This story is doing better than I thought it would do. Thanks for taking the time to read this I will try to update a few times a week if this keeps up.

That night Wally woke up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat which hadn't happened in years. He didn't know if it was a nightmare or memory he has tried to forget his painful past. He looked out the window and for the first time in he doesn't know how long, remembers the people he knew were gone, when one face in particular flashed in his mind "Danny" he said with a sad tone.

Flashback

33 years earlier….

"Wally! Wally where are you?"A young boy, 13 at the most, was scaling the ruble that the grownups used to call New York City. He had dark brown hair that most people think it's black unless he stands in the sunlight. His eyes were a dark hazel color that was different from anyone in his family.

He finally spotted the 8 year old holding something that obviously sparked his curiosity. "Wally didn't you answer?" said the teen. "Oh sorry Danny, look what I found!" Wally practically shoved the thing in his face. "I've seen those before" Danny exclaimed with a hint of smugness in his voice. "Sam has one at his house he called it a wind toy" he explained. "Oh why is it a wind toy, can it fly?" Wally asked with amazement. "No Wally let me show you" he blew on the toy which caused it to spin and mixing its multicolored blades as it went. "Wow, give it back I found it!" Wally didn't want to share his new toy now that he knew what it does, most 8 year olds wouldn't. Danny just chuckled at his remark "Wally we should head back everyone will wonder where we are". "Ok, but I'm keeping it" holding his new treasure daring the teen to defy him. "You found it, it's yours" he said with a smile.

As they walked back to the living quarters of the workers which was basically a heavy duty RV to have protection from the occasional dust storm that blows in. "Danny where did you get your goggles?" Danny pointed at the goggles he wore just above his forehead in case the day decided to get windy. "These I found lying around, why do you want one?" Wally eagerly nodded his head which was a big YES. "Here have these I could always find more, eventually" Danny handed his goggles to the youngster and placed them on his head just like he did. "See I look better in them anyway" Wally said to try and irritate Danny, but he never got angry or even raised his voice to anyone. "That means they were meant for you then right?" "You're probably right" Wally said after a moments thought.

Wally looked over at the night stand where he kept those same goggles that were given to him all those years ago. The alarm clock rang which meant it was time for him to get up for breakfast and get ready for another day at work. "Wally?" Eve asked wondering why her husband hadn't shut the alarm off yet; he always tried to shut it off so it would not wake her with its ringing. "Oh good morning Evah" Wally tried to gather his thoughts again as he gave Eve a hesitant smile. "Well I better go and get breakfast ready before the kids start complaining" she joked to get him out of whatever was bugging him.

Wally always did his best to keep his family in a happy mood; Eve didn't see why she shouldn't do the same. She got dressed and was headed to the kitchen when she noticed Wally taking a long look at his goggles before getting dressed; she made a mental note to ask about it later.

Later that day near border limit of colony "Hope"

Wally noticed most of the former city was now a bustling colony now with his and others efforts to clean up the city. Although they still needed to clean up the skyscraper sized piles of trash that was the work of the former buy'n'large workers of Operation: Clean-up. Just then Captain McCrea came running up to him, he guessed that the labor of growing farms was a good thing. "Wally you have to come with me quick!" his tone got Wally's attention immediately. "McCrea what is it? What happened?" Wally was beginning to worry something happened to his family. "Another starliner has returned its Jupiter; they landed just outside Washington D.C." Wally was a little confused shouldn't this be a good thing?"Then what is the problem?" Wally couldn't help, but expect the worst for the returning ship. "There is no problem it's just that when they arrived they found a subterranean colony of people more specifically families of the work force from Operation: Clean-up".

Wally eyes nearly popped out of his head and his brain could hardly understand what he just heard survivors? "They haven't caused trouble have they?" he quickly asked. "No, in fact they are helping the passengers ease in with starting their colony there, why?" McCrea eyed Wally suspiciously he thought he would be happy knowing there were other survivors like him. "Oh, uh… no reason has Jupiter sent any recent messages?" the captain pondered for a bit "Actually the colony is sending representatives over to see if we could start a trading route or something." "They'll be here in about a week" "Thanks for telling me Captain" McCrea smiled "I thought you should be one of the first to know" with that he returned to the Axiom.

Wally was doing a lot of thinking on his way back home especially with the news the good captain just shared with him. There weren't just one or two workers out in this wasteland, but a whole colony! Going underground is probably what saved them from the less desirable of their kind. Until these representatives arrived he would tell Eve and his children the good news, heck they could probably visit sometime.

His mind suddenly jumped back to when the "incident" happened and Wally took a long look at his prosthetic hand.

Flashback

30 years earlier…

Wally was running for his life in the ruined city of New York screams and explosions could be heard in every corner. Wally didn't know what was happening he just heard people scream the same thing over and over "THEY'RE BACK!' Him and a few other children tried to run back home as fast as they could manage. "Steven have you seen Sam or Laurie?" Wally was afraid some of his best friends were caught in the mess of it all. "They're back home they were feeling a little under the weather today." Wally breathed a sigh of relief. "What about Danny?" Steven stiffened how he could forget Danny! "I think he went out looking for your mother Wally, come on we can't stay out here!"

WALLY!

WALLY!

Wally!

Wally snapped out of his daydream and found himself in front of his old home back when he still worked as a cleanup drone and where Eve saved his life. He turned to see Eve walking up to him "Wally didn't you hear me calling you?" "I'm sorry honey I was just thinking about a few things." Eve had a confused look on her face and noticed he was holding his goggles in his prosthetic hand, she wanted to know what was bugging Wally so much. If it caused him pain it just made her want to help that much more, he has suffered enough for 100 lifetimes over. "Wally you've been a little absent minded lately does it have something to do with your goggles?" Wally went rigged did he really want to relive that painful memory? It took years to heal from it and unknowingly he had tried to forget it. Eve is my wife she has a right to know…

"Alright" Eve walked next to him getting ready for whatever Wally had to say. He was her life and if talking about it made him feel better, it would make her feel better too. "Evah have you ever wondered how I got this hand…?

What does everyone think getting better? I will try to keep future chapters as long as this one from now on. Oh and don't forget to review.