"I thought so too." Wonder Woman wholeheartedly agreed.
"You're absolutely right." Batman sighed. "But why is it me again?"
"Because Barbatos likes you," Lola said. "This is just one of Barry Allen's many possible deaths. There are plenty more like it—"
"All right, so what should we do?" Roland asked.
"Rather than wait for a crisis and then resolve it, we should create one and let his opponents push Barry to grow quickly," Lola said. "As long as Barry grows enough during that time to break through the limits of the Speed Force, none of this will be a problem."
"Wouldn't the Rogues be a little inadequate for that?" Superman began to ponder.
"—Captain Cold would probably be delighted to know you think so highly of him." Batman shook his head.
"Youngest daughter, you already have something in mind, don't you?" Roland looked at Lola.
"Savitar, the Lord of Speed," Lola said. "He's my first target."
"That's a good choice." Roland nodded.
"Who's that?" Wonder Woman asked.
"He was a patriot during the Cold War, an air force pilot from a Third World country," said Iris West, who came from the thirtieth century. "He was chosen to test-fly an Experimental Supersonic Aircraft. He pushed the plane's speed to its limit—even far beyond its maximum speed."
"I think I've heard of him." Batman searched for information as he listened.
"He exceeded every expectation and broke every record. At that moment, he was—the fastest man in the world," Iris West continued. "During training, he'd heard the fastest pilots and astronauts describe something called 'angel light'—a mysterious flash visible only at high speeds. But what happened next had nothing to do with angels."
"At that moment, his plane was suddenly struck by a kind of lightning energy that was both unfamiliar and terrifying