Before Dick could get another word in, Wally took off. He needed to get out of there. He needed to get away from Dick.

He couldn't deal with this mess right now.

In an attempt to take his mind off the entire situation, he concentrated on finding Wallace, he'd been desperately needing to tell him something anyway. After an unsuccessful scout of the Tower's training arena, Wally ran outside to find Bart with Tim and Kon.

The younger speedster beamed at the sight of his older cousin before attacking him with a hug.

"I thought you left already" he murmured into Wally's chest.

The older tightened his arms around the kid as he smiled into his mop of chocolate hair, internally sniggering at the awkward looks Kon and Tim were giving them. Bats and Kryptonians were nowhere near as openly affectionate as speedsters.

"Can't get rid of me that easily. We're still on for our weekly hangout tomorrow yeah? It's your turn to choose where we go"

Bart pulled away a little to smile up at Wally

"I wouldn't miss it for anything, I already picked the place. Don't bother asking, it's a surprise"

Wally raised a brow in amusement, "Alright then. Have you seen Wallace? He made me promise to spend some time with him after training"

Bart released Wally entirely before taking a step back towards with friends, "I think he went to his usual spot - the garden behind the tower. I'll see you tomorrow ya?" he smiled.

Wally gave him one last smile before running off to find his brother. Or was it half-brother?

Whatever.

Bart wasn't kidding, there were flowers and shrubs everywhere. Back when he was a titan, this garden didn't exist behind the tower.

Then again, a lot of things have changed since he was a titan.

The red head quickly spotted Wallace, he was sitting on the grass next to his backpack with his knees propped up. He was staring at the Golden Gate Bridge in the distance and Wally couldn't help but notice how it looked even more beautiful with the sunset light making the water around it glitter.

As he felt the sight of the beautiful view relax him, he made his way over to the teen without the use of any super speed.

Wallace looked at Wally in surprise as the older speedster plopped down next to him.

"You're here. I thought you forgot"

Wally pushed down his guilt and forced his signature smirk, "I never break a promise. Especially not to my own bro". He added a playful shoulder fist bump for good measure.

Wallace gave the older of the two an annoyed side glance with the corners of his lips slightly upturned.

They sat in silence for a moment, listening to the sound of the plants around them rustling in the evening breeze.

"I had a dream the other night. About us"

Wally turned his head to face him, giving his brother his undivided attention.

"It felt like something that would have happened years ago. My mom needed to go somewhere, so she dropped me off at Iris' place to spend the weekend. I remember feeling so excited because you were going to be there too. When we arrived, I practically leaped out of my mom's arms and threw myself into yours. For those two days, we spent all our time together. The first day, Iris took us to the park where we ran and played for hours. After, she took us to the taco place for lunch. The one you took me and Barry to a few months ago"

He paused for a brief moment, his brown eyes meeting Wally's wide-eyed stare.

"When Iris was making dinner, you took me to the living room and taught me how to build a blanket fort. That's where we slept, after I made you read me The Rainbow Fish twice. The second day was probably my favourite, you woke me up early and we made breakfast in bed for Iris. You made the eggs and the coffee and told me to pick flowers from the garden to decorate the tray. She was so happy when she woke up, told us we were the best nephews ever. Then we-"

"I tried to teach you the periodic table song, but you couldn't say most of the words. They were too hard for you," Wally interrupted. "We spent the rest of the day watching YouTube clips of superheros, mostly of The Flash. I was telling you about how much I loved him. When your mom came back to pick you up, you started to cry and you clung to me with a death grip. You wouldn't let go until I calmed you down by giving you my favourite toy. I said that we'll see each other again really soon, and that you had to look after the toy in the meantime, and give it back when we saw each other again"

Wallace was staring at him in pure shock.

"How did you…?"

"I had the same dream," Wally replied breathlessly. "A few nights ago, while you were off world. But it didn't feel like a dream. Dreams are hazy and unclear. This felt like a video playing in my head, and when I thought about it in the morning, It felt like a-"

"Memory"

They stared at each other in silence, both of them trying to process all this information.

"A memory of something that happened years ago. I think I was nine, and you were two"

Wallace reached for his backpack, and for a moment Wally thought he was leaving. But instead, he zipped open the fist compartment and pulled out a small green lantern plush toy. Something wally hadn't seen for years.

Wallace gently pushed the pushie into Wally's hand.

"It was at the back of my closet. I remembered I'd put it there years ago when we got back to Earth last night"

Wally let out a shuddering breath as he examined the toy. It was really old, filled with little beads instead of fluff like most soft toys that were made back then. The colours on it had faded, and it was really floppy.

What Wallace didn't know was that this hadn't been his favourite toy at the time, it had been his second favourite. He had another plushie from the same store, a red one with a yellow lightning bolt on it's chest. That had been his favourite.

"We're remembering more of each other" he said softly

Wallace nodded, before wrapping his arms around his knees again.

"I wanted to tell you something else. I've been looking for someone for a while, a close family member. I don't know if you've ever met him or if Abra Kadabra's spell made you forget, but he's really important to me. He's been missing for a really long time, and the CCPD hasn't found any traces of him. Not even Barry. Everyone thinks he's dead, but I don't believe it. Every lead I've had on him has been a dead end, and I'm running out of options"

He stopped to rub his eyes with his palms, momentarily expressing his exhaustion.

"I guess what I'm trying to say is, I know Robin's older brother, your friend, is a police officer. Can you try and ask him to access police files, security cameras and surveillance to see if there's anything I might have missed?"

Wally sighed as he averted his gaze. Perfect. His plan to avoid Dick for a while would go down the toilet if he did what Wallace was asking him to do.

He forced a smile for the second time that evening.

"Yeah, sure thing. I'll do it as soon as I can. But he's a really busy guy, so it might not be as quick as we want. Who is this relative?"

Wallace turned to face him and gave a half-smile as he spoke.

"He's my uncle. You know how my da-uh…I mean our dad left my mom before I ever knew him. When I was growing up, my uncle would come visit a lot. He would take me places, buy me stuff and he taught me how to play soccer. Everyone has given up on him, but I haven't. He means a lot to me Wally, and I'm really worried about him"

Oh.

Boy idolizes uncle because his father is a load of shit.

Didn't that story sound familiar.

"He's Iris' other brother. Daniel West. Do you know him?"

Wally wrinkled his nose in thought. Other brother? He didn't remember his father having brother. It was just another painful reminder that so much had changed since he'd been gone.

Wally shook his head, but gave a reassuring smile.

"Don't worry, I'll look into it. He's my family too right?"

He felt his heart melt a little when Wallace gave him a big grateful smile, the hope in his eyes were making them shine. It was little moments like these that made their complicated relationship become stronger, and Wally's never wanted to do anything but just that.

"Thanks man. That…means a lot to me. Its getting late, and Barry is going to bench me for a week if I come home late again and I promised Iris I would get some fresh bok choy from Beijing for dinner tonight. She's making stir fry or something"

"Sounds fun"

Wally stood up and offered a hand to his brother, lifting him up effortlessly. Before they said their goodbyes, Wally placed a hand on Wallace's shoulder to make him look up at him.

"You've never asked me about him" he said tentatively

"Who?"

"Our dad"

Wally didn't miss the way his younger brother's shoulders tensed, or the way his expression suddenly became bitter.

"There's nothing to ask about. He didn't want anything to do with me, so I don't want anything to do with him"

After they said their goodbyes, Wally watched as his brother took off, leaving him alone with his thoughts again.

Dick groaned as he finally collapsed on his coach, still clad in blue and black Kevlar. It probably wasn't a good idea to climb outside of the building and sneak into his apartment through the window, but at that moment he was way too burnt out to care.

Today had been one heck of a day.

Something told him it didn't have anything to do with the thugs he'd found trying to rob an elderly couple or the burglar he'd stopped from trying to rob the jewellery store down the street.

Dick Grayson was a lot of things:

A Son

A brother

A friend

An acrobat

A Robin

A vigilante

A police officer

An infiltrator

The list just kept going. But a lightning rod?

That one was completely unexpected. Until a few hours ago, he didn't even know what a lightning rod was. Let alone the fact the he's apparently been one for years.

But the more he thought about it, the more prominent his confusion became.

As heart-warming as it was to find out his childhood best friend used him to help control his powers, (his god-like powers), the detective side of him was nagging him relentlessly.

He remembered what Wally had told him about what a lightning rod was.

"Our lightning rod is the person we love the most, someone we have a very special connection to, someone we couldn't live without"

That part made sense. They were best friends - They loved each other.

But…

"When we feel ourselves getting pulled in, we focus on that one person – memories we share with them, our bond with them and most importantly, our love for them. Jay has Joan, and Barry has Iris. Their love for them is so strong, its allows them to break free again"

But that didn't make any sense.

Wally has been trapped in the speed force before. He had been trapped for years - it wasn't even that long ago,

And Barry pulled him out.

Before he could ponder on the matter any further, his phone started to ring.

He answered it without bothering to look at the ID and almost doubled back in shock when he recognised the voice on the other side

"Why is West's place under you name?"

"Jason?"

"It's me"

Strange…Jason never called him, unless it was for vigilante business.

"Um, what? How do you even know about that?"

"I hacked into Bruce's file on him"

Dick went quiet as he squinted his eyes in disbelief. He couldn't believe what he was hearing.

"…why?"

"Relax Dick, I'm not stalking him. I just needed to know where he lives. I… want to give him something"

If the fact that Jason had hacked into Bruce's files on his best friend hadn't made him feel uneasy, the softness in voice as he said that last sentence certainly did the job.

"I bought it, with Bruce's platinum credit card. He made the mistake of leaving it lying around"

"You stole Bruce's credit card and bought an apartment for someone else? Wow. Nice one golden boy"

"Why did you want to know?" Dick asked almost impatiently. He heard a small chuckle on the other side of the phone.

"Just making sure so I didn't accidently turn up at a penthouse of yours or something. Alright, imma go"

Dick couldn't say anything else before Jason ended the call.

What the heck?

Jason had just hacked into the bat-computer to find out where Wally lived – to give him something?

This situation was making him really uncomfortable

He turned to look at his open window, staring at it for a few moments.

Jason is his younger brother and Wally is his best friend. It was natural for him to be protective of them.

He shoved his feet into his boots again and grappled out of the window.

Wally's never minded his late night visits before, why should tonight be any different?