"So, Dick ended up here." a red head male said with a troubled tone while staying in front of the room where he's friend was laying on his hospital bed.
"Yes." the older man in the room nodded.
"And Bats gone nuts, I guess." the boy crossed his arms.
"More or less, but I could convince him to go home." the Flash said while eating. "I mean there are some real issues going on." he looked at the window near the door, through it, at the man on the bed.
"All my fault-"
"Wally. It was no one's fault. You saved people, Dick saved you and Kaldur and Roy saved Dick. Everything will be alright, time will resolve it." the man took a bite.
"I'm not going to be a hero anymore, Uncle Barry. Never again. Besides, Bart proved he is a good Kid Flash. That name belongs to Bart."
"He has questioned every single thing he had done as Kid Flash. He wanted you to be proud of him."
"I am proud. He doesn't know I'm here, right?"
"No, he doesn't." Wally took two hamburgers and began walking down the hallway. "Hey! Where're you goin'?" Flash yelled after him with full mouth.
"Making a competition. Which Kid Flash can eat faster?" Wally yelled back.
"I think I know." Flash murmured to himself and chuckled. "Hey! You didn't leave food for me!" the man yelled.
In the meeting room all the heroes gathered, except Flash and Batman. Aqualad and Red Arrow were standing in the middle of the room, determination radiating from them. The doors were locked, the place was secured.
"The Court of Owls is back." said Red Arrow without any warning earning an exasperated look from Aqualad. "What? I thought we're gonna get straight into the subject." Red Arrow rose his arms in a defensive position, Aqualad sighed.
"Wait, what?" asked Shazam tone full of surprise and some heroes looked skeptically at the two in the middle of the room.
"Their pets attacked Batman, Robin and Red Hood one month ago." some heroes looked with wide eyes, clearly not ringing any bells. "Really?" Red Arrow wailed his hands exasperatedly. "You didn't know. Where were you? Living under a rock?"
"Red Arrow." Aqualad warned.
"Nightwing's in the med bay. Bats acting weird. Flash is always at the med bay. And you don't know what happened? Seriously?" he made a confused face, Aqualad sighed. 'This is going to be interesting.'
"How's being Kid Flash?" asked the male red head the boy standing opposite him in the cafeteria.
"It's awesome. I mean… Do you want the name back?" fear flashed over the boy's face.
"No, I don't." the male smiled sadly. "Do you like it?" his smile faded.
"Yes." the child grinned eagerly. "But it is hard…" he looked away. "…to be as good at it as you were." the man put a hand on the boy's shoulder and squeezed it, so the boy looked up.
"You're doing a good job, Bart, and I'm proud."
"Really?" in a flash the boy was near the man, trapping him into a tight hug.
"Kid, let me breath!" the man wailed.
"SorryWally,butthisisjustsosawesome." the boy stopped seeing that the man looked away. "What's wrong?"
"I left and everything changed. It's so weird. I mean while I was recovering I was dreaming about things that happened… I was remembering the good times, when me and Nightwing, who was Robin back then, were thinking about what prank to pull, and Red Arrow, who was Speedy, was babysitting us. We were children and after some time, we ended up being best friends and we talked a lot. I mean a lot. But I remember that one day, when the founders had a meeting, that me, Robin and Speedy were bored so we went up the vents and dropped in a room, there we were goofing and playing." he smiles at the memory. "I was thinking I'll be the Flash, Robin thought he'll be Batman and Speedy that he'll be like Green Arrow. It's so weird to see how things turned out… I don't want to be a hero anymore. Nightwing became a Talon and I don't know how it happened. Red Arrow got enough of this place and went solo… Sometimes I wish I could be that kid again." Wally looked at the boy, who was sad.
"Sorry, Wally." he said quickly and Wally found himself in that tight hug.
"I can't breathe!"
When the meeting ended Red Arrow went to Martian Manhunter and signalized to follow him. When nobody was there Red Arrow turned to the alien and spoked quietly.
"Hey, J'onn. I was thinking how could The Court make Dick be a Talon and I think they manipulated him somehow. Can you look into his mind?"
"I was told it is a rude thing to do."
"Well, it is, but not in this context. But please, don't tell anyone. I don't think anyone would appreciate it." Red Arrow looked around to see if anyone is listening.
"I understand, and I will do it, you are concerned about your friend."
"Yes, I am." the man looked down, shaking his head he looked back up. "I suspect they did something with his brain or something, I don't want anyone being controlled by some codes, like I was. Please don't tell it to anyone, not even M'gan, she is still shaken. I'm counting on you, thanks." he turned and left.
Miss Martian and Superboy were walking in the corridor when they both noticed two walking piles of food. With legs. Two walking piles of food with legs… They both stopped and took a better look.
"Wally? Bart?" M'gan asked, now seeing the man and boy each holding a huge pile of food.
"Yeah?" both answered.
"What are you doing?" Conner asked.
"There's a speedster sitting alone in front of the med bay. Speedsters have fast metabolism. Believe me, guys, he needs our help." and then both left balancing the food, leaving two confused people.
I'm back.
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Mean. Anyway I hope this chapter is good enough.
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Because I wrote it in about two hours... I so hope people will like it.
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Fine, fine. I don't own DC or any characters, but I own my imagination and computer. XD
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Hope you like it, until next time, byee. :)