Central City, Three Days Later:
Rachel sighed as once again Wally wasn't in school, again. Flash hadn't had any missions and Robin had called her, asking if she had seen Wally. The female speedster was starting to get extremely worried about her boyfriend, hoping that Rudolph hadn't actually killed him, but then again the link was still intact, but Wally was blocking her, she knew he was alive, but for him to miss school, he loved school. At lunch she looks at James and Hartley, " Have you know who check on him, something's wrong if he isn't in school, I'm going to head to MJ after school. "
" On it, he's still alive, right? " Hartley asks.
" He is, but he's blocking me from knowing anything else, he's protecting me, the stubborn fool. " Rachel says as the bell rings and she heads to her science class.
Immediately after school she dons her costume and teleports to Mt. Justice, arriving just as Robin's arrival was announced, " QF, where's KF? " Robin asks.
" Do you have any cameras in his house, at all? "
" You mean Barry's place? "
" No, Bird Boy, I've been there for the last three days, I mean Rudolph West's house, Wally's father. " Quick Flash retorts.
Robin's eyes widen at this and he starts typing away on his wrist computer, Batman had cameras there, but he had never thought Wally actually lived there. He pales at the footage and hears a thud behind him, he turns to see Quick Flash out cold. " God, Wally, why didn't you ever say anything? " Robin mutters aloud as he tries to bring Quick Flash around.
She moans minutes later and sits up, " I told him not to go back. "
" You knew? "
" He didn't want anyone knowing, even Barry and Iris don't know. We have to get him out of there. " Quick Flash says softly.
" You're right, I'll keep going through the footage and hope to hell that Wally's still there and hasn't been taken anywhere else. " Robin says.
" I'll call Flash, we'll need him. " Quick Flash says.
Robin nods and Quick Flash stretches out with her powers, finding Flash in Gotham City, " Rob, he's with Bats. "
Robin sends the call through, the rest of the team members were out at the moment. When Flash and Batman arrive Quick Flash looks at them, " Wally's in trouble. "
Robin shows them the footage and Flash's eyes flash, " Why would he put up with it? "
" Because he didn't want anyone else getting hurt for his sake. " Quick Flash says.
That wasn't all that Wally was hiding either, sure he was hiding her relationship with him, but there was more that he was hiding, she knew all of it, but no one else did. Wally would tell everyone when he was ready. " Ah, Hot Rod, I could have prevented this. "
" Flash, Mirror Master is going to check on him, I know they're not exactly law abiding but if the Rogues help us then we can get Wally back quicker, and get him to safety. " Quick Flash says.
" Which is a good thing, because Wally isn't home anymore. " Robin says.
" Check the exterior cameras, he may have left on his own. " Batman says.
Robin does so and a string of Romanian curses could be heard, " La dracu. De ce naiba se intampla chestia asta mereu la KF? La naiba, când am ajunge pe mâinile mele pe nenorocitii care sa gandit ca arfi o idee bunӑ de a capta cel mai bun prieten meu, voi face sӑ suferi. Dracu '! Rahat! "
Normally Batman would get on Robin's case for this, but his best friend was in trouble, and Robin had a tendency to vent in Romanian. Quick Flash looks at what had set Robin off and starts a string of Japanese oaths though they only heard a little of it, not even Flash could hear all of what she was saying, and then she switched to Latin, still swearing, her eyes had gone dark with anger. It was a look Flash had seen only once and it promised pain and suffering to whomever had taken his nephew. He knew Kid Flash was Quick Flash's closest confidant, and knew his nephew was friends with Piper and Trickster. Hell, he knew about the truce between Double C and his nephew, apparently Double C was scared of his daughter's temper.
" Batman, gather the team, QF and I are going on ahead, we can do recon and plan from there. If we feel there is no time to wait then we will go in and get KF, end of discussion and with QF ragingly pissed off right now no one will be able to stop us anyway. " Robin says.
Batman nods and Quick Flash quickly refills her cupboards and grabs a bag, filling it with more food, Wally would need it. She hands it to Robin and he takes it, knowing his job was to keep it safe and not get caught. QF would be doing the heavy lifting this time. Then she grabs onto him and teleports out, trying to get close to Wally. As they set to work the rest of the team is assembled, Batman and Flash show the footage Robin had brought to their attention and Red Arrow curses, Wally was like a little brother to him and he would not let this stand. " Robin and Quick Flash have gone to do some reconnaissance and try to find Kid Flash. Red Arrow, I want you and Artemis to go deal with Rudolph West, he may know something about this. Zatanna, Conner when Robin calls in you are to go back them up. Kaldur, Miss Martian, you will go along and stay in the bioship so there is a fast get away and cover the retreat. Quick Flash won't be able to teleport away and don't be surprised if the Rogues show up. They're only there to help save Kid Flash as none of them like facing the female speedster's wrath. "
Red Arrow smirks, Artemis' eyes were hard, " Let's get this bastard. "
" Yes, let's. " Red Arrow says.
One thing Red Arrow could say for Artemis was that she did not tolerate abuse. He knew Green Arrow and Batman had to know what she was hiding. Quick Flash had warmed up to Artemis quickly, giving her a female she could talk to though she hadn't let Artemis in fully. But they seemed to have a bond for some reason, it was almost like they understood each other in some way. The archers zeta to Central City and corner Rudolph West. The father of Kid Flash gulps, he should have known they'd come to him when Wally disappeared, he was just glad it wasn't Quick Flash that had come. Though he saw Trickster and Pied Piper right behind them, " Where's Baby Flash? " Piper demands.
Rudolph gulps nervously, Trickster had out one of his exploding yoyo's and the archers were pointing trick arrows at him. " I don't know. I just know I was paid handsomely for getting rid of the useless piece of shit. "
Red Arrow had him up against the wall, arm on his wind pipe in seconds, his eyes narrowed dangerously behind his mask, " Quick Flash and I agree on one thing, no one talks smack about Kid Flash. "
Trickster grins, " Be grateful she didn't hear that or you'd be wishing you were dead right now. "
Rudolph gulps at this and Red Arrow smirks, " Let's take him to the base and let Batman deal with him, although I think Flash would be worse. "
Piper grins, " No, his sister will be by far worse. Iris Allen will kick his ass for the way he has been treating his son. "
Rudolph blanches as the four round him up, blindfold him, and then take him to Mt. Justice. Trickster and Piper were granted temporary access. Red Arrow approaches Flash, " Can you go get your wife and fill her in on what's been going on? "
Flash was gone and back in seconds, with his wife in tow. Iris Allen marched right up to her brother and rips off the blindfold, " Rudolph West! How dare you hurt your son! Wally has done nothing to deserve that! He is a kind, caring, compassionate boy whom deserves his father's love! At least now I know why he always invites Barry to the father to lunch events and other stuff like that. Barry is more of a father to him than you will ever be! "
Rudolph grimaces, his older sister never failed to make him feel small and guilty, " I am ashamed to call you my brother! No wonder Quick Flash is so protective of Wally! What do you have to say for yourself! " Iris snaps out.
Everyone else present backs away, she may not have been a super hero, but she was basically a mother protecting her cub. Even Batman was edging away from Iris Allen's righteous fury. " That he is a good for nothing… " An exploding yoyo cuts him off, exploding almost right on his family jewels.
Trickster was livid, " Do not ever speak of Baby Flash like that again or I will sic Captain Boomerang on you, and he was once a part of the Suicide Squad! "
Rudolph flinches at this and then he blanches as Iris Allen pulls herself up to her full height, " You will sign custody of Wally over to me and Barry without a fuss or so help me I will give you to the Joker! "
The teens stare at her in shock and awe, Iris Allen's fury was a sight to behold, " You love me, you wouldn't do that. " Rudolph says confidently.
Iris glares at him, " I love Wally like a son and I will do anything for him, even if I have to kill you and hide your body. No one hurts him! "
Rudolph gulps, his sister's fury was something he had never wanted to be faced with again. Now, here he was facing it because of some worthless brat. Robin had called in while Rudolph was being brought in for questioning, otherwise M'gann would have gone after Rudolph for that thought. M'gann was usually the gentle one of the group too. Flash looked at his wife in awe, sure he had known she had a fearsome temper, but this was the first time it had come out full bore. Iris Allen was enraged at what her brother had done to the boy she viewed as her son. Batman was reassessing Iris Allen, seeing her like this told him that if any super villain were to try and go after Wally she would literally stand in their way, maybe armed with a baseball bat.
Somewhere in the French Riviera:
Robin curses quietly as he and Quick Flash were forced to don their civvies to do recon work. For QF it was easy, all she had to do was press a button on her watch and she was back to civvies. " So, what have you discovered? " Robin asks.
She sighs at this, " They have a telepath working with them, I'm good enough that the nitwit didn't notice me, but there are other metas here as well, this could end up being a very messy fight. "
Robin groans at this and calls the information into the hidden bioship. It meant that they could use M'gann for this mission, she could give them away. The pair had been surprised to realize where they were and after Robin had done his ninja thing, as Wally called it, he had sent the basic findings to Batman. Now he was beginning to wish that they had another meta on the team. QF was the only one present and he knew they would need more help, he just didn't know where they could get it from.
Quick Flash looks around again and then they wander off and once far enough away she teleports them to the bioship, " We're going to need help on this one. "
" From who? " Kaldur asks.
" We need another meta, one that won't be expected. One that can cause mayhem quite easily. " Quick Flash states.
" Who did you have in mind, QF? " Robin asks.
Quick Flash had taken to wearing shades around the team like Robin did, contemplates her answer very carefully, because she knew it could cause problems further down the road. " Beast Boy, look I know no one's seen him, and I know Bats has been looking for him, but I know where he is, and with his abilities and M'gann and Conner backing him up we should be set on that front. Rob and I will go in and get the idiot. "
Kaldur sighs at this, " I take it that I am not the leader for this mission as well? "
" Sorry, but we need you here to cover our escape and to help Zatanna, as she hasn't fully mastered her powers yet. "
Kaldur nods, seeing the wisdom in that, Zatanna had the least experience fighting. " So, how will you get Beast Boy here? "
Quick Flash sighs at this question from M'gann, before she teleports off and returns with Beast Boy, " Hey, dudes. "
" BB, Kid Flash has been captured and we're going to need your help to get him back. You'll be working with Miss Martian and Superboy, they'll be keeping you from getting too banged up. " Quick Flash says, donning her costume again.
Beast Boy grins, " So, you mean I get to destroy stuff? "
" Yep. " Quick Flash replies.
" Sweet, so where do you want me? "
Robin takes over from there and once the plan is explained and Robin gives the go ahead Beast Boy changes into a T-Rex and goes on a rampage. Miss Martian and Superboy dealing with all who came to stop him, he switched forms to elephant and continued to destroy whatever got in his path. Rachel needed him to do this to save Wally, so he would do it. Besides, he got to destroy things, which meant he was insanely happy at the moment.
Meanwhile, Robin and Quick Flash are fighting their way to their friend. Quick Flash stops suddenly, " Go, I'll deal with the 'path. "
" Got it, QF. " Robin says.
As the battle in the mental scape takes place Robin reaches Wally's cell and gets it open, quickly picking the locks to the shackles, " Hey, KF, wake up. "
Wally's green eyes slit open, " Rob? "
" It's me, take the bag, it's stocked with goodies for you. " Robin says.
Wally has the contents of the bag downed in seconds, " Thanks, where's… ? " Wally is cut off as Quick Flash is blasted into the cell, only to get on her feet and charge at her opponent.
" Bring it, bitch. " Quick Flash snaps.
" Oh, I'll bring it all right, Quick Flash. "
Quick Flash slams into her full force, " Not even my mother is stupid enough to mess with Kid Flash! "
" Ah, what's the matter, cousin? "
Quick Flash snarls at this and her eyes start to glow, then her opponent was down, eyes blank as they stared off into space. Quick Flash started to turn around but her knees gave out, she'd done too much psychically in one day. Wally was at her side in a moment, " Got a costume for me? "
" Nope, and I don't think I should let you run anyhow. " Robin says and puts in a call to Beast Boy for pick up. Beast Boy enters as a brontosaurus and they all climb on, heading for the bioship. He switched to pterodactyl form and they made quick time, M'gann and Conner following behind them. Kaldur was ready at the ship and covered their retreat while M'gann got the ship in gear. Once they were cloaked and on their way Quick Flash sheds her costume and lets herself relax.
" You all right, Quick Flash? " Beast Boy asks her.
" Too much mental work in too short a time. " is her reply, she was curled up in Wally's arms.
Wally shakes his head at this, " What did you do to her? "
" Shattered her mind. " Quick Flash replies.
" KF, QF, get some sleep, both of you. We'll wake you ten minutes out from Mt. Justice. " Robin says.
Both speedsters were out cold, only Robin seeing the possessive hold Wally had on Rachel. He honestly didn't know how Batman hadn't picked up on this yet. Batman wouldn't be happy about a romance between the two, but Quick Flash's anger would keep him at bay. How KF had managed to keep the secrets he had he'd never know. Only he noticed the slight buzz going through Wally's body, something the speedster did to help his fellow speedster sleep. QF just couldn't let her guard down.
Mt. Justice, thirty minutes later:
Iris Allen stands imposingly over her brother, " Agree to give up your parental rights and sign custody of Wally over to me now, or I will let Quick Flash at you! "
Everyone gasps at this threat, Quick Flash would murder him, " Someone say my name? " Quick Flash asks moments later.
" I did, dear, you should hear the things he's been saying about Wally. " Iris says, her eyes blazing but her voice was calm, quiet.
Quick Flash's eyes flash as she hears everything Rudolph is thinking and she pounces on him, " If you do not do as Iris said, now, I will turn you into an invalid, the only thing you'll be able to do is think. "
Rudolph gulps and nods. Batman grins and blindfolds him, taking him away. Beast Boy was still in the ship, waiting until Batman was gone so he could Zeta to Barry and Iris' place. Quick Flash gave him the all clear and he turned into a mouse to get to the Zeta beam. Robin was there to program it for him and away Beast Boy went. Quick Flash sways on her feet, " Shimatta, I hate it when it power overuse and not my metabolism that has me down. "
Wally was at her side in a second, " You need sleep. "
" Tell me something I don't know. " Quick Flash retorts.
Iris looks her over, " Come on, dear, let's head home, you too, Wally, I'll wake you both in time for dinner. "
Disclaimer: I do not own Young Justice.