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Irey worked deep into the early hours and well into the next day on the new uniform. She spent countless hours reworking the material so it would fit her lean muscular frame. She updated it with advanced technology such as a GPS, night vision and a high-tech comm. radio. The speedster altered the design slightly, but it wasn't that much different from her father's. Irey read through her uncle's notes from when he made his first costume and used his method instead of what Bart and her father did. She preferred that the costume would surround her instead of having to change into it at the speed of light it would save time.
When she finally finished the sky was growing dark. Even though it was only a day she spent working on it, it seemed like months for her. It was quite an emotional moment as Irey put on the finished product for the first time. She's always imagined herself being the Flash some day, but not like this. She always thought that when the moment came her father would be there with her beaming in pride as she donned the cowl.
She left early that evening for patrol so she could make a side trip to the Keystone cemetery, there was someone she needed to see. Her vision turned blurry as she approached the familiar grave. She hadn't been there since the funeral. It was so hard to come here seeing it all carved out onto stone, but there was something she needed to do. Something she needed to say.
The hero stood there silently thinking for some time before she finally spoke. "I promise I won't let you down. I'll stop him. I'll live up to your name. I'll make you proud."
Irey fell to her knees in front of the tombstone, after setting some flowers down beside her she lightly traced his name etched into the granite. As single tear slid down her face. "I love you Dad…"
Soon she was patrolling through Keystone, her head now in the game. She didn't have time to dwell. It was a big night for her. Something was going to happen she could feel it.
Things were slow in her hometown; there was no crime whatsoever. She went unnoticed on the most part. The hero was moving too fast for people to get a good look at her so the citizens just assumed she was one of the sidekicks filling in for their beloved deceased hero or a random gust of wind.
As Irey made her way to Central she had a sinking feeling in her gut. Just as she suspected when she reached the outskirts of the city the police scanner in her comm. reported a disturbance downtown. The hero kicked it up a notch and raced to the scene. She was about to make her first appearance as the Flash; Irey really didn't know how the citizens would react. After the loss of the fourth Flash (Bart) the city kind of lost faith in the Flashes. Briefly, she wondered where Jai was at the moment. She prayed that it wasn't him causing the ruckus in Central. She wasn't ready to face him; their last battle had left her numb. She needed time for it all to sink in. The wounds were still too fresh to be reopened.
For once she was met with a slightly pleasant surprise when she saw two of the rouges up ahead. Captain Cold and the Trickster were at it again, terrorizing people. It seemed they were actually looking for a fight.
Irey temporarily pushed her broken heart and problems aside and put on the trademark Flash smirk. She would deal with her inner turmoil after she restored order.
As if she appeared out of thin air, Irey slowed down just enough to smack Cold square across the jaw. The wide-eyed crook gasped as he saw the familiar red blur.
"It can't be…" he murmured.
Flash smiled as she came back around and knocked down all of the henchmen and goons before they could flee from the scene. Next, she swiped the Trickster's feet out from under him.
"No way!" the villainous prankster shouted.
"It-it's impossible, he's dead. I was there." Cold said in disbelief as the red blur zoomed across the street knocking out all of his men.
"Well apparently not!" Trickster argued.
"Shut up! I was there. I know what I saw. He was dead."
"Then who is that?" James Jessie asked.
"I don't know, but it's not him!"
After tying up the two crooks Irey skidded for a stop for a brief second. She wanted them to just get a glimpse of her. She wanted to send a message to the rest of the rogue underworld that there's a new order in town. If there was one thing she'd ever learned from Batman it's that all criminals are paranoid and cowardly, now she was using that to her advantage.
Before anyone could arrive on the scene she was gone. Captain Cold and the Trickster were too stunned to even try to escape. Irey went to finish her rounds of the city before returning to check on Keystone and then heading home. She was almost done with patrol when something caught her eye in an alley. It was a familiar bright yellow fabric. The speedster almost tumbled out of control she skidded to a stop so fast. Irey had a terrible feeling in the pit of her stomach as she grasped the material. As she yanked at it her worst fears were confirmed. Everything that she had tried to forget earlier that day came flooding back to her. Tears pricked her eyes as she held Jai's costume in her hands. She felt shattered on the inside.
As a sob formed in her chest the buildings around her seemed to close in. Irey wiped her damp green eyes and did what she did best, she ran.
The speedster didn't care where she went as long as it was away from there. Landscapes and oceans flew by her in a blur as she sprinted across the globe. Eventually she stopped near the coast of California. As a kid she always found comfort gazing out into the Pacific Ocean. She always seemed to find answers to her problems amongst the waves. Today was no different as she blankly stared out into the gray choppy waters. It finally came to her. Acceptance. She knew there was no turning back for her brother. She couldn't stop him; it was a brutal truth she needed to face.
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