"Dang it," he muttered to himself. After learning that Shayera was actually dating John again he zipped out of the watch tower. Currently, he was on the Great Wall of China. There wasn't much to do other than hide from John. He was the only one that really seemed to care that he was seventeen. Seriously, he had seen Night wing as a hero since he was what? Eight maybe. Nine at the oldest. So what was wrong with him being seventeen? Sure he was younger than some other heroes but he had saved enough lives to prove himself. And he was a speedster. A speedster. The interpretation of time from normal person to speedster was way different than John realized. More than anyone truly realized. Not even Batman or J'onn.
"John is an idiot. John is a moron. John is… COMING RIGHT AT ME!" he yelled tearing down the top of the great wall away from the approaching lantern.
John sighed. He thought Flash was hard to catch before. Now this was getting ridiculous. Like a cat and mouse game. This was getting ridiculous. John sped up at least now keeping up with Wally. Like Tom and Jerry. Like Coyote and Roadrunner. Always chasing the other. Never stopping.
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"I bet that Flash will break lantern first," said Question taking bets. Different leaguers had heard about John and Flash who was now being called Wally. They were all in huge debate over who was right, who was wrong, but most of all they were arguing over whether Wally would keep his independence or cave under the marine.
And this was the biggest bet going around the league since Super girl had spread a rumor that Superman had something going on with Luthor after he had embarrassed her. It was entertaining to say the least.
"I put my money on the marine," said Black Canary who had little faith in the adolescent hero. She handed Question two hundred dollars.
"I put my money," said Shayera walking up to Question. She had five hundred dollars, "On Wally. People were shocked that she was betting against her boyfriend.
"I second that," said Diana. Though she didn't put money in. She didn't gamble. But it was still neat to know that the founders had their own opinion. People said Batman was even in favor of Wally. But rumors also said that Batman was for John. Wally was seventeen after all. J'onn was indifferent, being a couple hundred years old age doesn't seem like such a big thing. Things were starting to get interesting in the Watch Tower.
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Wally wouldn't look John in the eye as he was led inside the lantern's home. John never knew how hard it was to have a kid. Or even corral a speedster. Wally never really knew how hard it was to outrun a determined Lantern. But then again, ever since John learned of his actual age, they were learning things left and right just trying to understand.
I needed to update. T-T