Author's Note: Well when I was writing this, I stopped for a bathroom break and ended up falling down the stairs. I swear our stairs are out to get us!!! We've all fallen up and down them so many times. My mom's cat even fell up them the other day. :P Well, anyway, I'm excited about getting this story finished out so I decided to add another post.
Oh, and hey guys, Today is National Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. So keep them in your prayers! Check out .com.

Disclaimer: I only own Faith, Celesteon, and his henchmen.

Chapter 25- Prayers

Faith was struggling to breath as her weight pulled at her bindings. She looked at Wally and they locked eyes as she tried to steady her breathing. Tears were pouring down both of their faces. She saw the love in his eyes and was once again sorry she'd be leaving him. She made up her mind then to try and live through this, or at least last as long as she could.

Lord, she prayed silently as she watched the red head desperately trying to get to her. I don't care what happens to me. Just please get him out of here!

Just then Celesteon pulled the lever again and Faith screamed in agony as the electricity hit every nerve in her body. She tried pulling at her constraints, but that didn't help. She focused on breathing and attempted to stop screaming.

Celesteon shut it down once again and her cries ended. Faith still felt the pain, but she was glad to be rid of the electricity- if only for a moment. Her chest was hurting badly and she clenched her teeth in an attempt to block out the pain.

Celesteon laughed as Faith struggled to make the air enter her lungs once again.

"You won't last another full round. Your heart can only take so much." He said coolly. He knelt down, looking her in the eye with a smirk. "Say goodbye to your friend."

Faith looked at Wally again as his face contorted into a mask of horror at Celesteon's words. He realized she was dying and the tears poured down his face at an even faster rate.

Suddenly, everything he'd heard Faith talk to him about Christ and what he'd heard at church hit him full force. At that moment it all clicked and he realized there was only one way they could make it out of this.

Oh God! Wally cried out in his mind. Please don't let Faith die! Please do something! She always told me that you are watching over us and we are your children. Please help us now. We need you! I need you!

At that moment, Wally's cuffs fell off and clattered to the floor. He turned around in amazement and silently thanked the Lord for helping them out. Celesteon and his men were too busy watching Faith die to realize his sudden freedom. Wally crept behind the platform, searching the mechanics of the place to find whatever was powering the machine. He noticed a small black box in the corner attached to the wall. The inside had a switch and underneath it a label read "Gravitation Beams". Wally smiled as he pulled the lever and felt his super-speed return.

"Too easy." But his victory was cut short as another scream erupted from the platform.

"Of course he'd pick Central City." John muttered, more to himself than anyone else. The five were flying above Flash's hometown. He was carrying Ollie, Dinah, and Bruce in a large green bubble from his power ring.

Suddenly, Kara stopped in midair.

"What is it?" John asked worriedly as he watched Kara's face pale.

"Someone's screaming. It sounds like they're in alot of pain. It also sounds like... Faith." she whispered.

"Where?" Batman asked and Kara pointed. "Let's move."

Faith felt the electricity shoot into her once more and fought to stay conscious through the pain, gritting her teeth.

All of a sudden, it stopped. She turned her head weakly to see Wally fighting Celesteon before everything went black.

Wally threw multiple punches at the guy who had kidnapped them, but his strength was diminishing as his need for food grew.

He had shut off the machine that had been holding Faith, but he watched out of the corner of his eye as Faith slumped forward and his heart jumped into his throat. Celesteon threw a punch to his already bruised face as he used Wally's distraction against him.

"If she's dead..." he growled angrily, leaving the threat in the air. He advanced, ignoring his own pain as they fought. All he could think about was Faith.

Just then, his lackeys joined the fight and he was outnumbered. After a few moments, Wally finally fell. Celesteon kicked him in the stomach and laughed as a trickle of blood slid from the corner of the redhead's mouth.

"Once I finish you off, she will be." he mocked, referring to the threat Wally had made only moments ago. He was about to kick Wally again when a green light surrounded him.

"I don't think so." John's voice commanded as the other heroes ran into action as well. Ollie ran over with Batman to the fallen hero as Kara cleared their path, finally getting to vent her fury with her fists.

"Wally, where's Faith?" Batman asked before Ollie could say anything. Somehow he could tell that the Dark Knight was just as worried about the two heroes as everyone else, even if he didn't let it show.

Wally's eyes filled with tears once more.
"Over there." he said weakly. Batman and Dinah got on either side of Wally as they struggled to get the speedster to walk. Ollie ran ahead.

Ollie knelt in front of his unconscious little sister and felt for a pulse while listening for her to breathe. Both were so faint that he'd almost thought she was dead. She wasn't very far from it.
Wally watched Ollie unbind Faith as darkness crept into the edges of his vision. He struggled to fight for his consciousness as he watched the girl he loved being set free, but his body finally gave way and he collapsed onto the platform.

Batman picked up the redhead and set him on the ground next to Ollie. They all watched and grimaced as Ollie's unwinding of the material revealed spiraled electrical burns traveling up each of her limbs.

Faith fell onto him as he finally finished. He picked up his little sister and kissed her forehead as his tears fell into her hair. He turned to Batman and Canary as the former spoke.

"You two take them to the Watchtower for emergency medical treatment. We'll handle everything here." Batman grabbed his grapple gun and swung off toward the fight.

Arrow tapped his comm. link, the hole they'd made in the ceiling allowing the communication to work.

"J'onn. Four for emergency transport." Within seconds they were in the Watchtower. Green Arrow was holding Faith and J'onn quickly grabbed the unconscious Flash as they hurried to the infirmary.

"Please don't die." was all Ollie could say as the doctors took the two half-dead heroes away.