ON COSTUMES: IF ANYONE HAS SEEN BETTER WORLD RECENTLY. I BELIEVE THE LORD'S DID NOT CHANGE THEIR COSTUMES UNTIL AFTER SUPERMAN KILLED LUTHOR. SO EVERYONE HAD THE SAME COSTUME AS HIS OR HER ALTERNATES. ALSO, SINCE THE LORD'S FLASH IS FROM A TIME BEFORE THE LORD'S EVER MET THE LEAGUE. NONE OF THE LORD'S WILL KNOW WHAT THE HELL FLASH IS TALKING ABOUT.

" Ughh…my head." Flash placed a hand to his head a gingerly tapped the growing lump.

" You okay?" Flash looked up and took Lantern's hand,

" I'll need a few dozen aspirins, but other then that…I'm good." John shook his head and gazed around at the semi-destroyed street,

" We better get this cleaned up before Superman shows." Flash turned on him, startled,

" Why?" John shook his head at him,

" Flash, don't be stupid, ok? Not now. He's in a really foul mood." John activated his ring and began clearing away debris. Flash zoomed around and stood in front of him,

" Lantern, what the hell are you talking about?" He asked, placing his hands on John's shoulders and giving him a shake. John cocked an eyebrow at him. He stared down at the younger man. Something was different about him, he was well-built and loud, not to mention that his face was scar less.

" You aren't normal." He started.

" Neither are you. John, what's with the act? You have never been scared of Supes." Now John took a step back,

" I have to call Batman." Flash shook his head,

" Why? Superman's coming." He pointed to the figure flying down towards them,

" Shit. Flash keep quiet and let me talk to him."

" What—" John elbowed him hard in the shoulder,

" Shut up." He whispered before stepping in front of him,

" John. You should have reported in ten minutes ago."

" Sorry. Flash was knocked on the head, I was making sure he was okay." Superman's gaze fell onto Flash, who took an involuntary step back. Superman's eyes were cold and dull. He jabbed a finger into John's shoulder to enunciate each word,

" You still should have reported in. I don't care what is going on. You report in when I tell you to, got it?"

" Yes."

" Good. Finish up here then take him to the infirmary." He slowly began to float upwards,

" Hey! You can't talk to him like that!" Flash yelled up at Superman, who looked down and landed in front of him. He grabbed Flash by the neck and lifted him up,

" What did you say?"

" What? Couldn't hear me with your super hearing?" Superman pulled back a fist and Flash stared at him incredulously. John grabbed Superman by the wrist,

" Superman. It may be the knock on the head. He's ill. Don't take him seriously." Superman dropped Flash and moved to face John,

" I am sick of you interfering. You're the reason he never learns. We'll talk later. Finish up here." He flew away again.

" John wh—"

" Are you NUTS? Why are you provoking him?"

" Provoking him? Why the hell are you taking that crap from him."

" I would have thought that after the last time—"

" WHAT LAST TIME? DAMN IT JOHN! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?" He stormed back from John, his arms swinging wildly,

" This is not how the League operates."

" League? Kid, now I know you knocked your head."
" What?"

" It's not the League. It's the Lords."

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" How are you doing?" John asked quietly, so he wouldn't spook the day dreaming Flash. Flash's head snapped up and he held his hands up slightly, dropping them when he realized who it was,

" I'm f-fine." He answered. John smiled and pulled a plain brown paper bag from behind his back. Sitting down across from Flash, he dumped its contents. Out rolled a large B.L.T sandwich, a bag of cookies, a bottle of water and a napkin,

" You still hungry?" Flash turned his head away from the food as if it were taboo,

" Lantern, you're g-going to get in trouble. I still have three days of punishment l-left." John snorted and pulled out a cookie from the bag,

" I know you're hungry, why don't you have a few of these and tell me what you did to get on 'punishment'." He handed the cookie over to Flash, who took it but did not eat it.

" I was assigned d-double monitor shift and half rations for a m-month. Be-because I did not capture Grodd with a reasonable amount of t-time."

" Rations? Who the hell dictates when you can or cannot eat? And what do you mean by reasonable amount of time?" Flash flinched at the tone of voice John had used but continued anyway,

" I was o-ordered to bring back Grodd within an hour. I returned fifte-en minutes too late. So I was d-dealt with as all failures are dealt with." His tone was emotionless but his jaw was set and his hands were shaking, " If you f-fail to do as you're told, when you are told, y-you deserve whatever p-punishment he sees fit."

' That sounds definitely like a trained response.'

" Who decides the punishment?"

" Sometimes Wonder W-woman does. But most of the time S-superman gets the final call."

" What about the others?"

" You a-nd Hawkgirl ne-ver give out the p-unishments, but Hawkgirl gets a lot of t-them from Superman. Batman so-metimes tells Superman to stop, but lately he ju-sst lets him do what is right."

" That isn't right." Flash stood up,

" Q-uiet! He'll hear y-ou!"

" He isn't here."

" Y-yes he is. I sa-ww him!"

" That wasn't the one you know."

" Wh-at?"

" All those people, including myself, are alternate versions of your friends. Didn't you hear the explanation earlier?"

" Not r-really. I just kinda zoned out. I remember B-batman saying something about a d-different reality…"

" Yeah. He can probably go more in depth later. But don't worry, the Superman here will not hurt you or anything like that."

" I'm s-so confused." John pushed the sandwich closer,

" Don't worry. We'll figure this all out. Now eat." He waited for Flash to take a bite before standing up, " If you get tired, come and find me. I'll show you to your room." Flash nodded and watched Lantern walk out of the room. He waited another minute before pushing the sandwich away,

" Th-his place…it's so much better. Ma-aybe I can stay h-here." He glanced at the cookies and finally hunger won over fear and for the first time in a while Flash had a complete meal.