(Chelsea's POV)
I was walking down the sidewalk with Danny and Kaldur, talking about a few things, getting to know each other. Then, I felt something, a presence that almost made my wings stretch out wide in public. I stopped and glanced behind me…no one I recognized here, just a few ordinary people.
"Is something wrong?" Kaldur asked.
"No, I…I just had a feeling like someone was following us, it's nothing" I turned to face them with a smile.
We continued walking as I held Kaldur's hand. I didn't really care that he had webbed fingers because it was one of the ways that he was different…like me and Danny.
"Chelsea, Kaldur!" I heard a familiar voice call out. I turned my gaze across the road to see a redheaded teen with freckles and green eyes…Wally? That time, I stopped dead in my tracks, starring at him, but as a truck passed, he just…disappeared!
"Okay, I know I saw him" I said as I watched the truck drive farther away.
"Saw who, Chelsea?" Danny asked.
I turned to face them, "I think I saw… …Wally".
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(Wally's POV) (Early in the morning)
I was walking out of the cemetery in the tux I was buried in and thought over options. If I'm supposed to me dead, it will make everyone I know freak out. If I go back home to change my clothes, my parents might find me. If I go back to the Cave, the guys will have heart attacks. But then again, I do have super speed so no one could see me.
Smirking, I started running toward home to change my clothes. I threw the dirt-covered tux into the hamper, got dressed in my normal clothes and washed the dirt off of my face. I was out of there in seconds and I decided to go to the Cave. I went straight to my room because if it was this early in the morning, Chelsea would be in my room, sleeping. I opened the door quietly and poked my head in to see the blanket smoothed over a flat bed. She wasn't there…where could she be?
I checked Megan's room, Superboy's and Robin's but she wasn't in any of the. She wasn't sleeping on the couch in the main room so I began to doubt that she made it out of the warehouse alive. Then I remembered Kaldur so I poked my head into his room and either he was holding a large teddy bear or it was Chelsea! I silently sped up to the bed for a closer look. He held her close to his chest, almost making her seem like a child in his arms. I wasn't sure if I was happy or jealous right now. I was happy for her that she's still alive and she's not constantly grieving about me. I was jealous that it was Kaldur that took my girlfriend, even if we never broke up and I still loved her.
I softly sighed and walked out of the room, my head hanging low.
"Mmmm, b-bye W-Wally" I could hear Chelsea mumble in her sleep.
I stopped with a small smile forming on my face, "Yeah, See ya, Chelsea".
(Chelsea's POV again) (Back to when they were walking together)
I gently shook my head, "I bet it's just my imagination".
"Possibly" Kaldur replied as he took my hand and continued walking.
Finally, we arrived to my home and Danny ran up ahead, calling out "I'm home" when he opened the door.
It was silent inside as we caught up.
"Maybe, your parents are still sleeping" Kaldur suggested.
"At noon, I don't think so, my parents wake up really early, like 5-in-the-morning-without-an-alarm-clock early" I walked in, letting go of Kaldur's hand.
"Mom…dad…its Chelsea…I came home…guys?" I cautiously walked through the kitchen, ignoring the few fallen items.
I walked into the living room and widened my eyes in horror… …blood. It was everywhere as a man's body lay sprawled on the floor.
"Danny, go outside, Kaldur, I think some one got into the house" I said, turning to them as Danny began to materialize.
"Why do I have to-" I interrupted him.
"Danny, just do as you're told, wait outside and stay invisible! It's for your own safety" I glared at him, beginning to scare him.
Pouting, he went outside as Kaldur stepped toward me, seeing the blood.
"Stay down here, I'm going to check upstairs, they still might be here" I ordered as I carefully ran around the blood to the stairs.
I smelled the sent of grease and sweat when I reached to top of the stairs. I took off my jacket, dropping it down as I grabbed the crowbar off the floor that someone left. I held it tightly as I stayed absolutely silent, listening for any tiny sounds. My heart rate sped up as the disgusting smells grew stronger. There was a sound of rustling and a few small creaks coming from my parents' bedroom.
"Guys, we hit the freaking jackpot" someone said, letting me know that there was more than just one person there.
Then I heard a woman begin to cry…mom, "Cry all you want, bitch, no one's coming for you" another man said.
I took another step to peak into the room…big mistake. The floor loudly creaked under my foot! Mouthing a curse, I pulled my foot back as someone approached the door. Forming a plan quickly, I swung the crowbar into a man's face when I saw him with a gun hanging from his shoulder by a strap. He crumbled to the ground, crying out as he held his nose. I was about to swing again until something hit me hard from behind. It was enough to make me fall to the floor, knocked out.
I opened my eyes, groaning as I noticed that my glasses were missing and I was in my old bedroom but my hands and feet were tied! Remembering that Danny was still in the yard, I rolled out of the bed and hopped over to the broken window. It was broken because I had a fight with my parents once and I threw something at them but missed. Anyway, I looked out as I heard his voice call out my name.
"Danny, there's men in the house, go get the police…hurry!" I yelled as I saw a few small foot prints in the mud.
"Hey, get away from there!" I heard from behind me as arms wrapped around me, throwing me onto the floor. I screamed for help as he tried to tape my mouth. The man was dressed completely in black with a hat pulled over his face and holes were in the hat so he could see. Finally, he was able to tape my mouth and dragged me by my shirt out of my room, down the stairs. The stairs hurt my back as I practically bounced and rolled down. I was dragged through my father's pool of blood over to Kaldur and mom. She looked down at me as I was thrown down on my back next to her.
"There, everyone's here, boss" he said, glancing into the kitchen.
A man walked in, "You" he gasped, eyes widened.
"You're Chelsea O'Hara, you let my Brent die, you bitch!" he stepped forward, grabbed me by the front of my shirt, lifted me off the floor and slammed me against the wall.
My wings ached from the feeling of being smashed against the wall. I whimpered in pain as I spread my wings so they wouldn't hurt so badly. It was able to startle him enough to drop me hard onto the floor. Glaring, he launched his foot as my stomach, causing me to recoil in pain. I tried my best not to cry because I knew that's what he wanted me to do. I squeezed my eyes shut as he continued to kick me in different places. He hit my face, my chest, my leg and he even stomped on my right wing! I was just in pure agony as he kept his foot on my wing and dug his fingers under the side of the wing. I gave him a look of 'please, oh, god, please don't do it'. But he did it; he lifted the wing and stomped down on it, snapping the bones! I screamed behind the tape as he dropped it onto the floor. Finally, tears began to leak from my eyes, making him smirk.
"You're just lucky that his death was quick and he wasn't in as much pain as your 'boyfriend' when he died." he said, about to kick my face once more.
"What are you talking about, Kaldur's not dead" I heard a voice that made my heart skip a beat. Everyone turned their attention to the stair case, where he stood. I couldn't believe it it's…it's… … …Wally!
My eyes widened as the tape kept my jaw from dropping.
"Kill him!" the man ordered as the others pointed their guns at him and shot but he just disappeared!
Then, a blur shot all across the room, punching all the men hard enough to knock them all out easily. Then, there was only Wally and the man left standing. I watched in amazement and confusion about why he was alive. In a flash, the man was knocked back and unconscious on the floor.
Wally stood over me, holding something in his hand. He knelt down and slipped something over my eyes…my glasses! He gently peeled the tape off of my mouth.
"Ow, Wally, you're alive!" I smiled even though my body throbbed with pain.
"I know, awesome, isn't it?" he chuckled as he swiftly untied me.
He easily freed us all and I hugged him, remembering the painful moment he died. But now he came back and he saved us!
"But how did you know that we were in danger?" Kaldur asked.
"Who cares? We're alive and I think Danny is too!" mom threw her arms around Wally, practically suffocating him when she pulled him close to her chest.
"Danny…do you know what happened to him?" I asked.
"I bumped into him and he told me everything before running off to the police station" he replied as mom let go of him.
"Wait, Mrs. O'Hara, aren't you upset that your husband is dead?" Kaldur asked.
"Of course, but there's one little thing I guess I never really got around to telling you… …he's a wife-beater" she had a nervous look.
"But you look like you don't have a bruise on you" I raised an eyebrow.
"Well, you know how you have your wings and Danny has his invisibility? My power is that my skin can harden like a think steel shell when I want it to and your father has super-strength" she said, glancing at dad's body.
Suddenly, we heard police sirens outside and Wally quickly told me and Kaldur to run out the back door.
"Listen, when they ask what happened; just say that one of the Young Justice members saved you, okay? See ya" he said to mom before grabbing me and Kaldur and speeding off like lightning!
Damn…this was one hell of a day.
