After the fiasco with Slade Dick went to a safe house. He sat in the middle of the floor waiting. They would come, they always did but this time when they found him his arm was already bloody. They tentatively walked forward and one of them grabbed the first aid kid. The tension was thick as Dick spoke.
"I made him cry, you know what happened with Slade and it r-reminded him. I promised him. I said I would NEVER EVER go back to slade… I broke my promise." They two boys sighed as they bandaged Dick up. He was always slightly unstable but at this point he was dangerous they knew that as soon as they watched the footage of Dick with slade, he was unstable.
"We may have never of had the same experiences but we get it Rob- Nightwing sorry. I may not have the scars to prove it but I understand." Dick smiled through his tears.
"I know that Kid, but…. You can see through the tunnel, I can't" Wally hugged him.
"The thought's never truly go away Dickie." Dick sighed and the other boy in the room spoke up. He rolled his sleeve down.
"We may not be a bat Dick and even though we stopped Wally before he started I still have the scars."
"I'm sorry… I was… insensitive" Roy Harper smiled.
"It's fine, Dickie I'm here for you" The youngest of the three climbed into Roy's lap. He cried, he cried until there were no tears and instead it was just his shaking form.
When dick fell asleep Roy wrapped him up in a blanket and sat next to Wally both looked like they'd aged ten years.
"He's getting worse Roy"
"I know, even I never got to that point" both boys tried to hold back the tears.
"He's going to kill himself Wals and the only way to stop it is to tell the Bats" Wally looked at Roy in disgust.
"It's because of him this was happening…. We can't tell anyone when Dick found out about you he didn't tell anyone, not even me Roy we can take care of him" He sounded like he was trying to convince himself more than he was Roy. They had dealt with Dick pretty well so far but lately he was getting Deeping into his own hell and they didn't know what to do. They couldn't lose their only brother. With that thought in mind both boys fell asleep as the clock struck midnight.