Thank you for your suggestions. They all helped me. And I know I promised, but I've been having to help my mom get things for school ready, and I have three other siblings, which means I have to take care of my things, and theirs. Even though one of them is older, and another is only one year old. Anyway, on with the story. Enjoy~
Also, I do not own 'White Rabbit' or any of the other songs I mention later.
Warnings: Mild bad words, and if you don't like brother-sister bonding, that too.
Turns out it was a false alarm. When Wally and Dany arrived at the warehouse, Jason was yelling at an unfortunate worker, who was cowering back in fear. Roy and Speedy were off to the side, not wanting to be a part of any of that. Dany jumped out of Wally's arms, ran over to Jason, and pushed him off of the boy. He couldn't have been older than fifteen.
"Red, chill out!" She yelled, then mumbled to the side, "Gonna get us killed with your temper."
Jason heard, and he was about to start yelling at her, but she turned around and smiled charmingly at the boy. "Hey, Deshawn, what's up?" She asked, her mood changing rapidly.
He gave her a weary smile, then said, "Just passed by to give Red his pay. Apparently he ended up taking the job my brother offered." He said, taking out a wad of cash to show so.
Jason stepped up, a confused look on his face. "I didn't take that job, Deshawn." He said.
Deshawn looked at him with an equally confused one, then said, "If you didn't do it... then who did? Nobody else knew 'bout that deal but you."
Wally joined Roy, sitting on Speedy while stroking his mane. "What are they talking about?" He whispered to both of them.
Roy only shrugged his shoulders, arms crossed and deep in thought. He didn't want to think about his life now. He didn't want to talk about she had done to him. And still, he found himself thinking about her every single minute of every single day. Her laugh, her smile, her eyes... Hell, even the way she hit him whenever she was mad at him. It was so wrong for him to love someone like her, but he just couldn't stop. And the worst thing about this whole thing was that he even loved her after what she did.
Wally noticed his far away look, but wasn't able to ask him about it because Speedy interrupted his thoughts. "How the heck are we supposed to know, Wally-poo?" He asked, using one of the many nicknames Wally hated. Funny how the ones he hates the most now come from Speedy.
Wally nodded, then looked up when the trio walked up to them. Dany and Deshawn were smiling, while Jason was frowning. Wally raised a brow at them, but Dany only smiled brighter and motioned at the boy.
"Wally, this is Deshawn." She told him, then turned to Deshawn. "Deshee, this is my best friend, Wally."
Deshawn frowned at his nickname, but still offered his hand to Wally. Wally shook it, then smiled at him. "I'm guessing you're also victim of bad nicknames?" He asked jokingly.
Deshawn smiled and looked down at Dany. "You've got no idea, man. Carmen here seems to have a gift of making up a million nicknames. And more than three fourths of them are embarrassing, and, or horrible." He said, nudging Dany with his shoulder.
She smiled at him, then pushed him away jokingly. "Ain't that the truth?" She asked jokingly, but then frowned when she saw Roy's face.
"Roy-Boy?" She asked, stepping towards him, but stopped when her phone rang. She jumped and yelped in surprise, making the two young boys laugh.
She glared at them, pretty sure that if was white skinned her cheeks would be red, then looked down at the screen. Angelina had texted her 'I heard about the club fight. How are you?' and another one from Benny, which read 'It was just a false alarm, Cam. You and your guests can come back.'
Dany smiled at both of them, then told Angelina, 'Angy, of course I'm okay. I wouldn't be Carmen Siegel if I couldn't take on some idiots in a bar fight.' and then told Benny, 'Thanks, Ben. I'll tell Red and the gang. You think I can stay with Red today?'
She looked up from her phone to find four male eyes on her, Speedy also being accounted for. She jumped back in fright, wondering why they were staring at her so intently.
"What the hell is wrong with you fools?" She yelled, clutching her phone with both hands over her shoulder, not wanting them to see what she had written.
Wally, Deshawn, and Speedy looked away, the two humans whistling indistinctly, while Speedy tried to. Jason just crossed his arms, glared at her, and combined that with a looked that said, 'Either you tell me, or I'm going to find out the hard way'.
She sighed, then asked, "Hey, Reddy-bear, you think I can stay over today?" She asked, looking at him with wide eyes.
He sighed, looked away, and rubbed his face with his hands. Why must she be this distracting? Why couldn't she be like Golden-Boy and annoying enough for Jason to want to strangle? Or like replacement and too boring to have his attention other than for being his replacement? She had to be distracting, and annoying, and anything but boring. Jason swears that either of the four kids in the room, or Angelina will be the death of him.
"Yeah, sure. Just don't break anything." He said, then started walking to his basement. He needed something to drink.
The three teens looked at him, along with Speedy, while Roy sighed and sat down on a random crate. Deshawn and Wally turned to Dany, who only shrugged at their unasked question. But before any of them could ask him what was up, Jason turned around and said,
"Deshawn, get out of here. I don't want your family getting mad because you were caught after curfew. Carmen, make sure Wally and Roy have a place to stay if they plan on staying here. No noise, and you better not try to take her, Wally." He threatened, then walked into the basement and slammed the door behind him.
Now that got all of them worried. Jason had never been so mean to any of the kids. Even when they almost killed him. He had never spoken to Deshawn that way, and why would he think that Wally would kidnap Dany? It was clear to all of them that she was happy where she was. Before Deshawn or Wally could ask what was up, Dany pushing Deshawn towards the front of the warehouse.
"Don't know what's up with him, but you should get going. Red's only like this when something really bad has happened or will happened." She says, "Bye, Deshee, see you later. Don't be a stranger and say bye to the weird hobo guy that is nasty and grimy. Tell him his cookies will be there tomorrow!" She yells over Deshawn trying to ask her something, then he is gone, Dany panting while her back is pressed against the door, ready to not let him enter.
After a few minutes passed of Wally and Speedy looking at her as if she was crazy, Dany finally left the door and walked over to them, slumping next to Roy. She had her head in her hands, but then she looked up at them with a fake smile. Wally and Speedy knew it was forced and fake, but decided to not ask anything, but walk over to her.
"What's up, Dany?" Wally asked, slumping on the floor in front of them.
She looked at him, thinking about answering with what she knew about Jason, but then decided against it and said, "Nothing, Wally. It just seems that we've gotten on the bad side of some bad people. Nothing new." She joked, then looked at Roy, who was still off on a trip, making her wonder if he had gotten a fix without permission.
"You should be going, Wally." She said.
Wally looked up at her surprised, making her smile sadly. "Hey, now, you don't want your family getting any days, now do you?" She asked, making him smile.
He looked at Roy, then asked, "What're you going to do with the President of La la land?" He asked, pointing at him.
She smiled, then got serious. "You're worried the League will be wondering where he is?"
Seeming to be in tune with her, Wally also got serious, then nodded. "After a while. If he stops visiting the cave... If he isn't seen anywhere... People will get to asking. He might still be someone not everyone knows, but he is known. And the League is the League." He said.
Dany nodded, then looked out the skylight, remembering when she was younger. "Exactly. The League likes to know about every single hero, and likes to control them." She said, then looked down at him, "Wally, you can't let any of them know you know where I am."
He looked up at her, and a silent agreement was made through their eyes. "You know one of my favorite songs is 'White Rabbit' by Jefferson Airplane?" She asked.
Wally shook his head, then Dany looked back up at the sky. "There was a time in my life, maybe when I was ten or eleven, that I was addicted to sleeping pills. And when I wasn't as awake as I should be, I had to take some uppers." She told him, getting a far away look in her face. "In the school library, right at the end of the year, I found a book. It was completely black, with a girl's face and red letters. But I can't remember the title." She said.
"I didn't really understand it at first. It was like a diary of a girl, and I was wondering why they had published it. But, I got hook on that book. That became my addiction for a while. She got hook on LSD first. Then went down a horrible road of drugs and sex." She said, her knees tucked against her chest and her back resting on Roy's side. "The more I read, the more I identified. It scared me straight to think that I could end up like her." She said, then looked down at Wally.
He looked at her, understanding what she meant. What, was he supposed to judge her for being addicted to pills? He couldn't judge for doing heroin now, so he shouldn't judge her for something that happened some time ago. "What happened to her?" He asked.
"She died."
Hope you liked it. I don't know why, but I'm suddenly on this old music kick, and it's music from the 60's and 70's. Til now my favorites have been 'White Rabbit', 'California Dreaming' by the Mamas and Papas, and 'Superstar' by the Carpenters. Also, if you want to know what book Dany was referring to, it was 'Go Ask Alice'. I recommend everyone thirteen and up to read it, because that was the age that I read it in.
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