Disclaimer: I do not own them, what a sad world we live in.
Batman groaned softly, before shaking his head and sitting up, after his eyes focused he scanned his surroundings. The others were next to him slowly coming to, they were in a lab cuffed in high- tech handcuffs that were chained to the floor facing in front of a platform behind the platform was a dark screen, where he was sure Maxell was behind it. "Where are we?" Diana asked when she regained consciousness, "You're sitting first-class my dear, for the most spectacular show soon to begin" came Maxell's voice over the inter-con.
The platform split into two and Wally emerged they gasp "What the hell did you do to him you bastard!?" John demanded "He was misbehaving, don't worry the wounds are already healing". Wally was chained on his back, his skin looked like it was ripped away and the bleeding wouldn't stop, he was skinny to the point that his ribs were showing.
Batman's eye narrowed dangerously, he was beyond pissed and if he had his belt there would be a dead man, Jack struggled against the cuffs his mind not all there, apart of him wanted to get to Wally to see those eyes to see if they still held that spark to see if he was still alive and the other half wanted to rip the man who had hurt Wally to shreds. A clear circular top closed around Wally.
Behind the dark screen was the control room where Maxell and Lex watched everything, Maxell stared at his pet's eyes, they were half-open and dazed "I over did it" he thought, "This better be worth it" Lex said, "It will Mr.Luthor" Maxell then turned to the scientist in the chair "Begin".
The platform glowed a dim yellow, a low humming sound and red lights shot out shocking the dazed hero, Wally screamed. Lex smirked as he listen to the scream and watched the league struggled. "Sir, his temperature is over eighty degrees" the scientist said "Higher" the scientist turned up the power, Maxell moaned softly as the screams got louder. Batman and the others struggled harder against the cuffs, desperate to get to Wally "Isn't his screams the most beautiful sound you ever heard?" Maxell asked over the inter-con "You sick fuck" John shouted Maxell just smirked "Ninety degrees sir" "Higher"
Wally's body started to glow brightly, "One hundred degrees" "Higher" lightening shot form the red-head's body bouncing against the glass. " Two hundred degrees" "Higher!" a high-pitched cream and a blinding light filled the room, when Lex open his eyes he jaw dropped, he was standing in a beautiful forest. He looked up and saw angels?! "Where am I?" he thought before it all disappeared and he was back in the control room, Maxell was in the lab.
"Amazing wasn't it" Maxell said, as the glass lifted the leaguers were quiet the man suspected it was form shock. "What you just saw was the garden of Paradise, beyond that is a temple said to hold the powers of God himself" Maxell stopped next to Wally, the boy was breathing harshly tears flowing out of his eyes, body shaking harshly. " And he is one of the keys to getting that power" Maxell caressed the boy's cheek," Isn't that right pet" Hawkgirl had enough, with a powerful tug and a loud cry she broke her cuffs and charged at the man.
Maxell stood there eyes twinkling when the Thanagarian was bounced back by an invisible force field. "How rude I wasn't finish speaking" Maxell watched as a shadow held Shayera down before continuing "As I was saying, my pet is one of the elements, a child of Mother Earth. 'The man who rides the lightening' a fitting title for the element of lightening don't you agree"
Maxell stopped petting Wally' head at the growl and glares he received "unfortunately as you can see, the portal doesn't last long, but we did know the more pain the higher the fever. The higher the fever the longer the portal stays" the sadistic smile worried them. "Sir" came the scientist voice "Shall we continue?" "Hmm, very well, take them to their cells", the shadow holding Hawkgirl engulfed her and sank under the floor "Hawkgirl!" more shadow appeared engulfed the others and disappeared.
When he had first met Wally he didn't know what to think, no he did know what to think. He thought that Flash was young ( he eighteen) hard-headed, inexperience, slacker, a goof off., always smiling and joking around, an idiot, but after the Justice Lords he started to look really look and saw a genius hidden by an idiot. A secret hidden behind the smile he saw a kind and wise person, he saw Flash he saw Wally.
John tensed at the screams coming form behind the door, he wanted to stop those screams, kill the bastards who were hurting Wally, this protective feelings he had for the speedster were no longer new to him. He saw Wally as a little brother and he was sure the young man thought the same, but without his ring he was useless and how he hated this feeling of helplessness, hated the fact that he couldn't break the glass wall that bind hm to this room, that he couldn't protect Wally. More screams John gritted his teeth his fist tightening "You fucking asshole" he thought "I will kill you".
Wally was always kind to her, always willing to help if she didn't understand something about man's world, always making her laugh when she felt sad or homesick, he was gentle too. Never hurting anyone unless he absolutely had to, he never seen him yell or raise his voice, even when some one hurt him he didn't hold a grudge he just forgave and forgot.
It was because of this that Diana found it hard to believe that someone would want to hurt Wally like the man was doing now in the other room, Diana bite her bottom lip, her eyes shining with unshed tears, as the screams became louder. Hands bruised from the unbreakable glass she had punched earlier, how could someone be so cruel to such a kind person, but she knew one thing, she could be curlier.
After the Justice Lords, Superman worried that he'd become just like him, that he'd kill someone. No one seemed to understand how felt, he sure not even Batman understood a hundred percent, no one understood no one except …Flash. He was surprised when Flash confronted him a week after the Justice Lord event, he had thought after the Superman lord had tried to kill him was the reason why Flash was avoiding him, Flash had entered him room that night and just stared at him before slowly circling him then Flash started poking his him.
" What are you doing?" Superman asked a little annoyed "You're not him" Superman guessed he looked confused because then Flash said "The other Superman you're not like him" then Flash listed off the differences between him and the other Superman. It was a simple thing really and to any one else it wouldn't have made a different, but to Clerk it did and then he finally understood why the Justice Lords became who they were, why Flash's death effected them so much. Flash, Wally was a special person.
A person who was being tortured in the other room, while all he could do was sit in this cell.
"You're not him"
"The other Superman, you're not like him"
The screaming became louder "No" Superman thought "but I can become him"
On her world her people were always fighting nothing was pure, but not the Flash not Wally. Wally just seemed so pure, like a light was surrounding him, a light that no matter what anyone said or did or whatever tragedy happen would not dim. Instead it just glowed, shined brighter basking everyone in its light, this light made Shayera want to protect it and Wally from harm.
Shayera flinched as another scream echoed before her eyes harden. That man was trying to destroy what she promised to protect and she was going to kill him.
Flash at first made him believe that the speedster didn't take anything seriously that was it was all a game, but after spending more time with him, he understood that Flash had a different way of seeing things, a way of finding the good in the bad, a way of finding the possible in the impossible.
A way of putting a smile on your face when you're feeling sad, a way of knowing exactly how you feel without having to read your mind, a way of saying the right thing, and now the same person was beginning torture and J'onzz rather die then let that man live for what he was doing.
That rainy day was the day Jack promise to always protect Wally, to never let him cry to never feel pain, and he failed. Jack growled as another scream reached his ear, he punched at the glass, when he got out of here he was going to teach the man why he was the most feared prince of the demon world.
We're almost at the end. just one more chapter ( Hopefully) and then the sequel !!
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