Good evening you all, the name is FriendlyMushroom, and it's been a long time since I wrote a Teen Titan's based story. Many years ago, when the Teen Titans were still and aired series, I wrote two sister Stories: Those who ride the Lighting (Kid Flash/Jinx), and Emerald Twilight (Blackfire/Kyle Rayner (Green Lantern V)), and I did so because both were my favorite heroes at the time, I grew up with them, and loved the idea of the sidekick hero (in case of Kid Flash), and replacement hero (In case of Green Lantern V), taking the ropes after the greatest sacrifice or downfall of their predecessors. Back then I wanted to write both stories together, and end in a crossover episode between the two, but that happened a long time ago, when the Teen Titans were still popular. Also, the Flash and Green Lantern were not my only favorite characters, so was Nightwing, and Batman of course, and many others, and I always wished to be able to write their stories from the comic books perspective, which lead me to this project.
The majority of you, know the Teen Titans from the cartoon, and obviously you are here for that reason, but little are those who also know the comics. Now, the comics are very complex, you would need years of comic book knowledge to know it all, that's where I wanted to intervene, how about I gave you all, a deeper insight of the world of the cartoon heroes, using my knowledge of the comic books, to create a whole series of fics like there are comics that link together? Such though, lead me to write 5 sister stories, that happen in the same universe, and perhaps they link like eastern eggs every now and then, but are independent stories at the same time. The five stories I'm talking about are as follow:
Battle for the Cowl (Robin xRaven): Follows Robin's road from being the leader of the Teen Titans until becoming Nightwing, and later, considering taking the cowl of Batman.
Born to Run (Kid Flash x Jinx): Follows Kid Flash's evolution from being the youngest sidekick ever, to becoming the first sidekick to take on the mantle of his mentor, the Flash, who sacrificed his life a year before the events of the story.
Emerald Twilight (Green Lantern V x Blackfire): Follows the story of Blackfire, after being assigned to social service on Earth under the custody of rookie Green Lantern Kyle Rayner, who is still under training with the Green Lantern Corps.
Heart of Steel (Cyborg x Bumblebee and Beast Boy x Terra): Follows the story of Cyborg, left with the leadership of the Teen Titans, and trying to maintain the several incarnations of the Teen Titans together (North, West, East, and South), all while mentoring the unstable clone of Superman, Superboy.
War of the Gods (Aqualad x Wonder Girl x Speedy): Follows the love triangle of the exiled Atlantean, the exiled Amazon, and the not really exiled marksman, as they get into conflict with the Greek gods.
As mentioned before, the 5 stories happen in the same universe, but are independent stories, you may enjoy reading them all but it isn't really necessary. The only drawback I see for people not wanting to read them all though, is the couples, specifically the Robin x Raven one and the Beast Boy x Terra one, it's not that I don't like Robin x Starfire and Beast Boy x Raven, but story wise, these selection of couples serve my storyline purposes, so I apologize if you feel repelled from reading them for that reason, as I mentioned, there is no need to read them all, it's just… more interesting for those who read them all.
Anyway, I already said too much. For those who want to read all 5 stories, the summary and Prologue is the same, so after reading it once you can skip it. As for when will I update these 5 stories, I will update them every first Friday or Saturday of every new month, which means the 5 stories will all be updated at the same time on Friday 8 or Saturday 9 of March (Because Friday first or Saturday second is too soon).
One last note about the dates and years I use, the Teen Titan's animated series don't have a stablished date (as far as I know), but belong to the same universe as The Batman animated series, and in the Batman animated series, most specifically on the episode "Artifacts", it is stated it is the year 2027, and on that year, Robin was Nightwing, and had been so for 10 years, so, in the comics Robin became Nightwing at age 18, and since in The Batman Robin is 14, I did the backwards calculation and found the year the Teen Titans series is supposed to happen for real (2015), but this story takes place one year later, (2016), so all stories are dates as 2016, I know the series is from 2003, don't blame me, blame The Batman for not doing the maths correctly. I hope this doesn't bother you all.
I don't own the Teen Titans or any DC Comics related character, I write this for fun, for DC comics fans, and I win no money doing it. Read, enjoy, and let me know if you will read all 5 or just the one you were interested on, happy reading.
Prologue to a Titan's Legacy:
New Genesis. 853rd century.
"Companionship + understanding + assurance + joy + altruism ÷ respect ÷ commendation ÷ sympathy x innocence x dignity x success x acceptance, y = n, where, y = despair, and n = caution, love = truth, death = rebirth, and self = light side. The Life Equation is the proof that life is worth living. This is the first present I, Metron, give to you, my son." The story of the greatest heroes there to be known, is complex, as is the beginning of it all. Since different to popular belief, the greatest heroes of them all, didn't find their path toward greatness in the force of a lighting, the mantle of the night, the depths of the ocean, their beliefs in their gods, the light of willpower, the power of the closest sun, or the miracles of the technology they could harness. The true path that created the greatest heroes of Earth, the whole universe, and the multiverse, will be found in the farthest of futures, where a god used technology, to create that which is uncompressible. Life, inside lifeless objects.
The world of New Genesis from the 853rd century, is nothing but a lifeless wasteland, attacked constantly by explosions of a dark light, which disintegrated everything it touched, the anti-matter. On this wasteland of a world, only two life forms exist, Metron, an old man, in reality a god, wearing a circuit-looking bodysuit, and his son, a golden colored android, wearing nothing but a brownish scarlet cowl, in front of which, Metron placed a shapeless object, looking more like a white metal that bended in several directions and forms, forming amazing tube-like forms, and shinning from white, to yellow, to scarlet, switching between forms and colors from time to time.
"This, is the Worlogog, the Philosopher's Stone, a time-spanning engine that can be used to bend time and space. It is an exact working model of the entire space-time continuum in miniature, and maps everything from the Big Bang to the Omega Point." Metron delivered it to his son, who took it and gazed at it intensely. "The Worlogog is a fraction of the Source, and is the second present I give to you. Gaze upon it, learn everything you need to know of this and every universe, and do whatever you must to stop Darkseid from gathering the Anti-Life Equation." He explained, and the world in which they existed, began blowing up. "There is still one present I need to deliver; this present is your name. And with your name comes the greatest of all responsibilities. Your name, is Hourman. You change events, sometimes minor, sometimes major, always in the name of life." He finished, and at that very moment all that existed collapsed, leaving the multiverse in infinite darkness. The only being that existed, was Hourman, protected by the destruction of existence itself, by the will of a god who gave it all to preserve the most valuable thing, life.
Hourman knew nothing about what to do, but suddenly the Worlogog began displaying something uncompressible to any human or god, but that Hourman, as a machine, could understand. He read at an incredible speed, the whole existence, from the origin of it all, to the split into several realities. He saw all possibilities, all events from the many continuities, all of them ending in the same place, the destruction of everything that exists. Sometimes existence itself ended with billions of years of differences, but his reality was the last one. And after one year of reading the events of all reality, he discovered one, in which there was something, hope. But this hope was fated to de deleted, as everything else would.
And so, Hourman began doing what he was programmed to do, he began changing the reality, connecting events that weren't supposed to connect, and creating his own reality, and after another year of complex calculations and connecting events, one reality in which survival was possible was displayed. Yet, even though his calculations were correct, manipulating past events to create the reality in which hope wasn't entirely lost, meant the future may not behave as he expected, and if it didn't, all reality would collapse once again.
"It shall be tested." Hourman concluded, and displayed a group of 7 teens, the majority of them sharing a same history, one Hourman knew far too well. "Titans… you are all the keys to the existence's survival. Yet, not all of you are ready, or won't be ready in time. In the name of existence, I shall manipulate your world, in favor of preserving existence." He finished, and opened with the help of the Worlogog, a portal to a distant past. "My name, is Hourman. I change events, sometimes minor, sometimes major…" He finished, and so, a new reality was born.
Teen Titans: A Titan's Legacy Series.
Born to Run: Volume 1.
Issue #1: Impulse.
Keystone City, Kansas. December 31, year 2035. Countdown to year 2036.
His name is Wallace Rudolph West, and he is the Flash, the Fastest Man Alive. Over the years, many had tried to take that title away from him. Of course, everyone has failed. He is the living proof of the greatest heroic legacy ever heard of, the Flash legacy. No superhero has ever been able to create and follow a legacy as the one of the Flash.
As every year, there is always a challenger to the title. It had become some sort of tradition between speedsters which began long time ago, during year 2016. And now, almost 20 years later, the Flash races his most important race, and as always, he is winning.
The race starts with the New Year's countdown. It begins at 10 and ends at 0. But when the speed you can travel at is farther than the speed of light, and reaches the greatest of all speeds, the speed of time itself, 10 seconds is a life time.
His opponent this year is the same opponent of most years. His name is Hunter Zolomon, and he is Zoom, the Fastest Runner-Up Alive. Every year he tries to outmatch the Flash. Every year he forces the Flash to run after him. Every year he ends up losing against the Flash.
"You have beaten me for the last time, West!" Zoom yelled to his adversary with rage filled words, and a sinister-like smile adorning his lips. As usual, the rouge was having more fun than what he was supposed to as Keystone City's countdown to New Year began at 10.
"Hate to tell ya, well, actually no, I don't hate to tell ya this, but I'm slowing down so you can keep up." The Flash informed while running on top of the water. They were now running on top of the Arctic Ocean. And at Keystone City, the countdown went down to 9. "Zoom! I don't mind having these races as long as it is between you and me and no one else gets involved. There was no reason for you to freeze a thousand people in time only to win my attention you psychopath!" The light-speed conversation followed on Greece. There it was already year 2036, it had been so for some hours already, but at Keystone City the countdown was between 9 and 8, they were moving that fast.
"I would kill millions if it were for the sole propose of destroying you, Flash! I got that power! Luckily for you, this was never about destroying you, was it? There is more to this rivalry than murdering and heroic deeds. You know how important you are to me, West!" Zoom mentioned while running around the already crowded city of Tokyo at Japan. It was like running around a course track. They turned around many corners, jumped over many citizens, and at Keystone City, the countdown was only at 7. "You think you are the Fastest Man Alive, and you probably are. But I will never give up! In past, present and future, you are always known as the fastest! I have visited countless timelines as to know that, West! Not even Barry Allen was as fast as you!"
"That is a question better left unanswered, Zoom!" Flash added. They were once again running around the ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, and countdown to New Year at Keystone City was now at 6. "I am the Fastest Man Alive, not the fastest there is, the fastest there was, the fastest there ever will be. I'm all cool if I'm the fastest here and now!" And Zoom was left behind, as the Flash made a swift turn toward Russia, and the countdown went down to 5 at Keystone City.
"Never again! I can't steal your speed! You would do the same to me! But I know of someone as fast as you! Someone who will replace me as the Fastest Runner-Up in the history of the Flash Legacy!" Zoom suddenly switched directions before finishing the race around Russia, and went back in course toward America, while the countdown at Keystone City went down to 4.
"Wait! Zolomon! We agreed in having this being only between you and me!" The Flash mentioned while also changing his direction toward America. The countdown at Keystone City went back to 3. "Zolomon! Leave my daughter out of this! I swear to you that if you touch her I will kill you!" His treat of course was only in order to try to scare him off. Wally West was no murderer. He was one of the best. "Zolomon!" The countdown at Keystone City went down to 2 once reaching the United States, and it remained as that while they rushed all around Keystone City and until finding a young 12 years old girl running at the speed of light, but never fast enough to reach the speed of Zoom or Flash. "Iris!" In hopes of saving his daughter, Wally West lent his speed to her, so she would escape Zoom. "Run!"
"Father? What is going on?" The countdown at Keystone City went down to 1, and the combined speed of the Flash, alongside the tremendous speed of his daughter, launched her past the speed of light, and past the speed of time itself, as she was launched into Hypertime. "Father!"
In the end, and once the countdown at Keystone City reached 0, the Flash lost his first race ever. But Zoom wasn't the one who defeated him. Thanks to the additional speed, his daughter could surpass even his own speed, or at least it was like that for a nanosecond. "Nooooo!" Zolomon yelled, and was then knocked down by an enraged Flash.
"Iris!" The Flash yelled, but then something happened to him, he calmed down. "I see… then that's how it happened…" He spoke to himself, and a smile was drawn on his face. "The fear is still there. Being honest, I don't know how everything is going to end… but she is in good hands…" He admitted, and then he saw the fireworks all around Keystone City, and greeted the New Year with a smile. "My wife is surely going to kill me for this."
Keystone City, Kansas. Eastern Downtown. January 1, year 2016.
His name is Wallace Rudolph West, and he is Kid Flash, the Fastest Boy Alive. Although, he is better known by his current girlfriend as a mindless jerk. For Jinx, a 14 years old and reformed criminal now living at an apartment at Keystone City while trying to adjust to the new life Kid Flash had convinced her into taking, this was his final insult to their already damaged relationship. First of all, she was yet to know Kid Flash without the mask, second, he forgot their important date, and third, the more she got to know him, the more she began to hate him.
"Save it! I don't want to hear it!" She yelled hard and slammed the door of her apartment onto his face. "No more! I'm sick and tired on competing with the Twin Cities!" She yelled while on the other side of the door, and Kid Flash just delivered an odd stare to the closed door while rubbing his injured nose. "I changed for you! But apparently you are too busy running all around the Twin Cities, flirting every freaking girl you find in the way, and being a total idiot as a boyfriend, as to care about a New Year dinner I had planned for almost a month!"
"I know! And I swear I'm sorry for being late. I will make it up to you as I always do." He tried to explain, but at the other side of the door, Jinx was deaf to any kind of explanation. "Listen, Jinx. New Year is always hard for heroes. Especially for me! Keystone City is my responsibility, but I can't just leave Central City unprotected! It's the right thing to do!" The door was suddenly opened, but even when a smile was drawn on Kid Flash's face, it was erased almost as fast as it came. "Wait, let me explain!" But he was instead blasted by hexes of pink energy.
"Explain what? That you as usual want to satisfy your huge ego by breaking yet another record on the Book of Heroic Doings?" She explained, and Kid Flash smiled oddly at her words. "How many records do you need to break to be satisfied? First you become the youngest hero ever to wear a costume at age 9. Then you become the youngest hero ever to get his own city to protect at age 12. After, and once your mentor sadly passed away saving the world, you became the first and only known hero to ever have two cities down his protection." And after the mention of his mentor, Kid Flash lowered his head. "I know it is sad. I was there when your spirit shattered after your mentor's sacrifice. But I was always the runner-up! I can't compete with your wishes of greatness! Get over it already! What else do you need to prove yourself worthy of wearing his costume, choosing one of the Twin Cities, and continue with his legacy? You are worthy enough? Just pick between Keystone City and Central City and let's move on with our lives!" Jinx was desperate. She truly was tired of competing with the Flash legacy.
"You don't get it! I can't wear his costume! I don't want to!" He yelled at her, and Jinx just crossed her arms in annoyance. "The Flash was the greatest hero there ever was, I can't replace him! I refuse to! So I will create my own legacy! Be my own hero! I will not wear his costume!" But Jinx once again blasted him. "What's your problem?" He yelled once again.
"You are my problem! You are a fool! All I have ever done is pull you up when you fell in your heroic doings! But I'm no longer going to tolerate your indifference toward me because of your stupid indecision! It's over! I'm done with you!" Kid Flash widened his eyes in surprise. "I'm sick of this…" She continued. "I trusted you… I changed for you… I was always there for you… but there is only one thing you care about and it is yourself! This isn't even about the Flash legacy! It is about you! It is always about you! And this time, you are alone!" And then, she once again slammed the door closed. "And if I decide to return to my villain ways, I don't want to see your freaking face in the way because you know I will blast it!"
"Fine! I don't need you anyway!" He yelled hard out of hatred, but he completely regretted ever saying that. But instead of apologizing, he did what he was the best at. He ran away.
Central City, Missouri. Highway to Western Downtown.
"I'm an idiot!" His yell began at Keystone City's Eastern side, and it ended at the outsides of Central City by the Western Highway, where he stopped his running and began yelling his pains away, he was furious. "It's not my fault! But she makes it sound as if I were some kind of criminal! There was a fire at the Flash Museum at Central City! What was I supposed to do? Allow Heatwave to destroy the place? He was burning my uncle's legacy! And then that stupid Rainbow Raider had to steal the colors of the fireworks because he is color blind and says that if he can't enjoy Keystone City's firework celebration, no one cans! I know he is an idiot! But he was ruining the celebration! And then Captain Cold! Who the hell robs a closed bank? News flash, Captain Cold! It was New Year's Eve! Banks were closed! And still you tore the front door apart with your stupid freezing gun!" And after yelling his pains away, he calmed down while gasping for air. "I miss you a lot Uncle Barry…" He finally let out in depression.
The sign in front of him read: 'Welcome to Central City, home to the Flash! The Fastest of Men!' But that was a year ago, when he was still alive. Bartholomew Henry Allen, the second Flash, had died in a crisis that threatened existence itself. He died as the greatest hero ever, and left behind a sidekick who was too good to be just a sidekick, but was also too afraid of ever surpassing his mentor and filling his boots.
Kid Flash had worked solo even before the Flash had died. And he was doing really well as the protector of Keystone City. But when the Flash died, he was left with the choice of following his legacy by wearing his costume. He refused. He was also left with the choice of allowing other heroes to protect Central City. He refused. And then he was left with the choice of leaving Keystone City, his city, in order to protect Central City. And again he refused and still decided to protect them both.
Keystone City and Central City were known as the Twin Cities, and were separated by a river. Both cities were even at different estates, with Keystone City being at Kansas, and Central City being at Missouri. Protecting them was too much work. He was always tired, and his metabolism ever since the Flash died, had gone from bad to worse. Even his top speed, which used to be the speed of light itself, was dramatically reduced until he barely could reach the speed of sound. It was as if he had lost all motivation.
But suddenly, he felt a burst of energy striking him. It was as if he had felt the same kind of energy his uncle somehow transmitted to him. And afterwards, a vortex of light opened before his eyes, and something rushed past him and toward Central City.
"Faaaaatheeeeer!" He heard a girly yell, and he blinked twice not knowing what had just happened. But still, he rushed after the running away girl. "What is going on? It's too much speed! I can't stop!" She complained, although Kid Flash could barely hear her words. She was moving way faster than him. "Dad! Please help me!" She yelled, and Kid Flash pushed himself forward in his limits in order to try to catch up, but not being lucky enough.
"Hey! Slow down! Going at such speed is dangerous! You will hurt yourself!" He yelled, and the girl tried to slow down. "That's right, slow down!" He commanded. The girl tried to force her feet to stop moving, but for some reason, she couldn't. "This day can't be any worse than this! First my girlfriend dumbs me, and now a girl surpasses my speed!"
"Bart? Is that you?" She wondered, and Kid Flash blinked twice in confusion. "You are not Bart! Who are you?" She wondered, and Kid Flash finally caught up. "You are wearing Kid Flash's costume! But you are not Bart!"
"Take my hand!" Kid Flash yelled, and the girl took his hand. "If you can't stop, I will stop you!" He added, jumped, and then buried his feet on the floor hard in order to try to act as some kind of anchor forcing her to slow down.
Coast City, California.
Luckily for the two of them, they were protected by a protective aura which all speeders have. Or else Kid Flash would have broken his feet, and the girl would have been tore apart by the abrupt change of speed. Once Kid Flash managed to stop the girl though, he began complaining by the pain on his soles, he had gone past the speed of sound for mere seconds, but it was enough for Kid Flash's body to feel it.
"My feet are burning! I can't remember the last time I went that fast! What's your problem?" He questioned, and the girl just sobbed. "Oh, great! Just what I needed, now you are crying! And where in the world are we?" He wondered, and saw a sigh reading: 'Welcome to Coast City, home to Green Lantern'. "Hell no! I'm not entering that situation yet." He mentioned and gave his back to the sign. "Anyway, who are you?"
"I could ask you the same question!" The girl mentioned with teary eyes, but with a fierce stare adorning her masked face. "Why are you wearing Kid Flash's costume? That suit is Bart's! If that is you, Thaddeus! I swear my father will beat you up!" But Kid Flash of course stared at her with confusion. "Take it off! You are not worthy of my father's legacy! You are not worthy of the Kid Flash name!" She jumped toward him, trying to unmask Kid Flash, and the yellow and red costumed hero felt a vein popping at his forehead. "I will become Kid Flash one day! You got no right to take the costume! It is Bart's turn!"
"What are you talking about? Who is Bart? And why are you saying I'm not worthy of the Kid Flash costume? I am the one and only Kid Flash!" He yelled, and the girl widened her eyes. "Seriously! Everyone says I should become the Flash, and says I'm worthy of the costume. But then you come and tell me I'm not even worthy of being Kid Flash? I mean, really?" He wondered, and the girl opened her mouth widely. "What?" He asked.
"It's not true! Could it be! You are the first Kid Flash?" And Kid Flash raised an eyebrow at her words. "Truly? Then that means you are Wally West!" And Kid Flash's universe seemed to crumble at such revelation. The girl knew his secret identity. "That means you are?" She wondered, and Kid Flash moved his head in negation at the speed of sound.
"How do you know that?" He yelled, and the girl began moving dizzily around the place not really believing what was going on. "Not even my girlfriend knows my secret identity! Only a few know! And you aren't even part of that few! How did you discover it?" He wondered and began shaking the girl hard. "What was it? Mind-reading? You stalked me at light speed? Or maybe someone told you? Who told you?" He asked several times.
"Let go!" She yelled and slapped his hands away. "I'm your daughter you dummy!" She confessed, and Kid Flash froze there. "I traveled in time… I heard stories of Grandfather Barry and Great-grandfather Jay accidentally traveling in time. You even told me and my brother Jai some stories about when you got lost in time. But this is actually the first time ever I break the Time Barrier and enter Hypertime myself." And Kid Flash once again moved his head several times in negation.
"That was very funny, you almost got me there." He mentioned, and the girl blinked twice and stared at him oddly. "Who are you, and who do you work for?" He asked, and the girl smiled evily. "What's so funny?" He wondered.
"I'm Impulse." She mentioned and rushed from a side of the street to the other one. "Fastest Girl Alive." She continued with a smirk on her face, and Kid Flash felt his eyebrow shaking in annoyance. "I work alone these days." She continued. "And am one of the best." She quoted.
"Very funny, so you are a stalker." He concluded, and the girl tripped with her own feet when hearing that last, and fell to the floor clumsily. "Listen, you are too young to be a hero, or a criminal, so go back home and quit bothering me, I had a really bad day."
"Too young to be a hero? You were the one who became Kid Flash when you were 9 years old, just after the lab accident which gave you your powers! You even wore a shorter version of Barry's Flash costume, who you didn't know was the Flash until later that same day." Kid Flash stopped his march and turned around to face her with surprise once she revealed all those facts from his past. "And at age 12, you begged your uncle to allow you to have your own city to protect, and Barry Allen took you to Keystone City and announced you as its new protector." Kid Flash's face then went to be one full with horror. "And after Barry Allen passed away, since he was a power battery to your speed, you got stuck at a top speed being the speed of sound. Your best friend is still Robin, his real name is Richard John Grayson. But in the near future your new best friend will be the new Green Lantern, his name is Kyle Rayner. Want me to tell you more?" She added with an evil smirk on her face.
"How did you…?" He began, and the girl smiled. "Wait, a new Green Lantern?" He wondered, the girl nodded. "Forget that! How did you know Robin's secret identity? Only I and Batman know it!" And the girl began a countdown with her fingers. "Unless what you are saying is true and I told you about the secret identity of Robin myself." And she continued counting. "Or maybe you found it out some other way and you are trying to confuse me." And her smile grew wider while her last fingers were finishing the countdown. "It is no secret I became Kid Flash when I was 9 years old, and that I got Keystone at age 12, but no one could have reached that much detail… unless… you are really my daughter!" He yelled out of surprise.
"Bingo! And just when I counted ten seconds backwards! Way to go, Dad!" She cheered, and Kid Flash lost equilibrium and sat by the floor weakly and with his eyes in shock. "But… you are less heroic than I imagined you…" She explained, and a vein popped at his forehead. "How old are you? What year is this one?"
"I'm 16 years old and this is year 2016." He explained, and the girl was surprised to hear that last. "Anyway! Shouldn't you be more careful? Time traveling could change future events to come! You are even threatening your own existence! I mean, you are my daughter!" He explained, and the girl gave it some thoughts.
"Well, it could be dangerous I admit, but as long as I still exist there is no problem, is there?" She wondered, and Kid Flash was about to say something, but the girl had a point. "I'm still here, which means that I will still be born! You will still marry my mother no matter what! Ow, that is so romantic!" She began, and Kid Flash stared at her with confusion. "What?" She wondered.
"Your hair is not pink." And the girl flinched. "And your skin isn't grey." And she moved her head in negation. "But then again, if you come from the future, you probably use some kind of holographic sequencer in order to hide your skin and hair color." But the girl moved her head in negation once again. "Don't give me that! What kind of woman is Jinx in the future anyway?" He wondered, and the girl began getting nervous. "Speak out already! A moment ago I was unable to shut you up!" He complained.
"My mother's name is Linda Jasmine Park." She informed, and Wally felt his heart shattering. "Who is Jinx?" She wondered, and he lowered his head. "Anyway! You told me never to reveal future events! I shouldn't have said that last. But if it means you marrying my mother, then I'm all cool with you knowing beforehand." She explained.
"But I love Jinx!" He yelled hard, and the girl felt her eyes watering. "I mean… never mind…" He mentioned, and the girl nodded. "This is so freaking weird! I'm 16 years old! And apparently I now have a 12 years old daughter?" He spoke to himself, and the girl nodded. "Listen, I'm happy to know I will get married and have a daughter… a… Girl Flash or something… but shouldn't you return to your own timeline?" He wondered.
"As if I knew how! You pushed me inside of the Hypertime!" She informed, and Kid Flash slapped his own face hard. "And my superhero name is Impulse II. And without the mask my name is Iris Kiyo West the Second! Daughter of Wallace Rudolph West and Linda Jasmine Park! Never forget it!" She pointed at him. "I want to go back home too… I'm scared…" She informed.
"I hate time travelers." He informed, and the girl crossed her arms in annoyance. Kid Flash was then about to speak, but before he could, the lighting-like gadgets at his mask began shinning. "Great, a crime in progress at Central City… stay here, our talk isn't over yet."
"Says who?" She mentioned with her arms crossed. "I'm going with you. It will be fun to see you crime-fighting when you were young." She informed, but he moved his head in negation. "I'm 12 years old! You were crime fighting at age 9!" She complained.
"Point taken. But I don't care, I'm your father and I'm telling you to stay here." He informed, getting used to the idea of having a daughter already. "And I want to hear no buts, you are staying or…"
"Or what? Are you going to send me to my room? News flash! I got no room." She pointed out, and Kid Flash felt a vein popping at his forehead. "And also, what kind of father will you be if you left a 12 years old on her own at the outsides of Coast City?" She wondered, and Kid Flash let out a deep breath. "Quit complaining. I'm well trained. You trained me."
"Which, by the way, worries me." He admitted, and the girl once again crossed her arms in annoyance. "Fine, you can come too." And she smiled hard at his words. "But try not to get in my way, understood?" She nodded several times at the speed of sound as reply.
"Yay! I'm going to help Dad crime-fight! You will be proud of me!" She mentioned and then smirked evilly. "Race you Dad!" She mentioned while rushing away, and Kid Flash rushed after her. "By the way! I got a top speed being the speed of light you slowpoke!"
"That's it! You are grounded!" He yelled hard in annoyance. "And speed is not the only thing I got! I will show you!" The girl just giggled happily. Having more fun than ever in her life.
Keystone City, Kansas. Eastern Downtown. Jinx's Apartment.
"I already feel bad for what I said to him!" Jinx yelled hard while resting on her bed. She felt like such an idiot for not being able to understand Kid Flash's reasons. He was a hero, and only wished to do the best he could in order to keep his uncle's memory alive. And yet she yelled at him, and made him feel miserable. He probably deserved it, but she also behaved selfishly. "Maybe it's not too late to fix everything." She mentioned while taking out her communicator and trying to reach Kid Flash. But for some reason, the T-Communicator wasn't working. "Uh? Maybe the lines are really busy because of New Year… or maybe he is mad at me… I'm such a fool…" She admitted while lowering her head. "I'm not going to ruin it… I will fix things up later… it can work, I know it can… Kid Flash and I will be together." She mentioned while curling on her bed, ignoring the fact of someone's existence being in real danger in favor of her relationship.
Central City, Missouri. Central Commercial Zone. The Central Park.
"Twins?" Kid Flash yelled hard and stopped his march abruptly in the middle of a park at the center of Central City, where many bystanders smiled and cheered for him, even though he couldn't react to their yells. "I got twins? Incredible… I'm a father of two baby girls in the first try! That's sick!" He informed.
"Jai is a boy, and I'm the elder for like 5 seconds." She informed, and Kid Flash smiled. Happiness was evident in his face. "He got no super speed. Although he got this strange and bizarre power of working out his body into that of a bodybuilder in a fraction of a second. He is more like a super powered freak." She informed and then moved her face all around the place. "Where are the bad guys?" She wondered.
"Oh! Right! The bad guys!" Kid Flash added while returning to reality. "I stopped out of surprise. The crime in progress is various streets north." He informed, and rushed there followed by his daughter, who got no problems catching up since she was faster than him. "Hide here!" But sadly, not that cautious while running, since she ended being pulled by her costume toward the insides of an alley. "Be quiet. First rule about being a hero. Use your powers wisely. Vibrate your molecules until being intangible." He explained.
"Dad, I know, you taught me that already." She informed and began vibrating. "It doesn't stop my nose from tickling me anyway." She informed and then looked all around her surroundings while trying to understand what was going on.
They were currently hiding at an alley in front of Central City's National Bank. Many cops were scattered all around the floor and unconscious. They had been beaten up by bandits wearing one-pieced brown uniforms and holding in their hands key-looking guns of golden colors. The leader of the group was wearing a brown keyhole-like helmet. He looked ridiculous, but Kid Flash knew he was dangerous.
"The Key." He began, and the girl smiled at his words. "He is a low rated criminal. But he is also a psycho. He got this weird technology which allows him to open any lock, no matter how massively protected it is. But other than that, he is easy to catch."
"Not the one I know." Iris informed, and Kid Flash stared at her with concern. "Never mind." She informed. "You will know in the future." She then cracked her fingers and got ready for the fight. "I will get him! You take the thugs." She informed.
"Not so fast young lady." He stopped her. "I take him, you get the thugs." He ordered. "I'm the main hero here, and you are the sidekick. It's common knowledge." And the girl moved her head in negation. "I'm your father, and I know what's best for you. So quit being this stubborn and follow my lead."
"Fine!" She yelled, and then a blast of light almost hit her intangible self. Scaring her out of her concentration and revealing herself to the thugs and the hostages. "They found us!" She yelled.
"Because you yelled out our position to them!" Kid Flash complained. "Get the guns! I get the hostages!" And the duo stripped the key holders from their weapons and rescued the hostages in a light of red and yellow blurs. "Nice doing! Now my favorite part."
"We beat them up!" She yelled and punched a thug several times at a same place in order for him to feel her punches. "Score is 1 to 0! I will beat you!" She informed.
"In your dreams!" And the weird duo began beating up bad guys at almost light speed. Or at least Impulse did since, different to her father, she could surpass the speed of sound. "Got 7!" He informed.
"I got 10! I win! You owe me an ice-cream!" She informed, and Kid Flash bit his lips in annoyance. "Now to beat the final boss!" She informed and rushed toward the Key's back, went in all four and giggled happily. "Now Dad!" She yelled, and Kid Flash rushed toward the Key, pushed him, and forced him to fall down once tripping with her. "That was fun!" She added.
"What kind of training did I give to you?" He wondered. But ignoring the details, he prepared to rush in order to beat the Key down, when the villain began blasting him away. "Wow! Laser beans! Stay where it is safe!" He explained.
"But Dad!" She began. But she was pushed away by Kid Flash before she could be hit by the laser. "Sidekick mistake!" She complained once noticing she got carried away and was then left as a witness while Kid Flash ran around the place and jumped over the Key from a side of the room to the other one while going in circles. "I want to fight too!" She yelled and rushed toward the Key.
"Impulse! Don't!" Kid Flash added, and the girl crashed hard against an electrified force-field casted around the Key. "It is never a good idea to face him heads on!" Kid Flash explained and then continued jumping around the room and evading the Key's blasts. "But there are other ways to break his force-field, such as jumping around until he blasts the ceiling on top of himself!" He explained, and then rushed away when the ceiling began falling. "Up we go!" He added while carrying his daughter out of the building moments before the ceiling buried the Key inside of a pile of concrete. "Told ya speed wasn't all I got."
"I'm still faster than you, Dad!" She informed, and Kid Flash once again felt a vein popping at his forehead. "But still, that was awesome! Even when being Kid Flash you were so cool! You are my hero, Dad!" She added and then hugged him hard.
"Impulse! Not in front of the media!" He informed, and then felt the blinding light of the cameras taking pictures of them. "Great, now the world of year 2016 knows of your existence, Impulse." He added while placing the girl down and then rushing away, followed by the girl who giggled happily. "We should be more careful. We shouldn't be toying around with the events to come."
"I still haven't disappeared, so it is all cool, you will marry my mother!" She informed, and Kid Flash made a mockery. "What is that supposed to mean? You don't even know my mother yet!" She added.
"I know, but I got a girlfriend already, and she will totally kill me when she knows I got a daughter and it's not hers." He added while rushing toward Keystone City.
Keystone City, Kansas. Western Historic District.
"You need to meet my mother, and you need to love her and marry her! Or else I will not exist anymore and I will be the greatest Time Paradox in history!" The discussion continued all the way from Central City to Keystone City, and until arriving to a house at the outsides of the farthest western corner of Keystone, where Kid Flash lived at. "You will be sorry if I'm not born! Don't you love me?"
"Lo-love is a complex word." He admitted. And the girl stared at him with sadness and while her eyes watered. "Hey, don't cry. I hate seeing you like that. And you can't expect me to get used to you that fast." He explained.
"I'm still your daughter!" She explained, and Kid Flash lowered his head in annoyance. "Anyway! You need to marry Mom!" She informed. "Promise it!" She demanded, and Kid Flash stared oddly at her while she offered her pinky to him. "Pinky promises can't be broken!"
"Who the hell taught you that?" And as reply, she pointed at him. "I should have known… I sound like the worst father ever…" He complained. "Fine, pinky promise, I will marry your mother." He informed just for her to feel safer. "Now… it was fun to meet you and all that. But I must be worried sick about you, so go back home now."
"I can't! My top speed is the speed of light!" She informed. "And unless you lend me enough speed as to break the Time Barrier and enter Hypertime, I can't return to my own timeline!" She explained, and Kid Flash stared at her oddly.
"Lending speed?" He asked her with a stare of incredibility drawn on his face, but Impulse nodded several times. "I guess enough weird things had happened already. I can believe in lending speed." He informed, and Impulse smiled. "We will continue with this conversation after I get some sleep. Good night." He informed and closed the door, leaving a confused Impulse outside. But it only lasted for a couple of seconds before Kid Flash opened the door for her once again. "You got nowhere to stay… do you…?" And the girl moved her head in negation. "Get in, but do be quiet, Jay and Joan are sleeping." The girl nodded, and made her way inside.
A few seconds later, Impulse was running all around of Kid Flash's room while seeing his huge collection of Flash artifacts, which went from comic books, to action figures. While she was distracted, Kid Flash took off his costume and got changed onto his pajamas in the blink of an eye, which were blue pants and a Flash T-shirt.
"You were quiet the fan when you were younger, Dad, I had never seen these many Flash toys put together in my life! No wonder you became Kid Flash! This is great!" She added while jumping from a place to the other one and getting all the room messy. "Dad! You were such a kid!" She informed while pointing at the Flash's drawings by the walls, and then saw her father without his costume. "Dad! You were so handsome!" She added, and Wally blushed. "Mom did say my face was like yours when you were young! Look! Look!" She added while taking her mask off, revealing her innocent face, with her nose adorned by a few freckles. "Don't I look just like Mom too?" She wondered, and Wally lowered his face. "Umm… sorry…" She added.
"You know what, forget it." He added, and Iris went all worried. "If I get to have a daughter as funny and beautiful as you, then that means I must love your mother a lot!" He added, and Iris smiled from ear to ear. "Now, you have 5 seconds to change into your pajamas." He explained while offering a Kid Flash T-shirt to the girl.
"5 seconds? That's a life time!" She then asked her father to turn around, and he did. "I'm ready." She said after a second, and Wally turned around to face her while she wore her huge to her measures T-shirt and her hair released from her ponytails. "Aren't I the cutest daughter ever? Way better than Jai! I'm your favorite daughter now, am I not?"
"You can't ask me to choose between you and your brother. Even if I don't know him. That would be unfair." As reply, Iris filled her cheeks with air. "Go to bed." Wally ordered, and in less than a second she had fixed herself at his bed. "Don't monopolize the bed, I'm going in too."
"I know, I just wanted you to say so yourself." She added with a smile on her face. "Sleepover!" She yelled and began attacking Wally with her pillow, and the teen just smiled at her. "Come on, play with me!" She asked.
"I really need some sleep." He admitted, and Iris lowered her face before being rudely hit by Wally's pillow. "5 seconds pillow-fight!" And the two began hitting one another at sound speed with pillows, until both ended sweating hard and gasping for air after only 5 seconds. "You know…" He added while gasping for air. "It's fun to be able to do things at sound speed with someone else." He admitted.
"I move at the speed of light." She added once again. Showing off about her superiority. "I'm faster than you are." She made fun of him, and Wally turned the lights off. "Dad…" She added, and Wally faced her while fixing himself inside of the covers. "I love you!" She added and kissed his cheek. "Good night." She said while hugging her pillow and trying to get some sleep.
"Sleep well… Iris…" He said before resting his head at the pillow. All the time he got a confused look drawn on his face. He now had a daughter, and apparently he got a son too. And he was really happy about it. But something didn't feel right, he couldn't just forget about Jinx, and that worried him. Since he was forbidden to love her. If he did, his daughter would exist no more.
Outside of Wally's house, a cloaked figure stared at the window of his room. It was Hourman, and though Wally didn't know him yet, the android was already affecting his present, to ensure his future. Using his mechanical eye, he gazed into Iris, targeting her, and then activating the Worlogog, surrounding her in a violet aura, one that even when Wally was still awake and in deep thoughts by her side, he couldn't see.
"Target Iris Kiyo West the Second has been banned from Hypertime." Hourman announced toward himself. "You shall not return to your time. You are the key to speeding up the events, and transforming subject Wallace Rudolph West, into the hero he must become. Sacrifices shall be made, you will suffice…" Hourman finished, and faced the stars. "New target acquired…" He continued, and disappeared.
BIOS:
Captain Cold - Leonard Snart (Mentioned): He is one of the most dangerous villains of the Flash and a born leader. He is skilled in hand to hand combat, has a clever mind for crimes, and got a freezing gun which in reality slows things down to a molecular level instead of freezing for real. He uses some kind of special visor which allows him to track objects at a molecular level, which in theory, allows him to see the Flash moving no matter of how fast he runs.
Flash I - Jay Garrick (Mentioned): He was the first Flash, and had a top speed being the speed of sound. He currently can move a little faster than the speed of sound, but due to his age he rarely makes it that far. He was a World War II hero, and got his powers after an experiment involving "Heavy Water".
Flash II - Bartholomew Henry Allen (Mentioned): Mentor of Wally West, and the second Flash. He was also Wally's Uncle due to his marriage with Iris West. He sacrificed his life in order to save the multiverse during the Crisis of Infinite Earths storyline. He is known as the greatest martyr of DC comics and was supposed to remain dead, but in words of DC comics writers: "When the greatest evil arrives, it was only natural the greatest of all heroes returned as well", he is currently alive and the Flash once again.
Green Lantern II - Hal Jordan (Mentioned): Not my favorite Green Lantern, I actually liked him more being evil, he was my Darth Vader! At any rate, he is currently the Green Lantern in this story.
Green Lantern V – Kyle Rayner (Mentioned): My favorite Green Lantern. He was the last of the Green Lantern when Hal Jordan went nuts and destroyed the corps. He also once became a semi-god called Ion and he is currently an Honor Guard.
Impulse I/Kid Flash II - Bartholomew Henry Allen II (Mentioned): Grandson of Barry Allen and Iris West-Allen. He will be the first Impulse. He was raised inside of a virtual reality since he was aging faster than average at the 30th century. He traveled to the past with Iris West-Allen in order to be trained by Wally in super speed. He became the fourth Flash for about 14 comics before he was killed due to low sales (Wally West is the most popular Flash of all times after all), and replaced once again by Wally West. He was resurrected as Kid Flash thought.
Impulse II - Iris Kiyo West II: The co-protagonist of this story and comic relief character. She got super speed like her father, and is more interested in following his legacy than anything else. Yet, since the mantle of Kid Flash was taken by Bart Allen, she took the name Impulse instead. She got the same powers of her father, but reduced speed due to her age. The only power she got his father doesn't is that when she vibrates her molecules thought solid objects, the objects don't explode, but she can't lend speed.
Inertia - Thaddeus Thawne (Mentioned): A super clone of Bart Allen who different to Bart instead of aging fast he aged too slowly that he is wiser and more powerful than Bart Allen. He is the responsible of the dead of Bart Allen when he was the Flash prior to his resurrection.
Heatwave - Mick Rory (Mentioned): A military-trained villain who uses flamethrowers as weapons. One of the main villains of the Flash.
Hourman: An android created by Metron of the New Gods in the 853rd century, he wields the Worlogog, an special stone that is a map of the universe and is able to shape time and space.
Jai West (Mentioned): Son of Wally West and Linda Jasmine Park. Different from his father, he didn't get super speed, but oddly enough his connection to the Speed Force helps him "evolve" his body faster than average men. This means that, oddly enough, he can evolve his body until becoming a creepy looking bodybuilder of 12 years old! That's sick!
Joan Garrick (Mentioned): Wife of Jay Garrick. She and Jay were in love even before he became the first Flash. They were so in love that Jay revealed his secret identity to her the same day he got his powers. She ages differently than everyone else since all speedsters emanate an aura which keep their family and close friends from aging normally.
Linda Jasmine Park (Mentioned): Wally's wife 20 years in the future. That's all for now.
Metron: One of the Gods of New Genesis. His sole purpose is to know everything and is known to experiment on sentient life forms. He isn't evil nor good, he just keeps universal equilibrium.
The Key - Unknown: At first a low rated common villain with a fascination of science, who later discovered the secrets of opening the doors of knowledge. He created a key-like artifact which allowed him to open any door, even then doors of the mind, and became an evil genius and the smartest life form on Earth. The current Key, which appeared on this chapter, is the Key before he opened the door of his knowledge.
The Rainbow Rider – Roy G. Bivolo (Mentioned): A stupid comic relief criminal who wishes to strip the world of all color just because he is color blind even when his father sacrificed it all for him to be able to "feel the colors" and created a device for that purpose, which by the way gave him his powers to manipulate colors (emotions), ungrateful child!