Season Three

Where?

Season 3

Wally woke up and he didn't know where he was. Scratch that, he knew he was in the Arctic, he just didn't know how he got there. Scratch that, he knew how he got there, he just didn't know how he was alive. The last thing Wally remembered was trying to shut down a Magnetic Field Disrupter with Barry and Bart.

Oh crud, Wally thought, Barry! Bart! Where were they?!? Wally ran around in circles until he realized something terrifying; he was alone. Before the flash of light, Wally remembered most of the old team being there, obviously along with Barry and Bart. Now there was no sign of them.

Then Wally realized something else. The kinetic energy he had been bombarded with before the world went dark had been killing him. He should be dead. He'd accepted that he was dead halfway through the experience. But instead of being in Speedster Heaven, he was alone in the Arctic freezing his butt off.

He'd better book it to Happy Harbor, something was very wrong.

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Three hours later and Wally had found the cave. Unfortunately, nothing was as he remembered. The main difference was probably the fact that no one was at Mt Justice. Or rather, he assumed no one was home. He couldn't get in. This posed a problem for Wally as he had no idea how else to find any of his friends. He was sure they'd be there, too. Someone was always at the cave.

Wally sighed. He had no desire to run all the way to Central City after running three hours to Rhode Island, so he decided to visit someone closer. Wally went to Gotham.

It wasn't a bad idea actually. After all, Rob was his best friend. If anyone was going to be able to tell Wally what the hell was going on, it'd be Dick or Bruce. Oh, and not to mention he knew someone would be there to greet him. Alfred was almost always at the Manor. Gotham was definitely Wally's best bet for figuring out what was happening to his happy little world.

It wasn't until he had already knocked on the door that he realized he was still in his Kid Flash costume. Not a very good idea in case Bruce was entertaining. Oh well, too late now.

"Welcome to Wayne Manor. How can I--" Alfred nearly choked when he opened his eyes to see who was at the door. "Quickly, inside before someone sees!"

As it happens, Wally does "quickly" very well. He sped into the foyer and closed the door for Alfred. "Alfred, I need to see Dick. Something's wrong."

Alfred sputtered a moment before regaining his composure. "Of course, Master Wallace. Right this way. Master Richard is in the study."

Wally nearly collapsed when he saw his best friend sitting in a giant leather chair reading a book. He'd been so worried something had happened to his friends when they hadn't been in the Arctic. And yet there he was, just fine and dandy, aside from the fact that someone was forcing him to read Oliver Twist. What even?

"Shall I bring down some more..." Alfred hesitated as he thought over his next words. "Civilian attire?"

"Yeah, thanks Alfred. That'd be great."

As soon as the words came out of Wally's mouth, Dick shot to his feet and rushed over to give him a hug. "KF! What's up, dude? Shouldn't you be at the Tower?"

"Look, Dick I have something really crazy to... Did you say tower?" Wally asked incredulously as he pulled away from the hug. Seriously, what was going on? "What tower? The last thing I remember I was in the Arctic. In fact, I just woke up there."

Dick frowned and sat back on the chair, then gestured toward the chair across from him. "I think you'd better start from the beginning."

Wally sat down and took a deep breath. He wasn't even worried about whatever Dick had asked, he was mostly just confused.