Kid Flash glanced at his ring. It had been a slow day, not many criminals, and not much to do otherwise. With no school to attend and no friends to annoy, he'd been bored all day.
Until Robin called. He and Robin didn't talk much, especially after both had gone solo, or in Robin's case, joined a team. Unlike Robin and another old friend, Speedy, Kid Flash had just kind of drifted away from him mentor. He hadn't needed the help and after awhile, as much as he loved his uncle, he'd wanted his independence too. He'd just stopped patrolling and fighting with the Flash so often until he just didn't go anymore. He was still on good terms with him-he couldn't exactly break it off, it was his uncle, for goodness' sakes-but they didn't contact each other often. Robin's and Speedy's breakups had been much more violent, although he was still hazy on the details.
So he was slightly surprised when the seldom used Titan's communicator-he'd been among the first to become an honorary member, if not the first-rang. "Hey Robin, what's up?" He said cheerfully.
Robin rolled his eyes as best he could under that mask. Really, Kid Flash didn't know how he could stand it. He probably couldn't go out in public with it off because of the lack of tan. It was probably a vicious cycle-he didn't take it off so he couldn't take it off so he didn't take it off so he even more couldn't take it off- "Wally? You still there? You spaced out on me."
Kid Flash shook his head. "Sorry. So, why're you calling?" Robin smiled. "I gotta ask you a favor. Will you look after the city next week? We have to go check some leads of the Brotherhood of Evil, and the Titans East are busy."
Kid Flash thought about it for about three seconds, which is a lot longer than it sounds. Well, he had been bored lately, and it was always good to have Robin owe you. He could probably keep track of both cities-couldn't be too hard, with superspeed. He grinned. "Sure, but you SO owe me." Robin smiled. "Alright, thanks a bunch. Bye, Kid!" Kid Flash grinned. "Bye!"
~*v{o}v*~
The day came. Kid Flash waved goodbye to the Titans, then as soon as their jet thingy took off, raided the fridge. He was disappointed to mainly find unidentifiable blue moldy objects and strangely enough, several empty bottles of mustard. Oh well. He'd go get lunch later. The alarm system was ringing.
~*v{o}v*~
Several hours later, Kid Flash gratefully sank in to the soft material of the booth he was sitting in. He could see why Jump City needed a team. Maybe it was just today, or may be it was because he also had to keep track of a few Rogues, but he was exhausted. He'd had to deal with Killer Moth, Control Freak, some weird British guy, and a lot of minor robberies and stuff. All in all, his day so far had sucked. Robin so owed him.
Then his communicator rang yet again. Kid Flash sighed and considered ignoring it. He decided it might be important and flipped it open.
It was Robin. "Hi, Kid, how ya' doin'?" I scowled at him. He looked confused. "Did you notify all the villains you knew to be really active today or something? Because this is the first time I've had a break." Robin laughed. "No. I guess this is just a busy day. Sometimes it seems like everyone decides to go break laws at the same time, and then the next day nobody tries anything. Annoying, but..." He shrugged.
I frowned one more time for good measure and then said, "Alright, well, if that's have all you have to say, bye." He grinned and then the screen went blank.
I devoured my pizza, which had arrived, and then darted back to the tower. Probably by now at least ten thieves had gotten away that the police just couldn't handle.
~*v{o}v*~
Surprisingly, not much happened for the rest of the afternoon. Kid Flash decided to kick back and try to read Moby Dick backwards. Something to do, anyways.
When the alarm rang, he got up from his comfortable position on the couch without much complaint. It was a boring book, backwards or no, and he'd been reading for ten minutes. Besides, he was almost finished..or started, or whatever you called it when reading backwards you got to the beginning.
A mechanical voice droned over the radio. "The HIVE Five are attempting to rob Jump City Museum." Kid Flash muttered, "Of course they are." He decided to some research. Pulling up the criminal database, he typed "HIVE Five" then drummed his fingers on the wood impatiently as it loaded. When it did, he scanned the info-pretty standard metahuman threat, though organized, they just might pose a threat, that is, they might pose a threat if about ten billion mutant aliens also joined.
He scrolled down, mentally noting that he'd already read about five. He'd have to ask them about that sometime, at an inopportune time-for them, at least.
Then he found the leader. Jinx. Ooh, a cutey. He'd have to talk to her...she looked smarter than the rest, who in their photos looked as if jail was a big joke. Probably was, to them. But although she was scowling in the photo, there was something in her eyes...
He was decided. Kid Flash sped off to capture some thieves, and maybe a heart or two in the process.
Okay, it's done. Huh. I think this is the first time I've ever actually finished something with more than one chapter...