-I'm Home from my dreadful trip! The highlight was probably secretly stealing and chugging a can of beer in 1 minute and then managing to get through a whole dinner with my grandparents-
"You're right." Natasha, the redheaded woman, said. "That is unbelievable."
"But if that isn't true, where would someone like me get a suit like that?"
Natasha looked away. "There are places that would train someone your age to to work for them."
"Well that's not where I'm from." Dick assured. "Judging from past experience, I've likely been shoved into another earth."
Nat looked at him quizzically. "Like, a different timeline?"
"Yeah! Like, I'm from a timeline where your team- what do you call yourselves?"
"The Avengers?"
"Yeah! I'm my timeline, you guys don't exist. In this timeline, I don't exist. Well, I guess I do now?"
"These timelines sound fragile."
"Oh, they are." Dick assured. "They get literally punched in half all the time. And the general public doesn't know it, but they've apparently been re-written, like, fourteen times."
Nat nodded like she really wanted to believe him. "How are you feeling?"
"I'm good." Dick wanted to keep talking to her. He didn't know how, but every time she looked at him, it made him want to spill all his secrets. "I think Blondie forgot my water?"
"I'll bring you a bottle."
"Can't I do it? I'm not hurt, I can stand!" Dick rolled off the bed. It was higher than he expected. His legs collapsed under him.
"STOP" she caught him, inches from the floor. She was a lot stronger than she looked. She replaced him on the gurney. "Stay put."
"No, I'm fine!" Dick argued. "Please, let me Move! My muscles will atrophy if I stay here any longer!"
"You've been here four hours." Nat stated. "I'll get you your drink."
"can't I at least walk around a little?" Dick begged.
"I'll have Steve walk you to a common room and back. That's it."
"Thank you!" He smiled a little, this is the closest he'll get to an escape.
"Let me get you some clothes first." She looked him up and down.
For the first time, Dick realized he was in a medical robe. "Can I have my suit back?"
"No." She replied. "It's being scanned for potential hazards."
"Potential? EVERYTHING in there is a hazard. That's why I wear it."
She nodded slowly. "I'm getting you clothes. If you move, the system will inform me immediately." She locked the door behind her.
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"Captain, did you... forget something?" Nat leaned on the back of the couch, holding an armful of Peter's spare clothes.
Steve thought for a second and quickly set down his coffee. "I was going to get the kid water."
She nodded. "There's one thing I know for sure; he really believes what he's telling us. Whether that's true or not, I'm not sure."
"The Black Widow? Unsure?" Clint chided.
She leaned in next to him. "Why Aren't You... Working?"
"He's just, singing to himself, not answering anything."
"Well go in and offer him a drink, or washroom visit." She said stiffly. "They need to trust us."
"This was my mistake." Steve returned with a water bottle. "I'll take those in for you, too." He took the sweats from her.
"He wants to walk around." She replied, finally resting on the sofa. "Just walk him to the living room and back."
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"I brought your water." Steve shouldered in, setting the water bottle down. Dick picked it up and began guzzling its contents. "I brought you clothing too."
"Thank you." Dick pulled on the sweatpants. He didn't feel comfortable revealing his torso in front of the guy. He stared at the blond man until he got the hint and looked away.
Dick changed quickly, the clothes were clearly that of a teenager, but he still had to cuff everything to even remotely fit him. The teeshirt was big and thin and had that old 'Atoms make everything up' joke on it.
He could make the look work for now.
"Nat says I should walk you around the floor a little."
"Awesome! Let's go!" He hopped lightly off the gurney and bounced from foot-to-foot, just to ensure he could.
Steve put a hand on his arm to walk him out, like he didn't trust Dick to walk on his own.
The hallways were huge and echoey, like a hospital and a Wayne Tech lab, AND the watchtower all at once. Dick Stumbled along, eyes wandering and growing wider. It wasn't cooler than the Watchtower, by any means, but it was still cool and threatening.
"Nice isn't it?" Steve must have noticed how quiet he was being.
"It's alright." Dick admitted. "But our tower is in space, so it's kinda hard to top that."
Steve just gave him a sympathetic pat on the shoulder. He must actually think Dick was crazy. That hurt a little; not being believed by an adult.
They walked on, Steve pointing out things that seemed to hold value to him, even though Dick didn't understand anything he said.
Eventually, Dick recognized the unmistakable sound of someone humming 'Surf Surf Crazy'. He stopped immediately as two people rounded the corner, the shorter of whom he actually recognized.
"ROB!"
"KF!"
They tore away from their escorts, arms locking around each other. Dick felt his heart lurch as he buried his face in Wally's shirt. He must have been given spare clothes too.
"Oh, Rob!" Wally panted. "I thought... I was gonna fucking die in this random-ass tower!"
"Me too!" Dick admitted. "They won't believe anything I say! I think Klarion launched us into a parallel timeline! Most of the same celebrities and brands exist, but the heroes -and some of the cities are different!"
Wally nodded. "That makes sense... the laws of physics will be essentially the same, except this universe is made of different substances!"
"Wait- Really?"
"There was this table of elements on the wall of where they've been keeping me, and it doesn't have Kryptonite on it! But it DOES have this thing called Vibranium? I'm planning to ask about that..."
"This is so cool, an element no one from our earth has EVER seen before?" Dick grabbed Wally's wrists with excitement. "THIS IS HUGE!"
"I KNOW!" Wally wrestled his forearms back. "I can't wait to tell Uncle Barry-"
They went silent.
"I genuinely didn't know he talked." Wally's former escort around the tower admitted.
"Well, if magic exists at home..."
"Magic exists?" Dick asked.
"Wha- okay, shut up!" A smile played at the corners of Wally's mouth. "I'm not saying it does, but if it does-WHICH IT DOESN'T- and that's how Klarion sent us here, then maybe it exists here too, and we can go home!"
Dick's face fell. "What if Magic is like Kryptonite? What if it isn't here?" Dick shook Wally's shoulders. "What if we're here forever? What if time moves differently and it's already been years back there?"
"Okay, OKAY, calm down, we don't know that." Wally tried to reason, though he felt terrified too. Okay, he couldn't handle this. He turned to their captors. "Where's the other one? The tall one?"