Chapter 26 Promises
CENTRAL CITY
Wally paced around the street anxiously, his parents waiting patiently in the restaurant. He checked the time once again seeing Dick is 15 minutes late.
"Should've known" Wally begins to walk towards the building, he speeds back seeing a black motorcycle skid in front of the building. Dick gets off putting his helmet on the bike and pulling out a bouquet of flowers.
"Flowers dude, really?" Wally asked an unimpressed look prominent on his face.
" Don't worry they're not for you, they're for your mom, I can atleast try to be civil with the woman who threw you out" Dick gritted through his teeth.
"It means alot that you're trying, thank you even if you are late" Wally playfully punched his arm, Dick rubs it and looks at Wally's anxious green eyes.
"It'll all be alright, I'm here always" he holds Wally's hand offering comfort, the speedster accepts the offer. The couple begin to walk inside instantly locking eyes with the speedster's parents.
"Over here Wally" His mother waves the two over enthusiastically.
"You brought a guest" Rudy said eyeing Dick up and down.
"Yea, if I recall right I'm the rat faced gypsy whore" Dick smiles spitefully. Rudy avoids eye contact, Mary sighs her pleasant face becoming saddened.
"Classy" Wally glared at his boyfriend.
" Mr and Mrs West I apologize for my hostility and I'd like to show my appreciation for this meeting" He hands them the bouquet.
"These are lovely, but you have nothing to apologize for we were out of line before" Mary sympathized with him. They all took a seat in the booth.
"We come from a traditional home so this was very unexpected you can understand that right Wally?" Rudy asked his son.
"I can" Dick looked at Wally, disbelief in his eyes.
"What I can't understand is abandoning your son for almost two years barely even a call or a text a letter? Nothing" Wally said venom in his tone.
"We do realize our mistake, We are very sorry for the pain we caused you son" Rudy tried to hold Wally's hand but he pulled back.
"Barry and Iris have done a good job taking care of you but Wally we're your parents and we want you back" Mary smiled at him.
"Want me back, you have me up for over a year because you couldn't accept that I was in love with Dick" Dick tried not to laugh at the unintentional pun.
"I love him, I love Uncle Barry and Aunt Iris and I love the life I built. I no longer trust either of you to be there for me" Wally glared. Mary and Ruby looked at him with such sadness and desperation.
"Would you consider keeping in contact?" Mary asked him hopefully. He sighed looking his mother in the eyes. He saw his father have an identical hopeful stare.
"Okay, yea sure lines of communication are open" Wally agreed to their terms.
"Well I say it's about time to order" Mary smiled putting down her menu.
"I couldn't agree more, What do you want to eat Dick?" Wally asked him, Dick read through the menu smiling at one of the items.
"Chicken parmesan sounds good, let me guess you want everything" Dick chuckled seeing his boyfriend's eyes light up.
"You know me well, let's see if you know what my favorite is" Wally smirked.
"What favorite? You eat everything and love everything you eat you're your own black hole" Dick scoffed. Wally's parents looked uncomfortable for a moment before sighing.
"You really love this boy don't you?" Rudy asked Wally, Wally nodded wrapping an arm around his shoulder.
"Yea I really do, some people don't get it and I don't care if they do I really love this guy" the acrobat blushed looking away. Wally leaned in kissing him on the cheek.
MOUNT JUSTICE
Robin and Garfield slammed their fingers on the buttons of their video game controllers. Each character on the screen throwing an array of attacks at one another.
Meanwhile Wondergirl and Lagoon Boy were sparring. He aimed a punch at her head, she jumped back and roundhouse kicked him across the face. This attack sent him flying across the room into the wall.
"Sheesh relax Donna" Garfield called out from the couch.
"I'm sorry, are you okay?" Donna runs to help him up.
"No need for apologies warrior, showing your battle skills is never a cause for an apology" He smiles at her, they shake hands.
"RECOGNIZED ARTEMIS B07" The computer announced her arrival in the cave. She looked around confused.
"Where is everyone?" She asked the younger team.
"Batgirl is on patrol is Batman, Nightwing is on a date with Kid Flash, Miss Martian is on a date with Superboy, Aqualad is around here somewhere Bumblebee is on a date with Mal, Rocket and Zatanna went to go investigate a strange energy reading in detroit" Beastboy listed off their locations.
"That's just great and I got a lead on Sportsmaster location" She says as Aqualad enters the room.
"Kaldur, I need to talk to you about Sportsmaster" Artemis glared, he raises an eyebrow at the name. The whole team stood there staring at surveillance footage of Sportsmaster entering an airport.
"He must've wanted to be spotted if he took a public flight, but why? This has to be a trap" Kaldur walked away from the screen with a questioning gaze.
"Trap or not I wanna find out what he's doing he may lead us to the members of the light" Artemis explained to the atlantean. He nods before turning to the youngest of the team.
"Beastboy, Robin, Lagoonboy and Wondergirl go with Artemis to secure this information this is strictly a reconnaissance mission, No unnecessary risk to the team. Artemis you're in charge" Kaldur gave his orders before exiting the room.
"Alright guys let's get moving" She began to walk towards the hanger followed by them.
"I look forward to fighting by your side archer" Lagoon Boy saluted her.
"Uh thanks La'gaan" She thanked him mind focused on what exactly her father could be planning. The group loaded onto the bioship getting prepped and seated.
"This is so cool, I can't believe we get to face off with Sportsmaster" Beastboy smiles enthusiastically.
"Wow, chill out little green, This is recon remember our mission is to avoid confrontation especially with Sportsmaster none of you are ready for that anyway" Artemis stated making the ship take off.
"Artemis tell us about the Light we know what they are but we're gonna need more data" Robin asked her.
"Yea if he is meeting with them I'd rather not be unprepared for it" Lagoon Boy informed her. She sighed deeply pinching the bridge of her nose.
"The light is a group of bad guys hell bent on ruling the world through any means, they were behind events such as the Injustice League attack a couple of years ago. Members of this particular group being Lex Luthor, Queen B, Vandal Savage, Ra's Al Ghul, Ocean Master and the Brain. If we run into them our new goal will be getting away fast" Garfield growled as he heard the list.
"If I see Queen B" Beastboy clenches his fist remembering his mother's death at that woman's hands.
" Remember our mission Beastboy, you're a hero now hero's face hard things everyday" Artemis attempted to sooth his growing rage. He turned green eyes piercing into your soul.
"Are you just saying that because this is your father" Beastboy growled almost instantly regretting his words.
"Not cool chum" Lagoon Boy looked at him disapprovingly.
"No love loss there Gar, let's just focus" Artemis looked up ignoring the lingering tension in the air.
CENTRAL CITY
"Well I'm stuffed" Rudy rubbed his stomach laughing.
"This has been a great evening, thank you for coming Wally" Mary smiled at her son, the group stood up and exited the restaurant. Rudy and Mary went in for a hug, this caused Wally to take a step back slightly frightened.
"I um sorry" Wally blushed embarrassed by the reflex.
"No, no it's quite alright" Rudy settled for a handshake.
"Take care of our boy" She turned to Dick determination in her eyes.
"Always" Dick nodded as the two left, Wally sighed pulling him in by his waist and resting his head on his shoulder.
"That was stressful" Wally groaned, Dick ran his fingers through Wally's red hair.
"Are you happy you did it?" He asked, Wally stood up straight with a bright smile on his face.
"Yea I am, you totally forgot this was today didn't you?" Wally smirked at him, Dick looked away ashamed by the answer.
"You were still here, atleast you didn't make an excuse to not show" Wally wrapped an arm around his shoulder.
"Wally I know I've been screwing up but I love you I wanna make things right" Dick pulled Wally down by his collar kissing him. Wally deepened the kiss, Dick playfully grinded their groins together. Wally moaned into the kiss, he pulled back face flushed.
"You rotten tease" Wally growled glaring daggers at him.
"I can't help it, It's in my DNA" Dick chuckled to himself.