Chapter 2
The World That Time Forgot
The deep yellow skies became full of herds of Parademons. Hellish looking servants who served Darkseid zoomed over the deserted wasteland of Earth, seeking out any unfortunate survivors who had survived the blast of the Unity.
They found one…
A pair of Parademons took an arm each, carrying the weeping victim over to Darkseid, ruler of Apokolips.
Upon their arrival Darkseid turned to the pair of Parademons carrying the survivor, placing his hands firmly behind his back as he stared down at the survivor who had been pushed down on both knees, helplessly staring up at Darkseid, and Darkseid staring down in return.
"You survived."
Darkseid's voice boomed as though it had been amplified, the Parademons shaking as he spoke.
"P-Please, you've g-got to let me go…"
Barry's voice trembled as he spoke, desperately trying to break free of the grasp of the Parademons. Darkseid remained silent for a few moments before he took two steps forward towards Barry, causing the pair of Parademons to retreat backwards in fear, finally freeing their grasp on Barry, who fell forwards suddenly.
"Disappointing."
Darkseid insulted Barry, looking down at him lying on the floor.
Central City
2002
10:13 PM
Surges of bright orange and red lightning spiralled uncontrollably in the living room as Barry made his way downstairs, running to his fathers side who was watching on in horror, helpless to do anything.
Barry glanced in the middle of the living room as his worst fear came true. His mother was kneeling on the floor in between the circle of red and yellow lightning, crying out in desperation to both Barry and her husband, Henry.
"Mom!"
Barry called out to his Mother. But his cries were washed away by the sound of otherworldly warping noises from the lightning which was still flying around the living room uncontrollably.
A rogue bolt of lightning managed to escape the living room and hit the roof just above Barry, causing him to impulsively stumble backwards before his father quickly grabbed him, saving him from the debris. As quickly as he could, Henry put his hands on both sides of Barry's head and shouted.
"Run Barry, run!"
As Barry was getting prepared to argue back to him, wanting to stay with his Father, Barry suddenly found himself stranded in the middle of the street in the dead of night as a yellow streak of lightning bounced around the empty street and faded away as quickly as he got there in the first place. Barry glanced around quickly. He didn't recognise this street at all. He knew it was pointless, but Barry still called out.
"Mom!"
But nobody came.
Earth
2017
Darkseid Invasion
The words his father told him that day ran through Barry's mind as he lie helplessly on the ground in front of Darkseid.
"...Run Barry…"
"...Run…"
As Barry tried to push himself off of the ground, blue sparks began to form on the exterior of his suit before it suddenly began to violently bounce onto the surrounding area. Although many of the Parademons backed away as to not be harmed by the lightning, Darkseid stood still, unmoved by this. A few seconds later, Barry was now running through the destroyed surface below him at super speed, making sure not to trip on the many large cracks and holes now embedded into the ground caused by the Motherbox Unity.
"...Just gotta go faster than the speed of- ARGHH!"
A red bolt of energy hit Barry, causing him to stumble and trip into the air as he began to spin around violently at high speeds. He hit the ground multiple times before finally…
He ceased to exist...