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Mount Justice
September 26, 6:34 EDT
Green Arrow set a bowl of food on the table.
"Nice try, but we want answers" demanded Robin.
Green Arrow moved to take the food back.
"Leave the bowl" said Wally.
Wally had been alienated by the rest of the team because they suspected he knew about Tornado and refused to tell them, despite adamantly insisting he wanted to warn them but was in the hospital unconscious.
Suddenly, out of nowhere, Superboy lunged at Aqualad and slammed him into the wall.
"You knew?! Those things almost killed M'Gann!"
"Conner, what are you doing?" M'Gann flew over.
"He knew there was a mole in the team and said nothing!"
"You knew?" asked Robin
"I was- trying to- protect you" Aqualad managed to squeeze out through Superboy's crushing grip"
"Protect us from what, information that might have saved our lives?" Artemis joined in.
"Maybe you guys should let Kaldur expl-" Wally started.
"Enough" Batman ended the conversation with a single six-letter word. "Red Tornado is a member of the Justice League and will be treated as such. I have a different mission for you" He pulled up a file on the computer titled "Guerrilla Gorilla"
"He has got to be joking" declared Robin
"I never joke about the mission. Two weeks ago Gotham Mayor Hamilton Hill was attacked by a gorilla in northern India. You will investigate"
"I can't believe they're sending us on this wild goose chase of a mission"
Wally smirked, but said nothing.
"With Red Tornado absent, members of the Justice League will rotate each week. Captain Marvel has agreed for the first shift"
"Translation: He blames us for the Red incident" whispered Robin
"Come on guys, we're gong to have blast!" Captain Marvel declared.
The team looked at each other. Wally's smirk grew wider.
"What are you smiling about?" asked Artemis
"Nothing, nothing"
Northern India
September 26, 21:46
When they arrived Robin and Artemis scouted the perimeter of the bioship. As they landed, Aqualad tried to explain the plan.
"Robin, Kid Flash you two go-"
"You think we'll listen to you?" asked Robin "Yeah right"
"Maybe we should let Aqualad explain himself" Wally suggested "I'm sure he had a good reason"
"I don't believe it! Your taking his side?" asked Robin
Robin dove into the bushes.
"Rob, wait up!" Wally called after him.
His best friend turned to face him.
"No! If you're going to keep secrets from the team I don't want to be near you!" He was visibly upset.
"You're one to talk!"
Wally regretted saying it the instant it left his mouth.
"What do you mean by that?" Robin asked slowly.
"Nothing important. Come on, we have a mission to do" Wally started to walk away.
"I'm not moving until you tell me what you meant"
"Look, I'll tell you after the mission"
"No, you'll tell me now, because we will not proceed until you do so" a bit of Batman slipped through his tone.
"Suit yourself. We'll stop by in the morning"
Robin's eyes widened.
"You're better at this than I remember" he caught up with Wally. "But you are telling me"
Wally's reply was cut off by an inhuman screech that came from the skies. A massive vulture dove towards them, with two more close behind. Both heroes took of running, Wally at a slower pace so Robin could keep up.
"Are they what I think they are?"
"Unfortunately. Kobra-Venom" Wally confirmed.
Robin threw a barrage of explosive birdarangs, while Kid Flash ran up a tree and threw himself at one, running back down the side of another tree.
Two down, one to go.
It dove towards Robin, but was intercepted by Kid Flash, who ran it onto a nearby tree. The bird was dazed, but it would get back up in a few seconds.
That is, it would have gotten back up if Robin hadn't planted an explosive on it and leapt for cover.
Needless to say, the vulture was subdued.
That was when Kaldur's voice came filled the mental link.
"The Captain and I were attacked by Kobra-Venom enhanced elephants with inhibitor collars"
"Aqualad's voice in my head, just what I need" said Artemis sarcastically.
"KF and I were just attacked by giant vultures. Of course, since we're moles, you probably think we attacked ourselves" said Robin
"If you did, he wouldn't tell you" Artemis retorted.
"Maybe we should cut him some slack" Wally suggested
"Shut up!" The other two responded unison.
"Superboy, are you offline or just pouting?" M'Gann asked through the link.
"Busy. Call back later" He relied.
"Did Kaldur really think-"
"Enough." Aqualad's voice cut through the mental link. "Captain Marvel has gone missing and we must work together as a team to find him. You all chose me as your leader. After the mission I will gladly step down, but until then you will follow my command"
No one questioned him. Wally felt proud.
The team rendezvoused at a facility in the middle of the jungle.
"I'll fly over" volunteered M'Gann.
"Negative. The entire building is surrounded by an electric field" Wally said looking through his googles.
"I see a clear shot" Artemis declared.
"Get ready to take it" said Kaldur.
He raced up to the barrier and, summoning as much electricity as he could, placed both his hands on the field. A temporary hole formed, allowing Artemis to get an arrow to shut the field down. The team advanced into the field.
"Oh, by the way, if you destroy their collars the won't attack you"
The team looked at Wally strangely. This had become a common occurrence by this point.
"What are you talking about?" Robin asked him.
A screeching sound came from the roof.
"The army of baboons on steroids, what else?" He shot back.
The team took care of the monkeys easily. Just when they thought that they could advance into the building, Monsieur Mallah confronted them. The ape sniffed the air, then spun around and grabbed a camouflaged M'Gann trying to sneak into the building.
"Get your paws off her, you darn, dirty ape!"
Mallah responded with a backhand that sent Wally flying. However, the distraction had allowed Miss Martian to escape and telepathically lift the gorilla. She threw him through a wall, allowing the team to move into the fortress. Mallah tried to activate a field to paralyze them, but Wally zipped past and snatched the device out of his hands.
"Now, Superboy!" Aqualad ordered over the psychic link.
The other side of the room was shredded apart as Superboy ripped a whole in the wall and stepped through, with the wolf that Wally recognized so well by his side.
Aqualad took this opportunity to free Captain Marvel, who, in turn, freed the tiger next to him.
The team surrounded the brain and his gorilla sidekick. Mallah moved to attack, but his master stopped him.
"No, Mallah, this will not be our Waterloo" The Brain said in a computerized french accent.
The supervillain started to unfold a massive device. The team dove for cover.
Wally rolled his eyes and snatched the Brain before the gorilla could carry him off. The lights cut off, but Wally had infrared vision in his goggles, which Mallah did not.
The Brain tried to shoot him, and Mallah dropped him and blindly swung around desperately trying to hit Wally.
Brain was easy. Wally just stole the weapons from him in the same way that Bart had at the Summit. By this point the rest of the team figured out what was going on. Mallah tried to hit them, but he still couldn't see. Superboy leapt forward, punching him in the mouth. The gorilla seemed to cut it's loses and run, abandoning the Brain.
As the team loaded the bioship with their new prisoner, Robin stopped Aqualad.
"I had to ask. Why didn't you tell us?"
The atlantean looked back at all his teammates looking at him expectantly, except Wally, who had a smug look on his face.
"The tip that there was a mole within the team came from Sportsmaster"
"What? You can't trust him!" Artemis exclaimed.
"I did not. It seemed possible, likely even, that he was attempting to cause mistrust within the team"
"True" admitted Robin "but you had to consider the possibility that it was correct"
"As leader, I did, in which case I didn't want to alert the mole to my suspicions"
"I hate to say it" Robin sighed "But I guess you're right"
"Ha!" shouted Wally "I told you he had a good reason!" The others just ignored him.
"Can I keep him?" Conner asked M'Gann about Wolf.
"You sure have a habit of picking up strays" Wally said.
"Maybe that's because he's such a stray himself" she said affectionately.
"M'Gann, I'm sorry" he said.
Wally tried to pretend like he wasn't there so they could have their moment. How did he not notice last time around?
"Well, he needs a name. How about Wolf?" Wally said after a couple seconds.
"I like it. It's simple" Conner smiled.
A/N: I have a question. Would you rather I do Failsafe, but have a ridiculous series of events and/or OOCness to get Wally to agree to it, to do it but have Wally not take part, or have him tell them what happens and just skip over it?