops!" The red head covered his mouth a tad bit too late. He looked up sheepishly at his uncle. "Sorry."
"Okay, kid. That's enough," Barry smiled and ruffled his nephew's hair. "We need you to watch Robin and make sure he stays out of trouble." He leaned in towards Dick and stage-whispered. "But I think he needs someone to keep him out of trouble even more." Robin cracked a grin at that and Bruce was thankful for Barry's ability to make anyone smile, any time of day.
"Hey!" Wally shouted, offended. He pondered and grinned himself. "Although, that's probably true." Everyone, with the exception of Batman, laughed, even Robin.
"We need to get to our meeting, Flash. Robin, Kid Flash please stay out of trouble. We will only be in the conference room for a couple of hours." Batman turned to Robin and put his hands on his shoulders. He whispered, "You'll be fine, chum. Go on."
One last look and Bruce and Barry left the two preteen boys in the hallway. They stood around awkwardly. Okay, let's rephrase that. Robin was standing around awkwardly and Kid Flash was talking his head off to no one in particular.
"And so I said, 'Can I please, please, please be your sidekick?' And at first Barry was like, 'No, Wally.' And then he finally gave in because, number one, you were the first sidekick," Wally nudged him and grinned even wider. "And two, I nearly got myself killed doing a science experiment which made me get my speed!" The manner in which he spoke made Dick furrow his eyebrows because he had never heard someone telling someone else they almost got killed while sounding so deliriously happy.
Wally noticed Dick was quiet and voiced his thoughts. Dick let his head hang low before responding.
"Nothing. I'm just bored," Robin mumbled.
"You are? I am too! Let's go do something," He raced down the hall, where he motioned for Robin to follow him. Robin followed him reluctantly, but with a sense of wonder and a little excitement. By the time he had made it, Kid Flash was tapping his foot impatiently and playing with the hem of his yellow uniform.
"You take too long," Wally whined. "Get on my back." He bent in a position where Robin could easily climb on. Robin just stared. "Hurry up, I don't have all day." Robin hastily climbed on his back.
"Will this feel bad?" Dick asked, wrinkling his nose. He definitely did not want to throw up on or after the ride.
Wally cocked his head. "Depends. Do you get motion sickness?" Without waiting for an answer, Kid Flash zoomed off. Robin felt his vision blur. The places whizzed past him and was making him sick. So he closed his eyes and tried to enjoy the ride. It worked. At least, for a little while until they came to an abrupt stop. Dick jumped down and before he knew it, all the contents of his stomach were emptying out.
Dick felt a hand on his shoulder and he almost flipped the person over until he realized it was Wally. "Don't do that," He laughed, despite the sick feeling that was fading away slowly.
"Sorry. The few first times always get you," Wally explained, handing him a wipe and a breath mint. Robin grabbed it and smiled. Maybe Wally wasn't so bad after all.
He back flipped into the tree that was a few feet off the ground. He landed up on a sturdy branch and swung his legs, as if he was on a swing.
"So why did you decide to become a superhero?" Wally asked.
"I can't tell you much, because of Batman and all with the secret identities," Robin started. Wally nodded, not because he really knew the Big Bat, but he had met him and the big guy was scary. He could see why he would want to enforce a rule on secret id's. "But basically, my parents were killed by a sick mobster named Tony Zucco. I wanted to kill him but Batman said the way to honor my parents' name was to bring him to justice, not death."
Wally rubbed his neck. "Wow, I mean, my reason for becoming a superhero is like, way lame compared to yours."
Robin cackled. "That's the first time you didn't say at least 20 words in your sentence. But it doesn't matter, really. Just tell me it and I'll be the judge of whether your reason is lame or not."
"To add it all up, I just really wanted to help people. Like, my parents are still alive and they're great. And then my uncle is the Flash. Nothing's wrong with me or anyone else and I've got friends. I just like helping people." Wally had turned a deep red after confessing.
"That's cool. You've got a good heart, Walls."
Wally blushed at the nickname and Robin brought up a different subject.
"So why'd you bring us here?" Robin questioned, looking around. It was nice, there was nothing especially beautiful about the place.
"I brought you here because I knew you'd throw up, or at least be discombobulated. But there's a place, a diner who has the best food." Wally smiled. Barry had taken him there to eat multiple times and it was his favorite place to eat.
Robin slid off of the tree and his stomach grumbled. He froze, praying that KF hadn't heard. Unfortunately, he did.
"And just in time too," Wally announced, laughing. He then threw Robin over his shoulder. As he ran (like a normal human) he heard the raven's muffled remark of "If you start going faster than this, I'm throwing a birdarang at you."
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When they finally made it to the diner, Wally set Robin down.
"Can we go in and have our outfits on? Robin wanted to know.
"I think so," Wally shrugged. "I think they'd be happy to see two sidekick heroes just acting like regular people."
They entered through the door and at first, no one noticed them. Until a little girl cried, "Look! Kid Fwash and Wobin! Mommy, look!" Everyone gathered to look at the two heroes and ran to get autographs.
After everything calmed down, the two sat in a comfy booth. Be back with you in a moment, The waitress had said.
When she came back, she smiled widely. "What can I get you?" She looked like she was about to hyperventilate, but Robin was glad she had the nerve to calm down. They were both under the age of thirteen, it wasn't like they were 17 and gorgeous.
The waitress, whose name tag read Sara was definitely not prepared for Kid Flash's order. "Okay, can I have the 3 appetizers of tater tots, an order of rolls, an order of cheeseburger sliders, an 3 orders of mac and cheese, 2 bowls of the large salads and a large lemonade." The waitress blinked after scribbling all of that down and pivoted to leave.
"Hey!" Wally called after Sara. He gave her a cheeky grin. "You forgot about Robin." The waitress widened her eyes.
"Oh, of course," Sara said. "What can I get you?"
Robin cackled his creepy laugh again. "I'll have the small spaghetti with a medium salad and a medium water." Sara left to go put in the order.
"Dude, you've got to stop doing that laugh. It's creepy." Wally said. Just to annoy Wally, he did it again. And again.
"So how come you didn't get freaked out when you found out how much food I eat?" Wally asked, looking down. He always was sensitive to the topic, since his speed metabolism had him eating so much all the time.
"Meh. I've already read your file on the Batcave," Robin said, never turning away. "I know about your speed metabolism and how you burn off a lot of energy so you have to eat a lot. It makes a lot of sense, actually."
Afterwards, their food arrived (Well, Robin's food arrived. The redhead only had half of his order ready.) and they struck up some conversation. In doing so, Leonard Snart, aka, Captain Cold, burst through the door with his freeze gun and a few of his goons.
"Seriously?" Wally groaned. He slumped in his seat. "Today was supposed to be my off day."
"Is that Captain Cold?" Dick asked. His eyes narrowed.
"Yep," Wally said through his fingers. "And now we've got to stop him. I can take out his goons and you take out Captain Cold. Deal?" He stood up to go, but Robin firmly held him down.
"No deal," Robin said as he glanced at the goons. "But we need to make it quick. I need you to swipe the gun from Captain Cold while I take out the henchmen. Then we can both take him down. Got it?"
"Got it."
Wally sped over to the man with the cold gun. "Put it down," Wally snarled.
"Ah, Kid Flash. Here to ruin my fun again?" He shot a ray of ice at Kid Flash, but he missed and landed on the little girl's plate instead. She wailed and ran out, not afraid of getting hurt. Her mother tried to protect herself and ran after her daughter. Unfortunately, she slipped on a piece of ice. Kid Flash ran and picked her up. He ran out of the door and directed her and her daughter to her car.
"Leave them alone, Cold, this is between you, me, and this diner. No one else."
Meanwhile, Robin had smoke bombed the henchmen and was taking them out, one by one. He threw a birdarang at the last of them and dusted his hands off, patting himself on the back for a good job.
Sheesh Robin, get a hold of yourself. It's not a parade, it's a robbery, Robin reminded himself. He saw Kid Flash was struggling with Cold so he stepped in and threw a smoke bomb to give Wally a few extra seconds. A few extra seconds was all the redhead needed as he punched Captain Cold. First in the gut, then in the face and he snatched away the gun. He threw it on the floor.
"Whoa, KF!" Robin exclaimed. "Nice moves!"
"You're the little birdie," Captain Cold sneered. "I've heard of you. It'll be a pleasure taking you down."
"In your dreams. You know, it's amazing how you can have such a tiny brain, but your mouth is huge," The masked boy took something from his utility belt and threw a rope disguised as a birdarang at Cold, bringing him down on the ground.
"Good one, dude!" Wally exclaimed, high-fiving Robin.
"Thanks. I thought so too."
All of sudden, Cold must have dropped a little too close to his gun, because there was a "Robin, look out!" and the next thing he knew, Kid Flash was on the ground with a patch of ice on his chest.
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When Bruce wanted to have Dick make new friends, he wanted them to be well-mannered, nice and responsible. So why did he trust the Flash's nephew to watch Dick again? The energetic, always eating, never stops talking kid? Oh right, because Alfred was on a short vacation and he knew his protègè would get bored during the meeting and he would try something, like hacking the Justice League software.
But then, when he let his ward go out, he had a panicking call from Robin that Kid Flash had been shot by Captain Cold. So he had abruptly stood up and dragged Flash down the hall, without saying anything.
"Robin, give me your coordinates," Batman commanded, pulling out his GPS. He fiddled with it.
"Um, we're at Jenn's Home. It's in Central City." Dick said, his voice strained. "I've checked his pulse...and it's slowing down Bruce. I mean Batman. That isn't good for a speedster, right?"
Batman pinched his nose. "Right. Okay, Robin, I need you to try and do everything that you can. Flash and I will be there in about 15 minutes. Flash will probably get there first. So just please do not get into more trouble."
"Got it B-man." Batman heard the comm crackle and then buzz into nothingness.
"What is it Batman?" Barry asked, rubbing th sore spwell ot where Batman had literally dragged him.
"Its Kid Flash. You go on ahead. I'll catch up in the Bat-Jet."
With that note, Barry zoomed off to go protect his nephew.
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"Come on, Wally, you can make it. Just don't go to sleep..." Robin tried to comfort the older boy.
Wally groaned and kept blinking to keep his eyes from shutting all the way.
A few minutes later, Flash arrived. He rushed over to Robin and Kid Flash. "What happened?" He asked after carefully surveying the scene.
"Captain Cold, he was trying to shoot me and Wal- I mean Kid Flash - took the shot for me. He saved me," Robin said, realizing the deed Kid Flash had done.
"I'm going to run him up to the Watchtower. Do you have everything taken care of?" Flash picked up Wally bridal style and shifted his weight so he'd be comfortable, yet Wally would be light.
"No," a dark voice muttered, "We will be heading to the Batcave, where he can receive treatment from Agent A."
"Seriously? I get to go to the Batcave and I'm halfway knocked out?" Wally joked. Robin smiled the faintest of smiles.
"I guess we're heading out, then," Barry zipped off, following the GPS that Batman had given him.
"Robin," Batman turned towards his protègè. "You-"
"Batman, please. Not right now." And with that Robin gave Captain Cold one last kick in the stomach, making Cold completely still and
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Wally woke up to bright lights and a kid dressed in traffic colors sitting next to him. He sat up and - oh, ouch. Pain shot through his stomach and chest so he laid back down.
"I wouldn't do that." Wally snapped his head towards the voice.
"Hey," Wally said weakly.
"Next time, don't take a shot for me. I had my extra heated Kevlar on today. Just in case."
"Well, then next time move when I say move..."
A clearing of the throat interrupted them.
"Glad to see you awake," Batman said darkly. "Now we can dole out your punishments."
"Punishments?" Wally wailed. Then he clutched his sides. Sheesh, that hurt. "But we saved a cafè!"
"Sorry kid, but you guys didn't call for backup when trouble first arrived. Plus, you went out in your outfits. Who does that?"
"Someone who wants a free meal," Robin mumbled.
"Robin, no patrol for 3 weeks," Batman stated simply. "Kid Flash, 2."
"Hey!" Kid Flash cried. "You can't do that!"
"Yes I can. You know why?" Both of the boys shook their heads. "Because I'm BATMAN!"
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So here it was. The first chapter of When the Bat's Away. PM me prompts and other things. If you don't have an account, join! It's free! Don't forget to leave a review :p