Velocity 9
Velocity 9 is a fictional drug in the comic Flash.
Velocity 9
Velocity 9 is a highly addictive drug that grants temporary super-speed, but accelerates the body's metabolism, leading to dehydration, severe exhaustion, psychosis, and what appears to be rapid aging, but is actually the body rapidly consuming itself. Within a very short time of regular use, the user experiences a surge, which physically invigorates their bodies for an indeterminate amount of time. As the drug wears off, they rapidly become emaciated within hours. Upon using the drug again, they quickly revert to their normal size and strength, quickly seeking more money to fuel their addiction. Most addicts become temporary super-criminals, using their super-speed to steal more money for Velocity-9, repeating this cycle until their bodies are severely damaged, sometimes fatally. While the formula mimics the aura that protects the Flashes from friction and other factors associated with super-speed, it does not fully protect against the shock of traveling at such speeds. Many former addicts become invalids afterward, with organ failure and permanent bone warping from the constant stress and micro-fractures caused by their running. One of the first addicts to confront the Flash was a friend of his, whose mind was severely warped by the drug, transforming him into Flash's short-lived arch-enemy. He even went so far as to don a costume and terrorize his loved ones and friends. Once captured and clean of the drug, he spent months in physical rehabilitation to combat the drug's debilitating effects on his body, with the Flash checking up on him periodically after they reconciled their friendship. The original formula, developed by Edward Clariss, had no such side effects, but its effects were only temporary. It was a subsequent impure version of the formula that became the street drug that, for a time, plagued the speedsters. Later Deathstroke was able to create a specific variant of Velocity 9, devoid of any ill effects, for Inertia's use, after Bart Allen internalized the Speed Force following his return so that others could not channel it.[1] While this version has no debilitating effects on the body, it is unknown whether it still possesses the same addictive qualities. If Inertia and the Rival are the only known examples of using this new formula, then their reactions to not having a supply of it may confirm its addictive nature.
Velocity 10
Velocity 10 is a derivative of Velocity 9. The drug also grants users super-speed, but with a different consequence: it causes different parts of the body to metabolize at different rates.
Other media
In "Legends of Today", an episode of the television series The Flash, a drug called Velocity 6 (V6) is developed by Earth-2's Harrison Wells and Caitlin Snow to make the Barry Allen Flash faster against Zoom by improving his ability to take in oxygen using the heat generated by his lightning when he runs. The older Jay Garrick Flash takes the V6, temporarily restoring his own speed, to save Wells' life by removing a bullet preventing Caitlin from operating on Wells. However, Jay states that he will never use the drug again, nor wants Barry to ever take it. In the episode "Welcome to Earth Two", Jay reveals that he had experimented with V6 on Earth-Two to make himself faster, but it ended up making him sick, slowly killing him. Caitlin creates a serum called Velocity 7 to give Jay his speed without the negative side effects. It appears effective until it fails during Jay's fight against Geomancer. Later, Caitlin says that she plans to make more versions of the drug to help Jay.[2][3] In the next episode, "Escape from Earth Two", Caitlin creates Velocity 8, which is made to last longer. However, after simulations show the same long-term effects, she creates Velocity 9 (V9) instead to correct the problems. During V9's development, Caitlin had asked Eliza Harmon for help, as she was having trouble with the synthesis. She sent information on 3 of the 8 components to Eliza. After Geomancer damages a building to draw out the Flash while Barry is on Earth-2, Jay takes V9, giving him his speed back long enough to save the people inside. It's then shown that V9 is beginning to restore Jay's regenerative abilities, repairing the cells damaged from using V6. In episode 16 ("Trajectory"), a new speedster calling herself "Trajectory" appears. She turns out to be a colleague of Caitlin Snow's who used a reverse-engineered V9 to gain superhuman speed and wreak havoc on Central City. The drug caused Eliza to develop an immoral split personality, which became Trajectory. This version of V9 is a highly addictive drug that causes rapid cellular decay if overused. When Trajectory is nearly defeated by the Flash, she takes more V9. As she runs off, her lightning turns blue, like Zoom's, and she dissolves into dust (possibly due to accelerated cellular degeneration). During the conflict, Barry learns of V9's existence and considers using it to increase his own speed and defeat Zoom. However, after some advice from Wells, he decides not to use the drug and destroys the only remaining sample.
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References
- ↑ The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive
- ↑ Burlingame, Russ (November 29, 2015). "The Flash/Arrow Crossover To Introduce Velocity 9?". Comic Book.com.
- ↑ Casteele, John (November 29, 2015). "Is The Flash About To Introduce Velocity 9?". Screen Rant.
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