Post by lawrenceliberty on Sept 23, 2020 15:14:56 GMT
STF: The Flash and the Global Guardians: Changes!
By lawrenceliberty
1
The Flash (Wally West) was the Fastest Man Alive but it required his kind of super speed to handle all the things the young man routinely dealt with in his daily life. He was a member of the Justice League of America and proudly carried on his late Uncle Barry’s role as the costumed champion the Flash as both an individual and as a team member. He was romantically involved with a beautiful young mutant Frances Kane who had magnetic powers of her own but certainly didn’t need them to attract him! He was a college student in graduate school working on a degree in Physics and he still occasionally helped out his lifelong friends the Titans when needed. He also was training the teen heroine Kid Flash (Deena Allen) who was the daughter of his beloved Aunt Iris West Allen and her late husband Barry.
Deena was a bright and pretty blonde who shared her father’s serious nature and his intellectual qualities. She had the makings of a true heroine too and had enjoyed several notable victories on her own, with the Flash, and with some other young heroes in Young Justice. Deena had been born in the future where Barry and Iris had spent their final days as a couple before Barry’s tragic death. Iris was actually from the future but a complicated series of events had led to her living most of her life believing she was form the twentieth century. Wally had always considered Iris to be his favorite aunt so learning that she had survived what had once been believed to have been her death was a blessing. He also enjoyed meeting Deena and working with her to train her in the use of her powers. Her mother had not been able to stay in the 20th century due to an illness some time travelers developed. Still, Wally knew she was alive and otherwise well in the future and he relished having Barry’s daughter as a part of his life. She was away with some of her own friends in the team called Young Justice so Wally was tending to some odds and ends like tuning the Cosmic Treadmill that originally brought her from her future era to his own time.
The remarkable device was a creation of Barry Allen’s and Wally cherished it as he did anything that was associated with his hero. He was shocked to see it suddenly activate as if someone was using it from another era in some remote manner previously known to Wally!
A glow filled the garage in which it was presently stored and two figures appeared aboard the treadmill!
He smiled as he recognized Iris West Alen but he didn’t know who her companion was! She smiled back as she led a boy of around 13 forward. He had a mop of shaggy brown hair, large eyes and a rather jittery demeanor. He wore a costume of white and red and he stared at Wally with a look of confusion!
Iris embraced Wally and said, ‘It is so good to see you!”
Wally held her for a moment and then said, “And I’m so glad to see you! You look wonderful. I guess you got over the chronomyalgia! Deena is away but you brought a friend?”
The boy suddenly spoke up! “This is him? This is the Flash? Not Grandpa Barry but the other one. I mean the second one. The Wally one? He’s so old!” he said although the words were only understandable to the Flash because of his own super swift perceptions. The boy had said everything at super speed.
Iris said, “Wally, this is my grandson Bart. Bart, honey, this is Wally!”
She led Bart to one side and then moved closer to whisper to a still startled Wally.
“ He has super speed too but in his case it was a danger to him. It threatened his life span. He started aging at super speed as soon as he was born. He was placed in a government lab where they managed to slow the aging but his mind was not developed fully and it took a nearly continuous program of virtual reality to help balance his mental, emotional and physical development. He still has trouble distinguishing between real life and the simulations he grew up with thus far! I was hopeful you could train him in the use of his powers since you know what it is like to be a kid with Flash powers!” she said.
Wally said, “Of course, I’ll do anything for you both. Are you saying he is Deena’s future son?”
Iris frowned and said, “Wally, he’s Don’s son! You remember Don and Dawn?”
Wally said, “I do but not in the sense you sense to remember them. I know they will be Barry’s descendents not his kids! Deena is his only…is your only child!”
Iris said, “Wally, I don’t know of any Deena. Barry and I had twins Don and Dawn. Bart is Don’s son! They passed away and I knew you could help their son!”
Wall paced the room for a moment and said, “Okay, okay. You’re Iris. I know that much but you and Bart come from one possible timeline that is different from the one I’m used to. In tha timeline which I guess is just one moe potential timeline, you and Barry had one child Deena and she is here in this time!”
Iris said, “I understand because of my unique experiences with time travel. I’d like to meet her but it might be painful for both of us. Losing Don was hard enough. Bart is a bright and a good boy. Barry’s not around to help him nor is his father. I just know no one else could do as much for him as you could Wally!”
“I’m sorry to hear about Don. I mean I knew him but in my timeline he was not your son. I’m so sorry!” said Wally as he took her hand.
Wally tried to make sense of it all He understood time travel. He certainly understood about super speed and being a kid trying to adjust to having those powers. So, he smiled at Bart and said, “Nice to meet you! You remind me of me when I was around your age!”
Iris embraced Bart and said, “You be good and listen to Wally. He’s a wonderful guy. We’ll be together again soon too. I can’t stay long in this era because of my own past here and weird time travel dangers but you know if you need me I’ll be here before you know it!”
Bart hugged her back and for a moment showed some genuine emotion before lapsing once more into what seemed to be his normal state of distraction. She kissed
Wally on the cheek and said, “Barry was always so very proud of you!”
With Wally’s super fast help and some kind of device she had brought from the future, Iris used the treadmill and vanished once more and Wally found himself still full of questions about her life in the future and what he was going to do with Bart.
“He and Deena are siblings in a bizarre time travel alternative universe way!” he thought.
His musing was interrupted by the boy’s abrupt chatter.
Bart said, ”Let’s run!” He raced off in a blur as Wally abruptly switched into his costume and took off after the speeding boy.
He caught him outside of Central City and he watched him as his big eyes widened in surprise at the sight of a speeding train!
“They still have those!” he gasped with a big grin on his face. He laughed and started to chase the train when Wally’s communication device in his belt vibrated. While it was normally used for messages to or from the JLA or the Titans, it also had a link to the Central City Police HQ!
“This is the Flash!” he announced as he responded to the message and tried to attract Bart’s attention away from the passing train.
“Flash, Rita Desmond is at HQ! She says it us urgent you come here. It’s about her husband!” said Officer McClinton a local cop Flash knew fairly well.
He replied in the affirmative and then managed to catch Bart’s desperately wondering eye.
“Come on, Buddy! I need to go to work. I guess for now since Frances is way on a trip and I can’t see leaving you with anyone else, you better come with me but do what I say!” he said.
Bart grinned and said, “Is this a case? Are we going to fight a Rogue? I hope it’s Grodd! Grodd rocks!”
Flash nodded slowly and said, “Riiiight!”
2
At Central City Police HQ, The Flash sat across from a pretty woman with flowing back hair. Rita Desmond wore a pale peach blouse and a short white skirt and boots.
She pushed back her long black hair from lovely but troubled features.
“Thank you for coming. I didn’t know who to call. You don’t know my husband like your predecessor did. Albert is a wonderful husband and father. He has had a rough life. He suffered from mental illness and in spite of desiring to do good he had lapses in which he turned to crime to finance his chemical experiments. He used the name Mr. Element at first and then called himself Dr. Alchemy. In both roles he used his knowledge of chemistry for crime! The Flash…the first one… helped him eventually get the treatment he needed to resume a normal life!” she said.
The Flash glanced over her shoulder to where Bart was happily investigating a vending machine.
He said, “Mrs. Desmond. Your husband used a gun and later a stone that allowed him to transmute one element into another. He was dangerous to say the least. Has re returned to crime or something?”
She nodded and said, “Yes! I don’t know why. He was doing so well. Then, I walked in on him wearing his Dr. Alchemy costume. He had regained the Philosopher’s Stone. He was raving about getting more power!”
Flash took her hand as Bart scowled and rolled his eyes at the sight of what he considered to be mushy sentiment.
Flash continued and said, “I’ll help you. Maybe he just needs to talk to someone. Where is he? “
Rita said, “He stormed off when he realized I had discovered his return to the Dr. Alchemy role. He dropped this list though!”
Flash read it at super speed. It appeared to be a list of locations and various relics that might be found at each spot. He said, “I think I can find him. Don’t worry. Just try to stay calm and keep a good thought. I’ll do my best to help him return to you and his old way of normal life!”
He rushed off with Bart and said, “I can’t just spring you on my folks or Barry’s parents. I don’t want to drop you with Dick or Donna either. Bart, I want you to help me by doing everything I say! Just stay close to me…!”
He sputtered in consternation as the young speedster had already wandered over to a hobby shop near the police station where he was eagerly handling various toys and models!
“This may be a long day!” thought the Flash.
He knew even at super speed he could not be in every location on the list at the right time so he used his JLA communicator to get in touch with Aquaman who was on monitor duty aboard the JLA satellite. He asked the hero to get in touch with some foreign heroes who were based near the locations on the list. They might be helpful to him and his JLA membership carried a lot of influence.
3
The Museum of Art Ein Harod was Israel’s first museum. The museum which originated in a Kibbutz was now a center for Modernist Art with over 16,000 exhibits. A handsome man with a kind face and intelligent eyes gazed at some of the exhibits as he walked through the wide halls.
Chaim Lavon was a teacher with a devotion to his pupils and a passion for his faith and his heritage. He was more than he seemed to be. The muscular if somewhat self-effacing young man was the current heir to the heroic role of the Seraph Israel’s super human champion. He was the most recent heir to the majestic role and his predecessors dated back hundreds of years.
He smiled as he toured the museum. It was nice to see his culture celebrated and preserved for future generations to see. He hoped to bring one of his classes here in the near future. Now, he was visiting the museum as part of Wally’s request for someone to protect the exhibits from Dr. Alchemy’s threat The museum was on the list.
The dark bearded man turned as alarms echoed and guards rushed to clear the area and to confront an intruder who was clearly not there for sightseeing!
Chaim obeyed their instructions and left the museum only to enter an alley near the rear of the museum where he rubbed a ring that he wore on one hand. The Ring of Solomon was a powerful relic and could only be seen when he wished it to be visible.
His clothing was transformed into a purple tunic with matching trunks. He wore sandals and carried an ancient staff. He wore a yarmulke on his head and he used the ring to transport himself back inside the museum where he saw a scene of horror.
A beautiful woman with black hair towered over some battered guards. She was impossibly large and stood above the highest exhibit. She wore a brief red costume that left her legs and arms bare.
She was encircled by a barrier of flames that easily protected her from the bullets fired in her direction by the remaining guards.
She was searching for something in the ornate exhibit cases and made her way through the museum as the flames she seemed to control parted and moved around her giant body.
The Seraph was well read and he knew this woman was certainly not the infamous Dr. Alchemy. Who are you? What do you want? Surely you do not seek to cause such distress? Let us reason together!” cried the Israeli champion..
The Salamander, for such was her name, turned to look down at the hero and she replied, “ I am not here to hurt anyone. I can control my flames to such a degree of accuracy that no one will be burned unless they defy me. I am after the Queen of Sheba Stone!”
Seraph recalled the Biblical Queen who was so impressed with King Solomon’s wisdom and wealth that she gave him gifts including sacred stones. One of the stones was said to have belonged to her first husband who was an alchemist with a magical stone that could work wonders according to the legends.
“Be not wise in your own eyes! Do not tamper with things that are best left to the Holy not the profane!” he said as he dodged her sudden barrage of flaming projectiles.
He sighed and lowered his eyes in brief but reverent prayer before walking straight through her wall of flames to connect with a punch that knocked her out. The fires flickered out as she passed out.
“I did not wish to strike a woman but I could not allow her to damage the museum or harm someone by error. Much like Hanaiah, Mishael, and Azariah in the fiery furnace, the Good Lord shielded me from the fire!” he thought as he once again offered thanks.
He bent over the fallen woman and frowned as he removed her mask. “I know this face. She is a designer of some fame. Ginger O’Shea! Why would a successful woman turn to crime and what did she want with the Sheba stone?”
It was a puzzle he would have to solve in time.
4
Sagittari (Max Corti) was an agile man in a green and gold costume with a golden hat and a mask that covered his upper face. The Archer was one of the celebrated heroes of Italy and his beloved wife Bellista (Trista Di Nuccio Corti) was his most capable partner. She wore her customary revealing black and gold dress with matching heels and her long blonde hair was pulled back away from her pretty face which in turn was partially covered by a domino mask. She aimed her crossbow with the skill of a true expert!
The crime -fighting couple were locked in battle in a luxurious mansion outside of Florence, Italy where their foe was a powerfully built man with a brief white and orange costume .
He dodged their accurately fired arrows by doing the unexpected! He raced directly through the nearest wall and emerged behind them to smack Sagittari across the room with a show of super human strength!
Sagittari rolled to his feet and returned fire only to see the Gnome deflect the shafts with a wave of his hand.
“My magnetic might makes me safe from your little arrows!” he said confidently.
Sagittari said, “And your modesty is nearly as impressive too!”
Bellista watched the exchange between her husband and the villain and then launched another attack all her own. She fired a shaft not at the Gnome but at his feet. It exploded into a vaporous cloud that engulfed him and left him staggered backward from the fumes.
“I figured you had to breathe regardless of your spectacular power!” she said with a mocking smile.
A flat headed arrow connected with the choking Gnome who was too dazed to concentrate and use his elemental powers and knocked him cold. Sagitarri winked at his wife as she said, “My hero!”
She flounced over to him in a deliberately girlish manner and kissed him before saying, “I wonder what he was after? He didn’t know our true identities?”
Sagittari took her in his arms and said, “He had our address or his boss did. The Flash read our address off his list without knowing just how close to home this threat really was. Clearly, he broke into our home in search of something. Perhaps, one of our antiques like the Medallion of Da Vinci caught his greedy eye. Who knows? That is a question for tomorrow morning and the night is still young!”
She almost purred with pleasure as they temporarily forgot about their foe.
5
The Flash and Bart, who agreed to be called Impulse or at least didn’t oppose the name, arrived at Egypt’s Cairo Museum of Antiquities where they were greeted by a blond man in a blue suit. He approached them in a rather timid manner and extended his hand. He was clearly an American.
“I’m Dr Randall Raymond. It is an honor to meet you, Flash!” he said.
Flash smiled back and said, “Thank you, sir. I’m glad you were able to meet us. I know you aren’t Prince Ra-Man so I can only assume he or another Egyptian hero is close by. This list came from an American super villain. It mentions your museum and something called the Emerald Tablet of Hermes.”
Dr. Raymond pushed his glasses back up on his nose and said, “The tablet is a remarkable find. It was said to belong to an ancient alchemist and have magical powers. You see, the Egyptians were pioneers in the legendary art of alchemy although most people wrongly attribute the art to other cultures!”
Flash said, “One of my old foes Dr. Alchemy may be targeting the Tablet. He is obsessed with finding alchemical sources of power!”
He frowned and said, “Impulse, don’t touch that!”
Bart jumped as he sheepishly dropped an ornately carved scepter that had been hanging on a wall. He caught it in mid air and replaced it in the blink of an eye and then said, “Sorry!”
Flash led the boy away from Dr. Raymond and said, “Impulse, you have t be careful Things here are very old and priceless!”
Impulse nodded slowly and said, “Like treasure tokens in Mega Power Paradise!”
Flash assumed this was a video game since he had learned in the brief time he had known the boy that Bart was addicted to v.r. games and had little understanding of the difference between the real world and the world of make believe.
He smiled and said, “Something like that!”
At that moment a gust of wind swept through the hallway and threatened to sweep them off their feet. He countered the hurricane force wind with his own speedy spin as Impulse grinned and abruptly did the same.
A blonde woman in a brief blue and white costume flew into the room and posed dramatically as if she was on a stage or before an adoring audience.
“I am the Sylph and I am here for the Emerald Tablet of Hermes! If you give it to me now no one will be hurt!” she said.
The Flash noticed Dr. Raymond had fled from the room.
“Good! I’d hate to see a nice guy like that get hurt and he looked pretty delicate in spite of his build!” he thought.
He circled the Sylph at super speed only to grunt as she managed to solidify the air in his path and knock him backward.
Impulse waited for a second and then shouted something unintelligible before charging at her at blinding speed.
He managed to knock her flat but then the boy collapsed at her feet and began to gasp for air.
“I drew most of the air from his little lungs! Give me the Tablet or I’ll take it all!” she shouted.
At that moment a figure in a gold costume with glowing wings made of energy swooped into view and shouted, “Horus!”
The hero of Egypt (Dr. Raymond) drew upon the power of the Egyptian Sun god ra to fly and generate bursts of solar powered energy. He blinding Sylph with a display of light and said, “You are the one who needs to surrender. This ends here, young lady!”
Flash realized the hero was in fact Dr. Raymond. He had been around plenty of heroes in his career and while others might be fooled by the masked man and the rather nervous demeanor he assumed while he was Dr. Raymond, Flash was simply too smart to do so.
He took advantage of Sylph’s momentary blindness to carry Impulse to safety where the lad began to catch his breath once more.
“Stay here, pal!” he said before racing back through the wall of the museum.
The Sylph was trying to crush Horus with a howling gale of wind but the winged hero was too agile to be stopped. He avoided her attack and ket her occupied until the
Flash could clip her with a rapid series of stunning blows.
She passed out and he slapped palms with Horus.
“Thank you!” he said.
Horus said, “It was my pleasure!”
Another alarm sounded and the two men hurried to a nearby wing of the museum where they saw a startled Impulse had apparently opened a large mummy case.
“I just wanted to see what he looked like!” he said with a shrug of his narrow shoulders.
6
While the Flash had managed to get to the Egyptian target from Dr. Alchemy’s list, he was too late at the Italian and Israeli sites. He received news about the attempted crimes from local officials and learned that none of the captive villains had any memory of what they had done. They were as puzzled by their actions and their powers as he was.
“The Sylph, the Salamander, and the Gnome turned out to be a singer, a fashionista, and a chemist with flawless reputations and no history of criminal pasts or super powers. Obviously, Dr. Alchemy used his Philosopher’s Stone to give them their powers by somehow granting them elemental powers!” he said as he the Impulse raced
toward the Amazon River!
Impulse said, “In the detective holos I watched the suspects usually had some connection!”
Flash nodded and became a living blur as he raced into action. He returned to normal and placed both hands on Bart’s shoulders.
He said, “You got it, Bart! I just did a super fast computer check of the names and found their connection. Grant Arden the Gnome runs a huge chemical company. He was working on many projects but one was with Ginger O’Shea the Salamander in her capacity as a fashion designer. They were looking into a line of clothing that would resist normal stains. Jeannine Gale the Sylph sang at a charity function Arden Chemicals once sponsored!”
Impulse grinned wildly and seemed to take a child’s simple pleasure in being praised.
Flash said, “And a boat at this Amazon River location… a port community of Manaus, Brazil seems to be the final target on Dr. Alchemy’s list!”
He led the boy through the busy docks and crowds of the port city and noticed the hundreds of commuters who made daily use of the Amazon River passenger ships to complete their regular travel plans.
“Folks around here use the boats like New Yorker use subways!” he said.
“What is a subway?” said Impulse with a frown on his face.
“I’ll explain later!” said Flash.
They stopped as Impulse pointed and cried, “Look! Is that normal?”
He pointed to where a beautiful woman with long green hair and a green costume was fighting a man clad all in black aboard a battered old ironclad ship!
“She’s Green Fury! She is the local heroine! I wonder if her power over fire makes her another elemental pawn of Dr. Alchemy’s” he thought.
Green Fury (Beatrix Da Costa) was the brainy and capable C.E.O. of Wayne Enterprises Brazilian branch. She was also the possessor of powers given to her by a wise old Shaman years before.
She had been on her way to investigate the ship whose name was on Alchemy’s list but a more immediate threat from the pirate Black Snake (Boluna) slowed her down. She had ditched her designer suit and heels and donned the famous green and white costume that marked her as Green Fury. Now, she stood over the pirate’s stunned henchman and faced him aboard the old ship.
“Your cruise ends in prison!” she said defiantly.
He lashed out at her with amazing speed and his customary silent efficiency but she was even faster and he slammed into the rail as he passed directly through her.
“Merely an illusion!” she said as she connected with a burst of cold flame from her mouth and left him stunned at her feet.
As the Flash and Impulse joined her and she nodded in recognition of the JLAer, another costumed newcomer emerged from the waters on a massive wave that seemed to hover in mid air and supported her lithe figure. She had red hair and wore a green costume.
“I think she is the final pawn!” said Flash as a wave crashed down across the deck.
He raced back and forth and directed Impulse who was watching in amazement to help him clear the remaining passengers.
Meanwhile, the Undine (Crystal Marr) was using the powers over water given her to Dr. Alchemy to terrorize the ship’s crew in her searc for one item of cargo.
“Bring me the Amulet of Muiraquta! It is greenish and contains magical powers my master seeks!” she said.
Green Fury smiled at said, “I will match my fire against your water any day!”
She released a burst of blazing hot green fire but the Undine caused her waves to rise up as a shield and threatened to drown the other woman in their wake.
Flash had urged Bart to continue to protect the passengers as he raced to help Green Fury. Bart saluted in a gesture that he had to have picked up in one of his V.R. games.
Flash dispersed the waves in spite of Undine’s control over water. His high speed motion was too strong and too quick for her to react to.
Green Fury flew forward on a burst of flame using the stream as a source of energy to propel her higher and higher.
She hovered in front of the stared Undine for a moment.
Undine remained confident since she merely expected another flame based attack only to be caught unaware by the sexy heroine’s use of her power to dazzle a foe.
The Undine who was already seemingly under a spell caused by Dr. Alchemy, shuddered and then fainted as her will failed to combat the opposing forces of Alchemy’s power and Green Fury’s dazzling barrage!
Flash caught the falling woman and turned to Green Fury who said, “She will recover soon enough. The amulet she spoke of is part of Brazilian folklore. It is said to contain powers of transmutation!”
Flash nodded and said, “That fits a pattern I’ve been seeing.”
Impulse rushed up and said, “I’m bored. Can we go home now?”
Flash said, “Soon, pal. We have to have a final confrontation with the villain behind all of this first!”
7
The Flash and Impulse raced into a large warehouse near Detroit where they found a familiarly costumed Dr. Alchemy. He was wearing the blue and green hooded costume that marked him as the notorious Rogue.
Flash grabbed Bart and jerked the boy to a jarring stop seconds before he would have charged directly into a razor sharp network of almost invisible wires that crisscrossed the workshop.
“He turned the air into a sharp filament of some kind. You could have been sliced Impulse!” he said.
Impulse frowned and said, “That’s not fair!”
Dr. Alchemy looked up from his work table and said, “I expected you. How did you find me so swiftly?”
The Flash said, “You used your own element Desmondium to control the minds of those poor people. You used your Stone to grant them elemental powers too. I had someone I know whip up a detector that registered large concentrations of Desmondium. It led us straight here!
Dr. Alchemy smiled and said, “I know better than to try to use it to control your mind You think too fast for it to take control of your will! Still, I can just let my pawns slay you. You stopped them from securing most of the alchemical wonders I sought but I managed to secure one precious item!”
At that moment, Sylph, Gnome, Salamander, and Undine raced into the room. Apparently, Dr. Alchemy had managed to teleport them to his base with the magical power of the Philosopher’s Stone. Clearly, he had mastered many new uses for the mystical relic since his last time in costume.
He was in for a rude surprise though as the four pawns turned on him!
“We’re free now! Dr. Mist freed us. You captured us and gave us power against our will and now we’re going to make you regret it!” said the fiery Salamander.
She blazed toward him and he countered with a smothering spray of foam that slowed her down but failed to douse her fire.
The Sylph swept the foam away from her ally with a carefully controlled wind gust.
The Undine changed shape using the power of Proteus to become a flacon. She swooped down at ripped the Stone from dr. Alchemy’s hand before he could strike back.
Flash connected with a stunning blow that left his foe reeling but not defeated.
Dr. Alchemy said, “This medallion gives me the most awesome of all alchemical powers. With it I create what the ancients called, Prima Materia! The source of all things!”
He raised the glowing medallion only to see Gnome rip it from his grasp with magnetic power while Impulse literally crashed into him and knocked him cold.
“I did it! My first super villain smack down!” shouted Impulse merrily.
Flash smiled at the boy as he secured Dr. Alchemy but more was happening within the warehouse than even his super fast senses could perceive at once.
Gnome, Sylph, Salamander, and Undine were all glowing like the medallion Gnome had ripped away from their tormentor. They exchanged startled glances and then vanished from view!
Flash said, “They are gone! Did he literally wipe them from creation? “ He did his best to find the truth but even some magic user allies could not answer the question of what had happened to them. He did learn the final Elemental was Grant Arden’s girlfriend writer Crystal Marr. So, while Al Desmond had once worked for Arden Chemicals the four elementals were in turn all tied to Arden by business or personal connections. Perhaps, Desmond had a grudge against his former employer?
Later, As Wally, Deena, and Bart sat together and the two “siblings” talked happily about their lives, Wally pondered the strange fate of Dr. Alchemy.
“For a minute I thought Al’s return to crime had something to do with his astral twin I once fought but that double is in jail. I can only assume Desmond gave in to his own mental illness once more. I feel terrible for his wife.”
He looked at the two kids again and felt comforted. They may have come from different possible futures but they were Barry’s kids and he would do all he could to take care of them like Barry and Iris had always loved and guided him.
Elsewhere, on a world known as Earth S the foursome materialized! The power of the Prima Material had wiped them out of world and given them rebirth on another.
They would have much to learn and do on that parallel Earth but would they do it as heroes or villains?
The End
By lawrenceliberty
1
The Flash (Wally West) was the Fastest Man Alive but it required his kind of super speed to handle all the things the young man routinely dealt with in his daily life. He was a member of the Justice League of America and proudly carried on his late Uncle Barry’s role as the costumed champion the Flash as both an individual and as a team member. He was romantically involved with a beautiful young mutant Frances Kane who had magnetic powers of her own but certainly didn’t need them to attract him! He was a college student in graduate school working on a degree in Physics and he still occasionally helped out his lifelong friends the Titans when needed. He also was training the teen heroine Kid Flash (Deena Allen) who was the daughter of his beloved Aunt Iris West Allen and her late husband Barry.
Deena was a bright and pretty blonde who shared her father’s serious nature and his intellectual qualities. She had the makings of a true heroine too and had enjoyed several notable victories on her own, with the Flash, and with some other young heroes in Young Justice. Deena had been born in the future where Barry and Iris had spent their final days as a couple before Barry’s tragic death. Iris was actually from the future but a complicated series of events had led to her living most of her life believing she was form the twentieth century. Wally had always considered Iris to be his favorite aunt so learning that she had survived what had once been believed to have been her death was a blessing. He also enjoyed meeting Deena and working with her to train her in the use of her powers. Her mother had not been able to stay in the 20th century due to an illness some time travelers developed. Still, Wally knew she was alive and otherwise well in the future and he relished having Barry’s daughter as a part of his life. She was away with some of her own friends in the team called Young Justice so Wally was tending to some odds and ends like tuning the Cosmic Treadmill that originally brought her from her future era to his own time.
The remarkable device was a creation of Barry Allen’s and Wally cherished it as he did anything that was associated with his hero. He was shocked to see it suddenly activate as if someone was using it from another era in some remote manner previously known to Wally!
A glow filled the garage in which it was presently stored and two figures appeared aboard the treadmill!
He smiled as he recognized Iris West Alen but he didn’t know who her companion was! She smiled back as she led a boy of around 13 forward. He had a mop of shaggy brown hair, large eyes and a rather jittery demeanor. He wore a costume of white and red and he stared at Wally with a look of confusion!
Iris embraced Wally and said, ‘It is so good to see you!”
Wally held her for a moment and then said, “And I’m so glad to see you! You look wonderful. I guess you got over the chronomyalgia! Deena is away but you brought a friend?”
The boy suddenly spoke up! “This is him? This is the Flash? Not Grandpa Barry but the other one. I mean the second one. The Wally one? He’s so old!” he said although the words were only understandable to the Flash because of his own super swift perceptions. The boy had said everything at super speed.
Iris said, “Wally, this is my grandson Bart. Bart, honey, this is Wally!”
She led Bart to one side and then moved closer to whisper to a still startled Wally.
“ He has super speed too but in his case it was a danger to him. It threatened his life span. He started aging at super speed as soon as he was born. He was placed in a government lab where they managed to slow the aging but his mind was not developed fully and it took a nearly continuous program of virtual reality to help balance his mental, emotional and physical development. He still has trouble distinguishing between real life and the simulations he grew up with thus far! I was hopeful you could train him in the use of his powers since you know what it is like to be a kid with Flash powers!” she said.
Wally said, “Of course, I’ll do anything for you both. Are you saying he is Deena’s future son?”
Iris frowned and said, “Wally, he’s Don’s son! You remember Don and Dawn?”
Wally said, “I do but not in the sense you sense to remember them. I know they will be Barry’s descendents not his kids! Deena is his only…is your only child!”
Iris said, “Wally, I don’t know of any Deena. Barry and I had twins Don and Dawn. Bart is Don’s son! They passed away and I knew you could help their son!”
Wall paced the room for a moment and said, “Okay, okay. You’re Iris. I know that much but you and Bart come from one possible timeline that is different from the one I’m used to. In tha timeline which I guess is just one moe potential timeline, you and Barry had one child Deena and she is here in this time!”
Iris said, “I understand because of my unique experiences with time travel. I’d like to meet her but it might be painful for both of us. Losing Don was hard enough. Bart is a bright and a good boy. Barry’s not around to help him nor is his father. I just know no one else could do as much for him as you could Wally!”
“I’m sorry to hear about Don. I mean I knew him but in my timeline he was not your son. I’m so sorry!” said Wally as he took her hand.
Wally tried to make sense of it all He understood time travel. He certainly understood about super speed and being a kid trying to adjust to having those powers. So, he smiled at Bart and said, “Nice to meet you! You remind me of me when I was around your age!”
Iris embraced Bart and said, “You be good and listen to Wally. He’s a wonderful guy. We’ll be together again soon too. I can’t stay long in this era because of my own past here and weird time travel dangers but you know if you need me I’ll be here before you know it!”
Bart hugged her back and for a moment showed some genuine emotion before lapsing once more into what seemed to be his normal state of distraction. She kissed
Wally on the cheek and said, “Barry was always so very proud of you!”
With Wally’s super fast help and some kind of device she had brought from the future, Iris used the treadmill and vanished once more and Wally found himself still full of questions about her life in the future and what he was going to do with Bart.
“He and Deena are siblings in a bizarre time travel alternative universe way!” he thought.
His musing was interrupted by the boy’s abrupt chatter.
Bart said, ”Let’s run!” He raced off in a blur as Wally abruptly switched into his costume and took off after the speeding boy.
He caught him outside of Central City and he watched him as his big eyes widened in surprise at the sight of a speeding train!
“They still have those!” he gasped with a big grin on his face. He laughed and started to chase the train when Wally’s communication device in his belt vibrated. While it was normally used for messages to or from the JLA or the Titans, it also had a link to the Central City Police HQ!
“This is the Flash!” he announced as he responded to the message and tried to attract Bart’s attention away from the passing train.
“Flash, Rita Desmond is at HQ! She says it us urgent you come here. It’s about her husband!” said Officer McClinton a local cop Flash knew fairly well.
He replied in the affirmative and then managed to catch Bart’s desperately wondering eye.
“Come on, Buddy! I need to go to work. I guess for now since Frances is way on a trip and I can’t see leaving you with anyone else, you better come with me but do what I say!” he said.
Bart grinned and said, “Is this a case? Are we going to fight a Rogue? I hope it’s Grodd! Grodd rocks!”
Flash nodded slowly and said, “Riiiight!”
2
At Central City Police HQ, The Flash sat across from a pretty woman with flowing back hair. Rita Desmond wore a pale peach blouse and a short white skirt and boots.
She pushed back her long black hair from lovely but troubled features.
“Thank you for coming. I didn’t know who to call. You don’t know my husband like your predecessor did. Albert is a wonderful husband and father. He has had a rough life. He suffered from mental illness and in spite of desiring to do good he had lapses in which he turned to crime to finance his chemical experiments. He used the name Mr. Element at first and then called himself Dr. Alchemy. In both roles he used his knowledge of chemistry for crime! The Flash…the first one… helped him eventually get the treatment he needed to resume a normal life!” she said.
The Flash glanced over her shoulder to where Bart was happily investigating a vending machine.
He said, “Mrs. Desmond. Your husband used a gun and later a stone that allowed him to transmute one element into another. He was dangerous to say the least. Has re returned to crime or something?”
She nodded and said, “Yes! I don’t know why. He was doing so well. Then, I walked in on him wearing his Dr. Alchemy costume. He had regained the Philosopher’s Stone. He was raving about getting more power!”
Flash took her hand as Bart scowled and rolled his eyes at the sight of what he considered to be mushy sentiment.
Flash continued and said, “I’ll help you. Maybe he just needs to talk to someone. Where is he? “
Rita said, “He stormed off when he realized I had discovered his return to the Dr. Alchemy role. He dropped this list though!”
Flash read it at super speed. It appeared to be a list of locations and various relics that might be found at each spot. He said, “I think I can find him. Don’t worry. Just try to stay calm and keep a good thought. I’ll do my best to help him return to you and his old way of normal life!”
He rushed off with Bart and said, “I can’t just spring you on my folks or Barry’s parents. I don’t want to drop you with Dick or Donna either. Bart, I want you to help me by doing everything I say! Just stay close to me…!”
He sputtered in consternation as the young speedster had already wandered over to a hobby shop near the police station where he was eagerly handling various toys and models!
“This may be a long day!” thought the Flash.
He knew even at super speed he could not be in every location on the list at the right time so he used his JLA communicator to get in touch with Aquaman who was on monitor duty aboard the JLA satellite. He asked the hero to get in touch with some foreign heroes who were based near the locations on the list. They might be helpful to him and his JLA membership carried a lot of influence.
3
The Museum of Art Ein Harod was Israel’s first museum. The museum which originated in a Kibbutz was now a center for Modernist Art with over 16,000 exhibits. A handsome man with a kind face and intelligent eyes gazed at some of the exhibits as he walked through the wide halls.
Chaim Lavon was a teacher with a devotion to his pupils and a passion for his faith and his heritage. He was more than he seemed to be. The muscular if somewhat self-effacing young man was the current heir to the heroic role of the Seraph Israel’s super human champion. He was the most recent heir to the majestic role and his predecessors dated back hundreds of years.
He smiled as he toured the museum. It was nice to see his culture celebrated and preserved for future generations to see. He hoped to bring one of his classes here in the near future. Now, he was visiting the museum as part of Wally’s request for someone to protect the exhibits from Dr. Alchemy’s threat The museum was on the list.
The dark bearded man turned as alarms echoed and guards rushed to clear the area and to confront an intruder who was clearly not there for sightseeing!
Chaim obeyed their instructions and left the museum only to enter an alley near the rear of the museum where he rubbed a ring that he wore on one hand. The Ring of Solomon was a powerful relic and could only be seen when he wished it to be visible.
His clothing was transformed into a purple tunic with matching trunks. He wore sandals and carried an ancient staff. He wore a yarmulke on his head and he used the ring to transport himself back inside the museum where he saw a scene of horror.
A beautiful woman with black hair towered over some battered guards. She was impossibly large and stood above the highest exhibit. She wore a brief red costume that left her legs and arms bare.
She was encircled by a barrier of flames that easily protected her from the bullets fired in her direction by the remaining guards.
She was searching for something in the ornate exhibit cases and made her way through the museum as the flames she seemed to control parted and moved around her giant body.
The Seraph was well read and he knew this woman was certainly not the infamous Dr. Alchemy. Who are you? What do you want? Surely you do not seek to cause such distress? Let us reason together!” cried the Israeli champion..
The Salamander, for such was her name, turned to look down at the hero and she replied, “ I am not here to hurt anyone. I can control my flames to such a degree of accuracy that no one will be burned unless they defy me. I am after the Queen of Sheba Stone!”
Seraph recalled the Biblical Queen who was so impressed with King Solomon’s wisdom and wealth that she gave him gifts including sacred stones. One of the stones was said to have belonged to her first husband who was an alchemist with a magical stone that could work wonders according to the legends.
“Be not wise in your own eyes! Do not tamper with things that are best left to the Holy not the profane!” he said as he dodged her sudden barrage of flaming projectiles.
He sighed and lowered his eyes in brief but reverent prayer before walking straight through her wall of flames to connect with a punch that knocked her out. The fires flickered out as she passed out.
“I did not wish to strike a woman but I could not allow her to damage the museum or harm someone by error. Much like Hanaiah, Mishael, and Azariah in the fiery furnace, the Good Lord shielded me from the fire!” he thought as he once again offered thanks.
He bent over the fallen woman and frowned as he removed her mask. “I know this face. She is a designer of some fame. Ginger O’Shea! Why would a successful woman turn to crime and what did she want with the Sheba stone?”
It was a puzzle he would have to solve in time.
4
Sagittari (Max Corti) was an agile man in a green and gold costume with a golden hat and a mask that covered his upper face. The Archer was one of the celebrated heroes of Italy and his beloved wife Bellista (Trista Di Nuccio Corti) was his most capable partner. She wore her customary revealing black and gold dress with matching heels and her long blonde hair was pulled back away from her pretty face which in turn was partially covered by a domino mask. She aimed her crossbow with the skill of a true expert!
The crime -fighting couple were locked in battle in a luxurious mansion outside of Florence, Italy where their foe was a powerfully built man with a brief white and orange costume .
He dodged their accurately fired arrows by doing the unexpected! He raced directly through the nearest wall and emerged behind them to smack Sagittari across the room with a show of super human strength!
Sagittari rolled to his feet and returned fire only to see the Gnome deflect the shafts with a wave of his hand.
“My magnetic might makes me safe from your little arrows!” he said confidently.
Sagittari said, “And your modesty is nearly as impressive too!”
Bellista watched the exchange between her husband and the villain and then launched another attack all her own. She fired a shaft not at the Gnome but at his feet. It exploded into a vaporous cloud that engulfed him and left him staggered backward from the fumes.
“I figured you had to breathe regardless of your spectacular power!” she said with a mocking smile.
A flat headed arrow connected with the choking Gnome who was too dazed to concentrate and use his elemental powers and knocked him cold. Sagitarri winked at his wife as she said, “My hero!”
She flounced over to him in a deliberately girlish manner and kissed him before saying, “I wonder what he was after? He didn’t know our true identities?”
Sagittari took her in his arms and said, “He had our address or his boss did. The Flash read our address off his list without knowing just how close to home this threat really was. Clearly, he broke into our home in search of something. Perhaps, one of our antiques like the Medallion of Da Vinci caught his greedy eye. Who knows? That is a question for tomorrow morning and the night is still young!”
She almost purred with pleasure as they temporarily forgot about their foe.
5
The Flash and Bart, who agreed to be called Impulse or at least didn’t oppose the name, arrived at Egypt’s Cairo Museum of Antiquities where they were greeted by a blond man in a blue suit. He approached them in a rather timid manner and extended his hand. He was clearly an American.
“I’m Dr Randall Raymond. It is an honor to meet you, Flash!” he said.
Flash smiled back and said, “Thank you, sir. I’m glad you were able to meet us. I know you aren’t Prince Ra-Man so I can only assume he or another Egyptian hero is close by. This list came from an American super villain. It mentions your museum and something called the Emerald Tablet of Hermes.”
Dr. Raymond pushed his glasses back up on his nose and said, “The tablet is a remarkable find. It was said to belong to an ancient alchemist and have magical powers. You see, the Egyptians were pioneers in the legendary art of alchemy although most people wrongly attribute the art to other cultures!”
Flash said, “One of my old foes Dr. Alchemy may be targeting the Tablet. He is obsessed with finding alchemical sources of power!”
He frowned and said, “Impulse, don’t touch that!”
Bart jumped as he sheepishly dropped an ornately carved scepter that had been hanging on a wall. He caught it in mid air and replaced it in the blink of an eye and then said, “Sorry!”
Flash led the boy away from Dr. Raymond and said, “Impulse, you have t be careful Things here are very old and priceless!”
Impulse nodded slowly and said, “Like treasure tokens in Mega Power Paradise!”
Flash assumed this was a video game since he had learned in the brief time he had known the boy that Bart was addicted to v.r. games and had little understanding of the difference between the real world and the world of make believe.
He smiled and said, “Something like that!”
At that moment a gust of wind swept through the hallway and threatened to sweep them off their feet. He countered the hurricane force wind with his own speedy spin as Impulse grinned and abruptly did the same.
A blonde woman in a brief blue and white costume flew into the room and posed dramatically as if she was on a stage or before an adoring audience.
“I am the Sylph and I am here for the Emerald Tablet of Hermes! If you give it to me now no one will be hurt!” she said.
The Flash noticed Dr. Raymond had fled from the room.
“Good! I’d hate to see a nice guy like that get hurt and he looked pretty delicate in spite of his build!” he thought.
He circled the Sylph at super speed only to grunt as she managed to solidify the air in his path and knock him backward.
Impulse waited for a second and then shouted something unintelligible before charging at her at blinding speed.
He managed to knock her flat but then the boy collapsed at her feet and began to gasp for air.
“I drew most of the air from his little lungs! Give me the Tablet or I’ll take it all!” she shouted.
At that moment a figure in a gold costume with glowing wings made of energy swooped into view and shouted, “Horus!”
The hero of Egypt (Dr. Raymond) drew upon the power of the Egyptian Sun god ra to fly and generate bursts of solar powered energy. He blinding Sylph with a display of light and said, “You are the one who needs to surrender. This ends here, young lady!”
Flash realized the hero was in fact Dr. Raymond. He had been around plenty of heroes in his career and while others might be fooled by the masked man and the rather nervous demeanor he assumed while he was Dr. Raymond, Flash was simply too smart to do so.
He took advantage of Sylph’s momentary blindness to carry Impulse to safety where the lad began to catch his breath once more.
“Stay here, pal!” he said before racing back through the wall of the museum.
The Sylph was trying to crush Horus with a howling gale of wind but the winged hero was too agile to be stopped. He avoided her attack and ket her occupied until the
Flash could clip her with a rapid series of stunning blows.
She passed out and he slapped palms with Horus.
“Thank you!” he said.
Horus said, “It was my pleasure!”
Another alarm sounded and the two men hurried to a nearby wing of the museum where they saw a startled Impulse had apparently opened a large mummy case.
“I just wanted to see what he looked like!” he said with a shrug of his narrow shoulders.
6
While the Flash had managed to get to the Egyptian target from Dr. Alchemy’s list, he was too late at the Italian and Israeli sites. He received news about the attempted crimes from local officials and learned that none of the captive villains had any memory of what they had done. They were as puzzled by their actions and their powers as he was.
“The Sylph, the Salamander, and the Gnome turned out to be a singer, a fashionista, and a chemist with flawless reputations and no history of criminal pasts or super powers. Obviously, Dr. Alchemy used his Philosopher’s Stone to give them their powers by somehow granting them elemental powers!” he said as he the Impulse raced
toward the Amazon River!
Impulse said, “In the detective holos I watched the suspects usually had some connection!”
Flash nodded and became a living blur as he raced into action. He returned to normal and placed both hands on Bart’s shoulders.
He said, “You got it, Bart! I just did a super fast computer check of the names and found their connection. Grant Arden the Gnome runs a huge chemical company. He was working on many projects but one was with Ginger O’Shea the Salamander in her capacity as a fashion designer. They were looking into a line of clothing that would resist normal stains. Jeannine Gale the Sylph sang at a charity function Arden Chemicals once sponsored!”
Impulse grinned wildly and seemed to take a child’s simple pleasure in being praised.
Flash said, “And a boat at this Amazon River location… a port community of Manaus, Brazil seems to be the final target on Dr. Alchemy’s list!”
He led the boy through the busy docks and crowds of the port city and noticed the hundreds of commuters who made daily use of the Amazon River passenger ships to complete their regular travel plans.
“Folks around here use the boats like New Yorker use subways!” he said.
“What is a subway?” said Impulse with a frown on his face.
“I’ll explain later!” said Flash.
They stopped as Impulse pointed and cried, “Look! Is that normal?”
He pointed to where a beautiful woman with long green hair and a green costume was fighting a man clad all in black aboard a battered old ironclad ship!
“She’s Green Fury! She is the local heroine! I wonder if her power over fire makes her another elemental pawn of Dr. Alchemy’s” he thought.
Green Fury (Beatrix Da Costa) was the brainy and capable C.E.O. of Wayne Enterprises Brazilian branch. She was also the possessor of powers given to her by a wise old Shaman years before.
She had been on her way to investigate the ship whose name was on Alchemy’s list but a more immediate threat from the pirate Black Snake (Boluna) slowed her down. She had ditched her designer suit and heels and donned the famous green and white costume that marked her as Green Fury. Now, she stood over the pirate’s stunned henchman and faced him aboard the old ship.
“Your cruise ends in prison!” she said defiantly.
He lashed out at her with amazing speed and his customary silent efficiency but she was even faster and he slammed into the rail as he passed directly through her.
“Merely an illusion!” she said as she connected with a burst of cold flame from her mouth and left him stunned at her feet.
As the Flash and Impulse joined her and she nodded in recognition of the JLAer, another costumed newcomer emerged from the waters on a massive wave that seemed to hover in mid air and supported her lithe figure. She had red hair and wore a green costume.
“I think she is the final pawn!” said Flash as a wave crashed down across the deck.
He raced back and forth and directed Impulse who was watching in amazement to help him clear the remaining passengers.
Meanwhile, the Undine (Crystal Marr) was using the powers over water given her to Dr. Alchemy to terrorize the ship’s crew in her searc for one item of cargo.
“Bring me the Amulet of Muiraquta! It is greenish and contains magical powers my master seeks!” she said.
Green Fury smiled at said, “I will match my fire against your water any day!”
She released a burst of blazing hot green fire but the Undine caused her waves to rise up as a shield and threatened to drown the other woman in their wake.
Flash had urged Bart to continue to protect the passengers as he raced to help Green Fury. Bart saluted in a gesture that he had to have picked up in one of his V.R. games.
Flash dispersed the waves in spite of Undine’s control over water. His high speed motion was too strong and too quick for her to react to.
Green Fury flew forward on a burst of flame using the stream as a source of energy to propel her higher and higher.
She hovered in front of the stared Undine for a moment.
Undine remained confident since she merely expected another flame based attack only to be caught unaware by the sexy heroine’s use of her power to dazzle a foe.
The Undine who was already seemingly under a spell caused by Dr. Alchemy, shuddered and then fainted as her will failed to combat the opposing forces of Alchemy’s power and Green Fury’s dazzling barrage!
Flash caught the falling woman and turned to Green Fury who said, “She will recover soon enough. The amulet she spoke of is part of Brazilian folklore. It is said to contain powers of transmutation!”
Flash nodded and said, “That fits a pattern I’ve been seeing.”
Impulse rushed up and said, “I’m bored. Can we go home now?”
Flash said, “Soon, pal. We have to have a final confrontation with the villain behind all of this first!”
7
The Flash and Impulse raced into a large warehouse near Detroit where they found a familiarly costumed Dr. Alchemy. He was wearing the blue and green hooded costume that marked him as the notorious Rogue.
Flash grabbed Bart and jerked the boy to a jarring stop seconds before he would have charged directly into a razor sharp network of almost invisible wires that crisscrossed the workshop.
“He turned the air into a sharp filament of some kind. You could have been sliced Impulse!” he said.
Impulse frowned and said, “That’s not fair!”
Dr. Alchemy looked up from his work table and said, “I expected you. How did you find me so swiftly?”
The Flash said, “You used your own element Desmondium to control the minds of those poor people. You used your Stone to grant them elemental powers too. I had someone I know whip up a detector that registered large concentrations of Desmondium. It led us straight here!
Dr. Alchemy smiled and said, “I know better than to try to use it to control your mind You think too fast for it to take control of your will! Still, I can just let my pawns slay you. You stopped them from securing most of the alchemical wonders I sought but I managed to secure one precious item!”
At that moment, Sylph, Gnome, Salamander, and Undine raced into the room. Apparently, Dr. Alchemy had managed to teleport them to his base with the magical power of the Philosopher’s Stone. Clearly, he had mastered many new uses for the mystical relic since his last time in costume.
He was in for a rude surprise though as the four pawns turned on him!
“We’re free now! Dr. Mist freed us. You captured us and gave us power against our will and now we’re going to make you regret it!” said the fiery Salamander.
She blazed toward him and he countered with a smothering spray of foam that slowed her down but failed to douse her fire.
The Sylph swept the foam away from her ally with a carefully controlled wind gust.
The Undine changed shape using the power of Proteus to become a flacon. She swooped down at ripped the Stone from dr. Alchemy’s hand before he could strike back.
Flash connected with a stunning blow that left his foe reeling but not defeated.
Dr. Alchemy said, “This medallion gives me the most awesome of all alchemical powers. With it I create what the ancients called, Prima Materia! The source of all things!”
He raised the glowing medallion only to see Gnome rip it from his grasp with magnetic power while Impulse literally crashed into him and knocked him cold.
“I did it! My first super villain smack down!” shouted Impulse merrily.
Flash smiled at the boy as he secured Dr. Alchemy but more was happening within the warehouse than even his super fast senses could perceive at once.
Gnome, Sylph, Salamander, and Undine were all glowing like the medallion Gnome had ripped away from their tormentor. They exchanged startled glances and then vanished from view!
Flash said, “They are gone! Did he literally wipe them from creation? “ He did his best to find the truth but even some magic user allies could not answer the question of what had happened to them. He did learn the final Elemental was Grant Arden’s girlfriend writer Crystal Marr. So, while Al Desmond had once worked for Arden Chemicals the four elementals were in turn all tied to Arden by business or personal connections. Perhaps, Desmond had a grudge against his former employer?
Later, As Wally, Deena, and Bart sat together and the two “siblings” talked happily about their lives, Wally pondered the strange fate of Dr. Alchemy.
“For a minute I thought Al’s return to crime had something to do with his astral twin I once fought but that double is in jail. I can only assume Desmond gave in to his own mental illness once more. I feel terrible for his wife.”
He looked at the two kids again and felt comforted. They may have come from different possible futures but they were Barry’s kids and he would do all he could to take care of them like Barry and Iris had always loved and guided him.
Elsewhere, on a world known as Earth S the foursome materialized! The power of the Prima Material had wiped them out of world and given them rebirth on another.
They would have much to learn and do on that parallel Earth but would they do it as heroes or villains?
The End