Author's Note: Hey everyone I hope you had a good weekend! Thank you so much to those who reviewed!
I feel much better, I'm slowly getting back to eating! and that means I can start running again! Anyway here is Chapter 7, please enjoy.
Summary: "You might want to breathe slowly, or you could simply put the gun in your mouth and pull the trigger, or anyway you want...You're going to die down here Baby Flash"
Warning: Small mention of Child Abuse
Disclaimer: I don't own Young Justice
Chapter Seven: Breaking Sanity
Central City, September 19, 4:06 CDT
The smell of fresh cookies, a cake and muffins lingered through the air of the Allen household. The oven let off a ding announcing that the next batch of muffins was ready.
Iris opened the door of the oven, the blast of banana nut muffins hitting her nose, the sweet smell made a small smile play her lips. To worried to sleep, the tossing and turning and staring at the ceiling, her mind would race about her two boys. To calm her nerves, she began to bake; it was all she could do to keep her mind occupied, and not look at the clock every few seconds.
Every hour felt like an eternity, waiting for the two blurs to come rushing in. No matter how many times she looked at the clock, it was as if the numbers never changed or they were moving backwards.
Barry had left in search of Wally over 24 hours ago, and Wally had been gone since she kicked him out.
Loading all the dishes and pans she had used to bake into the sink, she couldn't shake the feeling of guilt in the pit of her stomach, for kicking Wally out in the first place.
Staring at all the baked treats she had prepared for her two speedsters upon their return, it made the guilt in the pit of her stomach worsen. Letting out a small sigh, she took her place back on the couch and staring blankly at the television to continue to keep her racing mind occupied while she waited.
As the time ticked by, she muted the television and took in the silence of the house. Shuddering, the silence in the house shook her to the core. With Barry and Wall in the house, it was loud and full of excitement; more often the two were causing some kind of trouble, such as doing experiments, Barry normally the ringleader of the whole thing.
The last time she walked in on one of their science experiments, Barry was showing Wally how to set soap on fire in her kitchen.
"It's not going to burn my hand right?" Wally asked staring at the massive wad of soap that rest in his hand.
Barry smiled warmly, as he held up the lighter, "If it was going to burn you, I wouldn't be letting you hold the soap, would I?" Barry said, as he squeezed the lighter and put the flame towards the fire.
The methane in the bubbles reacting, bursting into a flame, that as quickly as it appeared vanished.
"That was awesome, do it again!" Wally chirped with excitement, as he took another handful of soap.
"Okay, okay" Barry smiled, as he prepared the lighter for another reaction.
Again; the methane in the bubbles reacting, bursting into a flame.
"Barry Allen! Wallace West! What are you doing!" Iris barked in a raised voice, the two quickly spinning around, seeing Iris standing with her hands on her hips.
"It was his idea!" the two accused, both pointing fingers at each other, "What? No it wasn't!"
Iris let out a small chuckle at the memory. She had scolded Barry for teaching Wally it was okay to play with fire; not a week later she found Wally doing the same experiment without Barry. Her boys would always find ways to get into trouble with each other.
The sound of the front door opening startled her from her thoughts, but she smiled as she quickly got to her feet and went towards the door to greet her boys. Her smile faded when she saw Barry, standing there…alone, cowl down, and the look of anger and fear in his eyes.
"Are you okay?" Iris asked, stepping towards him, "Where's Wally?"
Barry shifted his weight from foot to foot, unable to meet his wife's eyes.
Iris's gaze drifted down to his clenched fist, her hand clasped over his mouth in horror.
"The Rogues took him" Barry said, clenching the goggles tightly.
"Are you sure?" Iris asked in a shaky voice, her gaze went back up to Barry's face, wanting more answers, his nod caused her heart to skip a beat.
"They sent a message" Barry said quietly as he finally looked up meeting his wife's.
"Is he hurt?"
Barry hesitated, his gaze drifting back to the floor as he tightened the grip even tighter around the goggles, "T-they said they broke his legs"
Iris gasped, tears welling in her eyes, "Wally…" Iris breathed out, tears began to fall from her eyes, as Barry pulled her into an embrace.
"I'm going to find him, and bring him home" Barry said his voice full of determination.
Pulling Iris away, Barry gently wiped the tears off her face, and gave her a gentle kiss on the forehead, "I'll be back…with Wally" Barry said as he gently pressed Wally's goggles into her and, and quickly vanished out the door.
Iris looked down the goggles in her hands, clenching them tightly as her tears fall down her face, hitting the lens of the goggles, "Oh Wally, please be okay"
Underground, September 19, 4:15 CDT
Kid had finally managed to calm himself down as much as he could. His arm draped over his eyes, blocking out the light that had turned on out of know where. His head still throbbing, but he slowly becoming accustom to the throbbing, but the pain in his arm and legs was excruciating.
Slowly he removed his arm from his eyes, squinting at the brought light. Looking to his left, then his right, still all he saw was dirt.
Rubbing his eyes to help them adjust to the light a little more, his arm fell back to his side, his fingers brushing against the firearm. Swallowing hard, cringing at his the pain in his throat from all the screaming he had been doing, his gaze drifted to the firearms, his hand grasping a hold of the gun.
One bullet and it would all be over; a simple pull of the trigger is all it would take.
"No!" Wally yelped as he let the gun drop to his side again, his body trembling, "Not that way! Not that way"
Squeezing his eyes shut, as the burning sensation in his eyes returned, as he tried to calm himself once again. His body began to tremble, as his erratic breathing began again.
"Let me out, let me out." Kid whispered over and over. "Please, let me out dad…"
Kid's eyes snapped open, his heart pounding in his chest, his body began to tremble even more with the mention of his father.
"It's not that, not that" Wally whimpered, as he pushed against the lid, "Not that"
As it did before, the lid didn't even budge no matter how much force Kid put into trying to push the lid open.
Slumping back onto his back, taking a deep breath of the air was stale inside the coffin.
The lump in his throat was growing ashe stared at the dirt that surrounded him seemed to be closing around him.
Squeezing his eyes shut, memories of him slamming his body against a door with everything he had, screaming for his father to let him out, filled his mind. The smell of human feces, and smoke would burn his nose and lungs. Every time his body made contact with the door, his beaten body would scream in pain for him to stop.
Whimpering again, he failed to realize his hand was now grasped around the gun, his index finger lingering over the trigger. As he realized what he was doing he yanked his hand away from the gun. "Get it together!" Kid hissed to himself.
No matter how hard he tried, his gaze and hand kept drifting towards the gun. Why did he keep traveling back to the gun?
"It's the only way out…" Kid whimpered, as his body began to tremble once again, "The only way…"
No longer able to hold the burning sensation in his eyes, a few tears escaped down his cheeks, as whimpers began to escape his throat.
"Uncle Barry…" Kid cried, "Help me!"
Author's Note: I feel evil! I'm putting the team back in, and I don't care if they are out of character anymore, I'm just going with the flow now! The bubble thing came from my Chemistry teacher, who did that experiment to scare the crap out of the eighth graders during the eighth grade invasion. We have wayyyy to much fun in that class. Anyway I hope you enjoyed Chapter 7, Chapter 8 will be up Friday!
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Until then, Peace Out!
