Author's note: Okay, from now on I'll add new chapters on Wednesdays. Yeah :o) So, here's the last of the really short chapters – the next are a little bit longer. So far :)

Disclaimer: I know that there's quite a number of things DC that belong to Warner, or at least are shared, so I'll tread carefully and say everything's DC – not mine. I don't own a single DC comics anyway, except for my mail-ordered copy of Watchmen. And I don't have the JL DVDs either – I don't think they're even available in France anyway :S

Snapshot Collection

3. Nobody Dies

When Batman hears that a member of Flash's "Rogue Gallery" was killed after a building fell on him, he shows up in Wally's apartment with his usual Now-You-See-Me-Now-You-Don't routine to check on him. He finds a puffy-eyed, very subdued red-haired kid who keeps silent for too long minutes and looks as though he's forgotten how to be cheerful.

"Nobody's supposed to die on my watch, Bats. Nobody's supposed to die."

Not even the villains, in the Flash's book.

And Batman doesn't know what to say to that.

Okay, while I haven't read many Flash comics (in English or French, and even less complete comics) one of my favourites is one I grabbed on the Scans Daily site. The basic premise is "I'm the Flash. Nobody dies", meaning no innocent bystanders, and while the art was not my favourite style, the few pages I've read really struck a chord. It really reminded me of the Flash And Substance episode, where Wally talks the Trickster into giving the info they need, turning himself in to the hospital and taking his meds again – and now I think of it, of Comfort And Joy, where he offers the Ultra-Humanite a mini-Christmas tree. While I love the occasional dark and edgy line in stories I read/watch, I also love a little human warmth – the kind leaves you with a smile on your face. Basic, but sweet. And I like to think that it includes the villains as well.

And the reason why I didn't which villain died is because I just couldn't bring myself to kill one of 'em :o)

Next up: Superman can honestly say that he loves music. But he likes a song a lot less if it's continuously hummed while he's on monitor duty.