Alternate Dimensions, Speedsters, and Science; Oh My!
Barry Allen was once an innocent man with plain, picturesque view of the universe. He thought that there was only one Earth, the past couldn't be rewritten, and the fastest man could run a mile in four minutes, but after the night his mother was murdered, his views of the world changed drastically. Though he didn't know it at the time, it would only get weirder. Sometimes, Barry almost wished that his life as a CSI was normal, but he knew that if those fated events hadn't happened, he might not have the family he had today. Iris, Joe, Caitlin, Cisco. They all meant everything to him, and this is the story of how he finally completes his eclectic family.
Wally West was an interesting character. His flaming red hair and vibrant green eyes stood out among the various brown hues of his coworkers, so when he started walking over to Barry, he was impossible to miss. The man, or boy (He looked only 17), flashed a brilliant white smile and reached out his hand for him to shake. "Barry Allen? It's nice to meet you; I'm Wally West, your new lab assistant."
Barry shook the younger man's hand. "It's a pleasure. Are you by any chance related to Joe and Iris West?"
Wally's exuberant smile drooped for a millisecond, but it quickly returned. "No, actually. I-"
"Barry! Who's the new guy?" Barry turned to face his friend, Cisco Raymond, who had recently been employed at the CCPD.
"This is Wally West; he's my new lab assistant. Wally, this is Cisco; he works as part of the Meta-human Technological Defense Department." Barry could have sworn that Wally's jaw dropped down to the floor. The bubbly young man grabbed Cisco's hand and shook it hard.
"You're the Cisco Raymond? The creator of the cold-repellent shields? I knew that you lived around here, but I had no idea that you actually worked at CCPD! Your designs are unparalleled; the slightly convex shape to reflect the ice from Captain Cold's ice gun? Ingenious! I don't think I've seen any better in my life!" The showering of praise seemed to daze Cisco, but when his eyes met Barry's, he knew that it wasn't the compliments that had stunned him. Cisco had vibed Wally. Thinking quickly, Barry said his goodbyes to Wally and pointed him in the direction of the lab. Once Wally was out of earshot, Barry turned to Cisco.
"What did you see?" Cisco described seeing a smirking teenager with fiery red hair wearing a canary yellow and bright red suit. Goggles covered his eyes, and a familiar insignia covering his chest. The vibe showed the teen saving people from a burning building, but that wasn't what shocked them. It was the fact that the teen had been running at abnormal speeds. Superhuman speeds. "Cisco, we need to get back to STAR Labs and do a little research on this Wally West."
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The two scientists quickly reached the STAR Labs facility, and soon everyone was scouring the internet for the faintest signs of Wally West. Caitlin searched for college and school history, Barry looked for any signs of relatives or relationships, Cisco was tracking Wally's location the day of the particle accelerator incident, Iris and Joe were searching for any indication of a police record, and the others were helping wherever help was needed. After two hours straight of searching, they had found exactly one page of information on the young man. Barry rubbed his forehead in frustration. It simply wasn't possible to be so… nonexistent. "What do we have so far?"
Cisco regarded Barry in an exasperated manner. "Well, as of right now, I've found that he couldn't possibly have been here during the explosion; the guy literally stepped onto the planet two weeks ago. Did you know that Wally has a freaky obsession with some weird type of flowers called asters?" Caitlin rolled her eyes and smacked Cisco on the arm.
"It says that he has a PhD in Chemistry and several other minors in Criminology, Physics, and uh… Vietnamese History, but the school he got them from has no record of a Wally West in student databases."
Cisco snickered, "Who wastes their time on Vietnamese History?" Apparently he was the only one that found it funny.
"Iris and I found out that he got a speeding ticket a week ago, but he paid it off the next day." Barry sighed at his teams findings. Of course they were unusual findings, but nothing accused him of being a metahuman.
"So what are we going to do now?" Barry asked. "I really don't want another Zoom on our hands."
"Maybe I can be of some assistance?" Everyone (Even Joe) jumped at the new voice. They turned to see Wally West standing lazily against the door frame, inspecting his nails. "I'm impressed at what you've found, truly, but seriously, you could have just asked me." Joe drew his gun and aimed it at him.
"Who are you, and how did you get in here without being undetected?" he demanded.
Wally chuckled, "Your security systems are weak. Only took about a system to hack 'em. One word people, firewalls. As for who I am, you guys can call me Kid Flash, the best interdimensional speedster you will ever meet." Suddenly, Wally started vibrating until he was nothing but a blur. When he finally returned to clarity, in his place stood the man Cisco had seen in his vibe. "Which one of you knows how to build a trans-dimensional portal?"
This story is about what truly happened to Kid Flash after he (SPOILERS) disappeared in the Season Two Finale. I think it would be cool if he had gained power during his time in the Speed Force and shows Barry some advanced techniques (including Speed Sharing) as well as sharing some famous speedster advice. I would bring Barry and Bart Allen (Maybe by a Cosmic Treadmill) from Kid Flash's world over and have them team up to destroy Zoom.
BONUS: Speedster family bonding!
BONUS: Cisco complains about not being able to name Kid Flash.
BONUS: Barry and Barry weird conversations/comparison
If you use this prompt, I ask for no/extremely small romance. (I don't think that it is instrumental in the plot line.) Unless it is Barry(Earth 1)XPatty (One of my OTPs) or Barry(From KF's universe, Earth 16, I think)XIris.