Chapter 1

Later...

Wally knew something was wrong when his uncle showed up early. He jumped to his feet.

"Uncle Barry, what's wrong?" He asked, and Barry looked at him, as though he'd forgotten he was there.

"You've known who Robin is for a long time, right?" He asked, wiping the tears away from his eyes, and when Wally nodded, Barry sighed. "Well, come on then, let's run to his house, there's something for you to see." Instantly, Wally was worried, and a million scenerios shot through his mind as he changed into costume. When he was ready, the duo took off to the Manor.

When they got there, Wally's worry skyrocketed when he saw Alfred trying his best to hide his tears. "Master Wallace, Master Barry, everyone's here. Come downstarirs." They followed the butler down to the Batcave, and they were led to the one room of the Batcave neither had ever entered, and a crowd was gathered around it.

"We're all here." Batman- no, this was Bruce, Wally realized, hearing the heartache in the mans voice- said. "One at a time, the Team first. Line up." Wally looked at the other members of the Team, surprised. "Roy, you too."

"What do you think's going on?" Artemis asked. "GA got a call when we were on patrol, and we went to the Zeta Tube and showed up here! Where are we anyways, Baywatch?"

"Why do you think I would know?" Wally whispered back.

"Because you and the Flash ran in from up there." Artemis nodded with her head at the stairs. "And Batman, Superman, and the rest of the founding seven except Flash who just got here won't let anyone up there."

"You've got me." He replied, catching Clark's warning look. "We're in the Batcave. Batman's base of operations."

"I thought the Batcave was just a myth!" Artemis replied.

"Go in." Batman told them, and Wally turned away from Artemis and pushed the door open, quickly catching sight of the writing all over the walls. After the rest of the Team had entered he shut the door behind him.

Inferior to Batman. He turned and looked at something else. Why does Batman keep him around, anyways? He turned and saw another one. Batman wouldn't have messed up the Failsafe. He glanced at Artemis, who was crying. He looked at the next one Why Robin and not Batman? He glanced around at the Team, seeing the stricken look on M'ggan's face.

Compared to Batman you mean? He's... nothing really. He saw the look Superboy was giving it, and Wally's eyes widened when he saw Connor's eyes glowing red.

"Connor!" He said warningly. Connor turned to him, blinking away the heat vision. "M'ggan..." We're linked. M'ggan said. What happened to Robin?

I recognize his handwriting. Wally said. But... I had no idea... He looked around again. Robin? Is he... A mini-Batman? He glanced at Kaldur, and tears came to his eyes as he saw the next one. Batman's smarter!

No idea that he hated being compared to Batman? Artemis asked. Me neither. Connor, anything?

I can smell tears, sweat, and a faint trace of blood. Connor replied.

Well, sweat makes sense. Wally said. This was Rob's personal training room, not even Bats was allowed in here. Since appearently he hated being compared to Batman, I guess tears makes sense, but blood?

Right here. Connor touched a part of the wall. Like he punched it so hard he ended up bleeding.

I can't stand to be in here anymore. Roy said. To think that we helped cause whatever happened... He stormed out of the room, the rest of the Team right behind him, Wally ran out at superspeed to Robin's room, and a heartbeat later his uncle was right behind him.

"Wally, what did you see in there?" Barry asked him. "Wally, you alright?"

"I had no idea..." Wally said. "I was supposed to be his best friend, we were supposed to tell each other everything... Why didn't he say something?"

"Wally." Barry said. "Wally!"

"You'll see when you go in there." Wally said. "Two words... How much of a difference can two words make?" He buried his head in his hands. "Rob... Dick..." Barry gave Wally a hug.

"Whatever happened, it's not your fault." Barry said. "Robin wouldn't do anything impulsively. He'd think about it for several weeks, or maybe even months."

"It is." Wally said. "It's partly my fault. Those walls..." He thought back, remembering the walls covered with words that had all meant one thing. Batman's better than Robin. "I wish I'd never said it..."

"Wally." Barry said, trying to figure out something to say. "It couldn't have been that bad... Could it?"

"Go and see for yourself." Wally said. "My gosh... Two words... I wish I'd never said them..." He glanced up and Barry was gone. He returned about five minutes later, tears in his eyes.

"Which one was it, Kid?" He asked.

"Batman's smarter." Wally replied. "I had no idea he hated it..."

"He's always had an issue with it." Barry said. "I can remember when he started avoiding the League because of it, and it caused a few arguments between him and Bats. I had a talk with him, and it worked... Until he overheard Captain Atom say something to Aquaman. He never told me what it was, but it caused him to take off and hide in Gotham for nearly a whole day before I found him. That was the day I introduced him to you."

"He never told me he had an issue with it." Wally said.

"Use your head, Kid." Barry said. "How do you feel with you're compared to me?"

"Like I'm useless." Wally said. "Just because I'm not as fast as you."

"Just because you're not as fast doesn't mean anything." Barry said. "If I recall correctly, you've saved my life a few times. I'm sure Robin's done the same for Batman. You know you don't like being compared to me, why would he like being compared to Batman?"

"I never thought about it." Wally said. "Those two words just slipped out of my mouth before I could think about it."

"Doesn't Bats have some sort of GPS tracker on Robin?" Barry asked.

"I think so." Wally looked up at Barry. "On his belt I think. But, well, Rob's better at hacking than Bats. He could've hidden it from the Batcomputer or something."

"Let's go check anyways." Barry said. "Come on, Wally. You're the fastest boy alive, that means something, doesn't it?" Wally grinned at his uncle, and the two returned to the Batcave. "Bats, GPS tracker of Rob's belt?"

"Here." Batman puched something into Wally's hands. "Bring him back. And hurry, anything could happen to him." Wally nodded and he took off, leaving Barry behind to talk to Bruce.

When he arrived at the spot the GPS tracker said he was, however, what he saw caused him to think only one word, and turn all his optimistic thoughts into negative thoughts.

No.