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Nine Steps by KingoftheUzbeks
Fandoms: The Flash - All Media Types, The Flash (Comics), DCU, DCU (Comics), DC Animated Universe (Timmverse)
06 Aug 2024
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It is said that during Ragnarök, the Norse end of days, that the Great God Thor shall meet his doom facing Jörmungandr, the World Serpent.
Poison shall seep into his blood. He shall take nine paces away from Jörmungandr’s corpse, but then he will perish.
But then…Thor is no Wally West.
Wally gets poisoned, and reflects on some things as he runs to get some help.
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Mythology parallel that ISN’T Greek mythology? You spoil me.
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Such a fun format!! Loved this very much.
'He shall take nine paces away from Jörmungandr’s corpse, but then he will fall, and perish. An end to the Storm King.
Nine Paces.''Flashes moved at their own pace, but the poison was matching it. Second by second. He needed to move. Now.'
'Step One.
Wally's first step took him out of the door of the Keystone-Central Joint Water Authority building.''Wally was thankful for that, but that didn't mean he couldn't keep his strides long. It wasn't quite flying, but it certainly felt like it sometimes.
He was already in Flash Circle when he hit the ground.''Step Two.
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Wally made his choice.''Step Three.
STAR Labs.''Step Six.
...
Remembering all these people was enough to make him dig within himself and find a hidden battery of speed, to make him run that much faster. He resisted the urge.
He was trying to slow down after all.Step Seven.'
'He just wanted to stop. But he couldn’t stop. Wouldn’t stop.
Wally needed to get to STAR Labs so that he could get home. Get home to save the city tomorrow, and the world the day after that. Dick would kill him is he died. Plus he would lose the bet he’d made with Vic when they were 14 about who would die first.
But he also needed to get home to be with Linda.''Step Nine.
...Wally burst through the doors at what was still an incredibly high speed for a human being, before skidding to a halt.''The Fall.
“Poison,” He gasped. “Help me.”
Wally West, the fastest man alive, collapsed on the floor.''He remembered the last bit of the Ragnarök tale. Thor’s twin sons, Modi and Magni, survive the destruction and reclaim his hammer. It’s a comforting thought, to know that there will still be a great protector even after the great reckoning, still heroes after all heroism has failed. Even when his time came, when something showed up he couldn’t outrun. There would still be speedsters. There would still be heroes, even after it all ended.
But that didn’t mean Wally West was in any hurry to get there.'