The Flash
Prologue
We start in the year 1963 in a black and white flashback sequence, in this sequence we see Barry Allen’s numerous saves as the scarlet speedster from bank robberies to natural disasters, maybe these can be portrayed like front page articles shooting out from the screen however as the sequence comes to an end we get one or two more come up ten years later about the disappearance of the Flash and the Government concerned about his true agenda. We then get a dark screen and then the word ‘The Flash’ along with the logo. (The idea for this is to introduce Barry Allen’s version of the Flash to the audience and gives a clear indication of how awesome this man really is).
We now are at a university with an older Barry Allen seen teaching a classroom of students and given a lecture on physics, as he continues his eyes wonder to his large audience and notices an empty seat and by his face expression he knows exactly who it is.
We then cut to our first real scenes of Central City in a sort of downtown part of the city, cars are packed on every road and all the drivers are suffering from road rage with constant beeping and yelling, then the cause of the problem is seen, a motorcycle carrying two passengers darting right and left between the traffic going so fast that it would be safe to say was breaking any speed limit, We then see that the person riding the motorcycle is a young woman, and on the back part screaming part laughing is our hero to the movie Wally West, the scene goes back and forth between Barry Allen giving his lecture and Wally on the motorcycle.
(This part should be very fun and very exciting to watch; maybe a song playing in the background when the motorcycle is racing between the traffic and maybe even a moment when the cycle takes off on a lowered ramp attached to a truck, a song like ‘Want You Bad’ from offspring just to give it that fun energy.)
As the song comes to an end we see the motorcycle pull up outside the university and Wally jumping of the back and running straight to the classroom, just as he is rushing through the halls he notices a girl who walks by and quickly reaches into his pocket and pulls out a small sheet of paper with his phone number telling the girl that it’s for her, he then steals a quick kiss and continues and ‘that’s for me’, laughing he runs again through the corridors leaving the girl bewildered but smiling, he then bursts through the classroom door yelling ‘I’m not late’ only to be greeted by a room full of (something) clearly not only is he late his also in the wrong classroom.
The next scene sees Wally walking in the right classroom however the room is now empty with only Barry left tidying his desk.
When Barry notices Wally he stops what his doing and just stares at him with a look of slight disappointment.
WW: ‘I know what you’re gonna say uncle Barry but I swear this time I really did try getting here on time’.
BA Then why weren’t you Wally, this is the ninth time this semester, if you were any other student I wouldn’t think twice about failing you.
WW:’ Come on uncle Barry you and me both know that I’m way ahead of most of the other guys I’ve had you drumming your quantum theories in my head since I was two, so what if I don’t show for a few lessons, im only missing what I already know’.
BA:’ That’s not the point Wally, as part of my class you have a responsibility to show up like everyone else, by not showing up you show no respect for me and worse you give others the message that you think your better than them’.
Wally quickly replies jokingly ‘and theyed be sooo right’.
Barry goes to leave ‘No Wally, you’ve got it in your head that you’re so ahead of everyone here, then how come you were the last person through my doors’ and with that Barry leaves Wally in the classroom alone.
We then get the first appearance of our villain of the movie, as Wally sulks out of the room he crosses paths with another of the universities professors Eobard Thawne but most of the students name him Professor Zoom, nothing is said as they both seem to be deep in thought.
The next scene is in the late evening at the Allan residence with Barry Allan locked away in his basement speaking into a recorder and turning page after page of notes and formulas scattered all across the room.
‘It’s coming I know it, all these years trying to regain what I lost finally I am now in the final stages to becoming the speedster once more, the night of the accident so long ago I used to believe was pure chance, but after these past years trying to replicate that same accident I have come to believe that the odds of that occurrence far exceed even a billion to one, what if it wasn’t chance what if it was destiny or fate or whatever you want to call it, but what if I was chosen to be the Flash what if what happened that day was always meant to happen, and because of that I know it’s my responsibility to become him once again’.
In the dark basement Barry continues to race through all his notes.
‘Every chemical, every formula from that night I have managed to sneak into my lab at the university and are ready to be set up exactly like they were the night I first experienced the Speed force, all that remains is for the abnormal lightning storm started it off, and after years of waiting my readings show one to occur in three days, however the only problem is the storm will last a matter of seconds and once it passes it may never happen again. Everything must be perfect and precise’.
(Now this little scene after is one of my favourites that I have come up with, very simple but a least in my mind awesome, during this basement scene there’s a little background music being played, it’s called the toy cupboard however after the first minute the tune suddenly changes into a more exciting beat which is perfect for how this scene ends.)
Barry then sees an old newspaper with himself as the Flash on the front page that must have been somehow mixed up in his notes he stops talking for a second and just stares at the picture holding it up in admiration for who he once was.
‘I know the time is coming now that the world will need him once again and if I fail who then could possibly take up the role’.
As soon as the scene ends we go in quick succession to Wally partying with his friends at one of Central City’s biggest nightclubs, the music is loud and vibrant and its clear Wally is having an amazing time dancing and drinking.
As the night goes on Wally overhears his friends talking about missing class tomorrow and pulling an all-nighter, but then Wally does something incredibly rare in his nature and remembers what his uncle was telling him earlier about responsibility and impression, he tells his friends his going home and at first thought he was joking, but he was serious, tomorrow he was going to prove his uncle wrong.
The next day Wally wakes to the sound of his alarm in his apartment and just before going back to sleep jolts himself out of bed rushes through his clothes and jolts out the door, even though he had woke up late he could still just get there on time if only he could get a lift, but with the streets packed and the roads busy he knew there was no way so without thinking he just starts running, as fast as he can he knows at this point he would be late for class once again, he knows that his uncle will give him another speech expressing his disappointment but he didn’t care, he didn’t want to give up that was easy, he wanted to be there today, for just one reason, because he knew Barry wanted him there.
When Wally finally reaches the university he feels like he’s about to collapse his out of breath and very sweaty, but also he’s full of pride he got here, by himself for the right reasons all he had to do was walk in on his uncles class which must only be about halfway through, I can still show I’ve made an effort he thinks to himself.
As he walks towards the corridors and approaches the classroom door he notices a sign informing everyone that class is closed for the day.
‘Oh hell no uncle Barry’ moans a knackered Wally and with that opens the door and walks into the empty room, he looks around and by the looks of things no one has set foot in there all day, suddenly he hears someone coming and see someone about to walk through the door, Wally quickly ducks behind one of the stretched lab tables wanting to remain hidden until he found out who it was.
In his head he thought it could only be his uncle but as he peered over the table’s top he saw that it wasn’t Barry at all but instead Professor Thawne, remaining hidden he watches as Thawne searches behind Barry’s desk through his cupboards and pretty much everywhere else constantly muttering to himself ‘where are they I know it’s you Allan I know it and I know what you’re planning, now where have you hidden them’.
When it’s clear that whatever Thawne wants isn’t in the room he sneaks out leaving Wally to come out from where he was hiding only to then hear ‘WALLY!!!!’
Wally screams at the surprise and looks across to see Barry walking through one of the backroom doors on the higher decks, ‘relax Wally it’s me’
‘I know’ reply’s Wally jokingly ‘that’s why I screamed’
A slight smile spreads across Barry face
BA: ‘What are you doing here Wally, class is closed today I must have left ten messages on your machine last night telling you’.
WW: ‘Ah yeah well the thing is I was out last night’.
BA: ‘Of course you were’ he said with a with a sarcastic tone
WW: ‘But I went home earlier then I had too because I wanted to be here on time for once’.
Barry smiles
BA: ‘Well like I said im doing no classes today I have a lot to do and I can’t have any distractions’ suddenly the mood changes.
WW: ‘Yup sure I hear you loud and clear uncle you don’t want any distractions and of course that’s what I am right.
Barry realising what he said quickly replies ‘Wally I didn’t mean …..’ but before he could say anything else Wally was gone. As Barry walks towards his desk he notices that someone has been moving it all around, knowing that it wasn’t his nephew he looked up realising that someone else was onto what he was planning and that tonight he would have to be extra careful.
As the night quickly approached Barry is seen setting up his custom made lab inside his classroom with certain chemicals and types of potions spread throughout the room and constantly being mixed by the scientist, he then started going through all his notes checking that everything was in the right place and at the right angle etc. so that when the storm hits everything will be precise, Barry then sets up four long vertical steel rods and places them at certain points in the room so that when the storm hits the power would be conducted where he needs it to be.
With all the preparation in place Barry then goes to his laptop and checks the storms condition and to his shock it was mere minutes away, as Barry readies himself to risk his life to once again possess the speed force he stands in the epicentre of the room and closes his eyes ready for what is to come, there was just one problem, he wasn’t alone.
His concentration was interrupted by a familiar voice, It was Professor Thawne.
ET: ‘I knew it was you, for years there was so many times where my thoughts were uncertain but of course it you’.
Barry looks up at him unsure of what he means.
BA: ‘ Thawne what are you doing here ‘.
He laughs
ET: ’You know there were many questions asked when the Flash disappeared so long ago’.
Thawne walked closer towards him and Barry realised that this man knew about his past.
ET:’ Like where has he gone, what’s happened to him, will he ever return, why did he lose all his powers but after all those questions no one asked the one that mattered most, the question I have been searching for ever since your disappearance and the reason as to why I followed you here to work where you work’.
Thawne is standing right in front of Barry now
ET: ‘Would you like me to tell you what that question was’.
Barry just stares at him and quickly glances at the laptop monitor to check when the storm is due to hit.
Thawne whispers in his ear ‘how did the Flash ever come to be’.
And with that Barry realises what Thawne is talking about and what he’s been after, and goes to swing for Thorne, the professor quickly dodges the attack and pushes Barry to the ground and whilst laughing runs out the door with Barry getting up and running after him in hot pursuit, whilst this is all going on however another figure walks into the room completely unaware of what had just happened there, its Wally.
‘Uncle Barry’ he shouted.
‘I just wanted to say sorry for earlier, and whatever you’ve got going on I want to help’.
Wally then notices the set up lab in the room, the steel conductors, the floor covered in wires, every table desk and shelf holding jars of bubbling chemicals.
‘Saying of which what have you got going on’ Wally says in confusion.
(Now this is the moment where everything changes, the scenes keep switching between Wally walking to the epicentre where Barry was standing before, and then to Barry and Thawne fighting throughout the university and finally the fight is taken outside in the pouring night rain, I also think that the song/theme ‘the toy cupboard’ could be playing in the background once again to give it a more dramatic effect, after all what’s about to happen next has have a big build up, with the scenes keep switching Wally remains standing in the epicentre till suddenly a crack of thunder can be heard and the vertical steel conductors suddenly start powering lighting up the wires that surrounded him and causing all the jars of chemicals to explode showering Wally with its contents.
Back outside Barry and Thorne continue to fight and exchange comments of who deserves the power more, until they both realise that the storm is already happening and that both of them are about to miss out what they want forever, suddenly their fight seemed now meaningless and both of them raced back towards the school trying to best the other to be the first one there, little did they know that they were both too late, as the storm raged on and grew stronger Wally began fearing for his safety but for some reason knew that he shouldn’t move, he knew somehow no matter how scary it was that he needed to stay right where he was.
Suddenly the full force of the storm is unleashed and a huge lightning bolt hits Wally completely blinding the room with light, as Barry runs through the classroom door he hears the scream but as the light fades the room is empty, he then looks behind him looking for Thawne but he was gone too properly escaped during the storm.
Barry looked on at his classroom, his experiment had failed, the storm had come and gone, and by his findings it would never return, never again would he become the Flash, but there was something that he did not know, for the ‘accident’ that gave Barry Allan his power so long ago was destiny and was always meant to happen, but now destiny called for someone new to become the Scarlet Speedster and that destiny belonged now to Wally.