The students of Beacon sat in the dining hall enjoying a lovely breakfast listening to a news report about Saturday nights attempted robbery. "No one has yet come forth with any information on the mysterious blur," the reporter continued. "Who is he, how can he move so fast and why hide his face?" As she spoke a video of the fight was shown. One of the civilians watching had managed to take a video on his phone and sent it to the news station. Team KRWBBY watched, intrigued by the report. "Despite the mysterious blur's actions Roman Torchwhich escaped police custody later Saturday evening." A picture of Roman came up over the screen. "His current whereabouts remain unknown."
"That's the guy I stopped from stealing the dust shop," Ruby exclaimed. She had explained to them the full story of how she had been allowed into Beacon at the age of fifteen.
"If he was stealing dust here, why go to Metropolis to steal it?" Blake asked.
"More importantly who is that blur guy?" Yang asked, curious as to whom this mysterious hero was.
"Whoever he is he certainly did a good job," Ruby commented. She realised Clark hadn't said much, in fact he seemed distant, which wasn't like Clark. "Clark are you alright?" She asked. Clark looked up from his untouched bowl of cereal. "Hmm, oh sorry, I'm fine. Just not hungry, I'm gonna go get ready for school catch you guys later." With that he stood up and left the dining hall.
"I think I'll join him," Bart decided before following Clark. Bart jogged up to Clark as they walked down the empty hallways.
"Where do your think you goin, gonna go stop another dust robbery?" Bart revealed his knowledge of Clarks after dark activity. Clark stopped and looked at him.
"You don't know it was me," Clark tries to argue.
"Clark, there are two people who can move that fast, you and me. Now go on tell us what happened," he requested as they continued to walk.
"First of all, you don't know that there aren't others who can move as fast or even faster than us." A serious expression spreads across Bart's face. "No one is faster than me." A smile quickly spreaders across his face. "Go on."
"Well, my super hearing picked up on the store being robbed and I couldn't just stand aside and do nothing, so I ran off to stop the robbery," Clark explains why he did what he did. They continued to walk in silence for a few moments.
"One question, when do we go out?" Bart asked excitement in his voice. They could talk openly about this stuff as everyone was in the dining hall.
"What? No! It was a onetime thing," Clark responds.
"Come on Clark, you heard the news report, Torchwhich is still out there. Besides he's not the only criminal in the world. There's plenty more that need to be stopped," Bart tries to change his friends mind. Clark had to agree, Torchwhich was still out there. Plus with all his powers it seemed selfish to not use them to protect people who needed help.
"It's not that I don't want to its just, you saw the video. I was this close to revealing my secret. Everything my parents worked hard to hide, all the lying I've had to do over the years, that's was about to be for nothing." Clark expressed the real reason why he didn't want to go out as some vigilante.
Bart thinks this over for a minute. Clark had worked very hard to keep his secret. "What you need is a disguise." Bart explains. Clark thinks this over. It would be good to help innocent people and Clark would love to see this Torchwhich guy behind bars.
"What do you have in mind?" Clark asks.
"This afternoon after class we'll discuss costume ideas," Bart explained. Clark sighed aloud. "I hate costumes."
"To bad big guy."
After school the duo sat alone on a bench near the water fountain. Bart was explaining his ideas for his suit. "So I was thinking, red shirt with long black sleeves and a white lightning bolt across the front. Of course a sweet red hood on the back, yellow goggles, black pants and some white and red shoes." As he said this he showed Clark a sketch he had drawn up.
"That's really impressive," Clark commented on the sketch Bart had drawn.
"It should be. It took me a full second to draw. So what about you, you gonna have a patriotic red and blue outfit?" Bart asked keen to hear his friends ideas. Clark handed him back the sketch. "No, I have to were something that isn't he complete opposite to design and colour of anything I currently wear," Clark explained. "Black t-shirt, pants, shoes and trench coat." Clark explained. Bart thought this over.
"I like, I like, but what happened to the whole people knowing your identity?" he asked as there was no mention of a mask in his design.
"That's what these are for," Clark replied, pulling a pair of glasses out of his pocket.
"Alright I give in what's with the glasses." Bart asked.
"If I'm gonna be a hero, I can't were a mask," Clark began his explanation. "If I'm going to be a hero than I have to be me. Clark Kent has to be the complete opposite to the Blur. Instead of being brave, strong and heroic, Clark Kent will be weak, shy and nerdy." With that said Clark put on the glasses, embracing this new lifestyle he'd have to live. "Well, this should be absolutely swell." Clark announced. Bart couldn't help but laugh.
"Wow, you nearly fooled me for a second," Bart joked. "Two things though. One you need a sweet logo, like me."
"No I don't, it's not about how I look it's what I'm doing that matters," Clark explained the lack of a logo in his design, that and he couldn't think of a good one.
"Two, and this is the most important, don't expect me to do the whole nerd disguise thing." The two laughed aloud at that one.
With their outfits decided the two made their way into the city to purchase everything they needed. As they walked through the city streets Clark decided it would be best if they had some rules to follow. "Rule one, no weapons. If we bring our weapons out with us it makes it easier to identify us." Bart nodded in agreement. "Rule two, school comes first. We can't let this get in the way of our school life, any school work or school requirements come before anything else." Bart agreed with the terms and they headed back home.
To minimise suspicion the duo returned to their room during dinner, this way they didn't have to explain what was in their shopping bags. Whilst waiting for time to pass Bart made the final adjustments to his costume sowing on the hood and silver lightning bolt. After hiding there outfits the two went to grab some dinner. "Where have you guys been?" Ruby asked the duo as they sat down beside their team mates. "We went for a walk into town," Bart explained, which wasn't entirely false. "We lost track of time, sorry."
"Clark, since when have you worn glasses?" Ruby asked. Clark looked at her and his other teammates who all had the same question.
"I've always had them, I've just been wearing contact lenses," he explains. Ruby and Yang find the answer sufficient, however, Weiss and Blake find it a little bit mysterious. They decide to let it go for now and enjoy their dinner.
Later that night after everyone had fallen asleep Clark and Bart snuck out of the building and left the school grounds. They found a secluded spot and got changed at super speed. "Alright, we'll start small. No leaving the town, at least not tonight," Clark explained.
"No problemo," Bart responded. "So, where do we start?" Clark, using his super hearing listened to the sounds of the city. "East." With that said they blurred away. Clark followed the sound to its source with Bart following directly behind him. When they arrived they came across a woman being mugged by two men. Clark took the two men by grabbing them and pushing them into a nearby wall, while Bart made sure the woman was alright. "Who are you?" the woman asked as Bart helped her up. Bart smiled, he looked to Clark who remained in the shadows concealing his identity. He couldn't reveal his face yet, not until people knew Clark Kent as the nerd he acted as. "You can call me Impulse, that's Boy Scout," he said with a nod to Clark.
"Wait what?!" Clark asked, Bart hadn't told him anything about being called Boy Scout, or Impulse for that matter. "See ya," Bart smiled to the lady before speeding off.
"It's not Boy Scout," Clark tried to deny. The woman just gave him a puzzled look. He sighed aloud before speeding after Bart. He soon found Bart in an nearby ally. "Really, Boy Scout?" A massive smile spread across Bart's face. "What, you don't like it?"
"No," Clark replied.
"Then what do we call you?"
"I, I don't know? I'm sure the newspapers will think off something," Clark responded.
"Alright, what next?" Bart asked keen for some action. Clark listened in, overall there wasn't much going on. A few moments later Clark heard two cars collide, without saying anything he ran away, knowing that Bart would be able to keep up with him. Upon arriving at the crash site, two cars were revealed one was on fire and both had unconscious drivers inside. Bart ran around the car, creating a mini tornado, extinguishing the flames. Clark got the drivers out and ran them to the nearest hospital. Throughout the night they continued to save people and stop crime. Eventually, at 1:30 in the morning they turned in.
The next morning they sat in the dining hall and listened to the news report on last nights events. "Not one, but two blurred figures were seen throughout Vale last night. One figure was seen wearing a red shirt with black sleeves, red hood and yellow goggles. He also had a silver lightning bolt across the front of his shirt. He called himself impulse, giving no clue as to who he really is. No one was able to get a good look at the other figure, however we do know that he was wearing black. This second figure didn't give a name, however, the Daily Planet has appropriately named him the Blur.
'Really, the Blur,' Clark thought to himself. He could see the smile spreading across Bart's face.
"Gosh, who do those people think they are?" Weiss asked disapprovingly.
"Who are you talking about?" Ruby asked. Weiss gave her a look as if it were obvious.
"These vigilantes that are all over the news. Who are they to take care of police matters themselves." Hearing this hurt Clark. He hated lying, especially to his friends, but hearing Weiss made him think that if she found out that it was him she would hate him forever.
As Weiss ranted on about how these vigilantes should be stopped Glynda Goodwhich walked into the hall. She announced that she was looking for Clark Kent and Bart Allen. As Bart and Clark walked over to her Clark tripped intentionally. The school began to laugh at Clark as Bart helped him up.
"What was that?" Bart asked.
"All part of the disguise," Clark responded as he pushed his glasses up his nose. They followed Glynda to Professor Ozpin's office. He let them in and they took a seat in front of his desk. With that Glynda left, shutting the door behind her.
"I think you both know why you're here," Ozpin began. He switched on a tv that hung from the far wall showing a news report on Impulse and the Blur. "Why don't you two start explaining how this all began." They sat in silence for a few seconds before Clark decided to speak. He told the professor about their night in Metropolis and how he stopped the robbery. He explained last night's events and how he believed it was selfish not to help people when he can do so much good.
When Clark had concluded his story they sat in silence again. Several moments passed before Ozpin spoke. "Boys, I believe what your doing is right. However, I am deeply concerned about your safety." He expressed his reasons against the duo going out to fight crime.
"Professor, I'm invulnerable, there is next to nothing that can hurt me," Clark explained.
"And I can move faster than anything could ever touch me," Bart added.
"It's not just your physical safety I'm worried about, what about your identities, what if they got revealed," Ozpin explained what had him worried.
"We've taken precautions, we have disguises," Bart explained.
"That's what the Glasses are for, aren't they?" Ozpin asked.
"Yes," Clark responded. "Sir, you may not want us to be doing this but we're not going to stop when innocent people are in danger."
"I don't think I could stop you even if I wanted to. Alright boys I'll allow it, on the condition that it does not interfere with your school work.
"Of course not sir," Clark responded. "And thank you." As they were about to leave Ozpin remembered something he had to tell Clark.
"Clark, am I correct in saying you haven't checked your phone today?"
Clark gave him a confused look. "No I haven't. It was flat and I only plugged it in right before breakfast. Why?"
Ozpin smiled, "Because I've already received thirteen phone calls from your parents. I suggest you talk to them sooner, rather than later." Clark knew this was coming, he didn't want to do it but he had to. He went back to his room and made the call to his parents. After a long discussion Clark finally convinced them to let him continue being the Blur. Both Martha and Jonathan were deeply concerned about his identity even after Clark explained the whole nerd disguise. As he hung up his team mates returned. Bart made up the excuse that Ozpin wanted to see them about how they were settling into Beacon as neither were used to this kind of school.
Author's Note
Alright, a longer chapter than usual but I wanted to wrap up Bart and Clark becoming vigilantes and the consequences. I decided to go with Bart's costume from season 11 which was a comic book series except for the hood which I added from his costume in the show. If you want a better idea of what he looks like go on google images and type in impulse Smallville season 11. Next up Clark receives a mysterious present one day after school.