Disclaimer- If I did own Young Justice, I wouldn't be able to keep it a secret.

I'm so sorry for making you guys wait THIRTY-ONE DAYS! At first it was because of exhaustion and school. Then it moved on to being obsessed with the newest Pokemon game. I'M SO SORRY!

Note- The bold italics are flashbacks. The italics underlined is M'gann communicating telepathically.

Chapter 10

Kid Flash had been frozen with shock, his eyes wide and his mouth wide open. His eyes followed Robin's movements as his mind showed him flashes of the past, the past where Robin repeatedly said he had no other secrets.

"Seriously, besides my secret identity, I have no other secrets. Sheesh, Wally!"

Wally chuckled as he ruffled Dick's raven hair. "Okay, okay. I believe you, little man."

Dick twitched with annoyance. "Little . . . man?"

"Now remember that I'm your friend, Dick, as you entertain thoughts of killing me!" Wally said with slight hysteria as he snatched his hand back from Dick's head.

Dick smirked. "Okay then. I guess because you're my friend, I'll leave out the endless torture and cut right to the chase."

". . . You're bluffing."

"Really, Wally? Am I really? How do you know?" Dick asked with a mysterious undertone.

Wally merely shrugged, quickly getting over his hysteria. "Because I know you and you're not a killer."

An unnamed emotion flitted across Dick's eyes as Wally's words hit his ears. " . . . Not a killer, huh?"

"Yep. You, Dick Grayson, are not a killer."

"Yeah . . . Dick Grayson isn't a killer . . ," Dick murmured in agreement, the emphasis on his last name lost on Wally.

But now, a couple of years later, what Dick said at the end made all the more sense. Dick Grayson wasn't a killer but this Robin, this Dick that was fighting abnormal sized wolves obviously wasn't that Dick Grayson. This person . . . It was almost as if this person just had an uncanny resemblance of his best friend. That was the only reasonable explanation for this situation and the only one that Wally was willing to consider.

He didn't think of what the other explanation was and what it meant.

No, Wally would rather pretend that everything was peachy and that nothing had changed until someone had announced that it was otherwise. He would rather sink into his inner sea of denial than admit the one thing that hurt him the most.

. . . Dick lied to him.

Wally shook his head, gritting his teeth as he struggled to avoid his feelings of betrayal and such. He knew Dick better than this! Obviously, Dick had some reason for not sharing this furry secret and it was probably a good reason too-

Kid Flash, watch out! That wolf is-

Kid Flash didn't even hear the rest of what M'gann had said in his mind; his body's movements had taken over his mind as he, in a split second, realized that one of the wolves were aiming for Dick. Kid Flash's body quickly placed him in front of Dick with a sharp rock in his right hand just as the wolf leapt into the air. As the wolf opened its large mouth to take a bite out of Dick, Kid Flash raised his right hand and struck the wolf's neck. No way was some creepy wolf taking out his best friend!

Kid Flash's quick movement and attack had made the other wolves uneasy and reluctant to try to attack Dick again. Obviously, they thought to themselves, Dick's human pack weren't ordinary humans.

Retreat for now! This battle will continue on our own land, Romania! That is if Dick doesn't want his precious human friend to be hunted down and face Judgment for the murder of a werewolf.

Dick's stunned body shifted into action at Michael's words, his arms and legs now paws and his wolf mouth now a snarl. He now understood why his friends had so easily found him and why Michael had involved them into werewolf affairs.

You planned this! You wanted my friend to kill that werewolf!

Michael's dark form stood proudly yet tiredly upon the rock that Dick had kicked him into as he watched his fellow pack mates retreating across the raging river behind him. His teeth seemed to gleam with a gruesome glint as he mentally laughed at Dick's words.

But of course! That's the only way we'll get you to come to Romania. You'll want to protect your human friend from our merciless claws. Isn't that right, Dick?

Dick growled as he gracefully moved around Kid Flash and dug his claws into the blood-stained dirt beneath him. He didn't know who he was angrier at Michael for coming up with such an undermining plan or himself for being too blind to see the bigger picture. Ugh! If only he had seen this! If only he had listened to the hidden meanings in Michael's words! Then his friends, his family wouldn't be involved in his problems!

But it was too late now. All he could do was-

Yes.

-try to protect his friend from ferocious werewolves that he had once called family. Yes, that was all Dick could do now. It wasn't like he could force Wally and his family into being on the run for the rest of their lives. No, since Dick was the cause for this terrible problem, he would help his best friend out of it. That's what he owed Wally for all the lies and deceit he had laced into his life.

We'll be seeing you soon, Dick. Don't forget or we might just have to involve another one of your friends.

And with those departing words, Michael disappeared into the woods and left Young Justice with their youngest teammate still growling at the alpha's trail.

Kid Flash coughed lightly, successfully catching everyone's attention. "So . . . who wants to interrogate Rob first?"

A/N- Since the chapter was so serious, I thought I'd leave on a funny note. Please review! This was published on 10-26-12 with the length of 1,028 words.