Identity

by Gotham's Princess

He was a test pilot from Coast City wanting to be a hero. She was an orphan looking for a family. And he he was a CSI agent, who watched his nephew run into the face of danger. If they were on any other Earth, they'd be heroes. These are their stories.

3. The Ballad of Barry Allen

The Ballad of Barry Allen

Barry Allen had flown from Blue Valley, Nebraska to be here for the boy who was almost a son to him.

When he met Wally at his apartment, the boy wore a smile, but it didn't meet his eyes.

When Barry made jokes, Wally laughed, but it was a dead sort of laugh.

It was then when Wally broke down, relaying the story of how the League fought an Kyptonian super-computer named Brainiac and how he had nearly died entering something called the Speed Force.

And it was then when Barry wished for nothing more than to lift this burden from his nephew's shoulders.