Professor Zoom and the WRONG Impulse

By: Reina Grayson and Malaizjan De Jesus

Chapter Two

20 Minutes Later, Central City

Bart Allen AKA Impulse was starting to come to...and now he knew what his speed punches did to others. "Oh man, I'm sure feeling the mode right now. Why did they just leave like that...oh well, better get back to Wes and Iesha." He said to himself.

It didn't take long to get back to the diner, but he also kept an eye out seeing as the kids WERE heroes in training, so they might have followed. When he didn't see the kids, he called out in his mind to Wes, who seemed to be getting better at reading adult's minds now at the age of five.

"Hey Wes, where are you and Iesha, I TOLD you two to stay put."

He only waited for a couple of minutes, then he headed out, but just as he was about to speed away, he fell to his knees. Impulse felt like he was being broken up on the inside, but it must have been the speed that accelerated the injuries to near critical.

His left arm felt broken, and not only that but a couple of ribs on the left side. Both of his legs felt like the muscles were on fire. Using his 'quick' mind, Bart reached up to his comm. "Guys...need assistance."

It wasn't 30 seconds later that Dick, Vincent and Wally came out of a boom tube and helped the fallen speedster. Before they got into the tube Vincent thought about something. "Bart, where's my sister and Wes?"

"I...can't find...them...I told them to...stay put..."

"And knowing Iesha, she wanted to help." Vincent said with a sigh.

"Who was it?" Wally asked.

"Speed Racer...but...Wes said he felt another villain around."

"Fuck. Zoom; he'd be the only one that would help out Speed Racer." Dick said.

"Oh he just fucked with the WRONG FAMILY." Wally said as the hatred laced his tone.

"Wait...isn't he Thawne?" Vincent asked.

"Yea, he is." Dick said, speaking for his best friend.

"I got an arrow for him..." Vincent looked ready to start hunting.

"Your mom will kill me if you get hurt." Wally warned his step-son.

"Screw that, he's got my little sister!"

"We'll find them. Wes will keep her safe." Dick said firmly.

"I know, but I don't know how Conner and M'gann will take the news."

"That's true, but Wesley takes being leader of Delta seriously," Bart added.

Dick smiled. "Let's get you to Watchtower."

"Yeah. I'm hungry now." Bart announced.

Vincent rolled his eyes, but he knew it was just the metabolism of his 'cousin'.

Wally was careful with his first cousin once removed as he picked him up bridal style and Dick activated the mother box and Vincent watched their backs while they all entered the Boom Tube.

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Iesha was groaning as her stomach growled. It had been 4 hours since she ate anything and she was so tired. The cage had been fixed so she couldn't get out, but Wesley knew he had to protect himself and his secret…as well as keep Iesha safe, so he quietly entered Zoom's mind and made Zoom think that he (Wes) was Wally and Artemis' second child.

Wesley watched Thawne almost angrily as he was slow in fixing a tray of food. But he could feel Iesha's hunger in his mind and that wasn't good.

Speed Racer tapped his foot impatiently, so bored with the kidnapping thing. "What's next?"

"We go after Flash."

Speed Racer grinned. "Goody. I can't wait to beat him."

Zoom walked over to the cage and slid the tray under the bars. "Don't eat it all," he joked as Wesley took the food and rushed it to Iesha.

"Here..." He picked up a part of the sandwich and sniffed it before holding it to her mouth. He couldn't smell anything on it.

Iesha weakly pushed it away.

"Ie...you need to eat." he told her mentally. He then took a bite and tasted it-it wasn't poisoned.

She looked at him; then took the sandwich to eat. She looked back at Zoom. "He's going to starve me, Wes. He's going to make my dad do something stupid so he can beat him." she told him in his mind, slowly eating the food.

"I know. But I can't call out to my family unless Zoom's not looking..." He had been trying ever since they were put in the cage, but even though he was powerful; his range still couldn't reach anyone. Wes was a little hungry himself but Iesha's metabolism needed all the food possible.

Iesha handed him the other half. "You need to eat too," she said out loud.

"I'm good, thanks."

Zoom kept eyeing the boy. There was something about him that Zoom thought he knew. He never paid attention to the West bloodline, at least not when it didn't concern him. Now he wished he had.

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The past 10 hours have really taken a toll on Watchtower and the heroes after Bart was brought back for treatment. The fight with Speed Racer had really taken a toll on the speedster, but before he was medically knocked out so Molly could heal him, Conner found out what happened and was pissed beyond belief. It took several Kryptonite tipped tranquilizer darts (one at a time) to keep him from destroying Watchtower, but Dick had run out, and now Conner was on a Kryptonian rampage.

Dick was trying to restrain Conner as he tossed Superman threw a wall in absolute anger.

M'gann was begging Conner to stop and even Barda's Mega Rod had no effect on him. He just threw a computer terminal at her in response.

Green Lantern, Kai-Ro, was working to free her.

Dick reached up to his comm; he hated doing this, but at this rate Watchtower was going to be completely destroyed. "Terry, need a chunk of Kryptonite up here, Conner's out of control!"

"Dick, I'm here, Dana's with me. We'll head to the Batcave and be there in ten."

"Conner! Calm down!" Damian cried, smoke pellets in his hands but he didn't want to throw them.

"Conner, what's wrong!" Areina asked as she tried heating the air around him after entering the room and seeing the chaos.

"HE HAS MY 5 YEAR OLD SON!" Conner roared as he threw Dick back and he crashed into Damien, which made Damien drop the smoke pellets and they activated.

Areina and Damian (after he recovered) covered their mouths, but the gas had no effect on the VERY angry Kryptonian.

"Conner, dude, stop! I can get him back. Just stop throwing everything and everyone!" Wally cried. "He has my daughter too and you don't see ME trying to destroy everything in sight!"

Areina thought of something, and gave it a try. She waited till Conner was standing still then superheated the metal beneath his feet. Orin saw his uncle sinking into the metal and once he was far enough in, Orin used his power over water to cool down the metal.

Conner looked at Flash, and heaving heavily, as he tried to regain control. He then realized that the metal around his feet was melted.

"Conner, please; we'll ALL work to get Wes AND Iesha back." Areina stated.

"But he's all Martian! He has no Kryptonian powers!" Conner cried.

"Yet he's smart, and analyzes situations before reacting; you just have to believe in him." Orin said. "That's why he's Delta's leader."

"Conner...he also has my daughter. Thawne has messed with the wrong kids." Artemis said in a calm voice but she was anything but.

Conner took calming breaths just as Barda was free. She was pissed and aimed her Mega Rod at Conner. "How dare you throw a computer at me!" Just as she fired, Areina got in the way of the blast and was about halfway between the two 'warring' heroes. "NO!"

"AREINA!" Dick cried out as the blast hit and the second generation fire controller was thrown back into Conner.

Barda didn't know what to do, she just stood there. Conner caught Areina in his arms, holding her as gently as possible.

"Barda!" Superman flew back in and saw the Mega Rod smoking and Conner holding a knocked out Areina.

"She...she jumped in just before I shot at Conner." Barda said, finally finding her voice again.

It didn't take long for Areina to regain consciousness and her breathing hitched. "That's going to sting for a while."

"Barda...Conner was venting his anger. Kryptonians do this. I don't agree with throwing everything though." He eyed Conner. "You threw me!"

"Ok. Calm down everyone. We need Molly." Wally said to the group. "And then we can plan. Wes and Iesha will take care of each other. But until we find them, no one tells Delta Squad."

M'gann then noticed something leaving the area. She focused her eyes and saw who it was. "Too late..." she replied. "RINI KENT; you stop right THERE."

Rini did as she was told and turned with tears in her eyes…after appearing out of nowhere.

"How...how did you do that?!" Dick asked.

"I thought invisible and it happened?" Rini said sheepishly. "I wasn't going to tell them. Honest."

"Were you going to tell your mom about Wes and Iesha?" Wally asked.

"And Daddy..."

"Not a good idea. By the way, can someone free my feet?" Conner asked.

Superman used his heat vision to free Conner, who flew off with Areina to the Infirmary.

"Why not?" Rini asked.

"Ok...it goes like this...your mom and dad will make things worse for them..." Artemis explained.

"Oh..."

"Ok...here's the deal. Thawne wants me. So I'll go face him. You guys go rescue the kids while he chases me."

"That's not going to work." Dick told his best friend. "He went after Bart for a reason."

"That...Mega Rod...packs a punch..." Molly helped Areina back into the monitor room. Within just a few minutes.

"Areina...you need to be in bed." Dick reprimanded her gently.

"Like I'd stay, anyway there's a reason I blocked that blast."

"Young lady..." Superman started to say.

"Barda, did you ever hear what exactly happened to Uncle Dick when he went missing for two weeks a few years ago?" Areina asked.

"I heard some of it. Why?"

"Back then I was 18, and I didn't know about the rest of my family, when I found out about Uncle Dick's capture I was so pissed off. I beat the crap out of King from the Royal Flush Gang the night before the ransom drop, and I burned half of Drow's head after seeing what he did to Uncle Dick." Areina said.

"Ouch." Barda said. "I've done just as much on a mild day." Barda boasted.

"I didn't know about him having a wife and kids, hell I didn't even know I had a brother back then, Artemis did a good job hiding him, but that's not even the best part." Areina said, and Barda looked ready to listen. "When the twins were two, remember that Manta II kidnapped them and Orin?"

"Yeah..."

"Not only did I risk death by radiation poisoning, but I broke Blight's jaw and right arm. Long story short, Conner's in the right with his anger about Wes. Besides, wouldn't you be as pissed off if something like this happened to Andrew?" The last part was whispered to Barda and she knew that the original Batman had it in his files.

Barda said no smart remark, she actually understood about family.

M'gann jerked suddenly. "We got a problem."

"What kind of problem?" Dick groaned.

"The Luna and Virge kind. Wesley contacted Luna. Guess who's trying to get to them..."

"Oh no..." If it wasn't Wesley, it was his daughter Luna.

Dick hit his comm. "Shock. Eclipse. Come to Metropolis. Now."

There was static...then- "Sorry Uncle Dick. We're tagging Speed Racer now. We can get a locale real soon," Luna whispered.

"Luna, get back here NOW." M'gann said into her own comm.

"Mom...I can't. Zoom will find out that Wesley's a special Martian. We can't let the Light find out."

"Yeah, dad and Gear found out that Zoom's working for them. They want both Bart and Wally eliminated." Shock added.

Conner sighed in frustration. "You two need to come here NOW. Don't make me come after you." Conner growled.

Luna sighed over the comm. "Fine. But Speed Racer was near STAR Labs in Boston," she told them. "We're coming back."

Dick thought about it; this is the closest they could get. "Delay that order; follow Speed Racer but at a safe distance. Once you see Zoom, STAY OUT OF SIGHT."

"Ok." Luna acknowledged.

"Dick, what are you doing?!" Conner asked...well screamed.

"I know they went on their own, but Luna's just worried about her little brother. We wait...and that's final."

"Bullshit!" Conner cried.

"There has to be a reason Wes would shapeshift into Bart..." Areina said.

"He did it to protect me from my own grandfather." A voice said.

Everyone looked at the doorway to a still-injured Bart. His left arm was taped to his body and he limped into the room. "Wesley saw that I was down, so I believe he shifted into me and fooled Zoom enough to make him leave me behind."

"What was that about your grandfather..." Areina asked, thinking about the second Flash, Barry Allen.

"Professor Zoom is my mom's father." Bart said.

"Oh, that's just screwed up." Damien piped in. "And I'm Ra's grandson."

"It doesn't matter; mom knew what her dad was capable of; so she and my dad raised me to be a hero."

"But how did Wesley mimic you enough to fool Zoom?" Areina asked.

"Ok…This does NOT leave this room." Conner said to them. "My youngest son needs to be protected. Not even the Martian Elders on Mars know about him."

"Wesley is the Ultimate Martian-both white and green. He watches our mannerisms and can mimic them when needed. As for Meta Powers...he can make anyone think he was that meta with just a thought. But that's not all. He doesn't have ANY weaknesses. He can withstand fire AND Kryptonite." M'gann told them.

Everyone's eyes were bugging out; they couldn't believe it.

"If Zoom discovers this, and he tells the Light, they will get Psimon to take control of him and he could take us all out..."

Damian whistled. "We need to save them."

"And we will...just as soon as we get a location." Areina remarked.

"That's not the only problem...Iesha is Wesley's 'inspiration'. Hurt Iesha and Wesley can truly damage Zoom's mind." M'gann added.

"Great. As if Zoom isn't bad enough. I don't want to deal with an off-his-rocker version." Wally told the group.

"Conner, M'gann...Wesley's secret is safe with us." Superman said to the couple.

Areina and Orin nodded, so did Dick, Wally and Artemis.

"But...if he has no Kryptonian powers...how is he NOT weakened by the green rock?" Barda asked.

"It's in his DNA; it would have weakened him anyway." Superman said.

"I think it's because of my human side. That gave Wesley an advantage over any other Kryptonian in history." Conner added. "Me included."

"You're selling yourself short." Dick said with a smile.

"Kryptonite still hurts me...but to a lesser degree." Conner amended.

"Wes maybe completely immune; but it was your human DNA that helped us back in 2010."

Conner nodded. He remembered that. Superman saw what Robin (2010) and Superboy had done when Savage and Klarion had control of the entire league through video feedback. He was proud of his brother for risking exposure to Kryptonite just to weaken him enough to get the vaccine chip on him.

It was just then that Terry and Dana arrived in the room and Terry had a box in his hand.

"Ummm, so I guess I got this for nothing?" Terry questioned.

"We were able to calm him down." Areina said, but her breathing was still a bit hitched and Terry picked up on it.

"Did Conner hurt you?" Dana asked, seeing Areina struggling when she took a breath.

"No, I jumped between him and Barda as she fired a blast from that Mega Rod of hers. Took the hit in the chest."

"She'll be alright after one more healing session." Molly said.

"Alright, Areina you go get healed up, the rest of us will work on a plan to save the kids." Dick stated. "Terry, do you and Dana mind keeping an eye on Rini for a while?"

"Sure, but couldn't Meygan and Kevin take her?"

"Grandpa's worried I'll tell them what happened to Wes and Iesha." Rini said with a pout.

"Okay, what DID happen."

"Ever heard of Professor Zoom?"

"Read something in Bruce's files…." Terry responded.

"Him and Speed Racer captured them, but Zoom was after Bart." Dick said and he saw the question forming in Terry's mind. "Conner, can Terry know?"

"Yes. Terry, to put it simple, Wes is the MOST powerful Martian in history. He's the perfect blend of M'gann's parents' races, green and white. We can't let the Light discover this or they WILL find a way to turn him to their side. Dana, can I trust you not to say anything?"

"Of course, Superboy." Dana said, still not use to using real names when they are not on duty.

"Thank you." M'gann said with a soft smile.

"Terry….can I see your mom and brother?" Rini asked as she reached up for her godfather to pick her up.

"I'm sure they won't mind seeing you." Terry said as he picked her up.

"How about we find something to do in Gotham?" Dana offered.

"I think I've got just the thing." Terry said and he smiled at Rini.

"YAY!" Rini hollered.

With that, Terry and Dana took the little hero in training to leave Watchtower and keep her out of trouble. With that taken care of, the older heroes went back to planning the rescue.

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Fifteen Minutes Later, Gotham City

Terry opened the door to his mother's apt with one hand while he held Rini Kent's hand with the other. "Mom! Matt! You guys here?!"

Rini was guided over to the couch and she climbed up on it.

Matt poked his head out of his room. "You're here? Mo-om! There's a stranger in our house and he has the keys!"

"Matt!" Mrs. McGinnis scolded as she emerged from the bathroom. "Terry! I'm surprised you're here."

"Yeah... well, Mr. Wayne's granddaughter, Meygan, asked if Dana and I could watch Rini for a few days. Meygan, her husband and Reilie all have the flu." Terry lied. Sure his mother and brother knew now that he really was Batman, but he didn't want them to know what was REALLY going on.

"How terrible! Did you want me to watch her, Terry?"

"Oh no. I got her. But you mentioned that the zoo had a kiddie event going on tonight. I wanted to take her."

"How sweet! I'll get you the site dear. Hi Rini!" Mrs. Mc Ginnis called out to Rini.

"Hi Mrs. McGinnis!" Rini said in her soft voice.

Mary McGinnis came back into the room soon enough with her notebook and the zoo's site opened up on it.

"How about a tiger cub petting zoo?" Mary asked.

"YEA….Terry, Dana; are you really going to take me?"

"We sure are, Rini." Terry said with a smile and Rini's eyes lit up. "Thanks for the info mom."

"My pleasure Terry, now you have fun, Rini." Mrs. McGinnis said, and with that Rini jumped from the couch to Terry's arms,

"Bye Mrs. McGinnis." Dana said, and with that, the happy couple and little girl left out to head to the zoo.

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"You're feeding them?! Speed Racer asked in shock.

"Don't worry, kid."

"Is she needed?" Speed Racer asked.

"I can get even better revenge on Bart AND Wally by tricking her to join me."

"Ah. And how's that happening?"

"I'm going to start slipping a poison into the food. The only way Wally oldest brat with the archer will survive is to swear loyalty to me and only then will she get the antidote." Zoom said with an evil grin.

"That's genius!"

"I couldn't get my grandson to join me...not after my daughter turned him against me, but I WILL have a speedster to raise from a young age...one way or the other."

Wes heard all of this and KNEW he had to protect Iesha.

Wesley opened his eyes. He saw the food there on the floor but Iesha was napping at the moment. He needed to figure out how to save her while making it appear like she was eating. He knew he had to go into Zoom's head and trick him again, and he only hoped his parents wouldn't be mad at him for it. As leader of Delta Squad, this was the only way to protect his team.