Author's Note and Disclaimer:

A plot bunny that I couldn't get out of my head. It is a part of THE DAR(H)K WAR saga but it will be much shorter than other stories in the saga though.

I do not own DC Comics or the CW TV shows Arrow, The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow, Supergirl or any other characters or elements pertaining to the mentioned franchises.

Keystone City

"Allen, is everything going on alright there?" Captain Singh asked Barry over the phone.

"Sure, Captain." Barry said. "I think we could do some updates on the equipment in the department."

"OK, thanks. If you think there are any gigs we can use in CSI for update, I'll pass your proposal to the City Hall, hopefully the budget will allow it." Singh said.

"Thanks, Captain. How's everything going on?" Barry asked.

"Luckily, your friend Ramon and Dibny…" Singh said Ralph's name with contempt, not that Barry blamed him. "…are helping us here. Look, I thought it would be a mistake to send you on the conference but I think we've got nothing to worry about here in Central City."

"OK, look, sir, I gotta hang up, they're about to do a talk about new forensic techniques and…"

"OK, just keep me posted, Barry." Singh said before Barry hung up.

Barry rushed into the auditorium in Keystone University as he sat down and began taking down notes.

"…while these chemical residues are hard to detect, with our new methods…"

After the talk was over, Barry was about to go fill some of the CSI techs of Keystone on the methods he was using in Central City but as he was going to his post, a little girl bumped into him.

"Oh, easy there." Barry said.

The girl looked confused and nervous. "I lost my Mommy."

Being fond of kids, Barry knelt down and held the girl's arms. "Your Mommy? You're lost?"

The girl nodded. "We were supposed to meet at the café but there are too many people around here."

Barry looked around before he saw the map. "The café? Why don't I accompany you there and you'll wait for her there, OK?"

Barry accompanied the girl to the cafeteria as he went to the barista. "One cappuccino and what would you like for drink?"

"Coke, please." The girl said.

"OK, a coke." Barry handed the barista a few dollars as he picked his cup of coffee and bottle of coke for the girl as they sat down. "OK, we'll wait here for your parents to pick you up, OK?" The girl nodded. "What's your name?"

"Sophie." The girl smiled.

Barry chuckled. "That's a nice name."

A minute later, a tall muscular man with grey hair in brown leather jacket approached them as he saw Sophie. "Sophie. Weren't you supposed to wait for Mommy?"

"I got lost. He helped me find my way here." Sophie explained, turning to Barry as the man narrowed his eyes and Barry raised his hands, not looking for trouble.

"Look, I found her lost around here and I wanted to help her find the café, that's all." Barry said quickly, hoping the man wasn't going to do anything rash as the man narrowed his eyes.

From his look, Barry could tell that the man wasn't going to react well before he heard a familiar female voice he hadn't heard in years as a blonde woman neared the girl.

"Sophie, there you are. How many times have I told you not to wander around, sweetie?" The woman hugged Sophie and kissed her on her forehead.

"I'm sorry, Mommy, that man helped me find café." Sophie explained as the woman turned to Barry gratefully and Barry felt a chill go down his spine as he saw her face.

"Thank you, you're really kind…" The woman trailed off and looked in shock at seeing Barry's face, being equally surprised to see him here as he saw her here. "Barry?"

"Patty?" Barry managed to blurt out.

Elsewhere, someone was watching Barry with goggles from afar as he saw him talking with parents and a little girl through a window as he had a Bluetooth headset on his ear.

"How do you want me to handle this?"

"Don't kill him. Test him. I want to see how fast he is. And do whatever it takes to make him do what he does best but remember, he doesn't want you to make too big mess. Just enough for Allen to go really fast."

"Copy that." The man smirked as he turned to a metal case. "OK, Speedy, let's see how fast you really are."

Author's Note:

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Bl4ckHunter