After an extreme street battle with the Reverse-Flash, our city's very own Scarlet Speedster disappeared in an explosion of light. The cause of the fight is currently unknown. According to witnesses, The Flash, with help from Starling City's Green Arrow, The Atom, and Hawkgirl, began fighting the Reverse-Flash around midnight last night. The sky took on a deep crimson color as the evening battle created the worst destruction this city has seen since The Flash first arrived in Central City.
Several trucks were caught in the fray, spilling their contents into the street. Power outages swept nearly twenty city blocks, between Fifth Street and Adams Avenue. Five of those blocks still remain without power. All of the buildings in the area were evacuated by the CCPD, with additional help from The Atom.
According to reports, as The Flash and Reverse-Flash battled with each other between two overturned tanker trucks, the lightning emanating from the speedsters threatened to ignite spilled oil leaking from one of the trucks.
The smoke from the truck's engine made it difficult to see, but it appeared at one point they were having a very heated conversation before continuing the fight. Then, suddenly, The Flash sped after Reverse-Flash, and the two vanished leaving The Atom, Green Arrow and Hawkgirl behind.
An eyewitness who watched the battle from her apartment building before being evacuated said: "It was hard to see, but The Flash and Reverse-Flash were zipping up and down Adams Avenue and then there was a whole bolt of lightning, and then nothing. It was weird."
Other witnesses described a similar phenomenon: a blinding light followed by darkness before the sky returned to black. And as the street cleared, it took only a moment to realize The Flash and Reverse-Flash were gone without a trace.
Central City Police Chief, Joe West offered a press conference in the wee hours of the morning stating, "We don't have very many details now. What we do know is tonight Central City's greatest protector vanished in a flash. We only hope he returns just as quickly. A sentiment shared by all who call this great...