Writer's note: This is my first Flash fanfic.
Please note that I am not that good with science talk, so I can't really explain things like the show has Barry, Cisco, Caitlin and others explain things as well as the writers of the show(I'll try my best). Sorry. Don't hate me!
Disclaimer: Also, I haven't read the comics (I really want to!), but I know the basics. So any new characters I make are from my head. If they resemble any superheroes, it was NOT intentional. I am not ripping off other superheroes. And I do NOT claim to own The Flash or any of the show's/comic's characters. I only own my OC's (which I came up with by myself and not from anything I read or saw.
Also I don't know where this story would fit into the show (maybe sometime before Earth 2). I will figure it out. And I didn't want to add Wells/Reverse Flash, because the writers on the show had everything he did planned to lead up to his reveal, so I didn't want to ruin that. If you think I should add him anyways, let me know and I'll try.
Anyways I hope you enjoy this fan fiction! (:
"Barry?" Caitlin's voice came through the earpiece in The Flash's earpiece. The Flash- also known as Barry Allen to the select few who know his secret identity- was just a red streak through the streets of Central City. He was running- as always- trying to clear his mind. Trying to forget the drama in his life. "There's a metahuman incident at the bank on Anderson Street. Apparently it's a Meta-human who can control water." Caitlin said as she typed on one of the computers in The Flash's headquarters, trying to get more information.
"So cool!" Cisco said as he watched a low quality video that had just been uploaded onto the Internet. It showed man putting his arm out and water burst out of a pipe in a wall of the bank. The water slammed into the teller's bulletproof glass and other directions. The screams of scared innocent customers were heard over the rushing water.
"I'm on it!" The Flash said as he made a turn and ran down another street towards the scene.
A few seconds later, he arrived. What he saw looked like a scene from a movie. The front wall of the bank looked as if something heavy had pushed it in- water, he guessed. Rumble was scattered all over the tile floor of the bank and wet brick steps leading up the bank. The Flash narrowed his eyes as he saw the villain inside. He was a middle-aged man of about six feet, in a long jacket and pants. He was drenched in water, but it didn't seem to bother him.
Water slushed around the floor of the bank. Drenched customers and employees huddled in the right back corner of the bank. An evil sounding laugh came from the man as a wall of water rushed toward the innocent people. The Flash knew he wouldn't have time to save them all. Before he could move, a loud bang filled the bank and random objects seemed to move toward the terrified people. His heart skipped a beat. It looked like they were going to collide and kill the terrified people, but then he saw the objects were forming a barrier between them and the rushing water. The Flash stared in disbelief. Was the man using powers to save the people he just tried to kill a second ago?
Then he saw it. A woman, about Barry's age, was kneeling in front of the other customers. She had her arms wrapped around her face, as if to defend herself from the oncoming water. Her palms, fingers spread, were facing the wall that formed between her and the water. She was trembling. It seemed she was unaware of the wall of desks, rumble, chairs and other objects that barricaded her from the wall of water that smashed into it. She seemed to be the one who was forming the wall a few feet in front of her and the other civilians.
"There's another Meta-human." The Flash whispered to Cisco and Caitlin.
"Another?" The idea got his attention and he sat upright in his chair and put down the Slurpee he was drinking a second before. "What are the powers?"
"It seems she can move things with her mind." He responded.
"Okay, seriously? Now that's sweet!" Cisco grinned, "She's like a Jedi!"
Caitlin laughed and shook her head at Cisco's excitement.
The Flash ran past the man and around the wall that now stood about fifteen feet tall, to the huddled people behind it. "Is everyone alright?" He looked at them; seeing that there were several children in the arms of their mothers, bank employees, and other customers. They nodded slowly, still terrified of the man behind the wall.
The Meta-human woman barely heard the voice. After a few seconds, she realized she did hear a voice and slowly lowered her arms a bit. She turned her head toward the owner of the voice. Seeing The Flash about ten feet to the right and behind her, she opened her mouth slowly to say something, but nothing came out.
The Flash could see she was shaken. He stepped toward her to try to comfort her, but another loud noise was heard as another wave of water hit the wall, trying to get at the innocent civilians. The noise made the woman look in front of her. She gasped at the sight of the wall. It started to shake and fall as she looked at her hands, still facing the wall as if pushing the wall upright. She looked in disbelief.
"Am I doing that? No. It can't be! How?" She said in a shaky and disbelieving voice. She moved her hands down and the wall started to come down, as if obeying her hand signals. Her hands began to shake as she realized it was indeed her. She was mentally holding up the wall.
The Flash stepped forward. "You are saving them. It is you. You can do this." He said in a best calm voice, but loud enough to be heard over the clanging of falling tables and debris and flowing water behind it. "Do you think you can hold it up while I get them out of here?" He whispered as he looked back at the wide-eyed people, huddling in the corner.
She took a deep breath, trying to convince herself she could. Another wave hit the wall and she gritted her teeth. She didn't want these people to die, because she wasn't able keep this barrier up. She shakily nodded as she stood up. Her knees felt weak, but she did her best to stay standing. She extended her hands and tried to mentally rebuild the barricade that was falling. Once it was finally back up, she turned her head towards The Flash and nodded to let him know she was ready.
The Flash nodded back, trying to convince her. He ran towards the others and picked up a woman and child. She sped around the wall and out of the bank before the water reached the wall again. The man had no time to react to the flash of yellow lightning that sped past him.
The Flash dropped them off across the street and went back inside for another pair. After only two minutes- which also included avoiding the surge of water that tried to catch him- his task was done. He saw the police cars racing down the street towards the bank. He turned to the still shaken civilians and said, "Stay here. The police will protect you. You will be fine." A chorus of "thank you"s was heard over the noise inside the bank as he raced back into the bank. He made his way back to the woman and picked her up, before heading back outside. She lost focus as he grabbed her and rushed outside. The wall started to crumble once more and water rushed over the rumble of desks, chairs, bricks and other random objects.
The bank was flooded with water and the man now turned the water towards the yellow flash of lightning that made it's way out of the bank. The water almost lapped at The Flash's feet as he ran down the stairs and across the street. He placed the still frightened woman at the curb and stood in front of the group for a second. "Stay here." He said and rushed back inside. The woman looked down at her hands in disbelief and pulled her drenched jacket closer around her. She wasn't sure what just happened inside the bank.
The police arrived, assessed the situation and rushed to the civilians to make sure they weren't injured. They knew by now not to interrupt The Flash while he fought.
The Flash stopped twenty feet from the man who caused all this destruction. "How do I stop him?" He whispered to Cisco and Caitlin, before returning his attention to the man. "You don't need to do this!" He shouted to the drenched man who looked like he was going to explode from anger.
"They robbed me! So I deserve money in return! That's the least they could have done!" The man yelled over the sound of the water.
The Flash thought fast. Who were they? What did they do to this man to make him turn into this evil person?
"Do you got anything?" He whispered into the suit.
Caitlin's voice came through the earpiece. "We are running facial recognition from the video uploaded on the Internet." There was the sound of computer keys clicking.
The man started walking towards the bank vault, water making what looked like a trail behind him.
"Work fast." The Flash whispered before he sped through the bank and stopped in front of the man. His back was towards the locked bank vault as he stared at the villain. "There has to be another way! I can help you!"
The man growled angrily and flicked his hand. A wave of water headed for The Flash. Just before the water was to hit him, he sped behind the man. The man grinned and turned back to the vault. He moved his hand and water moved to the vault handle. The water started to grow and raced to the handle. The pressure of the fast moving water made the five-pronged handle move slowly.
"I got it!" Cisco said into the earpiece.
"His name is Jack Clark. He was a Civil Engineer at the Central City Water District until an accident on the night of the Particle Accelerator explosion." Caitlin said. She and Cisco looked at each other. They both knew what happened- at least the vague outline. Somehow the explosion caused Jack's body to change and become a Meta-human. "It says a pipe burst and he drowned." Caitlyn added as she read more.
"It seems he didn't die." Cisco paused and smirked. "Or maybe he did! And he's some kind of zombie who can control water!" Caitlin glared over at him to tell him she doubted that was what happened.
The Flash shook his head and chuckled. "How do I stop him?" He whispered as he watched the man force the water forward to slowly open the vault. He knew he only had a minute tops before the vault would open.
"Fire?" Cisco asked. "Fire is the opposite of water!"
The Flash looked around for anything that could be used to make fire. "I don't see anything that could-"
"Electricity." A female voice whispered behind The Flash. He turned around quickly to see the woman who had made the wall just a few minutes ago. She stepped forward. Damp long blonde hair fell over her shoulder and The Flash could see her better now. She was dressed simply in jeans, boots, a t-shirt, a leather jacket and a scarf. She tried to hold herself up in a confident way, but he could see she was still shaken from the events that took place moments before. "There's a reason parents tell kids not to swim in a pool while there's a thunderstorm, or have a hairdryer near the sink."
"Oh she's good!" Cisco chimed in and smirked.
"It could work. A low voltage of electricity could stun him long enough to get him back here and lock him up." Caitlin said as she typed on the computer.
The Flash smiled at her for the good idea and turned back towards the man. The water had almost opened the vault door. He looked around quickly for anything he could use. He saw wires running along the wall.
"Get out of the water!" She yelled at him. The Flash turned back to look at the woman, but she was gone. He looked around and saw she was standing on a dry desk against a wall to his left. She carefully pulled another set of wires out of a wall. The Flash opened his mouth to tell her he would do this. He didn't want to put an innocent civilian in danger. But before he could say anything she was already throwing a wire towards the water. At super speed he jumped back, out of a puddle of water. As the woman let go of the wire she quickly kneeled down on the desk and shielded her face with her hands.
In a blink of an eye, electricity made the room as bright as the sun, it coursed through the water like eels. The man screamed as it hit him. The Flash had to shield his eyes with his hands as the electricity brightened and it hard to see. After a few seconds it dimmed. He slowly lowered his hands to see the man shaking on the ground. The man got on his feet and narrowed his eyes at The Flash and the woman. The electricity wasn't enough to stun him. He swung his arm toward the wall on his left and the water raced toward it. The wall burst open and daylight shown into the bank. The water seemed to carry the man out of the bank at a fast speed. The Flash instinctively stepped forward to go after him.
"Don't!" The woman shouted and pointed to a large puddle in front of him. The wires lay inside the puddle in front of him and it still surged with electricity. He stepped back quickly and sighed. "I lost him." He said to Cisco and Caitlin.
He turned to the woman who was still standing on the desk. "Let's get you out of here⦠again." He said as we carefully avoided the puddles on his way over to the desk. The Flash held out his hand for her to take and she took it slowly, jumping down from the desk onto a dry part of the tile floor. He took her out of the bank in the blink of an eye and a dash of yellow lightning. He stopped on the steps of the bank and looked at the police who were making their way up with loaded guns. Behind the police, ambulances had arrived and were helping the soaked civilians. The woman stood on his right, also watching the scene below them.
"He escaped. It's clear inside." The Flash said to the officers before he took the woman again and raced back to S.T.A.R. labs.
Another note: If you have any suggestions or thoughts please review! Thank you. (: I will get to writing the next chapter (Where this mysterious woman finds herself in the lab and mets Cisco and Caitlin) as soon as I can.
Also, I need your help! I am trying to figure out what this woman's "Meta-human" name should be, but I can't think of anything cool enough. Cisco has to come up with something awesome, of course! So please help me, by writing a review with name ideas as well. Her powers are all involving her mind, FYI (more info on that in the next chapter). Whoever comes up with the best one can have their name (or nickname) written into a chapter, if you'd like, and credit of course! :D
Thank you all!
