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A Son of Lightning and Ice
Chapter 3
Conversations of the Past and a Vision of the Future
A bird's cry echoed as Joel's eyes opened and with a yawn he cracked his back. Dressed in a Star Labs shirt and blue pajamas pants he headed toward the kitchen in the cortex and made himself a simple breakfast omelet. After cleaning his plate, the time traveler walked back into the training area and began to use the punching bag, along with a lengthy jog around the track, then pushups, setups and finally some light stretching to cool down. The most important lesson that his Oliver Queen ever taught him was never to relay too much on his powers, because they could be taken away. Done with his workout he hit the showers, and dressed in a simple t-shirt and jeans Joel saw that it was 7:30am. With this being his new world he decided he should explore it.
A few later he sat in a table at Jitters simply reading a newspaper. The door opened and in walked Caitlin, she spotted her future child and after a few seconds decided to take a seat across from him.
"Hi"
"Good Morning" He replied
"You seem to be adjusting well."
Joel simply shrugged, "This isn't the first time I've had a life changing event happen."
Caitlin's eyes grew sad as she recalled his past life, "I don't know how much you can tell given you're from the future, but were we happy?"
Joel gave a small smile, "First off you don't have to worry about the timeline I come from a different earth. Secondly you were two were sickenly sweet; it was like living in a damn Disney movie. I made many fake throw up noises. You were a great mother, you always read me a bedtime story, and we actually created the perfect sugar cookie recipe. That is when Killer Frost wasn't out helping the Flash that is. But on the plus side I basically grew up in Star Labs." He finished with a smile as the waitress came by with his drink.
"Sweet tea" The Waitress said giving Joel a wink
The man simply smiled back as he noticed there was a phone number written on the cup.
Caitlin let out a small laugh as her son's cheeks lit up, "So any boy or girl friends?"
He shook his head, "There wasn't any time."
"I kind of hope he gets one, so I can give them the don't you hurt my son- I mean nephew speech" Killer Frost spoke up
Joel smirked at Caitlin's shocked face.
"She began speaking to you huh?" Caitlin shook her hand and Joel's smirked widened. "What I said yesterday was true, she isn't some evil monster. But if you really want her out, I will tell you that on my earth my mother was trying to build a device to separate herself and Killer Frost, as a way for Killer Frost to have her own life. I'm sure that with time you can create one as well. But for now simply let things be." He begged and made a face that reminded her of a kicked puppy.
"Fine for you I will give it a try." Caitlin said as her phone rang. As few seconds later she ended the call. "Something is happening at the lab we need to go."
Joel nodded and threw money down on the table.
Caitlin raised an eyebrow, "If you were just sent here, how do you have money?"
Joel smirked, "The Flash should keep a closer eye on his wallet."
The scientist gasped, "You stole Barry's wallet?"
Joel simply smiled as the two left the coffee shop.
The two were entering the hallway to the Cortex when Joel felt his lighting activate. At once he pushed Catlin to the side as a streak of red burst past them. As the being pasted them Joel shot a blast of ice knocking the figure to the floor. As the speedster landed twin ice blades appeared in the time travelers hands and he stood over the speedster blades to his throat.
"Who are you?" He growled as the rest of the team appeared in the hallway.
"Calm down there Zorro. That is the real Jay Garrick he was just going to jump back to his earth before you cold cocked him." Cisco said
Joel let his weapons dissolve as Jay simply nodded his head and he speeded off.
"Are you okay Mo- I mean Caitlin?" He asked
Caitlin nodded as with a small smile Joel left the group and entered the Cortex and saw the remains of the mask that Zoom had forced Jay to were. He had been looking for a face mask for his hero suit for a while and with a few adjustments this could work.
A few hours later Joel was putting the finishing touches on his new mask when Barry walked into the lab.
"What do you need Flash?" He asked
"While Cait was talking about how you told her some of the memories you had of her and I was wondering if you had any special memories of me?" Barry asked
Joel thought for a moment, "When I was five you took me out speeding for the first time, and I wound up throwing up all over our your brand new Flash suit. It was there that you and I learned that speed wasn't my forte." He said with a laugh. "Other than that there were the normal things, Christmases, Birthdays, and the like. The truth is you were the Flash more than you were Barry Allen."
Barry narrowed his eyes, "I wasn't there for you?"
"No you were, you were just there for other people more. For a while I was angry until mom set me straight, she said, "It wouldn't be fair for a child to not have a dad to play with because your dad was playing with you." I was eight when she told me this, but I got the message. My happiness didn't outweigh the happiness of others. But what really helped was that mom wasn't mad or sad about you being the Flash, so I wasn't either. Like I told Caitlin you two were quite happy together. I'm honestly surprised I never got a brother or sister."
"That had to be tough on you, me not being there, and knowing that I could die." Barry said
Joel turned to him, "You did die. But before you did it was what it was, and in the end we had happy memories together and you got to save people. It was a win-win." He finished with a small smile, "What do you think of my new mask?" The once bleak gray mask was now painted a dark blue with matching lenses and larger eye holes.
"It looks good." Barry said honestly
"Good, while I'm going to hit the sack. Goodnight Flash." Joel said
Joel opened his eyes to see himself standing in a swirl of colorful energy; he knew instinctively that he was in the Speed Force. In front of him a vision appeared of Jay, Wally, and Barry running from another speedster. As the other speedster was just about to catch them the image froze to show a behemoth of a man dressed in a metal suit with lifeless blue glowing eyes staring at him.
Joel awoke shell shocked with only one word on his lips, "Savitar"
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