It was dark, or, he thought it was. There was light that forced him to slowly open his eyes, and he found himself on a sidewalk. It felt like he had fallen on the concrete, because his side had been hurting, but only for a moment. He found it odd how the pain faded away so quickly, but he shrugged it off before looking around, trying to figure out where he was.
It had to be nighttime, and the buildings around him looked familiar, yet unfamiliar at the same time. He knew these buildings weren't a part of the town he lived in, especially when all of it was too urban. Yet he knew some of these buildings. But from where?
"What happened to me?" The young boy asked himself as he began walking down the sidewalk, not knowing what else to do.
The city was unlike any place he had been to in his life, but why did he feel like he knows this place at the same time? There were many buildings he had never been to. There was Central City Picture News.
"Wait, what?" He looked at the building, then shook his head. The name of the building did not change, and he looked around the street. He knew where he was, but it shouldn't be possible. He didn't live in a world where things like this happened. Or did he? He was just some civilian for that matter.
"Oh, my god." He breathed deeply. "Oh, god. I'm in the Arrowverse. And there's no way this is a dream. How do I get home?" Then he sighed. "Yeah, there's only one way I'm getting home. I hope Barry knows how to do interdimensional travel. Or maybe Cisco. I gotta find STAR Labs."
So after looking around the area one last time, he began walking down the sidewalk, hoping that by some chance he'd manage to find STAR Labs.
He didn't know how long he was walking, since he had gotten lost a few times. And he realized that he wouldn't find STAR Labs like this.
"Man, I should've just gone to Picture News and ask Iris for directions. Unless she doesn't work there yet. Or at all in this universe. AH, it makes no sense! This could be like one of those fanfic versions of the Arrowverse for all I know!"
Just then, he heard what sounded like an alarm a few blocks away. It sounded like an alarm that was heard whenever a store was being robbed. Normally, he wouldn't go near potentially armed robber, but if there was a robbery, then Barry would be there to stop it. So, he wasted no time before he began running towards the source of the alarm.
However, when he arrived, he saw the robbers were still taking jewelry from a jewelry store. Barry had not arrived yet, and that's when he realized that there was the possibility that Barry hadn't become the Flash yet. That, or he wouldn't be the Flash. Either way, Alex wasn't going to let this robbery go on, even though he was afraid.
"Hey!" He shouted as he walked into the store.
Almost immediately, the robbers aimed their weapons at him, but then there was a rush of wind and a flash was seen as the robbers were knocked aside. Alex noticed that all of them were now disarmed, and he looked to his right to see him.
"Barry." He whispered, but he heard the faint sound of footsteps and looked to see that there was another robber outside the store. The gunman quickly aimed a handgun at Barry, and instinctively, Alex shoved the Flash out of the way. However, he had moved himself directly in the path of the bullet the moment the trigger was pulled.