This story takes place after Season 3 of The Flash and Season 5 of Arrow, you will see how I imagined both seasons ending through the character's stories of it. Effectively this is a story is a darker version of the Flash. Barry is struggling to find a balance between light and dark and that's where Thea comes in. I like the Thea character on Arrow but feel the writers waste her a lot and I saw (however little) the chemistry between Barry and Thea during the crossover so wanted to try it out. There will be OC's based strongly on the new Flash comics and there will be appearances of Flash and Arrow characters but the story will mostly be Barry and Thea. It's not set up to be a romance but some will occur as the story goes on. Reviews are most welcome, enjoy!
Disclaimer- All the characters are owned by the CW and DC Comics.
Thea 1
Thea Queen speedily glided off the train lugging her two large luggage cases behind her, after departing the train she paused and look up at the sign which read "Central City Train Station". This was a fresh start for her, this felt right.
"Excuse me miss, do you need some help with any of that luggage?" Said a husky male voice from behind her.
Thea turned to see a well-dressed but skinny dark-haired man around her age gesturing to help her, he had a look she had seen many times, a look of slight awe. She was carrying a large and long bag on her shoulders as well as the two luggage cases.
"No, I'm good thanks. It's all just dresses and shoes anyway, nothing heavy" Replied Thea innocently.
The man nodded and looked slightly disappointed, she had lied of course. Her shoulder bag contained her speedy suit and bow. You know, just in caseā¦
Thea strolled through the station towards the exit, just from glancing around the station it was so clear this city was lighter, brighter and happier than her old home, Star City. She was here to start a new life, after Ollie quit being mayor she was sought after by various political figures to work for them, she chose the Mayor of Central City, to serve as her chief of staff.
It had been a hard decision to leave, but she wanted to go out there and make her own name, at first, she was seen only to get the job of chief of staff because she was Oli's sister. It kinda was similar for her as Speedy.
She had grown to love being a hero, the rush, the feeling of helping people. But she was constantly in Ollie's shadow, she loved him so much and enjoyed being his partner and him training her. But she always had to do it his way, which she could deal with before but now the team was so big she felt she was being wasted and didn't feel needed.
Pulling her thoughts away from her alter-ego Thea exited the station and walked over to the sidewalk and signalled a cab, one came over, the cabbie putting her stuff in his boot and she jumped in.
"Where to Sweetie?" Asked the middle aged smiling Taxi driver.
"Central City Hotel please." Replied Thea, returning the smile.
Thea would stay there for a while until she found a apartment to move into, she hadn't had time to arrange proper accommodation, she had to leave Star City quickly because something Team Arrow related would have come up, giving Oli, Laurel and Felicity time to try change her mind. This was her decision.
"Are you new here sweetie? Moving here, are you? You know you look familiar from somewhere, you famous?" Asked the driver.
"Yeah, moving here from Star City for work. Fresh start, chance to be me. No, not famous really, I'm a political advisor, you might have seen me on TV next to a Mayor or something." Replied Thea.
He nodded, but looked unconvinced at her answer, he continued talking to her, making small talk about the city and how it was different to Star City, he started talking about the Flash and all the weird meta-humans in the city. Thea knew she'd catch up with Barry and rest at some point, she heard something bad had happened with them a few weeks ago, reports said the Flash had killed some criminals, Felicity said it must be wrong but they were so busy with Prometheus to find out what had happened.
After she reached the hotel she checked in and went into her room. She hung everything up, except the Speedy costume. She wasn't sure whether she'd use it while she was here, Barry and his team dealt with crime here. She was here to work and hopefully meet someone, her luck with love hadn't been great over the last few years. Roy and Alex were complete opposites, she had loved them in their own way but now they were both lost to her. She wanted something new, something unknown.
Thea spent the night looking through emails from her new work, where she started tomorrow. After that she went over to look outside her hotel window and wondered what this city had to offer her, for some reason she was sure it would be fantastic.
