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Legacies

Chapter 7: Confronting the Demon

Wally rounded the corner and was greeted by the familiar sight of Central City. He grimaced and increased his speed slightly. He hoped that Hunter/Clariss (Wally wasn't sure what to call them, so he simply opted for Zoom) didn't see or hear them entering the city – after all, he didn't know how he'd stop Clariss from instantly killing his old arch foe, Jay Garrick. Wally chanced a glance down at the man he carried in his arms, and still felt the same amount of admiration and hero worship he had felt when he first picked up a Flash comic as a kid. He only hoped that he could live up to the name and defeat Clariss while somehow keeping Hunter alive.

He rounded another corner and came to his apartment building. He quickly scaled the building and ran to his apartment, using the same caution he always used to avoid being seen by anyone in the corridors. As he came to his apartment, he noticed that the front door was open, and quickly came to a halt. He doubled back round the corner, and proceeded to carefully lower Jay to the floor and unfolded the wheelchair that was strapped to his back. He placed it on the floor and helped Jay into it, before putting his finger to his lips. Jay nodded in understanding and Wally cautiously crept around the corner and to his door.

He peeked inside to see someone sat on the sofa, their back to him. Wally raised an eyebrow as he realised he recognised the back of that head from somewhere else.

"John?"

The head turned to reveal John Stewart, otherwise known as the Green Lantern.

"Took you long enough," John huffed, struggling to his feet. Wally crossed his arms.

"Oh yeah? Well you didn't exactly rush over here, did ya?"

John looked ready to respond when he looked past Wally with a raised eyebrow. Wally turned to see Jay sat in the doorway behind Wally.

"Oh yeah," Wally grinned, "This is Jay Garrick. Jay, this is John Stewart, otherwise known as the illustrious and pain in the ass Green Lantern."

Ignoring Wally's comment, John extended his hand. Jay took it and smiled.

"I take it you work with Wally here a lot?"

John sighed. "Too much."

Jay smiled and Wally suddenly felt very annoyed. "Anyway… what're you doing here?" he said, turning towards John.

John crossed his arms. "We got a call from a friend of yours; Cyborg from the Titans."

Wally frowned. "Is he okay?"

"I think so… he sounded fine to me. I also had a little run in with a yellow friend of yours," he said, indicating his torn clothing. "I only just managed to struggle back here."

"Are you okay?"

John nodded. "I will be. Your first aid kit is-"

Wally sped away, and in a split second he was back with a new first aid kit. He handed it to John with a grin.

"-terrible," John finished, taking the first aid kit from Wally. Wally nodded and started to back out the door.

"Well, you two'll have to make do without me, 'cause I've got a psycho to stop."

"Hold it, Wally. You can't just go after him yourself. We need to call some backup – get the League involved. There's no way he can stand up to all of us."

Wally stopped and sighed. "We can't. Not yet. I don't want to bring the League in until I have to."

"Why?"

"Because they might kill him."

John narrowed his eyes, and was about to respond when Jay intervened.

"I'll explain the whole thing to you." He turned to Wally. "Go junior – there's no telling what Clariss is getting up to."

Wally nodded. "Right." He was about to speed away when John took a step forward.

"Wally… he told me that he'll be where Hunter Zolomon's end began."

"What?"

"During our fight… that's what he told me."

Wally bowed his head in thought. "Where Hunter's end began… what could…" Wally's eyes widened and he shot out the door.

John looked at where Wally was before looking at Jay in surprise, who simply smiled.

"Green Lantern, eh?"

"That's right."

"Tell me, do you know Alan Scott?"

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Wally sped down the streets, narrowly avoiding cars and pedestrians, ignoring the temptation to test his vibrating skills on the various obstacles in his way. He didn't need some old lady exploding because he wasn't vibrating fast enough. However, Wally could already feel a difference in how swiftly he could move. His whole body felt loose, as if he could move and stretch in any direction. He hadn't noticed when he was carrying Jay, but after the little crash course that Jay had given him, Wally felt like a Flash more than ever before while he was running. He turned another corner, continuing down the road before stopping in front of the only place that Hunter could have been talking about; the Central City Orphanage.

He looked up at the building and cupped his hands around his mouth. He hoped Hunter was in there, because he would tick off a lot of orphans if he had come to the wrong place.

"Hunter! Get out here!"

Wally waited. No response.

"C'mon Hunter! Not scared, are ya?"

He waited a few more seconds before trying again. Wally was getting concerned, most especially for the orphans inside. Wally tried a different approach.

"What about you Clariss? Maybe it's you who's scared!"

Wally still got no response, and was about to head inside the building to search when the double doors burst open and Zoom emerged, leaping down the stairs and landing a few metres in front of Wally. He had a smile on his face, though there was nothing pleased in his expression.

"So, you know."

Wally put his hands on his hips and grinned. "Yep – got some help from an old buddy of yours."

Zoom's eyes widened and he looked as though he would attack, before he straightened up, a smirk spread across his lips as he crossed his arms. "So… Garrick's still alive… I'd have thought he'd be long dead by now…"

"We speedsters live a long time. C'mon, Clariss, you should know that. I thought you knew about this stuff."

Zoom tilted his head. "Why do you suddenly think you can be so confident? Don't you remember the lesson I taught you?"

"That's what this is all about, isn't it Clariss? Learning. At least, that's what Hunter wants. You just want to kill all things Flash. Talk about a conflict of interests."

Zoom's smile increased. "I'm not surprised you don't understand yet, West. You never were the smartest of superheroes. I'm Hunter Zolomon and Edward Clariss. They became one through the power of the Speed Force. My hatred for you comes from both of them."

Wally smiled and started to stretch, not removing his careless demeanour for one second.

"Is that right? Then what was with the whole 'Kill Flash! Teach Flash!' thing back in the park?"

"I was just debating what to do with you."

"So… you're a guy made up of two other guys… and you have a split personality. Are you sure I need to learn anything? 'Cause there are plenty of guys in white coats who could learn a whole lot from you."

Zoom's grin faded slightly and Wally saw him grit his teeth. "I know how to shut you up…"

Zoom shot forward, and Wally was surprised at how slow he was moving compared to his incredible speed when they fought before. Zoom was still fast, there was no doubt in Wally's mind about that, but he seemed to move so that Wally had time to react; before, he barely got a glimpse of yellow before Zoom slammed into him. Wally silently thanked Jay and got back to work.

Zoom lifted his arm and brought his fist forward. Wally easily ducked the blow and brought his fist back. Using all the speed he could muster, he delivered an uppercut to Zoom's chin, sending him hurtling down the street and into the trailer of a truck that was turning the corner. The driver quickly vacated the vehicle, ignoring the protesting cars behind him.

Zoom stumbled out of the trailer and hopped to the ground. Wally was already there waiting for him, the grin on his face causing Zoom to clench his fists and grind his jaw in anger.

"Oh yeah, I forgot," Wally said nonchalantly, smirking the entire time. "I can kick your butt now."

Zoom sped forward and again attempted to plant a fist on Wally. Wally easily dodged the right hook and was about to respond with one of his own Zoom quickly jabbed his left fist up and into Wally's stomach. Wally gasped as the air was thrown out of him, and he hopped backwards to put some distance between himself and Zoom, who now had a smirk on his twisted face.

"Not as tough as you thought, hmm?"

He came in to hit Wally while he was down, but Wally quickly sidestepped the blow and grabbed Zoom's arm, throwing him over his shoulder and slamming him into the street below them, the speed of the impact causing a miniature crater in the road. Zoom, while still lying in the small crater, quickly reached up and grabbed Wally's collar, throwing him down the street with the same speed.

Wally adapted to the throw and managed to flip himself to his feet, skidding to a halt as he realised that Zoom had followed him down the street. Zoom threw his fist forward with sonic speed, connecting with Wally's chin and creating a shockwave of sound that shattered the windows of skyscrapers for two miles in every direction. Wally somehow managed to remain on his feet and quickly returned the favour, another shockwave booming through the streets of Central City.

Zoom knotted his fists together and slammed them into the side of Wally's head, sending him reeling backwards. Wally was simply surprised that he hadn't been sent flying across the city. Zoom came at him again, swinging his fists at his head. Wally leapt backwards and downwards, balancing on his hands as he kicked out his legs and planting them firmly in Zoom's stomach, causing him to first stumble and then roll backwards. Zoom stood and Wally did the same, the two opponents standing eye to eye with one another.

Wally quickly glanced up and down the street, surveying the damage. Cars were overturned; fire hydrants were spurting geysers of water into the air; the windows of skyscrapers up and down the street were shattered. Wally didn't even want to think about the effect the shockwaves would have had on the people in those buildings.

I've got to lead him away. I can't let anyone else get hurt.

Wally grinned and pointed his thumb to his left, and shot off in that direction. He glanced back to see Zoom following him, and turned forward with a confident smile.

Now he had a chance.

Now he could save Hunter.

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"Save him? You're kidding. Why would he want to-?"

"If it was Wally, would you try and help him?"

John sighed and nodded. Jay had been explaining what had been happening in Central City, and John was finding the whole thing difficult to believe. His faith in the story had jumped leaps and bounds when the entire building was shook several times by a faint booming noise. John had wanted to jump into the fray after the second boom, but Jay had restrained him, saying that it wasn't his fight. John had conceded, knowing what Jay was too polite to say; Zoom would take him apart, just as he had done before. He had no idea that Wally's power was so deadly, even after the incident with Luthor and Brainiac.

John was brought out of his thoughts by Jay, who was asking him a question. John shook his head.

"I'm sorry, what?"

Jay smiled. "Let me guess, a million miles away? I know the feeling."

John smiled back. He liked this guy. He found it hard to believe that he had fought in World War Two while he was in his thirties, considering how young he looked. But from the look in his eyes, John could see the familiar weary look that came with constantly fighting day in, day out.

"What was the question?"

"I said, 'did you know that Wally used to be Kid Flash'?"

John raised an eyebrow and smirked. "Kid Flash? You're kidding."

"Is this the face of a kidder?"

John scratched his beard contemplatively. "I wonder what his costume looked like?" he said, asking himself more than Jay.

"He might still have it here."

John looked up at Jay and smirked again. He stood and looked for places that Wally would keep an embarrassing costume of days gone by. He instantly saw the closet and opened the door, being submerged up to his feet in products ranging from clothes to discarded pizza boxes. He spotted the unmarked white box and pulled it out from underneath the rubble. He sat on the sofa again and opened the box, pulling out the costume within.

"He wore this…?" John said, raising an incredulous eyebrow as he looked over at Jay. Jay nodded and smiled.

John was about to laugh at the ridiculous look of the costume when he thought about the man who used to wear it. He frowned and stood, going to the window. He growled at the view of the street below him and turned in frustration.

"That's it – I'm going to the Watchtower now."

"You can't; not yet. Give junior a chance to do this."

"I can't just sit here and do nothing. I'm going up to the Watchtower just to get reinforcements ready. Anything's better than this."

He walked over to Jay and extended his hand. "It was good to meet you."

"You too. You're a credit to the name 'Green Lantern'."

"Coming from you, that means everything." John stepped to the window and opened it as far as it would go. He encased himself in green energy and leapt out, heading up and out towards space.

Jay pushed himself over to the window and closed it. He looked around the apartment and sighed. Catching a glance of the Kid Flash costume that was discarded on the floor, Jay's thoughts lingered on Wally. He decided to turn on the television, trying to ignore the one thought continually rattling around his head.

I hope he's okay.

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"I hope he's okay."

"Would you please stop saying that?"

Bart brought his head up off the pillow and looked through the glass at Robin. "If you let me out, you wouldn't have to listen to me complain and moan so much."

Although Bart couldn't tell with much certainty, he was sure the red and black clad teen rolled his eyes. "Look, you know why you can't come out."

"Because I'll go and help W… Flash, but… you'd do the same for Batman."

"Yeah, but I know what I'm doing. You're just some random kid that the Flash rescued."

Bart's eyes widened. "Just some kid? Who told you that?"

"Cyborg. You know, big robot guy, was in here before…?"

"I know who Cyborg is, stupid. But I'm not just some kid. Would 'just some kid' be able to do this…?"

Bart jumped out of the bed and zoomed from there to the corner of the room, and from there, to the other corner. He continued until Robin began to protest.

"Okay, okay, I believe you. Just don't do that again, you'll make me dizzy."

"Right, but… you get my point, right?"

Robin nodded.

"Then why don't you let me out?"

"Because Cyborg told me not to, and I'm in enough trouble with him as it is. Although I don't get why, I mean it's not my fault Cassie decided to come in at that moment-"

Bart knocked on the glass separating them and Robin stopped talking. "This is really interesting and all, but I've really gotta go help-"

"-The Flash, I know, I know. Sorry pal, it's not an option."

Bart sighed and sat at the foot of his bed. He looked up at Robin dejectedly. "Could you at least tell me why I need to be in this room?"

Robin raised an eyebrow. "Don't you know?"

"No," Bart said, shaking his head. "Do you?"

"I was hoping you knew. I was kinda curious myself."

"Well, could you at least let me out of this room? I promise you can lock all the doors and everything, and that way we're both… uh… not bored."

Robin scratched his chin as he mulled it over. "Well… I guess. But Cyborg was pretty serious that you stay in here… no," Robin said, shaking his head, "no, I can't. Sorry, but I'm trying to get in his good graces, at least for a little bit."

Bart huffed and slumped back onto the bed. "This sucks…" he muttered.

"I know… I'm sorry."

Bart dismissed him with a wave of his hand. "It's okay. It's not like it's your fault, right?"

Robin gave him a nod, smiling. "Right. Now why couldn't Cyborg and Cassie have seen it that way?"

"They sound pretty touchy."

"That's exactly it! I mean, just because it was an accident, doesn't mean it wasn't funny. And then they all go crazy at me like it's my fault! Changeling found it funny, but of course he didn't tell me that until after."

"Hey… you think that with training and stuff I could be a Titan?"

"I dunno. You seem pretty cool, but we're a pretty closed off group. I only got in because of Nightwing," Robin said, some smugness seeping through his voice when he mentioned Nightwing.

"You know the Nightwing? Man, where I come from, he's like a cool Batman!"

"'Where you come from'? Where's that?"

"I'm uh…" Bart suddenly felt a bit nervous, though he wasn't sure why. "I'm from the future."

"Oh," Robin said, not missing a beat as he nodded in approval, "that's cool. So… you hear anything about any Robins?"

"Not really… I thought your name was Birdie until Cyborg told me."

"Birdie? Ah, that's not fair…"

Bart laughed. "Yeah, I know."

There was a long silence between the two. Bart regretted that he would be forced to leave after Wally 'fixed' him. It would have been really cool for him to become a Titan. Although, that was all dependent on whether Wally lived through the whole 'Zoom' thing. In Bart's time, Hunter Zolomon was simply known as very bad name in the Flash history books, though Bart was never sure why.

"Hey… who is the Flash? I mean, is he your uncle or something?" Robin asked, interrupting his thoughts.

"He's…" Bart paused, considering what Wally was to him; even in the short time he had known him. "He's my brother."

Robin deeply frowned and took an equally deep breath. He mumbled something under his breath that Bart couldn't hear, though he most definitely heard the words 'Cyborg' and 'my ass'. Robin looked up at him. "Okay, I'm gonna let you go. But only if I go with you."

Bart leapt out of the bed. "Okay, sure, no prob! Let's just get outta here!"

Robin pushed the button to open the door and Bart was suddenly behind him. Robin turned and almost jumped in shock. "Okay, we've seriously got to work on that."

Bart smiled and turned around. "Okay, now hold on tight – I've never done this before."

"Oh, great…"

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