So I've been reading a lot of Wally Centric Young Justice stories and decided to add my own to the mix. Wally Whump. Rated for child abuse. Hints of slash depending on how you interpret it.
Disclaimer: If I owned YJ, Kid Flash wouldn't have died, Artemis wouldn't have joined the team Zatanna would be her proper age, and Raven, Starfire and Cyborg would have shown up
Oneshot for now might continue I'm not sure. Also pretend this is before the team are on friendly terms right now they're all kinda acquaintances cept for KF and Rob.
Wally let out another silent whimper as a foot connected with his stomach yet again.
What had he done to deserve this, he got straight As, he was on the track, tennis, and swim team, was in fact captain of said track team. He was on the academic decathlon, was selected to compete in a program where the winner got to work at Wayne Enterprises for the summer as a fully paid intern...oh right he according to his parents was a freak.
A sharp crack woke Wally from his thoughts as he felt one of his ribs break and bit his lip to keep from crying, he would not give his dad that satisfaction, even if it killed him.
Rudolph grinned pressing against Wally's chest with his foot as he held up a box of crackers.
"I bet you wish you had some of these don't you." He grinned, "When's the last time you ate? If I remember it was about two days ago." Rudolph suddenly snarled, lifting his foot up and slamming it down on Wally's chest enjoying the pained whimper from his lips. "With the way you're constantly eating me out of house and home I bet it feels like weeks. You don't deserve anything."
Wally blinked back tears, why him? What had he done? He had done nothing but been a good child, yet that never seemed to be enough for his father..or his mother. All because he had powers, what happened to loving him no matter what?
He turned his head briefly watching as his mom Mary West ignored the beating going on and focused on the TV playing in front of him. Nobody cared about him. He closed his eyes he would not cry in front of his father it's what he wanted and Rudolph would not win.
At that moment the doorbell rang and Wally inwardly prayed to whatever God that had saved him. It never went further then beating him black and blue but he had a feeling today things would have escalated quickly.
Rudolph got up looking at the battered body of his son and turned to his wife, "Put him in the closet."
"No! Please!" Wally pleaded, "I'm begging you not the closet."
As a speedster being able to have room to run free was practically embedded in his DNA as was his claustrophobia.
Wally stumbled as he was yanked up black spots blurring his vision usually he could have fought back but the lack of food made him weak. Too weak to stop his own mother from locking him in the basement.
"Mom please." Wally whispered, only to be rewarded with a sharp slap in the face.
Mary West started him down, "You are not my son. You're a freak. You use to be my son then you went and blew yourself up. You're just a freak of nature like the rest of those so called heroes. You don't have the permission to call me your mother. Not anymore." With that being said she dragged Wally despite his weak struggle locking him in the closet ignore the pleas and begging coming from the other side.
"Hey." Artemis said, "Has anyone seen Baywatch?"
"Now that I think about it no, it's almost 7 he missed practice today both of them it's not like him to be late." M'gann said, pausing from her cooking.
"Whatever." Artemis shrugged, making her way over to the kitchen and grabbing some cookies, "If Kid Mouth isn't here that means more food for the rest of us."
It's two days later when Wally is finally released from his hellhole. He hasn't eaten in a week and black spots blur his vision even as he just sits and stares at the wall.
He doesn't remember how he got out all he knows is that he's currently in the bathroom staring at his reflection, who doesn't resemble him in the slightest not with the dead eyes, and the colorful bruises littering his body.
The minute he hears yelling, Wally knows they know he's escaped. He gets up quickly, swaying slightly as he looks for a way out and spots a window, it's a little too small but it'll do.
Half way through the window a hand grasps his legs and tries to pull him back in, ignoring everything Wally pulls back his right leg kicking whatever had a hold him turning out to be his father Rudolph. He mentally cursed himself, knowing he'd be paying for that during his next visit. Wally tumbled to the ground eyesight blurry before getting up, only to be knocked to the ground by a undistinguished face. He rolls to the side, standing up and begins to run ignoring the sharp pain in his chest or the aches in his feet and just runs.
Making his way to a zeta spot, Wally takes a moment to fix himself and by fix he means make sure his costume is covering all his bruises and it does except for the bottom half of his face, his cheeks are bruised, his jaw purple, and nose bleeding already thinking up an excuse he stumbles his way into the Zeta Tube.
Kid Flash B03
"About time you showed-what happened to your face?" Robin asks.
"Tried to vibrate through a wall again." Kid Flash grins falsely.
It was time for the mask, here he was Kid Flash, team goofball with no worries besides when his next meal was gonna be.
"Where have you been for the past few days?" Aqualad wonders.
Kid Flash blinks rummaging though his head for a suitable answer, before answering, "The Rouges were feeling neglected." He shrugged, avoiding Robins gaze.
"Well if that's the case." Black Canary said walking in, "I'm sure you'd be happy to test your fighting skills on your team seeing as you missed training for the past few days."
Kid Flash blanched, he didn't know if he could handle his whole team, he hadn't eaten in a week and his vision was become blurrier. Maybe if he was fast enough...
About an hour later he had successful disabled, Aqualad, Superboy and Miss Martian all at the cost of a few more broken bones and bruises. All he had left was Artemis and Robin. He dodged a block from Robin only to be shot in the side by one of Artemis' arrow and blinked back the tears that threatened to fall.
Soon enough he had Robin pinned to the floor, both of them breathing heavily, neither one of them moving, Robin was staring at him with a concerned look in his eyes along with something else he couldn't recognize. They were caught in the moment at least until Artemis sent a roundhouse kick to his stomach, making him clench up in pain. He stood up stumbling slightly.
"What's wrong Baywatch had enough?" Artemis sneered.
Kid Flash glared, running over to her and flipping her over pinning her to the ground.
"No." He smirked, "I was just saving the easiest for last."
Artemis snarled kicking him ignoring the pain gasp he let out and stood up. "Oh shut up would you."
"Well if we're done here." Kid Flash said, making his way to the kitchen. "I'm starving." With that being said he begin making his way through the kitchen eating everything in sight, emptying out pantries and cabinets.
Artemis glared, still sore about her easy lost, began to goad him. "Gosh Kid Mouth do you ever stop eating?"
Kid Flash stopped staring at her.
"She has a point you know." Superboy muttered watching the speedster chow down his favorite fruit snacks, "I know you have a weird metabolism but-"
Artemis cut him, "You're damn right I have a point. Baywatch constantly eats and eats without any regard for the rest of us. We like to eat too you know. Would it kill you to stop eating for once gosh-"
Kid Flash, frowned pushing his giant stack of food away from him, he hadn't known, he thought that he'd always be welcome to eat here, now…now it was just like home.
"Artemis." Robin said, noticing the way her words were affecting his friend.
"Seriously dude, they're other people on this team too not just you." She finished.
"I-I, didn't know. I'm sorry." Kid Flash said before speeding to his room.
"Dude that was so not aster." Robin said.
"It's not my fault, you guys see the way he eats."
Miss Martian frowned, "I think your words really hurt him Artemis, I could sense all sorts of turmoil from him."
"Whatever it's not my fault he's a human vacuum."
"But it's not his fault either." Aqualad said.
"I'm gonna go talk to him." Robin said, walking out the room.
He knocked on Kid Flash's door and waited for a response when he didn't get one he pulled out his computer hacking the security and making his way into the room.
What he saw stopped him in his tracks, there was Wally dressed down to his boxers, covered in bruises, blood with certain bones and limbs sticking out in wrong directions. His throat was red as if he had been strangled, and there we're tear tracks on his face and pillow. Not to mention he could see ribs very prominent ribs that was a problem.
There was no way The Rouges had done this to him but if they didn't who did? Not to mention the ribs, as speedsters they had to eat constantly going just three days made them look malnourished, Wally looked like a walking skeleton without his suit. Why didn't he notice how messed up he was earlier?
He needed food to heal, and with Artemis riding on him for eating after he'd probably been starved there was no way he'd bee eating comfortably for a while.
Kid Flash let out a whimper, as he's suddenly started struggling against an unknown figure. A nightmare Robin figured.
"Dad! Please I'm sorry. Why do you hate me?! Mom help! Not the closet. Please just not the closet." He said his screaming fading into a whisper.
Robin covered his mouth in horror, Kid Flash's own parents abused him. It explained why he ate so much when he visited Mt. Justice, Flash never ate as much as Kid Flash did despite both being speedsters. He probably didn't know when his next meal would be, and tried to stock up. And to think he hid the truth behind all the smiles and jokes, none would be the wiser.
A particular loud cry from the bed broke Robin from his thoughts and he rushed over to Kid Flash cradling him in his arms.
"Ssh, you're safe here. Kid Flash, calm down. I won't let them hurt you ever again. Kid Flash wake up."
Kid Flash shot up tears running down his face as he turned to Robin.
"How much did you hear?"
"Enough, why didn't you tell anybody?"
"It's embarrassing Kid Flash is too weak to stand up to his own father. Besides it wasn't always this bad. Before he knew how my powers worked I had a fighting chance, once he figured out I had to eat, well let's just say I was sent to bed without supper a lot." Kid Flash shrugged.
"Why didn't you tell anybody. At least me."
"Tell anybody, tell you! I don't even know your real name."
"It's Dick." Robin said removing his mask, "Dick Grayson."
"Wally West." Kid Flash said shrugging, "But you probably knew that already."
"I did but I wouldn't say anything until you told me."
Wally nodded shifting closer to Dick and placing his head against his chest, as Dick moved them gently, mindful of Wally's injuries until they were laying on Wally's bed.
"So what's with the closet?" Dick asked feeling Wally tense in his arms.
"I have acute claustrophobia, elevators freak me out. I think it's from the fact that I have the ability to move anywhere in the in the blink of an eye, being stuck somewhere freaks me out. They usually lock me in the closet, after starving me and beating me so I can't get out." Wally whispered, tears escaping his eyes.
Dick hummed, running his fingers through Wally's hair, "So you being gone most of the week."
"I was in the closet." Wally said quietly, "They usually let me out earlier in order to not draw suspicions but this time they forgot. I actually don't remember much about this day except Artemis yelling at me."
"Oh Wally, you hadn't eaten all week and the minute you try to, she yells at you."
"I thought I'd always have food to eat here, but I didn't know you all felt that way."
"Sometimes, but we don't know the truth that's why, and that was just Artemis being Artemis. You can eat as much as you want and if you tell them-"
"No! You can't tell them. They'd never look at me the same again."
"Wally-"
"No promise me you won't tell them. You can't tell anyone. Promise me."
Dick sighed looking down into pleading bright green eyes and felt his heart crack. "Fine."
"Thank you Dick."
A knock at the door had Wally up before Dick could blink suited in his Kid Flash costume opening the door.
"What's up Artemis." He grinned, but this time Dick could see how fake it was.
"I'm really sorry about blowing up, I was just sore about losing."
"It's fine, just remember a growing boys gotta eat. I seem to have that effect on girls making them blow up, if you know what I'm saying." He smirked wiggling his eyebrows.
Artemis scowled punching him the arm, "You're such a pig." She rolled her eyes walking away.
Dick watched as Wally tensed, clutching the door knob tighter in pain before closing the door.
"Wally, are you okay?"
"I'm fine." Wally said changing into a pair of sweats and collapsing on his bed, "I just need some rest."
Dick started at his upper torso covered in bruises and sighed, "Wally you need to eat, that's the only you'll properly heal."
"I don't wanna make team mad again." Wally muttered, "I'll just...I'll eat somewhere else." He yawned.
"Wally-" Dick stopped, realizing he had fallen asleep if the soft snores were any indication.
He let out a sigh covering him with blanket and putting his mask back on before leaving the room. Robin made his way to the kitchen grabbing a large bowl and began filling it with food.
"What are you doing?" Aqualad asked.
"I'm bringing food for Kid Flash." Robin answered.
"Why can't he come get it himself?" Artemis said.
"Cause he thinks you'll yell at him again."
"I told him I was sorry, but you can blame me? The Flash doesn't eat like he does."
"Well each speedster is different. You know he has to constantly eat to be healthy, you shouldn't have yelled at him."
"Whatever I apologized it doesn't matter anymore."
Robin frowned ignoring her response and continued to pack up food and paused as he stood in front of the doorway to the hall. "You're wrong Artemis, it matters a lot more than you'd realize. And you'd know that if you bothered to look at the boy behind the smiles." He said before making his way back to Wally's room.