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KID Flash MISSING

VANISHES IN CRISIS

After an extreme street battle with the ZOOM, our city's very own Young Speedster disappeared in an explosion of light. The cause of the fight is currently unknown. According to witnesses, Kid Flash, with help from Star City's Green Arrow, White Canary, Supergirl, Batwoman, and a slew of other legendary heroes, began fighting ZOOM around midnight last night. The sky took on a deep crimson color as the ensuing battle created the most destruction this city has seen since The Kid Flash first arrived in Central City. Several trucks were caught in the fray, spilling their contents into the street. Power outages swept nearly twenty city blocks, between 16th Street and Adams Avenue. Five of those blocks still remain without power. All of the buildings in the area were evacuated by the CCPD, with additional help from The Atom. According to reports, as Kid Flash and ZOOM battled with each other between two overturned tanker trucks, the lightning emanating from the speedsters threatened to ignite spilled oil leaking from one of the trucks. The smoke from the truck's engine made it difficult to see, but it appeared at one point they were having a very heated conversation before continuing the fight. Then, suddenly, Kid Flash sped after ZOOM, and the two vanished, leaving Green Arrow and the other behind. An eyewitness who watched the battle from her apartment building before being evacuated said, "It was hard to see, but Kid Flash and ZOOM were zipping up and down Monroe Avenue, and then there was a whole bunch of lightning and then nothing. It was weird." Other witnesses described a similar phenomenon: a blinding light followed by darkness. Then the sky returned to black. And as the streets quieted, it took only a moment to realize Kid Flash and Zoom were gone without a trace. Central City Police Captain, Joe West, held a press conference in the wee hours of the morning stating, "We don't have very many details right now. What we do know is tonight Central City's Just may have lost a great protector vanished in a flash. We can only hope he returns just as quickly." A sentiment shared by all who call this great city home.

By Kara-Zorel Allen

To Be Continued