Ok I'm back with another chapter! Sorry it took so long I'm not used to writing Bart and it was surprisingly hard to write the interactions between him and Tim even though I know they were really close in the teen titans comics. It's just that in Young Justice the closest I've seen them is when they fist bumped that one time lol. Anyway back to it I just wanted to address one comment it was just "the batwing?" I'm assuming that person just wasn't sure what the batwing was. It's the name for the batplane just to clear that up. Lastly I just want to mention that yes I know I put this as a Wally Dick fic so let me just tell you guys don't worry there will be just as much focus on the boys trying to find the younger ones as there is on the younger ones being captured. But I will be focusing on Dick Wally, this is just as much about them as it is about Tim and Bart if not more so because they aren't just doing the rescuing they're also battling their own past once more. Enter the dramatic music. Sorry I know that was a big ramble but I swear it's over for now, enjoy the new chapter!
2 Hours ago approx. 9am
Tim was just leaving for school when the cave alarms started going off. Someone was trying to get in.
Apologizing to Alfred Tim dashed back into the manor towards the cave.
He should have gone to class and let Dick deal with it but he wasn't sure if he was home yet. Last he'd heard from him he was on some kind of mission. He wouldn't say where he was going, which was weird because he'd normally tell Tim everything.
Once in the cave he quickly opened up all the camera logs. He couldn't see anything. That couldn't be right. There must be a glitch in the system.
A glitch? That was impossible. He had personally upgraded their software himself.
He opened up the log screen trying to figure out which sensor had gone off.
"That can't be right," he said.
All the sensors had been activated at once. It couldn't be right. He searched for any plausible reason behind the sensor malfunction, being the genius he is he found it. The sensors weren't activated all at once, they were just all activated less than a second apart.
Tim rolled his eyes, he knew what this was. He checked the footage slowing it down until he saw him; Bart Allen was circling the cave trying to figure out how to get in.
He didn't have time for this. He grumbled dumping the books from his bag and replacing them with his uniform. He almost grabbed his sunglasses but stopped; Bart did already know his identity, he could probably get away with leaving them behind.
He started walking away but almost instantly came back and snatched them, it might be sunny out.
"Yeah or Batman might be watching," he told himself being honest.
Bart was running in the same circle trying to find a way into the cave so it wasn't very hard to find him. Tim just waited patiently until he skidded to a halt infront of him.
"Hey there Timbo," he said in greeting.
"Bart, what are you doing here?"
"Well I," he said scratching the back of his neck, "I was kind of hoping to catch a glimpse of the batcave I mean I read all about it growing up but I've never gotten the chance to see it in person."
"And you never will," Tim said.
"But, but-"
"C'mon I'll keep you busy today," he said motioning for Bart to follow him.
Whining the whole way he followed Tim into the city, he had to change first but it took less time than it took Tim to walk 2 steps.
"Let's do this boy wonder," he said jumping in excitement.
Tim rolled his eyes, the last thing he wanted to do was play babysitter to the little speedster. He called Alfred quickly explaining the situation and asking him to call his school letting them know he wouldn't be coming. On a normal day he wouldn't dream of missing school like this but it was in his best interest to keep Bart busy and away from the cave. The no meta policy wasn't his rule to break.
"So what are we going to do today Tim?"
"I don't know yet Bart, I'm still working on it," He responded.
Tim wanted to say that they walked into the city but the truth was Bart ran fast enough no one could see him and Tim took one of his Robin cycles. He'd changed before getting on the bike of course and changed back once his bike was somewhere safe.
There was really no reason for changing back, they managed to order lunch before an alarm went off. Tim left the amount for their lunch and dashed out of the restaurant behind Bart.
The alarm lead them to an abandoned building. Tim stopped, confused. Why was there an alarm for an abandoned building?
"Bart wait," Tim said trying to stop him.
Bart was already inside zipping around. Tim waited nervously outside. He wasn't used to be out during the day dressed as Robin in Gotham. Sure he'd been on plenty of missions with the team but even the majority of those took part at night or in dark buildings.
He was getting ready to jump in when Bart's sudden scream jolted him into action. He ran into the building.
"Bad decision little bird," a very nice sounding voice said.
Tim stopped moving crouching down into a fighting position. He didn't know where Bart was yet but that voice was familiar. He was starting to feel too comfortable in this dangerous situation. There could only be one reason for that, Poison Ivy.
He was confused. If Ivy had gotten Bart he wouldn't have screamed. He needed to find him now.
Keeping in his fighting position he very quickly and carefully looked around the room. It was too dark to see anything. The light coming in from the open door was only making the darkness thicker.
Knowing it was a bad decision Tim closed the door. He could finally start making out shapes in the darkness. Lucky for him Batman made sure his mask was equipped with night vision capabilities.
"Crap," he said noticing the people in the room.
First his attention was drawn to Bart lying unconscious on the floor. He was lying next to Poison Ivy. That wasn't what made him nervous. He could take Ivy one on one. It was Scarecrow, the Riddler and two-face that did. All of them teaming up?
"Bird Boy," two-face said nodding.
Tim stood perfectly still he was only going to have one chance at this. One chance had to be enough.
He pulled smoke pellets from his belt. How they were able to see him in the dark he would think about later, for now he had to get himself and Bart out of there.
Part of him knew his best chance was to escape and come back with reinforcements. But the larger part of him was worried about dealing with Gotham villains. They weren't your average run of the mill beat them up and everything works out kind of villains. They were the kind of villains that left you with nightmares and permanent damage.
Each member of the Batfamily had a scar of some kind. For Bruce it was his parent's death. Not their death itself but what their death has done to him over the years, closing him off to those around him. Dick had a physical scar on his chest. Tim noticed it once while they were training together, he asked where it had come from but Dick refused to answer.
Taking a deep breath in he dropped the pellets jumping into action. He was at Bart's side picking him up before the villains had a chance to react. Unfortunately for him they reacted shortly after that. Ivy used her vines to trap him.
"We can't have you escaping before we get a chance at our fun," Scarecrow said.
Tim gulped, he almost hoped they knocked him out so he wouldn't have to deal with talking to them. It was easy enough to play their little mind games when there was 1 or 2 of them but with 4? He was screwed.
The Riddler was the one to knock him out. He saw it coming; it was in the look in his eyes. He wasn't just the one doing it, he could tell he was the one who had begged to do it. Tim shuddered. He didn't know why the Riddler had taken such a liking to him.
It was a very quick hit to the head and the world went dark around him. The last thing he heard was the villains talking about their distress signals. They were going to plant them around Gotham to keep the detective busy, as they said.
I just wanted to thank you guys for the reviews I've already received about this fic not to mention the reawakening of my broken allies series. You guys rock, seriously. I hope you enjoyed this. I have the day off tomorrow except for school so I will probably have a new chapter up sooner than this one. Till next time!
