Yay, I'm back! Five days without the Internet is kind of... disturbing... ;)

Therefore it was even nicer to go online and find all these kind reviews and faves! Thanks! :)

Anyway, here is the second chapter, I hope you'll like it!

And still, I do not own anything...

Chapter 2

Wally ran. Fast. Of course, as the fastest boy alive that should be kind of obvious. And even though he enjoyed running right now, because it liberated him from his nightmare, he wasn't entirely certain why he ran.

Wally zipped past the 'Gotham City' sign.

'Well, now it's too late to go back anyway...' he thought and kept on running, before he skidded to a halt right in front of Wayne Manor.

'Whooa...' Wally stared in awe at the mansion. Dick lived here? Sure, Wally had always known that, as Bruce Wayne's ward, his best friend would reside in Wayne Manor, but actually seeing that place...

Maybe going back wasn't such a bad idea...

'- No, I want to know if Dick is alright...' Wally thought, sincerely hoping that his friend didn't suffer from nightmares like his own.

The speedster carefully opened the garden gate and followed the path to the entry door, until he stood right in front of it.

Wally lifted his right arm to knock at the door. But right in the middle of the movement he stopped, thinking:

'Oh my God, what am I doing here? I can't just knock at the door of Batman's/Bruce Wayne's residence after midnight! I'm not even supposed to know Batman's secret identity! And what should I say? 'Sorry for the disturbance, Bats! I have just been in the neighborhood and thought I could pay you and Dick a short visit – you sure don't mind, do you?' -Yeah, that wouldn't be awkward at all...'

The red-haired teen groaned in frustration; Why was everything always so difficult with the Bats?

But then an idea stroke him: Maybe there was an open window somewhere?

And in the blink of an eye, Wally zipped around the mansion, looking for a window that wasn't locked – with no success.

'Well, it would have been weird if I had been able to break into Batman's home...' The young crime-fighter reasoned.

Discouraged, Wally sat down in front of the door, kicking pebbles of the garden path and started debating with himself whether he should just return home or not...

"Master Wallace, I suppose?" sounded a voice from behind him, making Wally jump and nearly giving him a heart attack.

The teen spun around so fast that he almost got dizzy (and being a speedster, that certainly meant something) and looked at an elderly man, who probably was the butler of the mansion (at least Wally thought so after examining the man's clothes).

"I'm Wally, yeah..." the redhead stuttered, caught completely by surprise.

"And what coincidence do we owe your visit tonight?" the butler asked politely, appearing unfazed by Wally's stammering and fidgeting.

A thousand thoughts raced through the 15-year-old's head, millions of excuses were made up and rejected, when suddenly, a name came to his mind.

"Are you Alfred?" Wally blurted out, noticing too late how rude he must have sounded.

"Indeed, I am." Alfred, the butler, confirmed, not looking surprised at all that the teenager knew his name.

Wally was, for once, speechless.

"I am afraid Master Bruce is still out due to his nocturnal 'activities' and Master Richard has already gone to bed, though I do not know if he is already asleep." Alfred told Wally, trying to get the teen to say something.

Finally, the red-haired boy caught himself: "Oh... Well... I didn't want to disturb anyone... just wanted to check on Dick... but when he's already sleeping...

I may better go home..." he finished lamely, not really wanting to head home, not when he had finally (somewhat) found a way to get to talk to Dick...

Alfred didn't seem to buy his not in the least convincing excuse and raised an eyebrow in disbelief (barely noticeable of course, but Wally saw it nonetheless).

The redhead cleared his throat, feeling uncomfortable: "Though it wouldn't hurt to just make sure, right?" He looked at the elder man helplessly.

"That sounds perfectly reasonable to me," the butler agreed, the corners of his mouth slightly twitching.

A relieved grin flashed over Wally's features before he followed Alfred inside Wayne Manor.

So, what do you think of this second chapter? Did I do Alfred justice (bad pun, I know... ;) ? 'Cause he's like the coolest character ever and I barely know him... except that he's totally asterous, of course...