How are you supposed to react when your nephew who has been dead for the last seven years, rejoins the land of the living? Barry's reaction was to pace back and forth just outside of the med-bay, dressed in his civilian clothes, expressions of worry and fear in his eyes.
"Barry, stop." Oliver, also in civilian clothes, stated. "You're wearing down the floor."
Lucky for him the hospital waiting room was empty.
"How can I just stop? That's my nephew in there my partner, and they won't even let me fucking see him!" Barry screamed at him rage in his eyes, but Oliver saw it nothing could escape his keen gaze.
Flash was worried.
"I know. How do you think I felt when they found Roy, all I wanted to do was help him but there was nothing an arrow shooting, former playboy, billionaire could do. So I did the hardest thing I ever had to in my life, I waited and waited, I left the streets in Dinah hands, until the doctors came out the doors and told me the results."
"You don't understand it's longer than you think, the whole world just slows down for me I can't stop it from happening it just happens. I know I should wait but Wally he was gone and whoknowsifhe'sbeeneatingormaybestarvingwhatif-"
"Barry!"
"Sorry." Barry sat down putting his head in his hands, taking a deep breath he stared down the door leading to emergency room. He would wait no matter how long it took after all…
Imagine how long Wally had been waiting to see him again.
Bart was the life of the party wherever he went bring laughter, jokes, and smart comments, right now he was just a lifeless doll. He looked broken like his world had come crashing down all he could do was stare at the T.V. in front of him. Pulling a Superboy he kept the it on fuzzy channel watching the static bounce across the screen without really focusing on any of them.
"Enjoying the show?"
Turning to see Superboy with a neutral look on his face, Bart decided to respond with a snort, turning back to his show. Sitting on the chair next to the couch each of them just stared at the screen in silence. "When he wakes up, he's gonna be proud to see you took up the mantle and lived up to the name Kid Flash."
Just like that as if a switch went off in his mind Bart burst into tears, screaming at the top of his lungs, "How would know?! He was the better Kid Flash, the better speedster, the better friend! Do you even know what it's like to have go through everyday being looked at like a phony, a fake, a ripoff of the real thing!"
"Being a clone of Superman only instead of being perfect, my powers are cut nearly in half, yes I do." Speaking calmly he knew Bart was just venting.
Letting the rest of his body collapse onto the couch Bart looked over to him, "I'm tired." He whispered.
Superboy understood the hint rose from his chair, flipping the switch off and leaving without a word.
What are you supposed when the love of your life reappears after he was thought to be dead for so long? Artemis felt the answer was to drink herself into a coma. Bottles were scattered all around like they had been thrown in the air in the way confetti would be and been left to land wherever gravity pulled them to. Lying on her bedroom floor close to passing out waiting for him to come home.
Front door creaking open, "Artemis. Artemis are you home?" His footsteps echoed throughout the house, Artemis waited he would find her eventually even if by accident.
"Artemis! Whats going on? Why are there bottles everywhere?" In her drunken stupor she looked up to see the concerned face of Kaldur.
Her husband.
Getting the call that your son was alive was a shock especially to Rudy West. His son dying hadn't been easy on either him or Mary but they had stayed together mourning their son and living life the way he would have wanted them to. Now that same son, whose grave that had visited every weekend was alive and in the hospital it was an hour away by car, Rudy would run to that hospital if he has to.
"Rudy, what's wrong?" Mary was behind him watching him as he had just dropped the phone after talking to Barry.
Rudy began to run for the door, "We need to leave, go to the hospital."
"Is Barry alright?" Mary questioned worry in her voice.
"He's fine."
"What happened to Iris?"
"She's on her way to the hospital right now."
Then who's at the hospital?" Mary stopped walking as she said this. From the ready Rudy was talking and acting Barry and Iris were fine and if something had happened to Bart or Artemis he would have said something by now. No worry was on her husband's face, only excitement she hadn't seen him this happy since Wally…
"Mary." Looking at him with hope in her eyes.
"Our son is alive."
Where am I?
Hospital.
Wha tha.
Still hard think.
Ye.
But easier?
Ye.
Good.
Wha Huspitul.
Place. Doctors. Help.
Oh.
Happy?
Tired.
Rest.
In the speed force Wally had lost his sanity many times delving deeper and deeper into his own mind navigating through each twist and turn learning things about himself he had never known. However his mind struggled to keep information focusing on keeping his body functioning at basic capacity in hopes of staying alive.
Now Wally was back his mind losing the unneeded stress it had put on itself, now his mind was healing, soon he would remember everything he had learned all the good the bad.
Allowing all hell to break loose.
