THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE SUPPORT THAT EVERYONE HAS GIVEN ME. I AM SORRY THAT I HAVE TAKEN SO LONG TO GET THIS CHAPTER UP.
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Chapter 16
Both The Justice League and Young Justice team were wondering what the heck was going on when they had received a message from Flash telling them that they needed to meet at The Hall of Justice and the way that Flash was talking over the com sent shivers down everyone's letting them know that something was very wrong.
Flash arrived via a spaceship that Hal said was part of The Blue Lantern Corps. When Flash stepped out of the ship you could see the anger coming off of him. Everyone knew just by looking at the Speedster that he was pissed beyond belief and that someone was going to get hurt s someone asked the wrong thing and judging by the way Flash was looking at Young Justice it just might be them.
"I want everyone in this room to go to the conference room NOW!" Flash growled out.
"Flash, that room is only for members of The Justice League." Superman pointed out.
Flash turned to face Superman with a look that could kill. "I don't give a flying fuck what that damn room is for. It is the only room that can fit everyone in this room. So you can take your rules and shove them up where the sun don't shine." Flash snarled.
For the first time in a LONG time, Superman felt afraid. He had never seen Flash who was known for being very mild manured and carefree this angry.
"Well, What the hell are you waiting for? Get your useless asses in that room NOW!" Flash snapped as he saw that no one was moving.
Every hero ran as fast as they could without running over some one into the room. They knew that something was going on as when Flash entered the room, he locked the door so that only he could open the door or if there was a emergency.
"Flash, what is..." Superman started to asked but once again was stopped by Flash giving him a glare that would make Batman scared.
"First thing. NO ONE is to talk until I am finished. If anyone so much as makes a peep I will put a muzzle on you and a inhibitor collar as well. Do I make myself clear?" Flash said with anger in his voice.
Everyone nodded their heads very fast. This had to be bad for Flash to threaten everyone with a collar which Flash thought was something that should have never been created.
"Good. Now I am sure that everyone here is wondering why I am so mad? You may only nod your head." Flash growled as he saw everyone nod their heads. "Well, thanks to some people that have the nerve to call themselves my nephew's friends and teammates as well as some of the older adults that Wally looks up to Wally is now being held in a Blue Lantern cell do to him not being able to control his Rage that had taken over him because is FRIENDS had the nerve to talk behind his back about the fact that he had kept the fact that he could become a Green Lantern. Well, you should know that Wally's Rage has become so bad that something called The Butcher had taken over the boy that I see as my son. Wally tried so hard to get rid of the Rage with help from his REAL friends Red Arrow and Artemis who were willing to put aside their differences to help someone that they cared about. Also you should now that one of the only ways for The Butcher which is the Entity that was created by the first sign of Rage to be destroyed and yes I did say destroyed is to kill Wally or have Wally fight The Butcher which he has been doing the entire time since he turned into a Red Lantern. Wally does not have the strength to fight The Butcher. So I hope that everyone is happy to know that they may have killed a 16 year old boy because he hid something from people he cared about and was trying to protect them." Flash screamed out in anger as he was trying to control his temper. The Speedster so badly wanted to beat up the members of Young Justice and a few of the League members minus Hal as he was some what innocent in what was going on as he didn't know that Wally was Nuallan reincarnated.
"Flash, you can not be serious! There must be a way to save Wally." Robin said only to get glared at by Flash.
"Oh so now you care about Wally? Don't make me laugh. If you or any one ever truly cared about Wally you would have never said those thing about him." Flash sneered. There was no reason to think that Flash wasn't upset.
Robin had the decency to look ashamed. He had never really thought that what was happening was really happening.
"And to answer your question not that you care if Wally lives or dies cause I know that no one in this room minus a few people care about my son Saint Walker is doing everything that he can to help Wally but nothing seems to work. He didn't have to say anything when I asked him what could be done to save Wally. I could tell just by looking in the Monk's eyes that the only way to save Wally is kill him and I will tell you this right now. If Wally has to be killed because of what his so called 'friends' and I use that term loosely as I don't even think that word belongs when talking about you I will make sure that every single person that is involved in causing Wally to become possessed by The Butcher will regret the day that they were born. I also know that The Rogues who do know that Wally is Kid Flash will also make you life a living nightmare if I don't to doing it first and bare in mind The Rogues may be different that other villains but I do think that they will forgo their vow of not killing or hurting children when it comes to the matter of protecting Wally or as they know him as Baby Flash and let me tell you I will NOT stop them from carrying out what they see as justice. So you all just damn well better pray that Wally can be save and damn well be alright cause I will not be held responsible for my actions as Flash and as my non hero life. And don't forget about my wife who is worse than me and a reporter who can discredit The League and I know damn well she can and will if Wally does die." Flash growled out. He was so pissed that he felt that a Red Lantern ring would come to him but would never go that far as Wally needed him.
The heroes and sidekicks looked at Flash and knew that he was not joking around and that he was dead serious about making their lives hell if Wally died.
Superman started to open his mouth only to one again shut it when Flash glared at him. For the first time in a long time The Man of Steel felt fear. Pure raw fear.
"No Superman, you nor anyone else may see Wally as you have done enough damage to him. If you want to help you find a way to get that DAMN thing out of my son!" Flash snarled before he gave one last look to everyone in the room to show that was serious before leaving the room as a human pace.
The Young Justice team knew that they were mostly the cause for what had happened to Wally. They had not trusted him when he was only trying to protect them from harm which in turn caused him harm. Wally may have to die because of their actions. They weren't the heroes that they claimed to be. They were the killers of one of their own.
Flash walked to one of the training rooms to let out some steam. When he opened the door he found Batman and Hal Jordan waiting for him.
"You two can see Wally as I know for a fact that you two are helping Wally. And before you say anything Hal, you are not responsible for what has happened. Granted you should have told Wally about the ManHunters but we all make mistakes and you had no way of knowing that what happened on Oa would happen." Flash told his two friends as he punched a punching bag to hard that it shattered.
"Did you really mean what you said about making everyone pay?" Hal asked already knowing the answer.
"You're damn right. I won't hurt or kill anyone but I am not going to stop The Rogues from doing that. And I am not going to stop my wife from discrediting The League. So like I said before, my son had better come out of this alive with his mind intact or I swear there will be hell to pay." Flash replied in a calmer voice as he knew that if Wally had to die that Hal and Batman would be saved from the wraith of The Allens and The Rogues who Flash knew would kill anyone that hurt their baby.
Meanwhile on Odyn.
Wally let out a scream as he felt his mind being taken over once again. He was trying to gain his mind back but every time he took a step, The Butcher would make him take two steps back. But Wally was not going to give up. He was going to win the hardest battle of his life even if it meant dying. Wally didn't want to die but if that was what it would take to keep everyone safe even those that betrayed him than so be it.
"You cannot win! I will rule the universe and there will be o one to stop me!" The Butcher's voice cackled inside of Wally's mind.
"Don't be so sure. If I can survive my father beating me within a inch of my life of a daily basis than I think I can survive a parasite trying to use my body. I meant what I said. I am not going to let you hurt anyone even if I have to kill myself." Wally replied back.
"How do you plan to do that when I have control of your body?"
Wally let out a smirk. "You do know that in order to use my powers, I do need to eat a lot of food and I know that since you and the other Lantern Entities are pure energy that you do not need to eat as you can probably keep your host alive with your own energy. Well, I have figured out that as long as I don't have any Rage in me what so ever than you can't give keep me alive with your own energy." Wally smirked.
"You will die as well."
"That is something that I am not afraid of doing. But I can tell you this that I do know that if I kill you than everyone that is a Red Lantern will die as you are the one that powers their battery and dispute everything that they have done I do not want that. I will find a way to die and let you live. I will stop you with compassion." The Redhead replied. It was true that he wasn't going to kill The Butcher if it meant killing the Red Lanterns as they had nothing to do with what was happening to him.
"WELL SAID YOUNG ONE." A soft but strong feminine voice called out into his head.
Wally looked around to see if anyone else was in his mind. What he saw was most certainly a alien female who was wearing something that reminded Wally of what a woman from an African Warrior tribe would wear. Her hair was in dreadlocks like style. She had the face of someone who you could trust but also someone that you really didn't want to mess with. In her hand, she carried a staff that was glowing an bluish-purple like color. Wally stared at the female alien for a few moments wondering who she was. It was only until he saw a bluish-purple colored ring on her hand that the young speedster knew that he was looking at a type of Lantern but had never heard of a group of Lanterns that wore the color he was seeing.
"Whoa! Who are you?" Wally asked as he tried to keep The Butcher from taking control of his body so that he wouldn't hurt the strange Lantern in front of him.
"YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND ME." The woman replied with a gentle smile on her face.
"What do you mean that I wouldn't be able to understand you? I can hear you talking in a language that I know." Wally replied as he noticed the shocked look on the woman's face.
"YOU MEAN TO SAY THAT YOU CAN REALLY UNDERSTAND THE WORDS THAT I AM SAYING?" The female Lantern asked as shock was showing on her face.
"Yeah. I mean you some type of Lantern so that means that your ring should let everyone know what your saying in their own language?" Wally replied with a raised eyebrow.
Once again the woman had a look of shock on her face. "THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING! NO ONE OUTSIDE OF THE INDIGO LANTERN CORPS SHOULD BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT I AM SAYING!"
"Well, in all honestly I do hear what you are saying which may have to do with the fact that I have had both a Green and Red Lantern ring on my finger and that I am the reincarnation of some elf like Green Lantern by the name of Nuallan. Also let's not forget the fact that I have the Entity of Rage who I am currently fighting to prevent from taking over my body and hurting those that I love. But as much as I want to be able to get that thing out of my mind I know that if I kill The Butcher that I will be killing The Red Lanterns as well and that is not who I am." Wally told the woman in front of him.
"COMPASSION FOR THOSE YOU FIGHT. THAT IS ONE OF THE STRONGEST THINGS YOU CAN EVER DO YOUNG ONE." The tribal like woman said with a smile on her face.
"I'm not a murderer. I don't know how but I do know for some reason that if I try and kill this THING that is inside of me than I would never be able to live with myself due to the fact that I would be also killing The Red Lanterns. I do believe that there is some way of getting The Butcher out of me without hurting him or The Red Lanterns." Wally said as for some reason he felt like he was repeating himself.
The tribal like woman smiled once again at the young human. It was strange for someone outside of The Indigo Lantern Corp other than their founder Abin Sur to understand them. Also the woman had heard the name Nuallan before but it was a long time ago. From the stories she had heard long ago of the Green Lantern known as Nuallan was that he was very young about the same age as the young human in front of her and was from a poor lifestyle but had a good heart as Nuallan had gotten his ring by having the will power to risk his own life to save a child. Nuallan had only been in his early 20s when he had passed and this was due to him preventing The Red Lanterns from taking over Oa and much of the galaxy.
The tribal woman had been watching over the young human for a little while since she had sensed a great power in the galaxy and from what she had seen from pictures of Nuallan was that this human child was an almost perfect picture of Nuallan save for the skin coloring and minus the pointy ears that Nuallan's race had. Also from what she had learned was that Nuallan also had a mouth when he was a teen but would back it up.
Wally looked up at the tribal like woman and sighed. She was just like everyone else that heard that he was the reincarnation of Nuallan. Wally knew that the strange woman in front of him would only see him as Nuallan and Wally really didn't mean any disrespect for Nuallan as the Speedster did look him up to learn about him. In fact, Wally had a lot of respect for the late Green Lantern who had stood up to the entire Red Lantern Corps by himself and won his battle at the cost of his own life.
The woman could tell that just by looking at the expression on the young redhead's face what he thought that she was thinking.
"YOUNG ONE, I DO NOT SEE YOU AS NUALLAN FOR I HAVE NEVER MET THAT YOUNG LANTERN. I ONLY KNOW OF HIM THROUGH THE STORIES I HAVE HEARD OF HIM FROM HIS HOMEWORLD AND FROM WHAT I HAVE READ ON OA. YOU MAY LOOK LIKE HIM AND YES YOU DO HAVE SOME OF HIS TRAITS BUT I CAN SEE THAT YOU ARE YOUR OWN PERSON AND SHOULD BE TREATED AS SUCH." The woman told the speedster who had the looked of shock on his face.
Wally couldn't believe the words that he had just heard. There was someone other than Hal and The Blue Lanterns that didn't see him as Nuallan.
"What do you mean 'some of his traits'?" Wally asked.
"YOUNG ONE, FROM WHAT I KNOW OF NUALLAN IS THAT HE WAS VERY CARING AND WAS WILLING TO GIVE HIS LIFE FOR OTHERS. HE ALSO FROM WHAT I HAVE LEARNED CAME FROM A BAD START IN LIFE. ALSO HE HAD QUITE A MOUTH ON HIM BUT WAS NEVER AFRAID OF BACKING IT UP. I HAVE SEEN THOSE TRAITS IN YOU BUT YOU ARE YOU AS MANY OF THE UNIVERSE YOUNG ONES HAVE THOSE TRAITS. BUT FROM WHAT I HAVE SEEN IS THAT YOU ARE SHOWING EVERYONE THAT YOU ARE YOU AND NOT NO ONE ELSE." The bluish-purple glowing woman replied with a smile on her face once again.
Wally couldn't help but smile at the woman as he could now see that she was telling the truth.
"Will you help me rid my body of The Butcher with out hurting it and The Red Lanterns?" Wally asked as he hoped that the woman would help him.
The woman gave Wally a gentle smile and nodded her head. "UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT WE HAVE TO DO WILL BE HARD AND TIRING. IT WILL ALSO REQUIRE YOU TO MAKE SOME HARD CHOICES THAT WILL EFFECT YOU AND THOSE THAT YOU LOVE BUT NOT IN AN EVIL WAY. ARE YOU SURE THAT YOU WANT TO DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO THIS WAY?"
"Yes. I am doing this for the sake of all those that I care about. I knew from the first time I but on the mask to become a hero that I would be making some very hard choices and I will make them to protect all that is good." Wally replied wit confidence in his voice.
"VERY WELL CHILD. LET ME FIRST START BY TELLING YOU MY NAME. I AM CALLED INDIGO-1 AT THE MOMENT. IN TIME YOU WILL COME TO LEARN WHAT MY GIVEN NAME IS AND WHO I BELONG TO BUT I DO WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE IN NO DANGER OF BEING HARMED BUT YOU ALREADY KNEW THAT DIDN'T YOU. AS FOR MY GIVEN NAME, IT IS NOT THAT YOU ARE NOT WORTHY OF KNOWING MY GIVEN NAME, IT IS JUST THAT ALL THAT I HELP MUST EARN THE RIGHT TO KNOW MY GIVEN NAME." The tribal women who was know known as Indigo-1 replied.
"Understood." Wally said once again with a very strong and confident smile on his face. For the first time in a long time Wally felt that he would be able to be himself and that someone was going to help him not that his family and The Blue Lanterns hadn't been helping him. It was just that for some reason the young speedster felt that everything would be alright.
Next chapter: Wally learns who Indigo-1 really is and what choices he has to make to keep his loved ones and enemies safe. Meanwhile on Earth, The Young Justice team come to grips as to just what they had done to Wally and try to apologize but will Wally who still has so much Rage inside of him be able to forgive them for betraying him?
Ideas are welcomed anytime.
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AN: I KNOW FROM WHAT I HAVE READ DOING RESEARCH ON THE LANTERN CORPS THAT THE INDIGO CORPS CAN NOT BE UNDERSTOOD BY ANYONE UNLESS THEY HAVE A INDIGO RING. BUT WALLY DOES HAVE AN ENTIY OF ONE OF THE LANTERN CORPS IN HIM AND HE DOESN'T WANT TO KILL THE BUTCHER OR THE RED LANTERNS SO I THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE COOL THAT HE WOULD BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE INDIGO CORP BECAUSE HE IS SHOWING COMPASSION TO HIS ENEMEY.
