He looked at the picture in his hands. It was 3 am. He knew he needed to get to sleep, but he couldn't. It was coming up. He sighed and climbed back into his bed. He stared at he ceiling for who knows how long. He teared his eyes away to looked at the clock. It was only 5 minutes later. He sighed again. This was going to be a looong night. Was all Bart could think before his attention was, once again, drawn to the picture.

Few hours later...

Bart was still up when the Flash came to see him. Upon hearing him knock Bart dashed under the covers and made his best 'sick' face.

"Come in." He croaked. Barry walked in.

"Hey." Bart nodded in a tired way. "Joan called me and said you were sick."

"Yeah, sorry if I miss any missions." Bart stated, worried about letting down his friends. He didn't want to let anybody else down.

"Nah, it's fine. Batman gave everyone a day off anyway, unless something big happens." He explained. "Don't push yourself and get better." When Bart was sure he was far enough away he hopped out from the bed, fully dressed. He grabbed a bag he had packed while everyone was asleep. He thought about what Barry said. He was glad he wasn't letting anybody down, but having the day off meant his teammates could spot him. He looked towards the ground below his 2nd story bedroom and smirked. He had jumped out of 4 story buildings so this was nothing. Once he was sure no one saw him and his Grandfather's car was gone, he took off in the other direction. He wasn't running away from home, no, these people cared for him and took him in. He was just leaving for a couple days to sort his head and be alone. Just a couple days. Couple days. Somehow even as he said it he didn't believe it. He stopped and yanked at his hair.

"Just a couple days, Bart." He muttered to himself. "Just keep going."

Bart eventually stopped and snacked on one of the granola bars he brought from the Garrick house.

"Well, well, well, what do we have here?" A voice asked. Bart cringed. He did not want to deal with this right now.

"Leave me alone Wally. I'm not in mood." I practically growled.

"Apparently not. Artemis has a better mood than you." He joked. He looked at Bart for moment then his eyes widened. He stooped down until he was eye level with Bart. Bart raised an eyebrow at this. "Oh. My. GOD! Bart, tell me the truth: are you drunk right now?"

"WHAT!? ARE YOU INSANE!? WHY WOULD YOU ASK THAT!? I'M FOURTEEN WALLY!"

"YOU DID NOT ANSWER MY QUESTION! ARE YOU OR ARE YOU NOT DRUNK!?"

"NO!"

"Oh! Good! Uncle Barry would have my head if you were." He looked the younger boy with much more relief in his voice. "So, whatcha up to?"

"Just, heading for a run. See ya around." Bart run away. Wally shook his head and chuckled at his earlier concern. He walked into his house and met his girlfriend.

"What was that?" She asked with concern.

"I ran into Bart. He was angry so I asked him some questions and he didn't respond well."

"How mad?"

"Jason Todd mad." His eyes widened. "Wait, what if something happened to the second Kid Flash like the second Robin. What if being a second sidekick is a curse?"

"Puh-lease, I think you're overreacting Wally."

"Yeah, you're probably right."

Jaime Reyes was bored. His buddy Bart was sick, Robin was out with Cassie, Gar was watching Hello Megan reruns with his sister, La'Gaan and Aqualad were in Atlantis, eveybody else on the Team was doing something, and The Runaways were in Japan visiting Asami's family, so hanging with Tye was out of the question, plus Milagro was driving him crazy so he didn't want to stay home. Basically, he flying around looking for something to do, whether it was a bank robbery or just seeing some of his friends somewhere. Right then he was humming some song and, of course, just as he reached his favorite part, the scarab had news.

"What is it? Bank robbery, mugging, kidnapping?" Jaime asked in a rush hoping it was something interesting.

Not that exciting Jaime Reyes.

Jaime sighed. The scarab took that as a sign to continue.

There is a person running to Happy Harbor. They are running too fast for Wally West but is too short to be The Flash. This suggests that it is Bart Allen.

"Bart is sick. How is he heading to Happy Harbor?" Jaime questioned.

I do not know. Perhaps you should ask him.

Jaime followed Bart all the way to the ruins of Mount Justice. He stopped at the top and kicked some of the rubble. Then he spun around, and finally sat down. Jaime flew up to him, until he saw him shaking with his head resting on his knees. Jaime could hear faint sobs. Jaime was… confused. Bart was this guy that messed around with everyone and had an infectious laugh that could get even the most serious members to smile. But now, he was just some kid sitting in a bunch of ruins, crying. This didn't seem like Bart at all yet Jaime somehow could believe it.

"So he's crying on top of Mount Justice and you haven't done anything?" Wally repeated into the phone with Artemis's eyes widening at every word.

I have no idea what to do! This hasn't happened before! What do I do?

"Ugh. Dang it Jaime! Um, okay, meet me at the bottom of the mountain." He sighed, annoyed.

"Want me to go with?" Artemis asked.

"Yes, I might need you to restrain me if Jaime acts like an idiot." They ran to Happy Harbor. Jaime was standing at the foot of the mountain. He looked relieved when they showed up.

"Good, you're here."

"Okay, why haven't you gone up and tried to do something?" Wally began.

"Nothing like this has ever happened! He's always smiling and really happy! I have no idea what to do when he's crying! And, the Flash told us Bart was feeling sick, so, I don't know!" Jaime threw his arms up in frustration. Artemis crossed her arms and Wally sighed.

"Well," Artemis said. "Let's go talk to him."

Bart knew people were gonna worry. Joan and Jay would freak out. The Team would look everywhere for him. He would show up a few days later and everyone would ask him where he was, what happened, why'd you leave, blah blah blah. He would respond but he wouldn't give a direct answer, and Miss Martian would never go through his thoughts. Still, some probably wouldn't relent so easily. He would deal with them when he came to them.

"Hey!" Blue Beetle called out. Wally and Artemis were behind him.

No, No, NO! For crying out loud, not today. Was all he could think.

"Whatcha doin', Bart?" Wally asked as if he was interrogating him.

"Just thinking."

"Hmm, I thought you were sick today." Blue questioned.

"I had a headache and didn't really have my head in the game. I didn't want to mess up on a mission and I didn't know we had a day off." He shrugged, hoping it sounded convincing. The looks on their faces told him it worked. They started to walk away. After they left, he would quickly find somewhere else to be. That's until Bart could feel his mind shutting down. No, no, please! Five more minutes! Blue noticed he was slumped against a ruin with a pained expression on his face.

"Hey, you okay?" Bart opened his mouth to answer but collapsed instead. All three rushed towards him.