Okay, so after someone threating to haunt me if I don't update, and someone sitting in a corner waiting for me to…I decided to update so I don't keep you poor souls in suspense! Also, sorry for making you think that they were going into Wally's mind last chapter…I'm a troll aren't I? haha anyway I promise that this chapter they do go into his mind. Suggestions and ideas are always welcomed! Enjoy!
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Both of the Martian's eyes glowed as they opened Wally's mind so the three teens may go in. J'ohnn's eyes turned red (hey that's how it was in Justice League!) for he was the one opening his mind while M'gann was in charge of transporting the selected three into Wally's mind. Zatanna looked at the three of her team mates. They were stiff and weren't moving an inch. They looked as if they were just staring into space. Zatanna smiled and said, "Hey Robin."
Everyone looked at her weirdly, besides the Martians and the three selected people. She shrugged and said, "Just checking; besides, I don't think anyone's home."
Everyone gave her a smile and chuckle. Zatanna walked over towards Artemis and started playing with her hair and such. Zatanna didn't look up from what she was doing, but she knew they were giving her odd looks again. "Artemis never lets me touch her hair, so might as well take advantage of this situation," she said bluntly.
Robin, Superboy, and Artemis had their eyes closed for no apparent reason whatsoever. They didn't know why they were, but they guessed they closed them when they were being transported in. It must have been a weird tingling sensation in their heads that made them just automatically close their eyes. Robin was the first one to open his eyes. He gawked at what was around him. They were in a room, no bigger than an ordinary classroom, and the only thing that it had in it was three doors that were placed in front of him. What he was concerned about was the sticky stuff he was standing in. All three of them took a step forward and literally stopped in their tracks. They all looked at each other, almost scared. "That's not right," Robin said bluntly.
"No kidding," Artemis replied.
They tried moving forward and towards the doors, but it was difficult. The substance that was beneath them started latching onto their legs and kept going up their bodies. They remembered what Flash had said and they didn't want to hurt Wally by damaging these…things. SO they tried gently peeling them off, only for the substance to latch onto their hands and grow on their arms. This forced them on their hands and knees. Artemis's eyes widened as it started attaching itself to her face. It covered about half her face before Robin gave out a loud whistle. The things that wrapped themselves around them shuddered and detached themselves from them; freeing the startled heroes. Superboy and Artemis stood up and looked at Robin who had a smug look on his face. "How did you know to do that? And how did you know it would work?" Superboy asked
"I just figured that we were in Wally's mind, and I know something that he really hates. He really hates it when a loud noise is right in his ear or stuck in his mind because it irritates it so much. It takes a while for his headaches to subside because those noises seem like eternity to him. So I figured that the loud whistling noise would startle those things enough for us to get away." Robin explained with pride
Just as he finished explaining, the substance beneath them came out again and latched onto Robin's and Artemis's mouths. That means that they can't make any noises that would irritate him again. Now, this is Wally's brain of course, so it only made sense that it knew that Conner couldn't whistle. He wasn't taught how to do so yet. The substance just latched itself onto his feet, the same way it did before. Artemis looked Conner in the eyes and they told him to do something. Conner didn't know what to do, because he didn't know how to make any loud noises with his mouth, just his kicks, punches and landings.
Wait…He did know how to make a loud noise. He took a deep breath and let out the biggest yell/scream. It partially worked. The substance on Artemis's and Robins mouths came loose, and allowed them to whistle, which made them disappear. They made a mad dash for the doors, all while they whistled so the substance wouldn't attack them again. They all grabbed a handle of a different door, and right as they did that, they couldn't let go. The doors moved and switched places with each other. Superboy moved all the way over to the right, Robin in the middle, and finally with Artemis on the far right. They all looked at each other before the doors opened and flung each of them in their doors. The only thing left in the room was the substance; that was shivering from the door slamming shut.
Conner tumbled into the…area…yeah let's call it that. He tumbled into the area that the door sent him threw, and as soon as he looked back at the door, it slammed shut and disappeared. He grumbled, "I can already tell you have a messed up mind Wally."
He walked in what was like a street. He kept walking and walking and all he ever saw was the same building; a hospital. Why was a hospital here? He decided to go into the building and find out. As he entered the building though, he grew frustrated. The building was empty as well. He was about to leave when he heard a noise. It was a baby crying. He grew curious and followed the noise. He soon came upon a room and looked in. He couldn't help but smile. In the room were five people. A red woman that was lying in bed that was holding a baby, a brunette man standing by her side, looking down at the baby and his wife proudly, and what Conner considered his parents sitting in chairs at the end of the bed. "What are you going to name him?" Iris asked
The man smiled and said, "Rudolph Jr."
"Absolutely not," the mother said.
"Why not?" the man asked
"Because it's bad enough he would be a junior, but also 'Rudolph'? No offense honey but you don't have the most attractive name." she said with a smile
"Okay, what did you have in mind than?" 'Rudolph' asked
"I was thinking…Wallace." She replied
"….you are such a hypocrite! That name isn't any better!" Rudolph pointed out as he gave a chuckle
"Tell you what; if his name gets to be Wallace, or Wally for short, than his middle name can be Rudolph; deal?" she asked
The man smiled and gave her a kiss on the forehead and said, "Deal."
"Poor kid…." Barry muttered at which Iris hit him for. But he was right…poor kid had a terrible name.
Conner smiled at that scene. He got the first five years of Wally's life. But what confused him was, why isn't he living with his aunt and uncle instead of his birth parents? Maybe he'll find out, but right now, all he had to do was try to see if the real Wally was here in this part of his mind. He walked outside the hospital and stopped in his tracks. Of course…. He had to find the real Wally and he was supposed to be in one of his memories. Well, now there were many more buildings on the 'street'. That means that he has to go through every single memory to try to find the real one. "You know Flash, you made this unclear. You said we had to find the real Wally, and right now there are hundreds of them. How am I supposed to tell which one is the real one?" Superboy growled out loud
Barry was right at Wally's side when he started struggling. He began jerking his hands on the restraints and had the look of pain on his face. "It's alright Wally, you're fine. Everything is fine," Barry tried.
It didn't work and in all honesty, Barry didn't expect it to, but it was still worth a shot. "What's going on with him?" Black Canary asked
"They entered his mind, that's what," The Dark Knight said.
Everybody jumped as he didn't know that Batman was in the room. "What do you mean?" Barry asked
"When we went in, we had to get to doors to enter your memories. I assume they are doing the same. He is just getting a headache from all the sudden movement in his head, but he'll get used to it as soon as they enter the memories." He explained
Barry nodded and looked at Batman. Batman had more to say, he just knew it. "What else Bats?" Barry asked with a sigh
"He's here," was all he said and left.
"Who's h-" Barry didn't get to finish for he was being cut off by the person who now entered the room
"Why the hell didn't you tell me?" Roy yelled
Everyone groaned for they did not want to deal with an angry Roy right now.
"Because you never bothered to show up to the cave where all of it was being discussed," Zatanna said as she folded her arms.
"Who are you?" Roy asked
"My point exactly; I'm Zatanna Zatara, a new member on the team." She explained
Roy glared at the magician, knowing she was right but didn't admit it. Instead, he looked at Barry and asked, "What's being done about this to help him?"
"Well," Barry started, "Those three over there are in his mind trying to find the real Wally to bring him back…that's basically it not a hard concept."
Roy looked at the three. He trusted Robin and even Conner now, but he wasn't sure about the other one. He looked at the blonde haired girl whose hair had two French Braids in them that turned into a pony tail. "Why is she in there?" he asked pointing to Artemis
"Because me, The Team and League trust her and she was voted to go in by The Team." Barry said
"Well I don't agree with your decision," Roy said venomously.
"Well, you are neither in the League nor on The Team so you have no opinion in the matter," Black Canary told him.
Roy was silent and he looked at Wally, who had stopped struggling and his knock-out gas mask was fixed by Barry. "Take a seat, this might take a while." Barry told him
"Daddy, where are we?" five year old Wally asked
"Home," he said simply.
Little Wally shook his head and said, "This isn't home. It's not home until mommy is here."
"Your mother isn't coming, so stop being an annoying shit and stop talking!" Rudolph yelled
Wally whimpered and looked away from his father. Rudolph just scoffed and entered the house that he got to keep while Mary West had to find a new one. Wally knew that this was his house, but it was never home to him without his mommy. Rudolph just didn't seem to like that answer.
"Whoa Walls, I never knew that your mom and dad got divorced." Robin said to himself
There were a lot of things he didn't know about Wally, and he knew that he would find out everything here because Robin knew that he was in the middle five years of Wally's life. He would find out about his best friend's life here. The trouble was where was he to start? He wasn't in a street with buildings like Superboy was; he was walking through a forest with memories literally hanging from the trees. He touched one and he would witness what happened in that memory. Robin already figured it out though; if he could find the memory in which this forest pops up, than he might find the real Wally. If this forest is so important that it's a way to present itself, than that's the first place he would look. The only problem is that the memories are different colored leaves with no names or pictures on them, just leaves that glow different colors. It's actually quite beautiful to look at.
Robin took a deep breath and chose a glowing blue leaf. Suddenly, the image before him morphed into a memory:
Seven year old Wally was sitting crossed legged in front of his window. It was raining out and he could feel the coldness from the window on his face. He was staring intently at a little wooden box that sat on the window sill. He opened it and inside was his name carved into the wood and a statue of a teddy bear with a red sash on it saying 'dreamer'. The box than began to play a simple tune that Wally was so familiar with. He smiled happily and swayed to the music and mumbled some lyrics: "It's getting late and I,
Can't seem to find my way home, tonight
Feels like I am-"
"Wallace!" was a yell that came from downstairs
Wally's eyes widened and quickly shut the box and ran over to hide it in his drawer. He then stood in the middle of his room and looked at the door. He stood there for five seconds before it opened and a very angry Rudolph West was standing there. "Did I hear what I thought I heard?" he asked
Wally shook his head quickly, but his father narrowed his eyes. There was no way that he could hear that tiny music box from downstairs, but he did. Rudy stalked up to his son and whispered, "Liar."
He grabbed Wally's arm, at which he yelped at, and dragged him out of his room and downstairs. Once he was downstairs, he led Wally to the back door. He opened the door and walked with Wally outside. He went to the tree that was outside in the back yard and pushed him to the ground. Wally made a splash form all the mud from the rain. Rudolph did something that shouldn't even be considered punishment, even in his book. He took the rope that was tied up around the tree, and tied Wally's hands behind his back. Wally of course struggled, but his father smacked him on the head and finally tied his hands. "You know that I don't like hearing that thing, so you know this is a fair punishment." Rudy said
Wally nodded at his father and looked down at the ground. Rudy left to go inside the safe, warm, and dry house. Wally was out in the cold, dangerous, and wet rain to be picked up in a couple hours by his father…if he remembered.
The scene changed and Robin was back in the Forest of Memories. He had his mouth open fell on his knees to the ground. That actually happened to Wally… Robin couldn't think clearly for a moment. He just hoped that Superboy and Artemis had happier memories….speaking of which, how was Artemis doing?
Little did Robin know that Artemis was going to see things just as bad…maybe even worse in the emotional category…and the one thing they were all going to ask was;
Who knew?
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