It only took about a week out of the two months of my living here to realize how… weird Aunt Iris and her family were. I'm happy that they took me in of course. It's better than being in some foster home. However, if I were to pick any family in the world I don't really think it would be these guys. For one, Aunt Iris hates Uncle Danny. I mean the guy isn't a saint or anything but she seems to think he's worse than the evil overlords who try to take over the galaxy every other Saturday. Besides, Danny was the one who was there for me and mom, not them. Not that I hate them or anything. It's just…
Anyway, one thing I can agree with Aunt Iris about is our mutual hatred for my dad, the bastard. All of this is his fault. All of it. I know he did it. God, I wished he never came back. I wish that he was the one who died. No one would have cared. Then I would still have mom, and I wouldn't be here with these strange people.
I know this probably a little repetitive by now but these people really are strange. Dawn, Don and Barry like to disappear randomly. Whenever I asked Iris she would get nervous and say that they went out on errands. She was lying. They were lying, all of them were. It was obvious, I mean come on! How many times do they expect me believe they forgot toilet paper, or eggs, or something completely random and useless from their trip to the supermarket. Today in particular was grating on my nerves. First Barry was rushing out the door.
Looking away from the board game that Iris had practically forced me to play I asked, "Where are you going?"
Stopping so fast the man almost face planted he turned and looked at me with big eyes. Briefly his eyes darted from me to Iris and back at me. "Um… just going to get toilet paper." Then he was gone, leaving the front door wide open, which Aunt Iris eventually closed.
"Wally it's your turn." Iris said with a smile. This was one of the things I actually liked about them, they didn't treat me like I was glass. They tried to make me feel like I was normal. Like I wasn't in a situation most other kids were in. However that little happiness they managed to give me was always overshadowed by the confusion these people inspired.
Both Don and Dawn came tumbling down the stairs almost an hour later shouting, "We're out of toilet paper!", before running out the door, and like Barry did, they left the door open. I gave Iris a dull look. She responded by chuckling nervously and shrugging her shoulders. Even she knew they were bad liars.
Getting up she made her way over to the door to close it. Taking the chance I turned on the TV before she got back. No offence to her but this game was boring. I ended up regretting the decision.
"Hello, and welcome back to GBS news!" Said the reporter, "I'm Cat Grant and I'm here to bring you a quick update on search for Rudolph West", she informed as she gestured to a picture of my dad that was behind her, "As many of us know he is a prime suspect of murdering his ex-lover and-"
"Oh my gosh, Wally!" She yelled as she ran to me. Quickly she hugged me and tour the remote out of my hand. I was shaking, and I think I was crying. It was hard to tell but what I did know is that I wanted to be closer to someone, so I hugged her back. She lifted the remote to turn the TV of but stopped when Cat suddenly changed the subject.
"Breaking News! The fight between our cities protectors, The Flash and The Tornado Twins, against their enemies The Rogues seems to have taken a turn for the worse." Iris lowered her hand and looked at the TV with wide eyes. I looked up at her confused.
"I'll be letting Lucas Carr take over the report as he's right there with the action." The scene quickly transitioned from the blonde woman to a man with longer hair, Lucas."
"Snapper here and today I bring you some startling news!" The man yelled as he tried talking over a storm. Iris and I jumped from our spots on the ground at the sound of thunder. Heavy rain had now started pelting the window with such force that I thought it would break. Iris hugged me tighter as she stared mesmerized at the TV.
"A fight that originally started between Flash and local Rogue, Heat Wave, went against our heroes favor when two other Rogues, Captain Boomerang and Weather Wizard appeared on the scene!"
The camera than when to shot of The Flash. The Rogues were using diversionary tactics against the scarlet hero, using their powers to keep him at a distance so he couldn't retaliate. The Flash tried time and time again to get close to the criminals but they kept sending their attacks flying at him. Captain Boomerang kept sending his explosives towards buildings causing Flash to have to catch them, run off to get them away from populated areas and then run back into the fray. During the times where he actually got close either Weather Wizard or Heat Wave would use their elemental abilities to keep him at bay.
Suddenly two purple blurs came from behind the villains unnoticed. One launched itself into the air with a gust of wind and grabbed the levitating Weather Wizard around the waist and dragged them both down to Earth tearing the storm clouds down with them. Meanwhile the second attempted to charge into Captain Boomerang however the man saw the blur and threw one of his weapon at it, knocking the blur back a good yard.
Iris gasped as the blur hit the ground and rolled several feet before landing. Quickly it stood up to reveal that it was a lean young man in a purple suit similar to The Flash's. The first blur used it's wind abilities to launch itself into the air and landed expertly next to Flash. The impact of the launch seemed to knock Weather Wizard out of the fight.
"Fantastic! The Tornado Twins are here!" Snapper yelled. By now I was just as absorbed in what was happening as Iris but I had a feeling it was for different reasons. I was amazed at what I was seeing. The three heroes were just blurs on the TV but you could tell how well they worked together. As quickly as the chaos started it had ended, and I was awestruck.
Iris let me out of the hug and shook me a little by the shoulders, "Are you okay sweetie?" I looked at her and nodded. She sighed in relief. Suddenly the door slammed open and Barry, Don and Dawn came in with several bags from the near by market placed. Iris huffed and ran up to them.
"Do you three have any idea how worried I was? And how come you guys have so much toilet paper in these bags?! Why would we ever need this much?!" She yelled as she beat her fist against Barry's chest several times. Barry smiled at her as Dawn laughed her lungs out and Don pinched the bridge of his nose in irritation.
Yes, this family is weird, but I'm a part of it now so I should at least try and get used to it. After all it's probably what mom would want.
A/N: What I love about the DC Universe is that you could have civilians casually talk about how annoying "evil overlords" (or just villains in general) are and it would feel completely natural due to the stuff that they have to deal with every day. Also constructive criticism appreciated. For example, if you've noticed I spell a particular word wrong several times I wouldn't mind if it gets pointed out. Or… well anything really. I always appreciate help becoming a better writer. I'd also like feedback on whether or not you feel I'm handling the characters right. I'm fairly familiar with Barry, Iris, and Wally, however I don't know much about Don and Dawn. From what I've gather Don is calm while Dawn is fiery.