Author's Note: So, basically, I had already had this premise written, but decided to just change a few things here and there to make it fit a blind Wally raised by the Bats scenario. I've got a large portion of it written already, but I did a time skip that I decided that I don't want to do, so the next few chapters will be made up on the spot instead of an edited version of what I've already written. Those chapters will take a little longer to post. There we go. Thank you so much for taking the time to read this! Read, review, enjoy!

PS: If you haven't read the prequel to this, I highly recommend doing so. It's called In the Dark.

Disclaimer: I own neither DC nor Marvel.

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Wally groaned and sat up. He was majorly disoriented for a second. Everything ached and it was like his senses had increased tenfold. Wally had to stop himself from recoiling when he smelt things that were obviously way out of his usual smelling range and he could taste things way better too. And everything was so loud and his normally incredibly soft suit felt like sandpaper against his skin. He was not prepared for all of that. What was going on? He started to stand, talking to himself quietly as he did so, "I'm alive, so that's good. It doesn't smell like snow and it doesn't feel nearly as cold, so I'm probably not in Antarctica anymore, soooo… I don't actually know if that's good or bad." He tilted his head around, listening to the sounds of wind racing between skyscrapers and large amounts of electronic buzzing that signified electric billboards. Wally turned his head the other way and jerked back in surprise. Echoes were moving back at him; something was flying at him! "It's bad. Definitely bad."

As Wally heard the echoes coming closer and closer, he took the time to study the thing with his other senses. It wasn't human because he didn't hear a heart beating or at least, nothing like a human heart. He could smell rancid breath and a peculiar odor that he normally used to identify what planet an alien was from. Uncle Hal had helped him realize that every planet had a unique scent on it and that he could identify any alien from the scent of its home planet. The two had spent months going to different planets and letting Wally catalogue their scents. This was not one that he'd ever smelt before. Based on the sounds of the machine the thing was presumably flying at him on, it had a pretty complex form of transportation. Wally assumed that he and the other two speedsters had stopped the magnetic field from destroying the earth since he was, well, on earth. At least, he thought he was on earth. The skyscrapers made him think Metropolis, but this wasn't any part of Metropolis he'd felt before and with his luck, ending up on another planet really wasn't that much of a stretch.

Falcon shrugged to himself and took a flying leap at the alien barreling towards him. Wally's breath stuttered in surprise as he punched the creature and rolled into a crouch behind the wreckage of the fallen spacecraft. He was way faster than he used to be! "Maybe that MFD boosted my powers or something. Aw shoot!" Wally wanted to punch himself, "Artemis is going to kill me! I wonder how long I've been gone. I'm going to be in so much trouble with her when I get home! And Nightwing'll kill me. And Abuse. And Robin and Red Robin and Red Hood and Batwoman and Oracle and Batman and Agent A and Spoiler and Flash and the Rogues and everyone is going to kill me for this. Fantastic."

Before he could think much further on that, Wally heard screaming coming from around the corner. He grimaced at where he presumed the alien laid unconscious behind him and rushed forward to the sound. What he found was… interesting to say the least.

He could hear people huddled in a dangerously creaking building that was somehow surviving the attack, but those same machines that the alien had met earlier was on were rushing at it. Falcon took out the aliens one at a time and listened to the rest of the scene while doing so. There was a huge building that, according to the echoes he heard, was irregularly shaped; it had a beam of something that was buzzing shooting out of a spot near the top and at the spot where the beam of buzzing ended there was a big circle of buzzing noise that his echo locator wasn't close enough to discern what it was. He could tell from the sounds that the aliens were coming from the circle though. He assumed it was a portal to somewhere else in space. That was surprisingly not odd. More aliens were attacking further down the street where what sounded like two men stood side by side. Wally could hear electricity buzzing and whipping around one of them (kind of like it did with Captain Marvel sometimes) and he could feel huge vibrations in the air whenever the lightning dude hit something with his weapon (Wally figured from the pattern of the vibrations that it was rather large and had at least one large flat side, almost like a war hammer, but that would be weird). The other man had a slightly faster than usual heartbeat. It wasn't anywhere near as fast as speedsters', but it was almost like Superman's, or Superboy's. Their hearts beat a little bit faster than humans because of needing more oxygen to their muscles for the cellular respiration to produce the necessary energy to use all of their super strength. Wally assumed that this guy (who was hereby dubbed as strong dude) had super strength of some sort.

Lightning dude and strong dude were talking to each other while they fought. Soon, there weren't any aliens left on their part of the street and they hadn't noticed Wally yet (at least, they hadn't said anything about him yet and their voices hadn't angled in his direction so he was pretty sure that they didn't even look his way). Strong dude started talking, presumably using some sort of comms device if the increased buzzing was any indication. Falcon put out his arm and opened the arm hologram computer thing that he couldn't be bothered to remember the name of currently and started tapping the screen. He did what Tim had taught him and hacked his way into the strong dude's ear piece using a set of memorized typing patterns. He could probably just listen in, but he would rather be focusing more on listening to other sounds (like potential aliens coming in his direction) than focusing on trying to hear what they were saying. Bits of conversation floated through to him:

"I can close it! Can anybody copy? I can shut the portal down!" This was a woman's voice and Wally assumed that she was talking about the huge portal in the sky and not some other portal.

"Do it!" This was strong dude speaking, his tone worried and his voice angled at the big tower with the buzzing beam coming out of the top.

"No wait." Another man's voice came over the signal, sounding forcibly calm.

"Stark, these things are still coming!" Strong dude commented, his voice angling to a different spot in the sky.

"I got a nuke coming in. Its gonna blow in less than a minute." The man, presumably Stark, responded. Wally immediately ran quickly to the top of a skyscraper, almost falling off the other end. He had underestimated his speed. That'd have to change soon. He started listening for the sounds of a nuke flying through the skyline. They were surprisingly loud devices and they displaced a lot of wind.

"I know just where to put it." Stark's voice continued over the connection, that forced calm still evident in his voice. Falcon finally heard the nuke and he heard something else flying behind it, mechanic whirring and clicking in a shape that vaguely resembled a human. It reminded Wally of Red Tornado, just with a heartbeat inside. Wait. A heartbeat? Did that mean there was a human in that metal suit?

"Stark. You know that's a one-way trip." Strong dude responded seriously. Falcon listened as Stark zoomed closer, a nuke in his metallic grip.

"Save the rest for the…" Stark said more than that, but Wally wasn't listening to him anymore. He had run down to save some little girl from another hovercraft after hearing her screams. These aliens were starting to get on his nerves. He'd had enough aliens for a long time. There was a terse pause while Stark threw himself into the portal and nothing happened. Then, suddenly, Falcon heard all of the aliens fell to the ground, unconscious or dead. Wally listened in the direction of the portal anxiously for Stark to return.

There was another pause until, "Close it." It was strong dude's voice and Wally assumed he was the leader. Wally's heart clenched. He didn't know who these people were or where the Justice League was, but he didn't like to see any good person hurt. The portal started to close with a sound like thunder.

Just as Wally was turning away, though, the scent of something metallic tumbled through the small opening of the portal. The speedster whooped and threw a fist in the air. Then he noticed that the metal scent of the suit wasn't accompanied by the whirring of gears or the steady beat of a heart. The man just kept falling and falling. Wally heard the sound of lightning dude spinning his weapon around and Wally could hear the tensing of the man's muscles (how weird was that? His hearing had definitely improved) and the speedster assumed that lightning dude was going to try to catch the metal man. Wally winced at the thought of it; it would hurt. Bad.

So Falcon flew down the building, whizzing past strong dude and lightning dude, who probably stared at his retreating form with confusion. Falcon flew up another building and leapt off, catching Stark as he went (he hadn't thought of how much it would hurt him to catch a large metal man) and turning so he was prepped to start running down the building across the street. He slightly regretting getting rid of his cape when he became Falcon; the gliding properties of the memory cloth cape would have been awesome at the moment. Wally grunted as Stark's dead weight threw him off balance. Luckily, with Wally's increased speed, he was still able to make it to the other building and he immediately started running down it.

When Falcon puffed to a stop in front of strong dude and lightning dude, some huge dude had joined them. His shape reminded Wally of a really big version of Abuse. Wally deposited Stark and ran up another building to listen from a distance. He still wasn't quite sure what was going on. Lightning dude spluttered at the spot Wally had been standing in confusion while strong dude tried to get Stark to wake up. Doubt seized Wally as he worried that he hadn't been fast enough, that Stark's heart had stopped. Then huge dude roared at Stark and the man's heart came pounding back into existence. Now that Wally was listening closer, there was something that sounded like machinery whirring and buzzing at a spot right above Stark's heart. Weird, but Falcon couldn't bring himself to care at the moment. Wally rested his head against a near-by air duct and breathed out a laugh of relief.

Strong dude seemed to be explaining the situation to Stark, who then leaned up and turned his head in different directions, obviously trying to find something. Wally leaned over the edge of the building, trying to listen for what Stark was looking for. Then Stark's upper half turned in Wally's direction and he lifted an arm, presumably pointing. Wally's breath stuttered and he backed up. Strong dude's voice fizzled over the ear piece, asking, "Barton?"

A new voice that came from behind him and in his ear said quietly, "Got him." Suddenly there were handcuffs around his wrists, holding them in place behind his back. Wally silently cursed this Barton dude who had snuck up on him (he blamed it on the fact that his super increased senses were throwing him off and he couldn't concentrate enough to notice the man). The whole Bat Clan was annoying enough!

As Barton led Wally down the stairs of the building he had run up (Wally sensed a bow slung over his back that reminded Wally painfully of Artemis and made him wonder again how long he'd been gone), Wally thought about what to do. He could get out of Barton's grip if he ran fast, but stairs mixed with his hands cuffed behind his back mixed with no sight? Not a good idea, especially with his extra speed. An idea hit Wally. If he was faster than he had been, did that mean that he could phase through things? He pitched the idea almost immediately. He didn't know how fast he could go and he didn't want to risk it. Besides, these people just saved… wherever they were. They had to be good, right? Then again, Wally had known good people to do bad things. He decided he would just wait until he met the people before taking off.

They finally stepped into the street and Falcon was faced with strong dude, lightning dude, huge dude, and Stark. Barton pushed him forward gently until he was only a few feet away from the four imposing figures. Barton then moved to stand in front of the speedster, the sound of plastic against a bow string telling the speedster that he was aiming an arrow at him for good measure. Stark paused and was probably looking him up and down, only slightly leaning on strong dude for support. Then he said, "Who the heck are you supposed to be?"

"Um…" Wally listened around him, trying to hear someone he recognized. If this was Metropolis, Superman should be coming soon. Did they not know who he was? He wasn't quite as famous as some of the other heroes, but he had never not been recognized before (whether they used the right name or not was an entirely different story; he still blamed the Rogues for that whole fiasco). Wally decided that he was going to not trust these people quite yet because he still didn't know what was going on, "Hi. This is just something that I wear to… go roller skating. You know? Roller derbies. I was caught up in the… um… alien attack that was happening a few seconds ago. So, yeah." He mentally face palmed.

"Uh huh, riiight…" Barton probably stared at his rather obvious superhero suit and said, "Roller skating."

Wally was about to reply when strong dude said, "We have bigger problems right now." They all turned their bodies towards the tower Wally had noticed earlier and then strong dude continued, "We can take him behind us and ask him questions later. We need to deal with Loki now." What was a Loki? Or, well, who was a Loki? Wally was so confused. That was the last time he ever ran opposite an MFD. They started walking away, Barton returning to drag Wally with them when he hadn't moved.

After a few minutes of silently walking through the warzone that this city had become (Wally could hear the creaking of the building and he could smell the charred bodies and he could taste the fires and tears on the air), the talkative speedster broke the silence, "Sooo… what're your guy's names? I don't think I've seen you guys before, but you have some sweet moves." Not that he could see them anyways. Whatever.

They all turned their bodies towards him, probably to stare at him as if he was the crazy one. Well, except for huge dude; he just continued to stomp happily away. What was up with that? They were the people who weren't on any Justice League or Batman data base, which was hard to accomplish. "What?" Wally asked defensively.

"You don't know who we are?" Stark asked in amazement.

"No…. Should I?" Wally let an expression of confusion settle across his face.

"You haven't heard about billionaire Tony Stark being kidnapped and having a mini arc reactor placed in his chest and becoming Iron Man? You haven't heard about the star spangled man with a plan Captain America, the soldier Steve Rogers who was given a super soldier serum to help win the war? You haven't heard about scientist Doctor Bruce Banner trying to recreate the serum and accidently giving himself too much gamma radiation so he turns into the Hulk? You don't know about any of us?" Barton's voice got more incredulous each time he asked a question and Wally shook his head no. Barton sighed and told him, "You've had a deprived life, my friend." Wally was just confused. He assumed strong dude was Captain America then and the huge dude was probably Hulk, but Wally wasn't too sure about that one.

By then, they had made it to the tower. The six of them went inside the building and took the elevator up, waiting as rock music (in an elevator?) played. The music, despite actually being relatively quiet, sounded to Wally as if he were at a concert with his ear pressed against a speaker. Well, he'd never had that experience, so he couldn't say for sure that it was that loud, but he assumed they were pretty equal. They walked onto a floor near the top and Barton told Wally to stay near the elevator and not move otherwise he would be shot. Wally just nodded; these people were violent.

The group of heroes (joined by a woman with a tight suit that made the softest of creaking noises when she moved) dealt with a man who was lying in what was probably a pile of rubble on the ground and whose head had this weird shape that reminded Wally of antlers. Just what had this speedster gotten himself into? Wally was joined by another man who introduced himself as Eric Selvig before scooting a little ways away from the speedster. He probably saw the handcuffs. Strong dude (who Wally now knew was Captain America) and lightning dude (who Wally still didn't know the name of) took antler dude away down in the elevator with Selvig joining them. Then the attention shifted to Wally; he could feel the weight of their questioning glances.

He awkwardly waved with his chained hands. He still had no idea what was going on. Stark came over and clunked his way towards what smelled like a kitchen, dragging Wally behind him. Falcon was getting really sick of being dragged everywhere. Stark took off the hand cuffs and said, "Stay in here and eat whatever you want. Don't leave for any reason." Stark then tilted his head towards the ceiling and said, "JARVIS, lock the doors to this room and let us know if he tries to get out, okay?"

A voice responded in a British accent, "Very well, sir." Well, that was weird. There weren't any other heartbeats and the only machinery Wally could hear was the normal kitchen sounds and the pipes that usually ran through a house. He was getting sick of all of this confusion. Couldn't someone just up and tell him what was going on?

Wally waited for Stark to leave before raiding the refrigerator. He sifted through everything, taking out what smelled like the most calorie and sugar rich foods and creating a small pile. When the speedster turned to shut the fridge, he finally noticed something. His hand felt really small. Well, not really small, but smaller than it had been last time he checked. Taking a second to coordinate himself, he then took stock of his body parts. Everything felt smaller. Fantastic. Wally groaned before comparing his height to some things and feeling around his face. He was fourteen again! He had just lost over four years of his life! Wally groaned again and put his head in his hands. Wally still had all of his memories, so that was good. He remembered the situation that got him here, which was also good. He had no idea where he was or why it had strange effects on him (boosted speed, boosted senses that had already been boosted beforehand, and de-aging), which was bad. Wally determined that he would ignore it for now and think about the whole thing later, choosing to focus on his pile of food for the moment.

He started working his way through it, eating at a normal enough speed in case someone was watching. As far as he could tell, no one had figured out his super speed yet and he didn't want to give them anything. After working his way through about half the (admittedly large; he hoped no one got suspicious because of the amount of food, but a growing speedster's gotta eat) pile, Wally asked casually, "You there JARVIS?"

"Yes sir," was the immediate response. What was this thing?

Wally grinned and spoke around his food, "Are you an AI?"

"Yes sir," it responded again. Oh, that explained it. Cool.

"So, can you tell me about the people who just saved… this city? Apparently I'm 'deprived' since I haven't heard of them and I'd really like to learn about them since they're heroes." Wally gave his most big-eyed innocent look.

JARVIS responded, "I can show you instead, if you'd like."

"I'd love that although it'd be great if there was some audio explanation type thing so I don't have to guess what the pictures or videos are showing me. Just wait a second while I get some more food." Wally dug in the pantry and cabinets for some more food (what? He was hungry!) and then he sat down in a seat and waited until JARVIS instructed him to turn around to look at the screen. He figured that in case someone was watching him, he might as well pretend that he could still see. Might help later on. Wally then listened and learned all about the heroes and the Avengers initiative and the fact that, according to this, there was no Justice League.

Author's Note: And there's the first chapter. Let me know what you think! Also, tell me if I did anything wrong or if you have any suggestions. I'm going to ask for three reviews before I make the next chapter. Just one thing real quick before you go: I'm doing another poll. I want you guys to vote between three things for the final result of this story. Either Wally stays in the Marvel Universe, Wally goes back to the DC Universe, or Wally ends up in a different universe. The choice is yours. And, if you're voting for the final option, please recommend another universe for him to go into (my profile has lists of things that I've watched/read, so keep that in mind when suggesting things). And, again, three reviews before I update again. Thanks for reading!