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A Son of Lightning and Ice

Chapter 4

Realizations and a Hero Emerges

Joel sat down in the tech lab on the computer. For the past few hours he had been trying to find any information on this Savitar that he had dreamed of. But he had found nothing; a knock at the door took the man's focus off his search.

"Hey, we're having our weekly Sunday dinner at Joe's. Since your part of the family, would you care to join us? " Barry asked

Giving it a moment the man nodded, and as the two left Barry handed his future son a cellphone.

"Hit the middle button if you ever need anything." The Flash said with a smile.

Minutes later the two had arrived at the West house-hold and were greeted by a gleeful Joe. As it appeared Caitlin and Cisco were also invited along with Iris. Small talk place as dinner was served.

During this whole time Joel was simply observing everyone, and he came to a stark realization he was not needed. This family was complete and he was nothing more than outliner. With a quiet "Excuse me" he got up and left the table, and after cleaning off his plate he left the home through the back door. Caitlin was the only one who wondered where the man had went, after he didn't return in a few minutes.

Joel was half way back to Star Labs when the smell of smoke caught his nose. Moving quickly he found the source was an apartment of fire. The man from the future made his way to front of the pack and overheard the firefighters.

"We almost got everyone out, expect for a kid of the top floor. The fire is just too hot to put out."

Joel looked down at his current attire and saw it was a hoodie and jeans. Not the best superhero attire but it would have to work. As the building shook Joel made his move. He pushed past the fire fighters and with a mighty leap landed on top the truck and ran up the ladder and with an ice covered fist smashed the window to the fire filled floor.

Covering himself in a light sheen of ice to cool him the man began to put out the fire on the floor and as he made his way deeper into the room he heard light coughing. Moving quickly he found a little boy.

"It's going to be okay." He said as he picked the boy up.

Now he just needed to find an open window and create an ice slide. Just as he found a window his eyes flashed and he saw that the fire was going to hit the boiler and cause it to explode. He had no time to create a slide. Joel looked down at the boy in his arms, between himself and the boy the choice was clear. But this was going to hurt; as the explosion hit them he created a shield of ice around the boy. The blast shot them out of the window and they landed on the ground. The boy was fine, but as he landed Joel heard a snap. As he got up he learned he couldn't put pressure on his left arm. Yeah it was broken, but given his speed healing it was a mere inconvenience. That didn't mean it wasn't still annoying.

The boy looked up at him, "Are you okay?"

Joel let out a quiet chuckle, "I'm fine, go to your parents."

As the boy ran into a crying woman's arms she mouthed "thank you" to the man. He simply nodded as by the time the firefighters came over he was gone.

It was an angry Caitlin that stomped through Star Labs trying to find your other earth /future child, she and the others had heard over the police scanner about a meta stopping a fire. Of course she wasn't angry that he had saved a child, no she was angry that Joel had put himself in such a dangerous position. He had left the house, told no one where he was going, gone into that fire with no equipment, and no back up. He could have died! She found him sitting by the opening to the pipe line but as she began to speak he cut her off.

"I know that walk. That is your angry work, when you I mean when my mother walked like that it meant I was about to get a talking to. " He stood up. "Let me save you the breath. I left the house because I realized that I am not needed in your little family. I am an outcast, I don't belong here. Seeing all of you there smiling and happy, that is when it finally hit me. Everyone I know is dead, and in all honestly if I knew it wouldn't cause Cisco immense guilt I would ask him to breach me to my destroyed universe so that I could join them. That is what I was thinking before I saw the fire. After saving the child though it dawned on me, that even if your family doesn't need another person, your city could always use another hero. So for now I that is what I will be." He finished with a smile that didn't reach his eyes. "Goodnight Dr. Snow" Joel said as he walked out of the room.

Caiti go after him Killer Frost urged

Caitlin just stared blankly not making a move.

Coward. Killer Frost spat from their mind link

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