A/N

AN UPDATE!

I know, it has been awhile

But look I finally done it, no need to be upset anymore!

So take a deep breath and happy reading!

~Ringleader_Robin

(Kit)

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Dick was dead, he had to be.Any normal person would have surely bled out by now. Dick chuckled to himself; Dick Grayson will never be normal.

"Dick?" A voice asked cautiously.

"Dick is not here to pick up the phone, please leave a message." Dick spoke in a robotic tone, eyes still closed. He heard a small chuckle.

"Common dude, not funny."

"Then was that chuckle just my imagination?" He hummed. "Are we alone or are you going to torture me more than joker?"

"Dont joke about that!"

Dick opened his eyes, moving slightly but instantly regretting it. His whole body screamed in pain. He glanced over to the owner of the voice and smiled softly. "Hey there, Walls. Come here often?"

Wally let out a relieved sigh, glad to see that Dick was finally awake after two days of being unconscious, it was good to see he was still his usual self. "You scared me there for awhile."

"Why am I handcuffed to the bed?" Dick questioned, raising an eyebrow with a smirk. "Didn't know you were into that."

Wally punched the other in the arm. "You just wake up and you are already cracking jokes." He grinned. " But now that you are awake.." His smile fell and he slapped Dick across the face. " Stop putting my life before yours!"

Dick hissed in pain, a look of shock that the other actually hit him, sure Wally yelled at him before about doing the same thing, but he never slapped him before. "Dude, not cool." He groans.

"Not cool? You know what's not cool!? Having your best friend tortured and shot!"

"Awe common Wally--"

"Don't 'Common Wally' me! I was worried sick!" He gripped Dicks shoulder. "I want you to stop this, Your cover was blown anyway right? You can stop..please.." His voice began to waver.

"Stop and do what exactly Wally? I pretty much shot myself in the foot with the media due to the bank incident. I am labeled a villain and I highly doubt that will change." Dick shrugged a little. "Remember when we first met Wally?"

Wally sighed and sat besides Dick's bed. "Yeah, you were irritating back then too." He chuckled. "But why bring that up now?"

" To make a point of course." Dick grinned. "You were like what, ten? " He Dick laughed again, realizing not much has really changed over the years. "You went out of your way to bring me a decent meal-- which surprisingly you didn't eat along the way. You were the first person to care about me after--" Dick paused and then gave a small shrug. "Anyways, you went out of your way--not as a hero, not as a friend..just as a good person, something that was so rare to see in a city like Gotham. So why do I put you first? Isn't it obvious, you are my everything Wally, simple as that."

"Dude, you were on the streets starving, anyone would have stopped." Wally defended.

""Yet no one did but you." Dick grinned. "I had given up, Wally..on everything. The city of Gotham, Batman and the entire idea of justice, and even humanity itself--And here this redhead walks in so ignorantly, shoving a bag of fast food in my face with this idiotic smile plastered on his own." He shook his head. "And to this day the only thing I have ever had faith in is you... and then you joined all of this.." Dick gestured to the med bay room. " With this whole big picture of justice and danger...sorry to say Walls, but you are a complete idiot, I needed to make sure you were alright." Dicks eyes grew dark. "Because heroes cannot save everybody, and that includes their comrades."

"Dick, I don't know why you hold such a grudge with the justice league, but they do their best and I believe in making the world a better place!" Wally frowned. " Why are you so bitter all the time when it comes to them!?"

Dick laughed shallowly. "You still don't understand? Their neglect took something important from me, and now they are doing the same thing all over again! All it takes is one mission, one mission where you need help and they don't make it in time. Then the only thing I have left in this world is gone! How could I NOT be bitter?" Tears beginning to form. "I just can't stand the idea of losing yet another important person..."

Wally froze a bit at how the other's voice seemed to break near the end. "H-Hey...I'm not going anywhere.." He slowly took of the others mask, seeing the tears. "Common dude, its not like you to cry in front of me. You're supposed to be the strong one."

"H..heh..you got that right.." Dick gave a shaky laugh. " You always were the crybaby."

"Am not!" Wally protested. " I never cried.

"Not even during a certain movie we watched?" Dick teased, recalling when they had a movie night at Wally's place in central a few years back.

"There was a lot of dust in the air okay?! Some got in my eye." Wally crossed his arms, feeling his face burn with embarrassment. If the team ever heard about that...Artemis would have a field day with it.

"Sure you did." Dick rolled his eyes, hearing footsteps. "Mind putting my mask back on pal? I have a feeling a larger headache that is not my likely concussion is going to walk through that door."

"Uh, yeah..sure Dick." He put the domino mask back on his friend's face, Just in time to hear the sound of the room door opening.

Just as Dick suspected, Batman walked through the door with his usual constipated expression. Of all the heroes that had to walk through that door, why did it have to be Batman? "We need to talk."

"Don't have much of a choice now do I?" Retorted Dick, moving his arm to jingle the handcuffs a little bit. Never before did gnawing off his arm to escape seem so tempting.