//------------------------------// // Bank Battle/ Fight // Story: 'The Flash' meets 'The Dash' // by Silver Inkwell //------------------------------// Oliver’s POV Oliver was quite surprised when Barry showed up, and when he asked for an explanation of how he knew he just laughed and said “It’s a very long story.” And with that said Barry rushed him back to STAR Labs, but sadly enough they couldn’t talk due to an unfortunate emergency that suddenly came up. Barry’s POV “Guys,” Soarin said, “Rainbow Dash is not doing fine, she needs help like right away, and as much as I am afraid of what will happen if you do happen, I fear losing a friend even worse, so can you two please go out there and help?” “Well, what do you say buddy, want to go help save some people?” “For now, yes, but questions will be answered later, okay?” “Okay man, calm down, you’ll get your answers eventually,” Barry said. “I better, I don’t want to be left alone in the dark any more or any longer.” And with that said Barry ran off with Oliver in tow and as he ran Barry couldn’t help but to think and wonder what had happened previously… Rainbow Dash’s Past POV Rainbow Dash ran over to the bank and found a man with a skin color of light blue and with blonde hair (with a distinct and different silver streak in it) and golden yellow eyes, and he also wore a hoodie and blue jeans as well too. “Well look what we have here,” she said when she came in, “A villain stirring up trouble, but I don’t like trouble, not in this city while I’m still around to protect it, so I would highly recommend and advise that you leave now while you can.” “Well look what we have here,” the man said to her, “The Flash, the city hero. But you’re not a real hero just as much as I am not a real villain, we both know the person responsible that’s behind this, and I want them to suffer in pain and agony for what they did to me! Look at me now! I am a monster! They made me turn into this! They gave me these powers! And while I must thank them for my strength, the fate and curse of being a monster is too much to bear. Oh, and I’m also not leaving this bank without my money, sorry.” “Well I’m sorry too, sorry that you’ll lose after I have to stop you.” And with that said Rainbow started to run over to him but then was struck with lightning, and while she may have been fast, his instincts and reaction time was quick, in fact you could almost say that it was lightning quick. Rainbow groaned internally at the accidental pun that she just made. “His instincts are fast and quick,” she said on the communications line, “In fact you could say that they’re lightning quick.” (She wanted to share the pain and humor of this bad joke, and besides, Soarin would appreciate the attempt.) “Good one,” Soarin said, “Well then you’ll just have to take him on in another way, if he moves too fast that you can’t get in close enough to punch him then try something else, anything else, but try to make it new and different too.” “Alright Soarin, whatever you say,” Rainbow said, and with that she started to run around in circles around him but was quickly shot down again. “COME ON!” the man shouted, “IS THAT THE BEST THAT YOU GOT FOR ME? I THOUGHT THAT YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE THE PROTECTOR OF THIS CITY AND THE HERO, WELL, I GUESS YOU’RE DOING A POOR JOB OF IT.” “Lightning, any advice for me on how to stop this guy?” she asked. “Rainbow, he can conduct lightning from his hands, you either need to cut him off from his power source or you need to neutralize his power with an insulator like rubber or something, and that’s all that I have for you,” Lightning said. “Well thanks for the help,” she said quickly running to outfit herself in rubber, “Okay, I think that I got this, you can do this Rainbow.” “Rainbow, you’re talking to yourself again,” Soarin said. “Sorry,” she said and with that she charged the man head on. But it was no use, the rubber was instantly blasted off of her due to the heat that the lightning caused, and it was just too much for her to take in all at once, she needed help, “Soarin, call the others, I need some help over here.” And with that said the man of thunder slowly walked over to her with a smile and lifted her off the ground and slowly started to choke the life out of her. “Well, look how our heroes fall, looks like there’s no one here to save you now is there. You see that’s the thing with the hero business, you put all this time and energy and effort into saving people, but who will save you in the end when your time comes? No one, and that is the real irony and joke about all of this.” “You’re wrong,” she said as suddenly at that moment Barry and Oliver arrived. Second Person POV “Hey there sir,” Barry said putting Oliver down, “You’re choking the life out of my new friend, and I don’t take too kindly to others that hurt my friends.” “Who are they?” the man asked Rainbow “Friends of yours? It is really quite pathetic if I might say so, but no matter, I will deal with them shortly now.” And with that said he struck Rainbow Dash with some more lightning and then tossed her aside as you might throw away an old toy or piece of junk that you have, but she didn’t move from her spot, she just lay there for some reason. The man roared in anger, hate, and fury as he aimed at Barry first (probably because of the likeness between his suit and Rainbow Dash’s). “YOU CAN’T DEFEAT ME!” the man shouted, “I AM A GOD! AND AS SUCH I DEMAND TO BE TREATED LIKE ONE! BOW DOWN BEFORE ME AND LIVE!” “Yeah, I’m really not liking the whole bow down thing,” Rainbow Dash said getting up from her spot slowly, “It’s getting kind of annoying now.” “Then why don’t you stop me?” the man asked with a taunting smile. “Barry,” Oliver said, “Want to take him down together as a team?” “You know it buddy, come on, let’s take this guy down.” And with that said Barry ran around in circles around the guy while Oliver and Rainbow Dash remained inside it so that they could still fight the man. “Do you want to know what comes after the storm?” the man asked them, “Well I’ll tell you, thunder comes after the lightning strike, and that’s who I am. My name is Thunder Bolt, and you should fear the sound of what comes after, me,” and with that said he raised his arms once again to attack them. “Look out!” Rainbow Dash said, but it was too late, he already struck Barry with it, “This guy can shoot lightning out of his hands?” he asked in wonder and slight awe at the sheer size and scale of the power that he held and used, “If I weren’t fighting him I would think that’s totally cool and amazing.” “I totally agree,” Soarin said on the line to Rainbow Dash. “Shut up unless you have a good idea on how to stop him,” she said. “I actually do have an idea on how to stop him,” Barry said, “With my lightning, but I’ll need Oliver’s help with his arrows, think you can handle him?” “Barry, I can handle him, even if he can shoot lightning out of his hands, go for it buddy, I’ve got your back, or rather perhaps maybe your front instead.” And with that said Barry went around once more again and while he was running he couldn’t help throw in a quip, “How about you take some of your own medicine for a change?” And with that he threw a lightning bolt too. The lightning bolt that was generated from Barry’s speed hit Thunder Bolt directly in the chest but didn’t seem to be affected by it at all. “YOU THINK THAT YOUR LITTLE TRICKS WILL HURT ME?” he shouted with anger, fury, and hate, “I AM A GOD! YOU CANNOT DEFEAT ME SO GIVE UP AND SURRENDER NOW AND I WILL CONSIDER SAVING YOUR LIVES!” “Oh, I wasn’t planning on this to work, I was counting on my friend.” Thunder Bolt looked slightly confused just as the right moment came for Oliver to shoot and suddenly an arrow was lodged in his kneecap, which must have hurt a lot because he screamed out in pain and agony and pulled it out. “NOW YOU HAVE MADE ME REALLY ANGRY!” he said, “AND NOW YOU WILL SUFFER FOR THIS INSULT OF INJURY, YOU SHALL DIE NOW!” But before he could say another word he staggered around as he tried to find his balance, “What’s… What’s happening to me?” he stuttered with fear. “Oh, this was something that I cooked up in my lab, it has the effects similar to a tranquilizing dart, it’s really quite effective in taking your enemies down.” “Actually it’s really quite super effective” Soarin said over the line. “Soarin, stop with your pop culture references, please,” Rainbow Dash said. “I quite agree with Rainbow Dash,” Lightning Dust said, “Grow up already.” “Enough guys, Barry caught the bad guy,” she said as Thunder Bolt collapsed to the ground now unconscious, “We won, we got another meta human down.” “Yes, we may have won today,” Lightning Dust said, “But what did we lose?” And with that question in her mind she could only watch as Barry and Oliver dragged Thunder Bolt over to her, “Here you go, one electric meta human.” “See?” Soarin said over the line, “This guy knows how to make a good pop culture reference, and he’s not even from this world to top all of this off!” Rainbow Dash sighed at Soarin, she was used to his references by now. “Thanks for the help,” she said to them, “Couldn’t have done it without you.” “No need to repay us,” Barry said, “We’re glad to help, and I’ll also just be glad that I can go home now that Oliver is here, and speaking of which, how on earth did you get here in the first place?” Barry asked him with curiosity. “It’s a long story and I’m sure that Cisco and Caitlin could do better to explain it, come on buddy, I think that it’s time that we should go, they’ll be fine on their own, won’t you?” he asked them just to confirm his own beliefs and ideas. “Yeah, we’ll be fine,” Rainbow Dash said, “But it sure would be nice to learn that little trick that you used on him, I mean how did you use that energy of yours and channel it at him like it was a lightning bolt or something?” “Simple,” Barry said, “Run in circles and then slow down enough and use the energy that’s built up behind you and then throw it at your enemy.” “That’s brilliant, how did you ever learn that little trick?” she asked. “Let’s just say that it came from… an old ‘friend’, one that’s gone now.” “Oh, I’m so sorry, I shouldn’t have asked,” she said. “Don’t be sorry, in the end he turned out to be my worst enemy, that’s how it has always been with me, my mentors turn out to be the villains instead of the hero that I build them up to be, it’s becoming an expectation at this point.” “Oh,” Rainbow Dash said horrified to hear this new, “That’s terrible.” “Yes, it was,” Barry said, “Anyhow I better leave now, it was nice meeting all of you, but I better go home now, my friends will be waiting for me there, besides, I have duties to do there, protect the city and all of that, you know, the regular old stuff and things, anyhow this rally has been a great experience for me.” “Great,” Rainbow Dash said, “Well if you ever want to come back in your spare time when you’re free or what not then feel free to visit anytime and you will be most welcome, just try to make sure that you don’t come when we’re facing some kind of danger or peril because it would be nice just to talk for once.” “I will keep that in mind,” Barry said following Oliver out of the bank, “Bye.” And with that said Barry left leaving Rainbow Dash all alone with the meta human that had attacked the bank, and all was silent in that lonely room. And then lifting Thunder Bolt up she carried him back to the labs and locked him in the cells specifically designed to neutralize any and all powers while you were inside it, he would be safe here, and others would be safe from him here. When he finally woke back up again Rainbow Dash was there to greet him. “Well, it looks like you have lost,” she said as he tried to use his powers in the room in vain and anger, “It’s no use, you might as well give up now” she said, “Your powers don’t work in there, but you’ll be safe there, and even more importantly others will be safe from you, I really hope that you can enjoy your time because you’ll be staying for a while, hope you don’t mind being alone.” But what happened next surprised her, he smiled as if he knew a secret. “Oh, I won’t be in here for long, she will set me free, you’ll see that in the end.” “Who is ‘she’?” Rainbow Dash asked him, but no response, only laughter. “Oh, you will see, one day, eventually, but it’ll be too late by then.” “You’re crazy,” she said as she left him alone laughing in the room. “One day you’ll fall and fail, and then we’ll see who’s the real hero!” he said as she left, “You’ll see it one day, eventually! I can promise you this one thing!” “Yeah right,” she said once she had left, “Get lost already.” And with that she went back to work on her High School Homework.