Sorry I couldn't update yesterday, my internet is horrible and we didn't have it. So, I made a long chapter to make up for it. Hope you like.
Warnings: Little language, nothing else. Enjoy~
When Wally arrived at the Raquel's house, his tears had dried out, he had gotten a new wardrobe, and he had thrown his phone away; not like it was any good, it was left with no charge at all. Ada opened the door for him, commenting that he looked like crap and she would get him some food. He smiled at her sadly and thanked her, then told her he was going over to Dany's room.
He walked up the stairs of the house, and to the last door on the right of the long hall then opened it. Inside, his group of friends was talking, Jason leaning against a wall, a scowl permanently on his face. They weren't talking about their time as captives; thank God; but of anything that came to their mind. Especially why Wally, Superboy, or Kaldur weren't here. They continued talking without noticing him, until Jason looked at him.
"You coming, kid?" He asked, voice sounding heavier than Wally remembered.
Everybody in the room turned towards the door, Dany giving him a huge smile as he smiled back. They had given her, Angy, and Deshawn a change of clothing, seeing that they were the ones that got the worst of the whole debacle. Three days they had been gone. Then, Wally noted something was up. Roy was carrying a heavily blanketed something in his hands.
"Uh, Roy?" He asked, eyeing the thing in the archer's hands.
"Yeah, Walls?" Roy asked, smirking at the confused speedster.
"Uh…" He said, trying to wrap his head around the fact that… Wow… Just, wow. "What's that?" He asked.
Roy smiled at him, then motioned him to walk over. Wally did so, not even bothering to speed over because he felt a little tired, and looked at Roy expectantly. Roy smiled at him, then showed him what was inside the blankets. A cute and sleeping child. He couldn't be more than seven months. Wally's heart instantly melted at the sight of the little angel. The kid had red hair like his father and was white skinned, and even had a few freckles, but that was all he could see.
"Awww…" Wally cooed, already thinking of ways to turn the child against Roy. "What's his name?" Wally asked, looking up at Roy with wide eyes.
"Liam Harper." Roy answered, smiling down at his son.
This is the reason he wanted to quit. It's not because Jason, Dany, and the rest wanted him to, but because he wanted to be there for his son. He wanted to try to be his best to not be like Liam's mother, who walked out on both of them not even a week later. Ironic enough, it's because of her that Roy started using.
Wally smiled down at Liam, then looked back up at Roy. "He's yours?" He asked.
Roy nodded, then turned to the rest of the group. "Anyone want to hold him? He's getting kind of heavy." He smiled sheepishly.
Wally's mouth hung open, feeling indignated that Roy hadn't asked him. "Hello, Roy, I can hold him." He told him.
Roy only rolled his eyes, and said, "Wally, I don't really feel like having to worry over my kid the whole time I'm here. And, let's face it, you're not the most responsible person out there."
Wally crossed his arms and pouted, but still agreed with Roy. He couldn't even stop his mother from hitting him or his father, or stop his dad from drinking, or stop those men from touching him. Wally caught himself from those thoughts, not wanting to go down that road. He knew he was useless, he just didn't want to face it. Not right now. He put on a fake smile as Roy handed Liam to Raquel, who sat next to Deshawn on the bed were Dany was staying.
"So, my lil' sis," Wally said, strutting over to Dany's bedside. "How's you been?" He asked, smirking down at her.
Dany smiled up at him, even though her green eyes were filled with torment. Wally wanted nothing more than to have been able to stop Alexander. But he couldn't do anything right.
"I'm fine, Wally, how about you?" She asked, her voice more tired than it should be.
"Well, I'm empty." He answered, ready to talk about what happened with Speedy. Might as well say it now instead of letting it drag out.
"Ada's getting food for you, Wally." Raquel spoke, looking at him with a frown. "You should be a bit more patient."
Now that made Wally smile. "Raquel, while I am hungry, I'm all that hungry. I feel empty in my head." He explained, his smile disappearing into a scowl.
The jokeful atmosphere left the room as he said this, and Jason pushed off the wall, walking over to him with worried eyes. "What do you mean, Wally?" He asked.
Wally sighed and looked down at the floor, scratching the back of his neck. "Well, I went to the cave to get Speedy back. There, Batman and Flash confronted us, where I let a few things that happened to me slip." He explained, then continued quickly to not be questioned about that. "Martian Manhunter arrived and told us that Speedy is in a coma because he probed his mind."
Tears appeared in Dany's eyes, along with a gasp from Raquel and Angelina. Roy was scowling, while Deshawn glared, and Jason looked murderous. "He…" Wally swallowed, hating to have to tell this part. "He told me that me and Dany were susceptible to slipping into a coma too because of our connection to him, so… He… cut off our connection." Wally finished.
The reactions from the group were different, but were still pretty much for the same reason. Anger was the main emotion that crossed everybody, except for Dany. So that was the reason why she couldn't call him. Jason tensely walked towards the far wall and punched as hard as he could, leaving a dent in the cement. Angy let tears fall down her cheeks and Raquel wrapped an arm around her to comfort the younger girl. Deshawn's fists clenched till his knuckles basically turned white.
"S-speedy." Dany choked out, then let the tears fall.
Wally sped over to his sister and wrapped his arms around her shoulders. He hugged her as she cried and rocked her back and forth a little. He just wanted to comfort her right now. First the torturing, now her horse. Could the world get any worse? A slow tear rolled down Wally's own face, showing that he too was feeling the brunt of the blast.
"Did you let him?" Jason asked after a minute of silence, back still turned to the group.
Wally looked back at him, cocking an eyebrow in question. Did who let what?
Jason scoffed at him, then turned around completely, letting the kids see the anger on his masked face. "Did you let the Martian cut your connection to Speedy?" He asked.
Wally shook his head, "He didn't even try to strain the connection like before. Just cut it." He explained.
Jason growled at the answer, but his eyes widened and he smirked. The kids all glanced at each other, all of them knowing just how he got when he got an idea when he was angry. We all still remember the games, right? When he kidnapped Superboy and Kaldur? Who knows what he was capable of doing now.
"Well, I don't really like the fact that they're making you go through that, especially with what you passed not even a day ago." Jason said, walking over to the bed that everybody surrounded.
"Jason, what are you thinking?" Roy asked, getting up and facing the older man.
Jason smiled down at him, then said, "Revenge, Roy Joy."
Dany sighed in exasperation at him, and rolled her eyes, making Wally crack a water smile. Too bad they couldn't have this sense of normalcy all the time. Maybe now that he had let his family for good, he would finally be able to be more friends with these guys. He owed to everyone there.
"Hey, Raquel?" Wally asked, deciding to ignore the argument that both men were going to form.
Raquel craned her neck to see him, and asked, "Yeah, Wally?"
"Where's Deadpool?" He asked.
Raquel smiled at him, then said, "He went to call Benny. He needs to know that y'all are in Dakota. From what I've heard, he's been going crazy searching for you guys." She told him, then turned to Deshawn and Angelina. "And, Deshee, auntie's going crazy making your family and the gang look for you. And Angy, your dad has pretty much gone loco with search parties." She explained.
Wally nodded, then said, "Think it's for the best. The sooner we get out of here, the safer I feel." He admitted, scratching his arm.
Everybody turned to him, their stares silently asking why. He chuckled at them, then said, "I don't know why, but I just don't feel safe here. Where is here, anyway?" He asked.
Raquel smiled and answered, "Dakota. But you don't need to know more, Deadpool's going to be teleporting us to Benny's in a while." She told them.
Wally nodded, then turned to arguing Roy and Jason. They had gone from the topic of getting revenge on the heroes in the League and team, to whatever they could think of. Right now they were arguing about what ice cream flavor was better. How did they even get to that topic?
"Hey, Jason?" Wally called, getting their attention.
"What, kid?" Jason growled back.
Leave it to Roy to get Jason pissed off. Huh, they could make a good couple. Wally'll have to ask Dany about that later.
"You made anything to make Carmen Siegel real?" He asked.
Jason's eyes widened at the question, then he said no. Wally smiled at him, then said, "Good. Cause Carmen just got a brother." He said.
"No way." Dany breathed.
Wally smiled down at her and nodded. "Yes way, lil' sis. I'm finally out of that place. I ain't going back to that house, or the cave. For all I care about, Kid Flash could have died on a mission and Wally West could have been kidnapped or some shit like. Because from now on, I'm neither of them." He announced.
A smile broke out on everybody's face, even Roy's and Jason's. Now their little family was coming together. "Awesome!" Dany exclaimed, smiling up at Wally.
"You know it." He said, then got up from his chair and walked over to Angelina, who had been silent the whole time. "Angy?" He asked, looking at straight into her eyes.
"Yeah, Wally?" She asked, a smile on her face. She was now going to be able to spend more time with the man of her dreams.
Wally smiled nervously and hesitantly grabbed her hand. Angelina's breath hitched at the moment, and she looked from his green eyes, to their intertwined hands, and back to his eyes.
"Angelina Rodríguez," He started, looking straight into her eyes. "Will you be my girlfriend?" He asked, sounding completely serious.
She gasped in surprise, eyes wide and she raised her free hand to her mouth. As stupid as it was, she was feeling extremely overjoyed by this. Her silence gave Wally the wrong idea, and his smile slowly slipped into a frown.
"Oh, well," he started, but Angelina grabbed his hand, a sly smile for her features.
"Get over here, you nincompoop." She said, shaking her head then pulled him closer to her and kissed him.
Everybody in the room cheered at their kiss, all of them happy that they finally got together. Everybody there knew they liked each other, they just needed to wait a little until they finally admitted it to themselves. At least they didn't have the kind of romantic tension most young couples have nowadays.
"Finally!" Dany exclaimed, clapping along with Raquel and Deshawn.
Little Liam woke up from his sleep, a little fussy about being woken with so much loud noises and he started crying. Roy groaned at this and scowled. "You just couldn't be more quiet, could you?" He asked, grabbing Liam from Raquel and rocking him, cooing so that Liam would shut up.
Everybody in the room laughed at that, including Wally and Angy as they pulled apart. "So, that's a yes?" Wally asked, giving her hope filled eyes.
She laughed at him and nodded. "Of course, you idiot." She said, then wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him in for another kiss. Oh yeah, deciding that he wasn't going to be Wally West anymore was probably the best idea ever.
Once Deadpool had teleported them back to Benny's warehouse, Dany and Wally were enveloped in a tight hug by both Benny and Virginia, Angy was squeezed to almost death by her father, and Deshawn and Raquel were constricted by their whole family. All in all, it was the best reunion they could ask for. Ada arrived along with them, Benny giving her a hug because they had known each other from back in the day.
And, of course, Virginia fell in love with Liam, who had stopped being fussy and was starting to be happy with his surroundings. Then, the really hard part came. Benny took all of them to his house, made dinner, and while at dinner, they had to tell the adults exactly what had happened.
"So, I know the part that you were taken from Red Hood's warehouse in Kansas, but I don't know the rest." Benny said.
Jason sighed, then looked at everybody else's eyes. Dany clearly didn't want to say what happened to her, Wally was still pretty defensive about what had happened, Angelina and Deshawn were still tender on the subject, and Roy didn't have the heart to tell them that it was basically his fault.
"Well, Benny, you know the Donovich's right?" He asked, making Benny nod. "Well, Ivan Donovich died some time ago, right?" He asked, making Benny nod once more. "Well, his brother, Alexander, didn't really like that, so he took matters in his own hands. Kidnapped all of us from where we were." He explained.
Benny's knuckles turned white because of that, but he managed to control his face. He was almost as good as Batman. "Continue."
"He thought Dany, Roy, or me knew where the rest of Ivan's things were, so he decided to play mind games. And that game consisted of hurting Dany to see which one of us broke first." He continued. "From what he told Wally, he wanted to know who had taken all Ivan's money, but we didn't know that. So, he just decided to hurt Dany until he got information out of us." Jason told him in a tired tone of voice.
Now Benny was frowning and his knuckles were completely white, and his breathing was labored. Three days. Three days both Virginia and himself were worried out of their minds because of the disappearance of their daughter, to now find out she was tortured because of a power crazed maniac. Both of them knew how the Donovich's were, blood thirsty, power lusting, sick son's of bitches, all of them. For those three days the whole gang was to look for both his daughter and Jason, because even if Benny didn't want to believe it, it could be possible that Red Hood kidnapped her. Thank God he was right all along.
"Carmen?" He asked, looking at his daughter, who was looking down at the table.
"Yeah, dad?" She asked quietly, straightning up, but still not looking him directly in the eye.
"Honey, what did he do?" Virginia asked in a soft and understanding voice.
She gulped, then looked around the table at the different faces. They all looked back at her with worried eyes, even Deshawn's brother, who she met in a not very nice way. She looked at the green eyes of Jason and Wally, and got nods from both of them. It was better to talk about it here than some creepy therapist.
"Well," She started, grabbing her left forearm with her right hand. "He basically carved me. Here," She started, moving her right hand to point where he had cut all the lines. "He made some lines, I think he wanted to make it look like I cut myself." She said, wincing a little at the pain, then she moved her left hand towards her right arm, hovering over the arrow. "Here, an arrow. And on my forearm, a gun." She said, then she sniffled. She didn't want to say it.
"And he did the worst on her chest." Wally cut in for her, getting everybody's attention. His eyes were narrowed as he held Angelina's hand under the table, Angy squeezing his hand for support. "A Flash insignia." He told them, voice clipped and strained, then looked away from the surprised faces.
Everything was quiet as the words sunk in, Dany looking down at the table to not have to see the faces. Gods, they were going to hate her now. She can't go on her rounds with scars, that isn't something bastards aren't drawn to.
"Carmen?" Virginia's soft voice tore through the silence, making it a little less overpowering.
Her green eyes looked up, unshed tears in place, to see that Virginia was smiling sadly. "Yeah, mom?" She asked.
Carmen's eyes softened at the tone, and she said, "Carmen, would you like to buy more appropriate clothing?" She asked, not so subtly changing the mood.
Carmen's eyes widened at the proposition, but she slowly smiled and nodded. "I would love that, mom." She answered, without a fight because she knew Virginia was going to let her buy whatever she wanted.
And like that, the happy mood was back. They continued eating and laughing, all of them wanting to forget about what had just happened to their kids. Amazingly enough, Deadpool decided to stay with the Siegel's, telling Raquel that he thought he should stay to help Jason with her training. Because, come on, everyone should know Krazy-Fu, Deadpool's form of Kung-fu. And, as soon as he could, Jason got to work on the records for Carmen and Bolt Siegel. Don't ask him why, because Wally told him that a fresh name meant whatever he wanted, and he wanted to be Bolt. The boy's an idiot at times.
As he typed up the name, Jason stopped, the light from the screen shining him square in the face, and showing a small smile on his lips. Then he shook his head and chuckled, then continued typing, because sure, Wally was an idiot, and the rest of the kids were dangers to society, but they were his idiot and dangers to society, and nothing was going to change that. Not even the Justice Grandpa's or their Kiddie League.
Fluffy ending! Now, next chapter can be one of two things, Dany and Wally's life with the Siegel's three months later, or how the League is making it. Choose your side, my friends. Five reviews and I'll update tomorrow.