The Forgotten Speedster

In Your Own World of Flashbacks

Just so you know, there will be abuse in this chapter and violence.

Flashback

"Wally, Avery! Get down here, you useless children!" Our mother yelled from downstairs. We quickly got up off the bathroom floor, our arms sore from scrubbing the floor for 3 hours straight. Wally gave me a reassuring look even though both of us didn't believe it. The moment we got downstairs we were met with our mother in our faces and she was mad, probably at something that we didn't even do. Our parents like to punish us just because they can. She pointed to a spot of dirt on the floor, that we had just finished cleaning 2 hours ago. She probably just rubbed some dirt on the floor on purpose, or dad did just to get our mother mad at us for doing nothing.

"What the heck is this?" She yelled making both of us look at our shoes in "shame", in reality we were both cursing in our heads at our cruel parents, despite being 7 years old.

"We told you to clean the floors and you leave a spot of dirt on the floor? After all of the things we do for you two brats and you can't do a simple job?" She yelled making both of us whimper in fear. She suddenly grabbed my hair and started dragging me towards the living room where the punishment chair was. It was just a regular chair but they would tie us down, whip us and burn us with cigarettes till we passed out, while making the other sibling watch in horror. 

She pushed me so that I was sitting backwards on the dreaded chair, not even bothering to tie me up before whipping my back making me scream out in pain. Wally was crying while being held back by dad who was grinning evilly at us. He soon left, letting go of Wally and walking towards the kitchen, probably to get another beer. Both of us didn't move, in fear of getting hurt worse than we already were. When Mom finally stopped, she grabbed my chin, forcing me to look at her ugly, freckled face.

"You too are so useless! When we wanted children, we never thought they would turn out like you two!" Our mother screamed at me and my big brother. Dad then came in with a beer bottle in his hands and hit Wally in the head, for no reason, making him crumble to the floor unconscious. I screamed as I ran over to Wally's side and placed his head on my lap while staring fearfully at my evil parents. Suddenly, a loud banging came from the door, causing me to jump and start to tremble. Though apparently I wasn't the only one because both of my parents' faces turned pail for a split second before dad grabbed his gun, both of their faces turning murderous.

"Open up! This is the police!" Someone shouted from the outside. 'One of the neighbors must have heard the commotion and called the police.' I thought as mom suddenly grabbed my arm, shoving me in a closet and threw a pile of clothing over me.

"One peep out of you and we will kill you and your brother." She said then slammed the door in my face, the room going dark except a little light from a small peephole on the door. I looked through it to find the police talking with my mom and dad who were currently in handcuffs. Mom glare towards my door before disappearing out the doorway, with Dad following, both had police men leading them out.

"Mr. and Mrs. West you are arrested for child abuse." A cop said as he followed them leaving me, and unconscious Wally who was still laying in the living room but now had a man and a woman hovering over him attending to the gash in his head.

"Why would my brother and sister-in-law do something like this? I promise, Wally, they will not hurt you ever again." The lady said said as the man picked up my brother and walked out the open door. I stayed in that closet for a day, waiting for my parents to come back and when they did I wish they would have stayed away. I wished that I had gone out of my hiding spot and went with Aunt Iris, Uncle Barry, and Wally. I had heard about my dad's sister before but he told us she was dead. I guess that was a lie, just like everything they both have ever said to me or my brother.

7 Years later still in the flashback

I decided that I wanted my job after high school to be something with technology in it so I took a computer class freshman year, and mastered in instantly. Then after school one day I decided that I didn't want to go home to my so called parents yet so I started walking towards a coffee shop to get some homework done. I found my supposed uncle walking out of a coffee shop, when suddenly he stopped walking and pressed his ear, then to my surprise he was gone with a lightning trail behind him. I stood there amazed at first but then I turned around and walked home, making a decision that would hopefully change my life for the better. When I got home I was relieved to find my parents not there yet so I headed up to my room and got out my laptop the school had given me. I hacked into the Bat computer, which I have to say was easier than I had thought, though finding the Flash file was another story. I accidentally found some other files in the process, that I with I hadn't found, concerning certain member's identities. When I finally found the right files I pulling up the file on how he got his powers. I immediately got started on my life changing plain and after a few weeks I had fully recreated the incident, now all I had to do was wait for a stormy night. 

A week later the night had finally come, I had woken up to a big boom in the sky, making me smile and hop out of bed. I quickly got dressed and headed out to the backyard shed where all my stuff was. I hooked everything up outside despite the pouring rain and the last thing I saw before I blacked out was a streak of lightning coming down from the sky right towards me. I woke up in the same position in the morning, on the still wet grass from the morning dew. I slowly got up, despite my muscles screaming at me. I took one step and sped into the side of the house making me bash my head on the brick wall. I held my head as I pried my face off the brick. I backed up a little dizzy, and held up my hand to make sure I wasn't seeing things. I smiled as I willed my hand to move back and forth, slowly moving faster until it was only a blur.

A month later I had a suit and a name. Wisp. I was officially helping out people and taking down the bad guys. All of it was at first to get away from my parents but it quickly became something that I deeply enjoyed. I soon found that I was faster than Flash and Kid Flash and started getting on their nerves, getting to the bad guys before them. Everything in my life was a bit better, until I once came back from patrol to find my parents in my bedroom.

"Monster!" My parents screamed then started attacking me with a knife. I didn't hold back, a voice told me in my head that this was all my fault and to take the blame. So I did. They carved the word monster on my back and cut my arms and legs leaving scars. I never told anyone about me or my parents I fear of them getting hurt as well.

Flashback ending

I was so caught up in my own world that I failed to notice the absence of people as I headed back to the classroom. I might as well try and ignore both Barry and Wally for the rest of my life. I trudged down the halls with my head down, but when I got there, I opened the door to find Dylan holding a gun to Miss. Kyler's head.