Wally arrived back at headquarters- just in time for dinner. "Hey, Peeps! Wa's up?"
Superboy looked up from where he was sitting, "M'gann's trying to get everybody to play a boardgame." Confusion and doubt was darkening his face.
"Huh." Wally stated blandly, he was staring at the computer. Maybe he could use that to help him look up info. But what info? What would he need to look for?
SNAP! SNAP! "Earth to Wally!" Artemis said in good-humor. "We asked if you wanted to play Banangrams."
Wally broke out of his reverie, "Nothin'!"
"What?" she was completely uncertain what he meant by nothing, "Does that mean no?"
"What?"
"Does that mean no?"
"No, Yes, er... maybe?"
Artemis punched shoulder, "You're not listening to anything I'm saying!"
Wally flinched, "Sorry, Bae. Uuh, just being my normal, annoying self."
"I love you and all, but you could listen y'know." She rolled her eyes and turned around to join the game.
Wally watched her step away, "I love you and all..." her words echoed in his head. Suddenly, he wrapped her up, hugging her from behind. "I love you, too." He kissed her on the cheek.
And just as suddenly he was gone. Artemis swung around, lifting her hand to the recently kissed piece of skin. He was in the kitchen, grabbing up food; he winked at her. Artemis crossed her arms and smiled, "I guess you won't play then?"
"That's right; it would be just so unfair to everyone else, anyway." Wally feigned a look of chivalry.
Artemis smirked, "Sure." and she returned to her friends gathered in a circle on the floor. Wally smiled and took his food outside to eat by himself.
But pretty soon Robin entered the scene- with his own piece of pot-pie. "This is mine." he warned while he seated himself next to Wally. "So what's going on?" he said softly.
Wally peered at him, "Whadya mean?"
Robin stared him in the eye, "You know exactly what I mean."
Wally looked away and mumbled, "I have a twin."
Robin slapped his forehead, "Oh, great! There's two of you." he chuckled.
"Don't talk about her like that!" he glared at Robin, "I don't even know if she's actually still alive." He looked away, off at the horizon- chewing his food very slowly and gritting his teeth every time his jaw came down.
Robin touched his shoulder, "Sorry." a short slience. "What are you gonna do?"
"I'll find her."
"I thought you just said she could be dead..."
"I'll find her." Wally was incredibly serious.
"What's her name? And how will you go about finding her?"
"Willow. And I dunno... where to start."
Robin sighed; Wally was not a detective, at all. "Alright, short and sweet. How'd she go missing? What happened?"
"She was kidnapped right outta the hospital, there was a ransom note, police got involved, things got messed up, and she went poof!"
"That's actually a really good start."
Wally snapped to sitting up straight, "Whaddya mean? That's a thin smoky trail if I ever saw one."
"You haven't"
"Whatever."
"Key words, Wally, key words. Hospital. Police. There are records and case files. That will tell you where to go from there."
"Thanks, Robin... I don't know what this search will lead me through- but, hopefully, Willow will be at the end. Alive."
