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 versions of my parents and the Justice League fend off an attack by the Daxamite army. Six months have passed since then, and it is now my mission to prepare the Justice League for the War of Light. I am the Future Flash.
Barry and Savitar were running around Central City, on the hunt for clues about Eric Razar, when they noticed two men holding a woman at gunpoint. They ran up behind the two men, quietly.
"Alright, lady. One more chance. The purse!" One mugger ordered.
"Gentlemen. How are you?" Savitar asked, tapping both on the shoulder. The muggers turned around an immediately went pale.
"The Flash and Savitar!" The mugger who hadn't been speaking to the woman said, shocked.
"Oh, sh-" The other said, being cut off by Savitar phasing through them, spinning around, and knocking them both out via banging their heads together.
"Seriously, why the theatricality?" Barry sighed.
"Oh, that was hardly theatrical. Theatrical would be me creating time remnants to run around them whilst narrowly missing them with lightning before I then bang their heads together. Huh. I need to do that one sometime." The God of Speed noted.
"Oh, for the love of..." The Scarlet Speedster groaned before an alarm blared in his and Savitar's ears.
"Barry and Savitar! Get to Gotham City PD now!" Nightwing yelled through the comms, speaking over the sounds of screams and sirens. The two speedsters looked at each other before speeding off to Gotham.
Julian and Joe were speaking with Captain Singh in the forensics lab when Cisco sent an alert to their earpieces.
"Guys, Talia al Ghul just walked into CCPD!" The breacher exclaimed as an arrow whizzed past Joe's head, nicking his ear and narrowly missing Singh. Julian spun around in front of the detective and captain before tapping his watch. A blue liquid then seeped out of the watch and enveloped Julian, transforming into a light blue version of the Alchemy suit.
"Go. I've got this." Dr. Alchemy commanded before firing blasts of Speed Force energy at Talia from the fingertips of his gauntlets. Joe nodded before escorting Singh out.
"Dr. Alchemy. I was wondering who you were under the mask. I thought you had once fought the Flash. Now you protect his allies." Talia said as she strode over to Julian, casually drawing her shortswords from her sides. The ergokinetic then put his palms together before pulling them apart, creating duel energy blades that he spun into a proper grip.
"The man whom I was before, and the man who I am now are different people." Julian replied before raising his blades in challenge. The two then rushed at each other, swords clashing together. The two began to twirl around the room, swords colliding with sparks of energy.
Winn, Ray, Stein, Jax, and Alex were sitting in the DEO lab, experimenting with a sample of Nth Metal when an alarm blared.
"All agents, the NCPD was just attacked. There are 4 confirmed deaths. Legends, Agent Danvers, get to the precinct." J'onn commanded over the PA system. Alex went pale as she, ATOM, and the now merged Firestorm ran to the Waverider's dropship, where Sara, Nate, Amaya, Mick, and Rip were waiting.
"Gideon, we need to go!" Sara yelled at the AI.
"Of course, Captain Lance." Gideon replied as the ship took off.
Oliver, Rene, and Quentin were speaking with Commissioner Nudocerdo when a blast of red energy was fired through the wall behind them. Black Manta then ran through the hole in the wall, jumped into the air, and sent a flying kick into the commissioner, knocking him into a wall and out of consciousness. Oliver and Rene then engaged The Artificial Atlantean, whilst Deputy Mayor Lance got Nudocerdo out of the room.
"Green Arrow and Wild Dog. I have powers that can rival the mightiest heroes on Earth. What do you have?" David asked.
"Friends." Oliver replied. A flash of yellow lightning then ran through the hole in the wall, dropping off Thea and Rory, before punching Black Manta in the chest and slowing down, revealing Jay in a brighter costume with a large lightning bolt on each forearm. Thea handed Oliver her bow and quiver before drawing twin daggers from her thighs whilst Rory handed Rene dual submachine guns.
"Garrick." The Ray of Death smirked.
"Hyde" The Crimson Comet replied before running at Manta.
Barry and Savitar arrived at GCPD, where they saw the damaged building engulfed in fire and a strange green gas. A man in torn cloths wearing a large brimmed hat and gas mask stepped out of the chaos and looked at the two speedsters.
"Scarecrow." Savitar growled.
"Barry and Savitar Allen. Tell me. What do you fear?" Dr. Crane asked. Bart then landed in front of his father and uncle, followed closely by Clark, and the the two charged their heat vision. The Master of Fear sprayed Bart in the face with his Fear Toxin, and the Speedster of Steel's eyes shifted from their bright and heroic blue to a sickly green. Bart then turned to where Barry, Clark, and Savitar had been standing, but saw only Doomsday standing on the corpses of his speedster uncle and father, and his Kryptonian uncle no where to be found.
"You! You stole my home, Doomsday!" The Future Flash screamed as he rushed at the beast. Clark dodged the punch before giving his nephew a look of shock.
"Bart! I don't want to hurt you!" Superman yelled. Bart simply replied by swinging at him again, this time making impact with Clark, blowing Barry and Savitar back with the force of the punch. Doomsday went flying down the street before the beast stuck his landing, stood up again, and snarled.
"Bring it on, Doomsday! I should have fought you before. This time I will!" Bart yelled.
"Fine. Asskicking it is." The Man of Steel cracked his neck before firing heat vision at his cousin's son.
Dr. Alchemy and The Demon's First Daughter continued to twirl around the room, swords colliding with sparks of energy.
"You fight like my brothers and sisters. Who taught you?" Talia asked.
"Thea Queen." Julian replied just before his opponent shattered his blades. Dr. Alchemy chuckled as Talia put her swords to his neck.
"What's so funny?" The al Ghul Heir asked, confused.
"This." The Astral Alchemist replied as he disappeared before reappearing behind Talia, where he knocked her out with a blast of energy to the head.
The Legends and Alex arrived at NCPD, where Maggie and a few other officers were firing at Prometheus and Changeling. The two returned fire with bow and energy pistols. Alex watched in horror as an arrow went straight for Maggie when a red bird shaped batarang destroyed the projectile. Red Robin then landed, deployed feather shaped protrusions from his gauntlets, and began to fight Adrian. Tim ducked, dodged, and deflected every strike from The Throwing Star Killer, wearing him out slowly. Nate and Ray then ran up to the archer and smashed into him, knocking him out. Alex and Maggie ran up to one another, and the two kissed.
"You okay?" Alex asked.
"Of course I am. My girlfriend is part of the Justice League." Maggie laughed.
The First Flash and Black Manta then continued to grapple, with both blocking each other's strikes effectively.
"Still in your golden age, Jay." The Artificial Atlantean chuckled.
"You're a silver at best, David." The First Flash smirked back. The speedster then ran out of the hole in the wall with a streak of lightning trailing behind him. Oliver then fired a rope arrow at The Ray of Death, tying his arms to his body. Thea then jabbed her knives through his feet, sticking him to the floor as Jay came speeding back in, knocking out Black Manta with an Infinite Mass Punch.
"Thanks for the save." Rene smirked.
"No problem." Jay nodded.
Clark continued to fight back against Bart's assault when Savitar and Barry finally got over the initial shock of him attacking his uncle, as well as the knock back from the superpowered punch to The Man of Steel, and stood up. The two ran at The Speedster of Steel to try to restrain him. Bart then saw Steppenwolf and Desaad run at him, but he backhanded them both away before turning his attention back to Doomsday.
"Die, monster!" Bart screamed as he fired Speed Force enhanced heat vision at Krypton's Deadliest Spawn. The Last Son of Krypton narrowly dodged the blast before flying at The Cerulean Speedster with fist out. The Future Flash grabbed Doomsday's outstretched fist and swung him at the now returning Steppenwolf and Desaad, slamming both of them to the ground. He then began to pound his greatest foe into the ground, drawing red blood from the beast.
'Wait. Doomsday has green blood.' Bart thought as the gas started wearing off. Bart looked down at his hand, and saw his Uncle Clark beaten and bloody, with his father and Uncle Savitar collapsed on the ground, unconscious.
"No... What have I done?" Bart asked, letting go of Superman and falling to his knees.
Bart stood outside the medbay of the DEO, where Barry, Savitar, and Clark were lying. Winn and Ray were working on a portal to send Savitar's suit back to the Speed Force while they waited for Vibe to show up. Bruce and Kara then walked up behind The Future Flash, and Kara hugged her son.
"It's not your fault. It's Scarecrow's." Supergirl consoled.
"I still did it. Whether it was under duress or not. What is the news saying about it?" The Speedster of Steel spoke softly.
"They agree with your mother. The head of Arkham Asylum went on TV to apologize for Crane's escape that lead to this." The Dark Knight explained, putting his hand on Bart's shoulder.
"We need to find out who's behind this. Before anyone else gets hurt." Krypton's Fastest Son said with a mix of anger and sadness.
DeVoe sat in his chair when Eobard came in, carrying a black box with white carvings on it.
"Excellent. You found it." The Thinker said before snapping his fingers. "Bring him in."
"Just like you asked, sir." Laurel said, dragging in a skeleton.
"William Hand. Take your birthright. Rise." DeVoe said as Thawne opened the box. A black ring flew out and and onto the skeleton's hand.
"The blackest night falls from the skies... The darkness grows as all light dies... We crave your hearts and your demise... By my Black Hand, the dead... shall... RISE!" The skeleton yelled, flesh returning to it along with pitch black armour.
"Now then. All that remains is Nekron." The Reverse Flash smirked. DeVoe nodded.