"The Flash" story for DC Comics
Unpublished (C) 2005
When you’re the Flash and you have twin babies, it can be hard to find time to break away just to have an evening for you & your wife to share some time together. Thankfully, ‘grandpa’ Jay Garrick offers to step-in and watch the kids, so Wally and Linda can head out on a daytrip for some much needed ‘alone’ time.
After sending Wally & Linda off on their trip, Jay settles in with the kids. Because he & Joan never had kids of their own, Jay is experiencing the joys of babies for the first time, including diaper changing – not exactly something that you can do well at super speed. And, when you are used to going that fast, the laundry machine seems like it takes an eternity.
In the midst of this, Jay notices a TV story about a disturbance at the Keystone art gallery. With Wally away, it’s up to him to check it out. But, with the kids as his responsibility today, he has no choice but to strap them on and bring them in tow. Crime is hard enough to stop on its own, but it’s even tougher when you have to contend with fussy babies, crying, asking the police to speak a little softer, etc.
Jay soon discovers that the disturbance at the art gallery is just one of several around the city – all small happenings with no serious crime being committed. For example, someone taking a building hostage, but with no explosives; someone holding up a bank, but not taking anything of value. The ‘crimes’ baffle Jay and the police can’t seem to make a connection.
With the babies getting unruly and Jay needing to think, he takes them to the Flash Museum so they can see their dad – in hopes that that will calm them down. That’s where he bumps into the Prankster – Superman’s old foe – who is looting a new display where some rocks are contained within. Somehow, Kryptonite became mixed in with the display’s rocks and the Prankster is hoping to use them for a future crime spree in Metropolis. The “prank” crimes around town were meant to keep The Flash busy while the Prankster looted the museum display.
The Prankster is about to make his exit, when he is overpowered by a horrible stench – the babies … with Jay, who quickly scoops up the Prankster.
With the Prankster hauled away, Jay heads back to the apartment to wait for Wally & Linda, who are due home any minute. He gets to the apartment, changes some more diapers and falls asleep with the babies on his lap. When Wally and Linda arrive on the scene, they think babysitting just tuckered the old man out.
After sending Wally & Linda off on their trip, Jay settles in with the kids. Because he & Joan never had kids of their own, Jay is experiencing the joys of babies for the first time, including diaper changing – not exactly something that you can do well at super speed. And, when you are used to going that fast, the laundry machine seems like it takes an eternity.
In the midst of this, Jay notices a TV story about a disturbance at the Keystone art gallery. With Wally away, it’s up to him to check it out. But, with the kids as his responsibility today, he has no choice but to strap them on and bring them in tow. Crime is hard enough to stop on its own, but it’s even tougher when you have to contend with fussy babies, crying, asking the police to speak a little softer, etc.
Jay soon discovers that the disturbance at the art gallery is just one of several around the city – all small happenings with no serious crime being committed. For example, someone taking a building hostage, but with no explosives; someone holding up a bank, but not taking anything of value. The ‘crimes’ baffle Jay and the police can’t seem to make a connection.
With the babies getting unruly and Jay needing to think, he takes them to the Flash Museum so they can see their dad – in hopes that that will calm them down. That’s where he bumps into the Prankster – Superman’s old foe – who is looting a new display where some rocks are contained within. Somehow, Kryptonite became mixed in with the display’s rocks and the Prankster is hoping to use them for a future crime spree in Metropolis. The “prank” crimes around town were meant to keep The Flash busy while the Prankster looted the museum display.
The Prankster is about to make his exit, when he is overpowered by a horrible stench – the babies … with Jay, who quickly scoops up the Prankster.
With the Prankster hauled away, Jay heads back to the apartment to wait for Wally & Linda, who are due home any minute. He gets to the apartment, changes some more diapers and falls asleep with the babies on his lap. When Wally and Linda arrive on the scene, they think babysitting just tuckered the old man out.
