Wally fell through the wall and fell to his knees, he heard the cried through his headset and answered them.
"Still here." He gasped, catching his breath.
"Don't do that to me hot shot." John answered back. "J'ohn and The Sergeants camera are working again, they appear to be nearby."
Wally stumbled to his feet; shaking the spots from his eyes he ignored the red haze that passed over his vision instead and smelt the air. He caught a whiff of the Sergeant and jogged over to the man, checking his pulse. Beside the Sergeant was J'ohn. He checked them both, and breathed a sigh of relief to find them both alive.
Anyanka appeared beside him. "This place is going to collapse." She said.
"Take them back where we started, if I'm not out in time, just go." He said, watching as Carlen and Fulton picked up the two unconscious bodies.
"Hurry." Anyanka said, before turning and running after the four.
"Wally I don't think this is such a good idea." Superman said over the headphones.
"One chance." Wally said.
"We can send down diggers." Superman explained, watching on the screen as Wally hurried to the stairs, dodging the stones and rocks that were dropping around him.
He reached the stairs and rushed up them, removing his headpiece and ignoring any shouts from the Leaguers above.
He reached the top and saw the pedestal with a glowing orb on top. He pulled down his sun glasses against the sharp light and carefully approached it.
Even over the rumbling he heard the shouted warning to beware. In a temper Wally sent a mental message to Superman only, telling him to 'shut up'.
The headphones around his neck went silent and he stepped before the orb, one hand hovering round it, checking for any magic or defences.
Finding none he became suspicious. He took out one blade and gently put the tip to the edge of the orb, only to be jolted back by an electric charge. He hissed as his hand smoked, his blade on the floor.
Scooping it up he cradled his hand to his chest and crouched down beside the pedestal. Taking a deep breath he sliced out at the stone and broke it in two, the orb rolling away from it and heading towards the edge of the balcony.
In a flash he scooped up the orb, replaced his blade and finally took note of the noise down the headphones.
"Wally run!" He looked up to see the balcony around him cracking apart. With a flash of a thought Wally ran to the edge and leapt off, landing on both feet and, barley missing a beat, he continued through the cavern.
"He's coming!" he heard John shouting to Anyanka's headphones.
Wally picked up the pace, not risking running too fast in case he had to dodge larger rocks, but fast enough to reach the entrance within 30 seconds.
He shot up the tunnel and just made it out with a leap as the tunnel behind him caved in. He rolled when he hit the floor, hand clutching the orb as he flipped to his feet and raced up to the group.
"Lets go!" he ordered, watching as the black mist engulfed them all and the next thing he knew was he was back in the headquarters.
Superman took in the dusty group and the two unconscious heroes and ordered medics straight in.
They came and took J'ohn and The Sergeant to be check over while the others had a quick medical check. Anyanka sat in the middle of the floor, head on her knees, knees up to her chest. If she could breath she would have been breathing deeply.
"Good job." Wally said, sitting down stiffly beside her.
She smiled and frowned at his charred hand. "We had a disagreement." He said, flipping the orb in the air and catching it again in his good hand. She smiled and took his charred hand, sensing how drained he was and blew upon the wound.
He felt a tingling sensation and saw the skin begin to heal.
"I can only heal burns." She said. Wally smiled back, removing his sun glasses and staring deeply into the orb with his one good eye.
Deep inside he saw the power, the flames and the hatred. Something so dark and black that it tugged at his soul and made him realise it was something that he recognised, something that the demon in him desired; ultimate power and control.
"Wally?" he snapped his head up and eyed Superman man with his good eye. "What was that?"
"What?" he looked sideways to see Anyanka staring at him.
"What was that? That…power?" she gasped. Wally looked up to see all the heroes and his team staring at him.
He stopped, turned up his sleeves and looked at the deep wounds that were on his arms, only to see that they had healed completely. He held back a gasp and stood up, looking for a reflective surface, he found one and removed his eye patch, running a hand over what was once a half eyeball was now completely healed.
He looked at the orb and slowly placed it upon the control panel. "That's new." He whispered, more to himself than anyone else.
"You okay?" he turned to Fulton.
"Healed, a little shaken up." He laughed.
"Did that…?" Fulton trailed off.
"Apparently."Wally agreed.
Carlen reached out for the orb and placed a hand over it, only to snatch it back with a hiss.
"Carlen?" Wally placed a hand on her shoulder, and took her hand in his. Her skin was scorched and sizzling.
"I think the orb has chosen a guardian." They all turned to Batman who stood with a book in one hand.
"I didn't read that one." Fulton said, stepping over to look at the book. He glanced it over and nodded. "It could choose a guardian, the orb holds the evil, so it will choose a strong figure to protect it."
They all looked back at Wally who had released Carlen's hand and was staring at the orb that was now on the floor. "Can't it re-choose?" he finally said.
"Doubt that." Shayera muttered, walking up beside Wally.
He sighed deeply and picked up the orb. "Until Asesino is back where he belongs." Wally agreed.
"Lets get you something to eat." John suggested. "Carlen?" he asked.
"I'll heal her." Anyanka said, taking the woman's hand in hers.
"Mm could do with some food." The Sergeant muttered walking into the room and waited. Wally just laughed and looked around at his team.
"What do you say to some food and a break?"
"Do they have good training here?" The Sergeant asked, causing the team to groan out loud. "What? What!" he shouted after them as they left the room, following behind, a small smile on his face.
John, Shayera and Diana just shook their heads and smiled at each other before following them out.
J'ohn watched them leave before he entered and watched Superman and Batman look at each other and them go their separate ways.
'J'ohn?' he looked behind him. "You coming?" Wally asked out loud, having hung back from the group.
"Thank you." J'ohn answered matching his friends pace as he made his way to the canteen.
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