hank y'all for reading this and if you haven't seen the best TV show in the world, aka YOUNG JUSTICE, go do it now. It is the most amazing thing in the WORLD! Now enjoy my little oatmeal cookies. BTW I don't own them
Percy: Hey that was really boring
Me: not my problem, I just want to get to the story, it's a good one
Annabeth: we'll be the judge of that
Me: why do you all have to be ganging up on me?
Leo: cause it's fun seeing you flustered
Me: I can write you out of this story
Everyone: *le gasp*
Me: Oh i'll do it! Don't make me!
Hazel: She'll do it! She's crazy! (hahaha reference!)
Me: don't tempt me! NOW ONTO THE STORY
Saving the world isn't as easy as it looks. Yeah it may be asterous afterward and when everyone is alive but, it doesn't away end like that. And this time it didn't. Wally was in a coma, had been for over a week. And all I could do was stand behind him, watching him speed off... like usual.
The steady beeping of the heart monitor was the thing that woke me up. I was sitting by Wally's bedside, Zatanna's head resting on my shoulder as she continued to quietly snore. Smiling, I stroked her hair and then turned back to my best friend who looked unnaturally paler than usual, freckles duller then usual, his eyes not open like usual. Yeah, I missed him. Gently moving my girlfriend's head and leaning her on the back of the chair, I got up and told Wally quietly that I would be back soon. The doctors had told us that he may be able to hear us so we came to talk to him as much as we could.
We had to move him from Mount Justice after the accident to Central City Memorial Hospital after a break in by the newly reformed Injustice League. And it's a long story so don't ask about it. This way also, his family could visit him. No outsiders in the Cave and I quote Batman but the way.
I walked quietly out of the room, grinning at Artemis' sleeping form spread over Wally's chest, her hands in his.
"You're lucky I'm nice enough not to take a picture of this." I turned to he door, my hand just above the handle, but quickly pulled out my phone and snapped a photo. "Just for our Spitfire board. You should understand."
Knowing Arty, she probably wouldn't but I then just kept walking out the door. After I opened it of course. I'm not that clumsy. Okay so maybe I did forget for a second and I almost banged my head on the door, but it all worked out in the end okay people, so stop judging.
I walked to the drinking fountain and after finding a stack of cups by it, took a drink. But I wasn't done there apparently. Suddenly the water that was going into my cup sprayed up into my face. Frowning as the water dripped down my face, I leaned down to the bottom to see if the structure had been damaged or something. And of course it was fine. So that led me to think that Aqualad had finally learned how to prank people, but he would never do such a thing in a hospital.
I glanced around warily and only saw a black haired young man, maybe two years older than me being talked to by a doctor. Even from far away, I could see his eyes were red and his fists were clenched like he wanted to punch the doctor.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN?!" He yelled and for his sake I was glad I was the only other person in the hallway.
"I'm sorry Mr. Jackson, but her concussion is slightly worse than we thought and we need to keep her for maybe another two days." The doctor didn't seem at all perturbed at his anger and just put his hand on the guy's shoulder.
'Mr. Jackson' growled and stalked towards me and stopped short when he saw my drenched face. For some reason he flushed even redder... with embarrassment. Did he somehow think that a water fountain shooting me in the face was his fault? Was it his fault. My Bat senses were slowly rising up higher in the suspicion department.
"Are you alright...?" I questioned slowly as he walked past me.
Grimacing, he turned to me. "I don't think anyone here is."
Leaning back at the wall, I sighed. "Understood."
"So why you here?"
Almost flinching at Mr. Jackson's boldness, I slid to the ground and crossed my arms over my knees. "My friend, best friend Wally, has been in a coma for a week." Mr Jackson's - you know what I'm just going to call him Jackson for now, face softened and sat down next to me as I continued. "My girlfriend and his girlfriend are just here to visit him with me."
"My girlfriend got shot by some random crazy man and then fell down from the shock and hit her head hard enough to get a concussion. My best friends and I are here to visit her." The anger for this man that Jackson was showing was very apparent and I tried to get him onto another topic.
"My name's Dick - Don't laugh."
"Sure... sure won't laugh." The sentence was broken up by some snickers from Jackson. "My name's Percy."
"Nice to meet you." We shook hands being the civilized gentlemen that we are.
We talked for a long time, about his girlfriend Annabeth and about Wally. He said he would love to meet the redhead, saying he sounded just like him. I said that Annabeth sounded like someone i knew too. (Artemis by the way) Suddenly yelling came from where I had come from and Zatanna rushed at me, searching franticly until her eyes met mine.
"Dick!" She flung herself into my arms and tears rushed down her face.
"Zee, what's wrong? Is Wally okay?" I wildly spouted questions at her, feeling Percy's gaze resting on my back.
"Dick, he's awake!" I pulled back from the embrace and watched my girlfriend's grinning face. Grabbing her hand, we ran back to room 394 and burst through the door to see a sobbing Artemis clenching the red head in her arms, hand wrapping around hold her long blonde hair.
"Wally!" I raced to the other side of the bed and practically flopped into the group hug and Zee joined us inking Artemis and I.
"Good to know you guys love me." He rasped out when we all unloaded and sat on the bed next to him. He was smiling even though he had at least three needles sticking out of him and a tube going under his nose.
"Percy! We were looking for you!" We all turned to see Percy standing in the doorway and a very tan girl with long chestnut hair in a dutch braid hugging him.
"Dick, come meet Piper." With Zatanna's hand still in mine, I walked over to talk to Percy while Artemis was beating up Wally with her words about sacrificing himself for her.
Piper looked kind of confused when she saw Percy talking to me like we were old buddies, but she just accepted it and smiled.
"Piper, this is Dick and Zatanna, right?" Zee nodded and shook Piper's hand. "I met Dick just like 30 minutes ago I think."
"Yeah. We told a lot of stories." I grinned. Zatanna narrowed her eyes suspiciously.
"Good ones, I'm hoping Grayson."
"Oh yes." Percy laughed. "He speaks of you very highly."
Piper turned when a blonde haired boy called her name. "It was really nice to meet you. Tell Wally I hope he gets better."
"I will."
Percy and I kept talking for a while and after maybe 13.73 minutes, the doctor who had been talking to Percy came up to us. He looked different though, his eyes were off setting.
"Percy Jackson. My master wishes to meet you." He spun quickly and I noticed he seemed to slip into a defensive stance, almost the same one I went into. I quickly determined this guys was evil and that a magician's aid may be needed.
"Hey Zee?" I called.
"Yeah babe?" She popped her head out the door and saw the stand off.
"Kind of need some backwards words."
"Gotcha covered. Etativel!" Thecreepy doctorwas lifted into the air and I flipped onto a nearby gurney and kicked him across the jaw. Percy's jaw dropped as the doctor spun across the room and was... impaled by a gold blade. Wow, this was an exciting day. The blonde guy that called Piper away pulled his sword back and the doctor exploded into dust the same color as his blade.
"Okay, not going to ask, okay?" I said casually and the pulled Zatanna to my side, and throwing a piece of paper with a scribbled number on it. "Call me if you ever need help."
And that was the end with that.