The team had returned in a silent state. Everyone who worked at the new ground headquarters and the superheroes there skirted the group as they all headed their separate ways.

They had come in as a group, but each had slipped away to their own business. Everyone guessed that what ever had happened to Flash, was not boding well with the core team.

Flash walked quietly into the darkened room and took in their new hideout. The candles were lit, the windows blacked out and a young man and woman were strapped to the far wall, a large mirror stretched out behind them.

Illyeria slipped forward to the chained man and ran a hand down his bare chest, biting her lip in anticipation.

"You chose a good one here brother." She told Garien, ignoring the man's pleas from behind a gag.

"Glad you approve sister." He smiled, showing Luthor into the room and to a soft chair in the centre of the room.

Luthor looked around the room and then studied the Flash and his new costume. Flash had a weird sense that he was being watched and suddenly knew who by. He casually walked over to the woman, tilted his head and stared longingly at her throat; he then met her eyes, allowing his own to flash red with the monster inside and gain a pleasurable cry of fear from behind the woman's gag. His smiled widened, and then he glanced over his shoulder at Luthor.

"Don't you trust me?" he asked the man, his eyes still red from behind the new black mask.

Luthor seemed to catch himself, shook his head and then grinned his approval. "I'm just glad to see this has worked…" Garien broke in.

"Glad that our rescue mission has worked. We have released the young man from his prison, and he has pledged his loyalty to you and his revenge at the League for what they did to him." He hinted, hoping Luthor would get the point as to their lie to the hero.

"Of course, and of course my own rescue by you three. Which I would like to complement you all on." He said, nodding to Garien and then to Flash.

Flash smiled and walked towards the door. "I think I need some sleep, too much excitement." He laughed, his eyes growing cold blue, a contrast to his original green eyes.

"Just up stairs, first door there." Garien instructed. Flash smiled, bid them a good night and left, his footfalls so quiet that Luthor strained to hear him until he had closed the door to his new bedroom.

"So that was a good lie." He whispered.

Superman paced back and forth, the fight running trough his mind. Wally had been strong, the only problem was he wasn't sure if that was the vampire or their Flash, because their Flash had always seemed to hold things back. Although he got into trouble, there was always an under current of strength that he would tap into when in trouble, they had yet to see it fully yet.

To be perfectly honest they had perhaps seen a glimmer of it from the Luthor/Braniac situation, but nothing that strong.

"Superman?" J'ohn asked, gliding thought he door.

"Yes J'ohn?"

"I think a part of our Flash is still there. From what I could see of his mind during your fight, he had images of us…" the Martian paused, unsure of how to explain what he had seen. "Us hurting him. I believe he has been lied to, which has unveiled the darkness put into him."

Superman stopped his pacing. "So we could just try to convince our Flash, so we can help him?"

"Perhaps. But I can't be sure if our Flash is even left at the surface."

Superman sighed. It was contradictory he knew, but he also guessed that perhaps the new Flash had been created by the lie, and that maybe the old Flash was gone from the. So trying to destroy the lie might or might not save their Flash.

"We have to try." He said. "But where can we find him?"

"We must find him, patrolling, searching for signs, while Batman searches for the cure." J'ohn said, resting a hand on the Man of Steels shoulder.

"Search and hope." He whispered, turning to the door to find Green Lantern, Wonder Woman and Shayera standing waiting for him.

"He came to speak to us." Shayera explained. "We have to find Wally." She added.

"Lets go then." And they went, sending teams to the area around where the prision was. Area's where Luthor owned land, factories and offices, hoping to find a link to their missing Flash.

Little did they know, that by the next night, the new Flash would find them.

Sorry its slow, just trying to grasp at this story at the mo. Well how's it going then? Good, bad?