Hey guys. Here's this week's one-shot. I hope you're all doing well during this crazy time. If anyone has any prayer requests or you just want to talk, feel free to PM me.
Rating: K+
Time-Line: Season 1 (Except for the +1)
Genre: Humor, Friendship
Summary: Five times Wally protected Dick's identity...And one time it wasn't necessary.
Word Count: 2k
1.
"Come on Supes! Pass the ball over here!" Wally called. Connor kicked the soccer ball (with more than a little bit of super-strength) and Wally zoomed after it, kicking it back at super speed.
"Guys! I thought we said no powers!" Robin said, grumpily. Wally, Connor, and Superboy were playing Soccer out in a field near Happy Harbor, and Wally and Connor had promised no powers.
"Whoops. Sorry, Rob," Wally said, having the decency to look guilty. Even though Wally wasn't using super speed, being a runner made his legs the strongest part of his body, so he still packed quite a kick. Connor kicked the ball to Wally and Wally kicked it at Robin, accidentally hitting him in the face. Robin fell to the ground, his sunglasses flying off his face. Wally's eyes widened. and before Dick could move his hand from where he was holding his bruised nose, with his eyes shut, Wally zipped over, picked him up, and took off at super speed, doing the first thing he could think of. Put him in the nearest tree.
By the time Dick caught up to this though it was too late. "Wallace! Get me down from here!"
"Be right back!" Wally ran back to the field, grabbed the abandoned sunglasses, and ran back to the tree. "Here!"
"What was that for?!" Dick yelled down, annoyed.
"Dude! Batman would kill me if I let Supey find out your identity! Nevertheless, let it happen in a public park!"
Dick rolled his eyes, exasperated. "Whatever," Dick said, flipping down. "How about we play something that you guys can't use your powers for."
2.
"Hey, Artemis. Where are you going?" Robin asked, from his spot on the couch. He could see she was heading for the Zeta Tubes.
"To go spend time with my mom. It's Mother's Day," she said, giving him a look as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Oh, right," Robin said. It had been a long weekend and he had honestly forgotten. He knew it was sometime soon but hadn't realized it was today. He vaguely remembered that he and Wally planned to spend the day watching Disney movies with Aunt Iris.
"Shouldn't you be spending time with your mom too?" Artemis asked, brow furrowing.
Dick's stomach dropped. "Uh,"
"Hey, Dude," Wally said, launching himself over the back of the couch, with impeccable timing. "You ready to go?"
"Where are you guys going?" Artemis asked, suspicious.
"Duh, to celebrate Mother's Day, Arty," Wally said, sticking his tongue out at her.
Dick didn't hear the rest of what they said as they bickered back and forth. He was just glad he was saved from all of Artemis' questions.
3.
Wally hated dodgeball.
First, usually, when he played it was at school during P.E. where he had to pretend to be a wimpy helpless nerd.
Second, he was a runner. And while being a superhero made him pretty fit overall, his legs were still a lot stronger than his arms just from being a speedster and a runner. So throwing things? Not really his strong suit.
And third, no one wants to play dodge ball with a frickin' acrobat who could literally dodge anything anyone throws at him. Luckily, this was the last round, so he FINALLY got to use his powers.
Wally grinned, taking off running, weaving in and out of all the balls M'gann had thrown at him with her telekinesis.
"You're gonna have to do better than that babe," Wally said, grinning. Unfortunately while trying to dodge all of the balls, he wasn't able to dodge Robin who was in his path.
Wally came to a screeching halt. Or tried to anyway. Even though he had slowed down significantly from the speed he had been going, he still slammed into Robin with enough force to send them both crashing to the ground.
They both groaned, regaining their bearings. Somehow Wally had ended up on top of Dick, and Dick's face was smashed against the mats, his sunglasses laying a few feet away. As soon as Dick tried to sit up though, his face was slammed against the mats once more. He growled in annoyance, about to sit up again when Wally said,
"Don't look up!" And quickly sped off the top of him, returning less than a second later, handing him his sunglasses. He shielded his eyes, grabbing them from the redhead, and putting them back, securely onto his face.
"Thanks," Robin said sarcastically. Wally just grinned, sheepishly.
4.
"No. Nonononononononono. Rob, come on buddy, you gotta wake up." Robin's mask had fallen off in the explosion and he was out cold. He was covered in blood. "Rob. Come on buddy, you gotta open your eyes for me." Wally said, shaking his best friend's shoulder a little. His team was yelling at him in his mind, asking what had happened. Come on. Focus Wally. "It was a trap. The crates exploded as soon as we got in the room. Robin...was hit. He needs medical attention yesterday. I'll run him to the bioship and we need to book it back to Mount Justice." Wally said, assessing Robin's injuries.
"Understood," Aqualad responded. "Superboy, Artemis, and I will stay and complete the mission. Kid and Miss Martian will transport Robin back to Mount Justice."
Wally picked up Robin as gently as he could, but it still stirred a groan from the boy. "Nrrrgh. KF, wha 'appened?" He slurred, looking around blearily, hissing in pain.
"Shh, it's okay Rob. Try not to move." Kid Flash said. He carefully sat Robin down again, and removed his goggles, putting them over Robin's eyes. Kid Flash smirked weakly, before picking Robin up again. "Can't let the team see those precious baby blues of yours or Batman would kill me," Wally explained, his smirk falling as Dick coughed, blood dribbling down his mouth. "Come on Rob," Wally said as he took off running. "Don't give up on me now."
5.
Wally jerked himself awake from where he had been sitting in the waiting room of the med bay. It had been 8 hours since they brought Dick in. It was now 7 in the morning and Wally had bearly slept at all. All he had down was take a shower, change clothes, and grab a quick snack, which had taken approximately 3 minutes. He had told Batman what had happened before the Dark Knight disappeared into the med bay with Robin in his arms. Since then Wally had alternated between pacing around the med bay waiting room, sitting in the chair bouncing his leg nervously, and jerking himself awake. Other than leaving to go to the bathroom and grab a few snacks which both took 40 seconds tops. Then he hadn't left the med bay.
He was on his feet as soon as he heard footsteps. Which was several seconds before the med bay doors opened to reveal none other than Batman himself. Batman eyed him up and down, before staring at him for a total of 4.39 seconds before he finally spoke.
"He's expected to make a full recovery, but he took quite a beating so it will be a while before he's back in the field." Wally felt like melting in relief. "I'll inform the rest of the team. You can see him now." That's all Wally needed to hear before zipping into the med bay.
"Dude, you scared me," Wally said, speeding to Dick's bedside.
"Waaalls. Zat youuu?" Dick said, giggling.
Wally rolled his eyes. "Dude, how high are you?"
"Not hiiiigh. Alred juusst gotta make me some 'ot ocolate. Then I'll be aaaall better."
Wally couldn't help but giggle. "Dude, you are so high."
"Bruce gonna come take me 'ome soon. we're gonna watch 'isney movies," Dick said, grinning dopily. "But shhhh," Dick tried to put a finger to his mouth, but he ended up just lifting his hand up and letting it flop back down. "Bruce doesn't knooow yet. I'm gonna trick him and make 'im watch 'em."
Wally laughed. "Dude, no secret identities in the cave, remember?"
"No secrets. Shhhhh."
Wally snorted. "Alright, dude. I'm gonna get B to get back in here. No way the team can see you when you've got no filter on the pie hole of yours," Wally said, ruffling his hair, before turning to go inform Bruce of Dick's 'lack of filter'.
"Byeeee Waallyyy!"
Wally chuckled. "Bye, Rob."
+1
Today is the day.
Batman- no, Bruce, was finally letting him reveal his identity to the team. The team had been going strong for a little over a year now, and a lot had changed. Wally and Artemis were together. So were Connor and M'gann. M'gann had revealed her true Martian form to them ages ago. And Artemis had revealed her family relations to the team, as did Superboy. Kaulder was still the team leader, faithful and reliable as always. Wally had even revealed his past to the team.
Yes, a lot had changed. And today was the day there'd be no more secrets between them. Robin had gathered all of the original team members in the den of the cave.
Dick looked at all of them through tinted glass, which would only be obscuring his vision for a few moments longer. Connor, Kaulder, M'gann, Artemis, and Wally- who had rushed off to the kitchen to get a snack, promising to be back in a few seconds. He hadn't told any of them why he had gathered them all, but they'd find out any moment now.
Dick cleared his throat. "I wanted to talk to you all. This team has been operating for over a year now, and this has probably been the best year of my life. A lot's happened since this team was formed. Including trust that's been built. And because I trust you all with my life, Batman has finally allowed me to trust you with the rest of my life." Their eyes all widened. "He's seen that you can all be trusted and that in order for a team to function at it's absolute best, all the members have to have absolute trust in each other. And I have absolute trust in all of you. So," He reached up, grabbing his glasses, and just as he took them off his face before the team even had time to see his face, a blur crashed into him and tackled him.
"Dude!" Wally cried, pinning him to the ground. "What are you doing?!"
"Wally!" Dick yelled, glaring at him through his sunglasses. Apparently, the speedster had missed his whole speech and all he walked in to see was Dick's sunglasses leaving his face.
"Do you WANT Batman to kill us?!"
"Dude! He finally gave me permission to tell them!" Dick said, yanking his arm out from where Wally had had it pinned.
Wally blinked, "Oh," he glanced back at the team, zipping over to where he had dropped his snack, and back onto the couch to join the rest of the team. "Carry on then!" He said, cheerfully.
Dick rolled his eyes, dusting himself off, before standing up again. "My name," he said, reaching up again, this time taking the sunglasses off. "Is Dick Grayson."
The room was so silent you could hear a pin drop. Until he finally got a reaction when Artemis yelled at him.
"You little troll!"
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~SunshineGirl14