Of Times to Come 3
Yeah, here it is, the Zombie Plot bunny!
This is before Divided we fall, no Barry here, sorry
"Talking"
"Memory Talking"
-Jumbleyard of Drabbles-
The Watchtower was under construction, the latest alien invasion really did a number on it, one of the hangars was completely trashed and most of the windows were blown out, so the League was having its annual general meeting in a secondary location, Mount Justice. The Question was the first to notice Flash's unusual behavior, after the meeting, but when he mentioned it, nobody paid him any attention, but that may have been because his explanations included robots, clones, and brainwashing. The second person to notice was Batman, who, after Question brought it up, paid a little more attention to Flash, enough to notice the sad smile on his face as he wandered around the mountain, and notice as he'd occasionally touch a random burn mark, stain, or hole on the wall, or run his hand along the furniture. Superman was third to notice, not because he was being observant, but because he bumped into Flash, who had been standing in the middle of the room starring at a dent in the ceiling chuckling. When he asked Flash about it, Flash got an odd look on his face and gave him a knowing look. Zatanna noticed fourth, mainly because she was systematically wandering from room to room avoiding Doctor Fate, like she always did, and got caught up in his reminiscing about something she was there for. Martian Manhunter was the next to notice, because he happened to catch a snatch of memory as Flash was in the kitchen, and couldn't help but listen in on it when he recognized one of the voices.
"Wally! Save some cookies for the others!"
"Right, sorry babe, you know I can't pass up your cooking"
"Oh be quiet, Kid Flirt"
"Sorry Artie, no can do"
"Don't call me Artie, Baywatch!"
"Right, sure thing, Artie!"
"Argg!"
"Whoa! Put that down! Rob! HELP!"
"Sorry Walls, you should know by now not to make an archer angry."
"Some best friend you are! SAVE ME!"
"Artemis, please stop trying to kill Wally, Wally, please do not attempt to aggravate Artemis"
Just then there was a shout from the direction of the garage, Wally, and in conjunction Martian Manhunter, were snapped out of the memory, and rushed to the garage, Flash arriving mush sooner, to see Supergirl attacking a large round metal sphere. Flash dashed in between Supergirl and the sphere
"Supergirl! Stop! Don't kill it!" She glared past him
"That thing is alive!" she shouted, pointing at the ball
"Yeah, but Sphere's never hurt anyone! Have you girl?" he patted the ball on the top, just then Superman and Batman rushed in
"Kara are you alright?" Superman asked worriedly, Flash smiled, a true, happy smile for the first time in hours
"She's fine, Sphere here just startled her" Superman stared at the sphere and his eyes widened slightly
"It that- never mind, as long as she's alright." He shook his head and left the room, looking slightly down put, as if he'd remembered something he'd rather have left forgotten. Supergirl stared at Sphere
"What is that thing? It's clearly not earth technology" Flash chuckled
"Come with me, I'll tell you a story, about teenage rebellion and clones" he led her out of the room to a mostly empty room. Shelves upon shelves of random items, in no discernible order ran along the sides, with a few larger items on the floor. In the very centre sat a picture frame, with a picture of a bunch of teenagers in it. Flash picked up the picture and handed it to her
"The first thing you need to understand is that I'm not the first Flash, I'm the third. The second, the Flash who helped found the Justice League, was my uncle Barry, I was his teenage partner, see that's me there" he pointed to a red haired boy in a costume that was the reverse of the one he was wearing now.
"On the Fourth of July, when I was fifteen, myself, Robin, Speedy and Aqualad were supposed to be inducted as members of the Justice League, or so we thought, what really happened was apparently 'the first stepping stone' of becoming members, unlimited access to the library in the Hall of Justice." Supergirl gave him a disbelieving look and he laughed
"I know, right? Anyway, Speedy was furious and stormed out, but I'll get to him later, just then the League went on a mission, I don't really remember what it was, something to do with the sun. While they were gone, a fire broke out at CADMUS labs, the three of us though it would be dramatic irony to deal with it ourselves, and that's where we met Superboy, a clone of Superman" Supergirl listened with rapt attention as the Flash detailed the adventures of young Justice, showing her his souvenirs from each mission. Unbeknownst to both of them, a large number of members of the Justice League was outside the door, listening to his story as well.
-Jumbleyard of Drabbles-
Almost three hours later, Flash finished his story; a large number of the League had migrated out of the all and into the souvenir room as Flash talked, Zatanna cutting in and pointing out things he had missed or skipped where it was appropriate. The members of the Justice League who had actually known Young Justice had left the room roughly halfway through, caught up in their own memories of the children that once occupied the mountain. Nobody dared ask any of the ones who remembered what exactly had happened to the team, worried it was something terrible, later on, after everyone else had left, the screen in the main room flashed with the words '1 NEW MESSAGE', Flash and Zatanna, who were the last to leave because they had been waiting for the message all day, watched it together. Listening as their old team Leader, Kaldur'ahm detailed that had happened on their EXTREMLY long term mission off world.
-Jumbleyard of Drabbles-
This one started when I had a funny mental image of Flash running his hand along a scorch mark on a wall with a sad 'I remember this' face.