Author's Note: I am very sorry about the extremely long wait for this chapter, but I do appreciate those of you still interested in this story. I have another chapter started. I hope that it will be up soon. Thank you very much for reading. All mistakes are mine own.
Summary: Wally is transported to another reality, alone, but he runs into someone who knows him a little too well.
Chapter Seven: Surprising Bedfellows
"Mr. West?"
The voice was female. He thought.
"Mr. West?"
Defiantly a woman.
Then suddenly everything came into focus, the lights, the walls, the voices and movements.
He was standing in a very nice waiting area in an office building judging by the people who walked through the hallway. Many people carried large stacks of paper and weaved through the gaped between others and their piles.
"Mr. West!"
Wally spun around. The voice did come from a female. A very pretty woman in fact. Normally Wally would have turned on the West charm but now was not the right time.
"Mr. West, is everything alright?" She asked.
Wally simply nodded. She gave a nice but fake smile. Then she gestured toward the large doors to the right of her. She appeared to be showing him a prize or something as she swung her hips out slightly to the side. Wally guessed that she had some sort of modeling job before this one that taught her how to present things.
"You may go in now."
"Umm... thank you?"
He hoped she couldn't hear his uncertainty. He remained still. The pretty lady frowned at his lack of movement.
"Are you sure Mr. West that everything is okay?"
"Yeah, yeah. Just zoning out. Is there any way to reschedule this?"
He gave a slight smile. The pretty assistant's smile slipped away.
"Mr. West, you came here demanding to see the director-"
"Right..."
He interrupted; Wally rubbed his hands against the front of the soft fabric of the suit he was wearing.
"I guess I'll just... Go in then." Wally quietly replied.
He stepped up to the large wooden doors. He gripped the brass handle tightly before he pulled it completely open. Wally stepped in quickly.
The inside of the office was very nice. Beautiful, actually, in its decorations. Wally was never into interior decorations but he knew expensive taste when he saw it. The room was a cross between classic English and Greek architecture, with the distinctive columns in the corners. The shelves, side tables and the coffee table were of modern design. Each piece was accented with smoked glass and stainless steel. The size of the room was large enough to announce that it was a CEO's office. Wally stepped in front of the obscenely large desk. The surface of the cherry wood desk with a smoked glass top was neat and organized to the point of obsession. There were even separate leather holders for the pens and pencils, which were placed on opposite sides of the desk Wally noticed.
"Umm… Excuse me?" Wally asked the turned leather chair behind the desk.
"You're excused but I'm not sure what for."
Wally turned to see Lex Luthor behind him only a few feet away. Wally had not even heard him come so close. He ignored Wally's terror if he saw it and maintained a calm exterior.
"I came in... And you..."
Wally pointed to the chair as he tried to explain.
"Not there..." Wally finished lamely.
"It's alright, I told Kelly to let you in."
Lex smiled. He stepped closer and wrapped his arms around Wally. The young man hadn't been prepared for that. Wally froze for a moment as the hold around him, but the other didn't attack, Luthor only pulled the smaller man closer.
He deeply breathed in Wally's scent then grinned.
"I've missed this."
Unfamiliar hands rubbed up and down Wally's arms as Lex straightened up.
"What?" Wally tried to ask.
Things were happening to fast for him to comprehend. What was he... No, What was the other Wally doing with Luthor? Did Luthor know about Flash? Did Luthor know about the rest of the league too?
Lex titled his head, as he tried to catch Wally's eyes.
"Would it be enough to say I'm sorry?"
Wally blinked. The villain was too close for comfort and no one was around to provide a distraction.
"To what?"
Lex smirked, he rounded his desk to stand at the other side. The distance was a massive relief for Wally. Lex pulled the first drawer out half way. It was not a gun, a bomb or a detonator, only an envelope. He walked back to Wally holding it in front. The hero looked at the envelope then Lex and back again.
"It's only the first part of my apologies."
Curiosity got to Wally as he slid his finger under the slip. He knew that if he wanted to get out of here he was going to have to play the part. Even though he had no idea what he was playing. Besides possibly being Luthor's boyfriend.
"Well open it." Lex promoted. Wally slowly pulled out the contents of the envelope. The only things inside was set of papers.
"What is this?"
"Look at it." Luthor circled around the desk to stand in front of the unmasked hero.
Wally unfolded the sheet and began to run his eyes over the contents. He couldn't believe what he had read. He looked back with his mouth agape. Luthor slowly descended down to his left knee.
"I have a few congressmen who owe me favors."
Luthor pulled a small, velvet box from his suit pocket.
"Wallace Rudolph West, will you marry me?"Luthor opened the box to reveal a steel band studded with Grandidierite stones and emeralds. There were thin, Celtic designs around each stone throughout the band.
Wally couldn't help it. It just came out and he slowly began to laugh as he looked at the ring. After a few seconds of laughing, Wally managed the giggles back behind tight sealed lips. It was too crazy that one of the deadliest villain that the Justice league have ever seen was kneeling in front of him and had asked for him to be the wife of said World's Biggest Bad Guy. Wally wasn't sure if Luthor was a villain in where-ever-he-was, but he severely doubted that the man could change so much to not be.
Then Wally looked at the man. Luthor's face revealed that he was expecting an answer and soon.
"Can you excuse me for a moment?" Then Wally rushed out from the room. He didn't realize he was breathing heavily until he was nearly collapsing against the front of Kelly's desk. She appeared flustered as he gripped the wood.
"Bathroom?"
She pointed the right. Wally nodded his thanks and rushed off. He attempted to use his powers to zip through the hallway but nothing responded to his command. Wally pushed into the door with his shoulder and slammed it shut behind him. He turned and twisted the lock for the latch firmly into place.
Once Wally settled against the bathroom door he began to fill the familiar pull of his body to transport him. At first there was a rush of relief that he was escaping the extremely weird situation outside that bathroom. Then Wally came to the realization that he wasn't feeling the intense pain that he had previously felt. He hoped that the lack of pain meant that he was going home where the amazons didn't rule the world and Luthor wasn't controlling congress so he could propose to him.
Just as the thought of the man crossed his mind a knock against the bathroom door sounded. It startled Wally and he spun around.
"Wally, are you okay?" Luthor asked through the barrier. Wally was instantly grateful that the door had already been locked.
He leaned back. He was just going to wait it out and let this twilight zone take him out of there. Hopefully to some place that has Batman. His Bats.
Then everything went peacefully black.
