Yaaaay second chapter.

This one is way better than the first one, and there will be many more to come 3

By the time the squad had returned to the Watchtower, it was incredibly late. Everyone was tuckered out from the day's work and looked as if they were about to drop down and fall asleep right where they stood. With the experiment in his arms and the various files he and the team had collected, Wally had to drag himself and the kid out of the rather comfortable seats of the invisible jet and into the halls of the Watchtower.

Despite it being rather late, some of the other heroes still bustled about with their everyday work within the clean silver halls of the space station. As the scarlet speedster walked through the well-lit hallway, he could feel many pairs of eyes staring at him as he held the sleeping kid in his arms. Why is there a kid on board? Where did he come from? Whose is he? Right now, he really didn't care… he just wanted to get to Gotham, tell Bruce about the kid and various other things he and the team and had found and get some sleep.

As he entered the main lobby of the great space station, he spotted John and Diana chatting it up beside the transporter control panel. Walking to the two in a tired manner, the two turn to great their friend, but their face turned from welcoming to confusion as they spotted the kid in his arms.

"Erm… hey Wally" said John in a confused manner "What's with the kid?"

"I found him on my mission to fill in for Shay, they were doing genetic testing and I found this little tyke scared out of his skin in a meta-human proof cell." Holding the child close to him, he has yet to wake from his slumber as his boney frame clung to Wally's neck. No movement came from his body except for the gentle rise and fall of his chest.

"I'm assuming they're trying to make another Ultimen group, I suppose. I just hope they won't have the same outcome as those before them..." sighed Diana darkly.

Nodding his heavy head and leading out a yawn of pure exhaustion, the Flash said groggily "Well, I gotta head to the Batcave and explain to Bruce about this whole situation."

As Wally walked sluggishly to one of the various transporter panels as if he was carrying a hundred tons on his backside, he made sure he had everything he needed before he sighed "Beam me down, John."

Bruce sat in the darkness of the Batcave, typing away at his computer as usual. He had just gotten back from his nightly patrols around Gotham and it was a rather slow night, with the most action he had gotten was scaring a few teens away from vandalizing an old factory. Now all there was to do was simply record the incident into the computer, do checkups on the whereabouts of Gotham's usual criminals and, of course, wait up for his boyfriend to return from his mission (though that last one wouldn't be all too difficult)

Upon hearing the familiar sound of the transporter behind him and the sluggish and tried footsteps behind him, the Dark Knight said calmly "So, what did you find?

"Well…" started the redhead "You were right about the genetic testing thing…"

"And?"

"And we definitely found enough evidence against CADMUS, but we've got a problem."

"A problem?" grumbled the raven headed man as he arose out of his chair and turned to face his boyfriend "What do you mean a-"

He then saw the kid tucked into Wally's arms. It snoozed quietly as its un-kept black hair hung in his freckled face. This was not a 'small' problem. This was a 'big' problem. Sure, with this kid they would have cold, hard evidence… but they stole something, someone from a government property. This was a very big deal.

Trying to keep himself as calm as he possibly could, Bruce said as he struggled to hold his temper "Wally… why do you have a child with you?"

"When we were in CADMUS, we found a laboratory where they were doing genetic experimentation again. They had these weird fetus things in these test tubes and I found him in a MHC-U Class 12 cell because I think he may have super-speed powers. He tried to run off before he had a speed surge and smacked into a wall. Bruce, the kid is starving and nearly pissed himself when he saw me… I couldn't have left him there."

Suddenly the experiments green eyes slowly opened. A long, tired yawn came from his partially toothless mouth as he looked at his hero. Tilting his head to the side in curiosity at this strange masked hero, the little tyke didn't know who exactly this was, but he knew he was safe. Smiling, he clung tightly to the Flash's neck protectively.

"C'mon Batsy, you gotta admit he is pretty adorable."

While the kid was rather cute, Bruce tried to at least stay on focus here. Walking towards the tuckered out pair, the Batman turned his cold, blue gaze to the child. It shrunk slightly at his stare (like most small children who meet the infamous Batman) as he clung tighter to Wally's neck.

"Well…" said the billionaire in a slightly more friendly tone "I will give you that. But, CADMUS will be looking for him. They don't let their experiments go too easily."

"So what are we gonna do?"

"As far as I can see currently, he seems to look normal on the outside. He doesn't seem to have any visible mutations that would raise a red flag. But, we will need to run some tests on him and find out everything about him both physically and genetically. Knowing CADMUS, they most likely had but a few tricks up this kid's sleeve…"

"Perhaps these may be of some help." Handing the papers to his comrade and lover, the scarlet speedster raised his now free hand to tussle and clean the boy's unclean and greasy hair that probably hadn't seen a shower in weeks.

As Batman went through the various papers, he found things he had mostly expected to see: various plans for dangerous future weapons, prototypes of various machines, etc. Though, he really hoped he could find something about these fetuses Wally was talking about and this strange baby.

Finally, he found what he was looking for.

"Here." Grunted the Batman in his usual blunt tone of voice when discussing something serious "According to these records, it says he is known as Experiment 58X2. They were planning to make a second Ultimen group, but are taking a different approach on how their members are raised."

"How so?"

"Instead of raising them to complete maturity like those before them, they plan to incubate them in test tubes until they reach ten months. They plan to raise them as real children and being placed in selected families. But, this kid's file said he was a failed experiment, reason being he was 'too rebellious against his foster family and unable to control its power.'"

"Rebellious?!" scowled the Flash coldly "He looks no older than two years old! All little kids rebel against their parents. And as for the power, he's just a baby. It took me months before I could figure out my own abilities."

"Hmph, either way they planned to dispose of him. They were simply holding him in a meta-human cell until they could figure out how." Raising a gloved hand to pat the kid on the head, Bruce saw the experiment nudge away from his touch as fear grew in his green orbs. Sighing, the detective pulled his cowl back to reveal his true face: a handsome square face that didn't look like he would eat your kids. Soon, Wally followed along and pulled his hood back to show his freckled face and messy hood hair.

The little kid then smiled happily. He was glad to no longer see masks, but faces. Actual human faces. Once again, Bruce tried to rub the black mop of hair on the boy's head, and this time, he was happy to oblige.

Looking over the kid, Bruce turned to look at his boyfriend. Both the child and the man bared a striking resemblance to one and other with their big, green eyes, freckled faces, and a pair of ears that stuck out.

"Hm…"

Walking over to one of the various cabinets that lined the rocky walls of the cave, Bruce pulled out a clean cotton swab and turned back to the two. He had his suspicions on what was going on, and in most (if not all) cases having suspicions, he was right. As he returned to the experiment and Wally, Bruce stuck the swab gently in the kid's mouth and swabbed for his saliva.

The kid was not amused with his actions and wrinkled up his nose in annoyance.

"Uh, Bruce." questioned Wallace as he followed his lover to the computer "What are you doing?"

Bruce didn't respond, he just sat down in the chair that faced the gargantuan of a computer. Suddenly a small try ejected from one of the various slots on the control panel, and Batman placed it ever so gently onto the shiny metal panel. With a sliding hiss, it returned into the control panel and the large screen began to flicker with many faces.

"Bruce?"

"You said he has super-speed, correct?"

"Yeah, I guess."

"It may be possible CADMUS has stolen your DNA to create their own super speedster."

"What?!"

"Wally, did you really look at the kid? Except for the hair, he's the spitting image of you."

Wally kept silent. Was it true? Part of him hoped it was, and another part didn't. He did want to have kids one day, he loved kids. But when he was ready, when he had time to think things through and figure everything out. Not like this where a kid is randomly thrown at him out of the blue.

Beep!

The screen flicked with light and a computerized voice said in a blunt and monotone voice

"DNA parental analysis complete. Biological mother unknown. Biological fathers found."

'Fathers?' Thought Wally and Bruce.

"Bruce Wayne also known as the Batman. Reproductive DNA percentage: 50%. Wally West also known as the Flash. Reproductive DNA percentage: 50%"

"But… how can he have two biological fathers?" said Wally in complete and utter shock.

"About a year ago, I had done some investigation on CADMUS and discovered they were doing an experiment procedure where DNA of two or more individuals who were of the same sex were combined, making a subject have more than two parents and more traits."

"And you didn't tell anyone!?" growled Wally harshly, but making sure not too badly so he wouldn't scare his supposed son.

"If I had revealed it to the League then an investigation would be sent out. CADMUS would have found out one way or another and moved their base. I needed more evidence before I could send anyone in there, that's why I waited until now when I had gotten more leads."

"Alright, alright I get it." Sighed Wally as he attempted to calm down, though still had a tinge of anger to his voice "So… what are we gonna do with our son?"

Bruce cringed at the word "son". It now had suddenly sunken in that he was a father. He had his own boy. This one he had to really think through, especially with these kinds of circumstances. With the fact that it would be an unwise decision to send a meta-human who has no idea how to control his abilities into foster care or adoption. Plus, the government would be on his trail quickly if not well hidden.

"Bruce?"

"For now, we will keep him with us. We need to make sure he is hidden from prying eyes and that he learns to control his abilities."

Almost as soon as Bruce said 'we will keep him", a goofy and happy grin spread on Wally's freckled face. He bounced up and down slightly and the boy giggled happily at his caretaker's goofy look. He and Bruce were gonna be dads.

"Sweet! I can't believe we're gonna be dads!" exclaimed the scarlet speedster happily.

A small, but happy grin was paced on the detective's lips. While he hated to admit it, he was happy there was a new addition to this family. He had never really pictured himself this far along, with someone to love and a child. He always told himself he never needed anyone.

But that's completely changed, now.

"What are we gonna call him?"

A small pause came from Bruce, before he said gently "Thomas."