Professor Zoom and the WRONG Impulse
By: Reina Grayson and Malaizjan De Jesus
Chapter One
Undisclosed Location
He had been asked to join the Legion of Doom…sure this guy wasn't a follower, but he'd do anything to get back at the speedsters that have plagued his life.
He got lucky that he also got a protégé. Speed Racer. The young speedster had used a combination of the experiment and tech to be fast; not as fast as him but good enough. He had only been teamed up with the boy for about a month, so even though the heroes were aware of Speed Racer, they would never see HIM coming.
Problem was, he was only 18. He had to be home at certain times, making planning hard.
Just then, Speed Racer came zooming into the room.
"Hey Boss! You text?" Speed Racer asked.
"Yes, it's time to get back at Impulse."
"Great! He's the family that turned on you and now he's helping Flash!" SR repeated to be sure he got the right guy.
"And he'll PAY for betraying me."
"So when do we get going?" Speed Racer was vibrating slightly in place.
"All we have to do is watch the traitor..."
"Aww...come on, we've got to take him down!" Speed Racer whined.
"We do this my way, boy. I want you to be the surprise he would never suspect."
"Alright, but I get to fight him when the time is right," the protégé said; pointing to himself confidently.
"As you wish." Zoom said, knowing the boy was no match for Bart.
With that the two stayed quiet while they planned their stakeout details.
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Meygan was back on the mountain, deep in the glistening snow. No cloak needed, Meygan summoned her ice magic with one hand and fire with the other. She then set out to create a snow soldier with the embers of fire burning within the sculpted ice. She had been spending the last several months on the mountain, training 4 hours at a time.
She then saw her ice soldier take shape, resembling Bors, a Knight of Camelot. Then she saw the ember of fire within it….not melting the ice, but adding to the darker hue of the ice.
Meygan smiled.
"A tier 5 ice-fire wizard...it's been a millennia since such a joy came to this world." came a soft but raspy voice as the spirit of Galinda, Meygan's great-grandmother and Merlin's wife came into existence.
"Grandma Galinda, what brings you here?" Meygan kept her focus on her task at hand.
"I wanted to witness the rebirth of a true Omni-Wizard..."
Meygan blushed.
"Don't be shy, child. Be proud. Serenity has always made our bloodline proud."
"Just wondering, does this have anything to do with me being of King Arthur's bloodline as well?"
"Not at all. That was merely a bonus to our family. Arthur was a good man, a fair King and a wondrous warrior."
"Guess that's how dad got so good." Meygan said with a smile. Meygan allowed the ice to fall into a puddle of water, which froze over in 2.1 seconds.
"That has nothing to do with blood. That was training. That was sweat and tears..." Galinda floated closer as her great-granddaughter sat in the snow.
"What are you really doing here?" Meygan asked gently.
"I came to offer advice. From one wizard to another." Galinda sighed. "You gave birth to an Omni-wizard already. Rini will give birth to one as well. But none of your other children will."
"That matters little to me...they are still my girls…"
"You have come so far for such a young Omni-Wizard. 5 Elements..."
"Who's the Master, Galinda?" Meygan asked directly.
"I wish I knew. He can blind even us spirits with his magic...but he only mastered 4 elements...you have the advantage..."
"Are Rini, Bruce and Jason in the most danger right now?"
"No. Not right now. You see, this Master and The Light targeted them but they aren't the real targets." Meygan was about to speak but Galinda shook her head, silencing her. "It's...actually this planet's Justice League Unlimited."
Meygan was shocked. "What?!"
"The Light wants to eliminate those heroes. The Master...he wants Serenity dead."
"That's pretty obvious." Meygan said, not meaning to sound harsh.
"The reason isn't what you think it is. She gave birth to you 4-the 4 that took out Morgan La Fay."
Meygan's eyes widened.
"The Master...is La Fay's husband."
"Wait..." Meygan looked like she was going to be sick. "Someone WANTED to marry her?!"
"She may have been evil, but even she was destined to find her soul mate."
"So it's major revenge." Meygan said
Galinda nodded. "The Master was the one to kill both Marik and Gallean. Not Morgan."
"Oh man...At least Marik is being honored through my little brother." Meygan said with sadness in her voice.
"That is true. And because you four killed Morgan unintentionally, all four of you are marked. Even him, although he was reborn."
"How...how do I protect Marik?"
"You don't. Marik was born powerful. And his brief time in his first life hinted how powerful he was meant to be. He unlocked potential...and suppressed another..."
"Marik did?"
"He did."
"To who? Mathen?"
"No. I wish it was. Mathen as a tier 5 fire wizard would greatly help your cause...it was your Arthurian cousin...Areina."
"But Grandma...Areina is a meta."
"True. But he enhanced her precognitive ability. Quite by accident and her meta fire was brought on by unusual stress factors, she wanted to save your Batman...and her precognitive power was pushed aside. But it can no longer be denied...you can sense that..."
"The dream she mentioned when the first war started." Meygan said, remembering the day they learned she foresaw Orin'ahm's capture during the first war.
"Yes. But...you need to guide her with it. You know how...difficult it can be."
Meygan sighed.
"You know what may come. About your return to the fight."
"It's always a risk, but I'd do anything to protect my family."
"And as a mother...you are a barrel ready to explode into a flurry of fireworks..."
"So is Areina." Meygan said with a smile. "Guess it comes from dad's side."
Galinda chuckled. "It does...and your 14 children will be the same way."
Meygan gasped. "14?!"
"Yes. Quite a feat..."
Meygan was speechless.
"But to be serious here...when you face the Master...you must be ready to subdue him. By all means at your disposal..."
"I...I'm not as powerful as him."
"You're more powerful than you think. You have your family behind you, whereas he has none."
"Mordred-"
"Is not his son. He has no loyalty to the Master."
"Oh..."
"Meygan, all you need to do is believe you are all-powerful. The rest will follow..." Galinda started to fade out.
"But...but my wind magic sucks!" Meygan cried.
"Work on it..." Galinda then was gone, leaving Meygan to think on all she had learned.
Two Days Later
Bart had both Iesha West and Wesley Kent with him in Central City, checking out the Justice League wing of the Flash Museum.
Iesha was being extra patient, but only because Wesley wanted to eat at a new restaurant that opened up a few weeks ago. So she wanted to eat there too.
Bart smiled down at the patient kids. "Are you two enjoying yourselves?" he asked.
"Yes Uncle Bart," Iesha whispered and Wesley merely nodded his head.
He knew that Iesha was bored out of her mind already. "Ok. Time to eat!"
Iesha just smiled.
Wesley held her hand as the three left the museum and went to the restaurant that opened up at the end of the street. They walked there, mostly to keep Iesha from running to Paris again.
Bart had heard what happened recently with Iesha and Wes going to Paris alone, and he figured that Wes was keeping an eye on her so they didn't get in trouble again. Bart and the kids got to the restaurant and after they were all seated, a bread basket was given to them.
Wesley handed a stick of garlic bread to Iesha and she took it with a blush.
Bart saw the waitress coming to them and he looked at the menu and knew what to order. As the kids talked among themselves, Bart did the ordering and the waitress eyed the two kids then took off to place the order.
It took some time but the food was trickling out to the table.
Iesha was happy to see the roast pork that was placed in front of her. She took her fork, stabbed it and took a huge bite from it. She was chewing with relish.
Wesley laughed at her.
Bart bit into his slab of ribs with more calm but he knew he would be pigging out soon enough.
Wesley took a bite of his fish sandwich first, then his fries.
Bart cleared his mouth and then asked, "You two like?"
"Yes, Uncle Bart," Wesley said happily. "Thank you for taking us out of Bludhaven today!"
Iesha nodded vigorously as she swallowed the last bite. She then spotted her fries and dug right in.
"Iesha, slow down. You can pop you know." Wesley warned her with a teasing tone to his voice.
"Iumf pown!" she said with her mouth full.
Bart looked to Wesley. "So...seeing her eat like this, you still want to marry her Wes?"
"Yeah...wait! Marry her?! I'm 5!" Wesley cried, blushing.
Bart burst out laughing, bits of rib spitting out of his mouth. Poor Wesley got hit with the half-eaten meat.
Wesley cleaned his face off with a napkin, and shook his head at Bart.
"Sorry," Bart said, embarrassed.
"Why do all of the adults say me and Iesha will get married?" Wesley asked.
"From what I hear, you two were inseparable the day she was born."
"Well yeah..." Wesley admitted. "But she was so beautiful when she was born."
Iesha had stopped feeding her face when Wesley said that. "Really?"
"Then there's your answer...you like her, and I'm sure that will change to love as you two grow up." Bart said.
"Me? Love Wesley? Ew, boys have cooties!" Iesha declared.
"I could say the same about girls." Wes stated.
"What?!" Iesha cried loudly, standing up to punch Wesley.
"Iesha, indoor voice." Bart reminded her.
Iesha stuck her tongue out at Bart.
Bart just laughed. "Oh yeah...you two will get married..."
"Never." The two said at the same time.
"That's what your mom and dad said too, Iesha."
Just as they were served the next course, cries from civilians outside of the restaurant could be heard.
Bart stood up. Wesley and Iesha followed. He slammed down his card to charge the lunch and he looked down at the two kids.
"Any ideas of what's going on, Wes?" Bart asked, knowing how strong Wes' power was.
"Speed Racer's attacking the Museum!" Wesley told Bart just 3 seconds later.
Bart sighed. The wannabe speedster was really annoying.
"Uncle Bart...there's someone else, but I can't read their mind."
"I got this. You two stay here." And Bart was gone before they could protest.
"Hey!" Iesha cried, hands on her hips.
"He knows what he's doing, Iesha." Wes said to calm her down.
"I'm going to help. I'm a speedster too!" Iesha touched one of her lightning bolt ponytail holders (her hair was in two pigtails) and a costume flew out. She grabbed it and spun around, putting it on.
Iesha was now the second Impulse.
Wesley shook his head.
"Uncle Bart said to stay here," Wesley reminded her, but he knew it useless to tell her that.
"I want to help, we ARE heroes in training, how can we learn if we don't fight?" Iesha said.
Wes couldn't help but agree so he used his Martian shapeshifting powers and after a few seconds he looked like a miniature J'onn.
"Hop on and hold on tight!" Iesha smiled as Wesley jumped onto her back lightly, and wrapped his arms and legs around her. "Impulse and Martian Manhunter, reporting for duty!" Iesha then ran off, ready to take on Speed Racer.
Impulse II and Martian Manhunter got to a spot when MM started feeling the other villain's mind again...but this time he could somewhat read it...
"We have to protect Bart." Wes said in Iesha's mind.
"Why?"
"Remember the other person I mentioned?"
"Yea" Iesha said with curiosity in her mind.
"He's after Bart, and he's already getting really hurt and can't fight the other guy." Wes said as they continued to watch Speed Racer and Bart Allen fight. Speed Racer might be a wannabe speedster, but he could fight when he needed to.
"Iesha, stay here. Don't jump in." Wesley then changed into Bart, right down to the last detail. "Here goes nothing."
"But...you're not a speedster...let me help."
"I got that covered."
Iesha was confused, was there something Wes wasn't telling her...
Wesley then entered Speed Racer's mind just as Bart went down for the count. He then ran at a normal speed but to Iesha, Speed Racer couldn't catch Wesley.
"I knocked you hard enough to take you out! Stay still!" Speed Racer cried.
"Keep trying!" Wesley taunted in Bart's voice.
"Wes...I need to get Bart out of the fight area...please, I'll be alright." Iesha said into his mind.
Meanwhile, a hidden figure QUICKLY ran up on Iesha to use her against Bart. As she started to run, she was grabbed and her mouth and nose were covered with a cloth.
"WES!" Iesha called out in her mind. Iesha tried to vibrate away but she was soon knocked out.
Wesley, while still disguised as Bart, ran at them.
"I wouldn't...grandson." The person said.
But Speed Racer got in a lucky shot and he was hit in the head, knocking him out too.
"Got him!" Speed Racer cried.
"Good. Grab him and follow me."
"I've…uhhh actually got to be somewhere." Speed Racer stated, seeing as he was just a kid, and he needed to be seen by his parents every so often.
"Ok. I got him. Meet me at midnight."
"Right."
As the two villains went their separate ways, Bart reappeared where he was knocked out.
Wesley had protected Bart...but got captured in his place...along with Iesha.
One Minute Later
Professor Zoom was running back to his hideout, both Iesha and Bart over each of his shoulders.
He was gloating in his mind over the fact that he was going to finally beat Wally.
While he was streaking at such a high speed, Bart was slowly changing his shape. By the time Professor Zoom got to his warehouse, and he placed his captured speedsters in a specially made cage, Bart had changed completely back into Wesley Kent. The two children were coming to and Wesley felt the waves of Zoom's anger.
"What?! How did you trade places with Bart?!"
"You can't have Uncle Bart."
Zoom threw the nearest chair out the window in anger but Wesley held on to his nerves.
"You're a meanie...LET US GO!" Iesha screamed at the yellow clad speedster.
"Very clever, boy, but I'm smarter than you. No child is a match for Eobard Thawne! And you...you brat...your daddy will finally die at my hands."
"That's what you think!" Iesha tried vibrating through the bars but was repelled back. She fell against Wes and Zoom just laughed. Iesha started to whimper at the thought of losing her dad and not being able to do anything to save him.
"It's ok, Impulse. Everyone's going to kick his butt!" Wesley declared.
Zoom laughed. "Let them try!" Zoom then left the room to make a few adjustments to the cage so the little Martian couldn't get out, but he had a feeling that he wouldn't leave the girl behind.
"Wes...can you reach any of the others...are they in range?" Iesha asked with tears in her eyes.
"My range is pretty far, I can try to reach my family." Wes said. With that said, and Zoom being away; he closed his eyes and reached out to his nearest family member.