Wally leaned forward on the couch and put his head in his hands letting out a groan.

"Come on Walls we can do this," Nikki said handing him a coffee.

"We aren't exactly experts at this and soon enough the League is going to come knocking down my door to check on me," Wally said.

"I thought you told them you were on vacation." she said.

"We have been doing this for two weeks." he said.

"Point taken let's just start at the beginning. We don't know how I got here but we know how you got here." Nikki said.

"I came out where I was when I disappeared and you came out in Gotham even though you were in Central," Wally said. She groaned and rubbed her temples.

"There has to be some connection," Nikki said.

"I don't know Nikki. I want so badly to see my family." Wally said.

"I'm sorry." she said.

"About what?" he asked.

"That we can't do this that you had a good life finally and it slipped away," Nikki said.

"It's not your fault," Wally said.

"I know but I'm still sorry." she said.

"You know I thought that if I just pushed on then it wouldn't hurt as much but you know what. It hurts more," he said.

"You can't tell the League about your past can you?" Nikki asked.

"They'll want to do something about it and then I'd have to tell them about everything," Wally said.

"Can't you tell them it's over with?" she asked.

"It'll never be over with," he said. Nikki sat down beside him.

"I thought that I could be strong and I could do this, on my own," Wally said.

"You never have to do anything on your own." she said.

"I know." he said with a sigh.


Earth-16(7 months after)

Selena walked into the cave smiling at Bruce.

"Bruce we need to talk." she said.

"I'm trying to figure out where Clayface went. Can it wait?" he asked.

"Not really," Selena said holding her stomach.

"Selena I'm sure whatever it is can wait a minute," Bruce said.

"It's time," she said. He snapped his head around and looked at her.

"What?" Bruce asked.

"The baby is coming, now," Selena said taking a sharp breath in as a contraction started.

"Okay, let's get to the car," he said in a slight panic. They got in the car and drove to the hospital. Bruce helped Selena out and into the hospital. A male nurse ran over to them.

"How far apart?" the nurse asked.

"A few minutes," Selena said. They got her into a room and checked on her.

"This baby is coming now!" the nurse said as the doctor ran in.

"You have to push now." the doctor said. Selena grabbed Bruce's hand and pushed. After a few minutes, a baby started crying.

"It's a girl." the doctor announced.

"Helena," Selena said.

"Helena Kyle Wayne," Bruce said. After the baby was cleaned up Selena held her and Bruce softly touched her head.

"Helena," he whispered. Selena smiled up at Bruce.

"I'm getting tired Brucie." she whispered.

"I can take her." he said.

"Thanks," Selena said as she felt him lift the little girl out of her arms. Her eyes drifted closed.

When Bruce was sure Selena was asleep he whispered to Helena.

"You never got the chance to meet her but you had a big sister, Nikki. You would've liked her. Now, you have a new big sister and brother. Plus two other brothers. One you never got to meet. I know Jason believes that I don't care about him but someday I am gonna bring him home. I'll prove him wrong and I'll bring him home. I know I failed him and I failed Nikki but I won't make that mistake again. I will protect you my little one, from now on until my last breath." he said as tears started to form in his eyes. For the first time since Nikki disappeared he allowed himself to cry.


Wally and Nikki sat working on the machine.

"It's weird." she said.

"What is?" he asked.

"Seeing my dad and Diana together." Nikki said, "My dad was always my dad and Diana was like an aunt."

"Please don't make me think about that," Wally said.

"Sorry." she said.

"I want Arty so bad right now," he said. Nikki put her hand on his shoulder.

"I know Walls." she said.


Wally pushed himself off of the floor as the blood rushed down his face. He felt like he was made out of glass. Rudy stomped on Wally's leg earning a cry of pain from the young boy. Rudy picked him up by the hair and threw him into the wall.

"Worthless brat. Meta-human freak," he said giving Wally one final kick to the stomach before leaving him alone.


Wally threw the wrench across the apartment.

"It's not working!" he said, "My powers can't even do anything to help."

"Power..." Nikki muttered.

"What?" he asked.

"Maybe it needs more power." she said.

"Where are we going to find enough power to get this thing to work?" Wally asked.

"I don't know but I know somebody who might," Nikki said.

"No way." he said.

"He is one of the smartest men on Earth and he owes me a favor." she said.

"Are you forgetting the part where he also almost killed me?!" Wally asked.

"Do you have a better idea? You don't want to tell the league so he's the only other option. Look at it this way. If it works, you will never see him again." Nikki said.

"Never?" he asked.

"Not this version anyway." she said.

"Fine," Wally said.

"Great, suit up!" Nikki said standing up.

"I have a bad feeling about this." he said getting into his Flash suit.


It was Wally's thirteenth birthday and his dad was drunker than usual. He stumbled into Wally's room to find that he could barely stand up on his own. Wally definitely couldn't fight against Rudy. Wally was pinned up against the wall and ready to get beaten. Instead, he felt a hand going for his pants. Wally stiffened and everything that happened after was a blur. Wally couldn't move he was in complete shock tears streamed down his face and his whole body shook with sobs. He felt like he was in so much pain. Much more pain than the beatings. Huh, so this is what it felt like to crash.


Okay so this might not happen so don't freak out but I might end up killing off one of the characters while Wally was away sort of thing. If I did who should it be? I have a plan on what I want to happen but there are two endings that I might go with. I would really appreciate it if someone would PM so that they could help me decide. Or I could write it in the next chapter and everyone could vote. I would delete the comments after I tallied them so no one would know the winner. I know this isn't one of those stories people usually comment on but please do. I like feedback. I'm even okay with some negativity as long as there is a basis for the negativity like a scene could have been written better or I got some fact wrong that can be fixed without destroying the plot line. Do people even read these?