Homesick – A Day to Remember

Twelve drabbles inspired by the album Homesick by A Day to Remember. Snippets from the show as well as what I think happens after Season 2, some sad, angst, maybe one or two happy ones but I'm not entirely sure. Some are based off the lyrics while others are really just the literal meaning of the song's title. I highly recommend you listen to their album while you read these, but I'm not forcing you :P It's just filler for my writer's block, sorry! Don't judge me :x

The Downfall of Us All

"Run Bart, RUN!"

The last three words uttered from his father were still loud and clear in Bart Allen's mind. The memory was fresh as if Don Allen had just sprouted those words mere moments ago, but Bart knew better. His father was captured, most likely dead, along with his mother, Aunt Dawn, Uncle Clark… Bart forced the tears down as more of the faces of his friends and families appeared in his mind. He desperately wanted to just sit down and allow himself to cry freely, and in a world like this, he didn't know why he still cared. "Move it, slave." barked a harsh voice, along with the crackling of a whip. A stinging pain shot through Bart's lower thigh, and he had to keep bite his lip to stop from crying out and collapsing. As quick as he could manage, Bart staggered down, picking up a large piece of waste off the pile before stumbling forwards as the chain around his ankles pulled him forwards. He wanted nothing but to break free of these god-forsaken chains, but he knew there was no point. His friends, had all tried, but even with the full power of the Titans and the League combined could not defeat the Reach, or to be more precise, Blue Beetle. Bart had secretly vowed to kill the damned bug himself one day, but by each passing hour of working like a dog along with the rest of the survivors, his hope dripped out like a running river.

"Bart."

Said speedster didn't look up, not in the mood for his only friend's attempts to lighten the mood.

"Bart."

"What?!" hissed Bart, glaring at his friend Nathaniel (AKA. Neutron)

"Look what I found."

Bart glanced down at the piece of technology that looked foreign in such a wasteland.

"Remember the fusion reactor we found yesterday?"

Bart nodded; remember the one moment of glee he had felt for the first time in years when they had discovered the reactor with parts of it missing the day before.

"This isn't the only part I found." whispered Nathaniel as he showed Bart his pouch of various wires and circuit boards.

"I only need two more to complete the circuit, but do you know what this means?"

Bart took a moment, before a full grin stretched over his face for the first time what felt like forever.

"Are you serious?" he whispered excitedly, not believing the revelation he had come to.

"Yes, it's finally going to happen, get your costume ready."

Bart couldn't even stop smiling even when the Beetle had whipped him and called him various names, for he was too excited to care, because for the first time in his miserable life as a slave, he knew that his chains would break soon. He had tried using his teeth, his speed, heck, even a chainsaw to cut his chains that contained him when he was first captured, but he knew the time stream and a visit to see his grandfather who he had never met would be enough to finally break the cuffs. And he couldn't be happier.

A/N Okok, I know...kinda OOC and all but blame my fucking writers block :P Sorry if this is kinda bad hahaha. Thanks for reading anyways! :)