SUPERFLASH : NEW BEIGNINGS UNPARALLEL (TERMINATED)

Earth 38

Barry Allen took a deep breath as he arrived at the designated 'starting line' that Cisco had laid out for him: an old billboard advertising for Keystone City, sitting in the middle of an abandoned lot by the waterfront. It was a good spot to start. Low chance of being spotted, even lower chance of someone getting hurt if the test went wrong.

It was a perfect morning for a run. The clear blue sky and cool breeze would appeal to anyone looking to out for a jog. Barry had seen several of them on his way over, and it always struck him how different he was from them. They were in slow motion compared to him, almost standing still. That thought used to amuse him, but he couldn't help but think that that's how Zoom saw Barry.

Flash pushed that thought down. It wasn't the time for negativity...in fact if everything went well there would be cause for celebration.

"Okay, you guys, I'm here, you got my location?" Flash called out. His suit's inbuilt com-systems transmitted his question back to Star Labs, several dozen miles away. Normally there was no need for that test when he was in the city limits, but best not tempt fate at the moment.

"You good? You don't need to, like, stretch or somethin'?" The voice of Cisco Ramon, STAR Lab's resident tech genius, came over the coms clear as they always did.

"No, I'm good, I'm good." Flash responded. Truthfully, he was a little nervous. He had tested his speed before, of course, but they hadn't ever experimented with the source of his powers like this before. It had the potential to go very wrong.

"Let's take this tachyon enhancer for a test drive."

"All right." Flash grinned at Cisco's enthusiasm and hooked the tachyon enhancer onto his suit. The four pronged device stuck to his chest, the circle in the center framing the stylized yellow lightning bolt that had become the symbol of the Flash.

The machine went to work immediately, lighting up with a brilliant blue glow that radiated off his suit, flooding him with energy. It was somewhat comparable to the time he had drunk ten Red Bulls in a row to study for midterms.

Flash couldn't help but grin at the feeling. "Oh yeah. I feel that." He called out, already feeling angsty to start running.

"That is the tachyon device powering up the Speed Force in your cells like a quick-charge battery." Caitlin's voice came over the coms, sounding just as enthusiastic as Cisco did, which was saying something. "How do you feel?"

"Different." Oh, that did not cover it at all.

"Let's see how long it takes for you to get back here. On my count." Cisco ordered. Flash turned towards Central City and crouched, eager to be off.

"Three, two, one. Go!"

Flash couldn't help but grin. The Speed Force roared to life inside him and he took off as fast as he dared, leaving a trail of lightning and a knocked over billboard in his wake.

"Daaang. This thing got you cruisin'." Cisco muttered in admiration.

"How fast does he normally go?" Iris asked in curiosity.

"Not this fast."

"Not even close. Are his vitals okay?"

"Yeah... they're perfect." Caitlin exclaimed in disbelief.

"Cool. It's like having a pit stop attached to your chest." Iris mused.

The voices settled as Flash darted around the city; the city blurring around him to the point Flash couldn't even make out shapes, just colors and sounds. Despite that, he had barely worked up a sweat, much less near comatose as such an effort would have left him the day before.

He could do it. He could go even faster than this. The Speed Force running through him begged him to.

"Guys, I can go faster." Flash panted, already picking up the pace. His feet didn't even feel like they were on the ground anymore, he felt almost like he was flying.

There wasn't even a moment of hesitation from the other end.

"Do it."

With that, Barry put everything he had into pushing his limit, putting even his previous tachyon-enhanced speed to shame. People didn't even get a chance to register he had been there until he was already a mile away.

He was so absorbed in the feeling of exhilaration that he didn't feel a sort of resistance, like trying to move in water, before he burst through it, breaking something fundamental. The resistance gave way, and a cacophony of familiar light and sound washed over him.

Before he had time to process it, the sights and sounds shut off, and Flash was back on the street. He looked confused for a while and then starts running and skids to stop at board which say National City. He read it 4126 times in 1 second but couldn't believe it .

"There was no national city on his earth which means oh my god I have again travelled to another earth." He thought. Suddenly with a jerk tachyon device beeps and as he takes it out it blasted in air. He was truly stuck here now . He sighs deeply and then decided best is to suit in here only.

He speds to a warehouse and wore clothes over his suit . He sighed broodingly walking in streets hoping for ant familiarity but he knew better. Only time would tell what to do.