Wally ran through the forest, scanning for any trace of the Blockbuster formula. Dodging trees, rocks and animals forced Wally to stay on constant alert and slow down. "Darn, this is going to take forever!" Miles and miles of forest were still in need of checking and hours had gone by.
Wally slowed down and stopped at an open area for a quick break. He grabbed out a bag of chips and laid down against a tree. As he was munching on his snack he noticed something on a large rock in the middle of the clearing. "Ooh, souvenir." Wally got up and walked over to the rock. What he saw next sent chills down his spine. Dried blood stained most of the rock. In the middle, the dried blood formed shapes. There was a small hand and half of a human face; it was obvious someone was pushed down onto the rock during a fight. Wally pushed the talk button on his comms unit, "guys, you'll never guess what I found."
"Did you find part of the Blockbuster formula?" Kaldur replied. "No, it's weirder. I found this rock covered in dried blood and..." Robin quickly cut off his sentence, "you know you are in a forest, right? Because in a forest, big animals eat little animals, which often spreads a lot of blood around." A voice rang in Wally's head, "touch it." He ignored the voice, "no, it isn't animal blood. There are human marks, and uh…" Wally's hand started towards the bloody hand on the rock. He tried to hold it back but something was controlling his arm. "Whoa, this isn't cool." His hand touched the one on the rock and freezing waves of electricity spread across his body. Wally let out a quick yell before blacking out.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Robin's POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dick felt aggravated, here he was trying to prove Batman he could handle himself on a mission and Wally was being foolish. "No, it isn't animal blood. There are human marks, and uh…" Wally had stopped short and Robin was waiting for him to admit it was animal blood and that he was wrong before he heard Wally's shaky voice, "Whoa, this isn't cool." Then Robin heard his yell and the comms unit went silent. "Kid, Kid! Wally are you there? What happened?" Kaldur was yelling. "I can't contact him, but I have his location." Meghan continued as Robin and Kaldur started for the forest. He can handle himself Dick thought, I mean, if something happened… and he just kept on running.
It seemed like forever before they even got close to Wally's location. "M'gann, we found it!" Kaldur said. "Alright, we'll be there soon." Meghan replied, and the comms unit once again went silent. The clearing was now visible, with the sun shining it seemed as peaceful as any other day. Robin and Kaldur hid behind a tree, "I don't see anyone." Robin whispered. Then they saw the rock, with Kid Flash sitting safely on it. They both came out from behind the tree, "Wally are you…okay?" Robin stood stunned for a second. Wally was sitting on the rock trying to lift his own weight with his arms. His breathing was loud and heavy and his eyes were popping out of head. Robin quickly went over to him and kneeled down at his side, "Wally, what happened?" It didn't even seem like he noticed they were there, his eyes just stared out into the distance. "The girl, the girl." Wally said, barely getting out a whisper. "She needs help, I have to help her." Then he stood up on his two feet leaning against Robin. "What girl, Wally?" As the words came out of Kaldur's mouth they were interrupted by Wally's, "I have to go." And he was gone, running off into the distance. The other three members of the team rushed in, catching their breaths as they looked around the clearing. Finally Artemis blurted out, "where is Wally?"