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

Flash was not entirely sure who Rush was exactly. He assumed that Professor Zoom meant Godspeed. "Who?" Flash asked just to make sure.

"The alicorn speedster. The one dressed in purple. She calls herself 'Rush.'" He said as he looked out the window from Flash's office.

"I'm sorry." Flash said sitting down. "This is all happening extremely quickly. I was on guard duty and now I've been thrown into an investigation of some speedster called 'Rush' with two more speedsters."

Professor Zoom sat down and sighed. "You're right. It was wrong for us to drag you into this." He said αs his mare-like features became prominent. He was unusually mare-like. "You can leave if you like."

"No, I want to help, but I don't understand what has happened to me." Flash replied to the now kind stallion.

"Perhaps I should explain. Where would you like to start?" Professor Zoom added.

"What happened to me?" That was perhaps the biggest question on Flash's mind. "What are you? Your lightning is a different colour."

"Let's start with you. You were struck with lightning in something we call a speed force storm." Professor Zoom began. "The speed force has a tendency to lash out at random and very rarely strikes ponies. You see, the speed force is sentient. It can choose ponies to become speedsters of its own free will. You are one of those ponies. You are a speedster."

"What about you?" Flash asked. "Your lightning is crimson red and mine is golden."

"I'm a mistake." He said hesitantly. "I possess a version of the speed force known as the 'negative speed force.' I accidentally created it trying to capture lightning in a jar. And I don't mean that as an expression. I had a transmutation circle set up to create a reverse version of lightning. The one thing I didn't know was that the storm I was in was a speed force storm. The lightning went for the circle, but the moment I activated the transmutation circle the speed force struck me and I accidentally created the negative speed force." He explained as he began to reverberate his hoof to reveal the crimson lightning.

"You're different from Pinkie and Rush?" Flash inquired.

"Vastly." Professor Zoom replied. " Like you, Pinkie possesses the normal speed force."

"And rush?" Flash queried.

"Rush possesses the neutral speed force. A form of speed force only available to alicorns. It's extremely rare, meaning that only a few alicorns are allowed to possess it." The professor explained. "She is the only pony we know of who uses it. She has murdered many a pony in her earlier days. Including the entirety of the Akatsuki clan of Neighpon."

The name 'Akatsuki' was definitely familiar to Flash. "Akatsuki..." He thought to himself. "No Nihon!" His memory finaly registered the name. "The Akatsuki clan of southern Neighpon! Descendants of the Fifth Hokage!" Not to long after what the stallion said processed in the stallion's mind. "They're dead?"

"There is said to be one survivor." Professor Zoom said returning to his initial standing position. "He also possesses the kekkegenkai."

"Who are you?" Flash cut in. It did not seem fair that he knew what flash looked like and he did not know what the Professor looked like. The Professor looked up at him. "I apologize for being blunt."

Professor Zoom pulled the mask off of his face to reveal what looked to be makeup. But had the scent of blood. “I suppose if we are to be working together you should know what I look like.” His voice said, echoing in the small room. “I’ll have to use a disguise later to appear different. Rush already knows what I look like.”

“O-okay.” Flash said as his current questions had been answered.