Disclaimer- I wonder . . . Nope. I asked my mom and apparently, I don't own YJ . . .

Note- The italics are thoughts.

Chapter 9

Bruce was currently sitting at his Bat-Computer, his thoughts a whirlpool within his mind. The whirlpool of thoughts was all centered on one, simple fact.

This Red X . . . Robin . . . Dick Grayson was the infamous Slade's son.

And as if that fact wasn't disturbing enough, the boy was friends with WALLY!

. . . But is that really a bad thing? I mean, by the way Red X was speaking of his father, it sounded as if they're on bad terms. Not to mention the fact that Red saved two people in the last twenty-four hours . . .

Bruce sighed and rubbed his uncovered eyes. He didn't know what to do! He wasn't sure if he should use the kid to his advantage or put the kid in jail for all the crime he's done.

Red has robbed over twenty banks in the past five years and has managed to evade all attempts to arrest him. But he's also done some good that he's obviously tried to hide. But why? To not gain attention?

Like I said, Bruce's mind was utter chaos with two sides of himself having good points. The Batman side of him was torn between putting the kid in jail and leaving the kid alone. The Bruce side of him felt sadness for the poor teenager and wanted to take him under his wing-

Wait.

Stop that thought right there!

Did he actually CARE for the kid?

. . . Of course not. He had only met Red a few times! How could he possibly . . .

. . . How could I possibly not feel as if I'm staring in a mirror when I look at Red? Obviously, he didn't watch his parents die but he's all alone . . . Just like I was after my parents passed away.

Bruce sighed, struggling with his inner turmoil. He felt for the kid but couldn't get involved with him. Red's father is SLADE! And no doubt that Slade was probably still looking for him-

. . . Why had Red left Slade in the first place? There were no rumors of Slade having a sidekick or anything so Slade couldn't have been forcing him to be a villain. So why?

At that very moment, Bruce's curiosity stuck again and left him with the burning need to talk to a certain bird . . .

_With Robin and Wally_

"So how did your team get together?" Robin asked as he dug into his bowl of ice cream.

Wally grinned. "You know how when I see an elevator, I just HAVE to go down it?"

"All too well," Robin muttered, remembering all the times Wally had made him go down ALL the elevators at Jump City's mall.

Wally laughed at Robin's statement. "Yeah, well, you know about Cadmus?"

Robin nodded. "Kind of. I hacked their computer system once for fun."

"For fun?" Wally echoed, his eyes wide.

"Yeah. They had never even known that I had hacked them."

"Nice! You have to teach me how to hack sometime," Wally said as he set his empty bowl on the table in front of them.

Robin snorted. "When they invent chill pills, I'll gladly teach you."

"I feel like you're trying to tell me something."

"I am. I'm trying to tell you that until you can sit still for an entire HOUR, I'm not teaching you crap."

" . . . Meanie."

"You know it."

" . . .Wasn't I about to tell you something?" Wally asked, frowning in concentration.

Robin sighed. "You were telling me about how the team got together."

"Oh yeah! Anyway, I saw this elevator and, of course, I just HAD to go down it. Not wanting me to go alone, Roy and Kaldur went with me . . . To make a long story short, we found Superman's clone and freed him. You know the rest."

"I'm assuming Roy is Red Arrow and Kaldur is Aqualad."

Wally face-palmed himself. "Stupid! When will I learn to keep my mouth shut?"

Robin stared at Wally blankly. "You can't be serious."

"And knowing you, you've probably just figured out the rest of the team's identities," Wally muttered, still kicking himself for the slip up so he hadn't heard Robin's comment.

Robin smirked. "Maybe . . . Maybe not."

"Ah, come on, Red! Don't toy with me! This is SO not the time for it!" Wally pleaded.

"Oh but I disagree."

"Red, can't you be nice to me for once in your life?"

". . . I CAN; I just don't want to."

"You're twisted."

"Tell me something I don't know."

"You're a big, fat meanie!"

"And you're an annoying red head."

" . . . Why am I friends with you?"

"Wally, I've been trying to answer that for years and have yet to find a reasonable answer."

"What's that suppose to mean?"

" . . . . . And now I have the answer to the question that's been on everybody's minds: Does Wally have a brain?"

A/N- So how was that? Did anyone like their argument towards the end? I hope so! (I'm saying this now so I don't offend anyone: please do not take offense of when Wally called Robin "a big, fat meanie" and when Robin called Wally "an annoying red head".) Please review! This was published on 3-28-12 with the length of 996 words.