Just so you know beforehand, this is majorly AU. Set two or three months after the Thanagarians tried to take over.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything relating to Justice League, Justice League Unlimited, or anything else relating to DC Comics, much as I wish otherwise.

Wally grinned as he unlocked his front door to his house. Finally, finally, finally after studying every night, experimenting with whatever chemicals he could get his hands on, and all around loving science, he officially became a forensic scientist at the same place his uncle worked. What made the deal sweeter was that he was able to get through college and get a job by a month before he turned 20.

Also, League business was at an all-time low. Most villains seemed to want to wait and recuperate some more after the Thanagarian incident before causing trouble. The numerous new recruits could handle the few who didn't need that much rest.

So, yeah, his life was pretty spectacular at the moment.

He walked through his apartment until he came to a small table with an answering on top of it. He hit a button to start playing the single message.

"Mister West, this is Nurse Alice Quandary at Central City General Hospital. There is urgent business I am not at liberty to discuss over the phone with you partially regarding one Miss Mia Greenstone. If you could please come to Dr. Arnold Brown's office on the third floor in a flash, it would be much appreciated. Have a nice day."

At the beginning of the message, Wally frowned. Mia was a girl he dated in college, but he hadn't seen her in over two and a half years. What could she have to do with anything regarding him now?

It was the emphasis on the word 'flash' that really worried him. Somehow, Mia, the nurse who called him, and possibly the doctor had somehow figured out his secret identity. He considered calling the Watchtower for help, but tossed the idea aside quickly. Heroes needed to handle their own problems. So, he ran to the hospital to see what was going on.

-LINE BREAK-

He decided to go in as Wally West. It would cause less commotion among the patients and visitors. After asking for directions from a few different people, he found himself knocking on a light wooden door with a plague with 'Dr. A. Brown' in the middle of it.

A middle-aged woman with blue eyes red hair pulled back into a bun opened the door. She blinked once before saying with a regretful smile, "Come in, Mr. West. There are some… rather difficult things we need to inform you of." She stood aside for him as he walked through the door.

The office was nice and spacious with a cherry wood desk beside the wall and another in the center. An African-American man sat at the latter. He smiled as he motioned for the speedster to sit in a vacant chair across from him. Wally sat as the woman went to sit beside the man.

A minute passed before the man (whose nametag identified him as the doctor who owned the office) spoke. "Mr. West…"

"Wally," the redheaded male said, "Please call me Wally." He smiled tightly.

"Very well, Wally," the doctor started again, "Exactly two years ago today, at 3:24 in the afternoon, a young woman by the name of Mia Greenstone gave birth to a boy at this hospital." Wally paled, but nodded. "The boy obviously different than others; He began to increase in age immediately after being born," Doctor Brown continued as Wally tightened his grip on the armrest of his chair, "Seeing this, Miss Greenstone went into a panic. She refused to hold, look at, or even name the boy. She left soon after without the baby."

At this point, the young woman, who was apparently Nurse Quandary, spoke, "We hid the boy. We tried to figure out what was causing him to age at such a rate. We made sure he kept up with his education by giving him numerous books on subjects he would be learning at a public school. This was how we discovered his eidetic, or photographic, memory."

"After many tests we found that his metabolism was much more active than the average human's," the doctor began again, "So active, in fact, that it became apparent that the child would die of old age around his fourth birthday. Naturally, we took a blood test and found out you were the father, among other things." The man then raised his hand as the other was about to speak. "Don't worry. We have no intentions of telling your secret." The nurse nodded at this.

With that. The two medical professionals stood up. Wally did the same, and was led to a door on one wall of the office that looked to be originally created for the nurse to have. Inside was bare except for a large pile of books at a twin bed on which a young boy sat reading, too engrossed in his book to notice the door opening or the new arrivals to the room. Upon closer inspection, the book was full of pictures of pastures, buildings, anything as long as it was outdoors.

The nurse gave a wry smile and whispered, "Physically, he's twelve now. He still doesn't have a name, though."

What! Wally thought with some anger. Why wouldn't they have given him a name already?!

The nurse continued, "We were wondering if you wanted to take him home."

Wally looked at the other two adults in the room. Then, he looked towards the boy. He had obviously heard the nurse and was now looking towards the adults, turning his head of fluffy brown hair (like Mia's, Wally noted) to the side to get a better look. His eyes eventually rested on Wally.

That was all the older speedster needed. Looking into those big, innocent green eyes, the eyes he saw it the mirror as a young child, had been all he needed his decision. He walked to the bed, resting a hand on the youth's - his son's - shoulder. His next words ended up causing everyone in the room to smile.

"Nice meeting you, Bartholomew Allen West. My name's Wallace, but call me Wally. Well, I'm your dad. Kinda hard to believe, right? Anyway, we should be heading home."

TBA…

WALLY'S BART'S DAD! YES!

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I plan to have the second chapter out soon.