A/N: I really have no excuse for not updating...grr...sorry guys. I kinda lost my drive. But I decided to update because I really like this story. The next chapter will be the last. This one would've, just I can't stand writing in front of people, especially my DAD WHO IS ALWAYS WHEREVER I WRITE. Oh yeah, Happy Father's Day! And enjoy! :)

MOUNT JUSTICE

June 15, 09:28

A week, they had said. A week would magically cure their scars.

Lies.

Wally hadn't healed. No matter how hard he tried to forget it, it was always in the back of his mind. A constant reminder of what happens when you're not careful.

From then on, he'd been on alert constantly. He was never going to let the Joker catch him off guard every again. No way was he going to be some 'Joker Jr'.

He was sitting in front of the TV, staring at nothing. Similar to Connor, he knew. But it was a sort of therapy. It helped him process what happened.

The Joker deceived me into thinking he was trustworthy. That's why I'd attacked Uncle Barry when I first saw him.

Or maybe you'd really been wanting to do that forever, and then was your only chance?

No! I would never-

Admit the truth. Don't lie to yourself.

Wally sighed and shrunk back into the couch. He was a time bomb waiting to go off. At any rate, he should be locked up in the hospital, and not given so much freedom.

A small crackling noise caused Wally to jump. He cursed at himself for not paying attention.

"Wally?" Kaldur asked quietly from the kitchen. Wally turned around. In Kaldur's hand was one of M'gann's cookies. Wally's eyes noticeably widened. He jumped up, and in a second he was stuffing her cookies in his face. Kaldur smiled. His friend was returning to normal.

Suddenly, Wally stopped. He could've sworn he'd heard that menacing laugh. Immediately, he turned around.

"Joker, come out! Now!" he yelled in fury. Kaldur took a step away from his friend. He could feel the anger rushing out of him.

Wally heard the laugh again. Instead of freezing in anger, he froze in fear. Slowly, he backed towards Kaldur, who was confused.

"Wally, what is bothering you-" Kaldur was cut off by Wally's fearful shout. What was he seeing?

"Wally, you must calm down!" Kaldur yelled.

Wally shook his head and started to hyperventilate. He clawed at his eyes. Kaldur restrained his arms and pulled him into a forceful hug. Wally fought at first, but gave in. The two sunk to the ground as Wally sobbed.

Kaldur patted his friends back. "Wally, whatever you saw is not there."

Wally nodded, but was still shaken up.

What happened next shocked Kaldur.

"Th-thank you, Kaldur. Thank you for everything." Wally hugged Kaldur back, and Kaldur smiled. Perhaps this friend was not fully cured, but he was certainly making more progress than the Boy Wonder.

WAYNE MANOR

June 15, 10:11

Dick was yet again spending the day at home.

Bruce had constantly told him how he "wasn't emotionally ready to go back to school", and how "he had a lot of healing to do first". It was all rubbish.

Dick was better. Sure, he occasionally had nightmares and sometimes thought he could hear Scarecrow's whispers, but it wasn't like this was worse than anything he dealt with. Dick could handle it - he was Dick Grayson for goodness sake!

Dick grumbled angrily when he heard the doorbell ring. He stomped down the large stairs and yanked the door open, only to be met by Artemis.

"A-Artemis? What are you-"

Artemis stepped inside, observing the mansion. She huffed.

"Thought your butler or someone would've answered."

Dick blinked. Sure, Alfred did answer the door usually, but on days like these Dick got annoyed and decided to do it himself. No biggie.

"What are you doing here?" Dick asked, breaking the silence.

"You haven't been in school for a while."

Dick nodded. He'd hoped no one would notice, but he was unintelligent to do so.

"I thought it was because you were sick, but you don't look sick."

Dick nodded once again. Artemis was awfully observant, wasn't she?

"Robin, I know it's you."

Dick nodded, this time in defeat. There was no use hiding his identity from a teammate who went to his school.

"You can't go on like this."

That single phrase angered Dick to no end.

"I know I can't! Try telling Bruce that and see what happens!" he shrieked at the top of his lungs.

Artemis flinched slightly, but tried to shrug it off. It didn't work.

"Artemis, sorry for the outburst. I just don't need therapy. I'm fine."

"Did you know that 'I'm fine' is one of the most used excuses for a depressed person?"

Dick shook his head. "I'm not depressed."

"Then what are you?"

Dick sighed. "I don't know."

"Robin, it's okay. You can tell me."

Dick ran a hand through his slick hair. "I feel useless. Like I didn't do anything. I could've saved Wally. He's all screwed up in the head because of me."

"And you got experimented on like an animal!"

"So? I'd rather have been beaten to death than let Wally go through all that."

"You were beaten to death. Well almost. Is it ever considered-"

"Artemis."

"Sorry."

"I couldn't do anything. I was just watching the entire thing play out. And the worst thing is that I let fear get the best of me. I've always been scared of Scarecrow, and he knew that. He used fear against me...and I let him."

Artemis grabbed Dick's shoulders, snapping him out of his self-pitying trance.

"Robin, you did nothing. Yes. But that's because they tortured you. And Wally. They made you helpless. How could you do anything after that?"

Dick shrugged. "If I tried hard enough, I could've-"

"No! You couldn't have! Get it through your head, Robin, you couldn't have. So stop blaming yourself."

A/N: I chose Kaldur because I love him. :)

I chose Artemis because I ship traught. :)