(Extra: Underline: Japanese talking)

Barry Allen was skeptical about what the boy had said. He was just a mere servant? For who? And why is he here?

He looked around the square shaped room he was in. It was quite small; the gray walls appeared to be made of metal, on each angle of the walls were light blue rectangle-shaped lights. There was also a metal door beside the Servant (?) and some kind of mechanism on the right side of it. Perhaps it was for opening the door. Also obviously a bed at the corner of the room he was currently sitting on.

He felt a little dizzy after he woke up, so he put both his hands on his head and to his surprise, his hair was exposed.

"Did you took off my mask when I passed out?" He asked, slightly irritated that the boy was invading his privacy without him noticing. It was so…irrational of him.

The Servant raised his arms in defense, as the man was offended by that, answered with a slight Japanese accent, "Oh, sorry. I didn't mean to expose your secret identity or whatnot. It's just… You looked like someone that came out of a superhero comic that I read when I was little. It's not like superheroes exists anyway…" he sighed. "Although, I didn't know there's a tourist around this place. With the riots here and there…"

The Flash was confused by his words. Riots? What the hell is he talking about? It appears that this "Servant" seems to know what is going on. Interrogation is in order.

"Uh…what riots? Where am I anyway? Are we still in Central City?"

Now the Servant's time to be confused. This red-costumed man was spouting a question about a city that didn't exist. As his memory served around his very narrow knowledge in geography, there's no city named like that. This could be interesting.

The Servant replied as he possibly could, "This city has gone to hell. And I don't mean this "Central City" you're talking about. If it exists, it probably went to hell as well. I'm so sorry."

Suddenly, a burst of wind mixed with visible electricity whooshed by and the Servant found himself face to face with the Flash, as he was standing right before him. An angry expression was shown on his face.

"Then where am I? What the hell is going on!? I don't like to use force on a kid like you but don't even try on my patience." Barry threatened him, demanding answers.

With a neutral expression on his face, the Servant calmly replied, "I know you are confused, but you said it yourself that force isn't necessary. So I'll tell you everything that I know."

The speedster hesitantly took a step back and folded his arms. "Talk. Now."

Servant took a deep breath and let it out. He explained in a melancholic tone, "Fine, you want to know what's going on, huh? Well, I'll give you a short version. You can figure out the rest by yourself.

"You're in Towa City, an artificial island on the Pacific Ocean, near Tokyo that is. It was built and controlled by the Towa Group, one of the most influential corporations in the world. It was supposed to be a safe haven after the Tragedy happened, to counter the worldwide air pollution with its air purification system, and that's only one of the benefits of this supposed "savior" town. It wasn't affected by the Tragedy. What's the Tragedy you may ask? Well…basically the world fell into an uncontrollable, meaningless chaos. This incident has no meaning, just for the sake of war…"

If you said Barry was shocked, you are wrong. He was practically doing backflips in his head repeatedly as he heard this! A mountain of questions swirled through his mind. Why is he here in Japan (Well, part of Japan technically)? Why was the world destroyed again? It was supposed to be in the process of rebuilding! Brainiac was already defeated and Superman and his cronies were imprisoned! And if Central City didn't exist, he didn't know what to believe what this kid has been saying to him anymore. Unless…

He's in another world.

The Mother Box's explosion caused him to end up in this place.

"Well, are you satisfied? I just don't want to get pinned or something." the Servant sighed again.

Flash snapped out of his thoughts and replied sternly, "I…don't really comprehend about what you just said, but I will find my way out and see this world myself. You're…kind of annoying, so I hope you don't stand in my way."

The Servant paid no mind to the mild insult. Instead he smiled at the speedster.

"It's up to you whether you want to believe me or not, but in this reality, you are trapped and that's the way it is."

Barry opened his mouth to retort, but he was interrupted, "But honestly…you quite surprised me. There's supposed to be no guests in this room, so you just appeared out of nowhere. Also that speed of yours is so unnatural, it's amazing!" Servant grinned cheerfully, like a little kid in a candy store.

"I…um…thanks I guess." Barry unsurely took that as a compliment. "Geez, what's with this kid? He's calm in a situation while his world's being destroyed? Yeaaah…he's definitely insane." he thought.

"Anyway, I have to go. I got some things to do. As much as I want to chat more with you, I'm afraid there isn't much time. There's another one that I need to greet." The white haired teen turned to the door, which automatically opened.

Before he left, he gave Flash an ambiguous suggestion: "You better go to where everyone is waiting. They're at the end of the hallway, there's a giant door there, you can't miss it. However, even after you meet everyone, be sure to keep your powers a secret. After all, every player has a secret trump card to overcome a difficult game, right? And it wouldn't be fun if its revealed in the first walkthrough."

Barry narrowed his blue eyes, wondering what the boy meant as he walked and the door closed behind him.

The Servant walked down the hallway, thinking to himself.

"Hmm… This man is quite interesting indeed. No human could appear just after I spoke like that. He's not like any generic and boring adult that I ever seen so far. Heh heh, what am I thinking? Having a worthless trash like me makes me even more generic than any other people, not to mention my horrible luck. But with that speed of his, he will make the game far too easy. Better make some changes…with her help of course. Then, he will be the hope that this city needs. Now for the second phase of the plan."

5 minutes later…

Barry was thinking to himself about what had just happened. If this is another world, then it needs to be saved. Every world shouldn't suffer this pointless war, if the boy's words were true. But he was treating this situation like some video game. He reached a conclusion that this Servant really can't be trusted. On the other hand, what does he meant by "everyone" is waiting?

And another thing, what happened to his partner? He got caught in the explosion as well. Barry hoped that Cold's okay. That man couldn't die that easily, he was way too stubborn for that. His past battles with The Fastest Man Alive had proven it.

Barry couldn't just stay put in this room, he had to get out of here. Not wanting to attract attention, The Scarlet Speedster decided to revert back to his normal civilian clothes then exited the room and began to speed through a long hallway... Until he stopped when he saw something that was very unexpected.

A teddy bear.

A teddy bear walked right before his very eyes. It was around 6 feet tall, the head and body were divided into two parts. The color scheme of the bear was very familiar, with the right side was white including a classic representation of a teddy bear would look like, while the left side displays a far more sinister side which was black with the red lightning-like symbol for its eye, completed with an evil grin. The only parts that weren't separated were the snout and the belly; both of those features were white. It also has a round belly button on its belly and has "X" shaped mark on it.

Barry was speechless. He suddenly froze in place for some reason. Its presence was so out of place, yet unnerving at the same time. It walked with strange squishing noises every time it took a step.

"What is that? A bear?" he muttered.

The bear turned its direction to him and then did something that confirmed Barry's suspicions.

The monochrome bear's left eye glowed menacingly as it pulled out three claws from its paws and charged at him.

Flash widened his eyes, acted on instinct and dodged the bear's attack with ease then proceeded to punch it, revealing sparking circuitry on its back. The sinister robot fell and exploded with a robotic voice stating, "I'm dead!"

"Whoa, that was close. Seriously? A killer robot teddy bear? Just what the hell is going on?" Flash just shook his head and kept traversing through the metallic hallway with checkered-designed floors.

He came to an intersection, where in the middle of the area has a large four-point star statue that was spinning constantly.

All of the sudden, the gates of every end of the intersection closed.

"Huh!? Did I just get locked in!?"

A young, female voice spoken in Japanese was heard in the opposite end of Barry, passed by the statue. He tilted his body slightly and saw…

…A girl with a megaphone gripped in her hands.

Komaru Naegi was having the worst years of her life. Being held captive for a year and a half separated from her parents and older brother, teddy bears rampaging and massacred thousands of people, witnessed a helicopter crash - firsthand experience, then passed out and woke up in an unknown basement. With a weird boy by the name of "Servant" suggesting her to meet with "everyone", whatever that was.

She also has this megaphone-shaped hacking gun that Future Foundation member Byakuya Togami gave to her. The device is a very special and impressive weapon. It was made by Future Foundation, which sent out electromagnetic waves to hack into enemy systems (the robot bears) to destroy or temporarily control them. It was also designed to detect hidden objects in the environment and activate different machines. These features were called "Truth Bullets".

Unfortunately, the Servant modified the gun so it was weaker. Not only that, it just contained a regular Truth Bullet called "Break", which is the most basic attack bullet, and "Move", the function to turn on various machineries. The Servant did this for "game balancing" purposes. But the Servant assured her that she could upgrade the gun later on.

The Servant said that she needed to pass a test. With her normal, dull personality and not a single unique characteristic or talents (in his personal opinion), Komaru passed the first part of the test, since her reaction to all of this mess was pretty much...normal. The second part was to make her way to where "everyone" is waiting, and then she can pass.

Komaru slowly walked through the hallway, shooting a few Monokumas, as that was the name of these murderous robot teddy bears. The monochrome color scheme should give it away.

Komaru came to an intersection, all of the sudden the gates of each pathway suddenly closed, including the one she came from.

Two Monokuma robots appeared out of nowhere, one coming at her direction while the other one at the opposite end…

For a man.

This man seems to be a foreigner, she had the hunch that he is. He had short blonde hair swept upwards with a few bangs fell on the right side of his forehead. He wore a yellow turtleneck under a red long-sleeved collared shirt, blue gray pants and dark gray shoes.

Komaru couldn't warn him because of the Monokuma distracting her, but when she looked to the side after shooting the Monokuma right in the left eye, she saw something that was very incomprehensible.

Komaru could've sworn that the man disappeared from her sight then appeared right in front of the bear to punch it. The punch was so quick that it appeared as a red blur when he did that. The impact was so fast and strong that the robot was destroyed with a hole in its chest. She could feel a single sweat rolled down her face as her eyes were practically bulging out of the sockets.

"Wh-what?" She heard herself muttering at what she had witnessed in front of her own eyes.

The bear exploded and said, "Better luck next time~"

"No luck for you, bear." the man said in English to the remains of the robot.

He turned his attention to Komaru and jogged up to her, concerned about her safety.

"Are you alright?" He asked her.

Komaru was slightly caught off guard. She was bit rusty at English, but she could understand him enough. She tried to answer, "Um…Y-yes…"

She hoped the man could understand her even with her rather heavy Japanese accent.

The man let a small sigh of relief. "Oh, thank god. I was kind of worried there. I'm glad to see that I was wrong. I see that you can defend yourself, impressive weapon you got there."

"O-Oh… T-thank you…" Komaru stuttered for a bit. Finally someone other than Future Foundation was willing to help and check her condition right now!

"Well, we can't just stay here for too long. Let's go where that "Servant" want us to see." the man said while looking at the stairs.

Komaru widened her eyes, "Wait! That weird boy visited you too? Did he tell you to come here?"

The man replied, "Yeah, both of those are correct. I don't really trust him though. By the way, what's your name?"

Komaru stared at the man for a moment. He seemed friendly and pretty sane despite the world's condition, so maybe she could trust him. "I-it's Komaru. Komaru Naegi."

The man smiled at her, lent his hand forward and answered, "The name's Barry. Barry Allen. Nice to meet you, Komaru."

Barry saw the girl; Komaru, lent a hand as well and the two shook hands. They were stuck in the same situation and they need to get out of this place ASAP.

"It's…nice to meet you too, Allen-san." Komaru said with a slight bow as the two part hands.

"Please, call me Barry, no need to be so formal." Barry thought it was a little weird being called by his last name, although this was not the first time he had been called like that.

The girl nodded. "So… what should we do now?"

"We should go upstairs over there. Maybe we'll find answers on how to get out of here. But the gateways are locked." he said, looking around.

Komaru took her gun, setting it to the "Move" bullet section then pointed it at a switch on the side of one of the gates. "Um…maybe this will work." She shot the bullet, making the switch glow green and in the process all the gateways opened at once.

Barry was impressed again at the gun's function. "Wow, nice work. Okay then, shall we?"

Komaru just nodded again and followed him. When they reached on top of the stairs they found 2 huge white and gold doors. Looking at each other for a moment, they nodded and proceed to push the heavy doors. They never expected of what they saw at the opposite end.

What they saw before them was an enormous room, similar to a ballroom. There were many fancy looking doors and balconies, accompanied with large stained glass windows. But they were focused on one thing, or rather, four some ones.

Four kids, presumably around 11-12 years old stood at the middle of the room, facing right at them.

The farthest kid at the right side was a girl. She had long pink hair done in two pigtails with a pink horned hairband including a white bow with pink polka dots. She wore a frilled white shirt with a black jacket, skirt, and shoes which three of them had pink accents. She also wore white thigh-high socks with pink ribbons strapped to them although they were mismatched on each of her legs. She had a thinking gesture, as if she was studying the two individuals in front of her.

The kid next to her was a boy. He had short light blue hair with unusual horn-shaped cowlicks on each side of his head. He wore a light gray plaid-patterned jacket over a blue shirt with a striped orange-brown scarf around his neck. He also wore matching light gray shorts with the same pattern. For his footwear, he wore dark blue socks, which almost reached to his knees and white shoes. He has a serious and calculating look on his face with his arms crossed.

Another kid beside the blue haired one was also a boy. He had spiky red hair, bushy eyebrows and sported white headphones on his head. Around his body had a few cuts and bruises. His had blue eyes, something that was different from the other two, as they had eyes that match their hair color. He wore a white tank top with a big number 10 on the back over a red and black striped t-shirt, which he had an armband and socks with the same color as the t-shirt. He also wore blue shorts and white sneakers. He had his hands behind his back with a laid back expression on his face.

The farthest kid on the left side was kind of hard to figure out, but it seemed like it was a boy to them. He wore a stitched leather mask which covered most of his face, leaving his eyes and mouth exposed. A peculiar thing about the mask was a breathing tube below the boy's chin, so it was probably a gas mask. He wore a light brown dress shirt with sleeves that were too long; over it was a brown apron that carried various tools. On his back was a white backpack, although it was kind dirty. He also wore maroon shorts, white socks which was loosened and brown shoes. He was standing slightly crouched, with his arms dangling on the over longed sleeves.

Barry was confused and slightly unnerved by this sight. Why were there kids here? Were they waiting for him and Komaru? Or they were expecting to meet both of them?

Komaru on the other hand was trembling, her whole body was sweating bullets and most of all…terrified. Looking at them in pure horror. Barry didn't like this at all. He had a very, very bad feeling about these kids if Komaru was acting like that.

"Y-you're those kids! That I saw on TV!" She cried.

The red haired kid sarcastically replied, "Wow! Really?! How famoouuss… I'll autograph your back any time!"

"Heh…heheheheheh, I can only write using a chisel, but if you don't mind I'll write on your back too…" the masked boy drawled out while pulling out a chisel from his apron.

"We accept presents as well. I'm all about sweet things but no salty things thank you very much. Salty things are never will be worthy in your mouth!" the pink haired girl exclaimed.

The blue haired boy just stared at them silently.

As things couldn't get any worse, a whirring sound was heard. The kids made way for someone so they positioned themselves to make a space between them.

A girl in a wheelchair suddenly came to view. The wheelchair moved on its own, so it was an electric one. The girl had short green hair with a red ribbon tied to it and matching green eyes. She wore a long-sleeved black dress with a white collar and another but longer red ribbon tied to the collar. She also wore knee-high black socks and white shoes.

The girl used the wheelchair to move a bit farther than the other kids, then with an overly cute voice said, "Welcome Big Sis, you too Mister. I'm so happy that you two came, meow!"

That all was enough to make Barry shivered down to his spine. People being creepy were one thing, but little kids? That's a whole new different level.

Author's note: Anndd... that's all for now! The next chapter will conclude the prologue.

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