Worm Hole •The Flash •

[ Five ]

Team Flash figured that they would try out Thad's plan when the time came, they'd have to wait for him to surface before they could try anything. So the two speedsters had to wait.

When night fell it was surprisingly easy for Bart to fall asleep but Thad wasn't so lucky. He was plagued with nightmares, plus he wasn't use to sleeping at this hour.

So with out waking up Bart he was running out of the room and down to the speed lab. He liked it there. When he ran it made it feel free and it helped him think. When he reached the speed lab, he just ran and ran and ran. When Barry got there to see who was running he was surprised to see green lightning and not red.

"Inertia, you wanna come down here for a few minutes?" Barry asks the boy who was running in circles, he could easily tell he was trying to escape something.

Inertia listened like a little toy soldier. He ran down to meet Barry and stopped right in front of him. He stood and looked up at him. Sweat glistened on his forehead and on the side of his face, he'd clearly been pushing himself. "Why aren't you asleep? It's like 1 o'clock in the morning."

"I don't sleep much." Thaddeus replies, looking down at the ground. He didn't want to talk about his nightmares.

Barry could tell there was something bothering the boy but he remembered what Cecile had told him, he couldn't push him. "Come on, I'll run with you until you get tired."

Thad let a sly smirk run across his face before he disappeared from Barry's view, Barry couldn't help think what he had just gotten himself into. He had just unknowingly challenged the little speedster to a race. Barry took off running to meet Thad in the circle that, to most people, seemed like it went on forever. The two began to push each other faster and faster, tiering each other out with every ten minutes.

Finally Thad got to point where he knew he had to stop running, stop fighting. He ran out of the speed lab and sat on the floor, Barry soon joined him. "You alright?"

"Yeah." He replies, "I just need to catch my breath."

"Okay." Barry replies giving him a small smile, "Go take a shower and then try and get some sleep."

Thad nods and then speeds off, heading to the shower areas. He showered fast and dried off even faster. Speeding into the lounge he grabs his pillow and blanket and moves to floor next Bart. Maybe he would chase away the nightmares.

In the morning, Thad found Bart's arm hanging off the side of the couch and slightly touching his blanket. He didn't mind, it actually made him feel a little bit better. When he went back to sleep after running with Barry no nightmares came his way, he didn't even dream at all. It was just blissful darkness.

Getting up into a sitting position, he just looked at Bart. He took in the boys shaggy brown hair and sleeping face. Bart had become his saving grace in many ways. He'd never given up on him, even when he himself had given up. He always saw the good in him even when no one else could.

Bart's eyes flickered open, when he saw Thad looking at he couldn't help but wonder why? He wasn't anything special. "Hi.." He says sleepily to the speedster staring at him.

Thad's eyebrows knitted together as he says, "I'm..hungry..."

"Me too." Bart says energetically, sitting up. "Let's get some food."

The two teen speedsters ended up turning it into a race. Bart ended up winning, Thad's head wasn't in it. He wanted to ask why but he figured Thad wouldn't share the information. Getting to the break room they both raid the fridge for food. Once they get their fill of food they head to Cortex to see if anyone else was here.

They found Caitlin and Cisco sitting in their respected chairs eating their own breakfast. Caitlin smiles at the two but Bart is the only one who returns the smile, Thad just looks down at the ground. Killer Frost from his earth still scared him, how could this one be any different?

As Thad sat in the chair near Bart he wondered what Thawne was doing back on their Earth. Was he looking for him? How mad was he at him for disappearing? Then his mind started to think about everything he'd do to him once he got back. He'd probably kill him.

"Thad, are you alright?" A woman's voice asks breaking him out of his thoughts. His head snaps up in Caitlin's direction and quickly nods.

A crackling noise is heard when Thad zooms out of the room, he wanted out. He found himself running out of the building doing a figure eight in the parking lot and then running to the national park. When he got to the middle he stopped running and let out a scream of frustration and anger. Then with out even thinking he ran at the punched it, infusing it with the speed force causing it to explode into splinters.

"You know dad always like that you could do that." A voice says, "It made up for the fact that you couldn't phase through anything."

Stepping into the light a speedster wearing a white and yellow costume came into view. The color in the Thad's face drained, his breath hitches in his throat, green lightning starts to dance on his skin, fear laced his eyes.

"Run."