The aroma of food, a delicious concoction that wafted through the air, set his stomach to a loud rumble.

He rummaged through his pockets, the meager sum of spare change a stark reminder of his and Grodd’s predicament.

𝘚𝘪𝘨𝘩. “If only we could have stayed at Mr. Dibny’s.”

No sooner had she set the food out than it disappeared in a crackling gust of wind.

𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘸.
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯‘𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘯 𝘪𝘵.
𝘐 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦. ᯓ𝙉𝙊𝙒.

Burning his velocity to a zero, the friction beneath his heels screamed; tearing up the desert as he skidded to a halt.

After a moment of waving off dust, his gilded irides peered up at the invitation. Though he was initially confused, Wally had nowhere else to turn. He’d just have to risk it.

The 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙘 friction was brief, 𝐡̵𝐨̵𝐫̵𝐫̵𝐢̵𝐟̵𝐢̵𝐜̵—enough to make Barry’s skin slough off with a 𝐬̵𝐢̵𝐜̵𝐤̵𝐞̵𝐧̵𝐢̵𝐧̵𝐠̵ pull, leaving only the marrow-filled bone exposed beneath.

For Wally there was no outrunning the ̵𝐠̵𝐮̵𝐢̵𝐥̵𝐭̵.

No outrunning the final words of Barry Allen,

“𝗪̵𝗔̵𝗟̵𝗟̵𝗬̵…𝗛̵𝗘̵𝗟̵𝗣̵-̵-̵𝗠̵𝗘̵-̵-̵”

The memory was a 𝙗𝙡𝙪𝙧 of speed and blinding light, a foul 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙤𝙭 that haunted him to this day.

Wally hadn’t meant to.

He only wanted to keep Barry away, but his panicked surge of power had somehow 𝐭𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 them together, dragging the man along in a catastrophic attempt to flee. »

no, the critter was just as scared as he was.

Wally pulled his knees to his chest against the cold warehouse floor, a silent, hyper-aware guardian in the dark. ‘𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺, 𝘣𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘺,’ he telepathically reassured his slumbering partner.

‘𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦.’

Wally watched the small green primate finally settle down on a makeshift bed of scavenged newspapers.

The little guy’s telepathic chatter had quieted to a low, weary hum in the back of Wally’s mind. Turned out Grodd wasn’t the unstoppable weapon he expected the Rogues to unleash on him; »

𝘐𝘕 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘽𝙍𝙄𝙂𝙃𝙏𝙀𝙎𝙏 𝘿𝘼𝙔
𝘈𝘕𝘋 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘽𝙇𝘼𝘾𝙆𝙀𝙎𝙏 𝙉𝙄𝙂𝙃𝙏.

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