Welcome to My Corner

Blue Devil #30 (November 1986): "Too Many Rogues"

Flash Vol. 2 #190 (November 2002): "Rat Race" [Flashback – reconciles with his parents]

Flash Vol. 2 #20 (winter 1988): "Lost, Worthless and Forgotten"

Flash Vol. 2 #23 (February 1989): "The Clipper Returns" [transformed into a puppet by Kadabra]

Secret Origins Vol. 2 #41 (June 1989): "A Rogue by Any Other Name"

Flash Vol. 2 #31 (October 1989): "The Comfort of A Stranger"

Flash Vol. 2 #32 (November 1989): "Welcome to Keystone City"

Flash Vol. 2 #33 (December 1989): "Joker's Holiday" [behind the scenes - Mason says Hartley is staying with his parents for a while]

Flash Vol. 2 #35 (February 1990): "Behold the Turtle!"

DC Retro-Active: The Flash: 1980s (Oct 2011): "The Path Of True Love"

Flash Vol. 2 #44 (November 1990): "Balance Sheet"

Flash Vol. 2 #46 (January 1991): "The Day of the Beast"

Flash Vol. 2 #47 (February 1991): "Old Dogs New Teeth"

Flash Vol. 2 #51 (June 1991): "Rage of the Proletariat"

Flash Vol. 2 #53 (August 1991): "Fast Friends"

Flash Vol. 2 #56 (November 1991): "The Way of A Will"

Flash Vol. 2 #57 (December 1991): "Way of A Will, Part 2"

Flash Vol. 2 #58 (January 1992): "The Barry Allen Foundation"

Flash Vol. 2 #60 (March 1992): "Last Resorts, Part 2"

Flash Vol. 2 #61 (April 1992): "The Old Wedding Dodge"

Flash Vol. 2 #67 (August 1992): "Misdirection"

Flash Vol. 2 #69 (October 1992): "Gorilla Warfare, Ch. 2: Life In the Fast Lane" [behind the scenes - Wally has a phone message from Hartley]

Flash Vol. 2 #74 (March 1993): "Trust"

Flash Vol. 2 #80 (early September 1993): "Back on Track, Ch. 1: Opposites Attract"

Flash Vol. 2 #81 (late September 1993): "Back on Track, Ch. 2: Friends and Lovers"

Flash Vol. 2 #82 (early October 1993): "Back on Track, Ch. 3: Into the Underworld"

Flash Vol. 2 #86 (January 1994): "Rival Forces" [behind the scenes - Hartley gave Wally a tip about an underworld tech guy]

Flash Vol. 2 #87 (February 1994): "Christmas Rush"

Flash Vol. 2 #90 (May 1994): "On the Run"

Flash Vol. 2 #93 (August 1994): "Reckless Youth, Ch. 2: Quick Study"

Flash Vol. 2 #94 (September 1994): "Reckless Youth, Ch. 3: Just Do It!"

Flash Vol. 2 #97 (January 1995): "Terminal Velocity, Mach 3: The Other Side of Light"

Flash Vol. 2 #98 (February 1995): "Terminal Velocity, Mach 4: Hit and Run"

Flash Vol. 2 #99 (March 1995): "Terminal Velocity, Redline: Ultimate Rush"

Flash Vol. 2 #100 (April 1995): "Terminal Velocity, Overdrive: The Quick and the Dead"

Guy Gardner: Warrior #29 (March 1995): "It's My Party and I'll Fight If I Want To"

Flash Vol. 2 #106 (October 1995): "Back with a Vengeance"

DCU Holiday Bash I (January 1997): "Present Tense"

Flash Vol. 2 #112 (April 1996): "Future Perfect"

Flash Vol. 2 #118 (October 1996): "Race Against Time!, Aftermath: Cold, Cold Heart"

Flash Vol. 2 #120 (December 1996): "Presidential Race, Ch. 1: Circular Logic"

Flash Vol. 2 #121 (January 1997): "Presidential Race, Ch. 2: Down to the Wire"

Flash Vol. 2 #127 (July 1997): "Hell to Pay, Part 1: Hell Breaks Loose"

Flash Vol. 2 #128 (August 1997): "Hell to Pay, Part 2: Heart and Souls"

New Year's Evil: The Rogues #1 (February 1998): "Men & Gods"

Flash Vol. 2 Annual #10/2 (1997): "Sound and Fury"

Flash Vol. 2 #140 (August 1998): "The Black Flash, Part II"

Flash Vol. 2 #154 (November 1999): "Dimensionally Challenged" [**another Earth - not this universe's Hartley**]

Flash Vol. 2 #155 (December 1999): "Payback Unlimited"

Flash Vol. 2 #156 (January 2000): "Convergence"

Flash Vol. 2 #157 (February 2000): "Setting the Stage"

Flash Vol. 2 #168 (January 2001): [Wonderland] "Chapter Five: Brother Grimm"

Flash Vol. 2 #169 (February 2001): [Wonderland] "Chapter Six: Enemies and Allies"

Flash Vol. 2 #170 (March 2001): "Blood Will Run I: Breaking the Foundation"

Flash Vol. 2 #171 (April 2001): "Blood Will Run II: The Harvest" [behind the scenes - Linda calls him and gets his voice mail]

Flash: Iron Heights (2001): [Iron Heights]

Flash Vol. 2 #178 (November 2001): "Caged"

Flash Vol. 2 #179 (December 2001): "Smile for the Camera"

DC First: Flash/Superman #1 (July 2002): "Speeding Bullets"

Flash Vol. 2 #189 (October 2002): "Messengers"

Flash Vol. 2 #190 (November 2002): "Rat Race"

Flash Vol. 2 #210 (July 2004): "Reconnected"

Flash Vol. 2 #215 (December 2004): "The Secret of Barry Allen, Part Two: Reformed"

Flash Vol. 2 #216 (January 2005): "The Secret of Barry Allen, Part Three: Spinning"

Flash Vol. 2 #217 (February 2005): "Post-Crisis"

Flash Vol. 2 #218 (March 2005): "Rogue Profile: Heat Wave"

Flash Vol. 2 #½ (2005): “Rogue Wars Prologue: Tricksters”

Flash Vol. 2 #220 (May 2005): "Rogue War Chapter 1"

Flash Vol. 2 #221 (June 2005): "Rogue War Chapter 2"

Flash Vol. 2 #222 (July 2005): "Rogue War Chapter 3"

Flash Vol. 2 #223 (August 2005): "Rogue War Chapter 4"

Flash Vol. 2 #224 (September 2005): "Rogue War Chapter 5"

Flash Vol. 2 #225 (October 2005): "Rogue War Conclusion"

Flash Vol. 2 #226 (November 2005): "Down Time"

Countdown To Final Crisis #51 (July 2007): "Look to the Skies"

Countdown To Final Crisis #50 (July 2007): "Last Laugh"

Countdown To Final Crisis #49 (July 2007): "Stretching the Truth"

Countdown To Final Crisis #47 (August 2007): "Bricks In the Wall"

Countdown To Final Crisis #46 (August 2007): "Weapon of War"

Flash: The Fastest Man Alive #11 (June 2007): "Full Throttle: Storm Front"

Flash: The Fastest Man Alive #12 (July 2007): "Full Throttle: Running Out of Time"

Flash: The Fastest Man Alive #13 (August 2007): "Full Throttle: Conclusion"

All Flash #1 (September 2007): "Justice, Like Lightning"

Countdown To Final Crisis #44 (August 2007): "Changes of Address"

Countdown To Final Crisis #43 (September 2007): "The Funeral"

Countdown To Final Crisis #42 (September 2007): "Shock to the System"

Countdown To Final Crisis #41 (September 2007): "Another Fine Mess"

Countdown To Final Crisis #40 (September 2007): "Small Wonders"

Countdown To Final Crisis #39 (October 2007): "Do Not Pass Go"

Countdown To Final Crisis #38 (October 2007): "All Hell!"

Countdown To Final Crisis #37 (October 2007): "Forbidden Fruit"

Countdown To Final Crisis #36 (October 2007): "Magical Mystery Tour"

Countdown To Final Crisis #34 (November 2007): "Searching for Answers"

Countdown To Final Crisis #33 (November 2007): "Let's Make A Deal"

Countdown To Final Crisis #32 (November 2007): "Girls Gone Wild"

Countdown To Final Crisis #30 (December 2007): "Family Feud"

Countdown To Final Crisis #29 (December 2007): "Another Country Heard From"

Countdown To Final Crisis #28 (December 2007): "Now, Forager!"

Countdown To Final Crisis #27 (December 2007): "Disasters, Great & Otherwise"

Countdown To Final Crisis #25 (January 2008): "Bedlam Below!"

Countdown To Final Crisis #22 (February 2008): "Miracle Mile!"

Countdown To Final Crisis #21 (February 2008): "Down and Out...And Beyond"

Countdown To Final Crisis #20 (February 2008): "Loneliest Number"

Countdown To Final Crisis #19 (February 2008): "Season's Beatings"

Countdown To Final Crisis #12 (April 2008): "Come Together"

Countdown To Final Crisis #11 (April 2008): "Eye Of The Beholder"

Countdown To Final Crisis #10 (April 2008): "The Gods Must Be Crazy!"

Countdown To Final Crisis #9 (April 2008): "Pay The Piper"

Countdown To Final Crisis #1 (June 2008): "Loose Ends"

Final Crisis: Rogues' Revenge #1 (September 2008): "Final Crisis: Rogues' Revenge, Book One"

Final Crisis: Rogues' Revenge #2 (October 2008): "Final Crisis: Rogues' Revenge, Book Two"

Final Crisis: Rogues' Revenge #3 (November 2008): "Final Crisis: Rogues' Revenge, Book Three"

Miles works his way through the room, wincing at the charred corpses of two people who were too small to be true human adults. He marks their location and says a prayer before moving onto the next area.

Burnt out computers. Destroyed walls. Nothing left here besides death.

Hours of this, of shifting through the remains of a colony. The team long since dispersed to cover as much ground as they could.

Miles has never been more appreciative of the heavy weight of the communicator on his chest.

It’s the only thing that makes sure he’s not out here in a destroyed shell of a whole civilization.

Beep!

Miles looks down, sharply, at the noise from his tricorder.

An active source of power, not far from him.

Weak, barely registering, but there.

It’s not worth trying to make his uniform presentable, all sweaty and covered in soot as it is from hours of manual labor, so Miles focuses on pure speed to get to the blip on his tricorder. Uncaring of walking right over large piles of debris, taking shortcuts, climbing over a husk of a railing.

It was some kind of bathroom, or closet at one point, when the building was standing. Tucked away in a spot that happened to have a lot of bracing above it.

“Hello?” Miles has to ask, seeing the facsimile of a structure still standing while reading a power source. “Hello?”

A weak cough, “He-Hello?”

Federation Standard.

“Are you hurt?” Miles immediately asks. He’s already hitting his communicator, already shifting into problem solving mode. “O’Brien here. Send a medical team to my location I’ve got a survivor.”

“Help me.” The voice says, soft, weak, childlike.

A small, tanned hand worms it’s way through the cracked door. Dirty fingernails muddy with dirt, soot, and blood. “Help me.”

“You’re gonna be alright!” Miles is desperately looking for a way to safely get this kid out of here. “The medical team is on their way-“

The kid lets out a sob. The hand flexing wildly. “Please-“

The sound of a transporter beam flares behind them.

Miles reaches out and grabs that little hand, holding it. “Hey. Hey what’s your name, kiddo?”

The medical team has arrived. They’re moving in, three of them all dressed in science blues. Medical Tricorders going crazy at biological readings that Miles own tools weren’t equipped to recognize.

“Anyway to move the structure?” A nurse asks, looking at Miles-

With four people there’s a lot more Miles is able to do, and it’s no time at all for them to pry the blocked door open-

From the crack, the darkness behind the closed door, that little hand turns into a thin arm that squeezes out a desperate, frantic, bleeding teenager.

The kid can’t be older than fifteen, a deep cut across his head, bleeding into his eye.

The poor kid looks terrified, brown eyes blown wide, his white clothes wrecked with soot, blood, and dust. He’s gripping hard against a small bag that must be his personal belongings.

He grabs onto Miles’s hands, hyperventilating.

“You’re okay.” Miles promises, helping take the beanpole’s weight as the medical team dives in to do their jobs. Frantic tricorders beeping all kinds of things to them. “What’s your name, kiddo?”

“Julian-“ the kid answers this time, stuttering, sucking in breaths of disgusting air at a frantic pace. He’s crying, sweaty, and gross. The kid probably needs a good meal and a long nap. “Julian Bashir- I was with my group. My teacher-“

“Something came down and attacked your planet.” Miles tries to explain as gently as he can. He’s not one of this fancy officers with all the right words. He just knows how to fix a thing or two in engineering and shoot a phaser well enough. “I’m sorry. Your colony didn’t survive.”

A look of confusion flashes across the kids features, of disbelief, of something disbelieving- but that’s what shock will do to you. “My colony? No-“

A hypospray for the pain gets injected into Julian’s right arm, and the poor kid jumps almost a foot into the air.

Miles immediately begins to placate again, wrapping the kid in an embrace. “It’s alright!” Miles promises, “We’re gonna get you someplace safe, okay? I’m sorry about your colony, kiddo, I really am, but we’ll be safer on the Rutledge, yeah?”

Julian looks across a desolate, bombed our wasteland that’s viable through the holes in the building they stand in. The smoking remains of what was probably once his entire life. His family. His home.

Terrible thing for a kid to be ripped away from his family. Terrible thing for a kid to grow up alone.

“My colony.” Julian says, as if tasting the words for the first time, brown eyes wide, wide, wide, unblinking at the ash grey snow that rains down the remains of his home. “My colony. I’m a colonist. This was my home.”

Well. Kids a little weird- but Miles can blame that on the head wound.

A medic taps their communicator. “Nurse Stevens to Rutledge. Five to beam up.”

Julian grabs tighter, fingers digging desperately into Miles’s jumpsuit. “Thank you.” He whispers into Miles’s uniform, “Thank you for saving me.”