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When Barry and Iris arrived at the West household, Danielle had Wally in a headlock, while Wally was trying to get out without hurting her, and their parents were laughing and smiling. They walked inside, only to be met by that sight, and wonder who the girl was. Iris couldn't figure it out, but Barry did.
"No way." He breathed, making the family look at him.
Danielle quickly released Wally, who ran up to him and hugged his uncle. But, Barry didn't return it, and only looked at Danielle, who looked down at the floor in shyness. When Wally released him, Barry ran at Danielle, almost using his speed, and engulfed her in a bone crushing hug.
"I thought I would never see you again." He breathed, while Iris looked on in surprise, and Danielle looked shocked.
Her eyes were wide, but didn't try to move out of his grasp. Once he finally let go, he held her at arms length, smiling like a psycho.
"Uh, Barry, who is this?" Iris asked, more curious than anything.
He looked back at her, goofy smile still in place, then answered. "This, Iris, is your brother's daughter." He answered, then smiled back at Danielle.
Danielle smiled tentatively back at him, then felt her bones be crushed again by Barry. "This is the best news ever!" Iris cheered, running towards Rudy and hugging him.
Wally and Mary stood by the side, letting the hug fest continue. Once Barry let go of Danielle, Iris let go of her brother and she hugged Danielle. Right now, the whole family was happy. Only ones missing are Grandpa and Grandma, Wally thought to himself, smiling as his sister started squirming in the hug of both Barry and Iris. They had always been huggers.
After the hug fest was over, they had all sat down, Barry and Wally in the couch with Danielle in between, with Iris and Mary getting something to eat for everyone, and Rudy sitting on the other couch. Mary and Iris came in with drinks, and handed them. For Wally and Danielle, chocolate milk, and for the adults, coffee.
As they sat sipping their drinks, Barry couldn't help but smile like a psycho. He still remembered carrying the little girl for the time that Mary and Rudy argued if they should give her up for adoption, and even remembered the small smiled he got from the new born. Or, he at least he thought it was a smile.
"So, what's your name?" Iris broke the silence, sipping on her coffee and looking at Danielle.
Danielle looked up from the chocolate milk, eyes wide, making her look shy in Barry's eyes, and answered slowly. "My name's Danielle, Ma'am." She said curtly.
Iris laughed, and then shook her head. "Don't call me that. It makes me feel old."
Danielle gave a small smile, then nodded. Then, Wally snapped his fingers and turned to her. "Danielle, you shall continue the tradition." He announced, smiling like a mad idiot.
All of the adults eyes widened, already thinking that he was talking about the speedster thing. "Whoah, buddy!" Barry announced, putting his hand up in a stop motion. "What are you talking about?" He asked, all the while glaring at him when Danielle turned to Wally for the answer.
Wally's eyes were wide at the threatning gaze, then answered slowly. "I was talking about the nickname thing."
All of the adults stopped right there, not getting what he was saying. Seeing the confused gazes, Wally sighed and rubbed a hand on his face. "I mean that, uh... Well..." He tried to explain. Then, he snapped his fingers together, and explained.
"You know that dad's name is Rudolph, but we call him Rudy, right? And thats Uncle B's is Bartholomew, but we call him Barry? And mine is Wallace," He spit out, hating the name, "But you call me Wally?" He asked, then continued without getting an answer. "Well, because her name's Danielle, we can call her Dany. See, and continue the shortening of name and ending with a Y." He finished, smiling and happy he came up with all of this.
Everybody just stared at him, no one speaking. Surprisingly enough, Danielle was the one to speak up first. "But, uh, I like being called Danielle."
Wally gave her a look, then thought even more. Then, snapped his fingers again. "We can change your name to something embarassing, then we can continue."
Danielle shooke her head wildly, not wanting her name to be changed. "Don't worry, you can call me Danny, just don't change my name!" She yelled out, making the adults and Wally laugh.
She looked at the laughing people surprised, but then cracked a smile of her own. Wally wrapped an arm around her shoulder, then poked her in the shoulder.
"Ah, come on, Dee, I was just joking." He told her, lazy smile on his face.
Danielle gave him a look, then narrowed her eyes slightly. "You changed my name from Danielle, to Dany, and now to Dee?" She asked, crossing her arms.
Wally gave her a toothy grin, then nodded wildly. "Why of course, but if you like Dany more, we'll just call you that."
Danielle sighed and let her arms drop, then nodded. "Sure, as long as I'm not called Dee, I'll be okay." She said, her voice sounding heavier than before.
Wally didn't seem to notice it, because he went back to interrogating her, but Barry and the rest did. They shared worried glances, then the phone rang.
"I'll get it." Mary announced, and got up from her husband's side to pick it up.
Barry turned to Danielle and Wally, not thinking much of it, and he was trying to imprint a worship for Kid Flash and Flash in her mind.
"Come on, both of them are awesome! They can run really fast, and they takl to the public, and are there for so many things!" Wally announced, making sporadic hand movements to emphasize it.
Barry chuckled at the scared face that Danielle gave her, then shook his head. "Dany, who is your favorite hero?" He asked, then slapped a hand on Wally's mouth before he could answer.
Danielle looked at him, then at the wall in thought, then back at him. "I really think that Vigilante is a good hero." She answered in a quiet voice.
Wally and Barry gave her confused looks, then she sighed. "I once went to L.A to an orphanage, just to help out, and I was walking back to the orphanage when these two men cornered me in an alley. I was new, and didn't know my way around, so I got easily lost, and add that it was at night, and I was the perfect victim."
She frowned at the memory, then continued. "It happened a year ago, so I was thirteen. Anyways, these two thugs took out their knives and told me to give them my money or I was going to be in trouble. I didn't, because I didn't have anything to give them but the money I saved up for a girl that needed it, and they just advanced. Then, out of nowhere two gunshots were heard and the men fell."
Barry and Wally were disgusted to say the least. She idolized a hero that killed? "I checked the guys over, and they were breathing and everything, they were just knocked out. I fell back in relief, then a gloved hand came into view. I looked up to see him, and he offered me a ride to the orphanage. Since that day, we became pretty good friends, but I haven't heard from him since I arrived at Central." She told them, then gave Barry and Wally a small smile.
Wally smiled back, then tried to get even more information from her, while Barry just sighed and thought more about it. Danielle knew a hero personally, a hero that may not be a very good role model, but she still knew him. And she might know his secret ID, which she could keep secret. Which could mean that Wally and Barry could tell her their secret, but in their time.
"Danielle, it's for you." Mary yelled from the kitchen, making Danielle jump up from the couch and practically run into the kitchen.
Wally looked at her, then at Barry. "Was I that bad?" He asked.
Barry smiled, then nodded. "You sure were, champ."
"Vigilante?" They heard Danielle gasp, and they ran to the door of the kitchen, to see what's going on. "Wait, Vig, please talk slower." She said, her eyebrows mashing together as she tried to decipher whatever the man was saying.
It seems he did, because next thing that happened, Danielle's eyes widened in shock, and the phone fell from her hands.
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