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Four year old Irey and Jai sat in their tree house their father built them recently. They were sipping milkshakes from their happy meals; both were having a blast playing with the toys they got with their meal.

"Jai we'll be best buds forever, right?' Irey asked her brother.

"Of course Irey, we'll be the best buddies there ever were, why wouldn't we?"

"I dunno, I was just making sure."

"Don't worry, we'll stick together." He grabbed her free hand. "Best twins forever!" Jai declared.

"Yeah! Best twins ever!" she shouted.

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Jai and Irey walked hand and hand up to the school. It was the first day of kindergarten, which meant it would be the first day they would be apart. Both of the five year olds tried to be brave, but it was evident in their firm grip neither of them wanted to let go.

"Daddy! Why do Jai and I have to be separated?" Irey whined to her father who was holding her brand new wonder woman backpack and Jai's new Green Lantern backpack.

"It's the school's policy to separate siblings. Don't worry sweetie, you'll still be able to see your brother at recess and when you get home the both of you can spend as much time together as you want." Wally said gently. His babies were growing up and it was hard for him to believe. Artemis had tears in her eyes.

"Nooooooooooo!" Jai and Irey both shouted as Artemis and Wally tried to separate the twins to go to their separate classes.

"Irey!"

"Jai!"

Both of them were sobbing as they were led into their classrooms, for the first time in their lives the twins separated for more than five minutes, which was an eternity for both of them.

Sadly their classes had different recess times, prolonging their separation. As soon as the bell had rung the twins were glued together again. Inseparable as always.

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"Irey, Jai…Wake up!" Artemis whispered to the twins urgently. Something in her voice told the siblings that something was very wrong. Both of them bolted out of bed. Their father's grieving cries could be heard down the hall.

"Mommy, what is it?" Jai asked.

"What's wrong?" Irey added.

It was evident that Artemis was fighting tears as she kneeled to look them in the eye.

"Something…terrible… happened to your uncle Barry…" her voice cracked.

"Is he going to be ok?" Irey whispered.

"No sweetie, he's gone." Artemis said sadly, but there was no reason to sugarcoat it.

"Is Daddy ok?" Jai wondered.

"Not right now." She sighed. "Shhhhh…. it's going to be ok" the archer soothed her crying children.

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8-year-old Irey was holding her screaming brother's uninjured hand as their frantic mother drove them to the ER. Jai was wailing at the top of his lungs as he tried to keep his broken wrist still.

"It's going to be ok Jai." Irey tried to soothe her twin. While they were in the hospital she never let go of his hand.

"Thanks Irey." Jai sniffed as the walked back to the car, he was sporting a new red cast.

"Anytime Jai, I'm glad you're ok." She replied."

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The 9-year-old West twins stood in front of their father; both sported either a yellow or orange spandex suit. It was their first day of training. Irey and Jai had anticipated that very same day since they had come into their powers almost six years ago.

"Dad…Oops! I mean Flash, What are we going to do first?" Irey asked, she was jumping up and down with excitement.

"Yeah Flash, what are we gonna do?" Jai echoed.

"Well how bout you guys settle down, what did I tell you earlier?" Wally said patiently.

"Watch each other's backs, be prepared for anything, watch your speed, don't go too fast, make sure we always have control and never ever tell anybody our secret identities ever." Both twins answered.

"Ok, so we now have that in our heads let's get started…"

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"Mom! Do I really have to start my homework right now?" Ten-year-old Jai shouted as he and Irey sat down at the kitchen table, they had just gotten home from school.

Artemis was concentrated on watching the news; there was another disaster in Star City. There was a sudden explosion and the camera changed angles. Both of them thought nothing of it.

Irey and Jai had just started their math when the phone rang. No one had ever expected what was to happen next.

A heart wrenching wail sounded from the kitchen about thirty seconds after Artemis answered the phone. Instinctually the twins ran in to see what was the matter. When they made it into the room they found their mother clutching the phone on the floor. Her eyes were wide with disbelief, shock, grief and portrayed pain.

Irey and Jai both tried asking their mother what was wrong, but Artemis was silent.

"No, it can't be! She can't be gone…" their mother whispered in denial.

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One week later after learning the terrible news the twins stood in a Star City cemetery. Heroes from all over the world were there to mourn the loss of the archer.

As their cousin, Lian was lowered into the ground Irey and Jai held each other's hand. Tears streamed down their faces and their grip tightened as they both set an arrow and a rose on the ebony coffin. They had loved their older cousin dearly.

Irey broke down as she and her brother walked to their parents' car. Trying his best not to cry, Jai wrapped his arms around his sister and let her sob. Soon tears were streaming out of his eyes too. Their cousin was gone, but they still had each other.

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"Jai give it back!" 11-year-old Irey shouted. She was trying to get her chocolate bar back.

"No it's mine Irey!" he yelled.

"No! It's mine! Give it!" she disagreed.

"You're lying! It's mine!" he argued.

"NO IT'S MINE!" Irey screamed and lunged at her brother aiming for the chocolate bar.

"GET OFF ME IREY ITS NOT YOURS!" Jai tried to fend off his sister and accidentally punched her in the face.

In retaliation Irey landed a kick in her brother's side. After that it spiraled into a full out fight, the candy bar that started it all laid on the ground forgotten.

"I HATE YOU!" Jai hollered.

"I HATE YOU TOO!" Irey shouted back.

"What the hell is going on here?" their concerned father asked as he pulled the siblings apart.

"HE/SHE STARTED IT!" they both screeched.

"He took my candy bar!" Irey explained.

"I did not! It's mine!" Jai disagreed.

"I don't care who started it, I'm ending this." Wally said, as he had to pull them apart again. "Look at yourselves, you're brother and sister for goodness sake. You shouldn't be treating each other this way. Now you two are going to sit here until you sort this out."

After he had left Irey spoke up, "You know, Dad's right."

"Yeah, arguing over a candy bar is stupid, I'm sorry." Jai agreed.

"Me too, I never meant anything I said, I'm sorry." Irey apologized. "I don't hate you."

"I don't hate you either sis, I was just angry." Her brother admitted.

"So are we good?" Irey asked.

"We're good." Jai smiled.

"Love you Jai!" Irey shouted as she headed towards the kitchen.

"Love you too Irey!"

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13-year-old Irey was on the ground shrieking in pain clutching her injured leg. Her brother was doing his best to calm her down while they waited for their father.

"Irey stay still, you don't want to hurt it more!" Jai warned as she tried to get up.

Soon Wally made it there and carried his daughter to the car and then rushed her to the hospital. Jai was at her side the whole time like she was when he broke his arm.

He didn't even wince when she squeezed his hand tightly as they set the bone. Being the big brother he was Jai even lent her his jacket when she got cold and he helped her into the car due to the fact she was still getting used to her crutches.

"I'm so mad. I can't run for a whole month." Irey sighed with disappointment.

"Don't worry, I'll be right there with ya." Jai said with a smile, promising to stay at his sister's side.

"Jai you don't have to…"

"I insist it's no biggie Irey. We stick together remember."

"Thanks Jai"

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Today was the day that 14-year-old Jai and Irey West had been waiting for since they first came into their powers. Hearing all the stories their parents had told them about the team naturally they wanted to join, and today they were finally going to be apart of it.

"So who's on the team?" Irey asked excitedly. She was proudly wearing her new Impulse uniform.

"Well there's Robin, Superboy, that new lantern chick, the new batgirl and I think Aquagirl." Wally answered. He was having another one of those its-hard-to-accept-my-kids-are-growing-up moments.

"This is so cool!" Jai exclaimed, he was in his new Kid Flash costume.

"Totally!" Irey agreed.

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"I can't believe you didn't tell me!" 15-year-old Jai West shouted at his sister.

"Tell you what?" Irey replied, trying to play dumb.

"That you're dating my best friend!" He roared.

"It's none of you're business Jai!" she yelled.

"Yeah it is! He's my best friend and you're my sister. It's my business."

"No it isn't. I don't get all up in your face about who you date, so you can't do the same to me!"

"It least I'm open about it! I didn't even know until Milagro brought it up!" He shouted,

"Well maybe you weren't supposed to know about it!" The redhead argued,

"Well I think I should, especially when it's my best friend!"

"Maybe there was a reason he didn't tell you!" she screamed.

"FINE!" Jai slammed the door as he left to go confront Damian about the same thing.

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"Happy Birthday To You!" The chorus of leaguers and other heroes sang to the embarrassed twins.

"Mom you didn't have to throw a party!" Irey said indignantly even though she was grateful.

"Honey it's your sweet sixteen, you get a party whether you like it or not." Artemis smiled. Jai was too busy stuffing his face with cake to speak.

"Happy birthday Impulse." Robin said handing her a small box and pecking kiss on her cheek.

Irey quickly unwrapped it and gasped as she saw the necklace. It was a delicate silver Flash symbol pendant with tiny little sparkling diamonds. The speedster was utterly speechless.

"Thank you so much Damian, you didn't have to do this for me."

"I insist Irey, It's not much."

"I'm never taking it off." She promised as she slipped the chain around her neck.

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"Impulse, KF I told you do stay out of this." Wally said into his comm. He was battling his arch nemesis, Professor Zoom. (Aka Hunter Zolomon) in the middle of Keystone City.

"You can't just fight him alone Dad." Jai pointed out as he and his sister ran to Keystone where the battle was taking place.

"And we're seventeen, we can handle it" Irey added.

"The answer it no, and I don't care what reason's you have. Stay out of it!" Their father yelled he wanted to protect them. The speedster was currently trying to get Zoom out of Keystone to prevent any collateral damage.

"But…" Jai protested.

"No buts! Go!" he shouted.

Irey and Jai pulled off and returned to Central.

"What are we going to do?" Irey asked Jai.

"I don't know. We can't just let him fight Zoom alone. He can't end up like the last Flash." Kid Flash sighed.

"We need to call for backup." Impulse proclaimed and she pulled out her cellphone.

"Who are you calling?"

"Bart, Jay and Jessie. "

"It's too late, there's not enough time."

"DAD!" Both Irey and Jai shouted as they ran after him. They didn't want to lose him too, but they knew it was too late. Jai tried to slow himself and his sister as Wally and Zoom dissipated. They were gone. There was nothing they could do about it.

"NO!" Irey screamed her voice heavy with anguish and choked with tears.

Jai came to a stop he was so distraught he couldn't move anymore but Irey kept running. It wasn't until her cousin's arms wrapped around her that she slowed down. Her wordless screams and wails went on for hours it seemed as Jay, Bart and Jessie tried to console her while trying to come to term with it as well. Jai was nowhere to be found at the time. He had run off in need to clear his head.

Irey knew when he came back something had changed in Jai's eyes. Something about him would never be the same again, but for the first time in her life Irey didn't know what.

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Machines went off and alarms started beeping as Irey woke up with as gasp. The speedster was astounded for a moment as she found herself seeing stars, literally. Although she soon came to her senses and realized that she was in the watchtower med-bay.

The tower's med staff soon came rushing in with her mother and surprisingly Damian.

"Oh my gosh sweetie, I'm so glad you're alright. Don't ever scare me like that ever again." Artemis hugged her tightly; worry lines were starting to show on the archer's face.

"I'm sorry mom, I'll try to be more careful." Irey apologized

Irey let out a sigh of relief as she though everyone had finally left the room. She loved her mother to death, but sometimes Artemis was a little too overbearing.

"You gave us all a scare Irey…" Damian said as he came out of the dark corner.

"Ahh! Don't do that!" Irey shrieked. "I hate it when you do the bat thing!"

"The what?" The ex-assassin was a little lost.

"The all appear out of shadows and stealthy shit!" The frantic speedster shouted.

"Ok, I'm sorry, I was just worried." He admitted.

"You? Worried? Why? How long was I out for?" Irey asked.

"Over a week, Artemis was worried sick, she hasn't left the tower since they brought you here." He informed her.

"What happened?" The hero asked in shock.

"You took a nasty high speed hit to the head." Something in his voice told Irey it was more than that.

"How fast was I going?" she asked tentatively.

"Pretty damn fast, you definitely broke the sound barrier, but I have a feeling you were going even faster than that." His voice dripped with concern.

"What makes you say that?"

"Irey, you and Zoom made a crater in the middle of Central City. You almost died." He whispered.

"Then what happened to Zoom?" she wondered if her brother ended up like her.

"He got away…"

"So you mean he did this to me?" Irey inquired.

"It seems like it, do you remember anything?"

Irey recalled hearing a familiar voice, but she didn't say anything. "Nope."

Later the next day Irey checked herself out of the hospital even though they recommended she stayed for another day or so, she didn't have time to sit around in med bay all day.

"Irey! Where are you going?" Damian stopped her as she headed for the door.

"Home." She replied and tried to keep walking but he stopped her again.

"You should still be resting."

"D, I don't have time to rest, I have work to do. I have to stop that son of a bitch." She growled and with that she was out the door and through the zeta tube.

The Wayne heir sighed, he knew the speedster was too stubborn to budge, she always was.

So? What did you think? Was it good? Was it bad? Are you going to come after me with a pitchfork? Please let me know I stayed up til 3 in the morning to finish this the least you can do is take 15 seconds of your time and leave a review. Please that's all I ask. Also HAPPY NEW YEAR! 2013 WOOHOO! REVIEW!