Remnant: A Ranger Tale
Chapter 1
"Barry. Barry! Barry Allen!" Cisco yelled into the microphone on his console back at STAR Labs. He had seen Barry run like this before, and it usually meant he had something on his mind. Barry was en route to catch their newest Meta, a human plasma mutant that ate and spewed toxic sludge.
"What is it, Cisco?" Barry inquired, as he rounded the corner on 17th and grand. He followed the glowing trail and easily found the Meta chugging barrels of toxic waste.
"You seem distracted, are you all right?" Cisco pondered.
"I'm fine; I just want to get this over with so I can go home and change. I have another date tonight." Barry quipped, creating a lightning tornado and catching the Meta's attention. He chucked a lightning bolt at the Meta, which melted part of the sludge.
"Dude, this is like date number 4. When are gonna meet this date, and what's her name?" Cisco replied, cheering at the impact.
"Alyx, and for your information, this is date number 5. He makes me happy." Barry replied, throwing more lightning at the Meta until the plasma shrank away to reveal a sleeping human. Barry quickly cuffed him and hauled him back to the lab.
"3:15, a new record on taking down a meta. I'll take Plasmus down to the Pipeline and secure him, Plasmus." Cisco grinned, coming up with a new nickname for the villain.
"I wish you would stop doing that." Dr. Caitlin Snow said, stepping from her lab.
"What? These villains are starting to name themselves, what with all the abilities they can do and all. Besides, when was you gonna tell us you were dating a guy, Barry?" Cisco asked, shifting the focus.
"That's not as bad as kissing my arch nemesis's sister, now is it?" Barry retorted back.
"That's not fair, I was enticed and drunk." Cisco whined.
"Not to mention she caught you off guard with her beauty." Dr. Wells piped in, coming from the Pipeline.
"True, but still, she did end up helping us, didn't she?" Cisco asked.
"That's beside the point. We formed a temporary alliance with Captain Cold, so she was entitled to help us."Barry said, speeding around the lab, getting ready for the date. He emerged a few seconds later wearing a t-shirt, vest, and jeans.
"That looks good on you, now if we need you, we have your cell number." Cisco said, as Barry shot him a warning look. "We'll try not to need you."