Mount Justice
August 9, 00:34 UTC
It was after midnight when they got back. Kid Flash wanted to go home and sleep. Robin, of course, had different plans.
" Hey, Wally, can I talk to you for a minute?"
Shit.
The redhead followed him to the other room.
" What was that?"
" What?"
" You know what. How did you know her name?"
Wally sighed.
" I'm sorry Rob, but I can't tell you"
" Yes, you can and you will"
" No, I can't and I won't"
" Do you want me to have Batman interrogate you?"
That almost made Wally crack. Almost.
" No"
He said it firmly and confiedently, the exact opposite of how he felt.
Robin sighed.
" I didn't want to do this Wally. I really didn't."
" Do what? What are you saying?"
But Robin was already out the door.
Wally had a sinking feeling. Sure enough, the door was locked. He had forgotten how much of a troll Dick was when he was younger.
" Come on, man, open the door"
" Will you tell me?"
" Hell no!"
" Then no. I'll be back in twenty minutes"
Wally heard his footsteps down the hall. Twenty minutes was forever for a speedster, Robin knew that.
Twenty minutes later, Wally heard Robin come back.
" Are you ready to talk?"
While he was locked in the room, Wally had thought about some things. After much internal debate, he decided he would tell Robin. He knew he wouldn't be able to keep this up forever, and he could be stuck in this time period, living out this life as if it were the original. If that happened, it would be helpful to have at least one person who knew what was happening.
A thought struck him. Was this what it was like for Bart? It was probably even worse, since didn't even know anybody from their time.
" Okay, I'll talk"
" Good."
Robin opened the door. He was standing as if he expected Wally to come flying out if the room as soon as he opened the door.
He walked into the room and sat down across from Kid Flash.
Wally inhaled deeply, then exhaled.
" I'm from the future"
Robin had an incredulous look on his face. He clearly didn't believe Wally.
" Dude, your going to have to do better than that. "
" I'm serious!"
Wally told Robin about the invasion, and the device, and "dying".
Robin was obviously trying to decide if he wanted to believe him or not. Before he could say anything, hiwever, Wally had run off. The zeta-beam annonced his departure seconds later.
Mount Justice
August 9, 2:03 CST
Wally fell asleep the instant his head hit the pillow. That was no surprise. He had had two separate missions in the space of 24 hours, not to mention almost dying.
His dreams that night were strange. Probably the strangest one he had ever had.
First he saw the team at the north pole, where he had vanished. He saw Flash saw something to Artemis, who broke down into tears. He tried to talk, but nobody could hear him. He tied to wrap his arm around Artemis, but it passed right through her. Then it changed. He was in a room standing before a glowing ball. When his eyes adjusted he realized it was a man.
" Wallace Rudolph West"
It was not a question, but a statement. Wally hesitated before answering.
" Yes?"
" You created me"
Well this guy was blunt. Wally couldn't say he expected that though.
" What?"
" You created me. In your accident. "
" I don't follow. How does that work?"
The man ( or was he a man?) cocked his ( it's?) head to the side.
" You created a cosmic anomaly. I am the result"
Well this was brilliant. Wally still didn't understand, but he thought he might be going crazy. This was a dream, right.
The man went on.
" I am the reason for your incident while fighting the assassin"
" Cheshire?"
The man (?) nodded.
" I will become the source of the speedsters power. As we speak I spread across time and space, becoming one with the universe"
This just keeps getting weirder and weirder.
" And then, Wallace, when it is done, you shall be my master"
" Whoa, slow down there, I'm still confused"
The thing smiled sadly.
" I do not slow down. And neither it seems, do you. It is time for you to wake"
" Wait, what are you?"
The thing stared at him for a moment before answering, as if he hadn't thought about it himself.
" I am a force. A speed force. We will meet again someday"
The light started to fade.
" How do I get home?"
" When you are ready, you will know"
The dream faded, and Wally woke up in his bed.
A/N: Yeah, I know, said I wouldn't update for a while, well I lied. I couldn't resist.
So, Greg said the speed force didn't exist on Earth 16, but he didn't say that it couldn't exist. In the comics, Barry was actually responsible for the creation of the speed force, so I thought, why not? Wally was the fastest Flash in the comics, but the slowest in YJ.
To write the last chapter, I had to go back and watch Infiltrators again. It was so sad, knowing that Wally only had five years to live. As much as I hate the fact that he is dead, I'm kind of glad that someone died. I would have preferred it be someone from the new team, or Green Beetle, or even a leaguer, but someone had to show that there were lasting consequences of the invasion, and it wasn't just " the end, happy ever after". Of course, if and when there is a season three, he must come back. It just won't be the same without him.