"The Uncertainty Paradox"
by Xtremismrk8
Genre: Drama/Angst/Adventure/Friendship
Rating: mid to high T for swearing, mentions of blood, death, and apocalpytic wasteland.
Disclaimer: I don't own YJ, but it's coming back! But damn DC universe is expensive with all my other bills, still gonna buy it to support it though!
"Dazed and Displaced"
Star Labs Nevada
Team Year...April 22...
Kid Flash woke up dizzy, his head buzzing as he tried to force his eyes to open. He was laying flat on the ground, trying to remember what happened and why he was here.
Finally managing to open his eyes, he saw the sky. His eyes shot wide open.
The sky was grey. Like completely grey, filled with black clouds, and completely devoid of anything that resembled the blue sky that he had just seen literally moments ago.
He shook his head and rubbed the dirt off around him as he tried to stand up, his body unusally weak as he began to fully take in his surroundings.
The whole area was gone, and all he was standing in was a desolated abandoned area. Filled with nothing but debris and broken structures. He looked around, trying his best not to panic. The whole sky was grey and filled with smoke like the whole world had went to oblivion.
His body ached as he stood, his thoughts barely clearing up as he turned around looking for the team.
'Guys?' He said worriedly over the mind link. Nothing. He activated his comms. "Anyone copy? Team, where'd everyone go?" He said, his voice starting to panic, anxious for answer, only to recieve static. "What the heck is going on? Where am I?"
Ok, ok Walls, cool it man. This is probably just a really bad dream. You're just dazed and confused. I'm probably in the cave right now, falling asleep after watching a Mad Max marathon with the Team. I-wait.
"What was the last thing I remember?" He tried to remember what happened before this, why he ended up where he was but all that came up was a blank. "I don't remember what happened." All he remembered was a flash of light and then poof, here he was.
Waiting around here wasn't going to do him any favors, best he could do is try and find the nearest zeta tube and get back to the Cave and the team. He hopes that this is just some crazy simulation or some bad dream from eating too much before falling asleep.
He looked around, trying to place himself. Now he really wished he had Rob and his tech, he has no idea where he was. The horizon looked bleak but from some of the debris he saw, signs say he's in Nevada.
He checked himself out before he began readying to sprint.
Arms? Check. Legs? Check. Body? Check? Everything seems to be in working order, albeit a little sore, which rarely happens. Alright, nearest zeta tube should be in California, or at least the one I remember. If I can get to that I can go home. Just stay calm Walls, it'll all make sense soon. He activated his stealth tech as he began to run.
...
Running to California took a little longer than expected, his sore muscles still recovering from whatever happened in Nevada. Why did he end u there? and what did it have to do with Star Labs? Nevertheless he finally arrived only to see that the buildings and streets were abandoned and all but destroyed. He stopped for a moment looking around, if this was a sick dream he wasn't liking it. He grabbed a newspaper off the floor, some words he could only make out were Reach and drinks. "HELLO! IS ANYBODY OUT THERE?!" He said to the horizon, only recieving an echo as silence filled the air again. He shook his head and began to head for the alleyway with the zeta tube.
Barely whizzing through the streets he finally saw the zeta tube, and it was destroyed. He cursed under his breath as he looked around, tired. Still he could take a break here. He sat next to the zeta tube and started messing with some parts.
After removing some parts he took out his comms and tried to jury rig a ping system. That way at least someone could find him.
He sat there for a few moments, tired, a little hungry as he checked his little food containers. There was some food in there. Meaning whatever happened to him wasn't over 36 hours. He grabbed a little snack as he tried to eat.
Soon he heard something, what sounded like little clicking. And it was coming right for him. He stood up immediately and began booking it, hiding in another alleyway. He peered a little bit to the side and saw little drones searching around. The drones were followed by a hulking blue and black figure 5 times his size, jacked, and completely ready to kill.
Kid Flash covered his mouth, not wanting the alien to know where he was. He slowly walked away from the alleyway, before accidentally taking a step on a piece of glass. He heard clicks coming toward him.
He took a slow deep breath and began to run. Running and not looking back. Only heading to the one place he knows he can hide in, he was heading for Washington, the Hall of Justice.
He ran for a while, taking stops occasionally to refuel and recharge. He never felt this tired, whatever happened must have drained a lot his energy. Time passed as he ran through the buildings and cities, only he couldn't tell as the sky never changed, always staying the same shade of depressing dark bleak grey. It annoyed him, he was sure it was the afternoon or close to night. Either way, he was going to get to the bottom of this, one way or another.
After a while he finally arrived to the hall. He stopped dead in his tracks as he looked at the hall or rather where the hall was supposed to be. The hall collapsed onto itself. All that was left was cement and dirt.
He knelt on the ground, his body tired from all the running. He tried staying calm this whole time but none of this makes sense.
Where was the League? The Team? What the heck happened to the world? And why can't I remember anything?!
He pounded the ground as he took sharp breaths. He had no idea what to do, he tried his best not to cry. He was in some post-apocalyptic landscape with no place to go. He could head to the Cave, one last try, but he didn't want to be disappointed, he wasn't sure if he could take it.
He sniffed as rubbed his eyes. He was going to the Cave, no matter what. He has to find answers. Whatever the hell this is, he's getting out of it, no matter what.
He took a deep breath, tired but ready to run. Before he could stand up, he started hearing something. It sounded like a whizzing. And it was coming right at him. He barely processed anything as he saw a figure running to him from the horizon and it was coming in fast. He stood up as fast as he could, ready to run, but he was too late, the figure tackeled him, knocking him out as they both landed on the ground. The figure stood up, grabbing Kid Flash's comm link and turning it off.
The figure made KF lie flat on the ground, finally taking his appearance in. The figure slowly moved his hand to his mask to remove it.
"No way." The brownhaired figure said as he turned on his own comm. "Can't be, its not possible."
"*B, what is it? Report.*"
"*That signal that you sent me to find E, I found it, or rather him.*"
"*Him? Who?*"
"*Prep the base for interrogation, I'm going to take him back.*"
"*Alright. I'll inform D and A. E out.*"
The figure picked up the rather heavy speedster, placing him on his shoulder and began running.
...
Undisclosed Location
Wally woke up again, this time in chains and with a inhibitor collar around his neck. He was in a dark room, his eyes shifting looking for something to find. He wanted to scream but he had to stay calm, whatever hit him was fast, faster than him.
Soon a small light flickered on. He was in a small crevice of a cave. He really hoped he was in the Mount Justice. A figure slowly walked up to him from the darkness, his face covered with a rag and goggles.
"Who are you?" Kid Flash said, struggling against his chains.
"Better question is, who are you? Also don't even bother trying to break out, the collar may not be perfect, but at least it can hold you."
"What are you talking about?"
"Why are here? What was that comm signal?"
"What are you talking about? I was trying to call any of my friends, the league, anyone."
"The League? Wow, you're an interesting case aren't you?"
"What are you talking about? Please tell me. What the heck is going on? This isn't some training sim, the league stopped them after what happened to me and my friends. And if this is some dream then I'd like to wake up now." He pleaded to the figure who looked away as if he was listening to someone in his ear. "PLEASE! Tell me what happened to the world, why are there beetle aliens? What happened to the team? The hall? Anything?!"
The figure pinched his nose, "Look, as much as we'd like to answer those, you have to answer our questions first, we have to be sure."
"What kind of questions?"
"...Who are you?"
"Who am I? I'm Kid Flash."
"Are you sure?"
"I'm not a clone if that's what you're asking."
"Are you sure?"
"Positive."
"How would we know? Better question, how would you know? What's your real name?"
"I'm not going to tell you, its called a secret identity for a reason."
"Secret identities don't exist here anymore."
"Anymore? And where exactly is here?" The figure, who he now sees is pretty short, possibly a kid, still it changes nothing. "I know I'm not a clone, I just woke up in Star Labs Nevada and now I'm in a world where I'm pretty sure we got nuked. I-wait, what do you mean we?"
"I'm asking the questions. How can you prove to us you're not a clone?"
"How do I know you're even a good guy? Besides, its kind of hard to prove I'm not a clone, not unless you've got a telepath or dna tests." Wow, you'd think there'd be a way for the league and the team to find out that didn't involve telepathy.
"Trust me, we're the good guys. And we have our ways, despite our limited resources."
"I'm a good guy as well, I'm hero, partner to the Flash, I'm Kid Flash."
"We don't believe you."
"Why? Just tell me what's going on!" He gestures behind his back at the mirror above them, giving them a small hand movement, Kid Flash barely notices. "At least tell me what was that thing that took me down. Was that a speedster? He moved pretty fast. No way any human could move that fast unless they were a speedster."
"Yeah, it sure was."
"What about those alien things?"
"Do you not know what those are?"
"If I did I'd be at least more calmer than I am now."
"How old are you?"
"I'm... 16."
The figure looked at Kid Flash, unsure of what to do. "...Fine, on the count of three, both of us say you're real name."
"What?! Why?!" Wally yelled as he tugged against his chains.
"We have to be sure, this conversation is going nowhere, as everyone in my ear keeps telling me. So are you up for it? Either way, it seems you have nothing to lose."
"I... no. I don't know you, I'm not going to risk my identity on the off chance you might think you know me. I know I'm not a clone. So either way, I guess we're stuck."
"...Fine." The figure walked out the door. Kid Flash dropped his head as he tried to figure something out. Then he remembered, the guy said the collar was faulty. If he could vibrate quick enough, he could phase out of this and get out of here. He just had to wait for the right moment.
A second or two later the lights on the collar began to flicker, he started vibrating, focusing really hard on phasing through. He put all his energy into it, closing his eyes and focusing. He heard a few clings on the ground and all the chains and collar was off him. He checked his body, made sure nothing was missing. Only thing he saw was that the food he ate a little bit of was gone. He stood up weakly, and noticed his vision was blurring, he touched his nose and it was bleeding. He fought hard to not pass out. He reached for the door, hoping to escape, only for the door to spring open, wally fell back, but not before seeing a different figure, his voice sounding so similar. He was caught just before he collapsed to the ground.
"...Rob?" He said, before passing out.
A/N: And test chapter done. What do you guys think? I'll post the rest when I can. This one was itching in the back of my mind for a while and hopefully you guys enjoyed this small prelude, hopefully I can finish this before the new season of YJ comes out.