A Time
of Age
Chapter 1
Disclaimer: Hello all! Its time for a brand new story in the Stopped!Tsunami verse! Which if you may not know, this is the third story set after The Day Is Saved (But Not All Is Well) and The Offer. So if you haven't yet, go read those Flash fics before reading this! This story was inspired by a panel I saw of the Flash comics awhile back with him aging rapidly and I thought it would be interesting to try my hand at writing something similar to it. Oh yeah, I own nothing but what you see here!
Roads of Central City
Barry Allen, known as the Fastest Man Alive was out and about running through the streets of Central City in his alter ego known as the Flash. It'd been some time since April when he had to deal with the likes of Amanda Waller and Ra's Al Ghul when both showed up to try and get him to join their organizations. But with a little help from Oliver Queen, he'd been able to tell them thanks but no thanks as he wanted no part in that kind of life. Thankfully they abided by it and he'd had no trouble since then thankfully enough. It was now around near the end of May and he'd dealt with quite a few things since April as well. Such as the Trickster and his protege, a team up with Ray Palmer that saw them deal with a girl named Brie Larvan who was out for revenge and using bee's to do it, a shape changing Meta-Human known as Hannibal Bates, Linda's parents who weren't exactly impressed with their daughter's choice of a suitor. Especially the fact he'd gotten her pregnant while not even married.
But she had refused to end things with him as she was her own person and hadn't really talked with her parents since then. Barry's talk with his dad and Joe had gone far better though so at least it was something in their win category. Though the Speedster had tried several times to get her parents to see a different view of things but so far had had no luck. Things between him and Iris were also strained because of the baby news but she thankfully wasn't giving him the cold shoulder anymore. But she would barely say a word to Linda and the Sports reporter was starting to tire of it quickly and Barry had a feeling something was about to go down between the two girls at some point if Iris' attitude didn't start to improve soon.
Caitlin, Henry, and Cisco to a point, nicely enough had made a few things to help monitor the baby's condition while in the womb, which considerly put both Barry and Linda's minds at ease too. Their contributions in the baby department had also nicely enough been a boon to expectant couples and made STAR Labs a good amount of profit in the process as well. The original intentions Cisco had with Barry's suit for the fire department to improve their protective gear had also been implemented as well and it'd gone pretty well too thankfully enough. Global Dynamics' PR department was going a long way in helping to bring back the more positive reputation STAR Labs had before the Particle Accelerator's explosion. Even Barry's own contributions to the CSI field was going over really well thanks to the funding he got to develop it.
The running he was doing was mostly a stress reliever and to just enjoy running. Since April, he'd also come up with a few new tricks to use with his speed. Such as making his arms into a wind force to blow out fires and an invisible aura that protected against friction. Though he was still working on somehow extending it to others so that they wouldn't catch on fire when being held by him for a certain period of time like the time with Felicity and her shirt. "Hey Barry, we got a robbery in progress at a Mom and Pop store on 3rd and Hensington." Came the voice of Cisco Ramon.
"Got it, thanks Cisco." He sped off and quickly made short work of the robbers.
"Come on guys, its un-dignified to rob a Mom and Pop store." Barry told the tied up robbers with a shake of the head.
He then told the store owners to call the police and sped off to his next destination. Which was the restroom at Linda's place since the call of nature was well, calling. After doing his business and washing his hands, Barry began to feel strange all over and that's when he began to shake rapidly in super speed. It sent him to his knees with a grunt and seconds later it was over as quick as it had begun. Breathing heavily as he looked down at the floor and wondering what the heck that was even about, he shakily got to his feet and when he stared at the mirror with his mask still off, he had something of a freak out moment. As somehow or another he gained bushy eyebrows, a long beard, and some long hair. "What the Hell!?" He asked the mirror stunnedly.
"This… This shouldn't be possible!" Was all that shaking he'd just gone through to blame!?
Barry wasn't sure but he knew he needed to get to STAR Labs and fast to see if Cisco and the others had any answers. And in a blur of yellow lightning, he was gone.
Author's Notes: And so it begins. Is the mysterious shaking to blame or is it potentially something more? Read on to find out! R and R!
