Title: An Alien War God and Love
Word Count: 966
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 2
Some part of him registered the fact that he wasn't in costume. That this fight was being broadcasted and filmed and watched. He didn't care. Saving Hartley was more important. He'd deal with his no secret identity another time.
Wally was sure he heard the entire world gasp for in a flicker there he now stood mask-less and in between the enemy and his boyfriend. He had extended his arm, catching Ghu-shil's downward. In a standstill the Ghu-shil tried to overpower Wally as Wally held his ground. It was in those moments of friction that Wally noticed the lack of pain he was experiencing and the extraordinary amount of strength he was demonstrating as his single and broken arm held off the lesser god's blow.
Gold bands replaced both of Wally's cast and seem to extend by the second further and further along his body. The bands seem to dance and move and race around his skin not really touching it. The instant his eyes laid upon the bands Wally knew what they were. Speedforce. Pure and tangible speedforce. The force that gave Wally, his uncle, and Jay their powers. It empowered him, coursed through his body at all times of the day but never like this. It had never been seen – especially like this, but god, it felt so good. Wally had never felt this good or this fast.
The bands extended up and around his body until it covered him like his Kid Flash suit did with the exception that it covered his hair and covered up his eyes like his uncle's cowl. Well, at least he wasn't costume-less anymore and his face was covered.
A brief look of confusion passed Ghu-shil's face before it was quickly replaced by anger. Matching Ghu-shil's gaze, Wally growled out, "Leave him alone." With those words, Wally pulled more strength and threw Ghu-shil's arm aside. He quickly followed through with his other arm. The punch connected with Ghu-shil's sternum. Wally heard a crack as Ghu-shil went flying backwards being carried by the momentum of Wally's punch. Ghu-shil skip along the torn up street, creating more davits along the way until he crashed to a stop into a building two blocks away.
Wally didn't see the impact. He turned around in a second and was at Piper's side in the next. One of Piper's lenses to his glasses was broken, his shoulder seemed dislocated, a hand was crushed, a leg faced the wrong way, blood was splattered across his uniform and matted his hair, and Wally was sure there a few of his ribs were cracked if not broken. Wally checked his pulse and started to breathe again when he felt it. It was threaded and weak but it was there. His breathing was hallow but steady.
He was alive. Unconscious and broken but alive.
"Hartley…" Wally whispered, the words crossing his lips as if sacred. "…please open your eyes. You need to open your eyes." Wally wasn't sure if Hartley heard the words or not but either way he didn't seem to listen as he lay there with his eyes still shut no sign of changing.
Fear bloomed in Wally's chest again. What if Hartley didn't wake up? What if Wally had lost him? "Oh god, Hartley please wake up. Please be okay." He begged, his mind trying to overcome his fears.
Hartley needed medical care. Quickly at that. Scooping the man up, Wally stood holding the other close to his chest. Scanning around him Wally began to look for the quickest way out of the battle and to a hospital. He was interrupted however by the quaking laughter of Ghu-shil.
Ghu-shil had pulled himself out of the rubble and had begun to move in the direction of Wally and Hartley. "Ha Ha, Finally! Finally a worthy match! Where have you been hiding hero? I've been waiting all day to fight someone worth fighting." He fanned out his hand at the other heroes, "These things are not fit to fight."
Figures. The war god likes to fight.
Instantly, Wally knew he wasn't getting out of this battlefield as easily as he would like. Yet, he wasn't sure if Hartley could hold out through a detour of this magnitude.
"What…how are you doing that?" The words were hushed and pained, but Wally knew who spoke them. Robin. Wally turned to his left, Robin stood, followers at his feet, staring at Wally in question.
Wally pushed Hartley into Robin's hands, the younger teen startled, "No time to explain," Wally rushed, "Just get him to a hospital. I'll hold off Ghu-shil." When Robin opened his mouth to argue to ask something Wally cut him off, "Please, Rob, just get him somewhere safe." There must have been something in his voice, Wally thought, because Robin's gaze softened.
A moment of thought more and then Robin nods his head and begins to take Hartley away albeit a bit slow for Wally's taste. However, he didn't get to wallow on that long as Ghu-shil made it to him. A fist collided with the side of Wally's face. He hit the ground a few feet behind him and stood, dusted himself off and stared down Ghu-shil. "Alright, big-boy, let's do this."
Wally just hoped he could hold off Ghu-shil long enough for Robin to get Hartley to safety, for the rest of the heroes to lick their wounds and finish off the minions. He hoped whatever the speedforce was doing would last.
End Chapter
