Tick Tock Tick Tock

Damian stared at the classroom clock. U.S History was possibly the most boring subject. But he thought that about every class he took. Despite Mr. Smith's honest attempts to make the class interesting, the ebony haired boy was completely focused on the fact that there was precisely two minutes and twenty-three seconds remaining before he could go to Mount Justice.
Irey. He really wanted to go to go see Irey. She had been out of school since the Monday it happened, it was now Friday. Jai was telling everyone she had strep throat. But in reality, she was having 'episodes' more and more every day. Each time she came to she had some new detail about her father proving more and more each time he was well and alive in some unknown dimension.
The bell finally rang and Damian couldn't have stood up any faster.
"Hey Damian, do you wanna-"
"No." Damian cut a peer off storming out the classroom. Malia Thomsen looked offended. The blonde-haired girl then gave a bitchy glare.
"Don't worry about him he's just a spoiled brat. Shouldn't have tried to invite him anyway. He hangs out with that freak, Iris." Malia's friend, Alexa, rather loudly consoled her.
Damian Wayne couldn't have whipped around to face them faster.
His face turning red in a pure overreaction of rage.
"Shut up." He gritted slowly.
"It speaks." Jeremy Lowe said sarcastically. The well-known ass hat leaned back in his chair feet up on a desk. He looked the part of the stereotypical jock that had a rep of being a total jerk.
They were now the four in the classroom. Damian, Malia, Alexa and Jeremy. The teacher even now gone.
"You bastards. You know nothing of us, and are to ignorant make any comment. You uneducated swine." Damian's Arabic accent became more pronounced as he allowed the anger to consume him.
"Pfff" Alexa sneered.
"Perfect couple really. You're both freaks that keep to yourselves like you've got something to hide. What is it huh? Daddy fresh out of money for your anger management? Or is he sending you back to whatever third world country you came from?" Jeremy smirked. Damian's world seemed to go black and when he woke up Alexa was crying and Jeremy was bleeding on the floor. Damian walked away with a small black eye but that was nothing for him or compared to what was probably a broken arm and cracked skull.
He was probably going to get suspended later but he was already behind schedule. He needed to check on Irey.

At Mount Justice Lian was watching over her sleeping cousin. Her mother, Jade, stood off to the side, looking unsettled with her arms crossed over her chest. "Yes. Yes, she's fine I promise." Jade said in hushed tones into her phone, pacing the foot her bed. "Sis, I promise. She's in my hands she's totally safe….Hey. I resent that." She mused and Lian giggled looking over her favorite cousin from the chair. "Now go on. Be that big time Gotham City forensic cop or whatever it is you do." Jade hung up her phone and placed her hands on her hips shaking her head.
Damian b-lined right in. Not bothering to look at either of them.
"How is she?" He asked still not looking at Lian or Jade. Damian stood over her sleeping form
Lian and her mother smirked the same Cheshire-like smirk, amused with crush he was desperately trying to conceal.
"We knocked her out after her last one about 2 hours ago. She'll be coming too soon." Lian said. Damian sighed.

Dick's eyes narrowed. He had written down every detail from Irey. Making notes, crossing things off he thought were irrelevant. Then drawing a big "X" through it all and writing it again. He didn't want to undermine anything.
From what he gathered, Wally West was actually alive. When he vanished, he went to a different dimension, one where speedsters apparently get their speed. Wally had been pushing his own speed, in an unsafe environment, which is supposedly why he got transported there. This was just the beginning and based off a lot of speculation and everything seemed really blurry and mixed up. Dick and Artemis or anyone really didn't want to push Iris. It clearly caused her a lot of pain and anxiety. But she was tough and wanted to do this if it meant saving someone. Especially if that someone was her father. Even though no one was really sure they could stop it. The only thing that seemed to relieve Iris from the pain was knocking her unconscious.
There were still a lot of unanswered questions. Like did Wally know what he was doing? Could he communicate enough information to get him out of there and to the right dimension?
The 34-year-old superhero was living off coffee. He was so confused and filled with determination.
Artemis entered the office of his apartment. Her hair was down wearing nothing but one of his button-down shirts.
She placed a hand on his shoulder and peered over it to see the mess of notes he was reviewing.
"What are we going to do?" Dick asked softly, resting his head in his own hands, leaning back into Artemis' touch.
"Figure it out. Get him back."
"No...what are WE going to do..." He said looking up at her. Artemis looked away.
"I don't know. If we do get him out of whatever dimension he's in... it's going to be hard enough for him to deal with meeting his own kids..."
"So we're just supposed to pretend that none of this..." He gestured to her form. Her oh-so sexy body. "...happened?"
"No...I... don't know... he has to understand? It's been sixteen years for Christ's sake. He can't expect me to wait or to even assume he's alive and coming back.
Dick considered this. She was beyond right. And the sex had been great. And plus they both developed mutual feelings for each other.
But both of them wanted Wally West back... everyone did...

Damian handed Irey a glass of water. She sat up in her bed, Jade and Lian had left a bit ago. Damian sat in a chair at her bedside. He was being awkward, Irey thought. Damian had replaced his school clothes with a black hoodie and dark jeans, he ran a hand through his dark hair.
She thanked him quietly for the water and sipped it.
"What happened to your face?" She asked casually, pointing out the blueness forming under his right eye.
"Mission." He slouched back in his chair and crossed his arms
"Liar." She spat back.
Damian narrowed his eyes. "You got into a fight at school, didn't you?"
He replied with silence.
Irey rolled her eyes. The teenager wasn't in the mood for his sass. The dark circles under her eyes and lingering, constant migraine were enough.
"Jeremy is an ass hole. Don't let him bug you."
"How did you know it was Lowe?" Damian muttered sitting up a bit. "He's the only one you let bother you. You usually ignore everyone else but Jeremy knows how to push your buttons."
Damian was impressed with Irey's observation. She was usually pretty aloof.
He changed the subject. "Feeling better?"
"Honestly no. But yes? I think my dad...could... I don't know come back...I don't want to get my hopes up but it's like I'm talking to him."
"You are in a way, aren't you?"

Artemis had found her way into Dick's lap. And somehow his mouth was on hers. Her hand trailed down his torso and his on the small of her back and waist and was otherwise being very adventurous.
She pulled away and rested her forehead on his. Breathing out calming down. She looked him in the eye and smirked.
"What?" He asked.
She laughed.
"Oh don't give me that..." He smirked back.
Dick was about to dive back in when his phone rang. He groaned in annoyance.
Artemis laughed, amused with his frustration.
"Hello?" He answered and Artemis had leaned back in his lap, giving him some space and herself some so she wouldn't be tempted...
Dick listened to whoever was on the other end his eyes narrowing more and more by the second.
Artemis watched his face grow more and more concerned and she began assuming the worse. She had a feeling. A mom feeling, she called it. Artemis got off his lap and stood and began searching for her pants and a shirt of her own. Dick wasn't even done of the phone.
A moment later she returned to his office fully clothed. Dick was sliding a jacket on.
Artemis looked at him expectantly.
"Apparently there's an alternate dimensional-vortex surrounding your daughter."