Resurrecting the Red

Chapter 24: Voices

Virgil stared at David.

"Wally?" he asked cautiously. Static was afraid to get his hopes up.

"We have to help him!" David insisted. "We have to get him out of there!"

"How're we supposed to do that?" Virgil asked. David fidgeted before answering reluctantly.

"I'd have to go into the speed force."

"Whoa, whoa! No way!" Virgil protested strongly. "How the hell do you expect to come back out?" The older man held himself back from shaking the stubborn teenager.

"We have to get him out of there!" David insisted. "If you…"

"No!" Virgil nearly shouted. He waved his hands furiously at the younger superhero. "I want to help Wally too, dammit! But all you're going to do is get stuck in there too! Who the hell's going to help you get out when everyone else on the station is busy with Luthor and the Injustice League?!"

David stood silently as he processed what the irate older man was trying to tell him. The teenager knew he was telling the truth, but…

"Hey, you still there?"

David jerked his head at the unseen voice again. It had been faint before, but it seemed to get stronger every time it spoke.

"What?" Virgil asked.

"It's my Grandpa again," David answered.

"Grandpa?" the puzzled voice asked. "Just who are you anyway?"

"Uh…" David started.

"Wally!" Virgil shouted. "Tell your grandkid that it's a crazy idea! He'll…wait…can he even hear me?" he asked. David shrugged his shoulders.

"Uh…Mr. Hawkins wants to know if you can hear him," David said out loud.

"Hawkins? I heard someone else's voice faintly, but I couldn't understand it. Who is Hawkins…wait…Virgil Hawkins?"

Virgil watched curiously as David seemed to talk to himself. Was he really talking to Wally? Or was the kid just crazy?

"Kid," Wally West asked in David's mind, "Just who are you anyway? You called me your grandpa."

"Er…My name's David. David Kae. I'm Iris's son."

There was a very long pause. It seemed like an eternity to David before his grandfather's voice spoke again.

"Iris? Where is she? Are Barry and Linda around?"

David froze as he considered how to answer that. Fortunately for him, the radiolink in his ear beeped at that moment.

"Flash, Static…status report," Bruce Wayne asked.

"Everything seems to be okay from our end," Virgil answered. "Giganta and Star Sapphire are currently out of commission."

"Good," Bruce answered. "Take them down to the detention center. Two of the other intruders have been neutralized by Dr. Fate and Red Tornado."

"What about the others?" David asked.

"Wonder Woman is currently fighting Jon-El and Superwoman is fighting Galatea."

"Where?" David asked. There was a brief pause on Bruce's end.

"Diana's down in section G, level 12. Kara's somewhere in section B, but our sensors are offline in that area. It's difficult to tell. David, don't do anything rash."

"Too late Bruce," Virgil answered. "He ran off as soon as you said the section numbers. He's probably there by now." He heard Bruce mutter a curse on his end.

"I guess I'm taking these clowns to the brig," Virgil muttered, glaring at the unconscious bodies of the two Injustice League members. Wait, I'd better tell Bruce about Wally… Virgil quickly reopened his radiolink.

"Bruce?"

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Diana gave a grunt as Jon-El's knee rammed into her throat. She managed to bring one of her bracelets up in time to block the laser beams that shot from his eyes.

The Princess of Themiscyra gave a wry smile as her right heel caught the clone hard in the jaw. It was something she had noticed not long into the fight.

The clone had Jonathan Kent's powers, but none of his fighting experience. He certainly had none of her extensive fighting experience.

The only reason that the fight hadn't reached a definite conclusion yet was that Diana didn't want to decimate the Watchtower and risk endangering the lives of the other Leaguers. Had she not had to worry about that, she wouldn't have had to be so careful with her actions.

Still, enough was enough.

Diana slammed Jon-El through a wall.

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Kara Kent was not happy to find herself equally matched by Galatea. Kara had grown in strength and skill, but so had her clone.

It was grating, to say the least.

"I can't believe you're still around," Galatea mocked. "Aren't you supposed to be in the future or something?

"I'm on a long vacation," Kara retorted, punching the other blonde in the stomach. Galatea immediately retaliated by swooping behind Kara and kicked her down through two floors of the Watchtower.

Galatea floated down through the gaping holes and paused above the glaring Kara Kent.

"You know," Galatea said innocently. "I heard that it's because your worthless boyfriend dumped you."

Galatea suddenly found herself being pummeled by an enraged Kara Kent.

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Terry McGinnis frowned down at his brother's swollen eye. Matt tried to brush his brother off in an attempt to act tough, claiming that he wasn't a baby.

Amanda Waller, however, was having none of that.

"Mr. McGinnis," Amanda warned sternly. "Stand still and let your brother look at your face."

Matthew McGinnis meekly obeyed the terrifying old woman. Amanda gave a short nod of approval as Terry began to investigate the injury.

"Any word from the Watchtower?" Amanda asked. Ethan Queen shook his head at her.

"Mr. Wayne says that the transporters are still offline. They have their hands full with trying to stop Galatea and Jon-El. The other intruders have already been captured."

"I'm going back up there," Clark said firmly. "Green Lantern, take Donna, Shayera and Black Canary with you. Batman, I want you take your brother home and Amanda…"

"I'll go with McGinnis," Amanda said firmly. "You should probably send the rest out to track down Luthor."

Clark only nodded in agreement.

"Huntress, Green Arrow, Warhawk, J'onn...get moving," he ordered. "We'll take Chameleon with us."

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David zoomed around the corner and barely avoided being hit by a flying Galatea. He skidded to a halt as the blonde woman crashed through a wall. Kara flew after her, only to freeze in mid-air.

The Flash ran closer to see what had caused Superwoman to stop fighting.

Galatea had a hostage, a young male technician.

"Let him go," Kara warned. A wide smirk grew across her clone's lips. Galatea laughed as she gripped the frightened young man even tighter.

"Nah…" she laughed. "Since when did I ever play fair?"

David watched them closely; he wasn't sure what to do. He had to help them…but they couldn't risk Galatea killing the hostage.

"She'd kill him anyway."

"Grandpa?"

"Galatea wouldn't hesitate to kill him," Wally said. "Kara knows that, that's why she stopped.

"Wait," David said. "Can you see them?"

There was a pause.

"No," Wally answered. "But you can. Somehow our minds are connected. That's how I know."

"Superwoman's fast," David said, "But that Galatea lady is the same speed."

"But you're not."

David froze at that. His grandfather was right. He was faster, especially if…

…If he tapped into the speed force.

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Barbara Gordon immediately answered the phone when it rang. She was relieved to find that Terry had found Matt. Maybe now she could get Mary McGinnis to calm down.

"Terry," Barbara said. "I think you'd better forget about being Batman the rest of the night. The League can handle it. Right now you need to take care of your family."

Terry muttered a curse on the other end.

"McGinnis…" she warned with some amusement. "I know Bruce didn't teach you that language."

"Okay, fine," Terry answered. "By the way, someone else wants to talk to you really quick."

"Who?" Barbara asked. She was immediately surprised to find that Amanda Waller was now on the other line.

"Gordon," Waller stated with icy firmness. "I want you to put a warrant out for the arrest of Alexandra Luthor. I've already contacted some of my friends in the FBI."

"My jurisdiction is only in Gotham," Barbara reminded her. "Unless Luthor comes this way, I can't do squat."

"Oh, but you can," Amanda said with dark satisfaction. "J'onn J'onzz tells me that he senses her in Bludhaven as we speak. She may head your way anytime."

Commissioner Barbara Gordon felt her eyes narrow dangerously.

How had Luthor gotten to Bludhaven so fast?

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Terry whipped around sharply to glare at Amanda Waller.

"Gotham?" He demanded.

"Possibly," Waller answered.

"I'm not sitting back while she's in my city," Batman warned darkly. "As soon as I take Matt back, I'm going after her."

Amanda hid a satisfied smile. That's exactly what Batman should have said.