Wally charged forward, swerved to the left and caught Cobalt Blue across the face. He threw out an arm, which caught Wally across the face as he fell. Cobalt Blue rolled backward with the motion and shot forward catching the stumbling Flash and threw him across the street.

He turned to the side and came face to face with Wonder Woman. She threw a punch, which sent him back, landing next to Flash. He threw up an arm and caught Wonder Woman in his flames. She screamed, but was pushed out the way and put out by Batman.

Cobalt Blue stood up and glanced at Flash who was also standing. He twirled his sward and jumped at Flash, but found Superman in his way. Dodging at the last second he ran to the end of the street with a speed that only Flash could match.

"Diago! Anya!" he shouted. Two flashes sparked behind him and two people in blue uniforms teleported in. "Go." He said to them, stepping back to allow them to open fire with their shotguns.

Batman pulled Wonder Woman out the way and glanced around to figure out how to stop the new men. Superman on the other hand was charging straight in to stop them.

Cobalt Blue ran back down the street at Flash and the two clashed in the middle. Cobalt cut flash across the chest and right arm but got kicked full in the face as Wally back flipped out the way. Cobalt laughed as he rolled to his feet. Flash stopped in confusion but realised at the last second what was happening.

A glass box had been teleported in and two other blue uniformed men were closing it up on Flash. They threw in a purple gas, which Flash guessed was to knock him out or kill him. Charging at the glass walls he pounded his fist on it and coughed as the gas took effect. Sliding down the wall the world went black.

The men with the shotguns preoccupied superman and Batman was being blocked by the two new men. Cobalt looked down at his unconscious nephew and smiled.

"I have so much planned for you." He whispered opening the box and blowing the gas away before scooping Flash up and throwing him over his shoulder. He nodded to Batman and Superman and then started running out of the city.

The four uniformed men disappeared into a teleportation beam, leaving Batman, Superman and a burnt Wonder Woman behind with a glass box.


Wally shifted and went to rub his head. He tugged at his hand and his eyes snapped open. He was hanging from the wall of a stone coloured room. It was small, a few feet in length by few feet in width. He struggled against the shackles but was unable to free himself.

"Don't struggle." He turned his head to the door to find a young woman in black trousers and with a black bodes top. She looked like she was out of the Matrix wearing a black leather duster down to her carves.

"Who are you?" he croaked.

"Gabriel." She stepped into the room. "Cobalt will be coming soon. He wishes to speak to you before you begin."

"Begin what?" he asked, unsure of her.

"Begin your fight for life." He turned back to the door to find his uncle leaning against the doorframe. "You will fight in the arena."

"And if I refuse?"

"I will kill your friends." He laughed cruelly.

"You can't harm them." Wally smiled.

"I can hurt them by killing those they love, those that can't defend themselves." Wally paled. "Clark Kent has his Girlfriend. John Stewart has his neighbour hood children. Diana has her mother." His smile widened as the truth sank in.

"What arena?"

"My arena. You will fight, and they will live. If you loose, then they will die and if you refuse to fight, then you will die and so will they. There is no way out, but to fight and to kill your enemy."

Wally remained silent. Cobalt turned to Gabriel who remained bowed before him. "Take him down, show him his new quarters and get him changed into something more appropriate. Have him ready for his first fight." Gabriel nodded to the floor, stood straight and watched him leave.

"It would be best that you fight till the end, just to save them." She said, unlocking the shackles around Flash's legs and arms. She helped him down and led the way to the door. He followed her out into a dusty corridor and down to a line of doors. "This shall be your room. There is a wardrobe there." She opened the door. "I suggest you change. You can choose what you want. Food will be given after a fight and first thing in the morning. You will fight every other day and rest the day between." She turned to leave.

"How do you get out?" Wally asked in a small voice, taking his mask off.

"You win so many fights and then you are finally released. You fight monsters who want a challenge." She turned to face him. "Don't go easy on them." She told him before turning back and walking down the corridor. "I'll be back for you in half an hour for your first fight." She shouted over her shoulder as she rounded the corner and disappeared.

"Kill or be killed?" Wally asked himself, closing the door and taking in the room. It had a smaller room off through a door where a toilet was. Out of the smaller room was a sink with a mirror and a wardrobe across the wall from it. A bed was stretched across the length of the wall, which took up most of the floor space.

He walked over to the wardrobe and looked inside. "Black or Grey? I always prefer red." He said sadly, pulling out a black T-shirt and some grey joggers. He looked at the bottom for some shoes and chose some heavy, thick soled, black boots. "Might as well look good." He joked dropping his mask and laying out his new attire and stripped off the tight material of his costume.


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