AN: And voila! And BTW the big paragraph in between the underlined paragraphs in his dream was also supposed to be underlined, too. Doc Manager kept un-underlining it, so yeah. Just imagine it's underlined!
And for those of you that think this is going to be a slash story, I'm not writing it that way. I'm writing Wally and Whisper's interaction based on me and my BFF's interaction. If you want to interpret it that way, that's fine, but I'm not intentionally writing any romance.
Disclaimer: I do not own YJ! DC Comics does!
Wally woke up to his stomach growling, as usual. Groaning, he sat up and rubbed his eyes furiously. Once he deemed himself semi-awake, he heaved himself out of bed and began trudging to the Cave's kitchen. He rounded the corner only to came face to face with a blonde archer. Shrieking, he jumped away, now fully awake.
"Watch where you're going, Baywatch!"
"Why don't you?!"
Aqualad's deep voice interrupted their argument. "Stop it, both of you." He paused and looked around quickly before continuing. "Have any of you seen Whisper?"
Upon seeing his teammates shake their heads, his eyes narrowed. "Kid, run to his room and see if he is there."
Wally nodded before disappearing in a streak of color. While waiting for the speedster's return, M'gann turned back to her cooking with Superboy watching her every move. Artemis proceeded to make her way to the restroom and Aqualad waited with his arms crossed. After a few seconds, the red head returned.
Wally shook his head and said, "He wasn't in his bed. Not in his bathroom, either."
A pensive expression overcame Aqualad's face. Whisper wouldn't have betrayed them and run away, would he? For all they knew, it was his plan all along to meet the Team and come to the Cave. No, that was jumping to conclusions. "Kid, search the top three floors. We'll take this floor."
"Yes sir, oh fearless leader, sir!" And with that, he was gone in a flash. (AN: Pun intended.)
"M'gann, link us up and take the hallway leading to the hangar. Superboy, the far hallway. I'll take the bedrooms."
Superboy grunted, while M'gann agreed cheerily, and they soon disappeared down their respective hallways.
Aqualad watched them leave before going down his own corridor. He checked in most of the rooms on the left side when a voice behind him said, "Aqualad, what are you doing?"
He turned to find Artemis halfway out of the bathroom. After a moment's pause he said, "Whisper is not in his room and we are trying to locate him."
Artemis' eyes turned to slits and Aqualad's past suspicions rushed through her head. She quickly said, "I'll help you look," and proceeded down the hallway. She opened the first door on the right to find nothing, same with the second and the third. The fourth room, however, held a sight she didn't expect.
A grand piano is in the center of the room, surrounded by different guitars along the wall and a drum set in the corner. The most peculiar thing however, was the small form hunched over the keys of the piano, apparently asleep. Crumpled pieces of paper were scattered around him and a spiral-bound notebook lay open at his head.
"Guys, I found him," Artemis said via mind link.
Aqualad began his way down the hallway to Artemis as Wally raced down two flights of stairs. They arrived at the doorway simultaneously, only to freeze at what they saw.
M'gann and Superboy joined them soon after, and the entire Team stood in the doorway, shocked. That is, until Superboy gave one of his blunt comments.
"I'm gonna wake him up."
He marched into the room and reached for Whisper's shoulder. But before his hand touched the younger, he was stopped by a webbed hand.
He looked at Aqualad for an explanation before a barely audible groaning reached his ears.
When Whisper woke up, he was unusually uncomfortable. He groaned lightly and peeled his eyes open. Blinking to make his vision clearer, he tensed as he realized he was being watched by five teens. While he slept.
Whisper straightened on the piano bench and yawned before mumbling, "Morning, guys."
"Good morning, we did not mean to wake you...," said Aqualad.
Whisper waved his hand and interrupted, "It's fine. What time is it?"
"Last time I checked, it was around 10:30," M'gann replied.
The size that Whisper's eyes grew to was almost comical. "10:30? Man, I must have been out of it. Well, thanks for the wake up call."
"Is your cough better?"
"Yeah. The medicine helped loads, Miss. M.," Whisper responded with a kind smile.
The Martian blushed profusely and said, "It was nothing."
Whisper smiled softly and turned around to the piano to collect his things. However, there was a distinct lack of a red notebook. He faced the Team to ask them if they had seen it when his eyes fell on Artemis.
Her arms were hidden behind her back and a small smirk graced her lips. Her eyes were firmly placed on her teammates. Without hesitation, Whisper pulled into a tight roll under the piano and popped up behind her. Whisper snatched the notepad back before she even knew what happened and said, "You know there's a such thing as privacy right?"
The archer jumped and spun around, only to come face to face with a thirteen-year-old holding what had been in her hands only moments before.
"How did you do that?"
Whisper rolled his eyes and said, "I have skill. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna go hide this where you can't get to it."
M'gann timidly spoke up before he left the room. "I made waffles and bacon, if you're hungry."
Right on cue, his stomach let out an especially loud growl. Blushing, he mumbled, "Thanks, that's sounds great. I'll be there soon."
And with that, he was gone.
"What do you think he was doing in there?"
The Team was sitting in the Cave's living room, waiting for Whisper to return from his room. A certain red-headed speedster was leading a debate on what the mountain's temporary occupant had been doing in the music room.
"Maybe he was writing songs," M'gann suggested.
Artemis snorted. "Somehow, he doesn't really seem like the kind of person to write heart-felt songs."
"Things are not always as they appear."
Before someone else could put in their opinion, another voice spoke up. "Maybe you could just ask him instead of talking behind his back."
Everyone, even Superboy, jumped. They turned to find Whisper standing in the doorway, arms crossed.
"Um, okay," Megan hesitantly replied. "So why were you in there?"
"Couldn't sleep."
"Oh," she said, slightly disappointed she didn't get a more extensive answer.
Whisper, oblivious to her downcast expression, asked what had been on his mind since it was mentioned. "So you said you had food?"
The Martian suddenly seemed bipolar. Her face lit up and she quickly floated into the kitchen. "Yep. I made waffles and bacon, and there's OJ in the fridge." She turned to look at Whisper, who was standing at the edge of the counter, eyes wide, mouth agape.
"Whisper, are you okay," M'gann asked. The rest of the Team turned in their seats to watch the scene unfold.
Whisper blinked and shook his head slightly before saying, "Yeah, I'm fine. It's just...wow. That's a lot of food."
It then hit the Team that this boy lived alone, in Gotham. He was probably lucky to get three meals a day.
Suddenly feeling awkward, M'gann blushed and said, "Well, eat up."
Whisper just smiled.
Two waffles, six pieces of bacon, 30 mL of medicine, and three cups of OJ later, Whisper was done eating. He sat down on the couch next to Wally, only to hear Black Canary's designation be announced.
Mentally reciting everything he had ever heard about the heroine, he turned his head to face the door. A blonde woman in a black shirt, black jacket, and gray tights entered the room and glanced at him curiously. Batman had already informed her of the temporary occupant of Mount Justice, but she had wondered just who exactly they were dealing with. Satisfied (for now), Black Canary turned to face the team.
"Be in the training room in five."
AN: Sigh, it's finally done! Okay and just to clear things up:
1) They are being called their real names depending on what they are wearing. M'gann, Wally, and Artemis are wearing civvies. Aqualad is in uniform because he doesn't want to be caught off guard. Superboy just doesn't have a name, so... Yep!
2) Sorry no singing for this chapter! I already have three songs he is definitely going to sing. I'm not going to put the lyrics, I'm just gonna put something like {Insert lyrics from 'Love Story' by Taylor Swift} or something. If you want to recommend songs to me, feel free, but don't feel bad if they don't get chosen. I have his entire life story planned out and I want each song to reflect that. I will be giving you the explanation for each song in each author's note, so if your confused by the songs, just read the author's note!
3) And lastly, I haven't said this but more reviews make me happy, and happiness makes me think more, and thinking more makes me update more, so please review!
-GSDLover