Chapter 1 - Introduction

A/N: So I got a lot of reviews on my first chapter for this fic and it made me really rethink the story and rethink my OC. I'm still keeping my basic idea for this fic but i'm changing OC and how she fits into this role. As always Reviews, Love, Critiques, Comments, Questions, etc are always welcome and I hope you enjoy! Disclaimer: I only own my OC and her story, all rights still belong to DC and theCW.

Side Note: This story will switch POV, thoughts are in italics and time skips will be bolded.

Let's Begin!

*Jacqueline POV*

Ok let's get a few things out of the way. My full name is Dr Jacqueline Marie Holmes. I'm 25 and I'm currently working as a forensic assistant for the Central City Police. You may be wondering why I'm just an assistant when I have a doctorate in Physics. Well, to make a long story short, I needed to get away from where I was living and I needed a job and this was the only one I could get on such short notice. I'm not exactly a people person. I'm originally from Starling, but I left for reasons that's none of your business. And now I'm here, waiting for my new "boss" to arrive. I just hope he's not a complete idiot.

*Barry's POV*

There's a girl in my lab. A strange girl. Just...sitting there. In my lab. Is she the "other assistant" Capt. Singh told me about? She doesn't look like CSI…. Maybe she's just lost... Wait she said something. Pay attention Barry! "I'm sorry what?" I asked. The girl rolled her eyes. "I asked you if you were Barry Allen." She said with a hint of exasperation. "Oh. Yes. Thats me, I'm Barry, I'm the forensic assistant here. I'm sorry who are you?" I questioned, reaching out a hand for her to shake. She shook it responding, "I'm Dr. Jacqueline Holmes, but please just call my Quinn." "Nice to meet you Quinn" I nodded. I thought back to wait she said, "Wait you're a doctor!? How old are you!?" I asked. She smirked at me, "You know it's not polite to ask a lady her age." She responded. I opened and closed my mouth a few times trying to think of an apology. She chuckled and waved me off, "Don't worry about it pretty boy, I'm 25 and my doctorates in Physics from Starling University." she explained. "What? Why? How? W-Why are you here then!?" I asked, dumbly. She laughed again and shrugged "I was bored and needed a change of scenery." I snorted, This girl is unbelievable. I thought. She spoke up again, "Look, please don't treat me any different just because I have a doctorate ok? I came to Central City to escape that. So please, just promise to treat me like you would any other colleague. Shake on it", she held out her hand to me. I shook it, "Deal." I nodded. "Great, now we should probably get going Singh called twenty minutes ago about a bank robbery downtown" She grinned. The look on my face was probably priceless as I turned on my heel running out of the precinct and down the sidewalk. "Hope you can run" I shouted behind me but when I turned around Quinn was nowhere to be found. I panicked looking around, Shit I lost her already! Then a motorcycle pulled up beside me, the driver pulled up their visor and there was Quinn shouting at me to get on the bike. I momentarily weighed my options but figured we'd get there faster with the bike than on foot. Assuming we don't die first I thought as I climbed on the bike behind her. Without another word she handed me a helmet, kicked the stand back up and we were off. My hands instinctively went around her waist to keep myself from falling off. She didn't say anything as we sped through downtown, weaving in between cars. Finally we made it, Quinn slid off the bike with ease, taking her helmet off and shaking her short spiky black hair out. She offered me a hand, grinning as I tentatively got of the motorcycle. "Sorry, I just figured we'd get here faster. Didn't mean to scare you" She apologized, although her faint smile hinted that she wasn't all that sorry. I tried to play it off but she just laughed again. We then hurried over to where Captain Singh and Joe were talking. Singh doesn't look happy. "Oh great," I think.

"Sorry! Sorry!" I apologize to the Captain, and I hear Quinn's footsteps behind me, "Sorry we're late Captain Singh," she apologized. "What was it this time, Mister Allen" he addressed me. "Did you forget to set your alarm clock? Before you answer, I should remind you, the excuse you gave last time was car trouble. Wanna know why that one was particularly memorable?" "Because I do not own a car," I answered. "Yeah….my best excuse…" I thought. I heard Quinn laughing quietly behind me. Then I she spoke up, "Actually, it's my fault Captain. I surprised Barry in the lab and we were just getting acquainted. Lost track of the time I guess." She smiled innocently. I swear I saw the Captain's eyes soften, "Just as long as you don't make a habit of it Dr Holmes." He dismissed. Who is this girl? The Captain would've chewed me out but she just gets a free pass!? Quinn smiled wider and thanked the Captain, then turned to me. "See what you can find, I'm gonna look around" She said as if we'd been working together for years. I went over knelt down to get a better look at the tire tracks on the ground. I watched Quinn for a minute who appeared to just be observing the scene. I went back to the tire tracks, "Getaway Car is a Mustang Shelby GT-500. Shelby's have a rear super wide tire specific to that model," I dictated. Quinn came over, kneeling down to my level, "Super Snake. 12 inches with an asymmetrical tread" She added. Then I noticed something weird near it.

"There's something else," I noted. I looked up and noticed a pen in one of the officers front pocket. I hopped up and took it from him. "Thanks," I muttered, getting back down close to the substance, picking it up with the pen. "It's fecal excrement," I realized upon closer inspection. "Animal, I'd guess," Quinn added, taking the pen from me and placing the substance in a bag to be analyzed back at the lab. "My dad gave me that pen before he died," the officer said above us. "Sorry" I winced.

*Back at the Lab - same day - Quinn's POV*

Barry and I were working in the lab analyzing the evidence from this morning and playing 20 questions trying to get to know each other. We were both nerds which was nice, Maybe he wouldn't mind if I brought some of my figurines to brighten the place up a little I thought to myself. I was more into science fiction and gaming kind of nerd and he was more literal science nerd. He told me about the particle accelerator they were turning on tonight and it sounded interesting, I might go with him if we can get these sample done in time. Currently I was studying some evidence from the scene under a microscope seeing if I could find anything that would be useful. Barry had the computer running tests on the fecal matter from the tires to try and find a geographical location. Then the door open. I looked up to see a pretty dark skinned girl walk in. This must be Iris I thought. Barry had talked a little about her, I knew she was Joe's daughter and Barry's sort of foster sister. But I gathered she meant more to him than just a sister from the way he talked about her. I watched her, "Hey! I'm ready to see this atom smasher smashing," she greeted. I gave a derisive snort at her description of the partial accelerator. She didn't seem to notice but glanced over at me, "Who are you?" She asked, narrowing her eyes at me. Barry jumped in. "Iris, this is Quinn. She's the new assistant your dad was talking about." "Oh! Its nice to meet you Quinn" She smiled at me but I had a feeling it wasn't sincere. I smiled back replying, "It's nice to meet you, Barry's told me a little about you." Barry must not have picked up on the tension, simply answering Iris' earlier question, "Sorry, there was a shooting today and your dad needs me to process some evidence. I don't know if we'll make it to Star Labs," he apologized. Iris frowned. "But seeing this thing turn on is your dream. Your sad little nerd dream, Besides I cancelled a date for this." She said as she stole one of Barry's fries. "Hands off my fries. Unbelievable," Barry reprimanded, but I had a feeling he didn't really care. I had already eaten half. "I'm stress eating over my dissertation. We started selling cronuts at Jitters today and I ate two. If I don't graduate soon I'm gonna be more muffin top than woman," Iris complained. "You look amazing," Barry told her. I just went back to my microscope trying to tune them out.

Suddenly Iris asked what was so important about the particle accelerator. I looked up to see her holding my magazine, they were doing a story on whether or not it was really safe. "Idiots," I thought. "There isn't science worth doing that doesn't come without a few risks. They're all just scared." I mentally scoffed. "Harrison Wells quantum theory is light years ahead of anything they're doing at CERN right now," Barry tried to explain. Iris suddenly turned to me, "Do you understand his babble." "I have a doctorate in physics. Yes I understand his babble" I replied without even looking up from my microscope. I could feel Iris' eyes on me though. "Y-You have doctorate?" she stuttered in disbelief. I glanced up, "What like it's hard?" I quipped. Barry did pick up on the tension that time, jumping in trying to explain the accelerator to Iris. He erased some of the old work on the whiteboard and drew a dot, pointing at it he explained, "Imagine that dot is everything the human race has learned up until this moment." Then he drew a large circle around the dot. "That is everything we could learn from the particle accelerator. It's a whole new way of looking at physics. It will literally change the way we think about everything!" He said, getting excited just thinking about everything the partial accelerator is going to do for the world of science. I smiled at his excitement, I was even getting excited about watching it.

"We need to get you a boyfriend," was Iris' response. My eyes hardened at that and I went back to my microscope. I heard the door open again and glance up to see Joe come in, telling Iris to leave us alone since we were working. Suddenly Barry's computer beeped signaling that we got a match for the sample we took from the tire tread. "Your testing's done." Iris said. We sat down to explain our findings.

"I think the Martin brothers are hiding on a farm. The fecal matter Quinn found on the street, it was cow manure, which contains traces of oxytetracycline. It's an antibiotic. There are only four farms in the area that still use it in their feed," Barry explained. "I bet you'll find a pretty sweet Shelby parked at one of them," I added handing over the list of farms. "Dad, seeing as how Barry solved your poop problem, will you let him go to Star Labs?" Iris pleaded. Joe then looked at me and Barry. "Fine, go." He relented. I jumped out of my chair and grabbed my bag. The three of us grabbed our coats, said a quick thanks to Joe and headed out, giggling the whole way.

We made it to STAR Labs and were walking down the hall. I was too engrossed in looking around at the huge expanse to really pay attention. But then I heard Barry start talking about relationships. I decided to hang back a little, give them a some privacy in case Barry actually confessed something. They talk a little and I see Barry's face fall slightly. I actually felt bad for him, I knew what it was like to love someone and not have them return the sentiment. That's not something you easily get over.

Just then the crowd started to applaud as the one and only Dr. Harrison Wells stepped onto the stage. He stepped up to the mic and began, "Thank you. My name is Harrison Wells. Tonight, the future begins. The work my team and I will do here will change our understanding of physics. Will bring about advancements in power, advancements in medicine, and trust me that future will be here faster than you think." I was so absorbed in what he was saying, I didn't even notice the pickpocket sneaking up on Iris til it was too late. I heard her tell that it had her dissertation and I took off after Barry in pursuit.

We chased him through the building. I saw the thief jump over a bush and I ran around Barry who had crashed into someone. I followed him down some steps and down an alley. Then I lost sight of him, I slowed down but as I came around the corner he hit me with the bag. I fell back "Dammit!" I thought as I struggled to stand up. I got up just as Barry came around the corner. I stepped closer, holding my hands out in front of me trying to keep him from hitting me again, I could already feel the blood from my busted lip. "Alright, kid, you don't have to do this, ok?" I reasoned. "Just give us back our friend's bag, and we'll call it even." Barry pleaded. The guy made to give me back the bag but at the last second slammed it into my stomach. I fell back into Barry, clutching my stomach. I tried to motion for Barry to grab him but he just held on to me. "I'm gonna feel this in the morning" I inwardly groaned. I watched as the thief climbed the fence, but as he was about to take off a cop pulled up and pointed his gun at the kid. The cop yelled at the kid, "Freeze! Unless you wanna find out the hard way you're not faster than a bullet" "Wow, cheesy much" I thought.

Back at the police station we were sitting around, I was holding my third bloody tissue to my busted lip. Iris came over, "Who is that guy, and what is he so proud of? So, he caught a mugger." She questioned. We watch as the guy in questioned strutted around the office high fiving everyone. "Oh get over yourself" I thought. "He's a transfer from Keystone. Started a few weeks ago. Eddie Thawne." Barry said with something I could only pinpoint as disdain. I didn't get a good vibe off Eddie, he seemed to think he was all that just because he had a badge. "Oh, that's Detective Pretty Boy." I heard Iris say, "That's what my dad calls him. Says he actually keeps score when it comes to arrests." She continued, "He is pretty though." She finished. I mentally rolled my eyes at that, Not really my type I thought. We said goodbye to Iris a little while later and me and Barry headed back upstairs to the lab.

I noticed it had started to storm as I glanced up at the open canopy, still holding the tissue to my lip to stop the bleeding. I went over to computer, turning it on to see a live report of the particle accelerator. "I'm Linda Park, and we're live outside Star Labs, despite the inclement weather which is only going to get worse. The torrential downpour has in no way affected the particle accelerator, which is up and running smoothly according to Star Labs CEO Harrison Wells…" I stopped paying attention as I watched Barry uncover a board I hadn't notice before. It had newspaper clippings and other articles pinned to it. All having to do with a woman named Nora Allen's murder and the husband who was now in jail for it. According to the articles the couple had a son, who was eleven at the time. It wasn't hard to put it together. "I'm sorry" I spoke up. "My dad didn't kill her. I saw something that night that I can't explain. I saw...a man…. Surrounded by lighting. He killed my mom. I know it sounds crazy but I know what I saw." He replied. I nodded, I didn't exactly believe him but I wasn't gonna say anything. People deal with with things different ways who am I to judge someone else's tragedy I thought to myself.

We worked together like that for another couple of minutes. Listening to a reporter on the tv sitting on the table talk about the accelerator. Every once in awhile one of us would glance out the window at the storm the was steadily getting worse. Then suddenly we heard alarms going off, we both looked at the reporter on the tv who was telling us that there was a malfunction and people needed to evacuate. Then the tv cut out.

We both slowly looked up and out the window. And then it was like this world slowed down. I watched in silent horror as STAR Labs literally exploded in front of our eyes. The blast sent out a shock wave that was headed straight for us. Barry went to the chains hanging down from the ceiling to close the canopy. I went to grab some of our equipment off the table trying to get it away from the window when suddenly the shock wave hit. All the windows exploded sending me flying backwards into the opposite wall. My head cracked against the cement and I couldn't move. The last thing I remembered was seeing Barry lying unconscious and a voice screaming. Then everything went black.

A/N: How was that!? Leave a review or comment! I hope you like this version. This is my first Flash/OC Fic so comments are reeeaaaallly appreciated! Also I know technically the windows didn't all break like that in the show but I needed Quinn to get hit so she could get her powers. Please let me know what you guys think! Thanks for reading!