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I got into Barry's car and we headed toward Gotham.
In the car, Barry broke the awkward silence.
"So… who are you?"
I looked at him and replied:
"I'm Aaron Skywalker.
You can call me Aaron."
"And like I said earlier I'm here to help you."
"If you're wondering why I'd even want to help you..."
"Well, if I don't, I'll probably be stuck in this broken world forever and that's not happening."
I thought to myself, I don't know how my presence affects this timeline,
but it's probably better to stay with Barry than leave everything to fate.
Then Barry asked me:
"So Aaron… what is this world?
Why is everything so different?
And why don't I have my powers?"
I answered. We had plenty of time to talk anyway we were stuck in traffic.
Everyone was trying to get as far away from the war as possible.
"So Barry… this world is the result of what you did."
Barry gave me a weird look and said:
"What did i doooo?????"
"You saved someone, didn't you?"
"But...… how could that cause a war between Amazons and Atlanteans?"
I quoted Eobard Thawne from the end of the movie
Ugh, cursed name, still gives me the chills.
"Listen, Barry:
Break the sound barrier, and there's a sonic boom.
You broke the time barrier, Barry.
Time boom.
Ripples of distortion radiated out from that point of impact shifting everything just a little. But it was enough.
Enough for events to happen….. slightly differently."
And because of that, everything changed.
That should answer your three questions.
Barry had that deep-thinking face on.
When I looked up, we were finally out of traffic.
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30 minutes later…
We were close.
I could see the run-down Wayne Manor.
I felt bad for Thomas Wayne.
That man didn't deserve to lose his son…
Or to have his wife turn into a psychotic lunatic A.K.A. the Joker.
Barry finally parked the car, and we got out.
We went inside after Barry opened the door.
He tried looking for Alfred or Bruce in the ruined house…
But found no one just me.
So we went down to the Batcave.
Barry went to check out some kind of gun,
and I was right behind him, fully alert.
I remembered how Barry got bea-...
Before I could even finish the thought,
a man in a Batman suit appeared right in front of me
and before I could react....
He kicked me straight in the balls.
I dropped to the ground instantly in quiet agony.
Thomas FREAKIN' Wayne just kicked me in the nuts.
"ARGHHHHHHHH...!"
"AHHHHHHHHHH WHY MEEEEEE?!"
I was rolling around on the floor for at least 7 minutes.
By the time I finally opened my eyes,
those two maniacs were already getting ready to strike Barry with lightning.
I slowly got up off the cold floor and hobbled toward them.
With pure hatred in my eyes, I looked at Thomas.
That man no longer deserved my pity.
HE. DISABLED. ME.
Then I looked at Barry with a face that said:
"YOU COULDN'T HAVE HELPED ME OUT?! SERIOUSLY?!"
Barry looked at me and scratched the back of his head.
"Sorry, Aaron."
Then Thomas asked Barry:
"And who's this guy? Another speedster?"
I looked at him and smirked.
"I'm better than some damn speedsters."
And the second I finished that sentence, a familiar blue screen popped up in front of my face:
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⚔️ New Quest
MAIN QUEST
Description: You said you're better than speedsters. Prove it.
Objective:
- Kill Wonder Woman
- Kill Aquaman
- Kill Reverse Flash
Progress: 0%
Reward: 17% Template Progression, Title: THE STRONGEST
Penalty: Transforms into a femboy every 30 minutes
⚠️ Player cannot decline this quest.
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Bro... the universe actually hates me.
I'd rather die than turn into a femboy every half hour.
WHO EVEN CAME UP WITH A PUNISHMENT LIKE THAT!
Okay I need to calm down.... deep breath in. Deep breath out.
You got this, Aaron.
You can kill 3 people that are basically demigods
Yes you can do it
Trust in yourself....
no I cant do this shit 😭
Thomas Wayne gave me a weird look while I stared off into space.
"I think he's high," he muttered.
"I used to be a doctor. I can tell when someone's high."
I sighed.
"I'm stuck with a bunch of idiots…"
Then Barry spoke up:
"Let's go get my powers back."
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[Timeskip]
We were on the rooftop balcony.
Barry was tied to a wooden chair.
The weather? Absolute trash.
I knew this was a bad idea.
But desperate times call for desperate solutions.
Thomas pulled a lever and the lightning rod or whatever it was extended and activated.
The sky lit up with flashes.
And in the next second, the lightning struck.
Barry's body started convulsing violently… ..well until it caught on fire.
There was nothing I could do but watch.
I didn't even have a hoodie or anything to help.
Thomas rushed to Barry, smothered the flames with his cape, and wrapped him in it.
When he pulled the cape off and saw Barry's burns,
he whispered
"Oh… my God."
I looked at Thomas and said:
"Trust me. He'll be fine."
Thomas gave me a doubtful look…
Then carried Barry back to the Batcave.
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Back in the Batcave
Barry's body was lying on some kind of metal table.
He was wrapped in bandages from head to toe.
Suddenly, Barry jolted awake and started screaming:
"NOOOOOOO!"
I quickly grabbed him and held him down,
while Thomas injected him with some green substance.
Thomas said,
"Calm down. You've got third-degree burns."
Barry slowly started to calm down from the injection, so I let go of him.
Barry spoke,
"My memories are changing... adapting to the new history created by Thawne.
Soon, I'll forget my own timeline my wife… your son.
We need to take this world back."
Thomas said,
"How?"
Barry replied,
"We try again."
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Back to the balcony
I stood off to the side, waiting to see what these maniacs were about to do.
I'm the most sane of them all.
Barry said,
"Well, at least this time, try putting out the flames earlier."
Then Thomas powered up the lightning rod again, and the lightning struck Barry a second time.
Thomas reacted fast
He jumped in front of Barry to try and shut off the power or something like that.
I had already aimed my hand at him, just waiting to see what would happen next.
The next second, a shockwave slammed me into the wall.
The impact knocked the air out of my lungs I couldn't breathe.
But even in the air, I kept my hand aimed at Thomas.
And before Flash could fully aura-farm and save him,
I pulled Thomas back onto the balcony beside me.
The moment I saw he was safely back, I finally tried to catch my breath.
Barry, who was still breaking through his restraints,
and Thomas who I had just saved
looked at me with stunned expressions.
Barry didn't expect me to have powers.
And Thomas definitely didn't expect to meet two freaks in one day.
Well... not my problem.
We all headed back to the Batcave.
Thomas immediately started checking Barry
he was completely healed from all his burns.
Then Thomas tossed Barry Reverse Flash's suit,
and Barry somehow changed it from yellow into his own red version.
I don't know what kind of magic that is,
and honestly, I don't want to know.
But now I was feeling kinda like shit.
I was the only one here without a suit.
...
Sigh
Barry went off to try breaking the time barrier again,
and I sat there in a slump, depressed because I had no superhero outfit.
"I wanna have superhero suit..."
😔
While i was being depressed
Barry came back with bad news
Said something to thomas and then we went back to the wayne manor.
Barry started using Thomas's old computer
which was probably from World War II
and, as always, he started hating on himself.
Saying he's slow, etc.
Then they started talking about Metropolis and Superman…
And we all headed off to find Cyborg A.K.A. The Government Dog.
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