Barry Allen:  

Well, where to start? It was 1988, and I was working in the science lab after school when a particularly bad storm hit. Lightning everywhere, man. I was mixing several different chemicals together, because I didn't know what I was doing anyway, while boiling water into a vaporous state when, suddenly, lightning streaked through the window and hit me, shattering my beaker, spraying the chemicals all over me, and causing me to inhale excessive water vapors. Well, after a short hospital stay, no problems were found, but, the mixture of electricity (high voltage), water vapor, and the chemicals that I was mixing altered my metabolic makeup. And the long and short of it? I developed super speed (still improving, and approaching the speed of light), speed force powers, and the ability to manipulate the molecules that construct my body to allow me to vibrate through solid materials (doors, walls, etc.). I became a superhero, called The Flash, but, I'm not an "A-List" superhero, like Superman. I was recruited into the Justice League, though. Sure, I'm no Batman, but, I'm no Aquaman, either (Aquaman, please). I'm more of a sidekick, really, because I can only beat up criminals that don't have any superpowers. If they do have super powers, well, I'm kind of screwed. So, I just usually run away really fast, and hide. Since my bright red suit with a yellow lightning bolt on the front is relatively "loud", I'm often found, and then beaten until the "A-List" heroes (like Superman, Batman, Martian Mahunter or Wonder Woman) find me by following my screams of pain and begs for mercy. They usually find me, but not always as soon as I'd like. I've also been held as a hostage for ransom more times than all of the damsels in distress that we have rescued (all added together). Although I can run really fast, I can't punch very hard, so, I have to hit average guys, like, 25 times with my super speed for them to fall over. It only helps the Justice League out if the "A-List" heroes (like Superman, Batman, Martian Mahunter or Wonder Woman) are fighting a supervillan with a reasonably whimpy sidekick. I call "shotgun" on fighting the whimpy sidekicks. Sometimes I win, and sometimes I lose. When I lose, I just curl into a ball, cover my head, and scream for help while I'm being beaten. I'm trying, though. I'd change my suit, and make it darker, and a bit easier t...Expand for more