Chapter 7: 06 - The Miraculous Flash
Chapter 06 - The Miraculous Flash
Written By Dr Armstrong
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->Flash POV<-
"Damn, looks like a rampaging bulldozer just went through here..." Flash commented as he beheld the sight before him.
It was the middle of the day, and the sun hung high—yet there were no bright smiles in sight, only bloodshed and wreckage.
Broken glass littered the floor like puddles of sharp blades as the shadows of upturned police cars engulfed them in darkness.
The wall of a nearby building became nothing more than cracked bricks haphazardly laid upon the ground, beside it there was a streetside lamp bent like a spaghetti lying on the floor, perhaps having been used as a makeshift club by the Rhino.
The putrid stench of gore permeated through the streets as the ambient sound rang loud in the background, the goddamned police sirens and far away gunshots as well as the panic-stricken wails produced by the bystanding populace.
Flash swallowed a gulp as he truly took in the scene, he was still a bit far away from the battlefield—but just this near, he could already hear the action in all of its glory.
Aleksei Sy...Sytse...whatever his name is was one terroristic menace, otherwise known by his criminal moniker, the Rhino. A few months back, he had rampaged across NYC and had tried to abduct JJJ's astronaut-in-training son for some reason, but as always, Spiderman stopped him dead in his tracks.
Now he was in custody of the Raft, a world-class US-funded prison specifically designed to hold superpowered criminals and other such threats. At least, he was supposed to be!
But lo and behold, the damned metal unicorn decided to spontaneously erupt out of a random subway and started wreaking havoc.
Sweat dribbled down from his forehead, the fact that Flash wore a mask made it much more damp and further increased his anxiety. He held it in, suppressing his inner coward as he tried to remember the vivid details regarding Spidey's previous joust with the Rhino.
There was a video of it, courtesy of Parker, as always. Flash had watched it many times, imagining himself to be in Spiderman's shoes, to beat the ever-living shit out of the Rhino and put him in his place.
It was embarrassing to admit, but Flash had even written some fanfiction-type scenarios about it in his free time, but he would never thought he would actually...actually do it for real now...
Flash released a quiet breath as he analyzed and made a strategy to deal with this hulking threat.
He wasn't arrogant enough to think he could just go in and save the day just like that, one punch from the Rhino and he would be a bloodstain on the ground, no doubt about that.
Spiderman seemingly had superhuman strength and durability, and even he didn't have such an easy time with the Rhino. Although Flash knew he had a major advantage with his Superspeed, he just couldn't shake the uneasy feeling of being potentially crushed to death.
"He's like an actual Rhino in battle..." Flash muttered quietly as he readied himself in a kneeling position.
"Hits like a bull, but can't turn once he's already in a charge..." Spiderman's own words, one of his signature quips. The masked hero had actually revealed one of Rhino's deadliest weaknesses in Peter's video.
Flash had to hand it to the guy, Parker was one hell of a cameraman—much of Spidey's personality and even his voice wouldn't be known without Peter's Daily Bugle contributions.
'Go in, save people, go out...' He mentally chanted to himself, his entire posture adapting the kneeling start position to a full-on sprint. He felt his feet pressing against the floor, the kinetic potential building up as a familiar crackle of lightning charged through his bones.
He released an audible breath of air as the sweat trickling down his body slowed down, his perspective widening. He could hear them, the gunshots, the screams, the explosions, all of them slowing down as visible electricity emanated out of his very feet.
'Run, Flash, run!' He shouted to himself as the adrenaline drowned his system, the kinetic potential releasing as his body vibrated in Superspeed, his eyes glowing a menacing crimson.
But just as he was about to run...
"A-ah!?" He released a gasp as he paused himself. Flash turned back in confusion as he heard a faint...cry?
'I thought they already evacuated everyone...' It was true, there were even roadblocks preventing any unknowing vehicles from entering this specific street. The police had done their job effectively, for the most part, at least...
This was...bad, but not unexpected. It would be a little silly for him to think he just had to beat some criminal up and go back home. Saving civilians was part of the damn job, especially for a Speedster like him who had a much, much easier time doing so.
'God, I hope it's not some fatass like Ned...' Although it might be a morbid thought that he would never say out loud in person, it was true. He just had superhuman speed, not strength, so it wouldn't be easy to carry a plus-sized person to safety.
He dropped the thought as he ran around the street in all directions with Superspeed, trying to find the source of the cry.
'Ah, no wonder I didn't see you earlier...' Flash inwardly muttered as he crouched down, looking into one of the upside-down police cars. Honestly, this was a great hiding spot, he had to give this presumably newly orphaned kid the props they served.
"Sob...sob..." He heard soft crying inside the backseat, soft enough to be young, but not feminine—a young boy, probably.
Flash looked around to see if the kid's parents were near before sighing and looking into the window.
*TAP*
"Hey..." The little boy, no older than nine looked up from his curled-up position, there was not much room inside the upside-down car.
He had reddish hair, a juvenile ginger in the process of losing his soul, emerald green eyes and a boyish face, pretty mundane in the looks department.
"Sob...sob...ha? S-Spider...man? Y-you're not Spidey..." Flash heard him mumble as the kid gradually stopped crying, his eyes still watery with tears. Thank god nine-year-olds have enough development in their brains to not just wail out loud, tears down their face when in a really dangerous situation.
"Yeah, I'm Flash...come with me now, this isn't the place for...uh, kids. Rhino's gonna—" Flash said as he held his arms out, but was interrupted by the boy himself.
"Dad says I shouldn't go with strangers—"
"Fair enough, but my name is Flash, not strangers. So just crawl out of there and I'll run you back, eh?" Flash said with an uncharacteristically warm smile on his face.
"Oh...that's clever! My name's Wally..." The ginger juvenile said with a toothy smile as he swallowed a hiccup or two, courtesy of the crying and all.
"Hey, you're missing a few teeth." Flash pointed out as he watched the boy slowly crawl out of the backseat and into the front seat where the window was cracked open.
"Yeah, me and Dad just got back from the dentist...My dad's a cop man by the way, so this car's mine!" Wally bragged as he accidentally hit his head against the roof...well, it should be the floor since the car was upside down.
"Really? Mine's too, though he isn't that great of a cop...and it's policeman, not cop man!" Flash teased as he calmly waited for Wally's hand.
"Hm, I think it's the same..." Wally reached out with his right hand, which Flash reached out in response, intending to drag him out of the car carefully.
But just as he was about to take Wally's hand...
*BOOOOM~CRAAASH*
"WHERE ARE YOU, RED-MAAAAN!?" Flash froze before instinctivly vibrating in Superspeed and turning around, his eyes a crimson colour.
Flash froze as he gulped, a panic and fear out of this world bubbled inside of him. The gigantic form of the Rhino, breathing down as he looked around with apparent fury in his eyes.
In all of his 7'5 glory, the metal glistened under the sun as steam seemed to rise from his muscled body. The Rhino was certainly one hell of a man, his metal armour giving the appearance of a bestial monster...
...And then he locked eyes with Flash.
"THERE YOU ARE, RED-EYE MAAAAN!!!!" And then he charged.
He charged, and Flash dodged out of the way.
But the Rhino cannot stop once he is already in a charge.
And Wally, the kid was still inside—
*BOOOM*
--->Author's Note:
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