Just My Luck
Kid Flash had an hour until his date with Jinx at when he came to a realization. He was completely broke.
Well, not completely broke. He just didn't have any cash on hand.
He ran to the bank across town, taking him about two seconds, only to find himself in a ridiculous line. "Shouldn't heroes get to cut in line?" he mumbled to himself.
After 15 minutes, he found himself up to the desk. He glanced up at a clock on the wall. "Forty-five more minutes Wally. You've still got plenty of time. I mean, it'll take what, one second to get back to the tower?" he thought to himself.
"I'd like to make a withdrawal-" he was cut off abruptly by the sound of doors slamming open behind him.
"Nobody move! This is a stick up!" yelled a guy wearing a ski mask.
"I can't believe this," mumbled KF to himself, "Duty calls…"
He rushed up to the cliché criminal, an arrogant smirk on his face.
"Wow, you're original aren't you? What's next, the jewelry store?" said Kid Flash with a smirk.
In moments, he had the criminal subdued. Unfortunately, he couldn't leave the criminal until the police arrived. And they were taking forever.
After twenty minutes, the police finally arrived. "If it takes police this long to get to the scene of the crime, it's no wonder superheroes have to be the law enforcement here," he thought to himself.
He rushed up to the desk, made his withdrawal, and headed back to Keystone's Titans Tower.
Feeling he still had plenty of time, he elected to walk instead of run. He rarely stopped and just enjoyed a beautiful day, and he assured himself that Jinx would take forever to get ready anyway. It takes a lot of teasing to get her hair to stand up like that.
Just his luck, another crime happened to cross his path.
"I am Control Freak! Master of Technology!" came a voice from the electronic store.
Kid Flash actually pondered running off and pretending he didn't witness the crime, but his conscience demanded he stay. With a sigh he rushed into Rick's Electronics.
After a three minute battle and ten minutes waiting on the police, Kid Flash finally ran back to the tower.
Or at least, he tried.
Unfortunately, Dr. Light decided to delay him further.
"Why is every lame criminal in the world bugging me today!" he yelled in frustration.
Again he beat the criminal in record time, and again he had to wait on the police forever.
Finally, he made it back to the tower. He glanced down at his watch, which read 4:58.
"Two minutes to spare," he thought out loud as he walked happily through the door of the tower.
His happiness faded quickly as he saw an angry Jinx tapping her foot impatiently.
"Just my luck," he mumbled as he glanced at his watch, "My watch is broken."