A/N: I... can't believe I wrote this. oO A combination of too much water(this gets me hyper somehow), my love for tonight's JLU episode, and my frustration at the distirbing lack of Flash this season.

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The Epilogue

"And where the offence is, let the great axe fall."

- William Shakespeare


"So, how'd it go?"

"Wha?" Booster Gold looked up from where he was sitting at a table, in front of a quite clearly untouched plateful of ravioli. He identified the speaker as Flash. Incidentaly, not one of the people he would like to be talking to at the moment.

"You know? Bats. The lecture. Ringing any bells?" The speedster gestured a bit as he sat, not waiting to be invited.

Booster's eyes rolled behind his mask. "Oh, it went swell. Batman completely believed everything I told him, and he cut me so much slack I didn't know what to do with it all."

Flash gave him a disbelieving look. "Okay. What'd you tell him, anyway?"

"Nothing!" Booster Gold avowed, straightening up, and throwing his hands in the air for good measure. "How do you tell Batman anything? I just stood there, taking it from that guy, and trying not to faint or run off into some corner to hide!"

By now, a few others had glanced up to see what the commotion was. Most of them went back to what they were doing, after realizing it was Booster's outburst.

Flash just blinked bit, at a brief loss for word. Booster inwardly hoped he'd go away, but no such luck.

"Then... I guess he didn't really cut you any slack, huh? Not that I thought he would."

"And you're absolutely right." Booster Gold sighed loudly, running a hand through his blond hair. "Of all the sprocking punishments he could have thought up... I don't deserve this. Seriously."

"Aaand, what's the punishment?" Flash asked, and Booster wondered if the speedster enjoyed listening to his suffering. "Besides triple monitor duty, cleaning every square inch of the bathroom facilities, and polishing the javelin..." His head lowered into his right hand. "I gotta watch Krypto for a whole month..."

Flash's jaw fell open. "Krypto? A whole month? Does Superman approve of this?"

Booster Gold Shook his head sadly. "Yes, he did. And no, I didn't believe it either."

"Wow. I didn't know Batman could be that cruel."

"Tell me about it." Booster muttered, jabbing at his food with a fork.

"Batman can sure get angry sometimes, but I think he went too far on this one." Flash stood up, shaking his head. "I'm going to talk with J'onn about this."

Booster Gold felt a glimmer of hope swell up within him. "You'd do that?"

Flash nodded resolutely. "I mean, this is an injustice if I've ever seen one."

"Wow. Thanks, then."

"Oh, no need to thank me." Flash said over his shoulder as he turned toward the door. "Sometimes you just gotta stand up for something."

Booster Gold felt the beginnings of a relieved smile tug at his lips as he thought of the possibility that he'd get out of it.

"I mean seriously, it's just animal cruelty." Flash said finally, before disappearing from the room in a scarlet blur. Booster Gold stared at the door, eyes wide and mouth agape.

"I resent that!" He managed to yell, at last.

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The end!


There ya go. Completely pointless piece of work, but hey, I'm half tired here. But, uhh, don't think I'm bashing Booster here. I love the guy to death, but hey, I'm hyper. XD

And... I just realized I didn't put Skeets in. Oh well, maybe next time. :P