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Chapter 11- A Light Cast Upon the Shadow
"What do you mean 'not exactly'?" Flash questioned his brother as his enemies and Black Lightning drew closer.
Black Lightning pulled his hands from behind his back. They weren't tied up, and the villains didn't seem to care.
"Got him just like you asked!" Grodd said smiling at the confused Flash. All the villains took seats at the table only feet away from Flash.
"What? Black Lightning what is this about?" Flash asked trying to break free again. "Let me go!"
"Everything!" Black Lightning replied getting in Flash's face. "And sorry I can't let you go, brother."
Suddenly it hit Flash. "You!.. YOU WERE THE ONE WHO FRAMED ME! You planned the robbery and murder!" Flash accused.
"Yep! All I had to do was plan the attack on your "date" and put on a red suit. Simple and yet it worked so well!" Black Lightning cackled taking a seat at the head of the table.
"How could you?" Flash cried in a barely audible whisper.
"Simple my boy. He just called me," a voice giggled. Flash looked off to the side to see Jenny, alive and well. "You actually thought I liked you!"
"How?.. They said you were killed."
"Black Lightning is very good at organizing," Jenny replied passing in front of the hero and taking her seat.
"What ever you want, you won't get it!" Flash snapped. He knew he shouldn't be yelling at the enemies who had him at their mercy.
Flash felt a wave of terror when they all rose and approached him.
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"I won't tell you anything!" Flash muffled out taking another blow to the stomach. Flash used all of his power to keep consciousness. He wasn't going to let them win. He knew he had to hold out just a bit longer. He had held his own for.. Uhhh, he had lost track of time now. He had not a clue for how long he had been hanging here taking the blows.
"Who said we wanted you to tell us anything?" Lex replied for the group pacing in front of the beaten hero.
"We just want that crystal your father gave to you!" Grodd explained before using a tazer to shock Flash.
Flash bit his lower lip in pain and drew blood. "I won't give it to you!"
"You will! Eventually the pain will get to you," the leader said leaning back in his chair.
"Especially not to you!" Flash snapped in anger at his brother. Grodd hit him again, and Flash felt all of his breath escape him. For a few seconds his enemies backed off at Black Lightning's command. Flash was panting hard when Black Lightning approached him.
Black Lightning grinned and grabbed Flash's left, dislocated shoulder. Flash held back a cry of pain. "Someone will stop you!" Flash choked out after glaring into his brother's eyes.
"Who?" Black Lightning questioned, squeezing Flash's shoulder tighter and yanking it. "Your friends, The League?.. If you haven't noticed they don't even know you're gone and in enemy hands!.. They think you're a criminal, and they have not a clue that I'm leading all the attacks against them. Including the final one!" Black Lightning released his brother and got in his face. "They won't know what hit them until it's too late!"
Flash didn't have anything to say. Flash instead spit blood right into his brothers face. Black Lightning back off and wiped it from his face. Black Lightning walked away a few feet before turning around and slammed a spinning fist right into Flash's chest.
Flash didn't feel much before all went dark.
"Why don't they just talk?" Black Lightning sighed taking a seat next to Jenny and kissing her on the cheek.
"I don't know m'love!" Jenny replied smiling at Black Lightning.
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"Maybe we should try tracking him down?" Hawk Girl suggested to the rest of the League.
"We should," Green Lantern agreed.
"Won't work thought!" Batman announced entering the room.
"What do you mean?" Superman asked turning to his team mate.
"Saw on the news Grodd attacked. Grodd held a kid hostage and Flash exchanged himself for the kid's life." Batman pulled the battle of Flash and Grodd onto the screen.
"Why didn't we receive word of that?" J'onn asked.
"I don't know. Black Lightning was suppose to be watching the monitors!" Green Lantern explained.
"He's gone now.. Something is very unusual here!" Batman said with a straight face.
"You're right, Batman. First Flash's brother shows up unannounced. Then Flash gets blamed for theft and murder. Something is totally not right here," Hawk Girl agreed.
"We need to find both of them!" Superman ordered.
"Where should we start?" Wonder Woman asked.
"Any lead.. Anything!" Superman responded.
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Flash opened his eyes, hours later. He groaned slightly and tried to stretch, but remembered he was trapped. He clenched his teeth in pain from all of his wounds.
"You're awake, finally!" Cheetah hissed. "BL! He's up!"
Black Lightning entered the room with Jenny at his side. They approached the groggy, young hero. "Wondering when you'd awaken!"
"Sorry, didn't know I was timed!" Flash snorted. He wanted to hit his brother so hard.
"I'll give you one more chance, brother. Hand over the crystal, and you could escape this with your life!"
"No, never!"
"Why not?"
"Because you'd use it for evil intentions!" Flash growled.
"Yeah, so? With that crystal we could rule, Flash!" Black Lightning explained. "Both of us! Why fight for the League, when you could fight by your brother's side?"
"Well if my brother hadn't framed me and wasn't evil then maybe I would!"
"You should join me not fight against me.. Come on Flash what did the League give to you that I never had for you!"
Flash paused to think, but he had nothing to say back in the end. What did the League give him, that his brother hadn't already given to him?
Author Notes: There you go Chapter 11! R&R! I'll update ASAP!
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Flash held his broken ribs and gazed at his once enemies. Flash knew he had to do this. What other choice did he have? None, what so ever!
"You made the right choice, Flash!" Black Lightning grinned putting a hand on his brother's shoulder.
Flash casted his look down. "The crystal you seek is at....."