THANK YOU FOR ALL THE SUPPORT FOR THIS STORY. THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERNT THAN WHAT I HAD PLANED FOR THIS CHAPTER. BUT I WRITE WHAT COMES TO MIND THE DAY I WRITE.

Chapter 4

Barry watched as his nephew whimpered in his sleep. It hurt the blond to see his son in all but blood be in so much mental pain. Two weeks had passed since the Failsafe simulation and where Wally had entered the Speed Force. Barry had talked to Jay Garrick about the Speed Force.

The first Flash didn't know much about The Speed Force but what he did know was that it was a paradise to Speedsters. Jay also knew that once you came back from the Speed Force, you would never be the same. You would either have a fear of going too fast or wanting to go back into the Speed Force.

Somehow Wally was able to come back in which the teen was lucky. Somehow Barry who had been calling him when he was in the simulation had managed to bring Wally back. But the main problem was would Wally continue to be Kid Flash after this situation. Not that Barry would blame Wally if he did stop being Kid Flash. Wally had just gone through something that no one had ever gone through.

Barry walked over to his nephew and gently ran a hand through the soft red hair. Wally seemed to lean into the touch. It was funny. Barry would always run his hand or pat Wally on the head when he was having a nightmare ever since Wally came to live with him and Iris.

The first few years of Wally's life had not been the greatest. Wally had been abused by his father to the point that Wally had almost died. Luckily for Wally, his mother was brave enough to call the police and tell her what had happened in her house. Mary West was found murdered a week later by a gunshot wound to the chest. Rudy West was found guilty of murder and child abuse and was sentence to 30 years in jail. While in jail, Rudy had been killed by a gang member that had children and was appalled that anyone would hurt a child.

Wally was sent to live with his father's sister Iris West-Allen and her husband Barry Allen. It had taken Barry and Iris over a year to get the young 5 year old to be a normal child. After getting Wally to be a normal kid, Barry being the idiot that he was forgot that Wally was living with him and came home in the Flash outfit and Wally being a great fan of Flash knew right away that Flash was in his aunt's living room.

Barry had no choice but to tell his nephew everything about being Flash and make the kid swear not to tell anyone which Wally did. Unknown to Barry at the time he would come to regret the choice to let his then 6 year old nephew know about him being Flash.

Wally recreated the experiment that gave Barry his powers and it almost killed him. Luckily Wally survived and was grounded big time for a long time for his actions but Barry was just glad that Wally was alive. Barry also knew that Wally would want to be his sidekick which Barry said no to right away when Wally did ask. But over time Barry gave in to his nephew's asking.

Barry always knew that Wally was very much slower than him and the older speedster thought that it had to do with the fact that Wally was still growing. The League doctors thought that as Wally got older that he would become faster. That wasn't the case. Granted Wally did get faster but was still very much slower than Barry.

It wasn't until the Failsafe simulation did Barry realize that Wally had a mental barrier on himself preventing him from becoming as fast as he should be.

To tell the truth, Barry was scared that he was going to lose his 'son' to something that couldn't be controlled. The blond didn't want Wally to continue to be Kid Flash do to what had happened but making Wally give up being a hero was not Barry's decision nor would it ever be.

Right now, Barry had to focus on helping Wally overcome his ordeal with what ever happened to him in the Failsafe simulation. Barry also could help but think about Wally's mental health. Would Wally be able to get over what happened to him?

Barry once again soothed down his nephew's hair and pulled the covers over Wally's slightly shivering body which concerned Barry. Speedsters only got cold when they got sick which was very rare. The shivering Wally was doing let Barry know that he was going to need to be there for Wally no matter what.

Barry left the room but not before shooting another look at the red head that was his son in all but blood. The blond headed down to the living room where his wife was sitting on the couch. She had been informed about what had happened to her nephew. Needless to say, it had taken Barry along with Hal Jordan and his ring to keep Iris from murdering Batman who had came up with the idea. Iris knew that there were risks to everything the young heroes did but the fact that the Failsafe that had happened was only a simulation made the reporter even madder. She was mad that Martian Manhunter could not bring the kids out of the simulation even though she knew that he had tried and she was upset at M'gann for causing Wally to believe that Artemis was dead. Iris knew that M'gann was learning how to use her powers and couldn't be that mad at her but she should have known what was real and what was fake.

"How's he doing?" Iris asked her husband.

"He could be better but at least he's sleeping. I'm concerned about his fever though. It's only a small fever but the fact that we speedsters don't get sick that often makes me worried." Barry replied as he sat down next to his wife.

"Barry, Wally is going to be okay. He is a strong fighter. With help from us and the Garricks, he can get through this. But like you said, I am scared that he may not want to use his powers anymore or when he does, we could lose him again. I don't want that Barry." Iris cried out the last part.

Barry took his wife into his arms and hugged her to death. "Iris, I swear to you that I will not let anything happen to Wally. But I can't make him give up on his life as a hero no matter how much I want him too at the moment." Barry told his wife.

"I know that Barry. This is just like when he recreated the experiment that gave him his powers. Only this time is he gonna be okay mentally?" Iris said as she hugged her husband tighter.

"I wish I knew the answer to that, Iris, I wish I knew." Barry replied.

Unknown to Iris and Barry, their nephew was going through some very bad dreams.

Next chapter, Wally deals with his trauma while Artemis deals with her gulit that she cause Wally to almost disappear.

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