Robin woke up at the end of Wally's hospital bed in the same position as he went to sleep in. He carefully removed himself from the bed and stretched. He fixed his hair in the mirror by the door on his way out and opened the door slowly so it wouldn't creak. It creaked anyway.

He winced at the sound and quickly glanced over at Wally and Barry. Barry was asleep. Wally was wide awake and staring.

Robin attempted a smile. Wally only blinked back and turned his head away to stare at the wall in front of him.

He ducked his head and walked out. He held back tears as he made his way to the zeta beams.

Destination: The Batcave.

He opened his eyes to home sweet home, and wasted no time in getting over to the computer.

'Batman has something on here. I know it.' He thought.

"Computer, bring up file 1092-067."

A picture of Wally West smiling for a school photo filled the screen and Robin clicked on the file. It didn't take long to find what Batman had added to it. It took even less to hack it.

'Wallace West, found two days ago at abandoned jailhouse. Suspects of his kidnapping include: Dallas B. Aldridge, Edward M. Bennett, Robert A. Carter, Kendell R. Summer,...'

Robin skipped down the page to the report.

'Patient may have suffered severe head trauma, shows symptoms of insomnia and PTSD, trust issues have arisen but are not severe. Mulitple bodily injuries, some unexplained. Burn mark in the shape of a skull on left shoulder, regular burn marks on arms and legs. Almost every rib was broken and healed. Lacerations from a whip on back and torso. Broken ankle. Both shoulders have been dislocated and relocated how many times: ?. Cuts and scars nearly everywhere on the body, some bruises. Bottoms of feet seem to have been cut into with a knife. Severe lack of nutrition to the body and dehydrated. Possibility of rape.'

Robin was in tears by the end. At the last word, he couldn't take it. The tears came forth without stopping. How could something like this happen? He couldn't close his eyes without picturing Wally, their Wally, being hurt like that.

It seemed impossible three years ago.

They were happy three years ago. Artemis had just joined the team back then. Had even given Wally the nickname of 'Baywatch.' Five days later, Wally was kidnapped. Robin was supicious of everyone, but his research told him nothing he didn't already know.

He stood up shakily and turned off the computer. He walked up the stairs and made for the mountain. The others would want to know how Wally was doing. And Robin had to tell them how fine their friend was.

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'Robin B01' The computer chimed as he walked in. Kaldur was there to greet him instantly.

"How is he?"

Robin breathed deeply and tried to keep a blank face. "He's stable. He'll make it."

Megan showed up next to Robin and he almost jumped.

"What about his mental state?" She asked worriedly.

Robin's face faltered for only a moment before it was back. "...He's stable..." He repeated.

He ducked his head and walked past them. They gave him worried looks but he didn't care. He didn't know how else to answer that question.

Robin walked down the hall to Wally's old room. His souveneirs hadn't been touched and were now covered in a layer of dust. He wondered if Wally would care.

Robin leaned his back against the bookshelf and slid down, his cape crumpling up to his neck behind him. And he cried himself to sleep.

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A few days later, Robin got up at eight and went straight to the Watchtower. Batman had forbidden anyone else from coming up to the watchtower, for 'saftey reasons' he had said.

Robin promised to tell the team how he was doing every time he came back to Earth. So far, in their minds, Wally was 'doing okay' and was 'stable.'

But Robin knew he was not okay, and definitely not stable.

When he walked in Wally's hospital room, Wally was awake and sitting up, but he had a blank look on his face. Almost as if he were dreaming.

Robin walked over to the side of his bed and sat in his chair he'd been using for the past few days.

Wally didn't look his way.

"Hey, Walls."

No response. 'As usual,' Robin thought sadly.

He continued talking.

"We've missed you, you know. All that time, when we couldn't find you, it killed us. We searched for months, " Robin's voice cracked. He cleared his voice. "We couldn't find you. And I'm so sorry it took so long. Too long. And I can see what its done to you, Wally." He wiped his face. "I can see how badly they hurt you. Physically, they hurt you so, so much. I don't even know where to begin on your mental state. J'onn said he can't get in. He's scared he'll hurt you by trying to get past the walls you've put up. You've always been open, Wally, about everything. Even that day you came to me about your parents, you left nothing out. Not to me. And I'm sorry. I'm sorry, Wally. I can't be sorry enough for what happened." Robin buried his face in is hands and whispered, "I miss you."

Wally didn't acknowledge he'd even heard him.

Okay that's another chapter done, sorry it took so long! Christmas, yayyy. Let me know if anything seems out of place or if details are not detail enough. Sorry its short, next one will be much longer! The reviews help, and I've revised some writing to match nearly every request! Thanks for them and I love you guys!