Chapter: 6

In side, Batman and Nightwing are finishing up the last of the bad guys on one side as Tigress stands on top of a shipping create with Wally below her acting as her guard on the other. Wally is the first to speak after combat.

"Man, I forgot how much fun this is."

Breathing hard Tigress responds, "I'm enjoying it."

As Nightwing and Batman regroup with Tigress and Wally, Tigress spots movement at one of the exit doors.

She draws her bow at the ready. "Movement, 2 o'clock."

"Stand down, It's Arrow." Batman calls out.

"And Cheshire." Nightwing adds. "I guess they wanted to stay for the party."

"Bat's, we got a problem." Arrow calls out.

"The bomb is armed and we can't stop it." Cheshire finishes.

Tigress lowers her bow. "Wait, I know that voice?"

"Why, hello there, Archery Girl." Does mom know you stole her suit?"

"Jade!" Tigress calls out then jumps down from the create. "What the hell!" She walks up to Cheshire as she is pulling up her cat mask. "You disappear for years and then you show up working for them?" Tigress points at Batman.

"I have my reasons, Artemis."

With a gasp of air, Artemis just recalled what was told to her earlier. "Bird-boy just told me that you got knocked up. What the fuck, Jade."

"Hey!" Arrow calls out. "Bomb Remember? Jesus Christ, what's with this family."

"If the bomb is armed, that's a really big problem." Wally steps up. "Let me look at it." Wally heads over to the vat and looks down. It's only a 10 foot drop but the large white shell in the center is what's humming and giving off a glow. Wally jumps down with Tigress right behind.

Jade leans over to Roy. "Who's the new guy?"

"That's Kid Flash, or at least he use to be."

"Kid Flash? I thought he was dead?

"He use to be."

From down below, Wally gives an update to Batman standing just above.

"Well, this looks fun." Wally laying on the sarcasm. "Whoever built this thing knew what they were doing."

"So you can't build this thing from Youtube, huh." Artemis comments while taking off her mask.

Wally nods. "Since it can't be disarmed, I might have an idea to control the blast."

"Go on." Batman demands.

"Well, for what I can tell, the core is suspended in a cooling gel inside a radioactive shell, which, in turn, is enclosed around some type of explosive compound. Then you throw that into this hunk of metal and presto, bomb. Kinda like Russian nesting eggs."

"Wally!" Artemis getting his attention.

"Sorry. Anyway, we could remove the core so if it does blow, no radiation fallout, which is the worst part of this bomb. But you still would have enough force to level a city block."

"What if we move the core to another location?" Ask Nightwing.

"Well since the core is chemical in nature, the more you shake it the quicker the boom." With that statement, Wally takes a deep breath. "But I know where you are going with that idea Rob.'' Wally then shakes his head.

"What?" Wally looks over at Artemis. "What is his idea?"

"I could pull the core and run it out to sea since we are near the docks."

"Wait, you just said if you shake the core, it blows faster."

"That I did, Arty."

"Then no. You just got your life back together and now they want you to kill yourself. Oh Hell No." Artemis turns to Batman. "Why don't you do it, Bat's? Why should Wally have to sacrifice himself for everyone, and for a second time I might add."

Wally puts his hand on her shoulder. "Artemis, it's okay. I'm the only one fast enough to escape the blast. Plus, what happened to me last time was my choice, not theirs."

"Well, what if something goes wrong? Then what? You'll just disappear again like last time? No way Wally, I won't let you do this again."

Wally smiles at her. "Even if I had someone like you two years ago, I would have still made the same choice to stop the Reach. The only difference is instead of saving the world, I would have been saving you."

Artemis wraps her arms around him and kisses him deeply, which he returns with just as much feeling. As the kiss comes to an end their foreheads stay together.

"Promise me right now Wally, that you will be fine and that you'll come back in one piece."

"I promise, Beautiful."

She slowly separates herself from him and steps back. "Then go be a hero again, Kid Idiot."

Wally smiles, "As you wish." Wally then turns to the bomb. "You guys better take off. Oh and keep the door open for me."

Nightwing, holds out his hand for Artemis which she takes and follows the group out the door. Nightwing breaks off and opens a dock door facing the waterfront. "Dock door is open. You got a straight shot out. We'll be waiting for you on the waterfront."

Nightwing being the last to leave, Wally clears his head of random thoughts and quickly plan for what he's about to do.

'First, pull the plate, grab the core, run like hell. Simple, right?' Wally talking to himself then breaths deeply. "It'll take me two and a half minutes to save Gotham and to get clear of the blast. Too bad I only have two minutes to do it in." The counter on the bomb just hitting 2:00 minutes. "Fuck it."

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