A/N: Hi, thanks for reading! Really appreciate it! Anyway, I never really saw much of Atom before Young Justice so I kinda pictured him like my science teacher - messy but brilliant. If this description of him isn't like the comic book version… SORRY.

I found him in the library next to a heap of abandon books thrown on the floor. He was pacing and picking out new books then ditching them a few seconds later after he was done with them, creating a mess he didn't seem to notice.

"Flash! Calm down you are forming a tornado!" I gripped the nearest book shelf, praying he heard me before I got sucked in and my face says 'hi' to a wall.

The wind frenzy slowed as he came up in front of me and grabbed my shoulders, ow it felt like being bumped into a motorcycle, "Nightwing I need you to find Atom I need his knowledge in molecular science." Then he shouted "BART?!"

"You bellowed Gramps?" I heard, as another gust of wind blew into the room and Impu– Kid Flash materialized into the room. They started talking till all I could hear were chipmunk-pitched voices. I left them and headed to the briefing room hoping to find Atom.

"Hey has anyone seen Atom?" I asked as I popped into the pantry on the way.

"Eep! Nightwing, would you quit it with the ninja thing already?" Rocket chided, wiping her spilt coffee drips off the table.

"Sorry, so have you seen him around? I really need to ask him something."

"You missed him about an hour ago, he left for-" WHOOSH! Someone – by his height, I'm guessing Kid Flash – ran into the pantry, raided the fridge and went straight to the Zeta-tubes. Rocket's coffee didn't stand a chance, half of it onto the floor and the rest onto her suit.

Recognized: Kid Flash B23

"I just got this dry cleaned! Argh I'm gonna strangle that kid if it's the last thing I do." Grumbling as she cleaned up while I wiped the mess. "Anyway, Atom went to check in on Karen's research, he should still be there."

"Thanks." I nodded and hurried to the Zeta-tubes.

Recognized: Nightwing B01

I blended in with the crowd and acted like I didn't just appear out of a back alley phone booth. Thirty minutes later after stumbling around in Ivy University's maze of corridors I found Ray Palmer's office after the lab proved to be empty.

"Professor Palmer?" I knocked.

"Come in." He called.

First impression: very messy. Paperwork covered the table, a plate of half eaten donuts balanced cautiously on a mug and books. Everywhere. "You are?"

I focused on him. "I'm Nightwing; I had a theory that Wally…" Ray gave a confused look. "Um… the previous Kid Flash? Yea, I'm thinking he actually isn't dead. I know this sounds crazy but hear me out. I talked to Flash about it and he said it could be possible but he needs your expertise. I'll explain on the way."

He nodded eagerly. Grabbing the nearest bag he dumped a couple of books and some files into it. "Let's go."

Recognized: Atom 18, Nightwing B01

As we walked into the library I finished filling him in on my theory. "I'm not really sure what Flash has pieced together thou-" Smack! I walked right into a wall of books. The place was so cluttered with truckloads of books; it made Ray's office look neat. Bart was back and is furiously reading and scribbling on a notebook, going through them in minutes. Titles included: 'Molecules in me and you','Molecular Science for Dummies'and'Understanding Molecules'. I sidestepped and found a path to Barry also frantically reading. "I found Atom."

Barry looked up from his book. His eyes were wild and gleaming with… hope? I wondered did I have that same look on me too. "Great! Also I need some equipment," he handed me a list of construction materials. "Do you think you can get them?"

My hand slid to my wallet and I nodded. "Oh and I need them in the arctic, the place where Wally… disappeared." He added and scooped up Atom from my shoulder and started sharing his theory on bringing Wally back.

I went online and bought all the materials, it's amazing what you can find there, and sent the equipment to STAR Taos, Zeta Lab – they had already fixed the Zeta-tubes from their last encounter with Red Volcano. And since the last World-Saving mission cost us a hero because we didn't have a Zeta-tube in the arctic; we've learnt our lesson. Besides, something tells me the companies won't deliver all the way to the arctic. Sigh Bruce is gonna give me the lecture of the century when he gets the bill, should I give him a heads up? Then I thought about his scowl… err maybe tomorrow. I gave Barry the "got everything".

I crashed on to the nearest chair, today really drained the life out of me. As I watch Barry and Ray bicker over science facts and Bart scrawling on his third notebook. "May I?" picking up one of Bart's other notebooks.

He glanced up, his hands didn't stop moving though, muttered a "sure" and went straight back to jotting down notes. I flipped through the pages. It was surprisingly neat for the speed he was writing at.

I can't claim I understood everything but I sort of got a sense of what was happening:

Basically, Wally didn't get 'sent to another dimension or something' but Barry's theory is that, instead those energy beams somehow made Wally's molecules lose their cohesiveness and spread him out REALLY thin and are now stuck in a subatomic universe and now we have to gather up his molecules and patch him back up. I don't really get it either and it kind of clashes with my original guess, but hey if it means getting my best friend back I don't mind being wrong.

After a while, my eyelids started to droop I glanced at my watch. Whoa! It is 3a.m. already, the others still look like they can go on for hours. Sigh, there goes my homework deadline; I didn't really mean to not do it though oh well... I Zeta-beamed home and took a nice warm shower.

I laid back and stared at the ceiling for a while. A warm bubbly feeling swell inside me… So, this is how it feels to hope again, I smiled. Maybe… just maybe I hoped, as I drifted off to sleep…