Author's Note: This chapter finally features the rest of the League!
Disclaimer: I don't own Justice League.
Wally was careful to avoid leaving crumbs on the monitor screen. He didn't know how, but Batman could always tell when he left crumbs on the monitor screen. He didn't even know how Batman knew it was him in the first place. Green Lantern and Superman were away on a mission and since no one else wanted monitor duty, he got stuck with it. Just because he was the youngest of the group doesn't mean he had to do everyone else's job! Heck, J'onn liked monitor duty. Make him do it!
"Just because I enjoy monitor duty does not mean it is all I want to do," J'onn's voice echoed in the acoustics of the room.
Wally choked on the potato chips he was in the middle of chewing.
"Don't sneak up on me like that!" Wally said.
J'onn smirked. Sometimes he truly enjoyed startling Wally when he wasn't paying attention, especially now that he wasn't here that often. Apparently, he had a new girlfriend. J'onn found it strange that he didn't talk about her at all. He decided to ask about her.
"So, how is your girlfriend?" J'onn asked.
Wally froze for a split second and then recovered.
"Fine, why do you ask?" Wally answered stiffly.
"You don't talk about her much," J'onn pressed.
"Everything's fine. Don't worry," Wally said reassuringly.
He wasn't sure how he could fool a mind reader, but he hoped J'onn would just drop it. He did and Wally felt relieved. He didn't want anyone to know what was really going on with Madison. It was embarrassing. Besides, who would believe him? He banished the thoughts from his mind so J'onn wouldn't pick up on them.
Just then, the monitor informed Wally of Superman and Green Lantern's arrival. He dashed out to greet them.
"Hey guys, did you get everyone done okay?" Wally spoke so fast that they could barely understand him.
"Yes, everything went well," Superman answered.
"That's great, I have to go, see you later!" Wally added the last part as he was almost out of the room.
Green Lantern and Superman stared in the direction Wally had run off in.
"I still think there's something he's not telling us," Green Lantern said.
"Let him work it out on his own," Superman said, "I'm sure if he really needed our help, he'd tell us."
Meanwhile, Wally rushed home to his other full time job. Madison. She wanted to be with him every minute of the day of every second of the day. Wally now owed her almost six hundred in "gifts." She simply wouldn't take no for an answer. So every time Wally got paid, he gave her most of his paycheck and she got him more gifts. He distinctly remember the first time he had told her to stop.
"You don't like the gifts I get you? You're so ungrateful!" Madison screamed, "i spend my hard earned money on gifts for you and you don't even thank me for them! You stupid fan! You'll end up a slave to Sony just like those damn Japs!"
Wally had no idea where Sony came into this and found her blatant racism offensive, but he tried to explain that he just didn't have the money to keep paying for gifts. It seemed like Madison was deaf to his every word. Wally ended up telling her to leave.
"I want to look, first. Let me look," Madison replied.
"I don't want to do that. I'll pay for the gifts. Please, just leave," Wally pleaded.
"I had a hard day at work today and you won't even let me look? You should at least give me something!" Madison said angrily.
Madison walked up to him and kissed him. At the same time, she grabbed him through his pants and squeezed as hard as she could. She then bit his lip and stormed out.
Wally hid the pain until Madison was gone. Then he doubled over on the floor. He had never been grabbed like that. He felt violated. For the briefest of seconds, he considered asking the League for help, then dismissed it. He didn't want to look like a loser who couldn't take care of himself.
His phone rang. He looked at the caller ID and saw that it was Madison. Against his better judgment, he answered the phone.
"Hello?"
"Hey, Wally. When I was driving home, I almost hit a tree," Madison said in an oddly subdued voice.
"What? Are you okay? Did the car slip on the streets?" Wally asked. He knew the roads were slick from heavy rain earlier that day.
"No, I was just so angry at you. I just wanted to look. It makes me feel better. I want you to promise me that you'll let me look before I leave from now on," Madison said in that same calm voice.
Wally wasn't sure what to say. He didn't want to, but he didn't want Madison to hurt him again, either. The idea of breaking up with her and asking Batman to help him pay off his debts never crossed his mind.
"I'll let you look for a minute," He offered.
"Five minutes," She said.
"Three minutes," He said, forcefully.
"Okay, three minutes," Madison sounded pleased.
They said their goodbyes and hung up. Wally went to bed.
Wally walked home as slowly as possible. He wished he could stay on the watchtower forever. Madison had him trapped. He couldn't leave until he paid her back and she kept buying him more stuff. He couldn't ask the League for help. They would just laugh at him. Besides, it wasn't like she was abusing him. He didn't have marks or bruises on his body. So there was no reason to ask the League for help.
He walked into his apartment and went straight to the bedroom to lie down. Madison was waiting for him. She cuddled next to him, her arms around his chest. Then her hand moved down. He firmly moved her hand away. A few seconds later, the hand was back down. He pushed it up again.
"Come on, let's have some fun," Madison said.
The idea of Madison hurting or even killing herself fresh on his mind, he didn't resist the third time.
Wally stood near the railroad tracks. It was almost one in the morning. There was no way out. He looked at the tracks. Well, maybe there was one way out. The train was coming. He walked towards the tracks.
"Hey, you there! What are you doing?" A voice yelled from behind him.
He turned to find a police officer looking horrified at what he almost did.
Author's Note: There will be more League interaction in the next chapter.