Disclaimer: *Sigh* must I say this every time? Well I don't own anything I write here besides the story itself. The characters and world belong to DC comics

Okay, this is the sister story to 'Without Me'. I will be continuing both of them here on the 20th, mostly for my own amusement. For those already reading it, this is the other side of the story. This story's going to be shorter than Robin's side, mostly because Rob's gonna be talking to people a lot more in that one. this one's going to have a lot more "torture Wally" bits though. XD Thanks to whoever suggested they wanted to know the other side! the idea was contagious.

Where's Robin?

Ch. 1 – Accident

"Wally just put that thing down." Artemis started, annoyed beyond anything. They just finished a mission, infiltrating an Intergang warehouse and finding out where they were getting their tech. The place ended up getting blown up. Oops. But Wally still managed to get himself a souvenir.

No one was quite sure what it was. A strange box with handles on either side, buttons on top and some strange crystal coming out of one end. KF kept the crystal away from him, but kept holding it and tinkering with it. He grinned. "No way! Until Flash and Beetle gets here, I'm gonna see how this thing works!"

"Nothing's worked yet," M'gann said in his defense.

"Maybe it's got a deadlock," Robin offered, going directly in front of the speedster. He leaned over it to check it out better. "Huh, can't make out a pattern on the buttons."

"We'll figure it out." Kid Flash grinned impishly, tugging at the handles for a moment. They slid outward and lights appeared under the button. He grinned. "Cool."

"Ah, KF?" Robin started, alarm coming to his voice. "I think we should put it down now."

"You're joking right?" The redhead quickly pressed the buttons, grinning from ear to ear. Artemis stomped forward to stop Wally while M'gann floated back from shock. Kaldur was in the next room making the call to Batman while Conner and Red Tornado talked off to the side about what his pets left behind that day. KF squeezed one of the handles to keep it from falling out of his hands.

"No seriously Wal. You need to put this thing—"

A blinding light surged out of the crystal part of the machine, slamming into Robin head on. An ear splitting snap instantly followed, jolting everyone in the room to attention. Everyone had managed to close their eyes in time to save themselves from blinding, but it didn't save them from the sight they soon had.

"Way to go Baywatch!" Artemis yelled, blinking away the dots in her eyes. "You just found an alien flashlight!"

He didn't answer. Wally gaped at the open air before him, still holding onto the machine. Soon everyone else was too. Before him was nothing but the normal empty air. No Robin in sight.

"Robin?" The boy asked weakly.

"ROBIN!"

Everyone in the room rushed forward, trying to find their youngest member. Kid Flash just stared forward weakly in shock. "Where's Robin? Where is he? What happened?"

"KF, what did you do?" Artemis turned on Wally, still unable to say a word. The pure horror on his face was one no one would forget.

Kaldur ran back into the room, urgent curiosity on his face. "I heard a noise. What happened?"

"I think…" Wally started weakly, still horrified, "I think I just killed Robin."

Everyone stared at him, unable to argue and too horrified to agree. M'gann's lip trembled, on the verge of tears. Conner seemed shaky, unable to completely grasp the concept. They way Robin acted, he seemed invincible! Artemis looked ready to tear Kid Flash apart.

Kaldur just gaped at them in disbelief. "What? Killed… Robin?"

"YOU IDIOT!" Artemis lunged at Wally, throwing punches at his face within a second's notice. The machine fell from his hands, still glowing and ready to fire again. M'gann gasped and stopped its fall before it could cause anymore damage, but didn't stop her friend from pummeling the speedster to the ground. "WE TOLD YOU TO LEAVE IT ALONE! PUT IT DOWN! DON'T PLAY WITH IT! YOU AND YOUR STUPID SOUVENIRS! NOW ROBIN'S DEAD AND IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT!"

"ARTEMIS! STOP!" Their leader pulled her off their teammate, hoping to calm them down and find out the truth. Kid Flash did nothing to retaliate nor help, the horror of what happened still plaguing his face. It was clear he felt he deserved it. The older boy struggled to keep her under control. Kaldur turned his gaze to Red Tornado who let all this happen without a word. "Is this true? Is Robin…"

"Insufficient data." The Android turned to face the teenage leader. "Light blinded all sensors the moment Robin disappeared."

"HE SHOT ROBIN!" Artemis shouted animatedly. "WHAT MORE PROOF DO YOU NEED?"

"We don't know what that thing is!" Kaldur reminded her. He looked back to their den mother. "Then it's possible he just vanished like he always does."

"Do you hear any laughing?" Artemis pulled out of his grip, glaring pure rage as she pointed to KF still on the floor. "Robin always laughs when he goes ninja on us! He didn't laugh! He's gone! There's nothing left of him! Nothing!"

"Indeed," Red Tornado continued. "There is nothing here to indicate Robin's presence."

"I can't find his mind." M'gann turned to them desperately. "Our link with him vanished the instant he…" She couldn't finish. Tears overwhelmed her and she fell to her knees crying.

"So he's gone." Conner murmured, just as horrified as Kid Flash. "Robin is…"

They heard a strained gasp for air and turned to the source. They hoped it was Robin for a brief moment, but instead they saw Wally, still on the floor, unable to cope with what he had just done. He hardly moved from where Artemis was beating him, but tears wouldn't stop coming from his eyes. Slowly he curled up on the floor, cradling his head in agony in his arms. The occasional gasp for air was all they could hear coming from him. M'gann's connection though brought his surface thoughts to their minds.

'I killed Robin. I killed my best friend. I killed Robin. Robin's dead. I did it. It's all my fault. I killed him. I did it. Robin's dead.'

"M'gann turn it off!" Artemis shouted, her rage giving way to agonizing sorrow. Hearing the ever present horror and pain in Wally's voice, seeing him crumble like this, was more than any of them could bear. Her own pain welled inside her, forcing her to tear away from the group to grieve alone. After hearing Wally's thoughts over and over again, no one could remain upset at him. He was the one who felt the worst about this.

Only one person would ever feel even more upset by this.

Silence permeated the room. No one wanted to say it but it was ever present in their minds. What were they going to tell Batman?

Kaldur looked over his team, then back to Red Tornado. "The league is already on its way," he reminded them. "They'll know what to do."

"There's nothing left of him," Conner muttered, going straight to where they last saw the boy wonder. He stared at the air in such a way, it seemed he was trying to see what wasn't there. "Nothing at all."

No one said anything. Silence ate at them, but it was all they could do. The machine sat on the floor, the glow dying down slowly as the minutes ticked by. That dreaded machine… On accident it blasted a hole right through the euphoria they gained from a completed mission. The loss they all felt filled the room, making everything feel darker and more sinister than it truly was. Nothing could make them feel worse.

Recognized – Flash 04, Recognized – Blue Beetle 25

Except maybe that. Artemis and Kaldur jerked around to the Zeta-tube and watched the two leaguers come in all excited. "Hey! Heard you had some cool alien tech here! Where is it?"

Flash's grin would have been spreading around the room if it weren't for the already heavy atmosphere. Blue Beetle stepped up next to the speedster, cocking an eyebrow in good humor at the kids. "Dude! Who died?"

Everyone but Red Tornado flinched. Wally jerked his head up to see his uncle, agonizing terror still controlling his face. Flash saw it instantly and dashed to his side in worry. "What happened?"

"There has been an accident," Red Tornado stated flatly. How else could he say it? Calling it an accident was being kind.

"An accident?" Blue Beetle started, confused.

"Wally what's wrong? What happened?" Flash knelt next to his nephew, worried beyond belief for the emotional state of the boy. This was not like him in the slightest.

Shaking, Wally grabbed his uncle and cried desperately, mumbling incoherently, even for flash-speak. "Itsalmyfault itsalmyfault ididit robinsgone almyfault imsory imsory itsalmyfault"

"Whoa, wait Wally, slow down," Flash tried to talk to him soothingly but couldn't hide the bewilderment on his face as he held the boy. "What happened to Robin?"

Recognized – Batman 02

Instantly everyone but the Flashes turned to look at the man coming in. Never had the man looked so terrifying to them than in that moment. And he wasn't trying to scare them in the slightest. Even the confused reserve league member could tell the Bat's appearance filled the kids with dread.

Batman took a few steps forward, about to say his usual first words after a mission, but stopped when he saw Flash comforting his nephew. KF actually turned his head away from his uncle, slowly and filled with more terror than ever before. He made eye contact with the Bat and froze. Now the man knew something terrible had just happened, and everyone else could tell he knew.

Another moment passed before Batman finally spoke, his voice raging to keep under control.

"Where's Robin?"

A/N: wow, the transfer here doesn't like flash-speak. almost didn't get wally's explanation to Barry.

yeah, Wally feels bad and Bats is mad. Artemis is pretty ticked too and lets the guy have it. Reason Conner didn't pound Wally is mostly for shock's sake. And anyone who knows my other stories will see why kaldur's not freaking out. And finally, I've got Blue Beetle in the story! I think I've wanted to put Ted in here for a while so yeah, here he is! Reserve League member Blue Beetle at long last! Not an OC. Do some research, I had to.

Yeah, chapt. 2 will be posted on the 20th for both of these. Read 'without me' to know what happened to Robin! Then I think both will be regularly updated. Got to chapter 12 writing that one so far.