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A Son of Lightning and Ice
Chapter 9
Secrets of a Lost Son
It was near dawn when Joel finally got a break and found a lead on Savitar near a warehouse. Quickly he suited up and headed out.
The smell of mold and dust entered the man's nose as he entered the decaying structure. Lightning flashed in his eyes and a second later the God of Speed was before him.
"Are you truly that stupid to face me again boy?" He boomed. Joel remained silent two ice daggers at the ready. The faceless speedster stayed silent for a moment. "No this isn't some heroic bravado. You are here for answers aren't you? Or perhaps to confirm something?" Joel flinched slightly. He could feel Savitar smirk at getting an answer. "So you are here to confirm something. The question is what?" The speedster began to walk around the ice user. "Ever since our first encounter I have felt a connection between the two of us. At first I thought it was simply the Speed Force. But I wonder?" The man bent down and his armor deactivated.
Out of the armor stepped a fun house mirror version of Barry Allen, His brown hair was wild and unkempt and right half of his face was badly burned.
"You don't seem surprised." The alter said. Joel simply glared at the man. "Such hate for me, but why I wonder?" The false god eyed the ice daggers and after a moment gained a maniacal grin. "Oh I see. No wonder you hate me. Well we have a few minutes before the others find us so why don't we make up for lost time son?"
With a roar Joel let out a blast of ice that the man dodged before landing a punch to Joel's face.
Savitar sped in front of him, "Come on son you can take a punch can't you?" He mocked
Joel growled as he started swinging wildly with his ice daggers. Savitar simply laughed while dodging each attack. Landing a kick to the gut that forced the ice wielder to his knees. The doppelganger frowned slightly
"Sorry Kiddo it seems that our play time is over for now. Bye son." Savitar mocked before he flashed away.
A moment later Vibe and Flash appeared and got him home. As Joel entered the Cortex he was immediately set upon by Caitlin. Who at the same time as healing him was berating him for making a foolish choice again. But her words fell on deaf ears as the man looked dead to the world.
"Joel? What's wrong?" Caitlin asked
The man took a deep breath, "I have to tell you something okay. Sit down." When everyone was seated he continued. "On my earth it seemed like everything occurred the same as it did here. Minus the fact that my mother and father got together. From what I was told everything was fine until Savitar appeared. They tried for months to find out who he was, until they were able to figure it out, and that is the reason I went to fight him I needed to be sure."
"Who is he?" Barry asked
"He is you Barry or a version of you that went crazy and is filled with hate. That is the simple way to explain it, there is a lot of talk of time travel but honestly it ever truly made since to me. So yes basically Savitar is a crazy version of you that wants to become a god. But things changed when he kidnapped my mother-"He took another breath. "Savitar assaulted her, and when my father saw what Savitar did, Vibe said there was a rage in his eyes greater than when fought the Reverse Flash. The only thing stopped him from killing Savitar was the fact the Speed Force got to him first and erased that version from history. His death though didn't really lead to a celebratory mood because not soon after they found out my mother was pregnant."
"That means-"Caitlin started
"I'm the son of Savitar." Joel spoke
There was pure silence in Star Labs following his proclamation. The man bowed his head and quickly left the Cortex. No one attempted to stop him. He found his way to a bathroom and as he splashed water on his face he recalled how he had learned the truth.
He had simply been going through a few boxes in Star Labs one day after he returned from his training with Oliver when he came across a file with his mother's name on it. Joel opened it and noticed it was a doctor's report after glancing through it he noticed that the dates seemed off. According to this his mother had become preprint in June, but his birthday was in May. Could she have had a miscarriage he would ask Uncle Cisco. Joel made his way to the living quarters and threw the file on the table. Cisco's eyes widened
"Kid I have to tell you something." He said
Joel sat shell-shocked on the couch as Cisco finished telling the story.
"I'm the son of a monster." He finally spoke
At once Cisco walked over to the man and took his hands, "You listen to me you are the son of Barry Allen and Caitlin Snow this bastard he's simply the sperm donor. He's nothing."
"That darkness, that hate that's in me too, I thought that with Oliver's training I had repressed the Ice Being inside me, but what if it is simply waiting for it's moment to strike along with whatever hate I inherited from Savitar." The man muttered to himself more than Cisco
Of course then the alarm sounded.
"Kid you are in no way alright to handle a mission. Just stay here and rest okay?" Cisco asked as he portaled out of the building.
For a few minutes Joel simply sat there but then got up and typed the name Savitar into the computer. At once the picture of his father's alter appeared wearing a smirk that the ice user recognized in the mirror. Shaking with rage Joel chucked the keyboard across the room and rushed to the image of his father."
"I hate you! I will never become you! Do you hear me Savitar! I WILL NEVER BECOME YOU!" He shouted toward the heavens before dashing to his room.
Joel took a deep breath only for the image of the unmasked Savitar to appear in the mirror.
"Well the truth certainly has a power doesn't it?"
"Shut up"
"I was right you know they hate you. They are in the other room discussing the best way to put you down."
"Shut up"
"No wonder you found it so easy to kill that ninja. It was in your genes, well my part at least. Killer Frost though she could go either way."
"Shut up"
"Oh come off it. You're just mad because now they know what you truly are the son of a monster, the son of the man that will bring their end. How I will cherish there screams, I know I'll cherish Caitlin's most all. They remind me of the time we spent together.'
"SHUT UP!" Joel roared as the bathroom was incased in ice. The man took a look in the mirror and noticed his once brown hair was now ghost white and his skin was snow white pale. "No, no,no" He muttered
"There he is my true son. The villain, the monster you truly are." The image chuckled darkly
Joel collapsed to the floor as he transformed back and curled into the fetal position as he rocked back and forth muttering the word :"Monster" to himself over and over.
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