SPITFIRE

The ginger bread man

PREPARE YALL SELF, WARNING. LONG. AND REALLY... JUST PREPARE YOURSELF!!!!

---WALLY---

I sat against the door just thinking about what an idiot I am. All of the sudden I get a knock at the door which made me almost jump. "I'm not really in the mood to talk." I say, feeling a headache coming on. "I know. But you know me. I'm the detective." says a firmillair voice. Grayson. Something slid under the door next to me. "And, well. Just thought you would want this." he mutters. I look down at what seemed to be a picture. I flip it and can't help but smile. It was the one of me and artemis sleeping with each other. That time when stupid boy wonder took a photo of us sleeping n the couch. It was kind of creepy how he was hiding behind that couch. Speaking of which I thought I told him delete it. But then again there's a polaroid in my hand. I guess he somehow sent it to his printer or something... wait. What if there's several copies? What if he gave one to every member of the team. What if he gave one to artemis? What if he has files of things to black mail me on if I ever do something out of line. Whoa. Dick Grayson is a lot weirder then he seems. But he is my best friend. I look at the photo again. I get up and walk over to my shelf. "Souvenir." I mutter placing it on a holder. Stupid Dick Grayson. I walk out of the room to find Barry down the hall. Just the guy I needed to see. "Uncle Barry!" I yell racing up to him, and again I feel that feeling in my leg. Like pins. MY leg isn't asleeop because it's been doing this the last week. "Listen, we gotta talk." the whole side kick thing and how I've been feeling this past month, I just- he's just the only one that should understand.. And maybe somehow he could train me to get faster. "Wally. Listen kid, is this about the speed thing? Cause I've told you before spe-" "No, well... yes, kind of! The point is we should talk." I stutter. "Wally, your you. I'm me. The difference isn't speed. The difference between you and me is personality. And I'd say you'd win in that category." he smiles while putting his hand on my shoulder. I look at it pathetically. "I don't want another one of your corny speeches, or excuses. I want be fast like you. I-" he starts to cut me off again. "Wally," he begins. "SEE! THIS IS EXACLY WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!" I yell shrugging his hand off my shoulder. "I'm tired of being your side kick!" I yell. "Wally. Your no side kick!" he shakes his head. I step backwards regretting talking to him. Regretting looking up to him. "Your right, I'm your shadow. Everything I do is 'The flash's side kick', half of the time people don't even get my name right! You know what they call me? FLASH BOY! My names kid flash!" I growl. "Wally. Your not my shadow." I back up even more. "Shadow, flash boy, oh, and don't forget Barry's nephew! That's right! even my own FAMILY sees me as your shadow! And I'm sick of it!" I yell. "Wally just calm down." he mutters. "Don't wally me! You may have the suit, and the name, and the speed, and the respect, and the honor. But the one thing you will NEVER have, is my spirit. My determination. I DIDN'T GET STRUCK BY A LIGHTNING BOLT and RANDOMLY get super powers. I didn't get them handed to me. Instead I recreated your experiment to give me the same powers as you did. But I guess it didn't exactly work that way did it?" I say staring into his eyes. He said nothing because he knew it was true. "I may not have your speed, or your name, or the suit, or even the respect. But I'm a better man then you would ever be. I don't need an uncle, Barry. I need a mentor." And with that, I turn around but pause to see artemis in the door way of the living room giving a slight smile. I think she was proud of what I said. I walk past her. "You have my respect." she whispers as I walk past her. I grin. Sorry but I really couldn't help it. All of the sudden The TV in the living room turned on. The screen went from black, to a firmillair face. A girl with pink hair and pale skin. She taps the camera. "Is this thing on?" she asks. Me and Artemis give each other a confused look. Jinx smiles at the camera with a big grin on her face as she waves. "Good... LATE AFTERNOON TEAM!" She smiles. There was something off about this. "You see..." she rambles on about something as the team runs in. "Your seeing this too right?" Robin looks to Barry, Artemis and I. "For the past month I've been undercover working for H.I.V.E." Artemis gasps sarcastically. "PAY UP BOY WONDER!" Artemis laughs punching Dick in the arm. "Whatever!" he mumbles. We look back to the tv screen. "The only reason why I've been playing this silly act for almost 4 weeks was to see if I could find out anything about your petty little team. But the only thing I found was secrecy, jealousy, and actually... love." She rolls her eyes. "Let me begin with saying all of what I'm about to say, is completely true. First, M'egan is infract not a green Martian but a white. Her true form is quite gruesome in my opinion. ..And half of the Martian's. We all look to M'egan. Tears filled her eyes as she ran off. "Second, Aqualad's father is Black Manta. Surprising right?" she laughs but it was more of a cackle. We look to Aqualad. He looks down in shame. "It is true." he says full of embarrassment."Oh! And third!" she grins evilly. I look to Artemis and see she knew something was about to happen. "MY DEAR GIRL FRIEND, Artemis Loraine Crock. Watch out Wally, because almost everything Artemis has said, is a lye." Jinx begins with a gleam in her eye. I look to Aremis who glanced to me. "Ahemmm. it's a long list. Well first off her uncle, is NOT the green arrow. Infact, she doesn't even live in starling city! She lives in Gotham! Not to mention she goes to Gotham academy!" I stare into Artemis's eyes. I know she was going to tell me this at some point. "But wait, there's more! Artemis's family is full of crimals like me. Her father is sportsmaster, her sister is Cheshire, and her mother is the retired huntress! What a shame the team had to find out like this." Jinx says with a sarcastic pout. "Artemis?" I call. She darters her eyes from me to the ground. "Sure, it's true. But I'm nothing like my family. I didn't tell you because I thought you wouldn't trust me anymore." I give her a smile. I intertwine my finger through her hand. She looks up at me. "You earned you spot on the team. No one's goanna change that." I assure her. She smiles back at me. I love her smiles. I love her. "Oh yeah, it's like what? 7:53? Were in your front yard." she laughs. We all give each other looks of 'what?'. "See you soon!" she smiles as the TV turns off. I catch robin looking at me and Artemis. And our hands. Artemis see's it too. We let go of each others hand. We try to act normal. She inspect her nails while I rub the back of my neck looking at the celling. Red tornado walks in from the hallway. "Team, as you can see we've had a mole on our team just like Roy inspected. But we have another problem. H.I.V.E and the suicide squad is on the beach, making threats." he informs us. "We shall help in anyway we can." Aqua lad says dryly.