Ok, before I even start, sorry for the short chapter. I was thinking about making it longer, but then Flash stole my metahuman idea(Season 2 episode 7) and I got really annoyed. Just PM me if you don't understand what's happening because I'm going to start switching the POV later in the story. Disclaimer: I don't own Flash. (Just ignore the question mark for right now)

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I stood in the backyard of my house, gazing at Avis, who was flying lazily. Just to be clear, Avis is a peregrine falcon, and I'm his falconer, if that word can be used in such a manner. I whistled sharply and Avis dived down, landing gently on the leather glove that I wore. I stroked his black head absently, watching the sun sink below the sky.

I checked my watch for what must of been the hundredth time. Three more minutes until the Particle Accelerator would be activated at 8:00. I had begged my parents to let me see the thing start, but they had said, "Young children aren't allowed to be inside the building when it starts, because they might break something." Yes, because I, the almost 17 year old, is going to walk into a building and break everything. I rolled my eyes at my parents, who were currently at S.T.A.R Labs, doing whatever sciency thing they usually do.

Ok, maybe I need more friends than my parents' colleagues, a falcon, and my little sister. But for the time being, I was going to sit in the lawn chair in the backyard and watch the news report from my phone. "... and the Particle Accelerator will be activated in three, two, one," the newscaster said, being drowned out by the loud cheering in the background. I couldn't help but be proud of my parents who had worked for months with Professor Wells to achieve this goal.

I glanced upward to try to see the building's towers over our house's short fence. The newscaster suddenly screamed, and the screen turned to static.. A shock wave ran through the ground, followed by a wave that painted the sky golden. I stood watching the golden circle expand coming closer and closer. I didn't think to move until it was too late. The light had reached the neighborhood, moving though the houses and fences.

A strange lightness filled my body, quickly filled by searing pain. I couldn't breathe, I couldn't move, I could only as see as the bright sky was enveloped in black.