Wally West woke up just like every other day in his room on the Watchtower. Everything was normal except one thing. Everything in his room looked bigger and taller than normal, and when he looked at his arms he had a broken arm and several cuts that were still bleeding. When he looked down further he saw that his Flash pajamas were way too big and way too bloody.

He limped forward a couple of steps to the floor length mirror in his room and stopped. Standing in front of him was an image he thought that he'd never see again. Instead of his normal 26-year-old self- staring back at him there was a small, 5-year-old boy with a swollen black eye, cuts just about everywhere, and his arm was at a nasty angle because his bone was broken.

As he stood there fear swam in his eyes as he whisper-yelled in despair, "No…no, no, no! This can't be happening!" He grabbed his head and sat down with his knees to his chest as painful memories come to the front of his mind.

*Flash back*

His father stood over him as Wally cleaned the beer that he had spilled trying to get it to his father.

All of a sudden Wally felt a sharp pain on his face and his father started yelling at him. "You worthless piece of shit! That beer costs money! You should be grateful that I think of you at all!"

At this point, Wally's father, Rudolph, started kicking his own son, then he grabbed the, now, empty beer bottle off the table. He broke the bottom, letting it fall and break into tiny pieces on the floor, and took the broken, sharp top and pointed at Wally.

"Now what should you say?!" he asked threateningly.

"I-I'm s-s-sorry," stammered Wally.

Rudolph thrusted the bottle into Wally's side as he said, "What? I couldn't understand you!"

Holding back a cry of pain and tears, Wally said, "I'm really sorry and am so thankful for everything you give me."

"Good boy," Rudolph said as he continued to beat Wally. After several minutes of kicking with a couple stabs here and there Rudolph grabbed Wally's hair and dragged him to the basement steps. "Now you're going to think about what you've done." With that he threw Wally down the steps and closed the only light source off to Wally.

When Wally opened his eyes he was greeted by darkness. He tried to get up, but soon realized his leg was in bad shape and his arm was broken.

Wally had no idea how long he was down there, but his father said that his month of punishment was over when he came to get Wally again.

*End flash back*