"Robin-" Kaldur cut himself off, realizing his mistake.
Dead silence followed as grief flushed through the mind link. Still not use to Robin's absence, they often addressed to him during missions. Wally glared at nothing in particular as he looked down at the black glove on his hand. It was Robin's, but Wally always put it on for the missions, since he was the next best hacker. He was Robin's best friend, after all.
"Yeah, Kaldur. I'll hack the systems." Kid Flash opened up the small holo-computer, trying to get comfortable in the small air vent. Miss Martian was in the bio-ship, waiting for pick up in case of an emergency, Superboy was creating a distraction, Artemis was on watch, and Kaldur was infiltrating through the sewers. Naturally, Kid Flash got stuck infiltrating through the air vents. They had to get evidence of illegal trade from Lex Luthor, and be done with it once and for all.
Kid Flash's hands speed slightly on the keys, trying to figure out the codes. Slowly, the cartoonish Robins turned green. Then, the last one blinked red.
Kid Flash tried again. And again. And again. The last one was always the hardest to crack. His fingers flew faster as his mind tried to figure out the puzzle.
"Is the path clear?" Kaldur asked. They could feel his disgust as he stayed in the sewers.
"Not yet. Having some trouble hacking into the cameras," Kid Flash replied, pursing his lips. "Can't figure it out. Give me a couple more seconds."
Press this button!
Kid Flash nodded at the overly cheery voice, somehow knowing which button to press. Must be part of the mind link. As soon as the last Robin blinked green, he smiled in triumph. He was getting better.
"You almost done?" Came Superboy's voice in the link, followed by a grunt. "I can't keep 'distracting' the guards. Patience is starting to wear thin."
"Yours, or theirs?" Artemis asked with her usual sass.
"Both."
"Yeah, I'm done. Proceed as planned, because everyone knows we're going to mess up eventually." Kid Flash mentally snickered.
"Wally!" Miss Martian scolded.
"No names on the field." Aqualad said. Then he let out a small, "Ew."
Kid Flash nearly laughed at Kaldur. But at that same moment, something struck him, hard. That voice- the one that told him to press that button?- it didn't match any of his friends. Or, at least, none that were alive.
"Robin?" Even in his head, he sounded weak and unsure, even though he was confident that it was him who told Wally to push that button. Who else would know that?
"Wally," Miss Martian said with a sigh. "We know you miss him. We all do. But we have to move on. It's what he would want."
"It's what he would want." Wally repeated the words out loud.
Totally not asterous. Robin's cackle reached Kid Flash's ears. That's the last thing I want. Over here, Kid Dork. The evidence awaits.
In front of him, by a few feet, the air vent opened up. Wally hesitated. The voice came from in front of him, right by the opening.
"Robin?"
The voice didn't answer this time, it just left Wally alone in the claustrophobic vent. Bottom lip shaking and hands trembling, Wally tried to be Kid Flash. There were no such thing as ghosts. There was no way he was back. It was probably a fragment of his imagination, there could have easily been a loose nail in the air vent.
He crept forward. The room the vent opened to did indeed lead straight to what they were looking for. Exactly what Robin was leading him to. It was a coincidence, no doubt.
There was no way a dead man could lead him straight to the evidence.
