Thank you for reviewing...I thought people had forgotten about me! I don't know much about Linda, but I figured she knows his identity by now...after all didn't Lois Lane find out Clarks secret? Well on with the show!
"Hi! You locked out or something?" Linda raised her head and gave a suspicious glare at the young man. "Hey! I'm only a concerned citizen. My mum always told me to look out for ladies, especially on a dark night like this."
Linda relaxed slightly and smiled. "No I'm just waiting for a friend."
"He stand you up or something?" he drew out his Texan accent, something that didn't sound right on this guy.
"No! No, were not dating or anything. He's a friend and I've been worried about him." She shrugged.
"I'll wait. Never know what could happen in the middle of the night." He said, leaning against the wall beside her.
"Thanks. I'm Linda." She extended a hand; he took it in his and gave it a gentile shake.
"Muerte." He said, letting go of her hand.
The two stood in silence for a few minutes until Linda spoke. "So you here on holiday?" she asked.
"No, business. A family thing actually." He said, gesturing with his hand.
"That's nice. Who with...your dad?"
"No my mother and my uncles. We run a...food business." He smiled darkly away from her.
The two lapsed back into silence, staring up and down the street. "So when's Wally due back?"
"Should be home so..." she trailed off. "I...didn't tell you his name." She said, staring at the ground in realisation.
"Yes you did, just when we met." He said, taking a step forward as she jumped up and back.
"You're after him!" she yelled, turning to run; she ran right into Death. The woman smiled slyly and grabbed Linda by her hair.
"Going somewhere?" she asked dragging her to the top of the stairs she pulled her glove off with her teeth. Muerte pulled off one of his gloves and joined her. Both raising skeletal hands to wave. Linda shrank back ignoring the pain in her scalp as Death brought her hand towards Linda's face.
"Flash!" the scream echoed over the tops of the roofs and everything slowed down. Death turned her head to look in the direction of the cry. Seeing her brothers fly over the roof she turned to look down the street, her hand still slowly edging towards Linda's face until a face appeared in front of Death.
Everything returned to normal as Flash launched himself at Death, ploughing his shoulder into her gut, sending them both tumbling down the street.
Flash flipped Death over his head and flipped to his feet, ignoring the grazes down his arm he rushed Muerte before he could even react. Muerte flew back into the house opposite his flat.
Flash placed himself between the horsemen and Linda as the three brothers landed. Linda clung to Flash's arm and whimpered, pressing her back against the door.
"Wally?" she whispered.
"It's okay! I'll make sure they never touch anyone again." He snarled, staring straight at the men. Muerte had stood up out of the house and walked to one side as Pestilence took the other, boxing him in.
Death sat up, blood streaming down the side of her face. "I want her dead and I want him to suffer!" she snapped at the four men, getting her feet. The brothers looked at each other and began to stalk up to Flash, Muerte following with wonder.
Famine giggled and launched himself at Flash only to get sent across the street with a crater like impact twenty feet away. Flash looked to where Famine had stood to see Superman jumping back in front of Wally.
"She okay?" he asked over his shoulder.
"Yeah."
"Get her out of here." He ordered, Flash nodded and went to pick up Linda.
"No!" Plague roared, releasing a black breath in their direction. A green orb suddenly formed around the cloud and released it into open air where it dispersed.
The Green Lantern landed next to Superman and the two flew off to fight the Horsemen, quickly followed by Wonder Woman, Hawk Girl, The Martian Man Hunt and Batman.
Flash smiled slightly as he picked Linda up and set up to run off. A fist suddenly flew into Flash's face and sent him staggering back, Linda clutching his neck. She was ripped out of his arms and thrown to the floor as Death threw her skeletal at Wally's face. He regained some thought and dodged back kicking out at her.
The two fought back and forth his speed against her agility. She eventually flipped backwards, kicking out her heeled boot into his chest. He flew back and tumbled threw a window.
Muerte jumped out of his fight throwing a fireball into Hawk Girls face. She yelled in surprise and frantically tried to put out the fire. He ran over to Linda, a hungry look in his eye and grabbed her by the hair again. He pulled her up and went to stroke her face with his death hand.
"No!" Death cried, grabbing the woman round the elbow and pulling her back, Muerte pulling a clump of hair out. "I..." she looked to the sky. "I want you to have him as your first rally kill. You'll love it; she's just a snack son. You deserve revenge!" she cried over the noise of fighting.
Muerte smiled and nodded. "I'll fight him Mum!" and then he raced off to take over her fight. Death sighed with relief.
"You'll never win!" Linda screamed, struggling against the grip. Death breathed a smile and looked at the young woman. She shook her head and grabbed Linda's head, throwing it forward into the wall. Linda went limp in her hold.
"Down girl." She muttered, throwing her medallion into the air. "Anuble la lluvia hacia abajo con fuego del infierno, caiga a donde usted perteneció una vez!" She yelled into the air as the medallion disappeared into the air. The sky erupted into flames and Death's chest exploded with black shadows, which flew into the fire, launching great balls of flames down into the street.
"Game over hon." Death whispered, picking Linda up and setting her hand up to touch the woman's face.
"AHH!" Flash screamed, throwing Muerte over his shoulder and running as fast as he could at Death. He upper cutted her and watched as she landed beside Famines crater.
Plague growled, blew at J'ohn, who fazed into the ground, and jumped at Flash. He pushed him hard to the side. "You want her? You go get her!" he yelled, hurling the unconscious Linda into the air and towards the fire in the middle of the street where the fireballs from the sky had fallen.
"Linda!" he screamed, jumping to his feet and running towards the flaming mass, all thought of his own safety gone, all he thought of was his best friend, perhaps something more going towards her death.
He leapt into the air, throwing his arms out to catch Linda's falling body, he felt the flames lick his chest and stomach.
"You don't get off that easy!" Death snarled, sitting up and grabbing at the piece of glass by her arm. She twirled it round and pointed the sharp edge at the descending Flash. She flicked it straight toward him a smile twisted on her face. "It won't do much but it's a start." She muttered as Plague helped her up. He whistled and the others finished their fights running to their horses and pounding out of the city, Death swinging onto the front of Ossa with Muerte behind. "Night Wally." She whispered, flames trailing behind her beast.
No one gave chase as they all ran to Flash. Linda was a few feet in front of the young man as he rolled over and over trying to put out the flames on his arm. He stumbled to his feet holding his arms to his chest and hunched slightly as the embedded glass dug deeper.
"You Okay?" Diana asked as J'ohn tended to Linda.
"Is she?" Wally asked, his eyes wide with fear.
"She'll need some medical attention, she might have concussion." J'ohn said.
"I'll take her." He said, limping forward on his old broken ankle.
"No!" Batman said, stopping him. "You also need medical attention...and we need to talk!" he said.
Wally opened his mouth but shut it as he watched John see to Shayera's face while glancing over at Flash. "Okay." He sighed, shaking his head.
He watched as Superman flew off to the hospital and let John help him back to the Javelin. "Thanks to you're speed and stupidity you saved her." John said as he sat him in a chair.
"But if I could only have covered my identity better then she wouldn't have been found." He sighed.
"Shit happens when you try to save people. The ones you love are the ones who get hurt first. But if you can continue to save the people and them, then you have a purpose."
"What?" Wally asked, holding his head, causing John to smile.
"The ones you love do get hurt, but the people out there need you Wally. They need Flash. You can't give up. Your friend would have left you if she didn't want to be with you. She stayed so she knew the risks, she loves you man, so you can't give up!"
Flash raised his head and looked at John confused. "You're not a murderer Wally, you did what anyone would have done. You. Are. A. Hero. We all still need you!"
Wally nodded his head slowly and thoughtfully, staring off into space.
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