A/N: Sorry, this one is both super short and late. But I actually like this chapter. Now you find out who my favorite character from DC really is. Especially this character's own comic series. So good. Enjoy!

-Kenxi

For once, Robin let his emotions in. He felt the pain of them as Wally suddenly was no longer running and instead falling forward. Superboy caught him, and Robin was there immediately. He'd had a pit in his stomach all day, and now he knew why. Wally.

Everything had stopped. KF had been running far past the sound barrier, maybe even Mach 2. The machine had stopped spinning completely, and the zombie machine guys all collapsed conveniently, Phantom Menace style. It all would have been epic, if not for Wally lying so still on the ground.

Scratch that. Wally was not still. He was shaking almost as if he were having a seizure. Robin wasn't sure if that was better or worse than not moving at all.

He wrapped his arms around his best friend, pulling him onto his lap, even though he knew you technically weren't supposed to do that when someone was seizing. There was commotion still going on all around him, and for the first time in a long time, Dick couldn't think about the mission, or saving the world.

Everyone had felt Wally's thoughts as he ran. Not all of them were distinct, but it was very clear that he was expecting to die and was okay with that. And it scared Dick to death. If Wally wasn't fighting to live….

Dick felt for Wally's pulse, and while he was glad that there was one, he wasn't so sure how good it was that the ticker was beating like a hummingbird's wings. Was that too fast? That was definitely too fast, right?

A hand was on his shoulder, and, looking at it, he could see that it was Artemis's. But he couldn't bring himself to look at her. Because he was the reason after all that KF had come here in the first place. It was his fault that he let him join the team even though they both knew full well that he might have to run. Even though they both knew he physically couldn't take the exertion of it. And now this. Robin didn't even know what was wrong.

Wally seemed to be somewhat conscious as his eyes were halfway open. But he didn't say anything—or couldn't—and the shaking continued. He was shaking so badly. Was he in pain? He sure had been while running. Everyone could feel his agony as they continued warding off other threats. It wasn't right that Wally West, normally cracking jokes and grinning crazily, was lying here, trembling like a leaf. A tased leaf. All because he was selfless enough to sacrifice himself and thus save the world.

Sure, that's what they were trained to do, but there was something so wrong about it to Robin. This all felt so wrong.

"Robin," Artemis said softly. He looked up at her, realizing that tears were streaming from his cheeks. Why he was crying, Dick didn't know. It wasn't like KF was dead or anything. It was fine. He was fine. Everything was fine.

And yet it wasn't, somehow. But Artemis stood next to him, pain on her face but no tears. She was calm—not breaking in two like Dick was. This was familiar he realized. And as he glanced at her somewhat pitying and pained expression, he recalled why.

He was feeling the way he did when his parents died. To this day he remembered watching them fall, knowing that they were going to die, but not yet ready to accept it. He cried then, and he was crying now. Batman would have a hay-day seeing him fall apart like this. Or…maybe he wouldn't. Maybe he would look him in the eye now like he did then and tell him that everything was going to be okay.

Kaldur was suddenly there, too, and Megan and Superboy. They all stood around, eyes flickering between Dick and Wally. Everyone so freakishly calm. Megan nodded at Superboy who then bent down to pick up Wally, who still shook. Dick tensed, but let him, noting how Superboy approached him like a frightened animal.

"He's not going to die," Robin blurted. They all jerked their heads in his direction, confused. Bewildered. "It's my fault he came with us. I knew he wasn't 100%, and I let him come anyway."

Megan looked at the others, and Dick figured she was telling them all mentally to go back to the ship because then it was just her and Dick.

"I knew as well," she said softly, kneeling next to him. He still sat on the dirt, no energy to move. But still he found strength to lift his head and look at her. "I could sense that something was wrong, but I chose not to say anything because I knew how important this mission was. If it's your fault, then it's mine too." Dick stopped the stream of tears coming from his eyes. Almost as if he'd had control the whole time.

"Maybe it's neither of our faults and just the stupid universe's."

She cracked a smile at him, stood, and offered a hand to pull him up. He watched it for a moment, and then, when he was ready, Robin pulled himself up with help.

"I think his body is in shock right now, but he should be okay," Megan offered.

Robin took it with a small smile. "Yeah, he'll be just fine." But, next to the rock in his heart from when he lost his parents, a new one sat in it, a crushing weight, and he knew that Wally wouldn't be "just fine." Still, it was nice to pretend for a little while.

A/N: Wally will be in the next chapter on Sunday! So yeah, Dick Grayson has been my favorite character for years. Really close to Wally. The Nightwing and Grayson comics are spectacular! Let me know in the comments if you love Dick and who you think the best Robin is. Jason Todd was certainly an interesting villain for sure. :D

-Kenxi