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Warnings: Scary!Mary, and I think sadness.
"Well, from what the doctors have told me, he should be back to his normal self," Barry Allen started telling Mary and Rudolph West, who were sitting on the sofa in their hotel room. "If you give him therapy and all those things, in about six months."
Mary's eyes were emotionless, staring off to anywhere that wasn't Barry, while Rudy stared at him with fearful eyes. Barry had noticed the difference in them, but he didn't want to think to much of it. So many bad things had happened to their whole family, that he just didn't want to bring anything up. Mary had pretty much been ignoring him and Rudy the whole ride, which wasn't really surprising to Rudy. But Rudy was kind of glad that they weren't at home anymore. He wouldn't be able to take anohter one.
"So, Barry, even with his accelerated healing, he won't be good for six months?" Rudy asked.
Barry scratched the back of his neck, then sighed. "I-I don't really know. Maybe it won't be six months, but he won't be able to do anything but rest for three weeks. After that, he won't have to wear the harness they're going to give him, but he won't be able to go on patrol for much longer. He will be able to go to school though."
Rudy sighed in relief, and gave his brother in law a smile. "Thank you Barry."
Barry smiled at him, then looked at Mary with a questioning look. "Aren't you happy, Mary?" He asked.
She looked at him, eyes far away, then nodded. "Of course I am, Barry... But do you think you can take him for the first two weeks?" She asked, looking at him with hopeful eyes.
He crossed his arms, eyes narrowed suspiciously. "Why would you not want him back, Mary?" He asked.
She sighed, finally showing some emotions, which were of sadness and a little anger. "Well, the house is a complete mess. No food, too much alcohol, there's absolutely nothing close to cleanliness, and I don't want Wally returning to such a filthy home. Especially if he can't manuever normally." She said.
Rudy sighed, and put his head in his hands, hating how Mary was lying to Barry. The bit about the house was right, but he knew her better. She didn't want Wally back. At all.
Barry's eyes were wide, then he went into his normal nice guy routine. "I'm sorry, Mary, I-I didn't think of that. Of course he can stay with me and Iris! You just clean the house up and call us when it's good for Wally." He said, then looked at his watch. "Damn!" He sped towards his side of the room, took his wallet and keys, and ran back in front of the TV. "I'm going to check on Wally now, call Iris and tell her what's going on, please." He said, then headed in normal speed towards the door.
"Wait, Barry!" Rudy yelled, getting up from his seat and getting a glare from Mary.
Barry turned to him, noting the kind of fear in his eyes. "When will Wally be released, and how will you get him to Central?"
Barry thought about it, understanding his fears, then said, "Well, the doctor said give him two more days in the hospital, then he'll be good for car travel. I'm thinking on Zeta'ing him to Central, seeing that it's the fastes form of travel."
Rudy nodded, and smiled at him, happy to hear that his son would be safe for a little while longer. "Thank you Barry, for everything."
"No need to thank me, Rudy, he's family." And with that, Barry left the room, taking the good mood and happiness with him.
Rudy slowly turned around, to find Mary standing in front of him, arms crossed, frown set on her face. "You almost slipped, Rudolph." She scolded.
Rudy gulped, terrified of what she was going to do to him now.
Wally didn't like being in the hospital. The sadness radiated to him ten-fold, making him feel even more depressed than before. Sure, he was happy that he could see Dany again, and she was going to visit him today, but it's just that... his family arrived yesterday. He sighed, running a his right hand through his hair, a trait he had recently picked up from Dany.
"Hey, Wally, you'll never believe what happened to us today." The voice of his sister rang into his thoughts, making him look at the door, where Dany was entering with her friend, Red.
He was frowing and scowling from behind the sunglasses, but he gave a small smile at Wally when he saw the curious look sent his way. Since Wally's operation two days ago, they had been visiting every so often, bringing some different gift each time. This time Red was carrying a giant yellow teddy bear, which had red legs and paws, a red lighting bolt on it's chest, and a cowl like Kid Flash's.
"You guys really have to stop bringing gifts." Wally said, smiling as Red gave him the teddy bear.
"Aww, but Wally-boo! I thought you liked the gifts!" Dany whined, jumping up on the bed and looking down at him.
He smiled at her, then shook his head. "No, I actually do, it's just that my family's going to wonder where they came from." He said, getting a small frown from Dany, but it quickly dissapeared by a smile.
"You can just say you got it from one of the young nurses." She said.
Wally shook his head, deciding to let the little slip up go. But, they quickly ran out of thing to talk about. Dany was now hanging from the bed, her legs on it and her butt, but the rest of her body was hanging.
Red sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose, then looked at Wally directly. "Wally, we might be having a problem." He said, making Wally's smile dissapear.
"What problem?" He asked.
Dany sighed and sat up correctly on the bed, and raised her bangs, which were hiding a cut on her head. "What happened to you, Dany?" Wally asked, horrified.
She scowled, then said, "Yesterday some people decided to blow up the car we were in. Ended up banging my head three times, then cut my leg because of the shrapnel." She said.
Wally scowled at the information, but was not allowed to say anything because Red cut him off. "After that happened, we met a friend of yours."
He looked at him with curious eyes, not understanding what he could mean. He didn't have that much friends, and none of them lived close to Las Vegas. "What friend?"
Red looked from side to side, then whispered, "Batman."
All the color drained from his face, understanding what they could mean. He already knew Red was Red Hood, and he knew Dany's job, all the whole Angel of Death thing. He didn't really like it, but at least she trusted him enough to keep quiet. And, he knew that Red Hood and Batman had a history, seeing that Red Hood was a drug dealer, arms dealer, and more in Gotham.
"What did he want?" He asked, choking on his words.
Red sighed, and turned around, tense and ready to punch something. Dany looked down at him with sad eyes, and gave him a piece of paper. He looked at her with worried eyes, then down at the paper and opened it. It had a phone number on it, a house adress, and another adress, but he didn't know what that was for.
"Wally, we can't keep visiting you." She said, eyes shining with unshed tears.
He got up from his lying position, sitting up, almost to try to hear better. He couldn't have heard right. But, before he could inquire more, Dany cut him off.
"Bats wants me back, he knows how I look like, and it's just a matter of time before he comes here, looking for who were your visitors. Wally, he will be questioning you who the hell I was, and you will have to answer. I don't want you getting too close to what has happened to me, but I will leave you with the choice to call me and visit me. Just don't let anyone find that paper." She said.
"B-but why?" He asked, feeling the tears sting.
"The man that is like my new father, he's done bad things. That last adress is to the warehouse where everything happens, and I'm trusting you with it because you're my brother. As you already know, it isn't pretty around there, and you could just imagine what really happens inside..." She said, a tear falling but she didn't do anything to signalize it. "Wally, I'm leaving Speedy with you, call him whenever you want to visit, but please call ahead." She said, getting up from her seat and heading to Red, who wrapped an arm around her to comfort her.
"Are you sure this is what you want?" He asked, sniffling as a way to not let the tears fall.
She nodded, but didn't say anything. "Wally, don't worry. She has me, Angelina, and Deshawn to make sure she's okay." Red said, stepping forward.
Wally nodded, then smiled up at him. "Don't let her get kidnapped, will you?" He asked, trying to crack a joke.
Red smiled, then nodded and raised his arm to shake hands with Wally. Wally also did, and they shared their first handshake. "Goodbye, Wally."
"Bye, Wall-Man." Dany said, running up to him and hugging him, then leaving the room along with Red.
Wally sighed, looked at the paper in his hands, then at the teddy bear they had given him. No more visits, or jokes, or sister, or overprotective best friend... It was going to get boring pretty fast now. But, before he could sigh again, Uncle Barry burst into the room, smiling and with a tray filled with food.
"What's up Wally?" He asked, his smile leaving seeing his nephews sad face. "And where'd you get the bear from?" He asked.
Wally gave a sad smile, then said, "A beautiful nurse gave it to me."
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