"Roxi, honey, are you awake?"
Michael West knocked on his daughter's door. There was no answer.
"Roxanne, are you even in your room?" Her father asked through the door. He opened it to see his only child sitting at her computer, head phones on. "Should've guessed. Go ahead, Wally. She seems pretty distracted though."
Wally shook his cousin's hand. "Thanks, Mikey. I'll take good care of her."
"If she kills you, I ain't cleanin' your remains." Michael said. "We'll leave it to those twidget cousins of ours. Later, Wally."
Michael left Wally standing at Roxi's open door. Wally stepped inside and glanced around. Books were everywhere, that was typical. Yet something caught his attention. The trophy that the race had for the winner was by her window display case. So she hadn't lost. She had actually won and he had missed it. He had missed the whole race that took place 9 days ago. He was still kicking himself for that.
"Ahem." Wally said loudly. Roxi took off her head phones and turned around. "Look I'm sorry for not being there in the stands. I know I broke my promise but I have a good reason, if you'll just hear me out, Rox, I can guarantee that you'll believe me when I say I really do try to keep my promises to you."
"Hey, it was just a race. It's not like I developed superpowers or anything." Roxi shrugged turning back to her computer. Wally glanced around her room, expecting it to be devoid of anything having to do with him-the Flash. Her Flash backpack was close by her computer, her Flash tennis shoes looked like she had been wearing them lately and she was wearing her Flash watch. At least she still believed in his Alter Ego, anyway. Then he saw it. The picture of her and him in matching Flash outfits on her 12th birthday, the only birthday he had ever been able to stay through at least for 45 minutes. It was with the very Flash ball cap that he gave her straight off his own his head when he got there. It was in her trophy display case by the window on the top shelf. That surprised him a little. He had thought for sure that she would've shredded the picture in her anger.
"It's never left that case shelf." Roxi said, not looking away from her computer screen. "You remember that day, don't you? It was the longest you ever stayed with me before running off."
"Ouch." Wally muttered at the personal stab. "I know I'm not around a lot but I'm going to make up for not apologizing to you sooner. I took the day off from everything I have to do for the day and it's just going to be you an' me. Come on, Rox. I've got something to tell you and I'll do it over breakfast at that diner you love so much. Come on, Roxanne, what do you say? Give this idiot relative of yours another chance to set things right?"
Roxi turned around and crossed her arms. "If I give you another chance will ya at least wait an hour before running off to do God-knows-what?"
"I promise I'll wait an hour before I run of but I shouldn't be doing that today." Wally said with a smile. "You got me all to yourself."
"Oh, alright. I'll give you another chance, Uncle Wally." Roxi told him. "I'll have to have you wait down stairs. I haven't gotten dressed yet. I'm still in my pjs."
"Anything for you, Rox." Wally said with a half smile. "I've got to make a quick call so I'll be down stairs."
Wally closed her door and walked down the carpeted stairs. He pressed his ear piece.
"Flash to Watch Tower." He said in a low voice.
"Watch Tower her, Martian Manhunter speaking."
"Hey, J'onn, I 'm going on the "do not use unless it's a majorly important deal" list today." Wally told the Martian. "So, even if a fight's in my area, don't call me unless it's life or death."
"I'm not sure I understand, Wallace." J'onn replied.
"Look, I'm kind of on a personal mission." Wally said, trying to keep his voice down. "I promise a certain young lady that I'm all hers today."
"You can't blow off your duties as the Flash to go on a date with your latest girlfriend, Wallace." The Manhunter told the speed demon.
"Roxanne isn't my latest girlfriend, J'onn. She's my biggest fan."
"Everyone who loves the Flash claims to be your biggest fan."
"No one can be bigger than this fan, J'onn. She's not just a Flash fan. She's my biggest fan as Wally West." The Civilian Flash looked up at Roxi's door, still closed. "She's always kept her promises to me and I keep breakin' all of mine to her. She's giving me this one chance to set everything right. I've got to at least keep this promise to her. I hope you can understand. Flash, out."
"Uncle Wally, I'm ready." He looked up to see Roxi at the top of the stairs, wearing jeans and red Flash spaghetti strap top over a long sleeve, boat neck top. Her hair has in a part up part down and tied with a red ribbon. And she had her Flash backpack on. "What do you think?"
"I think the Flash might just make you his Fan Club president for life." Wally smiled. And I would…if I had any control over that.
"So how we going to get there?" Roxi asked as she and Wally left the house.
"We're gonna huff it." Wally slung his arm around her shoulders. "It's such a nice day for walking."
Roxi gave him a smile as they walked down the street talking about the Justice League in the news. The pair were totally into their conversation. It had been a really long time since they just hung out and talked-let alone hung out or talked period. The walk from Roxi's house to the Speed Alley Diner, her favorite place to eat, seemed like seconds. They had just ordered their breakfasts and were sitting down at their usual booth when someone other than the waitress came over to them.
"Don't you two make a cute couple." Wally and Roxi looked up to see-
"Oh, hi, John." Wally said as the unsuited Green Lantern gave them a half smile.
"Isn't she a little young for you, Wally?" John teased.
"Keep walkin', soldier boy." Wally half scowled.
"Hi, I'm Roxanne West." Roxi said offering John her hand.
"Well, Roxanne, it's nice to meet you. My name's John Stuart." John said shaking her hand. "I'm an associate of Wally's."
"Really? You work with Uncle Wally?" Roxi asked. "What do you do?"
"He's a member of that club I signed up to." Wally said before John could answer.
"Oh. What do you do, Mr. Stuart?" Roxi seemed interested in the non suited Green Lantern.
"Why, I'm a military liaison for companies like Wayne Enterprises and Lex Corp." The former soldier told her. "Where do you go to school?"
"Roxi's home schooled." Wally said. "What are you doing here, John?"
"I was just in the neighborhood." John shrugged. "So what's it too you, Wallace?"
"In the neighborhood my a-Roxi, what's wrong?" Roxi was looking at the window. Her eyes got big. Both Wally and John looked out the window, seeing Captain Boomerang with an explosive boomerang in hand. He pulled back his arm and let it fly. "Oh, sh-Roxi, get down!"
Wally made to grab his cousin's kid but she was gone. John raised his hand and his Lantern ring created a shield around the diner just as the boomerang struck. The explosion struck and shook the diner.
"John, Roxi's missing!" Wally told the now suited up Green Lantern in a low voice.
"Oh, Flash! I believe I have something of yours!" An eerily familiar voice cackled.
"Uncle Wally! Help me!"
"Blue Streak." Wally growled furiously under his breath. He pulled his suit out of his ring and changed into it at high speed and bolted into the street. "Release the girl, Blue Streak!"
"Make me, Flash." Blue Streak cackled.
"Put me down!" Roxi's body squirmed faster and faster in Blue Streak's arms.
"OW!" Blue Streak released her to the Flash's surprise.
"What the-!" Green Lantern asked shocked. Roxi landed on her butt.
"Roxi-get over here and get to a safe place!"" The Flash said without thinking, in his normal voice. Roxi looked up at him shocked. She got to her feet and ran into an alley.