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Q/A time ! :D
Eemohlish- ...Well, Dick is my fave character, and unfortunately its pretty common for writers to torture our fave characters...
babyblue3572- Not yet...once all the votes are in by midnight tonight, we'll see whether the Judge makes his appearance or not.
Sairey13-Nope, I don't even think they touched upon it in canon, so I assume not.
"I'm sorry...I know it won't make Dick wake up...but I really truly am sorry, if it makes you feel better...I don't think I should've made it out either." Said Wally, Tim's features immediately softened, he saw sincere guilt in Wally's eyes. Tim sighed and looked back at Dick.
"I'm sorry to Wal, I know its not your fault...but...it hurts to see him this way, he should be here." Said Tim, making Wally wince.
"And I should be there." Said the speedster softly, Tim looked back at the redhead...he wondered if Wally had heard what he'd said earlier. He felt guilty for saying those things, when Wally didn't deserve it...he was just so...angry.
"Tim...he was my brother too." Said Wally looking at Dick, It too unnerved him to see his friend this way...no his brother...his little brother...the little brother he'd failed to protect. Another pang hit his body, as he remembered Dick coming back to the cave...with Jason's dead body. Was this how Dick felt when Jason died?
Did he too blame himself for not saving his brother...for not being there when Jason needed his brother the most...for letting him suffer...and worse...did Dick ever think that it should've been him instead of Jason...did he ever wonder, what would've happened if, for that one night...he and Jason had simply traded positions?
A cold shiver ran down Wally's spine at the thought of that...he looked down, as Tim wrapped his arms around Wally's waist, and cried into his shirt. Wally embraced the younger boy, trying hard to stay strong and fight the tears...he had to be strong for Tim...for Dick.
"Tim?"
The two turned to see Batman in the doorway...Tim let Wally go and ran to his mentor and father, who immediately wrapped his arms around Tim tightly. Bruce held his son...his surviving son...he looked at Dick resting on the hospital bed...the heart monitors, and other machines all hooked up to him...
Tim let go, and held Bruce's hand for support as the caped crusader neared the bed...Wally walked out of the room to give them their privacy. He shut the door when Artemis held his hand.
"You ok?" She asked in concern, he sighed and looked down, giving the archer her awnser. Artemis cupped his face in her hand, and hugged him, she was glad Wally was here, alive, and safe...she glared at Barbara as she turned and walked away.
"I'll be back." Said Artemis going after Barbara.
"I smell trouble." Said Raquel looking at the others, Wally looked down...Babs was probably still angry with him. He looked up at Connor who gently placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Give her time, she doesn't really blame you...not really...she's just...angry, and scared." Said Connor in an effort to comfort his freind, Wally smiled...when they heard Barbara and Artemis fighting down the hall. Wally looked down, Connor gently squeezed Wally's shoulder.
He knew Wally definetly wasn't feeling the aster, then again none of them were...
Artemis, stalked over and sat down beside Megan and Gar, folding her arms over her chest and glaring at the ground.
Bruce stood over his son, he gently ran a hand through his dark hair.
"I'm sorry Dick, I shouldn't have left all of this pressure on you...I failed you as a mentor and a father...especially as a father, I never meant for you to get hurt...never...I love you so much...I've always tried to do what's right, I've always tried to protect you as best as I could...When you became Nightwing, I was scared...and yet I was so proud of you at the same time. And after Jason...I wanted to keep a closer eye on you, Barbara and Tim...and I couldn't even do that." Said Bruce solemnly, his hands gripped the railing of the bed tightly.
Tim gently placed a hand over his father's, he knew this was killing Bruce inside.
"Bruce, what if we could help him?" Asked Tim, Bruce turned to Tim curiously.
"How?" He asked.
"When M'gann went and erased Kaldur's mind...she-" He stopped when Bruce looked at him strangely.
"M'gann did what?" He asked...and then Tim realized...Bruce didn't know about Dick's plan...so he told him...and he could see Bruce getting paler...and paler...and paler. Bruce abruptly stood up and exited the room.
The team looked up, as Batman stormed out of the room...what had he done?
His son...his son, had become the thing he so desperately tried to keep him from being...He didn't want Dick to become him...he wanted Dick to be his own person, so to hear that Dick had come up this type of plan...he wondered if any of the team knew? Had the League known?
"Batman?" Called Barbara, he ignored her...and walked away.
Tim looked at the doorway, he knew that his brother's plan was going to have a particularly nasty affect on Bruce...but...He sighed and walked out to meet with the others.
"What happened?" Asked Roy.
"Nothing, M'gann, can you take us into Dick's mind?" Asked Tim, the others looked at him curiously, M'gann stood up and gently placed a hand on Tim's shoulders.
"Robin, you understand that its a very complicated procedure, that needs alot of concentration and if done wrong." She was interrupted by Wally placing a hand on her shoulder.
"Please M'gann, try...we'll go with you...we'll do anything, just please try." Pleaded Wally, his green eyes loking into her brown ones, she could feel the desperation radiating off of him in waves.
"Ok." Said M'gann, looking at Dick resting on the bed...
Dick wandered around through the empty streets of Gotham. His blue eyes scanned for any sign of a way out...a way to wake up...
He sighed and rubbed his arm, remembering that the encounter with Blockbuster...a shiver crawled up his spine remembering the blood. The ex boy wonder shook his head...trying not to think about it. He looked up when he heard circus music in the distance.