November 13th, 2011. 13:56
"Damnit!" Wally cursed loudly, not caring if any reporters heard it, he highly doubted reporters were even interested in his curses right now.
"And here I thought the Flash was gone" One of the goons said to the other, voice distorted from the universal translator but the other goon just shrugged.
Damnit, why did he have to be right about the alien invasion?! Wally cursed in his head, slowly scrambling and standing up again. His back was screaming at him, and the wall behind him didn't have as much as a dent in it. Of course it didn't, even if he was thrown into it with great speed.
The goons didn't pay attention to him, unclasping their wings and flying over to the square in the midst of Central City before slamming down their staff. Wally gasped, stumbling backwards against the wall. What was going on? Just seconds ago he was merely running around on patrol.
The next thing he knew were two aliens flying towards him, knocking him against the wall.
He gasped, craning his neck as a boom shot out of the ground, stopping somewhere in the sky before erupting to every side, creating a giant dome around the city. Simultaneously something similar to a boom tube opened, around 10 more aliens coming through.
"We have a problem sir" One of the goons spoke, gaze directed to the frontman, bigger than the other. "The Flash is here" Immediately all the 12 aliens focused their gaze on Wally, but made no move to capture or attack him.
"That can't be him, and you know it" The older one spoke, narrowing his eyes. "Clear the city, I'll deal with the copycat" He shot forwards, as other aliens scattered across the city. Wally cried out, dodging the attack.
"Why are you attacking earth Dominion dude?!" Wally practically screamed, landing a hit on the alien but receiving one back almost immediately. He jumped backwards, barely dodging another one. The Dominion race was fast, not on their feet necessarily, but their brains were fast. Which made it fighting against them very hard, even for a speedster.
"You are slower than the real Flash" The alien spoke, suddenly hitting Wally across the face and sending him sprawling to the ground. "Too slow" A kick was aimed at his ribs, and he cried out as he felt his ribs bruise. He didn't feel anything break, but it still hurt like hell.
Wally gritted his teeth, standing up carefully and charging at the alien. It was a blur of red and black as Wally and the Alien fought, Wally landing a few harsh punches to the Alien. He struck again, literally denting the leg of the alien and he crumbled. Wally stood over him, cautious still.
"Why are you attacking earth? My city?" He growled but the Alien merely grinned. He wasn't fast enough, ironically, to dodge the incoming alien. He heard it, anticipated it, but he was too late. Something slammed into his side and he cried out, barely having a second before he was rolling over the pavement.
2 of the remaining 11 were suddenly standing in front of the bigger alien, the second in command most likely. I can't win this alone. Wally realised, and he took a cautious step backwards. Just as the aliens charged, he ran away, to the other side of the city until he met the shield that surrounded it.
He carefully reached down, picking one of the flowers and throwing it at the shield. Immediately the flower sparked, electricity flowing through it before it fell to the ground, burned.
Wally almost jumped when suddenly his communicator went off. "Where are you?" The voice of Dinah immediately screamed through his commlink.
"South of Central, I can't get out" Wally immediately responds, waiting for an answer.
"We're almost there, are you safe?" Dinah responds and Wally frowns, looking behind him. No aliens were in sight, and he was pretty shielded from the rest right now, so odds were low that they'd find him soon.
"For now" He mutters truthfully, but it didn't really matter. They couldn't get through the barrier either way. From the side he could see Dinah running over to his spot, Tornado and Fate behind her.
"Wa- Flash!" Dinah said, stopping once they were in the same spot, just on the opposite side of the barrier. "What is going on in there?"
"Dominion happened" Wally said grimly and Dinah frowns.
"You were right after all" She mutters, referring back the meeting the Justice League had, no doubt that Ollie had talked to Dinah about it, and his suggestions. "How many?"
"11 aliens and one second in command" Wally answers, not commenting on Dinah's previous statement and cautiously looking around him for any sign of the aliens he was speaking about. With the city surrounded, he had to be cautious. He couldn't be captured.
"Why would they attack with so little force?" Dinah mutters to herself.
"And why Central City of all places?" Red Tornado adds and Wally nods, he had been asking the exact same questions to himself. It didn't make sense. If they wanted to take over the earth, they would've sent their army, not just 12 aliens.
"A distraction?" Dinah opts but Wally shakes his head from the other side.
"I don't think this is the distraction" He says. "I think the attack on Thanar was the distraction"
"But for what, why would Central be important enough to risk all those lives for?" Dinah deflects.
"Perhaps Central City holds something of value for them" Red Tornado suggest and Dinah nods.
"Nobody else is in Central right?" Wally asks almost hopefully but Dinah shakes her head with worry.
"And boom tubes don't work to or from Central City either, until we get this doom to stop working.." She stops herself, looking up again but it was all too clear to Wally what Dinah had wanted to say just now.
"I'm on my own" He finishes and Dinah looks at him with sad and worried eyes, worry for him but also worry for the entire city. They had no idea what they were fighting for here, what the aliens wanted, what they were going to do with the city, or the rest of the planet, and what their plan is on Thanar.
"We will be guiding you, keep your commlink o- FLASH!" Dinah suddenly screamed but Dinah's warning came too late, and he felt something sharp hit his back. He cried out, slamming forwards and colliding with the doom with his right arm. He cried in pain, burning flesh entering his nose.
Dinah's canary cry entered his ears but it didn't do anything. The only thing that did something was the explosion the doom seemed to have, sending him backwards again and sprawling on the ground, gasping for air. He didn't even have time to recover, the alien flying at him again and kicking him in the ribs.
He gasped, too out of breath to cry out and he rolled further.
"Wally" He heard Dinah say through his commlink and he rolled away, just in time to touch the alien's attack and he staggered to his feet, deflecting another attack by sidestepping and kicking the alien down. He shot forwards, stepping on the Alien's back, just in between the wings.
Before the alien could even retract them, he grabbed them, ripping them off and successfully paralysing the alien. Right now he thanked the universe that Batman had taught him and the team all about these aliens, and their weaknesses. He turned back to Dinah, who stood there with a horrified expression.
Wally gritted his teeth, holding his burning arm cautiously and he rushed over to the doom.
"I have to go" He said but Dinah shook her head quickly.
"First bandage your arm, do you have anything to wrap it with?" She said and Wally nods, digging into his costume before taking out a roll of bandages. He sat down, gritting his teeth as he bandaged his arm to the best of his abilities. It was sloppy, and it was still hurting like crazy but he had to work with it.
"I can't stay here, figure out a way to get through, I will try to stop them over here" Wally spoke, standing up and testing his arm a couple of times. The pain was still there, but manageable.
"Stay safe" Dinah spoke, nodding and Wally nodded back before speeding off.
November 13th, 2011. 15:01
To be fair, it wasn't as bad as it could've been, but seeing my city burn wasn't something I ever wanted to see. One of the banks had completely crumbled to the ground, and a few other buildings were ablaze. Rubble was everywhere but it wasn't as bad as could be, if you don't include the aliens that is.
Screams were all around me, occasionally an alien would dive downwards to round up civilians, and take them to the source of the beam.
Another scream erupted, and I could see an alien grabbing a girl by the waist, ripping her, or trying to rip her, from her mother as both screamed in panic. She couldn't be older than 12 years old, and she was desperately clinging to her mother, not wanting to get taken or separated from her mother.
I glared, immediately charging at the alien. The alien managed to rip the girl free from her mom, flying upwards. I immediately change my direction, sprinting up the building and launching myself at the alien. I crashed into the alien hard, Immediately ripping at the wings but not completely succeeding.
The alien screeched as his wings were torn, losing altitude quickly. I push down, causing him to topple upside down before grabbing the girl and jumping to another building, lower than the building I jumped off of. I pressed her to my chest, rolling over the rooftop and coming to a stop.
"Stay here" I command, jumping up and sprinting down the side of the building to get to the alien. Allowing them to repair their wings was a big no go right now, so I immediately headed straight for the alien, ripping off one wing completely.
"Why are you here?" I growl, hands on the last wing and putting pressure on it. It didn't hurt, their wings didn't feel any pain, neither did their back. But all their nerves were attached to their wings, their wings were like their brains. Ripping them meant paralysing them from the neck down.
One wing only meant one side. And threatening to tear the other wing off must be terrifying for them.
"Our King" The Alien hissed, jerking beneath me to get out of the hold but his whole left side was already paralysed.
"What about him" I hiss, pressing my foot deeper into his back.
"A treasure, a source to his power was taken from him" The alien said, writhing.
"By whom?"
"Thanar took it from them and buried it on earth" The alien responded, finally fully seizing his struggles.
"So the king sent you to collect it, attacking Thanar as a distraction. And the treasure is in Central City, you thought the Flash was gone so it would be easy to capture the treasure." I deducted but the alien remained silent. A sound was approaching from the left and I look up, seeing another alien coming straight at me.
This time I was ready, jumping off and deflecting the attack. I narrowed my eyes, running towards the alien myself, and hitting him. I could hear another alien approaching me, but as the first one attacked as well, I had no time to deflect both and I could feel the other hitting me in the back and throwing me on the ground.
Before I could get up however, I felt something hit the back of my head and everything went black.
November 13th, 2011. 15:42
"I'm certain, this is the Kid Flash, he cannot faze out of these bonds" A voice entered my ears and I wince, shaking my head slightly. I flexed my arms slightly, slowly realising that they were forced behind my back, shackles wrapped around my wrists to keep them there, and no doubt chains attaching them to the wall I was leaning against.
I squint slightly, trying to look around. I was close to the beam, the centre of Central City, but I wasn't the only one there. Terrified civilians were either looking at me, or looking at the aliens surrounding them and me. There were 8 normal aliens, and of course the second in command.
I ripped off the wings of two aliens, that left only one alien unaccounted for.
"He's awake" One of the aliens spoke but the second in command merely glanced at me, no real interest.
"Don't bother torturing him, he won't give the answers that way"
"What answers?" I glare at him, my blood running could at the implication. Don't bother torturing him. That meant only one thing, they were going to try to torture the civilians, to get to me. So I would give up the treasure. I knew what the second in command was referring to, but I decided to play dumb.
He didn't know I questioned one of the aliens before paralysing one half of him, and I highly doubted the alien would have ratted me out. He committed treason, and treason was met by execution.
"The treasure, you must know where it is" He spoke, taking a step towards me but I shake my head.
"I have no idea what you're talking about asshole" I spat out but he didn't seem too fazed, turning around and gesturing to one group of civilians. "NO!" I cry out as two aliens grabbed a man, dragging him towards me but keeping him far out of reach. He was trembling on his feet, wide and scared eyes.
"Please don't do this, I swear I don't know anything about a treasure! They would've told me if anyone here knew" I cry out, tugging harshly at my bonds. I could feel my wrists protesting, tearing into my flesh but I didn't care. They couldn't hurt him, they just couldn't!
"Do something Flash!" Someone shouted from the group but I could only focus on the man as a poke was pressed into his back. Electricity buzzed through him and he cried out, crumbling to the ground and convulsing. I scream again, charging forwards with my superspeed but I jerked backwards again.
"STOP!" I scream but the torture lasted seconds longer, before the alien took pity, or decided not to kill him just yet. The man gasped, rolling over to his stomach before looking up to me, desperation in his eyes. The alien frowned, kicking him in the face and the man cried out, hands flying to his now bleeding nose.
"Get another one, another species than this one" Another species, another gender. I gulp, swallowing painfully. Please stop.
My eyes widen, heart dropping completely as a woman was dragged to the front. Green eyes looked at me, piercing right through my cowl and my name lingered on her lips. Wally.
"No" I whisper, whimpering almost. Iris. "Don't hurt her, please" I plead, numbly struggling again but Iris was just looking at me, trying to tell me something without speaking. 'Stop struggling, don't hurt yourself, I will be okay'. The alien raised his staff, ready to hit her just like they had hurt the man.
I couldn't let them hurt her, she was family, my mom. I had promised Barry I would protect her, forever, even when he was gone. The Alien lowered his staff.
"NOOO!" I scream, and then everything seemed to slow down. Everything went quiet around me, the only thing I could hear was my own breathing. I could feel electricity sparking through my own body and suddenly I launched forwards, free of my bonds. I ran, didn't think, I just ran forwards.
Before the alien could even come close to hitting Iris, I wrapped my arms around her, crushing her to my chest in a protective manner and running her away. I stopped, not even seconds later, but I was already too far to even see the beam clearly, I immediately put Iris down, steadying her slightly.
"Wally?" She whispers, looking at me with wide eyes but I shake my head.
"Stay here" I tell her, turning around before running away again, straight back to the beam. It was chaos, aliens were already flying in every direction, some going straight for the civilians and in the midst of everything, the second in command.
"NO!" I scream as the alien reaches out to grab a civilian, charging at him and jumping on his back from the side. The force sends us both toppling to the side, away from the civilian.
"Flash" I heard him growl but I don't pay attention to it, gritting my teeth and reaching for his wing. I jump off the alien while he continues to topple, ripping off his wing along with it. I crash on the ground, rolling for a few seconds before coming to a stop. I take a shuddering breath, ignoring my burning arm.
Both from touching the shield and the road rash I now had. I whip around, facing one group of civilians.
"Run!" I order, charging at another alien who was charging at the me, I could feel electricity crackling through me, and I zipped away, coming up behind him and using the building to build up altitude, landing fully on top of him and ripping the wings off before we even reached the ground.
The alien screeched beneath me, but didn't move again.
The civilians did as I told them, standing up and running away. I whip my head around, looking at the remaining. there were 6 aliens left, and of course the big guy.
"Wally, what is happening? There was an energy surge" Dinah's voice suddenly enters my ear.
"Little busy" I mutter, ignoring her call before sprinting away again. Everything was a blur around me, and yet it was all so clear. I could see everything like I was walking through the world, everything was so peaceful. I could see civilians running away, aliens trying to catch up with them.
I ran over to them, buildings passing by, trees, rubble, but all so slow. I suddenly stop, crashing the moment I reached the alien. I tumbled, taking one of the two aliens following the civilians down. We crashed on the ground, and I let out a shout of pain but manage to gain the upper hand, landing on top of the alien.
I rip off one of the wings, but only succeed in tearing the other one before another alien slams into me.
"GAAHH!" I scream as I collide with the building, growling and trying to reach for his wings but they are out of reach. Screams are coming from the civilians, which only tells me one thing, this was another alien.
The alien growls, bearing his teeth before sinking them in my left shoulder. I scream again, struggling in the hold but the only thing I accomplish was the teeth tearing through even more flesh. I grit my teeth, raising my injured arm and vibrating it before sliding it through his body before reaching the wings.
The effect was immediate, the alien screeched, stumbling back and screaming in fear as one of his wings just crumbled apart. He fell to the ground, struggling to get up still but I gasp, crouching down and pressing my hand against my shoulder with a pained wheesh. A scream from one of the civilians reminded me I was not done yet.
I steady myself, ignoring how blood stained my hands before running off again.
Hey guys! Hope y'all had a wonderful first day of Christmas, and I hope you enjoyed the chapter as well. :D