SCHOOL …UHHH…

I'M WORKING WITH MY FRIEND ON OUR COMEDY ROUTINE…HOPEFULLY IT'S FUNNY.

GOD I HOPE IT'S FUNNY.

HERE'S DA NEXT CHAPTER

THANKS FOR DA REVIEWS

" He's not at his apartment." Hawkgirl turned her mace over and walked back to the front door. " John, are you sure he's even in this city?" She asked into her comm. Link. Lantern, who was hovering over Dallas, clicked back his answer,

" I thought he would try to go to a place he knew."

" Well he didn't."

" Ok. Let's regroup in Diamond Ranch. Did you get that, Batman?"

" Yeah. I'm on my way."

" Hawkgirl out."

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Flash woke up and found the sky still dark from the storm clouds. He stood up and dusted off his legs. His muscles felt stiff and under used. He walked out of the alley and took a jog to the other end of the city. He skidded to a halt in front of the Welcome to Diamond Ranch sign.

" Diamond ranch…that's not too far from Central City…" He muttered. He looked out in the distance and the round green orb that was approaching.

" Great." He knew better to run off now, Hawkgirl was with them and she probably had already spotted him. Instead he waved and hoped Superman wasn't with them. Hawkgirl's mask was somewhat different. Instead of wings coming out of the side, it was pulled back, much like her Thanagrian mask.

" Where have you been?" She yelled, landing in front of him with a growl. He held his ground and waved a hand behind him,

" I was sleeping."

" Hmph." Lantern came up, with Batman incased in his orb. The Dark Knight was holding a folder and still flipping through it.

" Uhh…Bats, wanna share with the rest of the class?"

" You need to get to the center of the city by ten o'clock tonight."

" What? Why?" Batman held up a heavily scribbled on paper,

" If this is right, at ten o'clock, the same rift that sent you here will open again and will probably send you back home."

" Probably?"

Batman gave him the look of ' Yeah, you could die, but I won't say anything if you won't.'

" The point is if you want to go home, you'll do as you're told." Flash shrugged,

" What about your guy's Flash? What about him?" Lantern placed a hand on his shoulder,

" Chances are he is in a better place, possibly your reality. We were hoping he could stay there."

Flash grinned wildly,

" I don't know how my friend's would take to two of me, but I'm willing to give it a try."

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Superman watched as Hawkgirl and Diana ushered people out of the area that Batman had dictated would not be safe when the rift opened again. Diana landed next to him, while Hawkgirl gave a coupled of thickheaded teenagers their third lecture for coming by to see the area again.

" When will the rift open again?" Batman stood up from his laptop with a scowl,

" Two hours." Lantern came up next to them,

" And you're sure he'll land here and some place in Smallville?"

" Diamond Ranch. He'll be here."

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Flash stood awkwardly in the middle of the chalk circle that Batman had drawn around him. From a descent distance he could see the bright timer that John was projecting so he would see the time, 9:58pm. He silently hoped that he would never have to see any of Lords ever again; on the other hand, as the minutes began to tick down he began to worry about them. What if Superman found out they were doing this or worse, what if he found out that they were allowing their own Flash to stay in his reality. The whole situation was making his head hurt. The green letters suddenly shifted to a timer, ten seconds left.

He waved to the Lords, hoping they knew how grateful he was for everything they did, especially John.

Three, two, one. The blinding light engulfed him exactly where Batman had predicted it would. He felt himself being pulled up and away from the area. Then a sudden shock sent him back into the same oblivion he had encountered before.

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Batman kept a hand on John's arm to prevent the man from rushing into the light when the limp body of their missing friend began to reappear. He released John and moved behind the others, who had flown to the youngest Leaguer's side.

Flash forced open one eye and let out a stifled gasp. He zipped up quickly and stared at Superman. He waited for a few moments and Clark dared not move. Finally he let out a sigh,

" Are you guys who I think you are?"

" Yeah."

" Oh YEAH!!" Flash punched the air and, before any one could stop him, hugged each and every member of his team, " You would not believe that place…no iced mochas." The other laughed as they watched Flash scan the area, " So…where am I?" He let out another gasp and gazed at the others in fear,

" Shit! You didn't send him back! Tell me you didn't—" Batman held up a hand,

" He's back at the Tower." Relief was evident in his masked eyes,

" Good. Can I meet him?"

" Let's get you checked out first. We don't know what switching realities will do to you in the long run." Flash nodded and yawned quietly,

" As long as I can sleep on the way back." The others smiled and led the way to the Javelin, allowing Flash to enter first and to have his choice of seats. He went for the closest one and sat down, his eyes closing and his breathing slowing down to allow a more peaceful sleep.

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The Lord's Flash was pacing quickly around the guest room he had been allowed to stay in.

" What if he doesn't want me to stay? I m-mean if I have to go…I'll go…but I don't want to go, but if he---"

" Whoa! Easy fella!" Flash turned his head and saw Wally leaning against the open door frame. Wally held in his wince as he looked over the alternate of himself.

' Poor guy must have been through Hell.' On the outside Wally grinned, " Want something to eat?"

" I'm not h-hungry."

" Bullshit. If I'm hungry, you're starving. C'mon…have you see our kitchen? It's huge!" Flash gave a timid smile at Wally,

" Ok." They left the room together and Superman smiled down at the monitor,

" I knew he open up."

" Opening up to himself doesn't count." John retorted. Superman stretched out his arms,

" Speaking of food, I could go for those Cheese steak sandwiches Flash makes."

" Same here."

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Wally and Flash were laughing about something that had happened to both of them in high school,

" You're kiddin' me! You had Mrs. Fugleman too!" Flash smiled sheepishly into his sandwich, attempting to avoid eye contact with Superman,

" Yes, I did. And every Monday she would walk into the room and say,"

" 'Are we going to have the same shenanigans this week we had the last, boys?' And her neck would do the turtle thing!

" We called it the Loosey Goosey Neck." The youngest Leaguers laughed together, until each stopped and placed an identical hand to separate heads. Wally glanced at Flash through half closed eyes,

"Headache?" The other man nodded with a small wince. Superman and Lantern both exchanged glances,

" Maybe you guys should get some rest?"

" Maybe…" Flash got up first and walked quickly to the exit. Wally took one last, despairing look at his food before rising to follow his alternate.

" Wonder what's up with them."

" Maybe it's a side effect of the dimension change?"

" On both of them, at the same time?"

" Fine. I'll go call Batman."

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