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[The feed clicks on to reveal a red-headed teen with yellow eyes, who's currently peering at the device like it's going to explode.]

Okay, power button. Check. I thought this could be like that episode of The Twilight Zone where they execute people by blowing up in their rooms and that maybe someone was clever for a change and made the self-destruct button look like the on/off. But! Obviously not, because I'm still here.

I think I'm getting paranoid. It's like there's this voice in my head going -

[Bart holds two fingers up to either side of his head, so they stick up through his hair like ears.]

"Trust nothing."

[He puts his arms down, and he really drops them. They're just suddenly gone, and the camera picks up maybe two frames of the action, but even that's a little lost in a yellow flash. Bart only laughs with relief.]

Hey! Look at that, they weren't lying about that either. Now, if it would just hurry up and work all the time.

So, uh. Hi. Bart Allen. Anyone know where to find the games on this thing? I gotta pass the time until the rest of you slow down.

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They'd kick you out of the Justice League if you said any different.

They can't kick me out, kiddo. I was a founding member, back in your Grandad's day.

Sarcasm is crashing to the ground left and right tonight.

He'd be tweaked you said it like that. He's got years of running left in him.

[Dinah's smile vanishes completely.]

What?

[But Bart's doesn't. In fact, it gets bigger.]

Barry Allen's back. So are Max Mercury and Johnny Quick.

Like I said. Best. Day. Ever.

[She stares at him for a few seconds, and then covers her mouth with her hand, completely failing to cover the regrowing smile.

There are tears in her eyes.]

Oh my god.

Barry.

[The hugeness of his smile settles down into something gentler. Okay, Bart was kinda underwhelmed by his grandfather being alive at first, but not by Max's return so he knows what she's going through.]

Somedays, we get to win big.

[And his voice is a little thick with emotion, so Bart hurriedly ends this particular comment.]

Yeah.

[Barry's alive. Ollie's alive - again. Still. Still again. She grins at him.]

Some days we do.

[She uses the heel of her hand to wipe at her eye.]

And if you tell him - or Mia, or anyone that you saw me cry about this, we will be having words, okay?

[Yes, she knows this feed is open. Not the point.]

[He turns the camera back on, and he's calmed back down about it.]

I can keep a secret.

[... actually, he can't always. But he'll try!]

Is Mia here??

Not that I know of.

[Which means no.]

None of my family are. Which is good for them.

That's good. There's a bunch of Teen Titans here, but I'm kinda stuck between I-want-backup and I-want-them-safe.

Me too.

But I'm glad you've got your other teammates. Something familiar, right?

Right!

[It finally occurs to him that this is an open feed. Dammit, he was being so safe with everything and then he blows it because it's Black Canary.]

Whoops.

Honey, your last name is Allen. I think that ship's already sailed.

[Barry has a museum dedicated to him, for crying out loud.]

Yeah, at home. But everyone here might not know. It looks like most of them do

[Bart shrugs. He was bound to slip up eventually, and, hey. Black Canary called him honey where Kon can see it. He'll make that trade.]

I knew I should've said I was Alvin Draper.

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[The voice on this end should be familiar, albeit sullen.]

You forgot one.

[Hey, Bart thinks he knows that voice.]

Forgot one what? Speedster? There's more than one not on the list. Wally, Jay, Jesse, Irey... It's a big family.

It is. [He sounds pleased by that, he was always fond of Wally's extended family.] You know which one I mean, though.

[itp: Kyle expects you to know him, Bart.]

What? No. I don't. That's all of us currently in Keystone. Do we get more?!

[There is a long pause, a soft sigh, and Kyle switches to video, and raises an eyebrow.]

[Bart's glad for the confirmation, but he's completely confused.]

Yeah, yeah. I know it's you. Hello, Kyle. WHO AM I MISSING?

Wallaby.

[Said quite flatly.]

Um. Except for the part where I totally said Wally.
When are you from, anyway? Wally was way before Barry - he was before me.

Anyway. Like I said. All Speedsters alive and accounted for. First time ever, so no getting the band back together jokes.

With no details. ['kay fine he'll grump a little less now.] You were wearing the red. Something happen?

Because the only ones I have about that are secondhand, but Wally, Linda, and the twins are fine. A little bratty. I'm not babysitting. But the details?

[Bart shrugs.]

Blame the Legion?

So, uh. Yeah. Something happened. Let's blame the Legion there too.

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