Chapter One: Reverse-Flash Vs The Mane 6
Author's Note
Greetings Gotham, Joker here! Welcome to my latest Speedster creation! This story has been something that I've been tinkering with for quite sometime, and now, it's finally ready. Well, let's get this party started already!
Chapter One: Reverse-Flash Vs The Mane 6
Hello, there. My name is Daniel West. And I am the fastest, and apparently only, man alive in this universe. As you may have guessed, calling myself the fastest man alive means that my powers must be almost exactly like those of the Flash. Well, hate to break it to you, but I’m not like the Flash at all.
Matter of fact, some would say I’m the Reverse… why do I get the feeling someone else said that line?
Anyways, let’s get back on track and go from the very beginning. My dad hurt me when I was young, mostly because my mother died giving birth to me, and my dad, instead of being thankful that he still had his two sons and daughter, blamed me for killing the mother I never knew.
My sister, Iris, protected me from him as best she could. But, even she wasn’t enough sometimes. One day, my dad went too far, and I just… snapped. I pushed him down the stairs and crippled him for the rest of his life… and Iris didn’t see me as her helpless little brother anymore. She saw me as the kid who’d hurt his father. I blamed my father for driving me to hurting him and turning Iris against me instead of myself, and I ran away from home.
By the time I turned 18 years old, I’d fallen in with a rough crowd and became a small-time thug. My chance at making my first big score was ruined by the Flash, and I was sent to prison for five years.
After I got out, Iris still didn’t want to make amends with me, and was still upset at me for hurting and then leaving our crippled father.
And then one day… everything changed.
I was captured by Gorilla Grodd’s goons when they attacked the Gem Cities, but I was rescued by the Rogues, of all people. But, despite their act of heroism, they still intended to hold us up for our valuables. And I wasn’t down with that.
I broke out of Mirror Master’s Mirror World… thing, and crash-landed into a monorail car that was jacked from some doctor named Elias or Wells or something like that, which just so happened to be powered by a Speed Force battery. As a result, the shrapnel was infused with my body to encase me from head to toe in red and black metal armor that made me look like a demon straight out of Hell itself.
On that day, the Reverse-Flash was born. I’ll admit, it took me some time to get the hang of my powers, which included using the metal shrapnel on my body as projectile weapons, phasing, warping time around myself so it looked like I was running faster than the Flash, among others.
Finally, once I was ready, I set out on my mission: to steal and absorb as much Speed Force energy as I could so I could rewind time back to the last happy memory I had with Iris, and end my father.
However, my mission, thankfully, was thwarted by none other than the Flash himself. He took my speed from me, my ability to travel in and out of time, and corrected the terrible alterations I made to the past. Including killing my own father, right in front of my child self and Iris’ child self, causing me to turn into a monster.
After that… Iris disowned me completely, and left me to rot in Iron Heights, where I sat, plotting my revenge. Before long, I was able to gain my armor and some of my speed back, but at that time I was nowhere near as fast as I was before, let alone as fast as I am now. That was when I was approached by Amanda Waller from A.R.G.U.S, and was conscripted in Task Force X, aka the Suicide Squad not long after. In case you didn't know, the Suicide Squad is a gang of villains who are in the employ of the United States Government as expendable agents for impossible missions, in exchange for 10 years shaven off our prison sentences. Of course, they can’t just let a bunch of supervillains like Deadshot, Captain Boomerang, that crazy Harley Quinn chick, and myself just run wild, so they put trackers and nanotech explosives in our heads that go off if we disobey orders or try to make a break for it.
On one particular mission, I had blown out my knee and we were heading back to headquarters, and I found a bomb inside a village. I just couldn’t let those people die and be swept off as collateral damage. I took the bomb and ran with it to the ocean and dropped it in. I was so close to making it back to the team, when I actually tripped over my own feet and was killed in the vortex created by the bomb’s explosion.
Now, I know what you’re thinking. If I’m dead, then how can I be telling you this story? Well, it turns out the Speed Force must have taken pity on me or something because what happened next… was honestly the best thing that ever happened to me: a chance to start over on a new world with a clean slate, and become a hero. Or, at least, embrace my “anti-hero” status.
Although, I didn’t exactly make a good first impression on the natives of this new world with my clean slate…
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In the middle of a meadow near a river called Daisy Stream, a butter yellow anthro pegasus mare with a soft pink mane and tail wearing a white blouse, green shirt, and tan sandals was having a picnic with some of her animal friends. Among said friends was a great big grizzly bear, an ill-tempered, bossy, and all around asshole of a white bunny, a few birds, an otter, and a gopher.
“Angel, you really should eat more of your carrots, don’t you think?” Fluttershy asked the bunny,who had two-and-a-half carrots in front of him, and who simply blew a raspberry at his owner while the other animals simply rolled their eyes, being far too used to this at this point.
“Just one more?” begged Fluttershy, to which Angel crossed his tiny little arms with an expression that clearly said NO.
“Just finish off that half of one?”
Angel’s expression remained unchanged at this offer.
“How about a-”
Before Fluttershy could finish speaking, a resounding explosion echoed over the meadow, causing the animals to jump and scatter with fright, and causing Fluttershy to turn her head towards the source of the blast, just in time to see something that looked like a pony fall from the sky into the woods not far from where she was.
“Oh, my goodness! Somepony could be hurt! I’d better go and check and see if that pony’s okay!” said Fluttershy, getting up and darting over to where it had looked like the figure had fallen.
But, when she got there, she quickly realized that thing that had fallen wasn’t a pony… or any kind of creature she was familiar with at all, and a very, very scary one at that.
It was about as tall as the Princesses, and had no fur. Instead, its body seemed to be made up of red and black metal, with two horns that almost looked like lightning bolts just like the emblem it had on its chest. its fingers tipped with claws that Fluttershy was sure would tear her to ribbons if she didn’t get out of there right this second.Fluttershy quickly backed away from it before the being opened its fiery orange eyes and sat up.
“Ugh… what happened last night?” the creature muttered, its voice befitting of a demonic creature such as itself, as it placed its hand on its forehead. ”Forget what happened last night, how the Hell am I still alive?! Not that I’m complaining or anything, but still… the Speed Force must’ve taken pity on me or something.”
Fluttershy was staring at the demon, paralyzed with fear depsite her best efforts to make herself move before this monster ate her alive.
As thought it could read her thoughts, the demon turned to stare at her. When it opened its mouth to speak she panicked and froze stiff as a board while in midair, turned and fell onto her back, while a goat bleating could be heard.
The demon, named Daniel West, better known as the Reverse-Flash, blinked several times, not entirely sure what to make of what just happened. He pulled himself up and walked over to Fluttershy.
“Are, uh, you okay? Can you tell me where I am? Can you even speak English?” Reverse-Flash asked Fluttershy, only to not receive an answer from the female, “Hello?” he asked before waving its hand in front of her eyes. Still getting no response, Reverse-Flash gently kicked Fluttershy in the side, but to no avail.
Damn. The Speed Force saved my life and dumped me on some alien planet where the natives are as easily frightened as deer. Better get this one some help… if only there was a hospital or something around here, thought Reverse-Flash as he picked up Fluttershy and hefted her over his shoulder in a fireman’s carry. As Daniel looked around, he caught sight of a city not far from where he was.
“Bingo,” said Daniel as he rocketed off towards the city, red lightning flowing from him as he ran faster than he’d ever run before, even before the Flash had stopped him from killing his own father.
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It was just a regular day in the city of Ponyville. Unicorns, Pegasi, and Earth Ponies were going about their daily routines. However, all of that was about to come to an end when a demonic red and black creature with red lightning coming off of him coming out of seemingly nowhere and came skidding to a stop in the town square. Panicked gasps and terrified screams left some of the townsfolk as the creature looked around.
“Okay, first off, does anyone here understand the words that are coming out of my mouth? And secondly, does anyone know where I can find a doctor for this… whatever she is?” said Daniel, indicating Fluttershy, who was still in a catatonic state over his shoulder.
Daniel began to hear gasps of recognition throughout the crowd that had gathered to stare at him… followed swiftly by several angry glares and the sound of police sirens.
If those sirens are for me, then I already have a bad start on my second chance, thought the Reverse-Flash.
“Attention demonic thing from Tartarus! This is the Ponyville Police. You have five seconds to put Fluttershy down and to get down on your knees with your hands behind your head or we will open fire!” yelled an Earth Pony with a bushy mustache that was very clearly a cop through a megaphone. As Reverse-Flash looked around, he saw several more cops wearing tactical gear forming a perimeter around him.
Reverse-Flash heaved a frustrated sigh. “Look, officer, this is all just a big misunderstanding. You see, I’m new here, and, uh, Fluttershy, here, saw me and froze up like this, so I’m just trying to get her some-” said Daniel, taking a step forward as he spoke.
“OPEN FIRE!” yelled one of the cops.
As one, the cops opened fire on the Reverse-Flash, who instinctively ran through the perimeter that the cops were creating to get Fluttershy out of the line of fire, before returning to where he was standing before to take the bullets head-on. Every single one sparked harmlessly off his armor.
“Alright, that’s it! I was just trying get Miss Fluttershy here to a doctor to see if they could get her to snap out of her little coma, but now it’s time to kick some ass!” snarled the Reverse-Flash in anger, before he threw a ton of the shrapnel from his armor at the cops, causing them to get ripped and torn to shreds, but they would be fine as long as they got proper medical treatment. As the Reverse-Flash recalled his shrapnel back to his body, the remaining officers, realizing just what they were up against, retreated, shooting suppression fire at the Reverse-Flash. Reverse-Flash, meanwhile, was throwing shrapnel left and right, with no apparent concern for who they hit, only the drive to put the fear of… whatever deity these creatures worshipped in them.
From out in the crowd of panicking ponies, a purple beam of energy struck the Reverse-Flash from behind, knocking him to the ground “Okay, that hurt,” he grumbled as he turned to look at his attacker. It was a purple unicorn with a blue mane with a violet streak wearing a dark purple hoodie with a white shirt underneath, blue jeans, and purple and white sneakers.
Flanking her was another unicorn wearing a silver-grey sweater with a purple skirt, embroidered with three crystals cut in the shape of diamonds. Her royal purple mane was curled like spirals, which complemented alabaster fur.
Beside her was an orange coated mare who looked as though she had no horn or wings to speak of. She had a blonde mane ironically kept in a ponytail braid. Everything about her screamed country, from the Stetson on her head to the green shirt, red bandana, blue jeans, and cowboy boots beneath it.
Standing beside this mare was a pink furred one of a similar design with a bushy pink mane wearing a light blue jacket with a white shirt that bore a picture of a three balloons underneath, blue jeans, and pink and white sneakers. She also had a small cannon and a broad grin on her face.
“Hello there!” said the purple unicorn. “I’m Twilight Sparkle! This is Rarity,” she said, indicating the white unicorn, “Applejack,” she continued, indicating the country mare, “and Pinkie Pie,” she finished, indicating the pink mare. “Who, and if you don’t mind me asking, what, are you?”
“And who taught you your fashion sense? Red and black is far too garish, it’s giving me a bit of an eyesore,” said Rarity with a classy accent.
Daniel thought for a moment. ”Name’s Daniel West. But, you can call me the Reverse-Flash,” he finally said. “And as for the suit, I can’t really help how it looks, this is what I got stuck with after my accident. Any particular reason you just hit me in the back with an energy beam?”
“Oh, just to ask you a few questions. First off, why are you destroying the city, and is there any way we can get you to stop?” said Twilight.
“An excellent question, Miss, uh… Sparkle, can I call you Miss Sparkle?” asked Reverse-Flash, to which Twilight nodded. “Okay then, Miss Sparkle. I’m new here, you see, and I met Miss Fluttershy down there. She saw me and went into that catatonic state before I could even say anything to her,” explained Daniel. “Real quick question about her though, does a goat bleat every time that happens?”
“Only when she's terrified out of her mind. It also happened with another one of our friends, I still have to look into it.” Twilight said before she gestured for him to continue. “Please continue your explanation.”
“Right. I was unable to get any response out of her, so I carried it to the closest city, that being this one. After I asked if there was a hospital I could get her to I heard sirens approaching me before the police came and tried to relieve Miss Fluttershy from me. However, they aimed their weapons at me thinking I had done something to her and when I tried to explain myself as I am now, they opened fire. All I did was defend myself from their onslaught of bullets,” explained Reverse-Flash.
“I see… and I guess you got a little carried away?” said Twilight.
Reverse-Flash looked around and saw all the devastation and pain he’d caused. ”Yeeeeeaaaahhh… you could say that. But, look, if someone starts shooting at me, I will-” said the Reverse-Flash before he saw what appeared to be a creature similar to Fluttershy, except the fur on this one was sky-blue, its mane was rainbow patterned, and it wore a navy blue jacket with a white shirt that bore the image of a rainbow-colored lightning bolt on the front underneath, blue jeans, and black leather boots flying at him at breakneck speeds, aiming to take him down.
As though time itself seemed to have slowed to a crawl, Reverse-Flash sidestepped out of the way of the rainbow-maned pegasus’ charge. He couldn’t help but smirk as the horse-person’s eyes widened in shock as she sailed right past him and crashed into a wall directly behind him.
“Rainbow! We almost-!” said Twilight before Reverse-Flash threw a bunch of shrapnel into the ground in front of Twilight and her friends, a warning to stay out of this.
The rainbow-maned pony-person, the one Twilight had called Rainbow, pulled herself out of the large indent she left in the wall and gave Reverse-Flash an angry look as she attempted to charge at him again. “All right, you monster… if you think you’re faster than Rainbow Dash, you got another thing-HURK!”
Rainbow’s sentence was cut short by Reverse-Flash launching his hand out a lightning speeds and grabbing Rainbow by the throat and turning to face Twilight and her group, all of whom had fearful looks on their faces.
”Never forget… I am the fastest man alive. And I will not hesitate to beat the crap out of anyone who tries to attack me while my back is turned,” growled the Reverse-Flash as he threw Rainbow across the town square. ”You know… I was hoping to settle things peacefully... but it seems diplomacy is lost on you all, so now we switch to aggressive negotiations… catch me if you can!”
As Twilight and Rarity began to charge up their horns to fire more energy blasts, Reverse-Flash was suddenly much closer and punched Twilight in the face and kicked Rarity in the face, sending both of them flying a few feet away and feeling as though they’d been hit with brass knuckles and steel-toed boots respectively.
“How-how could you possibly DARE to hit a lady!” screeched Rarity as she pulled herself up off the ground and quickly charged up another energy blast.
”Simple, really, like this!” said Reverse-Flash as he darted up to her again and slugged her across the face.
Applejack then took the opportunity to punch mule kick Reverse-Flash from behind, only to hear a loud clang! and start shaking like a cartoon character who’d just hit something solid.
What in Tarnation is this thing made of? The only time mah legs hurt this bad was when Ah was tryin’ ta harvest Sweet Apple Acres by mahself and I accidentally kicked that there iron wood tree! thought Applejack as she fell to the ground, unable to stand as Reverse-Flash turned to look down at her.
”Word of advice: don’t hit anything that’s made of metal. Like me,” said Reverse-Flash before he ducked underneath Rainbow Dash’s attempt to bum rush him again almost casually.
The fight seemed to last for what felt like an eternity, and not a single pony was able to get the upper hand on Reverse-Flash. However, just when it seemed like the heroines were down for the count, the Reverse-Flash began to stagger and fell down on one knee.
”Ugh… damn… this… hypermetabolism…” he muttered before he fell down to the ground, unconscious.
Battered, bruised, and beaten, Twilight, Rainbow, Applejack, Rarity, and Pinkie hobbled up to where the Reverse-Flash was lying on the ground, unconcious.
“Well… that escalated quickly… and then ended abruptly,” said Rarity before she spat a bit of blood out of her mouth.
“Th… this thing’s speed… it’s beyond me… I didn’t think there was anyone out there besides that one arrogant mare from the Wonderbolts Academy… who could be anywhere near as fast as me,” said Rainbow, one of her eyes swollen shut from the fight, and one of her wings bent in an unnatural angle.
“First the remnants of the Storm King’s forces, save for Fizzlepop or Tempest or whatever she calls herself now become active again and start terrorizing Equestria once more, now this thing shows up… I don’t know what this means, but I think the Princesses need to have a look at him. Until then, we need to keep him somewhere secure,” said Twilight.
