Part Three:
-TIME SKIPPED: 12½ Months-
Conner was only a loud, sudden noise away from a nervous breakdown. M'gann was due any day and he was a basket case of nerves and worries. Wally learned that the hard way. M'gann herself was very very large and very very round and so the only way she could more now was flight.
In other news: The Allen Twins had speed-grown into toddlers and all the joys that period entailed. Laura was now in ownership her full power-set, and had somehow gotten basic emotion sensing. They were thinking she had developed that specific power because of being fed Martian milk until she was able to be weaned onto an artificial Kryptonian milk formula that had been developed by Bruce, Barry, and Wally by using samples of Martian milk. Mia, Helena, and Nerissa were developing along normal human routes though.
Wally had gone through the Twelve Labors of Hercules, sans the killing of animals (he merely had to capture the lion, the boar, and a bird and bring them, unharmed, to Hippolyta), proving his devotion to Linda. Out of that Robin managed to gain a three headed pet pit-bull the size of a fully grown bull elephant, which he named Precious. (Wally had been made to retrieve something the dog had been guarding, without using his powers. He hadn't been able to get his hands on anything sweet or alcoholic to feed the beast; he couldn't sing or play an instrument to lull the brute so he had gotten the next best thing, Robin's singing. The Bird-boy could really hit the notes. Who knew?). Wally had also managed to finally pay off Damian for the wines he destroyed and was thus set free from his willing indentured service. Linda had advanced from having Artemis as a sparring partner to having an actual Amazon Warrior, mostly Adrasteia, and was now being trained by Oliver in archery. She was also doing exceptionally well in her Amazonian scholarly studies. Roy had begun officially courting Adrasteia and was being put through his own set of trials both mentally and physically to prove his worth.
The teens had been put back into regular school, Linda transferring to Wally's and Kyle going to Robin's, and Kaldur'ahm had managed to get a job at the Happy Harbor Aquarium, cleaning tanks and fish.
Bruce had managed to take over a good percentage of Lexcorp stock and thus had a rather controlling hand in Luthor's business. He had also bought out the Daily Planet, thus securing Clark and Lois' jobs as well as that of Perry White, Jimmy Olsen, and many others despite frequent late arrivals and odd disappearances of staff. He also updated the Keystone Crime Lab, funding the purchase of many new and highly technical gadgets, under the stipulation that Barry Allen was to be employed for as long as he was capable, his record clean, and reliable no matter what happened.
Oliver had bought out Picture News, the Keystone news network, in order to let Iris keep her job for as long as she wanted.
Selina and Black Canary went into business together, setting up a dojo in Keystone in order to teach all those interested in proper Martial Arts and self defense. They had a special class for heroines and heroes wanting to learn.
Diana had met and bonded with her new little sister and had brought home a man for her mother to meet. He was of course human, an Air Force pilot named Steve Taylor who had a very southern accent and the ideals of a southern gentleman.
Hal Jordan had been rehired by Ferris Aircraft Corporation and John Stewart went back into the Architecture business.
So all and all it had been an eventful year as they were all getting ready for the Reveal.
That day however Wally was to face his last test. He was to fight and subdue a champion of Hippolyta's choosing. Without using his powers. If he won, and Linda agreed, he'd be allowed to marry Linda if they ever got to that point. To win he had been outfitted with a training sword, a small round shield, and a length of rope. He heard the trumpets sound and the crowd roared its cheers for the champion. He headed out of the locker room into the blinding daylight. Blinking, he saw who his opponent was. His heart stopped, he nearly needed new pants; Hippolyta was rigging this contest against him, he was sure of it. For there, in all her pants-wetting causing glory, stood Wonder Woman.
He dropped his weapons and sped to Linda, leaping to be stand on the wall around the Royalty's Viewing Box, hands grasping the ledge for support.
"Giving up?" Hippolyta asked angrily.
"Nope, not at all," Wally replied happily before saying to Linda, "if I survive this, me, you, Vegas, Elvis impersonator…" he pecked her cheek before jumping down and zipping back to grab his weapons.
Hippolyta stood up and addressed the crowd, her personal guests were seated in a box to the left of her own (with Meditrina and Penelope seated with them and M'gann and Conner and the two Amazons closest to the exit), "Welcome sisters, and brothers," she smiled a bit as her eyes lighted on the few males in their midst, "we are here today to see if Princess Linda's suitor can win her hand, and favor, by besting our champion and envoy into Man's World, Princess Diana. If he bests her Linda will have the option of taking him as her husband; if he is bested, he is forever banished from this island and may never contact her again. Let the match begin!" she took her seat and watched as the combatants began circling each other.
"Please don't kill me," Wally whispered to his elder heroine. She smiled and assured, "I won't."
He dropped his shield and darted forward, making sure not to use his speed, he feinted her, sliding between her legs (keeping his eyes shut so she wouldn't think he was sneaking a peek) and darted to the opposite side of the arena. He looked around for anything that he could use and saw it, a brass candle holder affixed to the wall. Working fast, but without using his power, he turned the rope he had into a lasso and used it to help him climb the wall. It was easily fifteen feet up and so even Wonder Woman couldn't grab him. He scrambled up onto the ledge, waiting for her to get close enough for him to leap onto her shoulder. His legs twisted around her neck and his hands went over her eyes. He was not expecting her to react by flopping backwards and slamming his head into the ground while her head was protected by his body. While he was dazed she pried him off her and flipped them to where she had him pinned face first into the dirt with his arms twisted behind him.
"Say Uncle."
"Never." He kicked her in her private area in just the right way as to cause the same amount of pain a male suffers when kicked in the privates and she let go of him. Now his slight build worked against him as he had to keep her pinned for a few seconds at least. He decided to use his ace in the hole, from the folds of his tunic he pulled out a special set of handcuffs and cuffed her, setting the cuffs to mimic the gravitational pull of Jupiter. Suffice to say she was staying down. He jumped up, looking to Hippolyta for approval.
Hippolyta watched Diana try to pick her wrists up and fail; the great queen stood up, announcing, "Wallace West has beaten our champion; he wins."
Wally zipped to Linda, picking her up, asking, "Vegas?"
She nodded, laughing, "Sure."
He spun them around and suddenly he was in his costume and they took off towards Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Just as they left M'gann's water broke. Surprisingly Conner was calm, as soon as he was sedated that is.
