Summary of Story: This is the story of a teenage boy. Hearing the tales of his Father when he was in Iraq. But, this father tells a different story...
Encounter with the Flash.
"Tell me another story dad" Said the boy, relaxed on the couch .
"Oh no, I can't it's far too late. It's time for you to get some rest." Replied Tom, His father.
"Fine" said the teenager.
Tom said goodnight and walked out the room. He sat down and began reading the newspaper, when he remembered something. He went back into the lounge and said "Micheal, are you still awake?"
"Obviously" Came a muffled reply.
"I have one last story to tell you" Said Tom, excitedly.
"Awesome" Came the reply
"Are you ready?" Tom asked.
"Yeah" Came the happy reply.
Well, it all started back in Camp Bastion. We were about to go out on a patrol when one of the Humvee's broke down. So we had to call a mechanic in and see if he could repair it in time. It was a long wait, so I decided to sneak away from the crowd and walk into the desert a little bit. Whilst I was out there, I saw a man, lying face down in the sand. I ran over to him shouting "Hey, are you ok?" There was no reply. I shook the man and he came to and I got him to his feet. He thanked me and asked for my name, so I told him "Tom" and he said his name was "Barry Allen".
"I will repay you for helping me" Said Barry.
"That's ok, but we are miles away from any town and-"
When I looked back at Barry, he was gone. Like a ghost. I thought it was a mirage and convinced myself of it.
I headed back to base and the Humvee was ready, so we all got in and went on our patrol.
The end.
Tom looked back down at his son and he was fast asleep.
He chuckled and left the room and went to bed.
The next morning, once Micheal came back from college, he looked at his father, reading the news, With wide eyes.
"Whats wrong?" Asked Tom.
"Something weird happened today dad" He said, as he sat to tell his story.
"Tell me son"
"Well, I went to College, it got to lunch time and I wanted to go to the local shop instead of eating the crap food at college. But I had to cross a busy road. I stepped into the road and a truck came right at me, The next thing I saw was blinding light and I was on the sidewalk again. No injuries or anything, there was a guy comforting me, asking if I was ok, he said he was called Bart Allen"
Tom just looked back into his paper and said "Looks like you have a guardian angel"
"Looks like it, anyways I'm going upstairs" Said Micheal as he left the room.
After he went, Tom got up and looked out the window and said only 2 words.
"Thank you"