Ohana [1/2]
Fandom: Young Justice
Characters: Wally, Dick, Bruce
Summary: There was just something about this movie that spoke to him.
It had been a bad day. On the sliding scale of bad days, this easily ranked a number 9. There was nothing more that Dick wanted then for this horrible day to be over.
The day had started in the early hours of morning, before the sun even broke the horizon. Robin and Batman had gotten into a silly argument that resulted in Batman ordering Robin home. Hours later, Robin can’t even recall what started the argument, only that he was still angry for some reason at Bruce.
School hadn’t been a pleasant walk in the park either. Be the anger from his fight with Bruce still raging inside of him or the lack of sleep, Dick’s patience toward the school bullies and general insanity that people call school worn thin. It took every ounce of training Batman taught him not to snap at his teacher during the last class period of the day.
Then there was a mission. A twang of guilt gnawed at Robin when he saw Batman as the Dark Knight gave them the mission parameters. Sheer stubbornness overrode the feeling. Without a word, Robin left with his teammates, not even sparing a glance at his mentor and adoptive father.
As for the mission itself, it should have been an easy mission. It was an easy mission. But Murphy’s Law went into full effect and everything that could have gone wrong, went wrong. It was subtle that no one noticed until it was far too late.
First the cave housing the hideout began to collapse. It sent the team scattering. A jerky telepath connection from Megan is the only thing that told them that they were all still alive. Soon, that failed as well.
“Robin, tell me you know a way out from here,” Wally asked. He dodged a falling rock and pulled his friend away from another.
“I’m looking!” Robin shouted, pulling up maps and diagrams on his wrist computer. “There should be an exit just around the corner!” He took two steps forward before the ground under him gave away.
“Robin!” Wally leapt after the Boy Wonder. He managed to grab Robin’s wrist and ledge at the same time, halting their fall into a bottomless hole.
Robin looked down. The bottom was nowhere in sight. He looked up and saw Wally hanging on to dear life to the ledge. His grappling hook had been damaged earlier while they were infiltrating the headquarters. A few quick mental calculations and Robin knew there was no way the speedster would be able to hold onto the both of them.
He took a deep breath. There was only one way out of this. “KF,” Robin said, getting the attention of his friend.
“What?” Wally asked, looking down.
“Drop me.”
“WHAT?!”
“Drop me,” Robin repeated in a serious voice.
“Are you crazy?” Wally shot back. “I’m not dropping you.”
“Wally,” Robin interrupted. Wally fell silent. “Look, we’re dangling over a bottomless pit. The cave is collapsing and your grip is slipping. If you at least drop me, you’ll have a chance to make it out of here alive instead of dooming us both.”
Wally frowned. “Still not going to let you go.” He tightened his grip around Robin’s wrist.
“Wally!”
“Ohana, Dick. Ohana. Now shut up please, I think I hear Megan and she can lift us both out of here.”
“WALLY! ROBIN!”
Wally looked up. “MEGAN!” he shouted. “OVER HERE!”
Soon their Martian teammate appeared above them, hovering. “Guys!” Megan shrieked. She quickly pulled the two boys out of the hole.
As soon as their feet touch the ground, they spied Superboy in the distance. “Hurry!” he urged them. He’s holding up a rock, preventing the collapse of the last exit.
Ignoring his protests, Wally picked Dick up and dashed off. Megan flew behind them. As soon as they were cleared, Superboy let go the rock and made a run for it himself.
Outside, the team watched as the rest of the cave continued to collapse. The tall mountain that originally housed the villain’s hideout was now nothing but rubble.
As they headed home, Robin didn’t say anything when Wally refused to let him go.
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“Wanna tell me what’s up?”
“Huh?”
They had arrived back at Mount Justice within the hour. Kaldur began to debrief a worried Batman while everyone was ushered to the infirmary. One by one, everyone left once they had been cleared, leaving only Wally and Robin alone in the infirmary. Wally tapped his chin. “Well,” he started. “You’ve been kinda out of it since you arrived here today. Almost angry at the world. You didn’t even look Batman in the eye when he gave us the mission parameters. Did you guys have a fight or something?”
“Or something,” Robin muttered. He rubbed his wrist. Wally had a surprising strong grip.
Robin wracked his mind for something to change the subject to. Discussing whatever anger issues he was having with Bruce was something he didn’t want to do with Wally. “What did you mean by Ohana?” he asked.
It was Wally’s turn to blink. “Huh?”
“Ohana,” Robin repeated. “You mentioned it back in the cave.”
“You’ve never seen Lilo and Stitch?” Wally asked in a shock voice. He thought everyone had seen Lilo and Stitch. Who didn’t love Stitch?
“No?”
Wally zipped out of the infirmary. Within seconds he returned with a DVD player. He handed Robin the mini player. “You need to watch this,” Wally said, taking a seat on the bed next to his friend.
One hour and twenty five minutes later, Robin refused to acknowledge the stream of tears running down his face. He pulled off his domino mask, already loose from his tears. Dick believed it was sappy of him, but there’s something about this movie that really spoke to him on several different levels.
Wally tapped Dick on the arm, catching his attention. He looked Dick in the eye. “'Ohana means family, family means nobody gets left behind. Or forgotten,” he quoted from the movie. “We’re a family, Dick. All of us, you, me, Megan, Superboy, Kaldur...Artemis. Even Bats. Nobody gets left behind, nobody gets forgotten.” Wally paused for a moment, gathering his thoughts.
“I will never leave you behind.”
Characters: Wally, Dick, Bruce
Summary: There was just something about this movie that spoke to him.
It had been a bad day. On the sliding scale of bad days, this easily ranked a number 9. There was nothing more that Dick wanted then for this horrible day to be over.
The day had started in the early hours of morning, before the sun even broke the horizon. Robin and Batman had gotten into a silly argument that resulted in Batman ordering Robin home. Hours later, Robin can’t even recall what started the argument, only that he was still angry for some reason at Bruce.
School hadn’t been a pleasant walk in the park either. Be the anger from his fight with Bruce still raging inside of him or the lack of sleep, Dick’s patience toward the school bullies and general insanity that people call school worn thin. It took every ounce of training Batman taught him not to snap at his teacher during the last class period of the day.
Then there was a mission. A twang of guilt gnawed at Robin when he saw Batman as the Dark Knight gave them the mission parameters. Sheer stubbornness overrode the feeling. Without a word, Robin left with his teammates, not even sparing a glance at his mentor and adoptive father.
As for the mission itself, it should have been an easy mission. It was an easy mission. But Murphy’s Law went into full effect and everything that could have gone wrong, went wrong. It was subtle that no one noticed until it was far too late.
First the cave housing the hideout began to collapse. It sent the team scattering. A jerky telepath connection from Megan is the only thing that told them that they were all still alive. Soon, that failed as well.
“Robin, tell me you know a way out from here,” Wally asked. He dodged a falling rock and pulled his friend away from another.
“I’m looking!” Robin shouted, pulling up maps and diagrams on his wrist computer. “There should be an exit just around the corner!” He took two steps forward before the ground under him gave away.
“Robin!” Wally leapt after the Boy Wonder. He managed to grab Robin’s wrist and ledge at the same time, halting their fall into a bottomless hole.
Robin looked down. The bottom was nowhere in sight. He looked up and saw Wally hanging on to dear life to the ledge. His grappling hook had been damaged earlier while they were infiltrating the headquarters. A few quick mental calculations and Robin knew there was no way the speedster would be able to hold onto the both of them.
He took a deep breath. There was only one way out of this. “KF,” Robin said, getting the attention of his friend.
“What?” Wally asked, looking down.
“Drop me.”
“WHAT?!”
“Drop me,” Robin repeated in a serious voice.
“Are you crazy?” Wally shot back. “I’m not dropping you.”
“Wally,” Robin interrupted. Wally fell silent. “Look, we’re dangling over a bottomless pit. The cave is collapsing and your grip is slipping. If you at least drop me, you’ll have a chance to make it out of here alive instead of dooming us both.”
Wally frowned. “Still not going to let you go.” He tightened his grip around Robin’s wrist.
“Wally!”
“Ohana, Dick. Ohana. Now shut up please, I think I hear Megan and she can lift us both out of here.”
“WALLY! ROBIN!”
Wally looked up. “MEGAN!” he shouted. “OVER HERE!”
Soon their Martian teammate appeared above them, hovering. “Guys!” Megan shrieked. She quickly pulled the two boys out of the hole.
As soon as their feet touch the ground, they spied Superboy in the distance. “Hurry!” he urged them. He’s holding up a rock, preventing the collapse of the last exit.
Ignoring his protests, Wally picked Dick up and dashed off. Megan flew behind them. As soon as they were cleared, Superboy let go the rock and made a run for it himself.
Outside, the team watched as the rest of the cave continued to collapse. The tall mountain that originally housed the villain’s hideout was now nothing but rubble.
As they headed home, Robin didn’t say anything when Wally refused to let him go.
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“Wanna tell me what’s up?”
“Huh?”
They had arrived back at Mount Justice within the hour. Kaldur began to debrief a worried Batman while everyone was ushered to the infirmary. One by one, everyone left once they had been cleared, leaving only Wally and Robin alone in the infirmary. Wally tapped his chin. “Well,” he started. “You’ve been kinda out of it since you arrived here today. Almost angry at the world. You didn’t even look Batman in the eye when he gave us the mission parameters. Did you guys have a fight or something?”
“Or something,” Robin muttered. He rubbed his wrist. Wally had a surprising strong grip.
Robin wracked his mind for something to change the subject to. Discussing whatever anger issues he was having with Bruce was something he didn’t want to do with Wally. “What did you mean by Ohana?” he asked.
It was Wally’s turn to blink. “Huh?”
“Ohana,” Robin repeated. “You mentioned it back in the cave.”
“You’ve never seen Lilo and Stitch?” Wally asked in a shock voice. He thought everyone had seen Lilo and Stitch. Who didn’t love Stitch?
“No?”
Wally zipped out of the infirmary. Within seconds he returned with a DVD player. He handed Robin the mini player. “You need to watch this,” Wally said, taking a seat on the bed next to his friend.
One hour and twenty five minutes later, Robin refused to acknowledge the stream of tears running down his face. He pulled off his domino mask, already loose from his tears. Dick believed it was sappy of him, but there’s something about this movie that really spoke to him on several different levels.
Wally tapped Dick on the arm, catching his attention. He looked Dick in the eye. “'Ohana means family, family means nobody gets left behind. Or forgotten,” he quoted from the movie. “We’re a family, Dick. All of us, you, me, Megan, Superboy, Kaldur...Artemis. Even Bats. Nobody gets left behind, nobody gets forgotten.” Wally paused for a moment, gathering his thoughts.
“I will never leave you behind.”