The Death Knell

Running in a familiar city, the feeling at night is different from that during the day. Even the ordinary street light pole seems to have a shadow lingering under it, giving people an instinctive illusion of lack of security.

In fact, the security of Midtown is absolutely comparable to that of Metropolis, because Barry is not fighting alone, he is not alone.

Many speedsters form the Flash Family, and together they maintain law and order in the city, and Flash is not as paranoid as Batman. Occasionally, if other heroes pass by and help him send a few bad guys to prison, he will be happy. But that's it.

It was dark at night, the lights in the city were dim, and the red light twisted along the streets, rushing towards the wilderness outside the city, all the way east.

When talking to his girlfriend before, Barry didn't have time to explain in detail. In fact, after he and Deathstroke dealt with Black Lightning, he still felt that there was still something unfinished. In his dream just now, the mutation of the Speed ​​Force suddenly reminded him. , reminded him.

It was Wally who did something that triggered another round of Black Lightning's pursuit of the speedsters. As the implicated person, he temporarily escaped with Deathstroke, but what about Wally, the instigator?

Even if he no longer uses the Speed ​​Force, he may still be in danger.

So Barry is now rushing to Gotham's Blackgate Prison, where Wally White has been imprisoned for a while.

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Memories are sometimes very painful, especially when you think of a friend who was killed by you.

The more unintentional a mistake is, the more difficult it is to accept.

At this time, Wally was lying on the bed in the cell, staring at the monotonous cement concrete ceiling with his eyes open, and his brain was completely uncontrollably recalling the time he spent with Roy in the past.

Roy is also the former "Red Arrow" and "Arsenal", a man who wears a baseball cap at all times and can't get a grain of sand out of his eyes.

But in the "Sanctuary" incident, Wally killed many people, including Roy, when his abilities were out of control, and he fell into endless self-blame, so much so that he was fished out of the Speed ​​Force plane by Barry. Later, he voluntarily went to jail to atone for his sins.

He was reminded now of the last meal Roy and he had had, at the shelter, where he had complained that the milk in the refrigerator was expired and Wally's fish pizza was taking up too much space.

The two talked, laughed, and joked with each other. They joked that Batman did not update the AI ​​of the shelter because he wanted them to endure expired food to hone their willpower.

But a few minutes later, Roy, who had said to the harsh environment not long ago, "What doesn't kill us, will make us stronger" died in the attack of the Speed ​​Force when he went out.

Is that what Wally did in the future? An uncontrolled and crazy Wally came to the past time and killed his friends and twelve other heroes, while also causing Wally's madness at the current point in time? Go desperately Looking for the 'murderer' and causing greater damage? Eventually degenerating into a madman who doesn't want to change the past, forming a logical closed loop.

In the end, it was Barry who manipulated the Speed ​​Force to intervene? This endless cycle was interrupted.

Now lying on the small bed in the prison, with the 'superpower suppression' collar invented by Sky Eye on his neck? Wally was able to calm down and think about the problem.

But even so? He felt like his brain was racing at hundreds of kilometers per second, out of control at all, making it impossible to sleep at all.

He must wear this, until the Justice League can figure out how to solve the problem of the out-of-control Speed ​​Force in his body? He must wear it to protect others from the threat of the out-of-control Speed ​​Force.

Blackgate Prison is located on an island off the east coast of Gotham. It is a square tower building with high walls. The sound of waves coming from outside the iron fence made Wally suddenly feel very lonely.

He didn't know why he had such thoughts in his mind, but he knew clearly that after what he had done, peace, forgiveness, redemption and other things had nothing to do with him.

This is the fate he deserves, forever trapped in a prison created by his own nightmares? Tangled up in painful memories.

And at this moment, he heard the sound of batons hitting the fence? The heavily armed guards in the corridor were urging impatiently: "It's time for dinner, hero!"

Yes? Even though it's midnight? It's indeed dinner time.

Blackgate Prison is different from Arkham. Although the latter has the function of imprisoning and treating 'patients', it is still essentially a mental hospital. Blackgate is a prison in the true sense.

Those with mental illness, and those familiar with Batman, were sent to Arkham for 'display'.

There was nothing mentally ill, or anything Batman didn't like, that was thrown into Blackgate Penitentiary.

It is not unusual for any country to let criminals undergo labor reform. On the one hand, prisons can do some small business to pay bills, and on the other hand, it can consume the prisoners' excess energy.

Some prisons are large, so inmates are sent to dig rocks or do similar manual work.

And places like Black Gate Prison, which are built on reefs, don't have that much land, so they can only create a working environment inside.

Generally speaking, the prisoners are asked to make stuffed toys or grind buttons. I don't know which warden was a genius and invented such a thing as night shift. The prisoners were allowed to take turns working in the workshop, which increased the utilization rate of the facilities. maximum.

There is no need for an employment contract, and there is no need to pay wages. The various toys made by thousands of prisoners every year can easily be sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars. In this way, if the warden takes half, the remaining half can be used to win over his subordinates.

As for the cost, there is almost none. Anyway, the cooks in the cafeteria are prisoners, and the guards have to work the night shift. Extra meals at night are not a big deal. The raw materials for making toys can be rummaged in the garbage dump.

Thinking about late night dining, Wally walked into the cafeteria under guard, and he remembered another thing, that is, everyone here hated him.

All the prisoners in Black Gate Prison were either sent in by him or sent in by his friends. If these people were given a chance, they would kill him without hesitation.

Speaking of which, these guards are more like his bodyguards than preventing Wally from escaping from prison.

But Batman's face has little restraint on ordinary guards who just earn wages. After sending Wally to the restaurant, the guards left to smoke.

This is not a round-the-clock personal bodyguard, because the money is not available.

Just when Wally sat down with a dinner plate and a spoonful of mashed potatoes, what was supposed to happen still happened. A criminal took out a sharpened toothbrush handle from somewhere and took advantage of the passing people. Then he stabbed Wally.

"Die! Flash!"

This is a guy codenamed "Double Down". He has no superpowers and is just a gangster who used to follow "Flush".

Wally knew him, and calling him a third-rate villain was a compliment. But now that Kid Flash has been restricted by a collar, his superpowers are restricted, and the opponent has weapons in his hands. This former low-level villain has become a threat.

Seeing the other person flying into the air with an angry face, holding up the toothbrush handle with both hands as if holding a sword, Wally made no attempt to dodge.

He felt that if his life ended here, it might be a good choice. He could no longer think of any value in living.

Death should be the only way to atone for Roy and everyone else's sins. His eyes lost focus and became blank, as if he had ignored everything, and he just sat there waiting for a sharp weapon to stab him in the back of his heart.