Hey everybody! The penultimate chapter is here! I'm also changing my summary, it's a tad bit stupid. Let's start with our review.

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So as of lately I've noticed that I've forgotten my disclaimer. Yeah, I don't own anything.

Robin

They were in the T-ship again, listening to the steady thrumming of the engines as Cyborg steered the craft north. There was no conversation, and the only sound other than the engines was the steady beat of Jinx tapping her long, nimble fingers against the inside of the ship.

After having listened to the sound for well over four hours, Robin could deduce that she was tapping to Yellow Submarine by the Beatles. He smiled, Wally had always been a fan of the Beatles, but the grin quickly turned sour, as he remembered that his long-time friend may never be able to listen to his favourite group again. Finding the location of Slade's not so secret lair had been a welcome relief, but the relief had not lasted, after the mess that had landed the teenaged superheroes in Australia of all places, Beast Boy surprisingly enough had come up with an idea, stemming from the fact that 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney was the location of the dentist's practise in the Pixar film Nemo, the Titan's had spent the last day hunting through all the dentist's surgeries in California for any form of secret lair. After many hours of fruitless searching, Jinx had suggested as a joke that the location of Slade's lair might well be hidden in the case of the Tower's copy of Nemo. The team had been so exhausted that they had checked. Lo and behold, there was a slip of paper with an address written on it, and this time, the team were sure this was the address. But after the relief had come apprehension, if Slade had given up the location like this, surely there was a motive for getting them there, but as Roy had said, 'If it saves Wally's life, who cares?'

So here they were, speeding north in the hopes of saving their long-time friend.

A couple of hours later the team arrived in a long-abandoned mining town in Montana that was littered with old warehouses and factories.

Cyborg slowly landed the T-ship on a flat stretch of ground in the heart of the town.

As they left the ship Robin briefed everyone on what was to happen, the plan was to split up, and if anyone found anything they would call the others over the communicators.

Jinx was the one that found him, Robin had been slowly pushing the door to a warehouse open when the communicator buzzed with static, which solidified into the face of the pink-haired sorceress, despite the situation, her voice was firm and calm, "Get to T-ship, I've found him, tell the others."

Against his better judgement Robin asked, "Do you need any help carrying him?"

Jinx's eyes glowed pink, and any semblance of calm was lost. "Do you think that because I'm a girl, I'm not strong enough to carry someone?" She hissed, and Robin resisted the urge to flinch back. "Because you'd be wrong, and considering the state he's in, Beast Boy could probably carry Kid right now." That being said, Jinx cut the communication.

Robin sighed and pressed the button to send out a group call to the rest of the team. "Jinx found him, meet us at the T-ship." He said, and without waiting for any replies, he snapped the communicator shut and strode off.

Throughout the walk to the T-ship, Robin had been attempting to mentally prepare himself for what was to come next, but nothing could have prepared him for this, Wally was completely limp, blood stained the remaining portion of his suit, and congealed on the surface of his deathly pale skin, he looked nearly skeletal and his white lips were parted slightly.

Robin felt bile rise in his throat and fought it down, wetting his lips he said in a croak, "I-is he . . ." His voice trailed off into nothingness.

"Dead?" Jinx finished. "No, at least not yet, but there's not far to go."

Robin rushed around to the boot of the ship and pulled out the emergency supplies, he reached for the energy bars and ran back to where Jinx stood with his unconscious best friend.

Lightly slapping Kid Flash's face he said. "Wally? Hey, Wall-man? You there?"

Wally moaned and opened a pair of glazed, bloodshot green eyes. Robin unwrapped the bar and placed it in his friend's mouth. "Chew and swallow, okay?" Robin ordered. Kid Flash obeyed the imperative, and Robin watched as the cuts and bruises along his friend's body began to heal.

Robin smiled, everything was going to be alright.

~Four Months Later~

It all worked out, Wally's injuries had healed and besides some nightmares for the first month, there had been no lasting effects.

Slade had never been caught, but the Teens hadn't seen any sign of him still being at large, they also heard nothing of Artemis, whom Wally had informed them about, much to Robin's shock and Speedy's joy, they heard nothing but 'See?' and 'I told you so!' from him for the next month.

Flash had been overjoyed at Wally's return and made sure call every day and every time he saw his nephew, give him an extra tight hug.

Jinx had shown a rather protective side of herself and now made sure that Wally was accounted for at all times. It wasn't as if he had a problem with the extra attention anyway.

Wally probably wouldn't have made it at all if it weren't for Raven's healing abilities, after the long trip to and from Australia, her power had been severely depleted, but she had managed to muster up enough strength to stop Wally from losing any more blood.

There had been a party two days after Wally had returned to celebrate the Titan's victory over the infamous Slade, Robin had not attended, seeing Wally's rescue not as a victory, but as an unsolved mystery, which he chose to puzzle over in the evidence, Wally had stayed with him, not wanting to go to the party either, on grounds of being tired, he had bid Jinx go enjoy herself instead of worrying over him.

Wally was uncharacteristically quiet as he watched Robin pace the room, running his hands through his gel-spiked hair, muttering to himself.

Eventually he found the courage to clear his throat and ask- "So you think he's coming back?"

Robin looked at his friend and removed his mask, revealing bright blue eyes. "I don't know, but it doesn't hurt to keep an eye out."

Wally shook his head. "But it does Rob, don't you see? You may not think it, but it does, you lose sleep, that does damage, and it doesn't just hurt you, it hurts everyone around you. Slade is gone. It's over."

Stay tuned for the epilogue, we're gonna find out what became of Slade and Arty-farty.