Wally West, the former Kid Flash, sits on his old couch wearing only a Wonder Woman shirt and plain boxers with his natural red hair all a mess. In his one room apartment he watches the the 11 o'clock news tired... depressed. He's not really watching it, he just needs some noise while he thinks about his life, what has happened, who was taken from him and his aunt. During his pensive the state the television breaks his concentration. "The world still mourns the loss of many during the worldwide crisis earlier this month, and Central City is honouring the Justice League member the Flash, who sacrificed himself, by beginning construction of Central City's Museum of The Flash. One of the many fundraisers was Bruce Wa-CLIK-" Wally didn't want to hear it anymore. Now he sat in silence.
He thought maybe he should call one of his friends. He could call Dick or Kyle, they've dealt with death before. He could probably call one of the many members of the Justice League, Maybe Hal Jordan, Green Lantern could provide some closure. Wally didn't know what to do, his uncle was gone, his hero was gone, his mentor was gone. Barry Allen, The Flash died saving the world. Wally didn't know what to do...
The silence felt like hours to him. He finally takes his phone, scrolls through his contacts, and makes a call. There's another brief silence as he waits on the phone. "Hey, how're you... yeah I'm alright... it'll be for delivery, and my order's gonna be a large pizza with one half pepperoni and one half just cheese... yep... see you soon, thanks."
The delivery guy arrives in around forty minutes. Wally didn't say much when he answers the door, Wally just gave him the money and tried to close the door until the pissed delivery guy said something. "Hey no tip?" Wally paused for a second then said "...you were ten minutes late dude." Wally didn't really care about how late he was, he was just broke. "Who do I look like, the Flash?" when he said that Wally no longer felt bad for not having tip money and closed his door. It didn't take until Wally felt like he did something wrong, he couldn't help it, that was just how he is.
As he ate his food alone he could barely enjoy it. He had too much on his mind, he just needed someone to talk to. Even if he did talk to his friends, they never knew Barry like he did, and that's when he knew who to talk to. Someone who's feeling the same way, someone who knew Barry Allen more than him.
So the next day, he went to visit his aunt, Barry Allen's wife, Iris West. She opens the door and immediately gives him a tight hug, she hasn't seen him in awhile.
"Did you walk here?" Wally snickers at the question. He only points at his red boots hidden under his blue jeans. "Wally! Did anyone see you?" Wally snickers again "I'm faster than light Aunt Iris, I'm positive no one saw me." She rolls her eyes at him "I also didn't wanna pay for a bus ticket." This worries her. "Do you need money? You can stay here if you need to, Wally."
Then he rolls his eyes at her. "I don't need you worrying about me, I just didn't wanna pay for the bus." She smiles but still worried for her nephew. "I know I don't need to worry, Wally. I just do..." He apologizes to her and takes a brief moment before asking her "How're holding up?" she also takes moment before answering him.
"I'm doing better than I thought would. I don't know though, for some reason I keep expecting him to run right into the house and tell me about how he had to fight something out of this world something... big and dumb." Wally smiles as he nods in agreement with her. "...and we'd get all together and talk and joke about everything Uncle Barry would say" Iris' eyes begin well up as Wally talks to her and he notices this. "I miss him too, Aunt Iris... I miss him so much."
Before the house is full of silence Wally says something "Did you hear about the museum for him?" His question distracts from her sadness, but only a little bit. "Yeah, Bruce called me about it, and wanted to make sure I was okay with it." Wally becomes curious after hearing this from Iris. "Have you heard from any other Justice Leaguers?" Iris answers him with "Yeah, Superman and Lois have called almost every day since the funeral, Hal called from space, so it didn't last long, and Diana sent me flowers from Themyscira. Have you heard from anyone?" Wally looks down as he answers her "nah, I didn't really wanna talk to anyone about it yet. You're the first person I've talked to about him."
She shakes her head "Wally, you got to talk about these things don't let these things feelings bottled up. It's unhealthy buddy." He kinda chuckles at her "I'm pretty sure being struck by lightning is unhealthy and see how that turned out." Iris smiles briefly "Wally, I'm being serious. You're a part of a community so take advantage of it." Wally agrees with her and Iris says "I got a gift for you Wally." She walks over to a table and looks through her purse. "Okay, close your eyes and put out your hand" Iris tells him, which confuses him but he goes along with it anyway. He waits in suspense as he places something small in his hand then he opens his eyes "oh my god" Wally said. It's one of Barry's classic Flash rings, that would hold his costume. Wally looks at the ring as she spoke "I wanted you to have it, and I know he would to, just something to remember him by." Wally looks back up to her "What about you?" She smiles again at his question and shows him her hand "I'll always have this ring, Wally." Both embrace again.
Later on, Wally enters his apartment and throws his jacket somewhere on the floor. He continues to inspect his uncles ring and thinks about what his aunt said about being in a community. She's right, but for some reason he didn't still didn't want to call any of his partners in crime. His curiosity grew with the ring, and looked for the activation button. He struggled for a moment but remembered how Barry would activate it.
Wally paused, put on the ring, took a deep breath, and began to vibrate his fist so fast it become a blur until the maroon and yellow costume springs out. In an instant Wally dawns the costume of The Flash. As it's worn yellow sparks flew around his body. Wally feels good, he feels proud.