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Central City

September 23, 16:16 CST

Wally was starting to get really annoyed. It was as if all the villains of Central City had decided that he was not allowed to get any sleep this week. First Captain Cold had robbed a bank at two in the morning (Seriously Len? Who does that?), then Trickster had used some weird gas that kept him from sleeping for eighteen hours, and now Zoom was terrorizing Central City.

Flash was at some Justice League meeting. Wally suspected it had something to do with him, because they didn't have it last time around. That meant Wally had to deal with Zoom on his own.

Wally despised Zoom. For the most part, Central City's rouges didn't kill civilians if they could help it. Most of their crimes were theft, burglary, and of course the ever popular bank robbery. Zoom, on the other hand, killed people left and right. He killed because he enjoyed it. He was the kind of scumbag you would expect to find in Gotham only, you know, a speedster. He had taken the gift that four people had used to help others, and turned it into a weapon of pointless murder.

That was where they were now. The two of them were racing each other through the streets of Central. Wally was slower. He hated that. It was why couldn't stop Zoom, why he would never be the Flash, why he wasn't at home with Artemis right now, why Barry had liked Bart better-

Where did that thought come from? His uncle cared about him just as much as he cared about Bart, Wally knew that. But he couldn't help but feel alienated. They were the ones that were fast enough to save people, that had a future in super heroing, that knew how to run in a goddamn circle without screwing it up. When Barry looked at Wally all he saw was an estranged, depressed nephew who had lost his girlfriend, but when he looked at Bart he saw a worthy successor. He didn't blame the kid at all, he really liked Bart and the younger speedster really looked up to him for some reason. He didn't even blame Barry. Bart was his faster, younger, and top it off he was his actual grandson, not some fake nephew like Wally was.

No, Wally blamed himself. Blamed himself for screwing up that experiment, for not being better, for failing.

And for all these years Wally had ignored it, and pushed it deep down inside, and pretended that those feelings never existed. But Zoom had brought them all up again. He was yet another speedster who was better than Wally, and he was quick to let him know that.

"How does it feel to be the slowest of your kind? The laziest, the least worthy, the most pathetic shred of existence to throw on a bright outfit and call itself a hero? Because your not a hero. A hero could stop me. Your a sloppy, miserable, insult. A failure"

Wally gritted his teeth and put every ounce of energy into his body and ran faster, but he knew it was no use. It was no use because Zoom was right. He was a failure. Just like it was no use at the North Pole, he knew he couldn't go fast enough. He couldn't go any faster.

But then- he did go faster. Much faster. Lights zipped across his view. The world felt so clear and pure. And Zoom- Wally was closing in on him. He was so close. And then Wally caught him. He didn't know how fast he was going, but he had never even come close to this speed. He wasn't even sure if he had seen his uncle or cousin go this fast.

Zoom didn't stand a chance. He was the victim of all of Wally's pent up frustration and rage. Kid Flash had landed a dozen punches by the time Zoom could even react. And that was just the beginning.

"Impossible!"

"You villains say that a lot. First you steal my color scheme, then you use the most generic evil line ever. Even your name is just a knock-off of Flash. What, is originality extinct in the 25th century?"

Zoom lunged for him. Wally easily dodged. They were hundreds off miles from Central at this point. A flurry of punches and blocks ensued. Neither of them could get a hit, but Wally could tell Zoom was getting desperate.

"How does it feel for you to be the slowest for a change? Because being the fastest feels pretty damn good!"

Wally punched him as hard as he could.

"You know one of the nice things about being slower? You don't take your speed for granted"

Wally wasn't quite sure they were still in the United States.

All it took was one more hit, and Eobard Thawne was defeated, his body a bleeding, unconscious mess on the side of a road in British Columbia. For a second Wally was afraid he couldn't slow down. That would have really sucked. But he did slow down.

As soon as he dropped below the speed barrier he felt a wave of nausea consume him. He was so exhausted he wanted to pass out on the spot. It wouldn't have been to bad if he was still in Central, but he was in the middle of nowhere. He used his com-link to contact his uncle.

"Barry, I need a little help. I feel funny and I'm kind of lost"

"Wally, I'm in a meeting, call your aunt or your parents"

"No, mean I'm really lost. I don't know what country I'm in"

"Wally, quit joking around, I'm serious"

"So am I, dammit! I was fighting Zoom and-"

"Zoom was in Central?"

Barry sounded like he was starting to panic.

"Yeah, I was chasing him, and I got really fast, and I beat him, but now I'm lost"

"You won?" Barry sounded worried and impressed at the same time.

"Yes, but I think I'm going to pass out soon. Help me"

The other leaguers thought it was weird when Flash started talking to someone, Wally by the sound of it, on his com-link in the middle of a meeting. They thought it was even stranger when ran out of the room in a red blur without warning. But the award would have to go to the moment when the almighty Batman himself stopped talking and took off after him.

Bruce found him in the Watchtower's computer typing so fast Batmanwas surprised the keys hadn't melted.

"What's wrong?"

Flash looked surprised that Batman had followed him.

"Wally called. Said something about Zoom, and getting lost"

Batman started to get worried. Yes, Batman had emotions, he just decided not to show them. Zoom was one of the most ruthless, powerful villains in Central City, and despite what he acted like he really did care about Wally. Having spent years struggling to keep up with his superpowered teammates, he knew how Kid Flash felt about being slower than his mentor. Also, the speedster spent so much time with Robin that Wayne Manor was practically his third home after his actual one and his uncle's. He even had his own room.

"I found him! He's in" a look of confusion spread across his face "British Columbia. He wasn't kidding when he said was lost"

"Go. I"ll tell the others you had to leave"

Flash was already through the Zeta beam.

Palo Alto

June 20, 19:16

Artemis had agreed to let Wally stay with her at their house in Palo Alto. Wally got the feeling she was still hoping he would miraculously remember everything and they would all live happily ever after. When they got to their house he had a billion questions swimming through his head, but even he could tell she didn't want to be talked to.

He figured she probably wouldn't mind if he went looking for answers throughout the house. Technically it was his house too, even if he had never so much as seen it before.

His search was actually quite successful. He found a picture with the whole team plus some girl who looked kind of like Zatara at the beach outside of the cave. He wasn't able to glean much information from the photo, but it looked nice.

He also found a variety of newspaper clippings. Back in March Kid Flash made his first public appearance in over a year. On the same day some new speedster named Impulse had shown up. Wally guessed he was the kid he met in the Arctic.

Then he found something he was definitely not counting on.

"What is that?" he heard Artemis ask from behind him.

He spun around and hid it behind his back.

"Oh, uh nothing"

"Your worse at lying than the normal Wally, and that's saying something"

Wally wasn't sure why he didn't want her to see it so bad. Surely he was going to show her as soon as they got back. Maybe he wanted her too see it when he had his memory, maybe he wanted her to be able to give him a yes or no answer. Either way, she wanted to see it and nothing he could would stop her.

She lunged at him and grabbed the box. When she saw it she was shocked.

It was a wedding ring.

For the third time that day, she started crying.

A/N: I think this is at least a little better than the last few chapters. Also, I don't really believe that stuff about Barry liking Bart better, that was just Wally being a pessimist.

About the whole Zoom thing: In the original timeline, Barry fights him and wins. However, the League was having a meeting about what to do about Wally and his current situation, taking him out of the picture, so Wally has to fight him. I was originally going to have him fight Mirror Master or something, but I think Zoom works better. Also, I decided to use the Eobard Thawne Zoom instead of the Hunter Zolomon Zoom even though Zolomon was Wally's primary enemy because Zolomons powers work really weird.

You know what would be awesome? If Earth 16 became DC's animated universe, in that all or most of its future animated shows took place there. Imagine a Justice League or Flash series set in Earth 16. I would even watch a Batman series in Earth 16 even though we have way too many Batman shows in my opinion.