Chapter 5 (Wednesday)

At the Justice League Watchtower

All the founders of Justice League are present with the exception of Flash. Superman called the members to attend the meeting to discuss about Lex Luthor's whereabouts and his minions. Superman noticed that Flash was not present.

"Where is Flash? Have anybody seen him or heard from him?" Superman asked as he looked at each of the founders' faces hoping to get an answer from one of them.

"I last saw Flash was yesterday. I haven't seen him since. I think he's still wooing the reporter he has a crush on." Spoke J'onn as he looked at Superman.

"WHAT?" Green Latern shouted at J'onn as though he hadn't heard him. "Since when did Flash start dating a reporter? Flash is well known for his flirtings and here I am thinking he would never get a girlfriend if he doesn't change his ways. This is new to me."

"She interviewed him on Monday and he seemed to be very pleased to be interviewed by her. He chatted with her for a while before he left. He said he wants her to love him for who he is." The Martian responded.

"Who is she?" Superman asked hoping the reporter is not Lois Lane or else...

"Linda Park" J'onn answered and noticed Superman letting out a sigh of relief.

"Does he know that Lex Luthor might target her and use her as a bait for him?" The dark knight asked.

"He is well aware of that. I think he will mostly be dating her as Wally and not Flash. He's only going on one date as the Flash to woo her." J'onn replied as he sat down on his usual spot.

"Well, I'm actually surprised that Wally managed to get a girlfriend who's a reporter. He must be following your footsteps, Superman." Diana said as she sat down besides Shayera the Thangarian.

Superman frowned as the Amazon princess said this. "He must be."

"Who would have thought that Wally was actually serious on starting a relationship?" The Thangarian suddenly asked as she too was curious about Wally and his date.

"No idea. I thought he would be too busy flirting with the ladies than noticing the one who would become his girlfriend." The Green Latern responded.

"Now that you mention it, I was wondering since when does superheroes starts to fall in love with reporters." Diana said as she eyed at Superman with curiosity. Superman scowled at her.

"Please keep Lois out of this conversation, Diana. Just because I'm seeing Lois just as Wally is doing the same for Linda doesn't mean all the reporters would be interested in us as well."

"Yeah, 'cause it's us who will be interested in them." Responded Green Latern sarcastically before Diana could say anything else.

Batman wondered why they were discussing about Wally and his love life rather than discussing on Luthor.

"Enough with Wally's love life and reporters, we must concentrate on Luthor and where he could possibly be." Batman said as he grew annoyed as the rest talked about Wally.

"He's right. We must concentrate on locating Luthor and stop him from whatever he is planning. For all we could know is that he'll probably is creating a powerful weapon to destroy Flash. Apart from that, we must make sure that Wally does not encounter Luthor at all times and must not be by himself either. We will assign other members to be on guard and to give Wally some company on whatever mission he's assigned to." Superman said as the atmosphere grew apprehensive. The Justice League found members were silent and thought about the horror that awaits them and the Flash. They all know that Luthor is capable of creating dangerous weapons to cause destruction and even death. So they continued their discussion while waiting for Flash's arrival.

Meanwhile

Flash has just had breakfast and was on his way to the watchtower to attend the meeting and knowing that he's late until his path to his destination was intercepted by an unknown figure that just happens to appear into thin air in front of Flash blocking his way. 'Who could this be? And where did he come from?' Flash thought as he proceeded to approach this newcomer. The newcomer was facing somewhere else while Flash stood behind him. 'This guy looks familiar. Have I met him before?'

"Hi. Are you a friend or a foe?" Flash asked as the newcomer turned around to look at him.

Flash gasped. He couldn't believe who he was looking at. Someone from his past who he never thought he was going to see him again.

Before his very eyes, stood none other than Jay Garrick the first Flash. Jay was wearing a red shirt with lightning bolt and a metal helmet with wings attached to it. The helmet belonged to Jay's father who fought hard and bravely in World War 1.

"Do I look like a foe to you, Wally?" Jay asked as he took around his surroundings.

"No. I'm just surprised to see you here, Jay. But what are you doing here?" Flash asked as he recovered from his shock to seeing Jay standing right in front of him.

"I just decided to visit you and your super friends. How are they? Joan forced me to take a vacation leave and visit you." Jay said as he and Flash embraced each other like long lost brothers reuniting at last.

"They're all fine. Apparently Lex Luthor is out of jail and is planning something. My friends think he's out to get me for revenge. I defeated him, you see. Both Luthor and Brainiac combined to each other. So, how's Joan doing these days?"

"She's fine. She says hi. Did you say you defeated both Luthor and Brainiac? Congratulations Kid. I knew you had it in you. I do agree with your friends. It's best if you're not alone at most times 'cause Luthor could probably send someone to spy on you."

"Now that you mentioned it, Jay, I should really be on guard. I don't want them to see me going on a date with a reporter. I don't want them to target her. J'onnz told me not to get her involved. I want to date her as Flash. I really do love her. She loves me as Wally but I would love if she loves me as Flash too." Flash said as he prepared to go to his way to the watchtower.

"You could date her as Wally. Your foes don't know your alter ego. They may know you as Flash but not as Wally. So you're safe to date her as long as you're Wally but as the Flash…" Jay didn't want to think what the enemies could do if they found out about Flash dating a reporter.

"I know. Hey, do you want to meet the rest of the gangs? I'm supposed to be there already and I'm late for the meeting."

"Sure Flash. I could do for some visit to your friends. I can lend a hand with any help they need." Jay said as both he and Flash teleported to the watchtower.

Meanwhile, somewhere in the wilderness a figure walks to a hidden cave blocked by a boulder probably assumed to be the entrance to Luthor's hideouts. He is dressed like a clown or perhaps as a jester. His hair is both pink and yellow. He smiles as he seeks to help Luthor get revenge on the Flash. Laughing manically, he gets access to the entrance by tapping some code beside the boulder and opening the entrance to his desired location.

A.N: I decided to introduce Jay Garrick here in this chapter. He and Wally are old friends and besides I also included the Tricksters. I was watching an episode in youtube on The Flash and Mark Hamill cracks me up. The last question in author's note in chapter 4 will be answered in later chapters. That was a mistake I put there. I've been busy and didn't have time to work on other chapters. Chapter 1 covers Monday while chapter 2, 3 and 4 covers Tuesday and this chapter covers Wednesday. Chapter 6 will cover that same day. I will work on where I left off.