Hey, please review! Also, second chapter is MUCH MUCH MUCH better than this one.

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June 2016-7:06 pm

The seawater shone under the moonlight, little ripples glimmering to the shore. The dark blue was complemented only by the white of the birds who skimmed the water in search of food and the occasional gust that prompted a couple of waves to rear back. The secluded docks were a rare place, as they were saved from the usual hustle and bustle of New York. And though it was a breezy night, the temperature was said to be a bit warm for the winter.

A smooth, gray rock plunged into the bay with a splash and sank beneath the surface, causing more ripples to curl and die before they reached the sand. A flash of blue and white-no, a swirl-erupted into a pulsing, round...well, what can only be described as a portal, no matter how insane that may sound.

And then it poofed.

And nobody noticed the man thrown out onto the sand had removed his mask, gasping for air. Well, nobody noticed that...or the black lightning bolt on his chest.

It had happened in a...well, in a flash. Leo had been standing in his cabin, checking himself for his date for Calypso. He'd arrived back at camp for less than a day, and the red mark of being slapped was still there. Leo wore a collared shirt, turtleneck jacket, jeans, and his tool belt under a jacket. They weren't going anywhere fancy, just a-

The pressure dropped suddenly. Leo smirked. "Jason?"

No answer.

More tentatively. "Jason?"

Hands grabbed Leo by the chest in a whirl of blue and black. He hadn't even gotten the chance to yell before he was racing along, stopping twenty seconds later. His head spun, but he managed to catch his hands on fire. The glowing aura seemed to catch his attacker off guard and shielded his eyes. Leo reached into his belt by instinct, producing a dagger, which promptly heated up to a thousand degrees.

The man was wearing a black mask that covered his mouth with two black slits for eyes, sort of like a mix between Voldemort and a dementor. To top it off, bright blue lightning flickered around his arms and legs. In his experience, the good guys didn't have black suits and freaky dementor masks. He didn't want to throw his flaming dagger just yet, but his fingers tightened around the hilt.

"Where am I?" Leo demanded, still in a fighting stance. Even as he said it, he took in his surroundings. Brown hills rolled through the countryside, a little too silent.

"My name is Zoom." the man-Zoom-threw his mask on the ground, shaking his wavy brown hair. "As for where we are," he paused, smiling slightly. "Toto, I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore."

Leo lowered the dagger, extinguishing the flames. "We're in Kansas? How? Are you-are you a demigod?"

Zoom shook his head, his dark eyes evaluating. "Ah, no. North Dakota, I'm afraid, one of the driest states in the winter. You light your hands on fire, the hills go up in flames...and I'm fine, but still. Long story short, word travels over the multiverse, and I need your help. On my earth-"

Leo's brain felt like it was gonna exploded. "On your Earth? What's going on? Take me back to camp!" he snarled, going into stab-whatever's-in-front-of-you mode. The bronze dagger passed through Zoom harmlessly, and Leo dropped the blade in surprise. "You're...mortal."

"Of sorts. I'm from what would be called Earth-2. You're from Earth...683, I believe." Zoom stood up-he was tall, taller than Leo. A good six feet, minimum. "And speaking of flames...I'm assuming you are Leonidas?"

Leo gritted his teeth. "Leo. What do you want!"

"I'm the good guy here. The bad guy, well, he calls himself the Flash. I send people to stop him, he locks them up and tortures them ruthlessly. Lead my best friend Jay Garrick to his death. Claims to be the fastest man alive, and...wants me dead. He's faster, stronger than I am. If I should return, I would be killed."

Leo's hands got hot behind his back.. "So, what, you want me to go and...and kill this Flash dude?"

Zoom shook his head, tightening his square jaw. "The Flash is what you would call...my nemesis. I'm not interested in you killing him, I'm interested in you bringing him to me."

"And...why would I help you?"

"I knew Jay Garrick better than I know the back of my hand. I can't let that happen to anyone again. And you...well, you came back from the dead. Your hands light on fire. I can just run. You-"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, word gets around the multiverse. Sorry, dude, but no. I want to go back to my camp, man! I got a date!"

Zoom shook his head. "You don't understand. Help me first, then I'll bring you back...I don't think you'd fancy running 1700 miles."

"I'm not-!"

"Think about it, Leo. I bring you home, you…"

The truth dawned on Leo and he grinned, letting down his guard. "Wait-so...all I gotta do is bring you a monster?"

Zoom's smile grew as he put on his mask, electricity circling him. "That's exactly right. Now, grab my hand. You're about to go faster than you've ever gone before. This is more than a twenty-second journey to North Dakota."

Leo hesitated, briefly wondering why he hadn't melted this guy's face off yet, but he couldn't help relating. I mean, he would be desperate too, if something was going around torturing people, and especially if it had...had killed one of his friends. "You said you're one of the good guys?"

"Yes."

Leo snorted, grabbing Zoom's hand. "Get a better suit, dude. This one's creepy."

"Duly noted," Zoom rasped, and then Leo felt a jerk and he was gone.

For some reason, the ground was harder on Earth-1 than Leo remembered it to be on his earth. Or maybe it was because he was just thrown out of a portal at freaking Mach 3. His ears were ringing, and his knees were scratched from the asphalt, but he was grinning like crazy. It was night where he was, but the streets were deserted, except for the rare car that roared by. Leo rolled over onto his back, breathing hard and grinning.

He felt a jerk on the back of his shirt, and felt himself being lifted up into the air. His heart sped up...The Flash!? He turned his head to see Zoom's mask, somehow much more menacing than in the hills of North Dakota, so much in fact that Leo tried to scramble backwards before realizing Zoom was still hoisting up his collar. The mask tilted slightly, and the voice inside left shivers all over his body as Zoom sped away, leaving Leo coughing on his dust.

"Bring. Me. The. Flash."

Leo spent the night right where he was, which didn't do much good for his polo shirt. He made himself a fire and managed to conjure a small blanket before the belt just sputtered out. He used his jacket as a pillow, thinking if he needed a weapon...well, he hoped his attacker wouldn't be wearing a fireproof suit.

Turned out he should have conjured the knife instead.

It was nearing two AM when Leo woke with a start, struggling to breathe. Panic rose in his chest as he realized strong hands were clasped around his nose and mouth, too shocked to do anything.

Air.

He was running out of it, and fast. The world started turning fuzzy, and Leo kicked wildly. The man dropped him in surprise, cursing. A simple bandanna covered his mouth and Leo fell on all fours, coughing and gasping. He could barely get his bearings when he was being picked up again, but this time he caught his hands on fire. He felt himself being dropped again, but fell on his head this time, and pain shot through it. His vision went doubled and blurry, but he managed to stand up. "You want a piece of this?" he shouted, stumbling, flaming, through the deserted street.

The two men-no, that was his head-the man backed away, talking rapidly into...holy crap. Walkie-talkie, old-school. All too late, Leo realized what was going on. A fist slammed into his chest, which crumpled. Fire needed oxygen, and now Leo was fresh out of both. He tasted blood, but was in too much pain to comprehend what was happening. The world went red, then black…and then red again.

A blur of red.

The Flash had come to kill him.

Everything was blurry. Leo rolled over on his side, blinking hard until everything stopped spinning. The walls were gray and padded, and red light shone through a thick panel of glass stretched over the door. No escapes, no exceptions.

"Where am I!" Leo pounded on the glass, "Let me out!"

To his surprise, a voice answered, silhouetted against the light. "Who are you."

"You're...the Flash?" Leo masked his panic with a smirk. "Let me out, maybe I'll tell you."

The Flash didn't seem particularly interested, like he'd heard it many times before. "Are you from Earth-2?"

His voice vibrated, making Leo's ears ring, and he grabbed his temple to stop the throbbing, managing a pained chuckle. "Oh, just kill me and get it over with! I've been dead...not too bad once you get used to it."

"Are you from Earth-2?" The Flash repeated, coming closer towards the glass. Leo grimaced, trying hard not to cry out.

"Did Zoom send you?"

Leo stayed quiet against the edge of the wall. "Dude, could you seriously stop with the voice thing? I mean...I've probably got a concussion, and you're not helping. What is this, a pipeline? Double-inforced steel, milliflex on the walls...wow, I got the good stuff, huh."

The Flash turned away, resting against the side of the pipeline. "I got all day. Don't want to be locked up, start talking."

With a spurt of fear, Leo remembered Zoom's warning. I send people to stop him, he locks them up and tortures them ruthlessly. The Flash turned, preparing to leave, and he yelled, in pure desperation,"Wait!"

The Flash turned a little too quickly, and Leo smirked. He obviously wanted the answers off Leo a lot more than he was letting on, but the red blur sped back in front of the cell. "All right, let's make this fast. I got five other metahumans I have to interrogate today."

"Yeah, you know what? I've got a date in about...oh, look at that, you took my watch. That was a Rolex, dude. So, ah, why am I in here anyway?"

The Flash shook his head. "For the obvious reason. I'm assuming Zoom brought you here to kill me from Earth-2, huh?"

Leo raised his eyebrows. "Earth-2's a little high up for my taste. I'm from one of the lowly earths. 683, I think."

"Why are you here?" The Flash had put on his vibrating voice again, and it rung in Leo's ears. He felt a rush of anger; what was he doing? The Flash had killed probably tons of people, maybe even demigods. And Jay Garrick, whoever that was.

"I know the truth about you!" Leo yelled, pounding on the glass again. "I know about you, and I know about Jay! I know that you're a monster, and whatever Zoom has in store, you deserve it!"

The Flash stumbled back like he'd been punched. "What do you know about Jay?"

"I know enough," Leo snarled, "I know he was a certain someone's friend, and that a certain someone else murdered him!"

The Flash turned before speeding away, glaring at Leo. "You know nothing about Jay Garrick...nothing!"

The walls closed in on Leo, now alone, making him feel like an animal. He reached into his tool belt, hoping and praying it had cooled down enough for something light, and pulling out whatever was in there...the ace of spades.

Must be his lucky day.

Second chapter MUCH better than the first.