Wally West "Kid Flash"
Metropolis
June 20th, 2017
Lex Luthor was working with Blue Beetle to produce these blue pill looking devices and programming them with a flash drive.
"Just a few more should do it," Blue Beetle said as he handed off another device to Lex Luthor.
"You will all be issued multiple Reach Tech Eggs," Lex lifted one of the blue devices, "containing my anti-Reach virus software," he informed us all has he plugged in the flash drive to the egg, arming the device. "While one hero runs interference with the drones, the other only has to physically touch his or her egg against an MFD to disable it," He informed the group as Captain Atom stepped up.
"All right, I have your assignments," he began. "We'll distribute these eggs and go."
"Ladies and Gentlemen, The fate of the world is in your hands," Lex said as every hero grabbed an egg. I wasn't quite sure who I was paired up with until Artemis came up to me with an egg.
"You're with me," She smiled and I laughed.
"If you can keep up," I told her. She hopped on my back just like she always did when we got paired up.
"Just don't drop me, Wall-man," She laughed.
"Not gonna lie, I'm still happy you're alive," I told her before we bolted for the zeta tube.
Paris, France
There were Tornadoes everywhere. The two of us were both running interference, trying to test the drones so we can find the best strategy. I wanted to just run and put the egg, but Artemis was too proud to let me do all the work. At this point, with my rising speed, I could do it faster than she could tell me no, but I respected her too much. The drones began to learn, beginning to leave me alone and target Artemis. The bus behind her exploded, causing me to bolt, sweeping her up in my arms and running her away from the blast. I didn't dare put her down, not till I made her give me a plan.
"Ah, ze Eiffel Tower," I joked in a french accent, "and the ever romantic city of lights! Remind me to take Sylvia here when all this is over," I told the blonde archer as I ran her around the perimeter.
"You got it kid, get the egg, drop me and go," she told me. I reached into her quiver and grabbed the egg before putting her down. She fired an emf arrow, the two drones getting electrified, and magnetically pulled together in an explosion. I bolted and touched the egg to the MFD. The energy field stopped and the device deactivated.
"Omega Squad has successfully deactivated the MFD," Artemis reported, as I ran up to her. She knew exactly what was happening and put her hand up, I gave her a damn good hi-five .
"Omega squad, report to the Watchtower," We heard in our comms.
"Copy that," the two of us said in sync as she hopped on my back again and I ran to the zeta tube.
When we appeared in the zeta tubes of the Watchtower, we were joining Mr. Carr, Captain Atom, Captain Marvel, Green Arrow, and the Atom. Mr. Carr was coordinating all the teams simultaneously, and it was impressive.
"Asami has deployed the egg and disabled the MFD," I heard Black Canary say on the comm.
"Good Work, Theta! Twenty squads deployed, 20 MFDs destroyed. The mission was a success, we have done it!" Mr. Carr celebrated, giving us all an air of relief.
"In that case…" I turned to walk away, go back to Sylvia, but something pulled me back.
"We missed on," The Atom said as he send a hologram to the front of the room. "The Earth's magnetic field is still being disrupted," we all noticed the scan of the planet with the red lines showing the disruption. Then, an incoming transmission rolled in from Taos.
"Blue Beetle to Watchtower. I'm reading a 21st MFD in the Arctic, hissed from my previous scans. Sending Coordinates," Beetle reported.
"There are no zeta tubes in the Arctic. H-how are we going to-" Mr. Carr was interrupted.
"Don't worry, Gang, I've got this," Flash reported, his tracker reporting him in the North Magnetic Pole with Impulse catching up.
"Not without me you don't. Remember?" Impulse laughed. "Let's go in and crash that MFD. Fall in Gramps!" I couldn't help but laugh at the dynamic of those two. Reminds me of how I used to be with Barry when I first started.
"Flash to Watchtower, the magnetic field disruptor, it's already gone Chrysalis. I'm not sure it the egg-"
"The egg is useless now. You're too late," Lex Luthor reported from the United Nations. I looked outside the window of the Watchtower, and it was insane. The Earth was nearly covered in clouds, even the atmosphere being disrupted in places. It was like watching the Northern lights all over the world.
"What now?" Flash called in. The anticipation was killing me.
"Now you run," Luthor instructed the two.
"Hey, I'm no quitter. There's gotta be-" Flash was trying to fight him, but was interrupted.
"I didn't say run away. I said run. Together, you an Impulse should be able to negate the chrysalis by running counter to its energy flow," Luthor explained.
"Is it really that simple?"
"I wouldn't call it simple. You would be attempting to siphon its power with your own speed trails," The Atom explained. "It'll take a massive amount of Kinetic Energy," Atom said and I took that as my cue. I bolted for the zeta tube and got myself as far North as possible before bolting for the chrysalis. "And no matter what, don't slow down until the chrysalis is completely neutralized," I heard Atom in my comm as I saw Impulse and Flash in my sights, dwarfed by the size of the chrysalis. They bolted into action as I caught up.
"I think it just might be working," I heard Impulse yell as I joined the ring.
"It's definitely slowing, but not stopping. Even at our top speed, I'm not certain the two of us can generate enough kinetic energy," Flash said as I ran with them.
"Then how about the three of us?" I laughed, actually managing to keep up with them.
"Kid! How the hell are you keeping up?" Flash asked and I smiled.
"Been working with Caitlin and Cisco. Turns out, I've had the same capabilities as you guys all along. I'll explain later! I'm here to add my fair share of kinetic energy. Besides, I can't let the new kid take all the credit for saving the world," I told them as the three of us ran, slowly increasing in speed.
"Good man!" Barry told me as we ran.
"So crash!" Impulse yelled as I reached into the compartment on my glove and downed a protein bar to make sure I could keep going. It's been a long day and not a lot of eating. After a bit I was starting to think that I wasn't going to be able to keep it up, but the chrysalis began to dissipate. Once the energy field was completely gone, the three of us stopped. When the snow blowing around cleared, the three of us were were trying to catch our breaths now that we've slowed down.
"They did it!" I heard Miss Martian yell as members of the Team ran toward us. Impulse dropped to his knees, Flash was still bent over, hands on his knees, and I was standing tall, my hands on my head. "It's over!"
"Congratulations, you have saved the planet," Aqualad told us as the three of us were finally catching our breaths.
"Nice job, dude," Nightwing told me and I started to freak out.
"Dude, we gotta go!" I told him, grabbing his shoulders before bolting. "Get your butt to the hospital before she wakes up!" I yelled at him as I ran off, cutting through the arctic before I finally hit North America, slicing through Canada before making it to America. It wasn't long before I was in Gotham. As much as I was panicking, I was also in disbelief. After all these years, after all the working with Cisco and Caitlin, none of it compared to the incentive of getting back to Sylvia. I had never run this fast in my entire life. When I got to the hospital, Alfred wasn't in the waiting room, to I was quick to get into a bathroom and put on some civilian clothing before making it to the Nurse's station.
"What room is Sylvia Wayne in?" I asked and the nurse glared at me for a moment.
"Sir, that's a private patient-"
"Are you kidding me? I'm Wally West, I'm the father of the baby that she just delivered and I'm her goddamn boyfriend. What. Room. Is. She. In?" I asked and the woman became flustered, clicking away at the computer.
"Room 543," She told me and I was gone, rushing at a human speed so as not to alert anyone else. When I got out of the elevator on her floor and found her room, she was still asleep in the hospital bed. Her stomach was more flat than before, but still a bit swollen from the whole ordeal. Alfred looked at me and got a look of relief.
"Thank goodness nothing happened to you. I wouldn't have heard the end of it from her," He told me as I sat on the edge of her bed and held her hand. We just waited as the process began to wake her up from the anesthetic. It was just a few hours until she woke up. Her emerald green eyes blinking back at me.
"Where's Lena?" She asked immediately, her voice raspy as she gripped my hand. Alfred spoke up.
"I already talked to the nurse. She's bringing her now," Alfred told her. She relaxed for a moment, but then, a woman came in, wheeling the baby into the room in one of those clear little cradles.
"Oh wow," I whispered as I got up, walking over to the little girl. I scooped up the little baby, who seemed calmer than she should be.
"She is pretty darn healthy for being early, she's seventeen inches long, seven pounds and eleven ounces," the nurse told us and I looked down at my little girl as I walked her to Sylvia. I sat down with her and looked into the little girl's eyes. They were like tiny emeralds, like her mother's. I handed her to Sylvia and she was in aw. The nurse left the room and Sylvia took off the little girls hat, grinning from ear to ear.
"What?" I asked, and Sylvia laughed. She looked back down at the baby's head, causing me to look closer. What I saw I didn't expect, and it got me really excited. On top my child head, were little wisps of orange hair.
"She looks so much like you," Sylvia smiled. In that moment, I looked into Sylvia's eyes, stroking back a strand of her hair, putting it behind her ear. I kissed her on the forehead and realized that our live were never going to be the same. At this point, one more change wasn't going to hurt. I was going to marry her, but I couldn't ask now. Meeting our child was enough for today. Besides, I had to talk to her father first.
The End