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"Don't open the door." Wally whispered, biting his lips as he stared at the TV. "Don't, don't do it."

He watched the movie with wide eyes, hugging his knees. He flinched violently at the scream that came from the screen, covering his eyes with his hands, peeking out hesitantly, "She opened the door." He whispered.

Roy held up another movie as the credits rolled. "Wanna watch another one? It's about these kids who get experimented on by crazy scientists and they get powers and escape-"

Wally zoned off shuddering thinking of his time at Cadmus. "I don't know."

"Scared?" Roy taunted, "It's okay I understand, not everyone is as brave as I am. I have some My Little Pony around here somewhere."

"Shut up put it in!" Wally scowled, "I can handle it!"

!*!

At this moment Wally was regretting sleeping over at Roy's house in the first place.

"Wally are you okay? You look kinda pale." Roy muttered.

"Fine." He mumbled, shakily watching the movie had brought back memories of his time at Cadmus. He looked at hands surprised to find that they are shaking and stood up true mind to Roy, "Well I'm gonna hit the hay, I'm kinda tired." Wally said forcing a yawn, "Good night."

"Okay, uh good night." Roy muttered.

!*!

"Stop let me go!" Wally shouted struggling against the bonds holding him in place.

"No can do." Dr. Donovan smirked, "This time I've taken precautions."

He put a rag on his face, pressing a button and sending gallon of water down on his face.

Wally inhales choking on the water, panicking in fear he couldn't breathe it was dark, he was gonna die he shot up with a strike of lightening breathing hard.

Looking around Wally let out a sigh of relief it was just a nightmare. There was another strike and he let out a gasp, there in a dark corner was Dr. Donovan.

He scrambled backwards falling out of the bed and ran out the room towards Roy's.

Wally stuck his hand out contemplating on whether he should knock on Roy's door.

Another bout of thunder made him jumped and he opened the door running to Roy's bed, shaking his prone form.

"Roy. Roy wake up." Wally whispered, looking around seeing the face of Dr. Donovan everywhere.

"Wally." Roy grumbled, "Go away."

"Roy please." He said, sobbing now. "I'm scared and Dr. Donovan he's watching me and he's gonna take me back and I don't want to go back."

Roy sat up, rubbing his eyes to Wally's crying form.

"Wally! What happened? What's wrong? Was it the movie?"

"Dr. Donovan is gonna get me again and he's gonna torture me again and I'm scared."

"Okay, okay calm down." Roy muttered pulling the shaking boy into his lap, "It's okay nobody's gonna hurt you. Who's Dr. Donovan?"

Wally stiffened, his whole body going tense.

"It's okay you don't have to tell me if you don't want to."

Wally shook in fear closing his eyes and clutching Roy's shirt. "Can I stay here with you?"

"Of course you can."

Roy frowned himself pulling Wally closer to him. The poor kid was still shivering it really made him wonder who this Dr. Donovan was and what he had done to Wally.

An hour later and both boys were still awake, Roy didn't want to fall asleep until he was sure Wally was okay and Wally was too afraid to go sleep.

Wally shifted, "I'm sorry for crying on you."

"It's fine. I'm gonna be here to look out for you from now on.

"Okay." Wally closed his eyes, nuzzling into Roy's neck and grabbed his hand, gripping it tightly. "Dr. Donovan is-"

"You don't have to tell me if you don't want to." Roy interrupted pecking his forehead.

"I know." Wally shivered, clutching Roy's hand to his chest. He opened his eyes and shivered seeing Dr. Donovan's face in the shadows and closed his eyes once more. "I want to."

"If you're sure."

"I am. Dr. Donovan was a Cadmus scientist who experimented on me..."

!*!

"Wally I'm sorry if I hadn't made you watch that stupid movie, you wouldn't be relieving memories."

"It's not your fault. I just...I had forgotten about it and the movies brought is all back and Dr. Donovan is probably looking for me andwhatifhefindsyouorUncleBarryorRobinandhetriesto-"

"Wally stop! Dr. Donovan is not going to hurt you okay. I promise. I won't let him hurt you."

"Thanks Roy."

"Anytime Wally. Anytime."

"Cadmus traumatized him." Artemis said, turning to Roy, "This is what you're afraid of. If just watching a movie caused all that imagine how he'll react when all those repressed memories come flooding to the surface."

Robin shook his head looking at the ground, "I thought I knew everything about him. All those times when he would change the subject with a joke or comment I just thought typical Wally."

"He's good at avoiding his feelings. When it comes to things like this, Wally likes to pretend it never happened. His code is to live by denial." Roy sighed.

"I hope he'll be okay when all this is over." M'gann said.

"Even if he's not, we know the truth and we'll be his side this time." Kaldur said determinedly, getting nods of agreement.

Wally stood fishing out his phone from his pocket.

'Hello.'

'Wally? What's wrong? Are you hurt?'

'I'm fine Uncle Barry.' Wally mumbled fidgeting with his hoodie.

'I was just calling to say that I'll be hanging out with Roy for a bit.'

'Okay, I'll see you in an hour or so.'

'Bye Uncle Barry.'

"Hey Roy-bin. Robin? What are you doing here?" Wally said staring at the figure in the door in shock.

"It's Dick actually. I'm here hanging out dude, what's with the hoodie?" He asked.

"Speaking of which." Robin turned to his teammates, "How come none of you were surprised when you discovered my secret identity."

Roy and Artemis shared a look.

"Go for it."

"Dickie boy was it?"

Robin blushed maybe he could have M'gann erase their memories then get J'onn to erase M'gann's.

"In case you haven't noticed only half of our team were raised in earth. No offense Connor." Artemis said, to the boy who only grunted in response.

"So?"

"So I doubt Dick Grayson is famous in Atlantis or on Mars and I don't think the genomorphs cared if Superboy was up to date on celebratory gossip. Being the only one who knew how famous Grayson was it can be assumed I'd be the only one surprised."

"Is this true?"

Connor shrugged, "I knew who he was I just didn't care. Like I know about the presidents. I know about then but it doesn't bother me."

"Kaldur?"

"Artemis is correct until most recently I didn't even know a Dick Grayson existed."

"M'gann?"

"Um like Kaldur said."

Robin narrowed his eyes at her, she was lying but why?

"Now that we've established Robin is a nobody, let's go back to watching Dick act like well a dick."

"Haha very funny Artemis."

"What can I say I'm a riot."

"None of your business Dick. Can I come in or not?"

"Sure come in, s'not my house technically it's not Roy's either." Dick grinned stepping aside.

Wall rolled his eyes walking in, "You're really something you know that Richie Rich."

"Ooh haven't heard that one before." Dick snickered closing the door.

Roy walked into the living room eyebrows furrowed, "Wally what are you doing here?"

"Just hanging out for a bit you know." He shrugged pulling on a piece of thread.

"Right." Dick muttered pulling Wally's hood down.

"Dude!" Wally shouted clutching his head, "I don't think you pulled hard enough! I still have some hair left on my head!"

"Quit your whining."

"Wally what happened to your face?" Roy asked.

"Some dude at my school has it out for me. No big deal."

"If it's no big deal, then why are you hiding out here?"

"I'm not it's just Uncle Barry is a tad overprotective. If he saw my face he'd freak. So I figured I'd stay here until the bruises faded accelerated healing and all that."

"Dude you should see your face." Dick muttered, "Why not show them whose boss superhero style."

"My powers are...I mean you guys aren't metas. I have to constantly hold back every time so I don't accidentally kill anybody. Besides at least this way nobody accepts nerdy Wally West to be a butt kicking superhero."

"Dude that's kinda sad. I mean you should stand up for yourself powers or no powers you've got to stand up for yourself." Dick suddenly snorted, "Nerdy? You? I've seen the way you act and you're definitely not nerdy."

"Yeah, Kid Flash isn't. Wally West is."

"What are you talking about?" Roy asked.

"Look I know everybody acts different when they're out of costume. But unlike most superheroes the way I act out of costume is the true me. Bruce's billionaire playboy is a persona. For me Kid Flash is the persona." Wally sighed, "Over the years I've learned that people don't really like Wally West the science nerd so when I met you guys I acted like something I wasn't."

"A cocky, flirty, airhead." Dick said.

"For lack of better words yeah. The truth is I can't talk to girls without freezing up. I'm not popular or as confident as I make myself out to be. And I'm a lot smarter than you guys would think. I'm twelve in the eighth grade nobody likes nerds. I wanted you guys to like me so I pretended to be something I'm not."

"You didn't have to; we would've liked you no matter what." Roy grinned swinging an arm over his shoulders.

"Would you have really?" Wally asked, removing his arm.

"Look, Walls I may have come across unsympathetic and I'm sorry. But dude listen I'm in the mathletes that's as dorky as being in the science club. People have tried to bully me too but I don't let anyone intimidate me. You have to stand up for yourself I know you're worried about your powers but if you're too scared to try, people will always bully you."

"Yeah I guess you're right. But I still don't want anyone else to know about my persona."

"Wally, if they care, they'll accept you no matter what."

"Maybe, maybe not." He shrugged.

"All this talk is getting depressing let's watch a movie. I suggest Back to the Future. Can't go wrong with a classic." Robin said jumping over the couch, grabbing the remote and lying across it.

"Are you okay?" Roy asked placing a hand on Wally's shoulder.

"I'll be fine. It's just I'm thinking about what Dick said is all."

"If you say so." Roy shrugged sitting on Robin's back.

"Aw man come on. Get your fat butt off me."

"Dog pile!" Wally shouted jumping on top of both of them.

"Guys come on! I'm still a child!"

The three of them began wrestling with each other trying to gain dominance of the couch.

"Ha I win!" Roy shouted.

"Roy come on." Wally huffed he had ended up at the bottom of the pile.

"Dude you're like ten thousand pounds you're crushing my spine!" Dick added.

"Babies." Roy snorted, making himself more comfortable ignoring Wally's and Dick's protests.

"Dude I said stand up for yourself not kill ten people." Dick said.

"You should see the other guy." Wally chuckled, "Anyway he had his friends jump in doesn't matter cause I still beat them! And I kicked his but after school so I won't even get in trouble."

"Wally is so insecure." Kaldur said, "You wouldn't even realize."

"I hope after this, he'll realize that he doesn't have to hide anymore." M'gann said.

"Maybe, maybe not."

'I'll protect him from now on.' Connor thought to himself.

"Well at least people will stop bothering you." Roy offered.

"Now I'll be the science nerd people are afraid of." Wally shrugged, "No matter. You got any food?"

"Wow, Walls you seem really happy."

"That I am Richie-Rich. That I am. I don't know it's just-I feel good, I haven't properly stood up for myself in a while and it just feels good ya know?"

"Yeah, I know the feeling." Dick smiled.

"Well I sat we celebrate. Code Lyoko marathon!" Roy grinned

Wally and Dick shared a high-five, missing, "That sounds awesome."

"You know if we look at each other's elbows when we do a high-five we'll never miss."

"Dude no way. Let's try it."

Roy shook his head watching then high-five, "You guys are such dorks."

"Yeah but you love us anyway." Dick grinned wrapping and arm around Wally's waist who grinned and placed an arm on Dick's shoulder.

"Nah I only tolerate you at best." Roy chuckled ruffling their hair.

"Not cool man!"

"Dude come on!"

"Dorks." Roy muttered to himself, flopping on the couch am and turning on the TV as he was joined by said dorks.

"Are you sure Wally just stood up did himself and didn't kill the kid who was bothering him?" Artemis asked.

"Actually I looked him up him and his friends were in the hospital for two months and he couldn't prove it either. Nobody believed Wally could cause that much damage and thanks to the accelerated healing it looked like nothing ever happened." Robin grinned.

"Hello Master Wallace."

"Wally's good. Ya know of you keep calling me that I'll start calling you Jeeves. Or not." He said grin fading as he noticed the look on Alfred's face.

"Right I assume you're looking for Master Richard he's in his room."

"Right thanks Alfie!"

"You have your own butler!" Artemis shouted, "And you live in a manor! Gosh you really are a little troll. When this is over I'm camping out at your mansion."

"I don't think Batman will approve."

"Please Batman is as scary as my dad. Actually neither of them are all that scary."

"The only human in the world that isn't frightened by Sportsmaster and Batman." Robin muttered.

Wally threw open the door to Robin's bedroom screaming in shock and covering his eyes, "Dude what are you watching? You're too young for this. It's my job as the older friend to keep you from watching this kind of stuff."

"Seriously, you haven't even turned thirteen yet and just turned eleven." Robin huffed.

"Still doesn't explain what you were watching you naughty child."

"It's not like that! You just walked in at the wrong time."

"Sure I did."

"What are you doing here anyway?"

"So what movie were you watching?"

"Cruel Intentions."

"You were like ten; did you even understand what was happening?"

"I was eleven but look it doesn't matter okay."

"Fine, someone needs to take a chill pill."

"Flash hasn't let me patrol at all in Central or Keystone I'm dying of boredom over there. Let's do something, or I can leave and you can go back to watching the scene that just so happened to show up."

"Shut up Wally. I know a new arcade that just opened up."

"Dude that's like the fifth time in a row, you've beaten me!" Wally pouted, "You're cheating aren't you?"

They were playing at a video game arcade and Wally had been letting him for the past few games.

"Wally's not even trying! Has he been letting me beat him all these years? I can't believe this." Robin pouted crossing his arms.

Artemis laughed turning into a couch when Robin scowled at her, "So you really thought that nothing was up when you would beat him at a game six times in a row?"

"He's been doing this since I was nine okay!"

"And you're the partner of the world's greatest detective."

Robin stayed silent mulling this overbid his head, he hadn't realize Wally was the same boy he'd met when he was six, or that he'd been letting him win at video games all this time. Batman would kill him for those two large oversights.

"So Dick, I say it's time for lunch." Wally grinned giving the boy a noogie, "And since we all can't be the wards of sexy billionaire playboys. I guess you'll be paying."

"Did you just call my dad sexy?" Dick asked incredulously.

"Not what I meant."

"But you have to admit Bruce Wayne is a fine piece of specimen." A seductive voice said.

Both boys turned staring at the woman in shock.

"Is that-?"

"Yeah." Dick muttered looking around, "Dude how did we not notice that all the streets have been deserted?"

"We were too busy discussing how hot your dad is."

"Dude!"

Whatever Wally was gonna say next was cut off as vines wrapped around his waist.

"Wally!"

"Don't fret! I was here just for you but I can't have any witnesses." Poison Ivy grinned wrapping Dick up in bones as well. "Don't worry if you're daddy stops his construction of the new Wayne Enterprises building being built at Isla Park; I won't stick a million thorns into your body like a pin cushion. That park's been there for a hundred years and your father thinks he can just tear it down!"

"Look I'm sorry-"

"You will be if your father doesn't cut off that funding."

"I think I'm in love." Wally sighed dreamily.

"Dude she's a villain with bone crushing vines wrapped around you!"

"I prefer the term misunderstood she just cares about the environment. If your dad wasn't trying to destroy the earth she wouldn't have to resort to this!"

"Are you serious? Wally are you-you have got to be kidding me."

"I agree. I really care about the environment, I'm just misunderstood. I like the way you think kid."

"Us redheads have to stick together."

"Dude you're like obsessed or something. I swear you fall in love with every redheaded girl you meet."

"Not true, it's just you know being called a soulless ginger makes it kind of hard to appreciate my crimson locks." Wally said glumly, "Seeing other redheads cheers me up ya know. Not to mention she's gorgeous."

Poison Ivy blinked, staring at her fellow redhead in shock, she hadn't gotten a compliment like that in years. Most of the comments were usually about how hot, or sexy she was. Never beautiful or gorgeous.

"You think I'm gorgeous?"

"Beautiful." Wally blurted before clamping his mouth shut, blushing. "I mean I um."

Poison Ivy giggled, "Salina will be so jealous."

"Ivy!" Batman shouted, "Let them go!"

"No! Not until Wayne stops trying to build over Isla Park. The park has been here twice as long as he has what gives him the right to destroy it!" Poison Ivy lifted Wally and Dick higher in the area, "I'm keeping the hostages until Bruce Wayne stops his funding."

Batman threw some batarangs at her avoiding the whips she sent his way, "Bruce Wayne isn't funding on anything on Isla Park."

"How would you know?" Poison Ivy glared, "Are you Bruce Wayne? No! So I guess you're calling me a liar."

Catwoman then arrived on the scene with a bag thrown over her shoulder, "Okay Ivy I've for the goods and Harley's in the getaway car." She looked around and stomped her foot angrily, "Oh come on! I told you to distract people not kidnap hostages and bring Batman to the scene!"

"Ha! She was lying! So much for being misunderstood." Dick grinned.

"I don't care! She's still an angel in my books." Wally sighed, "I'm gonna marry her."

"Dude she's evil and she's like twice your age."

"Age is nothing but a number. I'm in love."

"Isn't he precious?" Poison Ivy grinned, sending Batman flying with a whip and lowering Wally towards Ivy. "Harley will love him."

"That's the one I told you about!" Catwoman hissed.

Wally exchanged a confused look with Dick who shrugged.

"Wait did you say Harley? As in Harley Quinn? The creepy sidekick of the man who tortured and gassed me and not to mention nearly killed me!" He shouted, "I don't really wanna meet Harley again. No offense."

"Did he just give away his secret identity?" Artemis asked while Roy facepalmed

"Harley did what!" Catwoman glared, "Oh she's gonna get hers."

"No!" Poison Ivy shouted dropping Dick on the floor, "I'm sure she had a good reason." She placed Wally on the floor gently, kissing his cheek, "Call me in ten years if you don't die." She winked chasing after Catwoman.

Wally grinned, inhaling sharply feeling his cheek burn, "Ouch."

"Dude, you should be dead. Her kisses are poisonous."

"Meta remember. Now where's Batman he didn't even try to rescue us."

"Not like you wanted to be rescued anyway."

"What if we were normal civilians? I should sue Batman."

Dick chuckled and Wally's smile dimmed, "He's standing right behind me isn't he?"

"Hey Bats." He muttered, turning around.

"Ten laps around the world starting now. Make sure cameras can't catch you."

"What you're not my mentor? Second why so many?"

"I've been given permission after Green Lantern to discipline you as I see fit. Five laps for soliciting with a villain, and five more for insulting me."

"I can't my speed is still wonky." Wally faked cough, "I'm still sick."

"Then I guess instead of returning to patrolling full-time in year you can wait three more years."

"No! I'm going! I'm going!" He shouted, taking off.

"Did Flash really say that?" Dick asked now dressed in his Robin costume.

"The discipline thing yes. However Flash intends to bring him back to full-time patrolling on his thirteenth birthday as a present."

"Which means he has no idea what to get him and this was the next best thing?"

"Exactly."

At that moment a blur went by flipping Robin's cape over his head.

"Hey!" He pouted fixing his cape, "How come he doesn't do that to you?"

"Because he knows better." Batman said turning and walking away.

Robin stifled a laugh shoving his hand in his mouth. Wally had painted a pink heart in the middle of his cape and underneath it had written Real Bats Wear Pink.

"What did Batman do when he found out?" M'gann giggled.

"He tried to turn those ten laps into a hundred laps." Robin smirked, "Unfortunately for him the Justice League is besotted with Wally. They protected him from Batman's wrath. At least they tried. Too bad it didn't end well for Bats."

"What happened?"

"Batman showed up in his room during the middle of the night. When Wally saw him he freaked out and started throwing things at him and let me tell you getting hit by a pillow going a hundred miles an hour is a lot worse than it sounds."

Artemis doubled over laughing, "I can't believe it what happened next."

"His Aunt and Uncle heard the screaming and the Flash took one look and said Iris this is a League matter I'll go get help."

"Flash was aware it was Batman correct." Kaldur smiled.

"Correctomundo my friend. Iris joined in the fray and started beating him to. Batman threw down a smoke bomb and fled through the window before Barry could call the League. Unfortunately had out cameras in Wally's room so he could record his reaction. I found the cameras and the clip and sent it to every Leaguer."

"You didn't!" M'gann gasped covering her mouth, even Connor cracked a smile.

"I did. To this day when Batman is being an extreme ass, one of the Leaguers mostly Flash, Green Arrow and Green Lantern just say Vampire Bat, on account on Wally thinking it was a vampire that tried to attach him. It shuts him up pretty quickly but to this day Wally still doesn't know it was Batman. He's forbidden anybody from telling him."

The team stayed silent for a bit before they all began laughing.

"I will never be able to take him seriously again." Artemis chuckled.

"I can't wait to say Stimulation Vampire." M'gann giggled.

"I wonder how he'll react." Kaldur mused.

"Clam up and run away." Roy snickered.

"Probably." Robin shrugged.

It took them five seconds before they began laughing at Batman's misfortune again.