I am completely aware that velocity is a vector and speed is a scalar. I am aware they are not the same. Just messed up the translation, the brighter ones get it. I profusely apologize.
My solution is very sketchy, but we want the math right. However, I've came to 2 thoughts that helped me get to the solution, and those are:
The only way that you can launch a ball at a velocity and have it be the same velocity two seconds later, is if it's already reached its maximum height...