Here Comes that Feeling Again
This is a Cisco Ramon x OC fanfiction. AU where Snart doesn't know Flash's identity. Rating might go up. It is intended to be a multiple chapter story, and I'll try to update at least once a week. Reviews are always welcome, please enjoy!
Bella McClean was an IT worker for Queen Industries in Starling City. She was one of the best people they had, and the only person better than she was Felicity Smoak. Bella was always astounded Felicity's capabilities with a computer. One night, she had stayed late to get some extra hours. When she looked up from her computer screen, she found that all the lights had been turned off. She could hear loud voices coming from the corridor. That's weird, Bella thought. I really thought that the building was empty. The voices kept getting louder. Someone, a man, was shouting. After he stopped shouting, there was a woman's calm voice followed by another, different, icy male voice.
"Mick, shut up. The security guards are taken care of, but the surveillance system might have audio. We need to steal the information and get out," The icy voice said. "Let's use this office," He spoke again, gesturing to Bella's office. Immediately Bella knew she had to hide. Her office was probably the only one whose computer was still logged on, and they could see the light from the computer reflecting off the wall of her office into the hall.
Bella began to look around frantically. Her office was small, but there had to be somewhere to hide. Felicity's closet! Bella thought. The two of them had a door connecting their two offices together. Felicity's office had a closet that she could hide in! Bella ran quickly to the door and slipped into the other office. She closed the door behind her with a soft click, and she froze.
"Did you hear that, Len? I think someone's here," The woman's voice said.
"Of course I heard that, Lisa, I'm not stupid. You start hacking this computer. Mick, stand guard. I'm going to look for our little visitor," The man called Len said, nearing the door to the conjoined offices.
Bella held her breath, still slowly nearing the closet. At this rate, she'd never make it, and this man might just find her. She turned to look at the door, and suddenly felt a hand clamp over her mouth, pulling her into the closet. Once inside, the hand let go, and in the dim light, she could see Felicity! Felicity gestured for her to be quiet and she nodded.
"Come out, come out, wherever you are. If I were you, I'd hide in the closet. Is that where you are?" Len said, throwing open the door to the closet. Bella squeezed her eyes shut and held her breath. She was hidden by the long coats, and he might not look carefully enough and miss her. His hand reached out and threw half the coats onto the ground, exposing Bella completely. She looked around and didn't see Felicity anywhere. Where could she have gone? Why didn't she take me with her? What am I going to do? Bella thought to herself, paralyzed where she stood. A smirk came to the face of the man who found her.
"Well, I see my little hunch was right," He called to the other room. Bella saw that he had a strange looking gun with him. He pointed it to her neck. "Come on out. You can help us, or die," Bella moved out of the closet. He gestured for her to move into her office. "My name is Leonard Snart. The girl at the computer is Lisa Snart, and the man standing guard is Mick Rory. We each have very powerful weapons, so don't think about running away on us. So, tell us. Who are you?"
"My name is Bella McClean," Bella said simply.
"Have a seat, Bella. Your shoes are pretty cute, where'd you get them?" Lisa asked, standing up from the computer desk. Lisa was tall, much taller than Bella, even with her favorite red heels. Bella sat down in her chair and looked up at the pretty girl.
"Lisa, that doesn't matter right now. I need our little Bella to help us steal the information we need. Bella needs to log on to the system and look up every piece of information on a Mr. Barry Allen cross referenced with information on the Flash of Central City, as well as information on Mr. Oliver Queen cross referenced with information on the Arrow. Can you do that for us?" Leonard said, putting his gun to her neck.
"I can do it, but I won't. Your gun doesn't even look real, so why should I listen to you? I could pull out my phone right now and call the cops and you wouldn't have a thing to say about it!" Bella countered, sitting back in her chair, grabbing her phone, starting to tap 911. Leonard pointed his gun to the phone and fired. The phone was frozen solid, and she dropped it.
"This is very real, Bella. I suggest you do as we ask, or you will suffer the same fate as your phone," Leonard said. Bella sighed and started tapping away on her computer. She had pulled up all the information on Barry Allen and the Flash without a word. Leonard handed her a USB drive to drop all of the information on. Suddenly, the window shattered, but there was no one there.
"Mick, get in here!" Lisa cried, pulling out a special gun of her own. Mick ran into the room with his gun drawn. Then, the Arrow flew through the window, arrow drawn in his crossbow. Every one of the villains had their backs turned on Bella, and a horribly wonderful idea came into her head. She had a vase full of flowers on her desk, and if she could smash it over one of their heads, it might just knock them out. The only problem was how much taller everyone was compared to her. Being 5'3 didn't have many perks.
All of them were distracted as Leonard Snart accused the Arrow of being Oliver Queen in reality. They were talking, all useless banter, stalling from the battle that they knew would ensue. Bella slowly and very quietly stood on top of her chair, climbing on top of her desk. She picked up the vase, directly behind Lisa. No one noticed her. She took a deep breath and slammed it down onto the back of the other girl's head with as much force as she possibly could. Lisa collapsed, knocked out cold. Everyone turned to look at the petite girl standing on the desk over the felled girl.
"You shouldn't have done that," Leonard Snart growled. He started firing his gun at her, seemingly blind with rage. With a shriek, Bella jumped off the desk, just missing a ray of cold that destroyed the wall behind her. She ran out of the office and into the corridor, Snart following her. She kept trying the doors to the other offices, but they were all locked. Where's the Arrow? Bella wondered, breaking her concentration and tripping. Snart was standing over her with the gun aimed right for her heart.
"Snart. We need to talk," A new voice said from behind them. Snart looked up and saw the Flash standing there.
"Well, if isn't the Scarlet Speedster, here in Starling City. What're you doing here?" Snart said, his gun not wavering from her heart.
"I'm here because that's where we tracked you. You're obviously up to no good and I can't let you hurt any more people. Let her go," Flash said, eyes flashing.
"What if I say no? She knocked my sister out and I don't really appreciate that. I think we're going to have to compromise here, Flash. Tell me who you are, and I'll let the girl go. We'll go back to Central City and continue on. How does that sound?" Snart said. Neither of them was paying any attention to her, so she started to scoot away very carefully. Snart's cold gun was no longer pointed right at her heart.
"No dice, Snart. I'm going to lock you up in my own personal prison where you'll never see the light of day again," Flash said. He rushed at extreme speeds towards Snart and knocked the gun out of his hands. It clattered to the floor in front of Bella. Without thinking, she grabbed it and pointed it right at Snart, who threw his arms into the air.
"Don't move! I'll shoot you!" Bella said, hands shaking slightly.
"Cisco, do you have the van ready? We're going to have three criminals and a plus-one to ride with us to the Arrowcave," Flash asked, pressing on one of the emblems over his ear. Then, in a flash, both he and Snart were gone. Bella still had the gun. She walked back to her office, guard up the whole time. When she opened her door, she saw shattered glass, everywhere. Her computer was broken, as was her desk. The blinds and her chair were on fire. She wondered where the Arrow and Mick had gone.
"Hey. Are you okay?" The Flash asked, suddenly in the doorway. Startled, she swung the gun around to point at him. He threw up his arms and she calmed down.
"I'm fine. Just a little rattled. My friend, Felicity Smoak disappeared while we were hiding in the closet from them. Do you know where she is?" Bella asked.
"She's at the Arrowcave, I think. Could you come with all of us to the Arrowcave so we can explain this to you? I know it must be a little bit confusing and scary right now," Flash said. Bella nodded, and suddenly she was outside, standing next to a van that said 'Star Labs' on the side. "My friends are inside, and they'll take you to the Arrowcave. Caitlin Snow is driving, and the person next to her is Cisco Ramon. Umm, you probably don't want to be in the back with the criminals… I'll let you guys figure out the seating arrangement," Flash said, and then he was gone.
"You have the cold gun! I can take that," Cisco said, opening the passenger side door. "This is a bench seat, if you want to sit next to me," He offered.
"Sure," Bella said, climbing into the seat next to Cisco and handing him the gun. As soon as the door shut, Caitlin started driving them away.
