Warnings: A mention of JL7 pairing, slash, but not the Justice League, a breif Clark/Wally moment.
A/N: In this chapter Justice Lord Flash is referred to as Flash and Justice League Flash is referred to as Wally, I have also given up on keeping breaklines.
In this chapter: Guess who's back.
Building A Family
It was a rare quiet day for the Justice League, no evil villain trying to take over the world or major natural disasters which to be honest should have been their first clue.
Then He appeared.
There were no flashing lights, or any kind of energy spikes, just one minute it's quiet and the next half the tower is staring at an unconscious naked man.
"I will take him to the medical bay" J'onzz said flying down from the nest.
Gently he lifted the man into his arms, "Continue on" the Martian then ordered.
Slowly everyone went back to what they had been doing, though some eyes did watch J'onzz go down the hall. When he got to the medical bay he called for Janet.
"What happened?" the woman asked.
"I'm not sure," J'onzz said as laid the man down on an empty bed, "but please do what you can"
Janet nodded before getting to work.
J'onzz watched her for a moment before calling the Founding members.
When he awoke it was to the familiar ceiling of the Medical Bay, groaning at the massive headache that hit him Flash tried to sit up only for unfamiliar hands to gently push him back down.
"Don't get up"
"Wha—?"
"It's alright, you got a nasty bump on your head, so you'll be a bit disorientated for a while"
"Huh?"
"Janet?"
Both Flash and the woman, Janet, looked over at the entrance, the Flash blinked at the sight of J'onzz and Batman.
"He's a little disorientated, so don't take too long"
"We won't" J'onzz promised.
Janet nodded before leaving, once the three were alone, Batman and J'onzz moved closer to Flash.
"What happened?" Flash asked.
"You tell us" Batman said.
Cradling his throbbing head Flash tried to remember what happened before he black out, "Erm, I remember you all going on a mission, I was in the tower and then Luther….Luther somehow got in the tower…he had some kind of gun, he shot it at me and then….nothing"
Both Batman and J'onzz looked at each other.
"What?" Flash said, "what's wron—"
The Speedster stopped mid-sentence and stared at the two, something about them wasn't right.
"You're not—"
The door suddenly opened, "Hey Bats, J'onzz, Superman was just telling me something—whoa"
Flash stared wide-eyed at the man on the before him, the man who wore similar custom as his (if he had it on).
"Who-who are you?" Flash asked the man shocked and surprised.
"I'm the Flash" the man said, equally surprised and shocked, "who are you?"
"I'm….the Flash"
"He's from the Justice Lords' dimension" J'onzz explained.
After the rest of the Founding Members arrived and saw the other Flash, the six of them moved to the conference room, their Flash staying behind with his other self in the Medical Bay.
"Didn't their Luther kill their Flash?" Diana said.
"Apparently not" said John
"From what he has told me," J'onzz said, "Luther and couple of other villains had stormed the tower; their Flash was alone and quickly over powered, Luther shot him with a kind of ray gun, from there it's all a blur"
"Did you read his mind?" Diana asked, "to find out more and to see if he's telling the truth?"
"No" J'onzz answered.
"Why? I mean I know he looks like our Wally but—"
"He's afraid of me"
"…Oh"
"Do you think they—"
"Not in the sense that he fears abuse from me" J'onzz interrupted John, "but more that I'm someone he knows, yet doesn't know"
"Makes sense, but do you think they—"
"As side from a large scar, Janet did not find any signs of physical abuse" Batman said.
"Somehow that doesn't make me feel better"
"So you're called the Justice League?"
Wally nodded, watching as his other-self got dressed in his spare cloths that he kept around for emergencies, the Speedster took the time to get a good look at his other self. The Justice Lord Speedster had the same shaggy red hair, green eyes, and freckles; his skin though was paler then Wally's. When the other turned to looked at the mirror the red-head discovered the other Speedster had a large scar going diagonally across his back.
"And there are more the just seven of you?" Flash asked as he buttoned up his shirt.
"Now there is" Wally answered, "wasn't always like that though"
Flash finished his shirt and looked at his other self, before glancing around, his was told he was in a private room and that he wasn't supposed to leave until the others came to get him.
"You wanna look around?" Wally asked.
"We were ordered to stay here" Flash said looking back at his other self.
"Since when have we ever listened to orders?" Wally said with a teasing smile.
Flash just stared.
"Erm right, so let's go"
"But—"
Wally grabbed Flash's arm and pulled him out the Medical Bay.
"Come on, I'll show the deck" Wally then said, before pulling the other man down the hall.
Flash's eyes widen at the sight of the busy hall, eyes going bigger the further they went.
"Down there is the kitchen, which we will visit later, they make pretty good burgers, though not as good as the one on 5th street in Central City. Hey, what's wrong?"
Flash had stopped in the middle of the hall and now was staring at the other.
"You" Flash paused, shifting and fidgeting with the bottom of the shirt he was wearing, "you leave the tower?"
"Yeah" Wally said.
"Oh"
Wally stared at the other for a moment, before nodding, and taking hold of the others arm again, "Come on, the deck is this way".
As they headed to the deck, Wally's thoughts were for once not racing, instead they were on his other half, he knew that he wasn't supposed to be showing the other around the tower, especially after what happen to the Justice Lords years ago. No doubt Superman was going to give him an earful, but Wally found he didn't care, he knew. Somehow he knew that this Wally was not a threat, in fact he was a lot like him…in every way.
"Here we are!" Wally announced, "the deck"
"Flash"
Both Speedsters looked over at the Question, who was staring at them…well was staring at Flash.
"Oh hey Question, uh this is um…"
"I know who this is" Question said.
"You do? Of course you do"
Question continued to stare.
"Rigggghhht" Wally then said uncomfortably, "well, we're going to go to the cafeteria, so see—"
"I'll come with you" Question said.
"Um…."
"I insist" the faceless man said already walking.
Sighing Wally gave his other self a helpless shrug before following.
"How is he going to eat?" Flash whispered as the two followed the other, "he has no face"
"I don't know why we expected him to listen"
Batman growled in response as he made his way to the cafeteria, behind him Shayera really hoped that the two Speedsters were there, a grumpy Batman made for an uneasy Watch Tower.
Luckily both Wallys were there….with the Question.
"Great" Batman mumbled as they made their way over just in time hear part of their conversation.
"And the only reason we won was because we was able to convince Bizzaro that I was his Mommy!" Wally laughed.
Shayera snickered while Batman inwardly groaned at the thought of that particular mission.
"I imagine that part didn't make it into the log" Question said turning to look at the other two heroes.
"Oh! Hey Bats, Shayera" Wally finally noticing them, taking note of how his other self-tried to make himself seem smaller.
Judging from the looks (or in Question's case just plain stare) he wasn't the only one.
"We're ready for you" Shayera then said.
Both Speedster stood and followed the two, Question's gaze on their back
When they got to the Conference room the others were waiting, Wally gave a sheepish grin at the knowing looks he got, while Flash just avoided eyes contact with everyone.
"We have yet to come to a decision on what to do with this situation," Superman said after a moment," and until we do, you're more than welcomed to stay with us"
"…..Thank you" Flash said softly, there was silence before the Justice Lord Speedster started fidgeting with the bottom of his shirt and shifting nervously on his feet.
"Something wrong?" Diana asked.
Flash quickly shook his head, left hand going up to grip his right arm tightly; it was a very familiar sight to the six founders.
"Obviously something is" Batman said.
"Flash, you are free to speak your mind here" J'onzz said.
Biting his lower lip, Flash glanced at the six before looking at his counterpart, who gave a reassuring smile, taking a deep breathe Flash spoke.
"I was wondering" Flash said hesitantly, "if it was…possible to send me…back home?"
"No"
"Bruce—"
"No"
"Bruce while we understand your concern, we can't let him stay here" J'onzz said to the glaring Dark Knight, "balance cannot allow two of the same Flashes to stay in the same dimension, at least not for so long"
"I'm going with Bruce here" Clark said, "especially since by now the ray Luther shot the Lords with has worn off, and they're no doubt back in power"
CADMUS didn't know (thank Hera for that), but the ray Luther used on the Justice Lords would only take away their powers temporary, the evil millionaire didn't know for how long but at the time it was only plan they had.
"But their Batman will be there, so—"
"No"
All eyes turned to the Dark Knight, surprised at the harden tone that was usually reserved for their enemies.
"Bruce, what aren't you telling us?" Clark asked.
"…..This meeting is over"
After everything with CADMUS, the Justice Lords incident was the most open secret in the League, everyone knew about it but no one mentioned it unless you either A) absolutely have to or B) wanted to get punched in the face.
So when the rumor about the Justice Lords' Flash was in their world started to spread, Batman started to question if he was really surrounded by a bunch of old gossiping nannies then powerful heroes.
"So is there a reason why no one besides the seven of you have seen the other Flash?" Green Arrow asked.
Though the Dark Knight figured it was better than being yelled at. The six were in the conference room, when Green Arrow came storming in demanding to know about the other Flash, how the other was able though the locked door was a mystery to even Batman.
"He doesn't want to leave his room" John said, "not that I blame him, you'd think Heroes would have better things to do then gawk at a visitor"
"And is he a visitor?"
Really they should get better locks.
"Hello Question" Superman sighed.
"Of course he is! Why would you think otherwise?" Shayera all but demanded.
"The League doesn't get visitors" Arrow said, "those first graders doesn't count" he added at the looks.
"Everyone knows who he is" Question said, "and now the Question is, why is he hiding?"
"Being around so many people makes the other Flash…uneasy" J'onzz said.
"Afraid you mean" said Question.
"Afraid? Of what?" asked Arrow.
"Us" Question answered when the others wouldn't.
"Us? But why? I mean unless he tried to rob a bank or something I—"
"Wally's different" Question interrupted.
"Wally's always been a little different" John teased.
"It's more than that though, isn't it? More to your closeness, more to your protectiveness"
Question watched the Founders reaction, watched how they tensed, stood taller and eyes flickering with protectiveness.
"What's he's talking about it?" Arrow asked.
"It's nothing" Superman said.
"Sure didn't sound like nothing"
"Ollie" Diana said, "it's complicated"
"Then un-complicate it" Ollie said, folding his arms over his chest.
"It is not our story to tell" J'onzz said.
"Then whose is it?" Green Arrow asked.
"Wally's"
Arrow winced.
"Ollie, this whole thing is just a big mess that we're trying to sort through" Clark said.
"Well then, let me help sort through it, what do you need?"
Both Question and Green Arrow watched as the six founders looked each other having what was no doubt a silent conversation (or having a telepathic one thanks to one J'onzz Jones, though both doubt it), and not for the first time or the last did Arrow wonder how exactly close the seven were.
"Thanks, but we got it cover" Superman said with a small smile.
"Though it something comes up, we'll let you know," Diana said, "now if you'll excuse us"
"But—"
They were already out the door.
The sixth tube of chocolate ice-cream had been eaten and Lords of the Rings: The Two Tower credits had long since rolled by when the locked door slide opened.
"Cute" Shayera grinned, beside her Diana giggled.
On the bed the two Speedsters slept, neither were in custom, their Wally was on his back, chest acting as a pillow for the other Speedster. Occasionally Flash would nuzzle his face in the other's chest causing his hair to tickle Wally's nose making it snuffle.
"All that's missing is a freakin puppy" John mumbled before going over and waking them up.
"John?" Wally yawned, sitting up and waking his other self in the process.
Flash yawned as he rubbed his eyes, blinking when he noticed the others in the room; he looked questioningly at the other Speedster who merely shrugged before getting out the bed to turn off the DVD player and television.
"Is…something wrong?" Flash asked, voice tight and eyes clouded with uncertainty.
"No" Superman reassured with an easy smile.
"We just have a few questions" Batman said, as he took an empty chair placed it in front of the bed and sat on it, behind him the others moved around to find a place to sit.
"About what?" Wally asked as he and the other Flash moved about to sit up properly.
"We're…curious" J'onzz said, "about your time with the Justice Lord"
"Curious?"
"Wally tells us you don't leave the tower" Shayera said.
"I don't" Flash answered.
"Ever?" Batman asked.
"No"
"Can we ask why?" J'onzz asked.
"It's….not safe" Flash answered, eyes glancing about hands fidgeting with the sheet, "….dangerous for someone in my condition"
All six glanced at each other, while Wally remained silently thoughtful.
"What condition?" John asked.
"Erm…."
"Later" Batman said, recognizing a slowly rising panic attack, "what about your family and friends? I'm sure you get bored staying in the tower all by yourself"
"No" Flash said, eyes now glued to the sheet, "I have things to keep me from getting bored, and J'onzz lives up there with me, so I'm not lonely"
"And your family and friends?"
"The Lords are my family and friends" Flash said simply, eyes lifting to look at the others, "are you not his?"
"They are" Wally answered, "though sometimes they're a pain in the butt"
Flash stared when Shayera playfully punched Wally's shoulder.
"What about relationships?" John then asked, "lovers" he then clarified when all he got was a blank stare.
"Oh, the Lords are my lovers"
"….Hera"
"You knew!" Superman hissed,
"Yes"
"Why didn't you tell us?!" John demeaned.
Batman stared at them wondering how he was supposed to tell them what he saw, how the Lord Batman had stared at their Flash, how eyes and hands lingered.
How he understood.
"And what would you have done? At that time, their Flash was believed to be dead, and besides we had other things to worry about"
The look in the other's eyes told the Dark Knight what they thought about that.
"Perhaps it's best if we discuss this later, and talk about what we came here to talk about" J'onzz suggested changing the subject.
After learning about Flash's…relationship with the Lords the six members returned to the meeting room, both Arrow and Question were gone, Wally staying behind with the other Speedster.
"Now I really don't want him to go" John said.
"But it isn't our choice" Shayera said.
No, it wasn't.
"I think I may have upset them"
"I think shock is the word you want to use" Wally said as he put in another movie.
"….They're not going to send me back, are they?"
Wally shrugged not entirely sure.
"It's hard to tell, I mean when we meet the Justice Lords, they weren't exactly the best host, but you know them better than we do so…"
Flash looked at his counterpart with a frown, the other Speedster had told him what the Lords did and to be honest he was surprised at how far they went.
He didn't think his death would hit them so hard, and maybe he should be weary of returning, but…..he wasn't. In fact he wanted nothing more than to see them again, they were his family after all.
"Hey"
Flash looked up from the sheet he was staring at to Wally, the other red-head who had moved back to the bed.
"How did you get that scar on your back?" Wally asked.
Flash not at thrown off by the blunt question leaned against his counterpart, "We were on a mission, looking for Grodd, he captured us. He tried to get J'onzz's telepathy but…but something went wrong and instead the others were transported to my memories. I guess to make a long story short, I didn't take the invasion well and…I ran away, got caught by the Joker, it was a week before they found me"
Wally flinched, the deranged clown was one villain he could barely stand being around for a few seconds he couldn't even imagine what his other-self had to go through with being the clown's clutches for a week.
"They were so angry. After that, my mind just…didn't get better. I only felt safe in the tower and with them"
"So you never left" Wally finished for him.
Flash nodded.
Silence.
"Wally" Flash then said, waiting until the other look at him, "I want to go home"
"Explain to me again, why you kept communication with the one of the people responsible for us going into hiding for eight months?"
"If I explained it to you again, you'll just get angry"
"I'm already angry"
Wonderwoman turned away from the two bickering like a married couple to the others who watched amused and curious as to why Batman had called them and what did have to do with their counter parts. Suddenly the dimension transporter light up and J'onzz, Wally came through along with someone else.
Someone else who practically tackled Batman.
"I believe he belongs to you guys" Wally said with a grin.
The Lords stared shocked at the Speedster clinging to an equally shocked Batman.
"You know we had that same look on our faces too!"
J'onzz just sighed.
One hour and a really scary looking device ("Seriously Batman you have way too much time on your hands") later, it was confirmed, this was their Flash, their Wally.
"But how?" Hawkgirl asked, her hand on Flash's shoulder, she had yet to stop touching him, even before they confirmed that Flash was theirs.
"Something must have went wrong with Luther's device" Batman theorized, "instead of killing Flash, it sent him to their dimension instead."
"But it's nearly five years, why now?" GreenLightern asked.
"We don't know" J'onzz answered honestly.
They would have no doubt discussed it more if Flash hadn't suddenly yawned and leaned against John who was sitting next to him, and that's when J'onzz saw it. All six of the Lord's eyes zeroed in on their Speedster, their bodies tensed in anticipation even Superman had a hint of worry in his eyes.
For a brief moment the Martian thought everything would be fine.
"I believe it's time for us to leave" J'onzz said
"Yeah" Wally agreed.
The red-head then went over to the Lord Speedster, Flash gave a sleepy smile at the other, the two had a silent conversation before Wally followed his Martian through the glowing machine.
All seven eyes stared at the machine before Flash yawning again had the others moving into action, and the Speedster quickly found himself in one of Batman's personal bed.
"They told me what you did" Flash said when he had settled in, "what Superman did"
Superman tensed, Batman stared blankly while the others looked about avoiding eyes contact.
"It's a long story" Wonderwoman then said.
"I'm not going anywhere" Flash said.
It's been a long time since they had a night together (it was actually called a sleepover but no one calls it that in front of Bruce), and Wally can't say he was surprised when he entered his home to see the other Founders already had settled in. After making the usual nest of pillows and blankets on the floor in the living room, Wally was piled on by the others, if an outsider were to come in now they think an orgy was about to begin.
Especially with the way he was placed between Bruce and Clark, the Speedster was in between the Dark Knight's legs his back pressed against a strong chest; the man's chin resting on top of the younger's man head. In between and on top of Wally was tons and tons Clark whose arms refused to let him go, the older males face buried in Wally's neck, their legs tangled together.
Wally wondered how Louis would react if she walked into the apartment right now….probably loudly.
"I don't get it" Shayera finally sighed, turning away from the movie no one was really watching.
"Don't get what?" Wally ask as he wiggles his toes that were underneath someone's body, felt like Diana.
"Why they would do something like….that, don't get me wrong you're cute Wally, but not that cute" Shayera said the last part with a teasing grin.
Wally gave a small knowing smile, before his expression turned thoughtful as he tried to think of a way to explain to the others, why. Finally an idea came to him, tapping the back of Clark's head he gained the man's attention. Placing his hand in the surprisingly soft hair Wally pulled Clark's head closer and kissed him.
When he pulled away, Clark was looking at him with shocked eyes, glancing around John, Shayera and Diana looked at him with equally shocked eyes. J'onzz and Bruce merely stared; turning back to Clark Wally leaned in for another kiss.
"Wally…." Clark said pulling back slightly, uncertainty in his voice and emotions in his eyes.
Wally paused, he titled his head before leaning back in and kissing Clark and Clark…didn't resist.
"That's why" Wally said when he pulled back.
"I don't understand" Diana said eyes still wide.
"Clark didn't resist" Bruce said.
It clicked then and there, they understood.
They love Wally.
Not that it wasn't obvious or that they denied it, but it helped them understand their others self. On a good day it's hard for them to tell Wally (unless it was really important, then they could say no without problems) on a bad day they'd give the younger man the world if he wanted it.
Never again did they want to see those green eyes go dim again.
If the other Wally suffered some kind of breakdown (which they suspected after sometime with interacting with the other Wally), they knew their counterparts (before they went off the deep end) would do everything in their power to help him…even if that means isolation and having a sexual relationship with him.
"Oh" Shayera said softly.
Wally nodded.
"…Have you ever wanted—"
"You guys are hot" Wally said interrupting John, "but not that hot"
John huffed and Wally gave a little squeal when his side was poked.
Don't worry, Papa will return very soon.
Next Chapter: Kaldur always like Wally's eyes, he made sure to never say that out loud near Barry.
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