Pulse-Impact: Replacement Flash
Chapter 1
Co-writer: GreyKing46
Disclaimer: We do not own any of these characters except for our own OC's
Chapter1
"That comes to... £50.96 miss." the store clerk smiled
"Here you go." the customer smiled as she passed her debit card. She had short black hair and shinning green eyes wearing black boots, blue jeans and a simple black sleeveless t-shirt. Minutes later she was walking towards a table with a stack of comics and a graphic novel in her arms with a bottle of Pepsi.
"Is this seat taken?" the girl asked a man wearing a black hoodie with dark blue jeans and black leather boots. He had dark brown hair and darkened eyes from lack of sleep. His face was a bit rough having some stubble but he looked more normal looking.
"You see anyone sitting there?" the man answered as he looked up at her.
"No..." She answered carefully
"So you can sit." the man answered gesturing the empty seat almost giving it to her.
She shook her head as she sat down "You EVER going to cheer up?"
"Only when I can help it." the man smiled slightly
"So, what's the hall you got this time Sam?" the man, Bill, asked
"I got Batman, Flash, Iron Man, Spider-Man, the Spider-Verse Graphic novel and Flash Vol 8 Graphic Novel." Sam listed off as she put the comics and books onto the table "You?"
"Arkham Series, Harley Quinn, Suicide Squad, Super-Girl...Some of the classics." Bill answered simply
"Classics?" Sam asked
"Hey, they're classics to me." Bill smiled taking out a fruit bar.
"Miss breakfast again?" Sam asked
"Missed sleep!" Bill answered rubbing his eyes
I don't get how; you sound like you work so long I'd be exhausted." Sam shrugged.
This was Samantha 'Sam' King and Bill, he never told ANYONE his last name. They were... kinda friends who would meet up once every few weeks at the local comic shop and talk. Hey, it was something to do and they found the other fun to talk to.
"You do know you have EVERY issue that makes up that Graphic, right?" Bill said as he pointed at Flash Volume 8
"Yep." Sam nodded as she read
"Then... why did you buy it?" Bill asked in confusion
"Because you can NEVER have enough Flash. Flash fact." Sam grinned
Bill smiled and gave out a small expel of air as a laugh. "Sam King, I'll never understand you."
"Yep. What about you? Any: Barry, Wally, Bart or Jay?" Sam asked naming some of the key figures that were the Flash Family.
"Yep. Reading it now." Bill pulled up his comic showing Barry Allen Flash racing in at Professor Zoom.
"One thing I like about the Flash, the writer's never go too far. They don't try and 'darken' him too much, they don't try to add unnecessary drama or try and make them 'gritty'. It is fun, it can be serious, but they know what to do." Sam listed off "Of course... there ARE moments like this." she then showed the book to Bill, showing him the picture of Grodd... eating the Reverse-Flash's brain in a dark future.
"Yeesh...Can't say I feel sorry for Thawne. He DOES deserve it at times." Bill commented
"True...I'd like to have powers." Sam answered
"Well...Which powers would you like? Personally...Speed-Force." Bill commented
"Ditto. Flash-SuperSpeed is best power." Sam nodded
The two laughed and felt things going slower. Time seemed to stand still as they compared on how much they'd enjoy super-speed, the adventures they'd have and what hero names they would don.
"I'd be faster than sound, then thunder, then light. I'd be... A 'Pulse'." Sam said cheesily
"Pulse? You'd be called "Pulse"? Not the name I'd choose." Bill laughed lightly
"Oh yeah? What would YOU call yourself?" Sam asked
"Impact." Bill answered simply crossing his arms
"Impact?" Sam giggled
"Yeah, the impact that people feel when they get hit by something faster than the speed of light." Bill answered
"... Meh. That's cool I guess. I'll be back in a sec I need the bathroom." Sam shrugged, standing up... only to nearly walk into someone who was moving so slow they seemed to be frozen "Oh sorry excuse me." Sam apologised "Huh?" She wondered as she wave her hand in front of the person she walked into
"Hey buddy, you a living statue? What the hell?" Bill asked
"Err, Bill..." Sam sounded worried as she looked at the people in the comic shop all frozen in space
"This is weird..." Bill looked around and saw that even the CLOCK was frozen in time.
"I am SO creeped out right now." Sam muttered
"Okay...if this is some sort of prank..." Bill called out
"It is no practical joke William." A mysterious voice spoke kindly
"Err, it's "Bill"...wait a minute, who's there?!" Bill called out
Sam span around, throwing a quick jab at the voice in defence
"Do not be afraid, Samantha. I mean no harm." The voice answered calmly still
"It's Sam. Who are you?" Sam answered
"What you wanted." A man made of crackling light said, before everything went white...
*timeskip*
Bill groaned as he awoke, finding himself in a city street
"Ow...Everything hurts..." Bill groaned
"Why does my skeleton feel numb?" Sam's voice moaned
"Sam...that you?" Bill asked trying to move his head but couldn't. Even SPEAKING hurt.
"Yeah...You okay?" Sam asked having the same problem
"Been better." Bill answered
"Where are we?" Sam asked as she noticed the pain fading FAST
Bill groaned forwards and observed that they were surrounded by police officers and barriers surrounded by people why they didn't hear them before was a mystery, until he recalled the mysterious crackling light "I think we're not in Kansas anymore Dorothy." Bill answered
"... You did NOT use the Wizard of Oz quote?" Sam groaned, before she saw the badge on the police car "C... Central City?"
"Sorry? Sam...did you just say..." Bill tried to think she just read something wrong
"Central City..." Sam answered clearer
"As in?"
"The Flash's hometown." Sam nodded
"Oh god." Bill groaned "H... how?"
"The...the Crackling Light Guy...You don't think?" Sam asked in worry
"Look Sam, comic books and their characters don't come to life." Bill remained sceptical
"Think about it: Central City, crackling light, people FROZEN in place! It's all pointing to THE FLASH!" Sam answered
"Who's the Flash?" A police officer asked
"Err...I think our time freezing has worn off." Bill answered awkwardly.
"Hold it there!" an officer told them to stay in their spots; while an ambulance medic tried to escort them into the van
"Kind of hard to do one thing while another is pulling you to another." Bill commented
"Bill, not now!" Sam hissed
The two where lead to the ambulance and set on stretchers as paramedics were checking on them
"What happened here?" Sam asked
"You just appeared; fell onto the street in the middle of the lunch hour and everything came to a halt." a paramedic answered "Look into this please." the paramedic shone a light into Sam's eyes.
"Blood pressure abnormal." another said checking Bill's pressure.
"ABNORMAL? Look I had a hamburger late yesterday but that's not going to cause THAT sort of rate is it?" Bill asked
"Their heartbeats are crazy... stroke or heart attack speeds." A third muttered
"But we feel fine." Sam defended
"Your hearts tell a different story." the paramedics answered
"What speed? "Thrash Metal" Speed or "Watching a horror movie" speed?" Bill asked
"MUCH faster than that." the paramedic answered
"Super speed." Sam whispered
"Damn..." Bill muttered after hearing her whisper.
"I'm sorry?" the paramedics asked
"Nothing." They said together. The Doctor's shrugged, two of the paramedics leaving
"So... can we go?" Sam asked the last paramedic, a blonde haired beauty
"I'm sorry, but you are ill with a heartbeat like that." The paramedic frowned
"Pleeeeeeeeeease?" Sam pouted, flirting as she got an idea. She focused on her right hand 'Shaking my hand at the subatomic level, basically making my hand a human vibrator... flash fact.' She thought smiling as she it was WORKING. She then moved her hand, which was now a solid blur, and placed it on the paramedic's upper thigh right near the junction of her legs
"GOD YES!" The paramedic screamed as she fell to her knees, panting
"Thanks." Sam grinned as she grabbed Bill's hand and jogged away
"Do I even WANT to know what you just did?" Bill asked
"Probably not." Sam explained walking at a more than normal pace.
"Although, this skill might HELP when we get girlfriends." Sam chuckled
"Wait, wait, wait!" Bill halted them both
"We can't stop here!" Sam warned him
"One second! "WE". You said "WE"!" Bill looked at her in disbelief
"... Yeah? So?" Sam asked in confusion
"Yeah, "WE" meaning plural! You...You're a LESBIAN?" Bill asked in shock
"Yeah. Got a problem with that?" Sam growled, crossing her arms over her chest and glaring
"No, it's just...you've NEVER mentioned it!" Bill answered
"Was I required to?" Sam raised her eyebrow
"No...I just didn't know." Bill explained
"Of course you didn't." Sam scoffed
"Great, the only girl I'm COMFORTABLE around turns out to be a lesbian and I've mega ticked her off!" Bill beat himself up.
"... Are you talking to yourself?" Sam deadpanned
"I'm cursing the deities that made me tick you off; give me a sec." Bill answered flipping the bird to the middle of the sky.
"Don't do that!" Sam forced his hand down
"Why?" Bill asked
"Superman!" Sam answered
"Super... what are you TALKING about?!" Bill groaned
"Think about it: THIS is Central City, home of The Flash. If this IS the DC Universe then: Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman...ALL of them, they've GOT to exist!" Sam explained
"But...we CAN'T be in the DC-Verse. It doesn't make sense!" Bill couldn't believe it.
"Neither does THIS!" Sam snapped, holding her hand up and vibrating it
"Holy hell!" Bill was taken back and sped-slam himself into a building "Ow! Bloody hell!"
"You see?! We've become Meta-Humans!" Sam explained
"More than that... We have become Flash's." Bill muttered
"Remember what we were talking about? How we wanted powers? Super-Speed? Somehow WE'VE been empowered with the Speed Force!" Sam explained
"That Lightning Guy...You don't think?" Bill wondered
"THAT must have been The Speed-Force!" Sam answered
"This... This is crazy. But... But... How are we gonna live?" Billy muttered
"I dunno. How'd they live in the comics...or the series?" Sam asked
"We haven't got a HOME or any LEGAL IDENTIFICATION!" He pointed out
"We'll find someone. Someone who can help." Sam answered
"From who? The POLICE? The people who we just RAN from?! We're also, if this IS real, AMERICA! We don't have the right currency either!" Bill answered "Besides, for all intense and purposes, we DO NOT EXSIST!"
"Well...we just have to find someone who DOES exist." Sam gave a smile
"Sam..." Bill pinched the bridge of his nose
"Yes?" She grinned
"We're in a fictional universe...WHO HERE is REAL?" Bill deadpanned
"Everyone with a birth certificate and credentials; don't you remember the map of the DC multiverse? The Speed-Force is outside and around ALL of them... Meaning THIS is just an alternate universe to our OWN universe!" Sam explained smugly
"So if I go to: The Records of Births and Deaths; I'll find MY name AND yours inside?" Bill asked
"Definitely." Sam answered "... I think. If not... then we SuperSpeed into STARLabs and use their tech to make some."
"Oh..." Bill began to laugh "We just BREAK INTO STARLabs and make our own lives fresh off the page?" Bill looked at Sam who was unmoved "You're serious aren't you?" he stopped laughing
"We can do it before anyone blinks. And we won't be taking anything... unless we find the material for a Flash suit because our cloths will burn otherwise." Sam shrugged before she started to run... and vanished with red electricity coming off her. And in half a second she was back, not even panting and her hair windswept with about $500 in hand "Didn't steal it, I exchanged the pounds I had on me."
"You...*sigh* Alright...where's the exchange office." Bill admitted in defeat "Oh...you've got something on your shirt." Bill pointed
"Huh where?" Sam looked
"Just there." Bill brushed off a pigeon feather, sped off in a bolt of blue lightning and came back.
"This is so cool!" Sam grinned "Race ya to STARLabs!" She yelled, taking off as a red blur with her lightning blazing wildly
"Oh come on!" Bill followed suit in a bolt of blue lightning following the red blur. "Ack! Bugs!" Bill spluttered
"I don't see the problem." Sam grinned, holding a piece of glass over her face
"What's going to happen when it's covered? WALL!" Bill asked then shouted
The two skidded to a stop, nearly hitting a wall "That was close." Sam muttered "And I would have cleaned it."
"At Flash Speeds?" Bill asked "Huh? Hey, we're here!" he pointed at the large acronym named laboratory sign
"Awesome." Sam smiled
Sam sighed as she focused, her body beginning to slowly shack "You focus on your molecules movements, make them vibrate faster so they are the same frequency as air..." she then walked forwards and began to pass through the wall "... and you can walk through solid objects. Flash Fact."
"Clever cogs." Bill muttered as he attempted the same. He phased through the wall himself "Okay...THAT was cool." Bill spoke with his voice sounding like it was talking through a fan.
"Yep. And if you keep your molecules vibrating then run, time is standing still until you stop." Sam grinned "Flash Fact."
"... You're gonna keep saying that whenever you point out ways we can use our powers, aren't you?" Bill groaned
"Maaaaaybe." Sam grinned as she jogged
"Come on. We gotta find whoever's running this place. I'm not a fan of breaking and entering." Bill rolled his eyes
"Come on, why aren't you excited for this?" Sam asked
"Because I'm STARVING. Flash Fact: Speedsters need a CRAP-TONNE of food for their metabolism." Bill explained "Sorry...it's just a lot to take in for one day."
"We haven't been here OR running THAT long. And actually they need a crap tone of nutrients and protein. We can go and pig out once we're done. YOU look for the computers or the head of the place whatever you want. I'll look to see if I can find if they are working on anything Flash-suit worthy." Sam said
"Why talk to the boss?" Bill asked
"Hmmm... oh I don't know... maybe strike a DEAL with him and explain the situation?" Sam said sarcastically before she sighed "Boys." And ran off at super-speed
"I'll never understand that girl. It's like Christmas: give a kid a gift and they play with it all day." Bill muttered as he ran off to find the boss of STARLabs. "Let's see, no, no, no, no, offices. Map, here we go!" Bill examined the map closely and found the Head Office.
"Okay, nice and easy." He nodded, before he raced through the building as a stream of blue. He was only jogging lightly, not use to the speed, before he arrived at the office of STARLabs CEO "Okay...calm down, just knock." Bill muttered to himself as he knocked gently on the door
"Hello?" he heard a voice answer
"Hi." Bill said as he passed through the door
"Oh, hello there. What can I do for you?" The boss of STARLabs asked kindly.
"... Did you NOT see me just pass through your door like a ghost?" Bill muttered
"I'm sorry?" The boss asked as she looked upwards from her work
"Oh come on..." Bill groaned
"Mister...What was your name?" The boss asked
"Bill." he answered
"Mister Bill. People come in and out of my office like ghosts all the time." she answered
"Well, have they ever done THIS?" Bill asked phasing his hand through her desk then pulling it back out.
"... No." She blushed
"Why're you blushing?!" Bill deadpanned
"No-one's EVER done that before." she answered "And I'm embarrassed I didn't notice... And your hand was inches from my hip."
Bill's face was frozen "Oh god sorry!" he was taken back
"It... it's fine." The woman muttered, Bill finally getting a good look at her. She had short brown hair and blue eyes with tanned skin and she was wearing a smart black female business suit
"What's your name, if you don't mind me asking." Bill asked
"Eva-Mae. Bill." She smiled
"Get the girl!" a person spoke behind Bill
"Sam..." Bill sighed
Sam then appeared in the room with red, white, black and blue material "Found the stuff! So, how's the deal going?" She asked, before she saw Eva-Mae "Unless you've just been flirting. Hi, Sam King."
"Hello..." Eva-Mae was astonished that another person with amazing powers
"Oh fine, fine. Just idle chat trying to be political...polite, then you brought the whole Lab Guards on us!" Bill looked at her with annoyed eyes.
"AKA you didn't get to the point." Sam said, rolling her eyes
"Shut up." Bill glared
"Eva-Mae, my friend Bill and I both have Super Speed... as you just saw. But we ALSO come from a different dimension." Sam explained bluntly
"Well...this IS something isn't it." Eva-Mae spoke
"Left side." Bill rolled his eyes
"Huh? Oof!" Sam was caught by the guards
"Sorry about this Ma'am." The guard apologized
"Let her go. She and her friend are important to the labs!" Eva-Mae ordered
"But..." The guard was in wonder
"You heard the Boss: Let her go." Bill repeated the order.
The guards grumbled and let Sam go
"Yea, hands if the merchandise." Sam muttered dizzily as she sat up, seeing stars
"So...What is this 'deal' you are proposing?" Eva-Mae asked
"We would like your support. Money, food, a place to stay and help fighting criminals." Sam said as her mind refocused
"And finding our way home." Bill added
"What does STARLab get in exchange?" Eva-Mae asked with a raised eyebrow
"You get two Speedsters. You can't say fairer than that." Bill answered shrugging his shoulders
"What are Speedsters?" Eva-Mae asked
"Exactly." Bill pointed out "You NEED us for new research. The Speed Force, Speedsters, Meta-humans...it's a new world opened for STARLabs." Bill answered
"You can make tech to help Police detain criminal Meta-Human's for transport. Help thr Police not DIE against them. Help Prison's hold them. Make machines that, using facts you learn from our powers, could help save lives." Sam said passionately "Be serious. With the likes of Superman, Batman and Green Lantern coming out of the woodworks: your WORLD is GOING to change."
"Well, that MAYBE true...but...what did you say? Meta...?" Eva-Mae asked
"Meta-Humans." Bill answered
"Meta-Humans...but there aren't any." Eva-Mae answered
"Not YET, but with Superman and Green Lantern and now US, it's only a matter of time until bad people with powers appear." Bill said simply
"That IS true...Roderick please escort Miss King and Mr..." Eva-Mae answered then asked the guards kindly
"Bill. Just Bill." Bill answered
"Bill and Miss King to the cafeteria. We'll need to get some answers from them." Eva-Mae answered
"No dissections please. I'm partial to my insides." Bill asked in a joking fashion
"We're not aliens Bill." Sam whispered as they were being escorted
"Doesn't hurt to be careful." Bill answered back.
*time-skip*
The guards and boss of STARLab stared at Bill and Sam in shock as the two shoved food into their faces at a savage rate
"Jaysus, don't have any time to breathe do you?" Roderick the guard asked as they saw Bill and Sam eat.
"Sorry, but ONE of us skipped breakfast previously." Sam jested
"I'm warning you Sam..." Bill warned his comic store friend with a jacket potato segment on his fork.
"Besides, we are moving at a normal pace... it's just the fact our bodies are moving faster." Sam explained "That's why there is no chance of choking as we eat 'so fast' because, to us, we aren't eating that fast.'
"Huh?" Roderick wondered
"Think...playing a film on fifty-times fast forward." Bill put it simply.
"Oh right." Roderick nodded in the simple explanation
"That was great." Sam sighed as she finished
Bill leaned back in his chair and then stretched "I've forgotten how much fun eating was. Right, where's the science lab? I'm guessing Boss wants us showing our powers."
"Follow me." Sam smiled as she took off running
"She always like this?" Roderick asked
"Don't ask." Bill got up slowly then power walked which meant he was going faster than Usain Bolt in the 1000 meter race winning the gold.
The workers of STARLab followed in a walk, finding the two on treadmills
"What? What's with the treadmills?" Roderick asked, being a guard he wasn't fully aware of the different scientific workings at STARLabs
"Cosmic Treadmills." Sam answered running on the exercising devices
"Huh?" he asked
"These things monitor our powers among other things." Bill answered as best he could remember.
"We're gonna test your top speeds?" A scientist asked
"Exactly!" Sam grinned
"Speak for yourself. I'm taking mine in stages. I don't want to break the sound barrier JUST yet." Bill limited himself.
"Hey, I want to know how fast I CAN run." Sam pouted
"Then go for it." Bill answered as he began a casual run on the treadmill.
"I will!" Sam answered as she ran
"Then go for it." Bill answered as he began a casual run on the treadmill.
"I will!" Sam answered as she ran
"Good!"
"Good!"
"Fine!"
"Fine!"
"Do...you two need some room?" the scientist asked
"NO!" Sam and Bill answered together in annoyance "YES! Stop copying me!"
"Calling it, they love each other." A scientist grinned
"WHAT?! Me and her/him?" Bill and Sam pointed at each other "Blergh! I wouldn't touch HIM with a thousand mile barge pole with spikes!"
"Oh well thanks(!)" Bill said sarcastically "At least I'm holding back from sexist comments!"
"Oh, what a knight in shining armour(!)" Sam replied in kind
"... Err... is he saying she is a lesbian?" A guard muttered
"No! No...I'm just not her type." Bill lied for her, since he didn't know how they'd react on Sam's sexual orientation.
"Actually, I am." Sam said, rolling her eyes
"Oh...Why did you say what you said?" Roderick asked turning his attention to Bill again
"Just...just trying to be nice to her. I've been putting my foot in it since day one here." Bill admitted
"So, what are we clocking in on doc?" Sam asked
"Well, Bill isn't putting much effort into it...but he DID clock up to 74 mph." The scientist answered
"Nice." Bill felt pleased at his speed
"Okay...but what about me?" Sam asked
"Around 300MPH, and you weren't going all out." Eva-Mae said, looking at the results "I'd estimate your max is around eight to nine hundred. For both of you, if you went all out."
"See." Sam smiled triumphantly. "Pussy." she murmured
"I heard that." Bill sounded ticked off.
"I think before we go off into a fight. Maybe you two can calm down?" Eva-Mae asked as she entered the room.
"Alright. Okay." Bill and Sam answered getting down from their treadmills.
"So, what now? Making out suits? Testing different powers? Setting up our new lives?" Sam asked, listing off ideas
"How about: letting the woman collect her thoughts Sam? We've only just arrived. You can't expect STARLabs being a haven for Meta-Humans JUST yet." Bill answered being a killjoy in Sam's opinion, but trying to be reasonable in his own opinion.
"Fine." She pouted
*In the recreation room*
"What is your problem?! Why are you acting like a total tool?" Sam asked Bill
"There's such a thing as: Too much too soon, Sam." Bill defended "I may be a tool, but give me a break. Yeah, we have powers, but have you forgotten Spider-Man 101?"
"Great Power, Great Responsibility. I know, I know. That's what I'm trying to do." Sam explained
"Look...I'm sorry. Alright? But it's: one day, no powers. Next day: You're a Speedster! I'm scared!" Bill confessed
"Same here." Sam nodded "But I am thinking of the amazing and that calms me down."
"That's not what calms me down..." Bill sighed as he slumped down.
"Well, what DOES?" Sam asked
"Sin...singing a song..." Bill muttered under his breath.
"Then sing when you can." Sam suggested, walking away
Bill sat in his chair in defeat, true he had longed for powers, be he never knew what he'd expect from them...also arguing with a person who's been his friend made him feel like a bigger tool than he already was. He took a deep breath and began to sing a sad tuned song:
"I started a joke...which started the whole world crying..."
As he continued Sam could just about hear him AND the song.
"I'll get you home Bill. I promise." She smiled sadly, thinking 'You at least have people to go back to.'
To be continued