My name is Bart Allen, and I am the fastest man alive. When my parents disappeared after a battle with the forces of Darkseid on my tenth birthday, I took up their quest for peace. When I ran back in time to the year 2017, I helped the past version of my parents gather the heroes of Earth-1, Earth-2, Earth-3, and Earth-38 into the Justice League and bring the four Earths together. It is now my mission to prepare the Justice League for the attack by Darkseid in 2024. I am the Future Flash.
Barry, Alex, Bruce, Oliver, Dick, Jason, Tim, Barbara, Damien, Jay, Jesse, Arthur, Diana, James, Wally, Dinah, Thea, Cisco, Rene, Curtis, and Diggle were fighting the Daxamites on the ground while Bart, Kara, Clark, and J'onn floated above them, knocking fliers down to the ground.
"You know, our flier to grounder ratio is kind of skewed." Kara noted.
"Yeah, in your favour. You've got a Martian, two Kryptonians, and a Kryptonian/speedster hybrid." Wally replied.
"Fair point." Supergirl chuckled.
"Also, I can fly if I use my ring." Barry piped up.
"Focus, people." Bruce spoke with a small but noticeable eye roll as he kicked a Daxamite in the face.
"Sorry, Grumpy Cat. Bat. Grumpy Bat." Curtis laughed. Dick, Jason, Tim, Barbara, and Damien joined him in laughing.
"Oh, man, Bruce. Grumpy Bat has to be your best nickname yet." Dick said between laughs. Batman inhaled heavily before letting out a sigh.
"Can we just stop the alien invasion?" The Dark Knight said, a tiny smile on his lips.
"Sure, Grumpy Bat." Cisco replied.
Clark, Bart, Kara, and J'onn were flying higher than before, directing the invaders back towards the ground forces.
"You know, we joked about it before, but we really could use some air support." Bart yelled over the explosion of a dropship he flew through.
"I called some help." J'onn replied.
"So did I." Clark added. As if on cue, M'gann and a man in a green uniform arrived and joined the aerial battle.
"Hey, Clark." The man in green said before creating a giant hammer out of green light and hitting a Daxamite towards Clark with it.
"Hey, Hal." Clark replied before punching the Daxamite to Bart.
"Green Lantern. Good call, Uncle Clark." Bart smiled as he caught the Daxamite, blasted him in the face with heat vision, and threw him towards the ground.
"Wait, who are you?" Hal asked.
"Bart Allen. I'm Kara's son from the future." The Future Flash explained.
"Huh. Neat." Green Lantern replied.
The heroes had almost finished defeating the second wave when the third began to strike. The archers were running out on arrows, and those with guns were running out of ammo. Thea had separated from the larger group to rescue a trapped family from a building. Speedy had just gotten them out and away when she was surrounded by Daxamites. The Ruby Archer drew her sword from her back and held it in front of her, ready to fight back. She then heard the crack of a cloth whip in the air, and a Daxamite was then lifted into the air by her ankle from behind. The alien invader was then swung at her peers before being thrown to the ground in front of Speedy. The Ruby Archer stabbed her sword into the Daxamite's heart before standing up to see who had helped her. Thea was shocked to see Ragman, suit alive and moving.
"Rory?" The archer asked.
"Hey, Thea. Mind if I lend a hand?" The mystical hero replied before asking a question of his own.
"That'd be great. I thought your suit was... dead." Thea replied, trying to find the right way to describe Rory's suit.
"So did I. But then there was this blinding light, and I had a dream that felt, I don't know, real. Then I woke up and felt the suit calling out to me again. I saw the news report of the Daxamite attack and we got here as fast as we could." Ragman explained.
"We?" Thea asked.
"They gave me a lift." Rory replied, motioning over his shoulder. There, Thea saw the Legends. The Ruby Archer ran over to Sara and hugged her. The White Canary returned the embrace.
"Hey, Thea. How's everything?" Sara asked.
"I mean, we just merged four alternate dimensions and now aliens are invading again, so it's a regular Wednesday in this multiverse." Thea deadpanned.
"True that." Nate agreed.
"Shall we reunite with the rest of the heroes and handle said alien invaders?" Stein asked.
"Sure." Thea answered before the group ran off to join the rest of the team.
Barry, Alex, Bruce, Oliver, Dick, Jason, Tim, Barbara, Damien, Jay, Jesse, Arthur, Diana, James, Wally, Dinah, Thea, Cisco, Rene, Curtis, Diggle, Bart, Kara, Clark, and J'onn, and Hal were fighting the Daxamites when they saw Thea, Rory, Sara, Nate, Mick, the united Firestorm, Ray, Amaya, and Rip running towards them. Oliver ran to meet his sister and hugged her.
"I got worried." Green Arrow sighed.
"I got backup." Speedy replied with a smile.
The heroes continued to fight back against the Daxamites, but the battle was not going in Earth's favour.
"Guys, we need to fight harder. If we can't stop the Daxamites, what chance do we have against Darkseid?" Bart yelled over the sounds of battle.
"How do you know that this Darkseid is as tough as you think he is?" Mick asked as he torched a soldier.
"Because of what happened on my tenth birthday. Darkseid made one final push for Earth, and the Justice League fought back. I knew that as a Kyptonian/speedster hybrid, I had the most raw power out of anyone, but I couldn't do anything because I was too young and untrained. So I had to watch men of steel die and dark knights fall. I had to watch lanterns go dark, and wonders get toppled. I had to watch speedsters be stopped and cyborgs deactivated. I had to watch robins and canaries stop singing and flames get extinguished. I had to watch atoms get split and bows get broken. I had to watch ices be melted and animals be slain. I had to watch vibrations be stilled and fate face defeat. I had to watch The Green burn and the abyss dry. I had to watch Spartans beaten and Martians bleeding. I had to watch rags get torn and dogs get muzzled. I had to watch terrific people crushed and gods among men bested. And worst of all, I saw my parents. Battered. Bloodied. Broken. Refusing to give up no matter who fell. The made one final gambit against Darkseid. A desperate gambit, Earth's final hope. A hope that brought light back to the dark, at the cost of them. They vanished without a trace into a wormhole they created to suck Darkseid away. I never saw them again until I watched another doomsday descend on my home. The rest of my friends, my family, died. And all I could do was run. So I ran. I ran here. And now I have a chance. Not to save my world, but to make one where no one will need to watch the horrors I did. So yes, Mick. Darkseid is not as tough as I say he is. He's tougher. But we need to face him together. As a team. As a League." Bart said in a rousing tone. Heatwave then nodded.
"Thanks for the speech, Junior. Now let's kick some alien ass." The former criminal said in reply to the speech. With their resolve set by their desire to save the future, the heroes resumed their attack on the Daxamite army.
Savitar and Julian continued their autopsy on Nora when a brief shock of Speed Force lightning came from her body and zapped Julian in the arm.
"Ow! Bloody hell!" The forensic scientist yelled.
"Wait. Why does her body have residual Speed Force in its cells?" Caitlin asked, looking up from the device that she, Winn, and Harry were working on.
"Not sure. Hmm... I have an idea. Julian, can you grab the tachyon meter?" Savitar asked. Julian nodded before grabbing the device off of its shelf and handed it Savitar. The time remnant then scanned Nora's body before also scanning his own.
"Find anything?" Joe asked.
"Yes. She vibrates at the same frequency as me. She's a time remnant. Incredible. Eobard managed to create a time remnant of someone else without creating one of himself." Savitar explained.
"Nice work. We need a hand here, Savitar." Harry said. Savitar nodded before walking over.
"What is it?" The Speed Lord asked.
"It's an atmospheric bomb developed by L-Corp. It's designed to administer antigens to cities, but we modified it to send a lead based gas into the atmosphere. It;s not enough to have any adverse effects on anyone except Daxamites. It needs a jump start and a delivery mechanism to get it to the mesosphere." Winn explained.
"I'll jump start it. We'll have to find a way to get it to the mesosphere. What is the time limit?" Savitar asked.
"The gas needs to be in place in the mesosphere in less than two minutes after the jump start, or it won't work. The gas uses Ray's nanotech to expand, but we could only manage to get them to have the max charge of two minutes." Caitlin explained.
"Got it. Anything else?" The time remnant answered.
"Nope. Get going." Harry answered. Savitar nodded before running to the equipment bay, where he grabbed Alex's power armour. He then returned, grabbed the atmospheric bomb, opened a breach, and jumped through.
Barry, Alex, Bruce, Oliver, Dick, Jason, Tim, Barbara, Damien, Jay, Jesse, Arthur, Diana, James, Wally, Dinah, Thea, Cisco, Rene, Curtis, Diggle, Bart, Kara, Clark, and J'onn, Hal, Thea, Rory, Sara, Nate, Mick, the united Firestorm, Ray, Amaya, and Rip were fighting the Daxamites when they saw a breach open and Savitar jump out.
"Alex, I need my suit back." Savitar said. Alex stepped out of the Speed Force armour before putting on her own suit. Savitar then stepped back into his armour and started vibrating his left middle finger and thumb. The Speed Lord then held up the bomb and snapped his fingers, sending a lightning bolt into the device. He then handed it to Bart.
"What's this?" The Future Flash asked.
"An atmospheric bomb. Get it to the mesosphere. You have just under two minutes." The God of Speed answered. Bart nodded before taking off, bomb in hand.
Bart was flying up to the mesosphere when he saw a large Daxamite warship heading straight towards him. He then saw Kara, Barry with his ring on, Hal, J'onn, Firestorm, Ray, and Clark, who was carrying Nate and Savitar, flying towards the ship. Clark threw Nate and Savitar at the ship, and the two landed on the top deck. Savitar deployed his blades and began to run in circles around Nate, generating huge amounts of lightning. Barry and Hal then created hammers with their rings and prepared to swing. Firestorm and Ray opened fire on a spot near Savitar and Nate, which Clark and Kara also then began to blast with heat vision. J'onn joined in with his Martian vision. Savitar then jumped into the air and slammed his blades into newly created weak point, cracking the ship down the middle. Barry and Hal then smashed their hammers into the halves, breaking the ship in half.
'One minute remaining.' The bomb in Bart's hand said. The Future Flash then resumed his flight to the mesosphere.
The team of heroes on the ground watched as the ship split in twain, and Bart resumed his flight. They then Kara, Barry, Hal, J'onn, Firestorm, Ray, Clark, Nate, and Savitar returning to the ground. The heroes touched down, and Cisco checked his HUD.
"He has 46 miles to cover in 30 seconds. I don't think he's fast enough to travel 1.5 Miles per second." Vibe said, afraid.
"I have an idea. Speedsters, into the Speed Force." Jay explained. Savitar then opened a breach and ran in, followed by Barry, Jay, Wally, and Jesse.
Savitar, Barry, Jay, Wally, and Jesse emerged within the Speed Force in a room filled with balls of energy. Barry, Wally, and Jesse looked around, amazed at the feeling of pure power and Speed Force energy.
"Wow." Kid Flash spoke with awe.
"This is incredible." Jesse Quick agreed.
"What is this place?" The Present Flash asked.
"The Speed Force Conduit. It where the energy of the Speed Force is channeled into speedsters." The First Flash explained. Savitar walked over to a ball of energy made of yellow and white lightning.
"I have one." The time remnant let out a sigh of relief. "Now let's do this, Jay."
"What are we going to do?" Barry asked.
"We're going to channel our power into Bart. We're lending him our speed." Jay explained.
"Right, so which ones belong to which speedsters? Savitar's is obvious, and so is Bart's, but the rest of us have the exact same colour of lightning." Jesse asked.
"Go to the one that calls to you." Savitar explained. Each speedster then moved into position, touched their ball of lightning, and extended their hands towards Bart's. Lighting channeled through them and into the time traveler's energy sphere, turning the sphere of lightning golden.
Bart was flying upward when he felt himself connected to the Speed Force to an even greater extent than usual. Golden lightning then flashed through his eyes, and his trail transformed into the same shining colour.
"Cool." Bart smiled to himself before taking off at record speeds. He arrived at his desired altitude and looked at the bomb.
'Detonation in 5. 4. 3. 2. 1.' The bomb said before exploding, releasing its payload into the air. The Future FLash then listened to the world, hearing the Daxamites scream in pain. The ships then began to leave, and Bart smiled.
"That's one battle done. We have a few more to do." The Speedster of Steel said to himself.
Rhea stepped into a blood red room with pillars between flowing walls of lava. Atop a precipice of hellfire and brimstone was built a throne forged of blood red marble and pitch black obsidian. Sitting upon the throne was a being comprised a grey granite-like stone wearing dark blue armour with an upside down golden omega symbol on the chestplate.
"Milord, my armies have invaded Earth." Rhea spoke, slightly nervous.
"They have failed. You have failed." The being spoke in a deep rumbling baritone.
"Milord, I..." The Queen of Daxam began before the being fired red lasers at her. The beams narrowly missed Rhea, and she let out a relieved breath.
"I grow tired of your excuses." The monstrous being said before snapping his fingers at a Parademon near a gate forged of shining dark silver metal. "Bring it in." The Parademon nodded before opening the gate. A tall beast of a being with off white bone spikes protruding from its body stomped through the gate.
"Master." The beast growled.
"Rhea, meet my ultimate weapon. Doomsday. You are no longer required." The being on the throne spoke. The Daxamite woman's eyes widened.
"Lord Darkseid, I..." Rhea was cut off by the beams Darkseid had fired earlier, having changed in their flight course, blasting a hole in her head.
"Now that that waste has been dealt with, we prepare for the true battle. The Earth has shown its hand, and now we prepare to play ours. Once the event my mystics have foretold will be known as The Blackest Night occurs, we will begin. Doomsday, you will bring me Barry Allen. Alive. Kill those in your way." Darkseid ordered.
"Yes, Master." Doomsday nodded.
