Dick stood in the room of the cave that had once been where the Team had received mission assignments, but now it merely stood as a reminder of better times when Wally was still his best friend and he didn't doubt the effect that his actions would have on others. His mourning of over the loss of those times was interrupted by Artemis who like him had been greatly traumatized by Wally 's sudden death a year ago, because Wally had been to both a source of hope in their otherwise bleak personal lives. Their mutual grief though did not mean that they were handling it in the same way, for example, Dick handled it by giving up his leadership position on the team which he had worked so hard to get, but Artemis chose to do the opposite and fill her life with more responsibility even if it was with a new name. Dick annoyed that his solitude of thought had been broken asked in a stern tone,

" Why are you here this place has been decommissioned after Aqualad's attack? "

" I could ask you the same thing? " Artemis asked in her usual confrontational style that was one aspect of her which had survived Wally's death. That was something which Wally could often bring up with his ridiculous yet charming personality, but the fact that part of her personality had survived his loss bothered her as it was the one aspect that pushed most people away which she knew from similar events was a bad thing to do.

" I need to do some research into Wally's death without Batman breathing down my throat. " Dick said in his stern voice, which highlighted the effect that Batman's training had on his emotional state making it to where even when under immense emotional pressure such as best friend dying all he showed was just some subtle signs of sadness.

" What can you possibly learn about Wally's death one moment he was there the next he was gone. " Artemis said in a tone which appearances attempted to remain confrontational but didn't really hide her sadness that thinking of his death and all of the moments of false hope brought up.

" That's just it he was just gone not even a body was left behind which combined with Blue Beetle's comment of him ceasing not dying makes me feel that there is a chance he is not dead. "

Dick said.

" I would do anything to bring Wally back, but we investigated for months and all that was discovered was some traces of a radiation similar to zeta beams and the shield means he couldn't have left Earth and that is the only source of that radiation type. " Artemis said trying to hold back the tears.

" Your on point on everything except for the fact about the radiation which has actually been seen before a few months before Booster Gold made his first appearance and when Bart first appeared." Dick said in tone which highlighted his pride in the detective work he had done.

" So you think that Wally is lost in time and not dead, which if true doesn't explain why the League isn't investigating it." Artemis said as her eyes started to water.

" That is exactly what I think and the radiation's similarity to Zeta beams explains how theoretically an object could get sent through time rather than space, and the reason why the League didn't investigate it is even after Bart's arrival a lot of doubt about time travel remains considering Booster Gold's tendencies to exaggerate. The level of doubt in the League is why I took a leave of absence so that I could investigate all possibilities." Dick said.

Their conversation over Wally's death was cut short by an alert that had been triggered by a signal sent from the watchtower. This pleased Dick as it served as an excuse to end the conversation and access the Cave's system without alerting bats. When he read what the alert said he froze and the decision to end his leave, because the same odd radiation involved in Wally's death had been reported in Central City. This caused him to run towards the Zeta Tubes and shout,

"Wally Central City" before entering the tubes and being beamed away. It took a few minutes to comprehend the meaning of what Dick had said, but once it had she rushed to the Zeta Tubes to see if Baywatch had been renewed.