Thad wasn't exactly the friendliest guy in the neighborhood. Well, for starters he was literally created to hate and see the world as inferior mistakes. He himself was a logical and prideful guy, but knew nothing more than loathing and numbers. Any other emotion was a disgrace in his eyes and doing things without thinking it through would always end up as a mistake. It seems like he's a jerk, but how else was he supposed to act like? He was created to be the opposite of the fun, impulsive, and social guy named Bart Allen. Thad was raised to be a clone of hatred and to strike the world as a prideful Thawne. However, these days he doesn't know what to do because now he feels things and it's absolutely awful. He's never been good at experiencing different emotions besides utter hostility towards everything. So when he started feeling something else- something much different- he didn't know what to do. He left the fight and went in hiding.

He's just a guy living on the streets now- no home, no family, and nothing that can fill in this… loneliness that's swelling in his insides. So that leads him to today, running from the cops after some idiot called them to arrest Thad after stealing one freakin' can of soup. He had to survive somehow, right? Lucky for him he still had his powers so getting away was a breeze. Although he's upset with himself for not thinking things through before grabbing that can.

Soon he's running through an alleyway and through the crack on the wall to get to his, well, 'house'. It was more like a small shack that was hidden behind the wall. What he finds, however, is an extremely not normal guy with the strangest outfit that Thad has ever seen in his life. He stood in silence and analyzed the situation. The man was about six inches taller than him, was completely red and black for some odd reason, and had antennae like legs (?) on his back. His back was faced towards him so Thad couldn't get a good look at his face. Now, why would he be here? The Justice League? He did look awfully a lot like that Blue Beetle he's heard so much about. But why would he be perusing through Thad's things in such a manner that indicates he looks lost? Thad chose the most logical explanation- this strange, red man was after Thad because he was a 'bad guy'. Thad was about to charge up his abilities or speak up but before he could act the man turned around and shot at him with peculiar, staple-like contraptions that pinned him to the wall.

"Who are you? Scarab says not to trust anyone in this dimension. There are too many heroes in this world." The man- no- teenager held a cannon up to Thad's face with a smirk.

Thad rolled his eyes. Oh. He's from another dimension. Thad mentally face palmed himself for not putting that outcome into one of his considerations. After analyzing the situation again, Thad deduced that the boy had come from an alternate verse where the heroes from this current one- such as Blue Beetle- were villains. The red teenager had a look of pride and destruction on his face. Almost as if he already blasted Thad to pieces. Thad mentally snorted at the ridiculousness of that face.

"I am Thaddeus Thawne, it's a pleasure to be of your acquaintance. Now excuse me, but can you let me go and get the crap away from my house?"

Thad knew that the last bit sounded unnecessary but with reasoning he needed to let this guy know he wasn't a hero. And boy, he had a lot of angry steam that needed to be released from him after all of his developed years of hostility.

"You can't speak like that to me! I'm the Scarlet Scarab! I've killed runts like you in seconds without questioning them. So excuse me for trying to change my ways of violence on sight, and trying to convert to a life of pacifism."

"Some life of pacifism- you broke into my house and expect me to approach you with kindness? Some type of peaceful arrival you have. Now, let me go- I'm not one of the good guys."

Scarlet Scarab looked at Thad questionably before pulling off the staple with ease. Once Thad was out, he brushed himself off as if he had just gotten his clothes dirty. He then looked up at the strange red teenager with curiosity and examined him- the way he stood, the way his eyes glanced at him in a sort of crazy way, the way his unnatural hands quivered and trembled. This guy was obviously lost and trying to hide his fear. Thad tried to decide what the heck he was supposed to do with a confused mess like this one.

Finally, a logical idea popped into his mind and he decided to act on it. He'd offer the teen to stay. Gain his trust, his power. This way he would be able to understand his feelings as well. The ones he despised, but desperately needed to lean on. Desperately needed to understand. So, his first objective was to get the older teen to reveal his identity. Which was probably going to be difficult, but Thad knew he could achieve it.

"Hey, if you're so great. Will you give me the honor of inviting you to stay at my house?" Thad had never felt so humiliated before but he knew this was one step to getting closer to the obvious idiot.

"That would be… great."

Thad hadn't expected him to be so easily admitting to the question, but sometimes things would just have to surprise him in such a way