Chapter 11 Forgotten

It's been two years since Wally left, my fifteen and sixteenth birthday came and left without me acknowledging them and I haven't gotten much sleep. I still exercise and maintain my weight so when I see Wally I still have enough strength to hug him. Yes, I quit the team and I'm now going solo or working with Batman. In fact I'm on a solo mission right now as I look around Star City I jump out of a tree and land on the burglar taking the purse he just stole from a little girl.

"Thanks Robin!" The girl smiles up at me. I pat her on the head and walk away. My stomach growls and I decide why not go to McDonalds' today.

"Wow! You're Robin the superhero right?" The boy at the cashier asks. I nod my head and his eyes widen. "How may I help you sir?" He asks.

"A number 1 please." I tell him he quickly goes to the back and makes my meal himself bringing me my food right after.

"How much?" I ask him.

"Oh no! It's on me." He tells me.

"No just let me-."

"It would mean a lot to me if you let me pay for you." He tells me. I nod my head at him.

"Thanks." I tell him and I head for the door.

"You better hurry." A way too familiar voice says from the corner of the room. I immediately turn around and I see him. Freckled face, soft red hair, vibrant green eyes, and that huge smile that I love to see and missed so much. I move over to him quickly.

"Wally! Is that really you? Please tell me it is." I beg this guy who might just be a guy who looks exactly like Wally. But I'm desperate it's been two years now since I last saw him and my heart hurts more and more every day without him.

"Uh how do you know my name?" He asks and I stare at him.

"What? Don't you know who I am?" I ask him stunned to hear he doesn't recognize me.

"Ya, you're Robin that cool superhero everyone loves because you've saved everybody in town at least three times." Wally tells me.

"And that's all you know about me?" I ask him.

"Um you know Batman? Which is cool I've always wanted to meet the guy. And you of course but I'm a huge Batman fan. No offense."

"C-Can I sit here?" I stutter trying to take this all in.

"Ya, I'll just have my friend sit next to me." He tells me I take the seat across from him and look him up and down.

"You are Wally West right?"

"Yes?" He answers looking at me nervously. "How do you know my name?" He asks me again this time a bit scared.

"Do you run?" I ask him ignoring his question.

"Track." He answers anyway analyzing the situation.

"Do you still go to Central City High School?"

"I uh graduated early . . . I'm in college now."

"And you don't remember me at all?"

"Am I supposed to?"

"Where do you live?"

"That's none of your business."

"How fast can you run?"

"I never really timed my fastest." He looks around the room.

"Are you-?"

"That's enough Robin." Another familiar voice says. I look up to find Roy standing next to me.

"Roy! You knew where Wally was all this time?" I asked him. I start to get mad and stand up. "You knew the team was looking for him you knew I couldn't stop trying to find him and you had him all this time!" I pull him by the shirt wanting to smack him in the face.

"Relax Robin you're creating a scene." Roy says looking at all the frightened people.

"I don't care! You had Wally all this time and said nothing."

"Uh why are people looking for me?" I hear Wally ask I look down at him then back at Roy.

"Oh and you also failed to bring his memory back to him."

"Look Robin, how about we go to my house and cool our heads and I'll explain everything to you." Roy says calmly I release his shirt.

"Fine" I mutter. We get to Roy's new place and it's much bigger than the last. Wally sits on his sofa and looks at me I look back at him and it seems like we're playing that eye contest.

"So, are you going to sit down or just stand in the doorway?" Roy asks me and that breaks my focus on Wally. I cross my arms over my chest and glare at Roy.

"Start." I tell him. He sighs sitting next to Wally and he gives me no choice but to sit in the armchair.

"Okay, I didn't have Wally all this time. I found him lost at my school about one year ago."

"What was he doing at your school?" I ask him.

"He graduated early and was enrolled at my school. After realizing he had no idea who I was I figured it would be better not to remind him of everything." Roy says he looks over at Wally who just looks back at him.

"So you can have him all to yourself?" My glare sharpens on him.

"More than that" Roy laughs. "But I thought why would he want to be reminded of all those things? He probably forgot everything for a reason who knows what happened to him in that building two years ago."

"So you're saying that whatever happened to him was so bad that he made himself forget?" I ask him.

"Ya, I mean why else would he only be able to forget being a superhero and the life it came with and not everything about himself completely."

"Wait I was a superhero?" Wally asks alarmed. "Did I know Batman? Were we friends? Did I have a super power? Was it cool?"

"Wait did he lose his super speed?" I ask Roy.

"No." Roy says ruffling the excited Wally's hair. "he just hasn't used it. I know he still has it because of his metabolism it still only takes him seconds to completely digest a meal. And his heals pretty fast. Oh and when he vibrates." Roy sneers at me when he says vibrates and then I realize what he's hinting at. I stand up suddenly in the chair.

"You jerk! You better be joking right now!" I tell him aggressively. Roy turns to Wally and put his face really close to his.

"Wally, tell Robin where you live right now" Roy whispers against Wally's cheek Wally shivers and hesitates before answering.

"Here" He tells me. And I stand there flabbergasted.

"Believe me now?" Roy muses. I grab Roy by his shirt again and punch him in the face.

"Hey!" Wally shouts at me pulling me away from Roy.

"You jerk! You better remind Wally of who I am!" I shout at Roy. And then Wally kicks me out of the house. I sit by the door for a while grumpy, irritated, and depressed. I finally found Wally after all this time only to found out he's been brainwashed by whatever Roy told him. And the worst part is Wally's dating Roy.

I get a phone call that morning and I answer it without checking to see who it is.

"Wally wants to have lunch with you." Roy says from the other line I can hear the disapproval in his voice.

"I'm guessing you told him who I am?" I tell him.

"Do you want to see him or not?"

"Yes!" I answer him quickly sitting up in my bed

"Okay at 12:00 meet him at the Starbucks right across from my school." He tells me.

"Okay I'll be there." I tell him a little too excited and he hangs up the phone. I don't know what to expect mostly because not only did Wally forget me but he seems different. Really different. I go to Starbucks in my Robin costume since he doesn't remember me otherwise. And he's sitting in a chair by himself sipping on his coffee. This is probably the first time I've seen Wally waiting by himself. I enter the quiet restaurant and take the seat in front of him he looks up at me removing his lips from his straw.

"Hey" I greet him.

"Hi, would you like me to get you anything?" He asks.

"No, thanks I'm fine." I tell him. I get a closer look at him than I did last night. For some reason he looks younger and besides that he hasn't changed a bit in appearances. "Is there something you wanted to talk about?" I ask him.

"Yesterday I gave the best presentation in my Biology class. Everyone said so they even made me redo it so the teacher can video tape it and use it as an example for his other classes." Wally tells me I smile at him realizing something hasn't changed about him.

"Is that your major?" I ask him.

"Biology? Ya."

"What are you aiming to be?" I ask him. I feel ridiculously older than him right now.

"A doctor I really want to help people. Save lives and all you know be my own super hero." Wally tells me.

"But you know now you were a superhero right?"

"Ya, two years ago right? Was I a good super hero?"

"Ya, you were an amazing super hero and boyfriend." I tell him I cover my mouth realizing I said boyfriend by accident. Wally shifts awkwardly in his chair.

"Right, Roy told me about that." Wally says looking down at the table. It gets quiet between us for a few minutes until Wally looks back up at me. "Roy says he doesn't know what happened to me the day I disappeared." Wally says changing the subject.

"Oh do you really want to know?"

"Um you don't have to say it in exact detail. Just a synopsis would do."

"Someone on our team thought you were cheating on me. When actually I have two identities that only you know about so she assumed you were cheating on me with my secret identity. When we went on a mission . . . your last mission they made you risk your life because they were mad at you and you went inside this building and never came out." I explain to him I started to feel depressed about the whole thing.

"So it's your fault." He says bluntly. I look at him confused not understanding. "I mean if you just told them that you were both guys I probably wouldn't have disappeared and still would have been dating you." He tells me. This definitely is not the same Wally.

"You told me no matter what happens not to give away my identity. I was going to but you made me change my mind"

"Oh then it's my fault. Well that sucks." Wally shrugged he continue to drink his coffee.

"Do you regret it?" I ask hesitant.

"Regret what?"

"Forgetting everything."

"Kind of I mean I was a super hero. I worked alongside the Flash and you. I even knew Batman and his real name."

"Wait what did you say?" I ask him. He remembers knowing Batman's real name. He thinks back to what he said.

"Nothing?"

"No, you said you knew Batman's real name."

"Ya, because I also knew yours so obviously I'd know Batman's right? Or am I just assuming stuff?" He answers I sit back in my chair and put my hand through my hair.

"No, you knew his real name."

"Sweet!"

"You really like Batman don't you?" I ask him sitting up straight. Before answering Wally nods his head.

"When I was starting school I saw this huge explosion across the street and the building went on fire. I wanted to go in and help the people trapped inside but the police stopped me. Then Batman came down from the sky entering one of the windows. And he helped every single person inside by himself. He's really amazing." Wally explained to me.

"Would you like to go meet him with me?" I ask

"Right now?" Wally asks me like an excited five year old.

"Ya. All I have to do is call-."

"I would love too! Honestly Robin but I promised Roy I'd wait for him."

"Umm Wally?" I call him trying to piece the words in my head together.

"Ya?"

"Do you think we'll- never mind I'll ask you about this later." I dismiss myself.

"Oh okay." He looks out the window behind me and smiles "there he is." He says getting up as Roy walks inside. Wally wraps his arms around Roy's waist and looks up at him.

"Roy! Robin says he'll take me to meet Batman" Wally tells him still excited.

"Did he now?" Roy says as if he's Wally's father. Roy ruffles Wally's hair and looks over to me.

"Ya, he keeps talking about him so why not?" I tell him. I bring them in the Bat-Mobile. And ya I drive it now. When I search up Batman's location my eyes widen.

"Something wrong?" Wally asks me from the back seat.

"No, not at all." I smile at him driving to the cave. We get inside and Wally's able to get in too because the Zeta Beams remember him. It's been so long since I've been here that the whole place feels different. I enter the mission room to see Batman giving the team a new mission when he stops and sees me.

"Robin?" Conner asks looking over at me and everyone else follows.

"Ah it's Wally!" Megan smiles she flies over to hug him. And Wally stands there wondering who she is.

"Will you be joining us now that you have found Kid?" Aqualad asks trying to hide his happiness.

"I doubt Wally's going to be joining." I tell him.

"What do you mean Robin?" Kaldur asks.

"Wally doesn't remember us." I tell him and everyone stops smiling and looks at Wally.

"What?" He asks.


Oh sorry Rein. I was actually thinking about making Dick Nightwing but since I turned him 16 instead of 18 I thought I should just eep him as Robin.