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Flash heard a news report: two terrorists had been apprehended,
but a bomb was set to go off at the airport at noon.
He heard the report with five minutes to spare. He searched
until he found it, ran it outside, and hurled it into
the air. After the explosion, life at the airport went
on as normal.
Wally bumped into his grandfather Ira and had lunch
with him. While going through some of the stuff he'd
been given when Iris died, he found some scrapbooks
she'd made of her husband the Flash (Barry Allen). He
then found one she'd done of Kid Flash. He remembered
the summer he spent with them when he was ten.
No sooner had he arrived, they spotted his hero, the
Flash, in action. He watched intently as Iris (a news
reporter) went to work. The bad guys got the upper hand,
but Wally was able to activate a fire hydrant and soak
them, putting the Flash back on top. He thanked Wally
for saving his life and sped off. Later that afternoon,
Iris introduced Wally to her fiance, Barry. Barry offered
to let Wally go to work with him the next day at his
lab in the police station. He told Wally the Flash was
his friend and introduced them. Flash thanked Wally
again and told him that Barry let him use his lab when
he was working on a case. While telling the boy how
he got his powers, lightning struck him through the
window, bathing him in chemicals - just like what had
happened to him.
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The Flash quickly came to young Wally's aid. They both
realized he wasn't hurt, just soaked and a little shaken
up. Flash pushed a microscope off a table and asked
Wally to catch it. He couldn't. He ok'ed it with Barry
and took Wally out to play catch. He vibrated the boy
through a wall and they ran outside the city. After
a while of playing catch, Flash made one last throw,
well over Wally's head. He caught it anyway - after
burning up the ground between them. Wally had been given
the same powers the Flash had received years before.
He explained to the boy that the chemicals had coated
his skin so that friction wouldn't light him up like
the ground between them when he took off to catch the
ball.
Wally was beside himself. He and the Flash ran through
the city and actually stopped some criminals along the
way. Flash got him back to Barry's lab before things
got too heavy. After he promised to only use his powers
to help people and to never reveal his secret to anyone,
Flash gave him a ring with a costume in it - just like
the one he used. They altered it a bit so it would fit
and became partners.
Iris returned and the Flash left. Barry came back after
being out of the lab for a while.
Wally and the Flash spent a lot of time together that
summer - Flash taught him everything and trained him
to be his partner. The press called him "Kid Flash."
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During the summer, they worked on a case they dubbed
the "copycat crimes." It seemed that the first
set of criminals they caught (before Wally got his powers)
were duplicated. The duplicates committed a crime then
disappeared. It was happening all over Central City.
Iris was working on a story about a world renown physicist.
Wally had written a report about him for school and
realized a picture she had was wrong: in it, he was
blind in the wrong eye. The copycat crimes sprung to
mind - they were mirror images, not duplicates. He called
Barry and asked him to have Flash meet him, but while
waiting, he saw the fake stealing some rare books. He
followed and found out he was right: the man drove into
a bank of mirrors. The Mirror Master was at work. Inside
MM's hideout, Kid Flash was trapped in a mirror. He
was forced to watch as the Flash fell into Mirror Master's
trap and was defeated. Kid Flash got himself free and
unloaded on the costumed criminal. The Flash stopped
him from beating the man to death - he didn't really
fall for the trap, he'd used a mirror duplicate, too.
He arrived just after Kid Flash, so he knew the trap.
On their way back to town, Kid Flash collapsed in pain.
Since vibrating through the Mirror Master's trap (it
was his first successful vibration through something),
he'd felt a bit uneasy. Flash took him to Ira West (his
own grandfather) to be treated. Kid Flash kept his mask
on while in with the doctor. Dr. West gave his diagnosis:
when Barry got his powers, he was an adult. Wally's
body was still growing and appeared to be rejecting
the new powers. Each time he used them, he chanced killing
himself.
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The next day was Wally's last day in Central City. The
summer was over and Iris had to take her nephew home.
Wally begged to stay - he didn't seem to get along with
his parents very well.
As soon as he was home, he accidentally broke a plate.
His father got on to him and he stormed off to his room.
In a bit of a fit, he tore down his poster of the Flash.
The weather outside was getting rather tense, a tornado
watch was in effect. Wally ran outside and climbed a
tree. His father found him and climbed up to get him.
They argued, and Wally told him he didn't love him.
The storm caused the tree to fall, and it landed on
Wally's father. He looked up and the tornado was upon
them. Wally put on his suit and tried to stop it by
running around it in the opposite direction. He'd hit
the wall and had nothing left, but he thought about
his father and kept on. He ended up stopping the storm
and saving his dad.
Wally looked up from his daydream and talked with his
grandfather about the Flash legacy. Ira still believed
that Barry might have unconsciously caused Wally's transformation.
They began talking about Iris and had dinner.
Kid
Flash: Day Two
Wally faced off against Mr. Element alone on his second
day with a costume. He "chickened out" from
chasing him after scaring him away from a heist. When
Flash found out, he said he'd take care of the costumed
villain, but Kid Flash took care of him - he found him,
but had no way of contacting the Flash.
Burning
Secrets
Flash and Kid Flash went up against Cobalt Blue for
the first time. He was ripping through a zoo with his
energy sword. When he hit them with it, they lost their
speed.
After he escaped, they headed back to Barry's lab. Cobalt
Blue was their waiting for them. He seemed to know everything.
He manifested his magic into one of their suits and
sent it after them. Cobalt Blue gained the upper hand
and began using his magic to drain them. The Flashes
took control of their molecules and he exploded from
the force. He was never seen again.
The
Speed of Life
While at his birthday party, Wally wondered what his
life would be like had he not been struck by lightning.
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