Valerie Perez
| Valerie Perez | |
|---|---|
S.T.A.R. Labs | |
| Supporting character of | Bart Allen |
Valerie Perez is a fictional character, a
Fictional character biography
The daughter of one of the enemies of the previous Flashes, Professor
Near that same time, Valerie's relationship to Mota was discovered by her employers, and despite Tina McGee's efforts, she was fired from her job at S.T.A.R. Labs. Mota called Valerie at her office, wanting to meet her, though she refused. Later, her father visited Valerie at her home, having somehow been transformed into an energy being, by reasons not yet explained. Leaving behind a fake
Bart arrived to the penthouse of a Las Vegas hotel, only to find Inertia. Inertia then led Bart to Valerie, revealing that she was wired to a bomb. Faced with the classic choice of saving the girl he loves or Las Vegas, Bart deactivates the bomb and leads the bolt from the cannon around the world to destroy itself (arguably also the classic choice of a speedster). Inertia escaped and Bart, after aiding Las Vegas in recouping from the power loss of the cannon firing, returned to the penthouse to find Valerie. They rekindled their relationship there until morning.
Mota arrives at the penthouse, to try to convince Valerie of his love for her and desire to become human again, but is once again rebuffed by his daughter and thwarted by Bart Allen, being trapped in an electromagnet.
Valerie planned to rejoin
Her loss of employment, the strain of having a relationship with a metahuman of convoluted origins whose biological and chronological ages don't match and her growing feelings of isolation and inadequacy lead Valerie to carelessly vent her troubles and feelings, including the concern about Bart's
While Valerie attempted to patch things up, opening up to Bart about her feelings and concerns, Bart snappily told her about
Later, having a change of heart about Bart's concerns about her, she followed him to the Police Academy, hoping to restart their relationship. But Bart, having been forewarned by his grandmother Iris West, about a battle awaiting him in the near future, with only few chances to win, and stay alive, spurned her coldly, hoping to spare her the pain of his highly probable death.[6]
Despite this, Iris Allen showed up to call Bart's bluff to her, asking for Valerie's help in foiling Inertia's plan to strip the Speed Force out of Bart, and leave him to die at the hands of the Rogues. Valerie complies, but fails: as Bart, now powerless, stopped Inertia from attacking Valerie and prevented her from tampering with the machines meant to steal Bart's powers, the Rogues, afraid of being incarcerated again and miscalculating the strength of their best shots upon a powerless Flash, killed him in front of Valerie's eyes.
As Valerie held his hands for the last time, with his dying breath Bart Allen finally professed his undying love for her.[1][7]
Valerie has
References
- ^ OCLC 213309017
- ^ The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive, no. 1 (August, 2006). DC Comics.
- ^ The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive, no. 7 (February, 2007). DC Comics.
- ^ The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive, no. 8 (February, 2007). DC Comics.
- ^ The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive, no. 9 (April 2007). DC Comics.
- ^ The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive, no. 11 (June 2007). DC Comics.
- ^ The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive, no. 13 (August 2007). DC Comics.
