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[color=f7976a][h3]T H E    F L A S H[/h3]
[b]Revelations:[/b]
[sup][i]NOT FAST ENOUGH[/i][/sup][/color]
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[color=darkgray][b]"THE BURDEN OF HUMANITY FALLS UPON YOUR SHOULDERS TODAY,"[/b][/color] said the Surfer. [color=darkgray][b]"COMPARED TO THIS, DOES KNOWING THE JUDGE OF YOUR MERIT TRULY MATTER?"[/b][/color]

Tendrils of silver liquid oozed from the Surfer's board. They broke away from the object and floated in the air, twisting and rolling until the tendrils formed two orbs. The Surfer outstretched his arms, palms out. The two orbs rested upon the palms as he looked them over impassively.

[color=darkgray][b]"IS YOUR KIND SOMETHING NEW?"[/b][/color] The Surfer held up one of the orbs. Images reflected inside of it, showing the Flash a utopian world of peace and prosperity. 

[color=darkgray][b]"OR ARE YOU JUST THE LATEST EVOLUTION OF SOMETHING VERY OLD?"[/b][/color] He held up the other orb, showing black and white images of Earth's history. Wars, famine, brutal acts of violence all played out in the reflection of the orb.

[color=darkgray][b]"MY TEST IS ONE OF STRENGTH, WISDOM, AND SACRIFICE. IF YOU PASS, YOUR PEOPLE SHALL BE RULED WORTHY. IF YOU FAIL, THEN ALL OF CENTRAL CITY SHALL PERISH."[/b][/color] [/sub][/cell][/row][/table]

As the orbs dropped Iris was cast back by the blast from the orbs as they dropped. There was a crumbling sound as the blast weakened everything around the point of impact and the street started to collapse. All of her punches didn't seem to phase him, he just stood there and watched. Grunting in frustration she turned her attention to the buildings. Iris didn't have long before the entire block collapsed into the forming sinkhole. There was no way she could clear them all, this Surfer would no doubt interfere and she'd end up loosing somebody. There had to be a way for her to save everyone.

Her communicator, she started to hear Wells voice but then it tuned out as the world slowed to a crawl. Adrenaline kicked into her system as her brain switched into 'fight or flight' mode. The blast of energy continued to crackle out caving everything beneath it. [i]Energy[/i]. She took off, pushing through the fear. One foot in front of the other. This surfer may be out of her league but she had thought that about everyone she had faced so far. In the end Iris had been the one to come out on top because she was the one who was right.

Lightning crackled through her, behind her, as she circled the Surfer and the forming hole. To the outside it would seem like a lightning storm in the middle of the street as the cosmic energy was stopped in its track by her trail. 

Slowing down again to face her foe she finally heard the entirety of Wells message.

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“Flash?” Wells voiced called out through her earpiece. “Can you hear me? What’s going on? What [i]is[/i] that thing?”[/quote]

"I can't talk now Doc. I need to get him out of here." 

Looking straight into the eyes of her foe she stood tall and strong. Her dad had taught her that [i]Wests never back down from a fight, they never run unless it's to save other people.[/i] This was her fight, and nobody else was going to get hurt because of it.

"You want to test me? Well. Catch me if you can." She was gone in a Flash, her planned destination? The badlands. She needed open space to manuever, open space where he couldn't hurt anyone else and she could really kick up speed.