The Flash: Fastest Man Alive #2 is a chapter in the digital-first series The Flash: Fastest Man Alive (Volume 1 (Digital)) with a cover date of May, 2020.
Synopsis for "Run Like There's No Tomorrow"
This story is reprinted from The Flash Giant (Volume 2) #2.
Lieutenant Beth Arden, alias Shift, after travelling to the past is immediately attacked by Central City's police officers, though immediately knocks them out. It is revealed that she has come to eliminate the Flash. In the present, Barry saves two kids from a neighborhood that is is bombed simultaneously. He leaves them at the city's hospital after escaping a mine blast he accidentally triggered and heads back out on the streets to find the perpetrator.
Four hours ago, Barry along with Captain Coover and Detective Ulski was investigating the bodies of a young couple found on a train track, even though no train has used it for months due to ongoing maintenance work. Ulski thinks they were run over, but Barry recognizes that there are no impact wounds and they smell of cotton candy as well as sawdust which means they were killed at a carnival, but thrown at the tracks to cover it up.
Back in the present, Barry gets chased by a heat-seeking missile which surprisingly catches up to him. Shift holds him down after he is knocked over by the missile's explosion and declares that she's here to kill him for what he did to her world. Five hours earlier, she had thought up the plan to find him by causing destruction in Central City. Back in present, Shift introduces herself and states that she is a member of the Speed Force Resistance.
Flash tries to escape from her clutches, but all his methods fail. After she throws her electric trident at him, Flash swims into the Wahasapi river and escapes by vibrating through the bedrock. Flash then disarms her but assures to help fix whatever he did wrong in the future. Shift explains that a man named Eobard Thawne tried to gain his powers in the 25th century after reading comics about Flash's adventures. He however overclocked and became mad, believing Flash was responsible for his condition. As a result, he killed millions since he assumed they all worked for the Flash.
Shift tells Barry to come to the 25th century to stop Thawne if he is genuine about helping and gifts him her badge. Ulski calls up Barry just after Shift goes back to her time and tells him that he was right about the couple found dead on the train tracks earlier, offering to buy him drinks the next day, but Barry is unsure.
Appearing in "Run Like There's No Tomorrow"
Featured Characters:
- The Flash (Flashback and main story)
Supporting Characters:
- Central City Police Department (Flashback and main story)
- Captain Coover (Flashback only)
- Detective Ulski (Flashback and main story)
Antagonists:
- Shift (Flashback and main story) (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Reverse-Flash (Flashback only)
- Speed Force Resistance (Mentioned only)
- Superman (Mentioned only)
Items:
- Shift Armor
Locations:
- Central City
- Wahasapi river
- 25th Century
See Also
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- Cover gallery for the The Flash: Fastest Man Alive series