In an airport security office, Celestia and Sombra were explaining about their missing kid.

"What's the child's name?" Security asked.

"Flash." Celestia said.

"F-L-A-S-H."

"When did you see him last? Curbside check-in?"

"No, I saw him at the door. He was with us in the terminal." Sombra explained.

"Most people get separated at security. Did everyone get through security?"

"I don't know. Sombra..."Celestia tried to say.

"We were in a hurry. We ran all the way to the gate." Sombra said.

"When did you notice he was missing?"

"When we picked up our baggage here."

"Has the boy ever run away from home?"

"No."

"Has he ever been in a situation on his own?"

They denied it, but then remember the incident from last year.

"As a matter of fact, this has happened before." Celestia spoke. " It's becoming a family travel tradition. Funnily enough, we never lose our luggage."

The two couple laugh in stress, but the security officer wasn't.

"He was left at home, by accident, last year."

"That's what my wife meant calling it a family travel tradition." Sombra said.

We'll call Gotham and... ...notify them of the situation. The odds are that's where he is."

"Thank you."

Meanwhile in Smallville, Flash was walking through an area where men were working with fish. He walks as a truck approaches him and stops.

"Watch out, kid!"

But in the trailer of the truck, Joker and Harley Quinn who have escaped from prison, have arrived in Smallville in a fish truck.

"Here we are, Harley. Smallville, the Land of Opportunity." Joker says as he takes a deep breath. "Smell that?"

"Yeah." Harley Quinn said.

"Know what that is?"

"Fish."

"It's freedom."

"No, it's fish."

"It's freedom, and it's money."

"Okay, okay, it's freedom."

"Come on, let's get out of here before someone sees us."

"And it's fish."

They left and came up from a subway station.

"Yes, one quick score. We get ourselves some phony passports...and we hightail it to some foreign country." Joker smiled.

"Arizona?" Harley peeped.

She then grabs a couple of pennies out of a charity bucket.

"That's very smart, Harley. You bust out of the asylum to rob 14 cents from Santa Claus?"

"Every bit helps." Harley said. "Besides, now we got our new nickname. We’re the Sticky Love."

"Real cute. Very cute."

Later, Flash was walking through the park. Then he sees a hotel building, but not just any hotel building.

"The Plaza Hotel. Smallville's most exciting hotel experience."

Then a cat speeds past him, and one comes to snuggle his foot.

"Aw, you're cute." Flash beamed. "But where did you come from?"

Then a few more cats pass by him, he didn't know if he was seeing a pack of cats. Until he turns to see a woman dressed in a black coat. Then the cats approach her and then she turns to face Flash.

"Sick!"

Flash turns and runs for his life. He ran as fast as he could and finally loses her. Then he walks on.

Meanwhile, Joker and Harley Quinn were walking through the streets. Flash was walking in the same area as well. As it was time for them to cross the crosswalk, they approach through a crowd of people without noticing each other. Until, Flash bumps into Joker, not knowing it was him. Joker turns to see who bumped him, he couldn't tell it was Flash.

"What's the matter, Mr. J?" Harley asked him.

"Thought I saw something."

Later, at the Hotel Plaza, Flash arrives and approaches the building. He goes inside and is amazed of the design of the hallway. The carpet, the Shindelar, the walls, and much more.

"Excuse me, where's the lobby?" Flash asked a guy with glasses.

"Down the hall and to the left." He answered.

"Thanks."

He then continues on to find the lobby. He then pulls out his tape recorder and listens to what he recorded on the TV back home.

"Guests of Ding, Dang, Dong stay at the world-renowned Plaza Hotel: Smallville's most exciting hotel experience. For reservations, call toll-free, 1-800-759-3000."

"I'll do just that."

Flash begins to record his voice.

"Howdy-do. This is Sombra. The father. I'd like a hotel room. With an extra-large bed, a TV...and one of those little refrigerators with a key. Credit card? You got it."

Then he goes to a telephone booth and clicks on numbers.

At a Plaza Reservation...

"Plaza Reservations, may I help you?"

Flash slow verbs the voice of the tape recorder.

"Howdy-do. This is Sombra. The father."

"Yes, sir."

"I'd like a hotel room."

"Yes."

"With an extra-large bed, a TV, and one of those little refrigerators with a key."

"You'll need a major credit card."

"Credit card? You got it."

"Thank you. Enjoy your stay."

He then walks up to a stand where a lady named Abacus Cinch was escorting people to their hotel rooms.

"Hi." He said.

"Can I help you?"

"Reservation for me?"

"A reservation for yourself?"

"My feet are hardly touching the ground. I can barely see over the counter. How can I make a reservation for a room? Think about it: A kid going into a hotel making a reservation? I don't think so."

"I'm confused."

"I'm traveling with my dad. He's on business. He's at a meeting. I hate meetings. I'm not allowed to go in, only to sit in the lobby. That's boring. So my dad dropped me off." Flash pulled out a credit card. "Gave me his credit card and said to have check-in... ...let me in the room so I won't get into mischief. Ma’am, sometimes I do get into mischief. We all do."

Meanwhile, at the Airport Security office, the officer got a phone call.

"No sign of him." He said to the couple. "We'll need to be in touch. You have hotel rooms?"

"Yes."

"Do you have a recent photo of him?"

Celestia was looking for a wallet in her pocket.

"I don't have my wallet. My wallet's in my bag." Sombra said, and then he realized something. "Flash was looking in my bag at the airport. He has my wallet."

"Did you have credit cards?"

"Credit cards, money..."

"We'll notify the credit card companies. If your son has the cards, we can get a location on him when he uses them."

"I don't think he knows how to use a credit card." Celestia said.

Meanwhile, Flash was getting checked in.

"Wow! It worked!"

On the other side of the lobby...

"Ragamuffin."

"Yes?"

"Don't count your tips in public." A guy named Filthy Rich said. "And find out everything you can about that young fellow."

"Front, please."

The Cinch gives Flash the credit card.

"Enjoy your stay with us."

The guy see's Flash put the credit card in his bag.

"Don't forget to remind your dad, when he arrives... ...he must come down and sign a couple of things." Cinch said.

"Thank you, you've been helpful." Flash said.

"May I take your bag?"

The lobby manager was suspicious about him. Meanwhile, Ragamuffin was leading Flash to room 411 which was his stay.

"This is one of our finest suites, sir." He said.

"This is great!" Flash beamed.

He then see's a huge bed.

"Wow! A huge bed just for me!"

He then finds the bathroom with a huge tub.

"Luxurious and spacious."

He then enters a cabinet with snacks, candy and cookies.

"How convenient."

Ragamuffin look in his bag and see's Sombra's name tag. Flash turns to him.

"Hey!"

"Did you want the key in the bag? Or did you want to hang on to it?" He asked.

"I'll hang on to it." Flash answered as he snatched the bag and key.

"Everything all right?"

"Is the temperature, okay?" Flash asked.

"It's okay. Do you know how the TV works?"

"I'm 10 years old. TV's my life."

"Well..."

"I'm sorry."

Flash handed him a stick of gum instead of cash.

"And there's plenty more where that came from."

Later, at the pool, Flash was wearing big flip-flops and big swim trunks. He was ready to go for a dive and turned to see adults and elders looking at him.

"Would you mind if I worked on my cannonballs?" He said.

They just shrugged.

"Thanks."

He backed up and then went in for a dive. And of course...he lost his swim trunks.

Later in the hotel room, Flash was watching the sequel of the R-rated movie he watched last year. While a room servicer was scooping him some ice cream.

"This is a vacation."

"Two scoops, sir?"

"Two? Make it three, I'm not driving."

Hold it right there!

It's me, Johnny.

I knew it was you.

I could smell you getting off the elevator.

It's Gardenias, Johnny, your favorite.

You was here last night too, wasn't you?

I was singing at the Blue Monkey last night.

"She was not. She was smooching your brother."

You was here, and you was smooching with my brother.

That’s a dirty lie.

Don't give me that. You been smooching with everybody! Snuffy, Al, Leo, Little Moe with the gimpy leg, Cheeks, Boney Bob, Cliff… I could go on forever, baby.

You have me all wrong!

All right. I believe you. But my Tommy gun don't!

Johnny!

You’re the only duck in my pond!

Get down on your knees and tell me you love me.

Baby! I'm over the moon for you!

You gotta do better than that!

If my love was an ocean, Lindy’d have to take two planes to get across it

Maybe I’m off my hinges, but I believe you. That’s why I'm gonna let you go. I’m gonna give you till the count of three, to get your lousy… … lying… … lowdown, four-flushing carcass out my door!

"She’s rat bait."

One! Two!

Then he starts shooting and laughing.

Three! Merry Christmas, you filthy animal. And a Happy New Year.

Flash was covering his eyes.

While the Christmas lights were going on outside the buildings, Filthy Rich was going to check Flash's room. When Flash heard the knock on the door, he turned of the TV and ran into the bathroom. As the manager finally got in, Flash turned on the shower.

He heard music coming from the bathroom and creeped right in and sees a guy in the shower curtain. But in reality, it was just an inflatable clown being controlled with strings by Flash. And using his tape recorder with Cranky's recording.

Then he turned it to face him.

"Get out of here, you nosy little pervert, or I'll slap you silly!"

That startled Filthy as he speeded out and hits his knee on a small table.

Meanwhile, the whole rest of Flash's family were heading to a motel in Florida in the middle of the rain.

"Didn't look this bad on our honeymoon."

Meanwhile, at the Plaza. Flash was searching in the bag and finds a phone number journal. He then see's his other uncle's number.

"Uncle Mac lives here." He said. "If they're back from Paris, I'll drop in on them. They usually give pretty good presents."

Then, Flash finds and looks at his family picture. He then gets up and looks out the window viewing the city. he begins to miss his family and his Mom. Celestia misses Flash as well.

"Good night, Mom."

"Good night, Flash."

Author's Note

Trivia:

.The creepy lady who Flash encountered with was none other than...Selina Kyle a.k.a. Catwoman

.And the guy with the glasses who gave Flash directions to the lobby was none other than...Clark Kent a.k.a. Superman