OK I'M NOT SURE THIS IS TRUE BUT IN MY STORIES FLASH WILL BE AN ORPHAN; IT HELPS EXPLAIN WHY HE'S ALWAYS HANGING OUT AT THE ORPHANAGE.
Superman looked around, " J'onn, can you search with your mind to find him? " J'onn shook his head gravely,
" After the event with Luthor…I must wait for Flash to attempt contact with my mind. " Superman nodded understandingly,
" So where does that leave us? We know Luthor has Flash—"
" Which doesn't do us any good until we can find Luthor. " Batman hissed, cutting of Hawkgirl's ranting.
" Maybe the next question should be what was he looking for? And if he couldn't find it why take Flash? "
" Maybe Flash has what he's looking for. " Lantern suggested, " Well that makes some sense at least. " Diana murmured.
J'onn walked out of the group and took the only seat that hadn't been destroyed in the room, " I will watch the channels and scan small areas with my mind, but I can not guaretee any results. "
" Do what you can J'onn, meanwhile some of us will head back down to Earth to see if we can find any clues where we found Shade and the others. " Hawkgirl stretched out her wings in anger, " And leave Flash in the hands of a mad man?!? "
John placed a comforting hand on her shoulder, " He'll be ok, we'll find him in time. "
Flash let out another groan and looked around the room, it was spacious and metal plated, maybe lead, ' Ok, so Supes' x-ray vision is out.' He looked up as the large double doors slid open and Luthor walked in. " So your finally awake, hmm? "
" Sorry…I didn't know we were on a tight schedule. " He took a deep breath; he was staring to feel better, " Did you—"
" Give you the antidote? Sorry that's is on of the final stages of the poison, as Paul O'Rielly put it ' the victim will experience a moment of peace before his final moments ' " Flash didn't respond, his eyes were wide and his head was tilted, like he was trying to remember something, ' Paul O'Reilly? Why does that name sound familiar……WHOA!! ' Flashback
" Hey! I was playing with that!! " A small boy cried as a bigger child took away the small rubber ball.
" Quite being a cry baby Paulie! " the older boy mocked, shoving Paulie down onto the asphalt, causing the boy to cry even louder. " Derek! Leave him alone! " A voice shouted causing Derek to whirl around and confront it
" Stay out of this West. " He snarled, " Make me. " Wally taunted giving Derek a daring look, Derek took the bait, he dropped the ball and charged after the ten year old. Wally's green eyes went wide and he began jogging in front of Derek, shouting off names to further tease the bully, Derek yelled and tackled Wally to the ground, " GET OFF!! "
Derek punched Wally's face, while Wally began to rotate himself to get out from under the heavier boy. By this time Paulie had run to the only two adults on the playground, who were now sprinting towards the fighting boys. The reached them and each adult grabbed a child and pulled them apart, " YOU'RE SUCH A JERK, DEREK!! "
" Oh yeah? WELL AT LEAST MY PARENTS WANTED ME!!! " Wally stopped struggling and stood up straight, all the children who had gathered to watch, gasped and went silent. Mr. Hilgins, gave Derek a small shake, and began reprimanding him, while Mr. Franklin started leading Wally away from the other children. The sudden movement seemed to jolt Wally's mind back and he began fighting to break free, " Lemme go!! I'm gonna kill him! LET. ME. GO!! " He screamed. Mr. Franklin tightened his grip and opened the side door; he placed the small boy down into a wooden chair, " Walter West! Calm down! " Wally stiffened at the mention of his full name, " I'm gonna get him sooner or later. " Mr. Franklin sighed with obvious patience and ran a hand through his blonde hair, " Wally, what will that accomplish? It won't make you feel better, trust me. " Wally sniffed and wiped at the tears that stung his eyes, " What Derek said was wrong and untrue, but you have to understand Wally, Derek just lost both his parents and grandparents. He is still hurting, but that doesn't make it right for him to take it out on you, but you should start trouble with him ether, do you get it? " Wally nodded, " Why don't you just stay in here and relax for awhile, ok? "
Wally nodded again, and Mr. Franklin left the room and sighed heavily, there had been some truth in Derek's words, after Mrs. West had died, Wally's father claimed that he didn't have the financial stability to keep his son, so at the young age of 6 Wally West was left in front of Central City Orphanage with nothing but a blanket and a bag of old, worn clothes, he hadn't been heard from since. Wally got up from his seat and went next to the wall and punched it, retracting his hand quickly once he felt the pain going through his knuckles,
" Ummm, Wally? " A meek voice called out to him, it was Paulie; he was standing in the doorway with his hands hidden behind his back, " Yeah? " Wally answered, and Pauline took it as a sign that he could enter. He walked in and gazed around, he had never been in the older boy's dorm. It had six beds all aligned on the far wall and a large open area with tables and chairs, each bed had different covers and a small bedside table. Above each table was a hand made sign indicated its owner, Paulie could see that Wally and Derek each had the end beds, and Wally's bed was covered by a red blanket and that his small area of wall was plastid with Flash posters, " Hey you like the Flash? Me too!! " Wally's face brightened, " Really? Yeah he's my favorite! " Paulie gave him a wide gapped tooth smile,
" Well, um, I just wanted to thank you for before. "
" No problem, us red-heads gotta stick together, right? " Paulie laughed and Wally ruffled his hair,
" Hey Wally, you wanna hang out this weekend? " Wally shook his head, " Sorry, can't. Mr. Franklin managed to track down my Aunt Iris and my uncle. They're coming by to see me on Saturday! " He smile almost split his face in half, " Do you think they'll adopt you? " Paulie asked, with the innocence of angel, Wally's smile wasn't as wide.
" I don't think so, but Mr. Hilgins says they can become weekend guardians, which is just as good I guess. " Wally laughed as Paulie jumped at the sound of the bell, " That's the class bell, younger students first, I'm guessing that's you. " Paulie nodded and moved back towards the door, " Your right, I'll see you later…at diner I guess, thanks again. " Wally waved him a good-bye. End Flashback.
' Paul O'Rielly, it can't be him…he wouldn't ' Flash glared at Luthor, " What did you do to Paul? " Luthor looked taken aback, " So you've heard of him? Interesting… "
" No, what's interesting is your taste in décor, no paintings of gambling dogs? "
" Back to business, huh? Well let's finish what we started, where is the disk? " For a minute Flash was grateful that the poison's painful side affects took a break, it allowed him to think a lot more quickly, and plot a little faster, " Maybe you could refresh my memory? " Luthor balled his fists and punched the chained superhero in the gut, " Maybe that will refresh your memory, I'll be back later. " He promised, leaving the gasping hero to think on his options.