Chapter 10

Wally woke up on the ground. His sides were aching, he looked around him. The whole area was in flames. The building they were just on was on fire. Wally frantically searched for Robin and he saw him lying on the ground a few feet away.

"Wally," said Robin through clenched teeth.

Wally ran closer and saw that there was a piece of debris that had been wedge into Robins side. He was bleeding badly and his breaths were short.

"Oh no no no," saaid Wally worriedly as he bent down to put pressure on the wound.

"GUYS ROBIN IS DOWN, THIS IS AN EMERGENCY, COME QUICK!" yelled Wally into his communicator. "Ok Robin, you're going to be fine, ok, I need you to stay with me."

Wally could see Robin was struggling to hold on. His eyes were beginning to close.

"No, hey," says Wally putting more pressure on the wound. "You are not going out like this, ok, I won't let you. Stay with me, just hold on, please."

The team arrived shortly and reinforcements were called. Robin was rushed to the nearest hospital. They rushed in with Robin on the gurney and the oxygen mask over his face. Wally didn't leave his side the whole time, until he was stopped.

"I'm sorry son, you can't come in here," said the doctor stopping Wally in his tracks.

Wally watched as they rushed Robin into intensive care. He put his hands on his head and had tears in his eyes. He sat in one of the chairs in the hallway and started sobbing into his hands. Wally felt someone peering over him. He lifted his head to see Batman standing over him. Wally spoke up.

"I told him I would always be there for him," sniffles Wally.

"What?" says Batman

"Robin," replies Wally. "I told him I'd be there through all the hard times and now he's injured because of me, because I wasn't paying attention. I always screw everything up. How can I expect him to forgive me when all I do is screw him over?"

"You stopped the bleeding enough for him to get here," replies Batman. "You might have saved his life." Batman sits down next to Wally. "Look, the incident at Arkham City was hard for all of us, and I know you're sorry and Robin knows it too. And I know that you're afraid that Robin will never forgive you. But you can't keep trying to make him forgive you before he's ready. When you try to force it, that's when you screw up," explains Batman. "You just need to slow it down and stay focused."

Wally looks at Batman. He understood what he was trying to say.

"If it's any consolation," says Batman. "He will forgive you.

"How do you know?" asked Wally.

"We all have demons in our past and it's hard to face them, but the people in our lives, the ones who care about us, that's where we find our strength."

Batman was right. Wally smiled and looked up at him.

"So be patient, ok," says Batman.

"Yes sir," replies Wally smiling.

Batman walks away and leaves Wally alone to think.