All Star Stories presents: The heroes of Equestria (The Flash)

Flash Sentry opened his eyes to a hospital room. The beige wall before him gave some feeling of relief as to weather he was alive or not. He rubbed his temples in an attempt to relive a headache that felt as though somepony had struck him across the skull with the hilt of a sword. The stallion's heart jumped at the sound of a mare's voice.

"You're awake." She said. Flash turned to his left. Before him was a violet mare that looked to him in relief. "How do you feel?" She added to her stream of words.

"I'm quite fine." Flash said with a smile. He was not sure of who this was, but she was most likely to be a princess. She was an alicorn with a golden crown upon her head. She was definitely royalty. Flash looked down to his chest to see bandages. The only peculiar thing was that he was not sore.

"Is something wrong?" The princess asked.

"Oh no. Nothing at all." He Replied with a reassuring smile that calmed the mare. After a few minuets of chatter from the princess about his condition a question arose in the stallion's mind. "How long was I under?"

The princess looked up. "Um-" She lifted up a clip board from the desk near by with her lavender illuminating aura. "-seven months." She said hesitantly. Flash said nothing. The surprise of him being in a coma for seven months took him in a very unexpected way. It felt like hours. The silence continued for a few more seconds before anything was said.

"Very well." Flash spoke, braking the barrier of soundless peace. "Back to work I guess." The stallion said lifting himself from the bed without a problem before pulling out a few IVs from his foreleg.

"you must stay until the doctor says it's alright." The violet mare inquired.

"But I'm fine." Flash replied.

"But-" The mare said attempting to hold the stallion once more.

"I'm a crime scene analyst and a medical examiner. I understand how injuries work. If I've been in a coma for seven months, then I believe that the injuries should have healed by now. I do not mean to be rude, but I'm not going to hear the end of it from the captain if I can't get my work done. And I've been backed up several months." Flash bowed and turned toward the door. He was right. If there was one thing Captain Shinning Armour liked, it was efficiency. As he lifted his hoof to grab the knob a pale blue crystal mare with a grey mane.

"Ah, your awake." She said. "I was coming to get you. The captain wanted to know if you were ready to work." The doctor added. Flash nodded in confirmation. The doctor and flash were followed out by Twilight who kept a close and observant eye on the orange stallion. After handing Flash a few papers to sign the pony was released from the hospital. As he walked back to the palace Twilight continued to trail him. He was not sure why, but it began to make him nervous. Had he done something that put him under extra security? He reached the castle where Captain Shinning Armour stood talking with some of the other guards.

"Flash. About time." Shining Armour said addressing the orange stallion. "There's some work I need you to catch up on. It's on your desk upstairs." Flash nodded. "Twili. What'r you doing here?" The Captain inquired. Twilight approached her brother as I left for my office.

It was not a big office. It had a desk that was placed in the back corner of the room with a stack of cases. On the back wall was a large circular window that held a view of the city. Upon the left wall was a few filing cabinets that had a precariously perched empty mug on the edge. other than that nothing else was in the room. I sat in the chair as I began to look through the files on my desk. The first was a case of thievery in Canterlot. A hoof print had been left over along with some fractured glass and fibers. According to the evidence the case had been solved. Flash just had to process the paperwork. They always had him process paperwork. Even if they were not his cases. Just as he placed a quill to the page the noise of something sliding began to ring in his ear. The mug. It had begun to fall. His Sharingan began to activate, but that would not be enough. Unexpectedly he had suddenly been placed across the room in time to catch the mug.he looked about as time appeared as if it were moving slower. Much much slower. To Flash's astonishment golden lightning began to move about him as he darted about the room at speeds he had never been able to accomplish. An idea had come to mind for the stallion. He completed the work in mere seconds and stepped back with a smile. How was he to stop this? He focused on slower thoughts, and to his surprise everything went back to normal.