Meeting the SPEED FORCE part 1

'That was a good rest, my mind feels at peace'

Jayden yawned as he slowly opened his eyes, he checked his wrist watch and noticed that it was 06:30 am.

He slowly got up and within a split second his bed was made and his room was back in perfect order.

He looked at his travel bag and began to pack everything in the empty shelves and drawers.

'I should do my hygienic routine before I leave the room'

The holographic interface on his desk pinged and with a dash he appeared near the desk and began to analyse the interface.

Jayden touched the interface and noticed that it was hard light Ui, He began to skim through it out of curiosity.

'This is better than I expected'

It carried all standard smartphone functions, including messages, contacts, media access, and a synced backup of his old phone's data.

A 3D map of Titans Tower was included, though certain sections were restricted based on clearance level.

Integrated comms allowed access to team frequencies, alerts, and emergency lines.

The system also featured mission logs, training schedules, and access permissions essential tools for a member of the Titans.

Jayden picked up the small translucent cube that was already displaying a holographic interface above it.

He turned it slightly, studying the projections maps, data, basic access functions.

Then the cube began to wiggle.

Before he could react, it slipped from his hand and landed softly against his wristwatch.

The cube fused into the watch, to be precise the cube melted into the surface of his digital Casio watch.

The screen darkened for a second, then lit back up this time with ticking hands, clean and smooth.

The watch face shifted from digital to analog, the glass clearer, the body a little thicker.

The strap tightened snugly against his wrist, locking in with mechanical precision

' The CoreLink became one with my watch like the guideline suggested, a hybrid of Martian and Kryptonian technology is amazing'

Jayden looked at his wrist and noticed a nice, simple analog watch, it looked slightly expensive sleek, clean, and quiet in design.

But he knew this was just a disguise.

A single tap was all it would take for the real functions to activate.

'Let me take a shower'

Thanks to the Cubelink Jayden noticed that his room had its own bathroom.

Jayden picked up his ID card and stepped toward the wall and placed the card flat against it.

A thin vertical line of light appeared, then split sideways as the wall silently parted and folded back in smooth panels.

He glanced inside and began to scan the room.

Inside, there was a plain white bathroom, a shower, a bathtub, a toilet and a sink.

However, Jayden used his visions...x-ray, infrared, and microscopic expecting to find nothing, and as expected, there was no surveillance inside.

He entered the bathroom and turned on the shower, letting the water run for a few seconds before stepping in.

It was quick, clean, and done in under a minute.

Jayden stepped out, wrapped a towel around his waist, and exited back into his room.

As the door slid shut behind him, a beam of sunlight poured in through the window and hit his skin.

He paused for a moment, letting it soak in, He felt instantly refreshed...rejuvenated.

And within a split second, he was dressed and ready.

'Let me checkout the training room before meeting everyone first'

Jayden focused his hearing, letting the low hum of the tower fade into the background, At first, there was nothing unusual just the quiet hum of tech and systems in standby.

But as he listened deeper, filtering through the stillness, he caught something.

Footsteps.

Quick, light, steady.

Then came the crackle...sharp, brief flickers of electricity in the air, It wasn't just someone running, it was a speedster.

The rhythm, the surge, the faint shockwave in each step made it obvious.

Whoever it was, they were in the gym, and they were moving fast and that was the only active presence Jayden could sense in the entire tower.

...

"CRASH!!!, this is totally fun! Feeling the speed, the rush, the adrenaline it's the best feeling ever!"

Jayden entered the gym and noticed a blur that was emitting Orange lighting running on a treadmill.

"That must be Bar..."

"Bartholomew Henry Allen II, the fam calls me Bart, but honestly, I'm all about Barth, y'know, with an H! Codename? Impulse. Pretty crash, huh?"

Jayden turned his head and found Bart inches from his face.

What disturbed him wasn't the rapid-fire words or how close he was, it was the fact that he'd blinked… once… and Barth was already near him.

"You must be JK, Big Blue's son right??"

"Big Blue?? Oh yeah"

"Schway!!!... Oops I am supposed to address by your codename... Prime right, this secret Identity thing is SO retro"

Jayden stared at him, trying to keep up.

Bart's words came in bursts irregular, high-energy, jumping from one point to another like his thoughts were racing to outrun his mouth.

Jayden wasn't sure if he should respond, ask for clarification, or just let it pass.

"DUDE!!!, you're part of the mode no one told me this... can you please show me your lightning"

' The mode???....ohh he means the speed force, I forgot that speedsters can sense one another through speed force resonance'

"I haven't manifested any...I don't know how"

"WHAAAT?! No lightning yet?" Bart zipped around him in a tight circle, his voice overlapping itself as he spoke. "That's like, speedster 101....Ahh you primary rely on your raw speed more instead of the mode"

As soon as Jayden heard Bart, he understood what he meant.

He relied heavily on his raw speed to the point where he subconsciously neglects the speed force, making his connection with it weak.

So weak that he couldn't manifest lightning or experience the same perception true speedsters had, the perception of those who actually tapped into the Force.

"I can help you feel the mode," Bart said, bouncing slightly on his heels. "See, I wasn't always this schway

I was born with hyper-metabolism, like my body was in overdrive from day one back in the 31st century.

My connection to the mode's always been... different, so I think I can help"

Jayden didn't know if it was the way Bart spoke, the raw honesty in his energy, or something else entirely but he felt it.

A connection.

Not quite friendship, not quite kinship, but something close.

Like they both understood what it meant to be born with expectations too heavy for their age.

In a single step, he appeared beside the treadmill and tapped his chest, after a split second his suit began to activate.

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