Nightshift 42: Central Street

[scarletspeedstr]

[from here]Punching zombies was almost mechanical now, though Wally wasn't sure if that was from having hit so many or from blood loss kicking in. Maybe it was even both? He'd been punching so many, following Bats as he led the way down the street running down the centre of Doyleton, that they'd all started to blur together into a rhythm of 'punch

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[scarletspeedstr]

"This is really, really gross," Wally complained, but there was an edge of tension to it. Bats was quiet, but it was the kind of silence before something happened. Something like a major explosion that levelled a bunch of city blocks. It probably wasn't going to happen right now, but later... Things were going to get awkward. Really awkward.

Maybe if he was lucky, he'd be unconscious from blood loss by then.

Lame comments aside, watching Bats pry apart the rotting jaw of some dead guy was just freaky, so Wally instead focussed on Bart. His perceptions were always faster than normal - even during the day when he couldn't use his speed, which was just weird - so keeping an eye on the kid wasn't that hard. And while he knew that Bart didn't really need someone to watch over him right now, he felt better just keeping a watch out. Just in case.

There was a crack and the pressure on his arm eased. Wally turned back to what Bats was doing and made a face as the remains of the zombie was pulled away.

"That is just disgusting," he said, struggling to his feet. His head spun a little, but there were still zombies everywhere, even if Bart was keeping them back so far. Passing out had to come later, if he had any say in the matter. "Which way now?"

[gothamnight]

Without a consciousness to compel it (however shabby the corpse's consciousness was), the skull was fairly uncomplicated to remove. Batman didn't seem to spare a glance for the dripping, deceased mess mixed into the Flash's living but similarly dripping blood and turned to Bart Allen.

"Ahead. We're making a right on Wicker Street and heading for the repair shop."

He didn't look at the Flash again when he began to run-even the brief pause before his movement was spent leveling a cross between a wary and expectant look at Impulse, anticipating the boy's superspeed run ahead of them.

[justanimpulse]

"Okay." Bart nodded -- but against all expectations, he didn't immediately run off, leaving the two older heroes behind. That would have been counter-productive; as long as there was something wrong with Wally that kept him from protecting himself, Bart needed to stick close.

He could even think about it without freaking out too badly, if he thought of it as escort mission. And ignored the fact that he really sucked at those.

"What happened to you?" he hissed at Wally, falling back to guard the Flash's injured side as all three began to run. He carefully didn't look at his shoulder; he wasn't sure he could look at all that blood for too long without freaking out again.

[scarletspeedstr]

What happened to him? "I, uh." Got experimented on and haven't told anyone yet, by the way, I think my speed's on the fritz. "I made a stupid mistake." Yeah, that pretty much summed it up nicely.

Noticing Bart's worried look, Wally flashed a quick smile down at the kid, doing his best to look not 'I think I'm on the verge of passing out'.

"Don't worry about me," he said. "With you and Bats here, I'll be fine." It was hopefully true; they were definitely making better headway against the zombies anyway. But still, even as they rounded the corner into the street Bats had indicated, Wally couldn't help but try and keep an eye on both of them, just in case. Bats might be pissed at him for getting bitten twice, but the fact of the matter was that if it was that or one of the others getting hurt, Wally would cheerfully do it again.

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