When West was about ten years old, he was visiting his uncle's police laboratory, and the freak accident that gave Allen his powers repeated itself, bathing West in electrically-charged chemicals.
Ketika West berusia sekitar sepuluh tahun, ia mengunjungi laboratorium kepolisian pamannya, dan kecelakaan aneh yang membuat Allen kekuatannya terulang, memandikan West dengan bahan kimia bermuatan listrik.