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Central City

November 11, 07:16 CST

The alarm clock goes off and Wally moans at the sound. He finally turns it off and a smile appears on his face.

"Hey! Sweet 16!" "That's right. It's my birthday. Arm's all better. Got my cast off, too" he looks out his window "And it's snowing? Cool! This is going to be a good day."

Wally quickly changes out of his pajamas and heads downstairs for breakfast. When he sat down at the table, his mom finishes setting the table.

"Happy birthday, Wally."

"Oh, my favorite breakfast-heaping piles of everything. Thanks, Mom."

Soon Wally starts scarfing down his birthday breakfast and doesn't look like he's going to be stopping anytime soon.

"You know, if you ever come for air, I can take you to the DMV to get your driver's license after school. This weather will be a good proving ground" his dad says.

"Mm-hmm" *swallows* "Not really in a big rush to drive, Dad, cause, you know, I'm me."

"You certainly are."

"Plus, the Team's throwing me a big surprise party this afternoon at the cave."

"In school today, ask your teacher the definition of surprise."

"You want surprise? Just watch Miss Martian's expression when I collect my birthday kiss. Mwah!"

"Well, I have a surprise for you-or at least, your Aunt Iris does" his mom comments as she turns on the news.

'And a special shout out to my nephew Wally, wishing him a very happy 16th birthday'

"So cool!"

'Now for school closures. The following schools have declared today a snow day-Dubuque Elementary, Spiesac Junior High, Central City High, Keystone High-'

"Oh, yes!" Wally stood up cheering "Could life get any sweeter!"

A knock was heard and Wally went to open the door. When he did, he was met with a very cold and shivering Mia.

"Mia? What are you doing here?"

"C-can't I-I vis-visit my favorite guy?" Mia stutters as she shivers in the cold.

Wally eyes her suspiciously then grins "You're here to distract me so everyone can get the cave ready."

"West let me in now before I get frostbite" Mia glares.

Wally raises his hands in defense and moves to the side so Mia can enter. Mia shivers and stomps her feet so she could get the feeling back in her legs.

"Are you ok?"

"I'm not built for this weather, Wally. I was born on an island off the coast of Peru so give me heat and humidity any day."

"Do you want some breakfast?"

Mia shakes her head "No thanks Wally, I'm good."

"Come on."

Wally takes her hand after she had taken off her jacket, beanie and scarf. He brings her over to the kitchen.

"Mom, Dad, we got a surprise guest."

Mia pops her head from behind the wall "Hi Mary, hi Rudy" she smiles and waves.

"Hello Mia" Rudy greets from behind the paper.

"Mia. Oh, it's so nice to see you again" Mary gets up and hugs her.

Mia hugs her back "I know it's been too long. So how's our birthday boy doing?"

"He's fine. I just made him his favorite breakfast. Would you like something to eat?"

"Thanks for the offer but I'm ok."

"At least come sit with us at the dining table" Mary offers.

"Sure."

All three sat down at the table and enjoyed the rest of the day until it was time to go to the cave.

Mount Justice

November 11, 16:05 EST

"Recognized: Kid Flash, B03. Blink, B04. Zeta 2 network now offline due to extreme atmospheric conditions."

"Whoa. We just made it. Tell me why you couldn't teleport us?"

"Because it's cold and I don't think I would've gotten us here in one trip."

"Good to know. Now it would be a tragedy if I missed my own-"

The duo walked into the lounge when the lights suddenly turned on.

"Surprise!"

"What! Oh, you guys! You shouldn't have" Wally tries to act surprised.

"Right, not like you've been hinting for days or anything" Robin retorts.

"Happy birthday Wally" Mia gives him a kiss on the cheek.

Wally returns the kiss and sat down at the coffee table.

"We made two cakes" M'gann says.

"Awesome! What will you guys eat?"

"We'll split the cupcake. Make a wish" M'gann says.

"Way ahead of you."

Wally blows out the candles and everyone cheers and claps.

"Happy birthday!"

"You know, if I tell you my wish, it won't come true, but if you guess…" M'gann hands him a slice of cake "Nope. Guess again."

Artemis looks away in anger then M'gann gives Wally a kiss to the forehead which made Artemis very happy.

"Happy birthday" M'gann says.

Mia walks over to stand next to Artemis and says nothing. She glances at her with a sly smirk.

"I don't like him" Artemis whispers.

"Sure you don't. Keep telling yourself that Art."

Artemis groans and walks away.

Robin walks over to Zatanna offering cake.

"You settling in here ok?"

"Oh, yeah. Just like home" she takes the plate.

"I know this is all very new and intimidating, but I promise you, someday…" the sound of Wally scarfing down cake was heard "You'll get used to watching Wally eat."

"Trust me Z you will" Mia walks over to the couple "They're so cute together" "I can't even scold him because it's his birthday but tomorrow he's so getting it."

Soon Artemis shows up "Think we should tell him?"

All of them saw Wally trying to get M'gann to kiss him.

"You're getting warmer, babe, but I can make your warmer still."

"He did not just say that" Mia mutters pinching the bridge of her nose.

"He's the only one who doesn't know" Robin states.

"Then please, allow me" Artemis offers.

While Artemis went to break Wally's hope, Mia left to talk to Flash.

"Hey."

"Hi Mia. Everything good?"

"Same old. I've got a question for you."

"Shoot."

"Are you and Iris really going to adopt me?"

"How did she know that?!" Before he could answer, Batman interrupts the party.

'Attention, Team. Suit up. Polar stealth. Mission briefing in 5.'

"Thank you Bats" "Sorry Mia I need to go. We'll talk later" and he was gone.

As everyone was getting ready, Mia puts on her polar stealth which is different from her regular suit; it's a full body suit, insulated to keep her warm, and fingered gloves. She and Lola met up with everyone else in the mission room.

"Where's Flash?" Wally asks.

"Flash and Red Tornado already have their assignments. A massive ice storm has paralyzed North America from coast to coast. Satellite imagery has detected five flying ice fortresses, source unknown, which seem to be responsible and must be stopped" Batman states.

"Can't the Watchtower blow them out of the sky or something?" Wally asks.

Mia elbows him in the ribs and gives him a stern look.

"What's a Watchtower?" Zatanna asks.

Batman sighs "The League's orbiting headquarters is not weaponized, and with both Green Lanterns offworld, I need all hands on deck."

"Does that mean what I think it means? The League and the Team fighting side by side?" Robin asks sounding hopeful.

"Whoa! Really?" "Now, that's a birthday wish come true."

"Sounds cool" Mia smiles at her really bad pun.

"Superboy, use the supercycle to rendezvous with the Batplane at Ice Fortress I. You'll drop off Robin and Aqualad, then continue on with Wolf and Lola to meet up with Black Canary and Red Tornado in Ice Fortress II. Miss Martian, Artemis, and Zatanna, take the bioship and rendezvous with Green Arrow and Martian Manhunter at Ice Fortress III. Other Leaguers will deal with Fortresses IV and V. Sending all coordinates now."

"Uh, Batman? I think you skipped-" Wally starts.

"Us" Mia finishes.

"Kid Flash, a young girl in Seattle is in desperate need of a heart transplant. With all conventional air traffic grounded by the storm, you'll need to pick up the donor heart in Boston and run it 3,000 miles across country. Blink you'll be there for support, stay in polar stealth."

"You got it Bats."

"No, no, no, no, no! He can't seriously expect me to skip the first ever League-Team team up!" "Who is this girl?"

Mia groans and shakes her head while Batman says "Does it matter?"

"No, of course no. But can't we zeta-"

"Zeta tubes are offline. Sorry" Robin answers.

"Right" *sighs* "Then how can I say no?" "Seriously, how?" "Guess I won't be needing stealth" he taps his emblem "Speedy delivery boy at your service."

Before the two left, Mia squats down to talk to Lola.

"Listen to Superboy and try to stick with Wolf. I'll see you later."

She kisses her head and teleports to Boston.

'Law enforcement across the country has been alerted to your mission and is clearing your route. Blink your job is to ensure that Kid Flash delivers the heart without delay.'

'Understood. Hear that Kid? I'm stuck on you like glue.'

"Great" "I'll see you in Boston."

'Copy.'

Boston

November 11, 16:26 EST

Apparently Mia can only go so far before having to stop due to the extreme cold weather. "Can't stop now, gotta get to the hospital before Wally." Mia pushes herself past her limit and made it to the hospital before Wally.

Wally speeds by on open lanes and reaches the highway when there's a truck in his path.

"Put your backs into it. We have to clear this road" a Boston PD officer states.

"Too late. Too late." Wally jumps from one bus to another then jumps over the truck and continues his trek to the hospital. The medical team and Mia were outside waiting for Wally to show up. "Come on Wally." Soon they saw him coming and stopped right in front of them.

"Someone order a pizza?"

"What you're delivering is considerably more precious to a girl whose life depends on it" the female doctor states.

"Duh. I meant, did anyone order a pizza for me? A guy burns a lot of calories running a few mph shy of the speed of sound."

"Sorry, no."

"I got you Kid. Picked up a few hundred protein bars just for you."

"Now, listen-this pack is heavily insulated for shock absorption. But that doesn't mean the organ within needs any extraneous jostling."

"So no crumping. Got it."

"Oh brother" Mia mutters.

"Your PDA" Wally lifts his arm and the doctor sets up a timer "You have 4 hours to deliver the heart before it's no longer viable. Is that clear?"

"As crystal, babe" Wally flirts.

"Then go."

"Guess asking for her number's pointless."

"Hey KF" Wally looks at Mia and sees her smiling "Race ya."

"You're on" and the two raced to Seattle.

Chicago

November 11, 16:49 CST

Mia arrives first and stood next to Chicago's finest officers. Holding up two protein bars, she nods at them.

"Gentlemen."

"Ma'am" one of them responds.

"Do you see him?"

"Nope."

Two seconds later, the protein bars were gone making Mia smile.

"Did you see him?"

"Nope."

"Catch you later gentlemen."

"Ma'am."

Mia was off once again to catch up with Wally. "Hopefully we can get the heart delivered in time."

"Making decent time, at least. I'm at max speed now, but if I push it, maybe I can dump this load, save the girl, and still join the real action."

'Kid, you're not planning on trying to get this mission done early so you can join the others. Are you?'

"Damn it" "Uh.."

'Jesus Christ. Kid this is just as important as taking down those fortresses. So suck it up and focus on the task at hand.'

Wally doesn't respond as he watches the feed from Watchtower. "Aw, come on! Robin and Aqualad with Batman, Aquaman, and Flash? Who's missing from this picture?" "Sorry Blink. What were you saying?"

'Why do I even bother? Just stay on task and don't get distracted.'

"Copy that."

As Wally's running, he comes upon a pile up and hops from car to car. "Need to find me a detour" he makes it out of the pile up and ends up running down a street filled with restaurants "Oh, man! I'd give this heart for a double chili cheeseburger or a-mm-tacostada, or-ooh! A chicken wizzie!" Wally leaves the restaurant street and continues his trek.

South Dakota

November 11, 16:13 MST

Once again Mia makes it to the halfway point before Wally and took the time to catch her breath. "I need to work on my stamina. This is taking a lot out of me than usual. I'm just not used to this kind of weather."

"He's due past her any minute" a state trooper says.

"Lovely" Mia snaps her head up to see a man on the bridge "Now all I have to do is get his attention. Any ideas?"

"Shit." Mia got into a fighting stance when the man with three scars across his face jumps and lands in the middle of the group. He easily takes out the officers then it was Mia's turn.

"Was that really necessary to take down these hard working officers Scar?"

"Ah Labiwa" he turns to face her "Your reputation proceeds you. I hear that you have the ferocity of a lioness and the grace of a swan."

"Don't know how you know that name and I don't really care. What I do care is that you're in our way, so leave or I'll make you leave."

"We'll see about that."

Wally ran past by to see Mia being held up by some guy. "What was that? Who was that?" he makes a U-turn and Mia saw it. "Damn it Wally." "It's him!" Wally rams into the man causing Mia to fall into a pile of snow.

"Go! Get out of here! I'll handle Vandal."

"You'll handle me?" Vandal grabs hold of Wally's hair and lifts him up by it "Little hero, do you really think you have what it take to survive Vandal Savage?"

Mia throws a snowball at him "Not by himself but with me, I think he has a chance."

Wally holds onto Vandal's hand and places his leg against Vandal's chest so he can get out of the grip. He lands on Vandal then flips backwards, skidding to a stop right by Mia.

"Kid go, I can handle this. That little girl needs the heart now!"

"I'm not letting him get away" and Wally rushes after Vandal.

"KF!" "Damn it Wally."

Mia joins the fight and they duke it out with Vandal. This is the first time Wally had seen Mia fight hand-to-hand combat and he was beyond impressed. "Wow. Who knew that-" his train of thought was interrupted by Vandal tossing him to the side.

"Kid!"

Vandal grabs Mia by the throat and stares right into her eyes "You have excellent form, it's a shame that you didn't become a member of the Shadows. I'm sure you would have flourished."

"Over my dead body" Mia growls.

"As you wish."

Vandal slowly starts to crush her throat as Mia claws at his hand to make him let go. "This guy is so going down." While Vandal held Mia by the throat, he spoke to Wally.

"When I heard authorities were cordoning off the highway for a speedster, I assumed I'd be confronting Flash himself. He and I are due for a reckoning. But I suppose I must settle for making him miserable by killing his brat sidekick instead."

"Don't fall for it Wally. He's just egging you on so you'll waste time fighting him. Just leave and go for God's sake."

"Troopers are safely out of range. Good. Frees me up to show Savage just what a brat sidekick can do." Wally rushes at Vandal again.

"No" Mia whispers.

"Hush Labiwa, it will all be over soon."

Wally uses his speed to create enough force to push Vandal back a few feet and in that process, he drops Mia. She coughs and gasps for air and slowly stood up. "Wally get out of here now. You've wasted too much time as it is." "Kind of bashing my head into a brick wall here. Need a new approach." Wally starts running circles around Vandal.

"Well, you're truly running circles around me. How will I cope?"

"Kid leave now before it's too late!" Mia shouts.

"Not coping so great now, is he?" his PDA beeps "What am I doing? Sure, I'd love to finish trashing the big jerk. But that won't save the girl."

He finally leaves Vandal and Mia was glad. She quickly teleports behind, trying to catch up with him.

Montana

November 11, 17:09 MST

"Wasted about 15 minutes on Savage, but I can still reach Seattle on time" he opens his snack compartment "Great. Out of snacks. And Mia's out of those protein bars. Dude, you are so running on fumes right now. Battle didn't help with that, either. Why didn't I listen to Mia in the first place? Too late to feel sorry about myself. Forget the hunger. Forget the freezing temp. Forget the wind chill. Just go. Go!"

Meanwhile, Mia had to stop to catch her breath. She goes on all fours to regulate her breathing. Looking down, Mia saw small red blotches on the snowy ground and instantly knew that her nose was bleeding from using her powers too much. "Shit. Can't worry about that now, I need to make it to Seattle in time to help Wally. Just focus on getting there and ignore everything else. A little girl is counting on us." She pulls all of her concentration into one trip and teleports.

Seattle

November 11, 17:08 PST

Both Wally and Mia made it at the same time. Wally slides in on his butt while Mia arrived and fell on her butt from exhaustion.

"Kid Flash" a doctor states.

"I made it. I'm here" Wally hands the pack.

"I'm-I'm sorry. You're too late."

"What?" Mia asks.

Wally looks at his PDA "No. No! Look! I've got almost 20 minutes to spare."

"I know, but she passed away 12 minutes ago."

"No" Mia's eyes went wide.

"12? 12 minutes?"

"Please, don't blame yourself. I'm sure you got here as fast as you could" the doctor helps Wally up.

Wally looks down in shame while Mia eyes the male doctor with suspicion. "Something's not right here." "12 minutes. The fight took 15."

"Maybe another recipient can be found" and the doctor walks away.

Mia gets up and places a hand on Wally's shoulder. He looks over to her and his eyes went wide.

"You're-you're bleeding."

Mia uses her sleeve to clean the blood but it continues to fall "Don't worry about it, I'm fine. Are you ok?" Wally sighs "Let's get inside and sit down for a bit."

Both walked in the hospital and sat in the lobby. They remained silent as the news was showing footage of an ice fortress being taken down. Suddenly, they hear someone yell his name.

"Kid Flash!" both turned to see a team of doctors running toward them "We've been waiting for you. Where is the queen's heart?'

"Wait. The girl's dead, so now, the heart's going to a queen?" Wally asks.

"Say what?"

"The girl is the queen, Queen Perdita of Vlatava, age 10, and she's not dead, but she is running out of time."

"We've been conned!" both thought.

The duo quickly scanned the area and saw the same man from outside enter the elevator with the heart. Wally races for the elevator but he misses it by a few seconds. He heads down the stairs while Mia asked a quick question.

"What's downstairs?"

"The parking garage."

"Perfect" before she teleports Mia states "Make sure that you have an O.R. ready, we're getting you that heart no matter what" and she teleports to the underground garage.

Wally grabs the heart just before the thug can give it to someone in the limo. As the thug was distracted, Mia takes him down quickly and looks at Wally with a smug look.

"Can't let you have all the fun, now can I?"

The thug escapes from Mia's hold then takes out his gun and starts firing at the duo. "Oh boy." Mia dodges a few bullets but she got hit in her right shoulder. She quickly hides behind a pillar to look at her wound. "No exit wound…great just what I needed."

"Love to take these creeps out, but can't put the heart at risk again" Wally continues to dodge the bullets as he goes for the stairs "They're blocking the stairs, so…" he jumps off a column and heads for the entrance "We'll take the high road! Whoa!"

Wally suddenly falls to his knees and Mia saw it happen. She quickly made her way to Wally's side and stood in between Wally and the attack. "That was nauseatingly familiar. Count Vertigo."

"Just what we needed" "Look who it is. Count Dracula in the flesh" Mia taunts.

"You again. Why must you be where you're not welcomed."

"I could say the same thing to you Drac."

As the two made witty banter, Wally came up with a reason why Vertigo is here. "Now it all makes sense. Queen Perdita stands between her uncle Vertigo and the Vlatavan crown." Vertigo increases the intensity of the headband's power making Mia fall on all four and barely moving.

"Crawling away? Bowing? Are the young heroes reduced to that?"

"Hey, I'm not proud" Wally states.

"Neither am I" Mia agrees.

"Apparently."

"And not defeated, either, not when I still have one weapon left-my big mouth" "I don't get it, Vertigo. You were defeated with the rest of the Injustice League. How come you're not in Belle Reve prison with your putrid pals?"

"I see what you're doing" "That's right. We work our butts off to kick yours and you get away with a slap on the wrist. What's wrong with this picture?"

"As a member of the Vlatavan royal family, I have immunity diplomatic, as long as no crimes against Vlatava can be proven against me."

"But when the queen needed a heart, Count Heartless heard opportunity knock. The ice fortresses were all part of the plan to murder your niece and Savage, he intentionally stalled me as a favor to you."

"All of this work just to kill your niece? Wouldn't it be easier if you did the deed yourself, I mean it's a lot simpler if you ask me."

Vertigo chuckles "It is nice to have friends. Why would I get my hands dirty if I can have someone do it for me. Now, shall we see if I can kill three hearts with one blow?" He takes out his sword.

"Take your best shot."

"Bring it Drac."

Wally slides the pack onto the ice and Mia quickly grabs it while sliding with it to underneath a car. Mia clutches onto the heart tightly while Wally took out the thugs. Vertigo uses his headband again but Wally pushes through and knocks Vertigo away. Just as Wally took off the headband, Mia got out from underneath the car and waited for Wally.

"Love to continue this love fest, Count" "But you're not my priority."

Wally picks up Mia and carries her to the lobby. "Tell me there's still time." As they made it to street level, Wally didn't bother waiting for the doors to open so he breaks through it and trips over the broken glass. He clutches onto Mia while she held onto the heart for dear life as they tucked into a roll and end up stopping in front of the real doctors.

"Hurry!" Mia hands them the heart.

"Right! Right! Transplant team to O.R. Two, stat!"

Both of them were exhausted and when they saw the elevator doors closed, Wally was the first to pass out while Mia held on.

"Wally" she said barely above a whisper.

Soon people started to crowd around them and Mia sat closer to Wally in order to protect him.

"Back off! No one touches him."

Mia glares at anyone who comes within a five foot radius of them and she wasn't going to have anyone get close to him unless they were doctors or nurses. Two teams of doctors and nurses came close to them but Mia eyes them suspiciously.

"You're not getting near us unless I see some credentials."

All four of them showed her their credentials and she nods allowing them to take care of them. When Wally was put on an examination bed and taken to get stitches, her team was trying to take care of her but she wouldn't let them.

"I'm fine."

"You have a GSW to the shoulder and I'm sure you've lost about a pint of blood, maybe more."

"I said I'm fine."

When Mia took a step, she nearly collapses but luckily the doctor and nurse were able to catch her.

"That's what they all say" the doctor pauses to analyze her "Judging by the state of exhaustion you're in, the continuous nosebleed, shallow breathing and the fact that you're about to cough up blood any second now, I say you're a teleporter. Am I wrong?"

"No but how did you know?"

"We had a hero with those powers come in about 50 years ago but every doctor and nurse here studied the case file in case someone with those powers ever came in injured. Looks like it's your lucky day."

"Thanks" Mia smiles at the doctor.

When they set her on the examination bed, Mia instantly passed out when her head hit the pillow.

Back in Central City, Wally's parents were waiting for him

"Wally's birthday dinner will be completely dried out."

"Shh. Mary" Rudy turns up the volume of the TV.

'Hawkman, Hawkwoman, Captain Atom, and Wonder Woman have defeated a fifth flying ice fortress, but this just in. Despite the best efforts of Kid Flash and a team of transplant surgeons, young Queen Perdita of Vlatava died on the operating table at Seattle Medical Center.'

Seattle

November 12, 06:39 PST

Mia stayed with the queen when she was out of surgery to ensure the Vertigo won't make another attempt on her life. When Wally woke up, Mia tells him that the queen made it out of surgery and that they should come up with a plan to stop him. Both the queen and Wally were in the same room separated by a curtain. While they waited for Vertigo to show up, the queen talks to Mia.

"And what is your name?"

Mia smiles "My name is Blink Your Highness. I'm a teleporter."

Perdita's eyes went wide "Wow."

"It is pretty cool. I get to travel anywhere in the world and meet new people."

"That is, how do you Americans say it, awesome."

The girls shared a laugh and Mia notes Perdita's beautiful smile.

"Your Highness, has anyone told you that you have a beautiful smile?"

"All the time."

"You wouldn't happen to have a portrait of yourself yet. Do you?" "I need to expand my clientele."

"Not yet."

Mia takes out her business card "I saved this girl a while back and she told me that she's an artist. I've seen her work, they're life-like. Give her a call when you're out of the hospital."

Perdita takes the card "Thank you."

The door opens and closes making the girls go quiet. They remained behind the curtain in order to hear the conversation.

'Count Vertigo.'

'That's King Vertigo to you, peasant.'

Mia internally scoffs "Someone's a bit cocky."

'King?'

'Perdita is dead. And the beauty of it is, I never laid a hand on her.'

'And now, no one can lay a hand on you.'

'As king of Vlatava, I'm untouchable.'

'Let's test that theory.'

Mia heard Wally trying to get up and got worried. "Oh Wally."

'Ow.'

'Now, now, little hero. You'll pull your stitches. Where's the girl? I do hope that she's alright' Vertigo chuckles.

Mia frowns and wanted to take a step but Perdita stops her by taking her hand. Perdita shakes her head and Mia waited for the signal.

'Besides, who exactly are you made at, hmm? She died on the table. All that planning, all that effort. Neither of us need have bothered.'

'Right. And now, it must kill you to know that you owe favors to Vandal Savage and, I'm guessing, 5 ice villains, for nothing?'

"That's it Wally. Keep it up, we've almost got him" Mia smiles.

'Not at all. They played their roles in my attempt to rid Vlatava of Perdita. We couldn't know it was unnecessary.'

'So you all still deserve credit for attempted murder.'

'It's called regicide.'

"Busted."

"It's called you're busted, jerk face!" Wally pulls the curtain to reveal Mia, Perdita and her bodyguards "I believe you know Queen Perdita."

"No!"

"You don't? Well Count Dracula this is Queen Perdita of Vlatava and Your Highness this is Count Dracula" Mia taunts.

Perdita hits the playback button. 'It's called regicide.'

"Well, it looks like your screwed Dracula. Have fun in prison."

"Count Werner Vertigo, as Queen of Vlatava, I hereby accuse you of high treason against the crown and revoke your diplomatic immunity."

"No!" Vertigo comes at her with his sword but Wally blocks the strike with an IV pole. The bodyguards quickly held Vertigo in place while Wally faced him.

"Send this clown to Belle Reve."

"See ya Drac."

"Well played, children. Admittedly well played. This round goes to you. And please, by all means, allow the victory go to your heads."

"Flattery's not going to get you anywhere!" Mia shouts.

Wally picks up the sword and turns to face the girls.

"Thank you, the both of you. Your plan worked perfectly."

"Well, when I woke up and Blink told me that you were in recovery, I knew Vertigo would make another attempt on your life, unless "A" he thought you were dead, and two, he lost that darn immunity and was sent away for good."

"And if that didn't work, the backup was for me to teleport you out of here to a secure location until Vertigo was captured. Seeing that Kid Flash's plan worked, we didn't have to go through with mine."

Wally hands over Vertigo's sword but Perdita shakes her head "That sword is an heirloom belonging to my country, not to the Count. I would be pleased for you to have it as a reward or a souvenir."

Wally contemplated on whether or not he should keep it. He looks up to see Perdita smile and he smiles back. Handing the sword back, Wally says "Give this to someone who's worthy of it."

"If you say so."

He nods and leaves the room.

"Remember to give that artist a call when you get out."

"I will."

"I'll see you later kid" Mia ruffles Perdita's hair.

She looks at Mia with shock and Mia laughs at her expression.

"Hey just because you're a queen at 10 years old, doesn't mean that you can't be treated as a kid every now and then."

With that said Mia left the room, leaving behind not a queen but a little kid smiling.

At the cave, both Mia and Wally were in the trophy room as he places the pack on the shelf. "The sword was cool, but this just seemed like the right souvenir for the right mission."

"Nice job Wally."

"Thanks Mia. You too."

"Dude, I just heard. You saved an entire country. Major kudos" Robin says.

"Hey! I helped too you know. Who do you think made sure that Wally got the heart there in time? Or made sure that no one got close to him when he passed out in the hospital lobby?" Mia whines.

"What can I say? I'm the man."

"Oh brother" Mia mutters.

"The man who finally figured out that the sweetest birthday present a lucky stiff like me could ever get was seeing that little girl smile."