Author's Note: All right I'm aback with another chapter. Want to thank everyone for all the reviews and positive feedback on the first chapter.

Brightest Day: New Justice

Chapter 2

Mis-Step

"Move!" Bart yelled.

He and Iris scattered an ice beam struck the ground where they once stood. The two speedster raced towards Captain Cold on opposing ends as the fiend turned his ray on Iris freezing the ground beneath her. Iris skidded on the sheet of ice towards him, while Bart punched him out. The villain flew back and landed flat on the ground. Iris struggled across the ice reaching dry pavement while Captain Cold continued his assault trying to freeze her cousin. Kid Flash dodged past the ice blasts, before having his foot frozen in place. A white and yellow flash knocked the freeze gun out of his hand before being pummeled by Iris, releasing all of her pent up anger on the villain. Cold's arms flew up in defense as he tried in vain to protect himself from the attack. She didnt care, he was a bad guy. It was then Kid Flash reached out and grabbed her wrist. The young speedster looked back at him in anger, her eyes widened as she saw the frightened look on his face.

"What did you do?" he asked.

Realizing what she had done, the young girl slowly looked back at the beaten and bloodied face of Captain Cold. Bart then firmly grabbed her shoulders and forced her to look back at him.

"Dont you ever do that again! You could have killed him. Captain Cold are you okay?" he said looking over her shoulder. The villain groaned as he slowly grasped his face and tried to get up.

Still in shock over what had happened. She felt him release her shoulders and gripped her wrist again tightly.

"We're going home now." he said racing off.

A few minutes later the pair arrived at the West Household, when Linda opened the door she saw Bart and Irey in costume with Irey starting to tear up. It wasnt like them to show up in costume, and it was even less like Bart to show up with such a serious look on his face.

"Inside." she said stepping back. The pair went in as she closed the door behind them.

"Where's Wally?" he asked coming into the den.

No sooner had he asked it, he saw the man in question sitting on the couch with a mug in hand.

"What is it?" he said standing up.

"Wally..." Bart said as Irey started to choke up behind him.

"Wally something's happened." he said removing his mask.

A few moments later.

"She did what?" her dad said in disbelief. He looked back at his daughter before collapsing onto the couch.

"Iris how could you do that?" he asked still stunned. Irey sniffled before breaking free of Bart and raced to her room at superspeed. Her mother soon went after her to try and talk with her, while her father turned his attention back to Bart.

"She beat Captain Cold? Like beat him?" he asked. His cousin shook his head and threw his arms out part way before returning to his sides.

"It wasnt pretty. She's been this way for a while." he replied. Wally sighed and looked down at the carpeting before getting back up.

"I better go talk to her." he said. Making his way down the hallway, he met his wife by the door and softly wrapped at it.

"Irey? Come on, I'm not mad I just want to talk." he said gently.

Iris sat curled up on her bed in the darkened room. Her dad knocked again.

"Iris? I'm coming in." he said opening the door and poked his head in.

"Hey kiddo." he said softly.

"I hear you fought Captain Cold today." he said starting from scratch. His daughter didnt answer him at first and merely pouted.

"Iris, look sweety there's something I gotta tell you." he said peeling into the room and slowly made his way across the room. She looked up at him from the bed, legs drawn up to her chest, her green eyes beading in the dark.

"Is it okay if I turn on the light?" he asked.

She looked away and didnt answer. Taking his cue, he quietly sat down beside her in the dark. He ruffed his red hair as he tried to figure out what to say to her before settling on a tactic.

"Iris I know your mad that I'm not a superhero anymore and...you have every right to." he said. His daughter looked up at him confused. It was the first time she'd seen him since coming home.

"To you guys I've always been a hero, and that's what you expect from me. It's what you've come to know about your old man. Did I just call myself old?" he shook his head before continuing.

"My point is, I know that its hard for you to see me in any other light. And honestly I have trouble doing the same. But I want you to know this above all else...I care about you guys. You, Mom, and Jai you guys mean more to me anything else, even superheroing. And I'd gladly lay all of that down to make you happy. I never told you this, but a few years ago there was a bad guy named Superboy-Prime. He was so powerful that most heroes in the world werent able to stop him...not even Superman. At least not alone. When you and Jai were little I joined the other Flashes in trying to stop him. I wanted to make sure he wouldnt hurt anyone else. And so me, Bart, Grandpa Barry and Grandpa Jay all pulled him into the Speed Force and took him to another world to make sure he wouldnt be a threat to anyone else. You and Mommy was there, and Mommy didnt want to seperated from me, so you all came with me. And for a while we lived on that world. She didnt even know what was beyond the Speed Force. But she wanted us to be together no matter what." he smiled at Iris.

"So whatever became of this Superboy-Prime?" she asked curiously. His smile soon faded as he looked forward.

"He escaped." he answered.

"Did you ever catch him again?" she asked.

"We did in a way. When Superman defeated him he was imprisoned on the Green Lantern homeworld where he stayed for a while." he replied.

"Where is he now?" she asked.

"I dont know, he just vanished." he answered.

"C'mon Dad, nobody just vanishes into thin air." she chided smiling. Her dad grinned and looked back at her.

"Irey you've got a lot to learn. And I think its time I start teaching you the right way." he said.

"You really mean it?" she asked eyes shining.

"Yeah I do. But you got to know something Irey, you cant just beat up supervillains like that. You have powers, you need to learn your limitations." he said. Irey bowed her head for a second.

"You mean like what I did to Captain Cold." she said.

"Exactly. See there are two kinds of villains. Those who have powers and those who dont. And Captain Cold is one of those who doesnt. And so are most of the other bad guys in this town. Heat Wave, Trickster, basically any guy that carries a handheld weapon isnt likely to have powers. That means that you cant use your full powers on them. You can use your speed to outsmart them, but cant do to them what you did to Cold. And I'm afraid that something like that will have serious consequences." he told her.

"Like getting grounded?" she asked. Her father sighed.

"No Iris, its more serious than that. Because of what you did, I'm afraid he may come after you now. I mean nobody wants to say they lost to a ten year old girl. And that's what worries me, Captain Cold is a serious villain. He has his standards, but he wont stand for this." he told her.

"What are standards?" she asked.

"Things he will and wont do. Captain Cold doesnt hurt kids, but after being humiliated by you he may make an exception." he stated. Which immediatly terrified his daughter.

"Daddy is he going to kill me?" she asked concerned. His eyes widened realizing what he said and quickly tried to calm down his little girl.

"No, no. But he's going to be pretty mad for a while. But I wont allow it." he assured her touching her leg.

"But I also want you and Jai to realize that there are consequences for the things you do somethings. Just like there are for any superhero...including myself." he added.

"You mess up too?" she asked.

"Yeah we all do. I mess up more times than I can keep track. Sometimes its accidental, other times...well let's just say I dont always plan things out. But that's why I'm going to train you and Jai. To make sure your mistakes arent that huge. Your very young Iris, even by superhero standards and if you want to be in this business then you'll have to grow up fast. Because alot of people may count on you one day. And I want to make sure your ready for anything." he said.

"You remember when you and Jai became superheroes?" he asked. The 10-year-old nodded.

"Well the guys in the League thought it was a bad idea. And they were right." he added. Irey tilted her head in confusion.

"Like I said you guys are very young. And it was very irresponsible of me as a father to do that to you. But when you guys started to age uncontrollably I didnt know how long I'd have you guys. So I wanted to make your lives as happy and meaningful as possible and well, what can I say superheroing's in the blood." he paused before continuing.

"My point is, I was your age when I became Kid Flash. And Grandpa Barry was willing to give me a chance despite my young age. I figured that my own kids should be entitled to that as well. Now that your powers and ages have stabilized, we can start fresh. That is if you want to." he said. She looked up at her father inquizzatively. Her young mind unable to process what he was saying.

"What do you mean?" she asked.

"I'm giving you guys a choice. You and your brother can live normal lives and have a regular childhood, or if you want I can train the both of you to be superheroes just like before. I already know what you'll pick but I want you to think long and hard about it. Because if you chose to become a hero then there's no turning back." he warned.

"I cant live a normal life?" she asked. He shook his head.

"It wouldnt exactly be easy." he replied.

"If your going to ask her that question then you better have my input as well." his wife said standing in the now open doorway.

"Yeah I could be in trouble." he quipped.

"Daddy says he's giving me a choice to live a normal life or be a hero." Iris informed her mother.

Her father grimaced and rubbed the back of his neck.

"I- I'm just trying to be fair. I dont want them to feel like I'm forcing this on them." he explained as she and Jai came into the room.

"Daddy I want to be a superhero." the dark haired boy said coming up to him.

He threw up his arms as Wally sat the young boy down on his lap already wearing his orange and white jumpsuit. He already knew that the boy wasnt old enough to know the implications of superhero life. He just wanted to live up to his dream of being a hero again like his dad. Irey on the other hand...well they say girls mature faster than boys. But still he hoped she would realise what she was getting herself into. The training alone would be enough to deflate a kid's enthuasiasm. Indeed Iris took a bit longer in her decision making than her brother. Maybe that thing about adolecent girls is true. Iris looked at her mother for a moment seeking her approval, they all knew what her answer would be. It wasnt any secret. The fact that it took her a full two minutes to decide was a little more shocking. Of course to speedsters and kids two minutes was an eternity. She finally looked back at her father before answering.

"I want to be a superhero." she stated.

"That's my girl." he said softly.

"Oh boy, this house is about to get alot more hectic." thier mother sighed.

On the other side of town at Captain Cold's apartment/hideout the archvillain sat in his easy chair still cradeling his broken nose with a rag as he watched the evening news.

"Earlier today a daring mid-day bank robbery was being commited by notorious criminal Captain cold. That is until Kid Flash and an unidenitfied crimefighter thrawted his scheme. We want to warn you these images are graphic. So far very little is known about who this new hero is. There is speculation that is one of the children of the Flash. Although Captain Cold did manage did disable Kid Flash temporarily it seemed as though the girl had gotten too caught up and gave him a rather humiliating defeat. Kid Flash would later stop the attack and soon left the battle with the little girl in tow." the anchorwoman reported.

"Maybe that'll teach him a lesson." her fellow anchorman joked. Though Captain Cold was hardly laughing. The villain froze the screen with his ray gun and contemplated his next move.

Author's Note: All right so whta'd you think of that? In all honesty, I'm not exactly proud of that little beating she gave Cold. Since I feel that was a little ooc. I'm not even sure if she would do that. Anyway the main plotline is set up, for now anyway. Hopefully it'll get better from here on out. Let me know what you think.

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Green Gallant