Title: An Alien War God and Love
Word Count: 597
Pairings: WallyxHartley, KidFlashxPiedPiper
Summary: The majority of the League was away. An alien being has come to Earth for a fight. Kid Flash is out of commission. Pied Piper is trying to turn sides. Wally won't let Hartley die, not today, not before he tells him he loves him.
Begin Chapter 1
Three weeks ago the eighteen year old Wally West, real life superhero Kid Flash, had gotten into a bad scrap. It had involved a truck load of alcohol, lack of sleep, a very pretty boy, and a dare. The consequences while extensive were worth it. At least, Wally thought so. His uncle estimates that his broken arm will heal in another three weeks and the fractured leg in two. Wally hopes it doesn't take that long.
Actually, right now he wished they would heal in the next very second. It tore at his soul and heart to stand on the sidelines of the street while his friends, family, and loved one fought in the massive battle without him in the middle of Central City.
Fighting the Justice League, Young Justice, and Villian-turned-Hero the Pied Piper was a very angry alien being who claimed to be the living embodiment of another planet's lesser war god. He went by the name of Ghu-shil and came to Earth prepared for war: he had followers, battle experience, high-armed weapons, and magical armor.
A lot of Earth's heroes were off world dealing with a crisis of another world. Green Lantern had asked for their help to stop an intergalactic battle from starting and none of them were expected back very soon. It was for that reason that Young Justice was participating in the battle even though Ghu-shil was completely out of their league.
At this moment, Wally had never felt more helpless and useless.
And then Ghu-shil threw Black Canary from his back and took arm against an un-expecting opponent. One that was busy with Ghu-shil's minions. Pied Piper. Piper's real name was Hartley Rathaway. He had been born deaf but through his father's money and experiment surgeries he was able to hear. Harnessing his obsession with sound and repressed feelings of resentment, Hartley turned to the darker side of costume work through hypnotic music and deadly vibration. Over the past few months he had been trying to get out of the Rogue's game with the help of Kid Flash. When Ghu-shil showed his face, Piper had rushed to the scene to help and prove his loyalty.
Wally watched in horror as Ghu-shil swiped at Piper and like a fly Piper hit the air. There was no telling exactly how far he would have flown for he collided with a concrete light pole to his left. As Piper struggled to stand and shake off his head wound, Ghu-shil continued to come at him.
Another blow. A second. A third. Another. Another and another with no help in sight the others busy or brushed off by Ghu-shil. Piper hit the ground and he didn't get back up. Ghu-shil cursed in another language and made to attack the broken hero again. And that was it. Wally broke. He broke from the sidelines.
He wasn't sure what he was doing - he had broken limbs afterall – all he knew was that he wasn't about to let some madman from another planet kill his boyfriend of seven months.
Wally wasn't sure what happened or how he did it. That wasn't his concern. He moved though. He moved fast. Faster than he'd ever gone before. Faster than Superman. Faster than he's ever seen his uncle move. Faster than time itself. He moved and in a blink of an eye he stood between Hartley and Ghu-shil.
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