"Okay we'll start the party around 10, that means I'll have to start organizing for the school spirit fundraiser before four. And the Halloween fest before five, hey do you guys think a pumpkin carving contest is too cheesy" Chad asked as he and the rest of the crew walked outside of school.
He was of course ignored by Clint. Trixi simply snorted and Abigail began her endless amount of teasing.
Wally was to preoccupied with his thoughts to reply. He was going to a party, to a popular kids party. He had stopped thinking about it after lunch, letting his mind focus on his studies instead. It's now the end of school and his heart was beating overtime.
A party. Him?
"Hey freckles you still here with us" Abigail said after snapping her fingers in the dazed boys face.
"Huh, yeah. What happened", Wally sheepishly asked.
At this Abigail could only laugh, "I was making sure you knew my address silly"
"Oh umm…"
Wally paused. Of course he knew her address, who didn't know her address. She's the president's granddaughter for christ sake. But is he suppose to admit that or be a cool guy and act clueless.
Before he could decide which one would make him look the least like a fool, Clint spoke,
" He can just google it. Now can we leave or are we gonna stand in the parking lot for another thirty minutes like a bunch of narks".
"Oh yeah. Wally text me if you get lost on the way there" Abigail called out as she and Clint got inside Clint's very expensive red sports car.
The couple didn't even give Wally the chance to tell the bubbly blonde that he doesn't have her number before pulling off.
"Well I guess I can just ask the two off you" Wally said. However, much to his surprise only Chad was there.
"Trixi left when Abby and I were arguing. Oh and I already put the crews numbers in your spiral notebook when I was going through your things. Green notebook, first page, next to your chemistry notes. Which by the way dude, you should really organize your notes by subject. No reason to have english on one page and chemistry on another", Chad said.
Wally didn't bother telling Chad the real reason he only used one notebook. I mean the guy was getting into a new BMW for christ sake. Wally didn't even have enough cash to catch the bus.
As if sensing this the professional brunette turned to Wally and asked, "Do you need a ride".
"Huh, no thanks man".
"You sure. I know you live in Blue Valley, that's like a thirty minute drive by car. For a bus, it must be over an hour".
"Actually going to my uncle's place. And dude it's literally a ten minute walk so I'm good",
"Alright, if you say so". Chad replied. He sent the redhead a small smile before pulling off, leaving a trail of smoke in his place.
Wally waited a couple of minutes until the slender black car was out of his view, before groaning and making his way towards his uncle's home.
It's not like he didn't love his uncle's home. Hell, it was more home than home. But he really didn't feel like hearing a lecture. They haven't really had a talk about Wally's behavior since his suspension.
Technically he hasn't really apologized to Artemis. I mean he tried to yesterday night but Uncle Barry sent him home.
Hell, it's not like she apologized either.
As he continued to think of the inevitable lectures he was sure to receive from both Barry and Iris, his footstep got slower. The ten minute walk to his uncle's suburban house had suddenly become fifteen minutes.
He was nearly at the house when his cell phone rang.
Wiot Basel.
An alias of Batman, Dick had come up with it when the boys were just starting out.
"Hello-
"Wally we need you at the bat cave in the next two minutes" Tim quickly said.
Wally started to tell the boy he was suspended, but then he realized Tim probably already knew and didn't care. They would have reached him through his comm if this was a team problem. So it's a bat issue and it must be important. They almost never ask for help.
He kept this all in consideration as he quickly changed from his civies and ran towards Gotham.
"Thirty seconds late" Tim murmured once he arrived.
"Yeah well, it's hard enough getting here quick, making sure no one follows me takes a little time. Where the big emergency, I know Bats wouldn't have called unless it's urgent".
'He didn't call you remember, I did" Tim replied. He still hadn't bothered glancing up from his work on the computer.
"Ookay, well why did you use Bats alias cell. I mean you have your own and what the heck are you looking at" Wally responded as he to began looking at Tim's work. It was a bunch of intersecting lines around cities near Gotham. It honestly didn't look like anything the boy genius would have came up with.
"I called on B's phone because I wanted to make sure I get a reply. You've been ignoring calls from anyone on the team for a while". Tim tiredly replied.
"I haven't-
"Don't bother denying it, I'm not too upset about it. Anyways this is a map B made tracking Dick".
"Woah, seriously didn't he just leave yesterday, there's no way he's been to all these cities".
"He's probably been to more but this is what we could gather through traffic cams".
"Damn, sneaky ninja. You know I always knew he was a master at hide and seek, but this...this is crazy. It seems like you've tracked him well enough, what you need me for".
Tim finally looked up from the screen and turned towards Wally. He looked like crap, bags under his eyes and all. Wally now understood why he was giving such quick answers. Why he sounded so exhausted earlier.
"He's looking for Jason, getting into some pretty bad places. Bruce went after him once he broke his wrist fighting some thugs in Selfer. When he arrived at the place all that was left there was a note saying ' I'm gonna avoid the cams from now on'. Bruce is still trying to track him but he won't go after him anymore".
"Dick move" , Wally murmured. Tim ignored the jab and continued, " I think Dicks in this city Bludhaven. I want you to go there and find him, tell him to come home".
"Okay..but if Dick won't listen to B. What makes you think he'll listen to me. I mean why don't you just go".
"You're his best friend, that means something. Besides he's not too happy with me either, I knew…. I knew Jason was back".
Wally shook his head. He suddenly understood why Tim had sent all those weapons to Jason during their battle. He didn't want Jason to tell the team, to tell Dick he was alive.
"Why" Wally harshly asked.
Tim let out a humorous laugh and frowned, " I don't know. Maybe because I was following B. Maybe because I didn't want Dick to destroy himself like he's doing now. Maybe...because I...because I didn't want to give Robin back….. God what's wrong with me".
For Tim, being Robin was more than a job. Being Robin, meant being the with the team, being with Bruce,Alfred and Dick. He just couldn't give that back to Jason. He couldn't be alone again.
He started crying towards the end and Wally embraced him as a means of comfort. He knew what it was like to feel alone, to be alone. In his head what Tim was feeling was both reflective and obscure.
Tim had every reason to feel like he was alone. I mean Dick was gone, Alfred was doting on a brutting Bruce. He must feel alone.
But at the same time, he must know he wasn't. As standoffish a Bruce was, Wally knows for a fact he' cares for Tim. He loves Tim, the same as Dick and Alfred. Tim will never be truly alone, but if he's feeling like it the least Wally could do is try to relieve it.
After a couple of minutes, Wally pulled away from the sniffling boy, "Come on cut the water works, I'll find him okay, just stop staining my suit. Did you know yellow fabric actually dries slower because of the nega beams in the sun. Crazy right, I think Uncle Barry designed this on purpose so I'd be more careful. You know I am pretty klutzy".
Tim snorted but complied and removed himself completely from Wally. After moving his mask and drying his tears, he turned to Wally and gave him his regular old Robin stare. "Wally..Thanks".
Wally smirked, "No problemo kiddo, see ya".
And with that, the vivacious redhead zoomed off towards Bludhaven.
The building around him blurred first, then the sky and finally the air. This was Wally's favorite part of running with the wind. He could almost feel himself getting lost in it.
In the middle of his romance with the wind, a thought entered his head and he abruptly stopped. Something was definitely on his neck, if he wasn't so intuned with the wind he would never have felt it. A tracker, of course, the bats would never rely only on Wally's word. As Wally reconfigured the tracker, he slowly began to walk along the slums of Bludhaven.
Of course, as soon as the tracker went offline, Tim called him. The little imp kept ringing his line that Wally had no choice but to turn his phone off.
He must not have been paying any attention. Because the next thing he knows, he's barely dodging a bullet.
"Awh man ye missed him," a short, stout man said.
His partner, the shooter was a tall, lean man with unkempt hair and an unruly smirk. "I know that ya dolt. Guess the kids actually as fast as they say he is".
Wait what. Did these guys deliberately shoot at him to see if he was really fast.
"Ummm..Wally started only to be cut off by a string of bullets. He easily avoided all 200 before yelling "What the hell".
"Damn kid you gots the move," the lean one said with a smile.
"Ummm thank you…." Wally skeptically replied. They were shady people, that was obvious. But they honestly didn't seem that dangerous and it was nice to be complimented every now and then.
And this is where Wally made his mistake. He doubted the men's volatility at a time he shouldn't. He let the tall one walk over to him. He listened to his stupid compliments and blatantly ignored the little ones actions.
He was too busy listening to the tall one, that he didn't even see the bomb in the small ones hands until he held it up. He would have grabbed it, but before he could the tall one put his gun to his temple.
"Your in Black Mask territory flash boy, anyone's that comes in super or not, they never come out. Can't have ya telling everyone what ya seen"
Wally didn't bother telling the man he saw nothing, instead, he instantly sped past him, grabbed the gun, tied him up and made his way towards his buddy.
But he was a millisecond too late.
The short man was now tied up, and the bomb was defused and discarded to the left of him. To the right of him stood a boy, a boy Wally knew all too well.
Dick?
He was dressed in his Nightwing kevlar with his Robin mask, but he didn't really seem like Dick. Something was missing, after further inspection, Wally realized it was Dick's sun shining smile and with it his entire glow.
"Thanks-" Wally began but quickly stopped to zoom in front of the departing boy. "Hey wait".
"No KF. You probably don't know this but Bruce and Tim are tracking you. They bugged your suit and sent you here. The tracker records all conversations and sends a signal to Bruce when my voice enters its range. I've only got ten minutes before Bruce comes". Dick quickly replied. He then sent out a grapple hook and swung to the next building.
Wally could only groan as he ran up the same building seconds later. Moody Dick was not someone he wanted to talk to. And what exactly did he mean by 'you probably didn't know', Wally's smart too.
"Dude would you just hear me out. I disabled the tracker on my way here, I'm not here to tell you to go home" Wally screamed once he made it to the top.
Dick was just about to jump to the next Rooftop but stopped and asked, "What".
"I said I disabled the tracker. Hey your not the only family with some brains, if you're forgetting I got my powers through recreating an experiment".
"Yeah man sorry…. So if you're not here to tell me I should go home, why are you here".
"Your my bestfriend, your fourteen years old and a runaway. I think that gives me every right to seek you out".
"I'll be fifteen next month"
"November eleventh, technically is 28 days away. That's less than a month", Wally countered.
"Tell that to February", Dick chimed back.
Wally laughed, "Oh god we're such nerds".
Dick laughed as well until he truly processed Wally's words. He the somberly said, "That's Roy's line".
Roy.
Damn it, did Wally miss Roy.
"It was so much easier when we first started" Dick stated. Wally numbly nodded, when they first started the team they thought they were invincible. That no one could touch them, and they'd always be together. Then Jason died.
He knew Dick must be thinking the same thing by the way his face scrunched.
He hated seeing Dick upset, it was so bizarre. It both scared and relieved Wally in a way he couldn't imagine. Robin and KF are always the happy ones of the group, always the optimist.
Now Wally's was an act to escape his hell of a life. But Dick, Dicks was real. He honestly did always look on the bright side. The fact that he isn't right now, only tell two things.
He's human
2. He's broken
But the best thing about Dick is, he's not hard to fix. Wally knows this for a fact. All it takes is a little hope and Dicks back to the witty idiot he was before.
This is why he told Dick he's right, it was easier when they started. "But our hardships make us where we are now. I mean look, You're getting Jason back. That's sure to make things turn around, maybe even Roy will come back" Wally finished with an optimistic smile.
Dick seemed perplexed with his words. It was as if he had never truly considered the after effects of Jason's return. Suddenly a wide smile broke out on his face as he went over to bro hug Wally, "Yeah, your right. Jason coming back will fix everything. We'll all be together and happy. It'll be just like old times... Thanks man I needed that".
Wally smiled and returned the hug, "Don't mention it. But uh you may want to tell Timbo about this together and happy goal".
Dicks face soured again, "Tim knew Jason was alive Wally. He knew for months and he didn't tell me".
"He's twelve Dick. He was following Bats, not to mention looking out for you and avoiding his non real fear of being replaced and alone again", Wally said with a roll of his eyes.
Dicks face fell again " He thinks we're gonna replace him".
Wally mutely nodded then reached behind his neck to pull out a metal tracker. "Look, I'm not saying go home. Go ahead find Jason, bring him home. But if you want to, if you ever need them. You should have some way of contacting them".
Dick hesitated, to which Wally could only roll his eyes.
Honestly is everyone in the Bat Family is so skeptical.
"I disabled it, if you want to turn it back on all you have to do is add pressure here".
Dick nodded as he retrieved the tracker and slipped it in his suit. "Thanks".
"No problem. See ya soon?"
Dick smirked, "Definitely".
And with that, both boys took off. Wally back towards Central City and Dick to some alleyway down west.
It didn't take long for Wally to reach Central City from Gotham. Ten minutes top. Bludhaven was closer than that, So you can imagine Wally's face when he entered Central City and the sun was down.
"Damn I've been out all day "Wally murmured.
In all actuality it wasn't that unpractical. He got out of school at four, spent some time daydreaming and listening to Chad and Abigail argue. Consoling Tim took a while. Finding and talking to Dick took even longer.
Honestly he shouldn't at all be surprised that it was now 8:30.
He decided it would be a waste to go to his Uncles House now. I mean honestly the party started at 10, and he still was avoiding that double lecture. Instead he turned back on his phone, googled Abigail's address and walked his way there.
Her house was over 230 miles away from his current destination. An hour and twenty-five minute walk at the least. Good, he wasn't sure if he was supposed to come early.
Did people ever come to a party early?
By the time he reached Abigail's it was 9:45. Wally inwardly cursed at his bad luck and debated for a minute if he should ring the doorbell. The back gate was technically open, and Wally could definitely see a Ferris wheel being set up. But is he allowed back there.
After much consideration, he decided standing outside like the loser with no invite was probably not the best idea. So he rung the bell.
A tall man in a pink suit answered it. He had little to no hair left on his head and scowl that would make Bruce jealous.
" The festivities aren't until 10" he boomed.
Wally inwardly shrunk as he stammered for his response, "uh sorry sir.. I uh-
"Wally you came" Abigail squealed as she rushed to the door in the skimpiest pink dress. She quickly grabbed the freckled boy's arm and dragged him into the large mansion.
"Wow," Wally murmured.
Wow, was right. Besides the fact that the house was bigger than most museums, it was decorated like a candy land of some sorts. Licorice, Lollipops, Gumdrops galore. It looked like something straight out of a dream.
"If you thinks this is great wait until you see outside," Chad said with a smirk. Abigail mimicked his smirk and it was all the warning Wally would get before he was dragged outside.
"Hey..wait" he yelled but the two preps continued to pull him along. Finally the reached outside and just as Chad had said Wally couldn't believe it.
A dance floor, an arcade, a ferris wheel, a roller coaster, four bars, carnival games and a pool filled with some pink liquid.
"Food coloring" Wally guessed as he walked over to the pool.
Abigail giggled, "You know I love pink, so most of the time it is. But today it's something a little more..wicked".
"Its Abby's favorite dink a Pink Paradise", Chad replied.
"Its alcohol" Wally sputtered. Honestly he had never seen so much booze in his life and he's so counting all the times he stayed at Oliver Queen's place.
Clint rolled his eyes, and muttered 'no it's ya grandmas draws'. While Chad laughed and shook his head. Abigail for once was the only mature one.
"Sure is! And it's delicious feel free to jump on in. It's ten, I'm gonna go tell Carmichael to start letting people in".
Wally watched as her figure disappeared back into the house. When he finally turned his attention back to Chad and Clint, the two popular kids were far from the pool at the nearest bar ordering a drink.
Wally could only watch them down their first couple of drinks before the backyard became filled with people and the music began playing.
As he shuffled through the crowd he tried his best to carefully make his way through. He's not to sure why some people were dancing with their drinks. Or why they would get upset when someone bumped into them causing their drinks to fall. But after seeing one of the linebackers break a kids nose over it, he decided the dancefloor was not the spot for him.
So he went to the nearest bar, which unsurprisingly held some familiar faces.
"Hey Wally come take a shot with us" Abigail drunkenly called.
It had only been twenty minutes since Wally had last seen the girl, how in the hell is she this drunk, was Wally's first thought. His second was.. should he. As a speedster his body does go through alcohol faster...he can get drunk, but not from one shot. Still…
He's never drunk before.
Suddenly his cellphone buzzed yet again.
Saved by the Tim, Wally thought, only to groan at the caller I. D.
"What" Wally rushed.
"Wallace where are you,I cooked a family dinner" Mary West calm voice said.
For the upteeth time that day Wally rolled his eyes. She cooked dinner,wooo. Did she want a fucking award.
"Yeah great, hope you manage to find a plate to put his dinner on" Wally bites out.
Mary tsked, " I had trouble actually. You know your father only eats out of a certain size plates. I wish you wouldn't irritate him so much sweetie, all my good china is gone".
"Fuck your china, what about your child" Wally seethed. His response was silent. Of course Mary had nothing to fucking say. And at this point neither did Wally. He didn't even send her a half hearted goodbye before hanging up the phone.
"Wally" Abigail worriedly called out. She had moved from her spot near her friends and was now but a foot away from the boy.
He's not to sure what parts she heard and frankly he really doesn't care. He just smiled at her and asked, "What's the strongest thing you got".
Alright Chappie number four donzo! Thanks to everyone who reviewed and read, it really means a lot.
Review Responces
GotNoName123
Thank You so much for your kind words! I can't wait to write the parents reaction to the party, although I think you'll find Barry and Iris reactions a little more irritating. I'm so glad you like the universe mixing. I like to keep my readers on the edge of their seats, and also I want to make sure no parts of this story is predictable. So unfortunately I can't answer if Wally will leave the team just yet. Keep reading to find out!
Weiver
I am so honored to be the author to cease your long wait lol. I love WallyXJinx too, but I'm also a big fan of spitfire so...idk who he'll end up with right now. Thank you so much for reading the story and reviewing, it really means a lot.
I really appreciate that you guys continue to read my story, I hope you enjoyed this chapter.I will try to update again soon. Don't forget to Review!