Chapter 17:
After being forced to leave the hospital, Wally and Barry ran home.
"Hey uncle Barry?"
"Yeah kiddo?"
"Can I sleep at the cave tonight?"
"Sure, but why?"
"Cause I feel like it"
Barry shrugged is shoulders "Fine by me, might wanna run it by your parents though"
Wally sped into the lounge room emerging 10 seconds later and ran to the zeta-beam with a quick "See ya" to Barry.
It wasn't long until Wally had arrived at the cave.
"Hi guys" He announced happily to Megan and Conner before noticing the cookies "Ooh cookies" He ran up and grabbed 3.
"Wally" Megan complained
"I'm hungry" he whined
Megan smiled and let it go with a roll of her eyes. Wally continued down the hallway stopping at Artemis door,
"Hey Artie, you in there?" He asked knocking on her door
Artemis replied by opening the door and let Wally in.
"Hey Kaldur" Wally looked quizically at the two of them "What are you two doing?"
Artemis moved in front of her computer "Nothing"
Wally pushed her out of the way and looked at her computer and his face paled when he saw what they were looking at, Dick's parents lying dead on the ground with blood pooling around them, Dick's abraisons and other wounds from his month in the Juvenile Detention Centre and his comatose uncle, among other gory things from Dick's life. Artemis bit her lower lip, wondering if Wally would get mad. He turned to glare at them.
"Why are you looking at these pictures?"
"I wanted to find out more about Dick"
"So you stalk him on the internet!? And why's Kaldur here if you wanted to stalk him?"
"Because I asked him to help me"
Wally turned to face Kaldur "And you didn't try to stop her?"
"No, What's so bad about looking at these photos anyway, we've seen worse in the field"
Anger was starting to take over Wally and he was shaking, he quickly left Artemis' room and went into his own, trying to collect his emotions. 'Why am I so upset?, it's not my family that died and i'm not the one who watched them fall' he sighed 'But it was my best friend that had to go through all that, which I suppose is just as bad'. He finished his mental conversation with himself and went to sleep.
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"Why is Wally so touchy about this?" Kaldur asked Artemis after Wally left.
Artemis sighed "I guess he doesn't like us snooping into his best friend's life"
"So Dick is Wally's best friend?"
"When he's not hero-ing, yeah"
"How did you find that out?"
"He told me, before the mission briefing"
"Oh, well it is late, I'm going to go to bed now, goodnight Artemis"
"Night Kaldur" Artemis flopped onto her bed and curled up to go to sleep.