Disclaimer: (Scoff) I OBVIOUSLY don't own Young Justice. (or anything else I might reference)
A/N: I JUST FINISHED EXAMS! This is a chapter that I've been piecing together whenever I could, hope you like it! Sorry that it's not the best, it's a little dull, just bear through it... I'll make it up to you though! I have plans, BIG plans... (Evil Laughter)
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"SI-"
"WHAT IS IT, BAYWATCH!?" snapped Artemis, who was fed up with the speedster's hinting sighs.
Currently the team was sitting on the couches half watching the news, half doing their own thing.
Zatanna was helping M'gann with a stupid magazine quiz, Red Arrow was glaring at the potential moles, Kaldur was stirring a glass of water with his finger lost in thought, Superboy was petting Wolf, Wally was doing that annoying sighing thing and Artemis was trying not to strangle him.
"It's nothing." he responded.
"Then zip it!" she spat.
"Fine! All of you quit badgering, I'll tell you!" Wally shouted out of nowhere.
The team looked at him.
"We weren't badgering you..." M'gann mumbled, confused.
"Okay, so here's what's bothering me, this thing." he exclaimed pulling a tiny red swiss army knife from his pocket.
"A knife?" asked Roy with a snort of laughter.
"I found it after we got beaten by Catwoman and the Clawy kid. Has some initials on it. Think it means something?" he asked, tossing the glinting red piece of metal to Red Arrow.
"Don't know... Could just be a lost trinket, but then again it could be something more..." muttered the archer, before tossing it back to KF.
"Why did you not show this to Batman?" asked Kaldur, snapped out of his thoughts.
"Didn't think it was important." Wally answered, shrugging.
"IDIOT! EVERY piece of evidence is important!" shouted Artemis, the urge to maim him increasing dangerously.
"Hey! How about we go outside, it's a beautiful day! And it will separate Wally and Artemis!" Zee suggested nervously.
"Great idea. We'll deal with the TRINKET later. See ya." Red Arrow smirked, heading to the Zeta-tubes.
'Recognized- Speedy; B06'
"Okay, someone keeps changing it back to Speedy! I swear I've changed it to Red Arrow at least 7 times." he grumbled as he teleported.
"Not what I meant..." mumbled Zatanna.
"Actually, I think it'll be great to split up!" M'gann said, "Into small groups I mean."
"I shall be going to the beach, who wishes to join me?" asked Kaldur.
"Nah, I'm going to take sphere out for a ride." Superboy announced, before heading to the garage.
"Girls day out?" asked Megan, who shape shifted herself to look 'normal'.
"Definitely!" Zatanna and Artemis chorused.
"Wait! What should I do?" asked Wally.
"Like we care, Baywatch." Artemis scoffed as they left.
"Oh well, might as well go for a run." he murmured to himself. A stupid, stupid human speed run...
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Dick was back in Happy Harbour today.
He needed a breather, and he couldn't have that in Gotham. It was FREEZING there right now.
As he turned the corner something smashed into him and knocked him down.
"What the-" he shouted before his head hit the pavement, hard.
"Oh SHOOT! Are you okay? I am so so so so so so so so so so so so so so SORRY!" shouted whatever hit him.
He glanced up to see a panicked red head. The Kid Idiot himself.
"Are you going to make a habit of doing this? If so- please don't..." Dick groaned as he stumbled back to a standing position.
"DICK?! Oh man, I am SO sorry! I can't believe I did it AGAIN!" Wally yelped frantically.
"It's fine, sheesh, late to meet your friends again?" he teased the freaking out speedster.
"Actually, the team all went off on their own ways." Wally huffed.
"The team broke up!?" Dick gasped in shock.
There was no signs of disbanding the team last time he was there! Heck there were no signs last time he hacked the lea-
"NO! No, no, no, no, no, no! For today! For today, they're doing their own things throughout the town!" Wally clarified, seeing the shock and confusion in the smaller boy's eyes.
"Oh. Well, do you want to hang out?" asked Dick as they started walking.
"Sure! But what are you doing here? Don't you live...uhhhhhh...somewhere else..." asked Wally, who just realized, he had NO clue where this kid was from.
"Yeah, I live a good ways away... I'm here because, well to be honest... I came to see the team... well, and you, of course." Dick stated. It WAS partially true...
"Really? Why?" Wally asked, curious.
"Well, for one... you guys are pretty much my only friends my age...Friend in a loose term..." he admitted, thinking of the glares he when he met them.
"What about the friends you were supposed to meet here the other day?" Wally asked, kinda feeling bad for the, what? 12? 13? 14? year old.
"Hmph, didn't exactly 'cancel', just didn't show up." Dick growled.
"Harsh. Your head okay?" Wally asked. He did hit it really hard...
"I'll manage." he responded.
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"So, we're really your only friends?" asked Wally.
"In a way, yeah. Wait- what is that?" Dick asked, pointing to the swiss army knife sticking out of Wally's pocket.
"This? It's nothing really, a swiss army knife. Why?" Wally asked taking it out into full view.
A thousand thoughts ran through Dick's mind.
'Shoot, the heroes DO have it! He said it was 'nothing', it hasn't transformed. Batman doesn't know about it or it would be confiscated. It has my initials on it. They have no reason to suspect that its Swift Claws. I can reclaim it.'
"It's MINE!" he gasped, feigning shock. "How did you find it? It's been missing for months!" Dick lied.
"It's YOURS?!" Wally asked, his jaw dropping. Coincidence much?
"Yeah! See the engraving? RG- as in Richard Grayson! I thought I'd NEVER find it! Thanks!" he said, plucking it from the red head's hands. He would NOT lose it again.
"Talk about luck!" Wally laughed naively.
"Yeah..."
"Hey, can I see it?" Wally asked snatching it back.
"Give it back!" Dick snapped, reaching for it.
"Want it? Take it." Wally teased holding it above his head, CURSE HIS HEIGHT!
"Seriously Kid Idiot give it back!" he hissed, making Wally freeze. Kid Idiot...
"You DO know that 'The Big Bad Bat' still hasn't beaten us, right? I mean there's NO POSSIBLE WAY that you the Kid Idiot, the fish out of water, the Mini-Martian, the Baby Boy Scout, the Drop- out, the Bankrupt bow, and the Maladroit Magician can stop us." scoffed Swift Claw.
Swift Claw.
Swift Claw. Dick was Swift Claw.
At that moment a certain speedsters thumb found a certain knife disguising button.
Red turned to black and letters shifted.
Wally was shell-shocked by his epiphany.
As Dick stared in horror as his knife true abilities were being revealed, Wally shattered all hope he had of not being discovered with three simple words.
"You're Swift Claw..."
