A/N: Writer's block. Yada yada. Excuses, excuses. I have no excuse.
Here's all I've got so far.
The time slipped by as the months progressed. Barry and Iris won the custody hearings, Wally lived a happy life sans the bullying at school. He gave those bullies a peace of mind, and gave his speedster friend a bit of advice soon thereafter. They never messed with him again, and that made Wally feel a lot better about himself. Still, Roy and Wally saw very little of each other despite the duo working side by side when the situation called for it. Occasionally, they did meet outside of their other identities when not fighting crime, but considering Batman always assigning Wally's team missions, that occasionally turned to rarely.
Roy shook his head, tossing the wondering thoughts aside. He was Wally's friend. Do friends worry over each other like this? If friends didn't, what then? Wally had been through hell and high water these past months. I'm pretty sure there's a handbook about friendship somewhere that states it's okay to take a kid under your wings when they truly need your help. Oh well, that was then. Got to focus on the mission at hand, worry about the rest later.
Red Arrow descended from the rooftop adjacent to where the bank robbery took place. Below him, one of the criminals turned around staring at the free-falling hero. Startled by Roy's appearance, the antagonist wielded his gun. Roy noticed this and produced a weapon of his own, releasing the trick arrow before the attacker had chance to rob his life. To his own amusement, the archer went for the high density polyurethane foam to engulf the target. He smiled as he landed with an inaudible thud, sprinting towards the crime scene. One down, a few more left to go.
A loud and audible bang followed by the screams of victims nearby caused the archer to stop dead in his tracks. Not only did the enemy bring guns, they also brought c-4's. Great. Roy stared ahead as shards of glass lay scattered upon the asphalt. Various objects were also sprawled across the scenario. Generally, Red Arrow would stop and check to see if anyone was hurt and needed help, but the piercing cries inside called to his attention more than anything else. Let the ambulance handle the citizens outside, leave the rest to me.
Making sure not to garner any attention from the enemy, he swiftly made his way behind one of the desks that managed to survive the impact. Whispers could be heard above him while the soft sounds of footsteps barely went unnoticed. The tempo increased as the footsteps moved closer. Whatever was heading in his direction wasn't in the building, but they sure as hell were moving closer at an alarming rate. It wasn't until Roy glanced behind him that he spotted the all-too-familiar red and yellow blur advancing with no intentions of stopping.
Colonel Mustard 's here to ruin my day. What's does he want? The speedster managed to stop dead in his tracks in under a few seconds, but Kid Idiot didn't realize the reason why his archer friend crouched below one of the desks until the bullets started to circle around him. Thank whatever gods his friend had the freakin' super speed. Otherwise, he might have actually gotten himself shot. Instead, he raced past the bullets disarming one sniper as Roy brandished his bow to demilitarize the rest with a few trick arrows. They didn't so much as kill them, rather render them useless.
Once they finished up the job by rounding up all the criminals and turning them into the authorities, Red Arrow took Wally by his wrist. Guiding him to an alleyway nearby, the archer glared at the meta wore a foolish grin on his face. "What's up, buttercup?", he asked while grinning even wider. Roy sighed. Attempting to maintain his cool, he relaxed his grip on the ignorant red-haired teen. Seeing as yelling wouldn't get him anywhere, he decided to take a different approach. "Oh, nothing much. Except for you blowing my cover!" Okay, I lied. The kid had to show up. Yea, we caught the damn criminals. I could have caught them myself.
"Blowing your cover?" He snorted, "They knew you were there already genius. You so needed help."
"We'll talk about this in a safer place. Follow me. Now."
"Where do you intend to take me, o' great prince of mine?"
"Shut up and follow, Wally."