The next day, Wally still was somewhat disturbed at Fury's words, but was getting back to being himself. Tony had bought a Gamecube that night and a few games, and now Wally was happily playing Freekstyle against Thor, who kept crashing into any object in sight.

"This bike doth not work!" Thor yelled, ready to throw the controller at the television screen.

But knowing that Natasha would attack him if he did that, he just handed it to Bruce, crossed his arms, and pouted. The scientist chuckled lightly at the Asgardian, then asked Wally, "So, what exactly is the objective of this game?"

He had already managed to hit the acceleration button, and was now just running wobbly through the course, which only made Wally smile happily.

"You're supposed to just run around and do tricks and stuff. See?" He asked, showing Bruce how his rider puled off a Bar-Hop.

Bruce nodded, then asked, "And how do you pull off those tricks?"

"You just hit the top buttons and the y and x. Oh, and you also hit the z for a boost." Wally explained, which only managed to make Clint and Natasha smile from their vantage point.

"That kid is just too cute." Natasha said, smiling down as Wally cheered for Bruce to do a trick.

"And too innocent. He doesn't deserve half of the things that have happened to him." Clint told her, which made her frown.

"What do you mean? Did Tony look into it like he said he would?"

The archer nodded, and said, "Apparently, one Wallace Rudolph West has called the police on more than one occasion for apparent child abuse, only to be written off as an attention seeking bugger. His parents aren't the best role models, his mom's a drunk and his dad's been in jail before, but the police doesn't seem to believe that they would do such a thing."

Natasha shook her head and frowned at his words, then looked at Wally and Bruce, who were now jumping up from the couch with happiness because of Bruce winning in the course.

"I did it! I actually did it!" Bruce cheered, then hugged onto Wally tightly, making the ginger hug him back tightly.

"I knew you would, Brucey! Now for celebration, let's go out for some shawarma!" Wally cheered, making both Natasha and Clint smile once again.

"Did he really just say that?" Natasha asked, making Clint shake his head as he smiled.

"Of course he did, 'Tasha. He wouldn't be Wally if he didn't do something like this. Now let's go down before he drags Bruce out alone."

Wally was close to pushing both Bruce and Thor out the door when the rest of the Avengers joined them, Tony and Steve wondering what was going on.

"We're going out to celebrate Bruce beating me on Freekstyle." Wally answered their unasked question, and they both only nodded, already used to some levels of insanity.

The group went to their now favorite restaurant and ate, all of them seeming to have forgotten about Wally's moment the night before, and just enjoyed being in each other's company. They all joked around and told stories, and a sort of contest of 'who can make Wally laugh the hardest wins', which Thor ultimately won, with a story of his misadventures with Loki and a cat named Gazpacho.

"Man, this has been a good day." Wally told them as they walked down the streets of New York, really happy about finally feeling like he belonged somewhere.

"That's right." Steve agreed, but he couldn't help but frown when he noticed the small bruises still on Wally's neck. "Walls, may I ask you a question?" He asked, which got most of the Avengers on edge.

"Well, you already asked one, but sure." Wally smiled cheekily at him, then returned to looking at all of the cars passing by.

"How fast are Speedsters healing abilities?"

Tony sighed quietly, thankful that Steve had phrased it in a more curious and harmless way than he thought he would, then waited for Wally's reply.

He didn't even seem bothered by the question as he answered happily, "Well, we heal fast enough. Cuts and scrapes are gone almost as soon as they're made, but broken bones and stuff like that take a longer time. But, all in all, we're back in action much faster then any other superhero."

Steve nodded and stayed quiet, wondering why Wally was still bruised if he healed so fast.

The group continued on in silence, all of them just enjoying the fact that they didn't have to run off to save a cat or something, but none was happier than Wally. He seemed to finally have found the place where he belongs, with people that will accept him and not keep him in the dark on many things.

"I'm back!" Someone suddenly yelled, and Deadpool popped right in next to Wally, who jumped in surprise.

"Deadpool! What are you doing here?" Tony asked, just as shocked as the rest of the Avengers to see the mercenary.

"Well, as you should be able to tell, I was completely bored sitting at home eating my chimichanga, then I noticed something. I don't need to be bored. So, I decided to track down my good friend Wallace West, whom I want to take for a drink cause I'm just that bored." He said, trying to grab Wally's shoulder, only to have Thor clamp his giant hand down on his own instead.

"You will not be taking the child, Pool of Dead." Thor growled, making Deadpool's eyes widen and the mercenary whimper.

"What? Take the kid? Are you crazy?!" He asked, his voice rising a few octaves. "Why, I would never!"

Wally rolled his eyes at him, then asked, "Deadpool, did Red send you?"

Deadpool spluttered a little, trying to make a show out of it, but finally gave up with his head down. "Yes. He promised to take me on his next mission that could most probably cause a giant world war!"

All of the adults were shocked at the confession, but didn't say anything as Wally shook his head. "Wade, I need you understand one thing. Just one. Thor, please put him down."

The god didn't know if he should, but just let him down after Deadpool started saying that he should listen to Wally, who then said, "I'm not going back to the League. No matter what."

Deadpool nodded and hummed, and scratching his chin, asked, "Are you sure you're not going to return? Like are you sure you're sure you're sure you're sure?"

"Yes, Wade, I'm sure." Wally nodded, which made all of the adults wonder just how he was so used to Deadpool.

"Well, that's a bummer." Deadpool deflated, making them all wonder what was up.

"Why's that, Wade?" Tony asked, only to have the mercenary point up.

"Bats and the rest were following me."

And all hell broke loose.

Okay, I know I said this story was discontinued, but you Aureus Lux to thank for giving me new ideas to write this and for helping me. I have a new line of inspiration, and I'll be posting new chapters, maybe not daily, but there will be chapters.

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