Be There In a Flash (Speedster Male Reader)

Clean Slate

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Third-Person Pov:

Once Y/n returns to Beacon, he places Wilt and Blush beside his desk. He then looks at the floor and the remains of his gauntlets and greaves lying at the foot of his bed. Y/n walks over and picks up both gauntlets with their respective hands, and they each fall apart in his hands. Y/n sighs.

"Dammit," Y/n mutters. "Ruby and I worked so hard on these. Even if we did almost burn off our eyebrows." Y/n grabs the remains of his gauntlets and places them on his desk, followed by his greaves. "I still need to explain everything to RWBY and JNPR," Y/n says before he lets out a humorless laugh as he grabs his stolen pants and fishes his scroll out of the pockets. Y/n opens his contacts list and sends a text to Ruby and Jaune.

"They should be here soon," Y/n says. "In the meantime." Y/n changes into a t-shirt and sweats before he grabs a notebook and starts drawing. His hand becomes a blur as he loses himself in his work. The blank pages fill with color as the Earth's heroes take their places on them with startling accuracy. From the vivid blue of Superman's eyes and the kindness that radiates from them as he returns a child's balloon. The intimidating presence of Batman as his figure grows darker and darker as he draws closer to a faceless criminal. To the ferocity of Wonder Woman as she decapitates a parademon with a single swing of her sword. More and more of Earth's heroes come to life on the pages as Y/n searches the recesses of his memories. A grin crosses his face as he does so.

A soft knock on the door brings Y/n out of his musings. He puts his pencil down and makes his way to it.

"Look, I know I have a lot of explaining to do," Y/n says. "So." Y/n goes quiet as he sees Velvet instead of RWBY or JNPR. "You know, when I said we'd talk about what happened to me in Mantle, I wasn't expecting it to be this soon."

Velvet looks Y/n in the eye. "You said we'd talk. So let's talk."

Y/n moves out of the way. "In here," he says.

"What was that thing in Mantle?" Velvet asks once Y/n closes the door. "It looked like a humanoid Grimm, but it had your speed."

Y/n walks over to sit on his bed. He pats the area next to him, and Velvet takes a seat.

"His name is Zoom," Y/n says as he grinds his teeth. "And he was one of my father's closest friends."

"What happened to him? And why did he try to kill you?"

"A villain broke his spine. He asked my dad to go back and change things."

"Go back and-" Velvet's eyes widen, and her ears shoot up in realization. "You mean-"

A knock on the door gets Y/n and Velvet's attention.

"Y/n, are you in there?" Ruby asks from behind the door. "You said to meet you here."

Y/n and Velvet go still. Y/n walks to the door, opens it, and sees teams RWBY and JNPR standing in the hallway. "Hey guys," he says as he opens the door wider and steps out of the way. "Come in."

Team RWBY and Jaune walk in without a peep.

"So Lightning Buddy, whatcha call us here for?" Nora asks with her usual gusto as she walks in.

Ren nods his head as he follows behind Nora. "I'll admit, I'm interested in why you called us here after what happened in town."

Y/n grimaces as Pyrrha walks past. "It's complicated," he says as he sits back down on his bed, this time with his back pressed to the wall. "Has to do with a few personal details." Y/n gestures around the room. "Go on, sit," he says.