The storm outside raged on. I could still hear the wind howling as it slammed raindrops into the windows. Thunder and Lightning cracked the sky. In the distance, I could see STAR LABS. I had no idea how they were handling the storm right now. I wasn't able to attend the grand opening of the PA even though I had been waiting for it all year.
It was all thanks to CCPD director Cecile Horton who had sent me to a warehouse the Department owned on the edge of the city opposite to STAR LABS to do an inventory check. Everything was where it should be but I was stuck here no. I was already wet and cold from my venture here, and I didn't plan on going back outside to freeze to death.
I ran my shaking fingers over my head and felt some frost beginning to form on my wet hair. "The cold never bothered me anyway," I said with a laugh while trying to calm my teeth from chattering.
My phone slipped from my weak grip several times as I tried to take it out of my pocket. I scrolled through my contacts until I got to Joe's number. I dialled it up and it rang once twice and three times before he picked up.
-Hello? Barry?- his voice mixed with some of the static in the call making him barely audible.
"Hey, J-Joe. C-can you come pick-pick me up?" I stammered from the cold.
-Yeah, you're still…?- my phone cut the call and went black.
I could hear liquid slosh around me. When I looked at the shelves, the chemicals began to float up out of their containers. It was identical to the time when I was a little kid and witnessed my mother's murder. Bubbles of liquid burned through the wood and glass that was holding them inside of the shelves.
Then loud thunder snapped my attention to the window where I could see STAR LABS light up like a Christmas tree in an electrical explosion. A sphere of black and golden energy bubbled outward washing over buildings and stealing their power making them go dark. My stomach dropped and a knot formed in my throat as my eyes widened at the sphere that was getting closer. A bolt of lightning crashed through the roof sending splinters of wood everywhere as the tip of it touched my head warming me up. Before it could course through my body, the energy emanating from the PA slammed into and tossed me into the chemicals.
I could see everything unfolding slowly in my eyes. The pain of shards of glass biting into my skin, the heat of the lightning bolt electrifying my whole body. Chemicals began to boil just by touching my skin. Then a sudden intense pain entered my chest. It felt like my skin and bones were being pulled apart. I looked down and faced a metal pole slowly entering my chest. I could feel my heart beats start to weaken. I was dying.
Darkness flooded my vision as my eyes began to close.
I don't know how long I was out. But the next thing I remember was a metallic taste in my mouth. It was strong and sweet at the same time. It tasted of rose petals and sugar. But along with it was the feeling of cold ice.
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"Caitlin what are you doing? You can't do that. The last time you used that you went haywire," my friend and colleague, Cisco Ramon, hissed. "Besides, we don't know if he's another one of those in-human metas. We still haven't found out completely what the Dark Matter did to him."
My hand floated above my patient's head. A cold fog was wafting from it. The hesitation I had was caused by Cisco's warning. The last time I used my powers, I lost a lot of body heat and blacked out. When I woke up, I found out that I had killed 3 people in order to allow myself to live. Most other metahumans also didn't end up well. All of the metahumans that we've discovered, which are around 7 out of many, have ended up being or becoming dangerous criminals.
"Dr Wells said that if he doesn't wake up within the next few hours, he'll die," I don't know who I was trying to convince, myself or Cisco.
"And how do you know this'll wake him up?"
"I don't know. But I took an oath to save people once. And I will never break it as long as I remain conscious."
I placed my hand on the patient and began to concentrate on freezing his brain hoping that by thawing it I would be able to resuscitate him.
I began to get light headed as he turned blue, but I forced myself to keep going. Blood began to trickle out of my mouth. One lone drop of ice blue blood managed to fall off me and land on his lips.
In an instant, ice encased him and grew outward tossing me into the air. I landed hard on the floor knocking my breath out. I think Cisco suffered the same fate because I heard his moans somewhere in the room. Sounds of vibrations were followed by Ice breaking.
I looked up to see that my patient was standing by himself, vibrating and distorting his features. He let out several grunts and a roar before disappearing in a trail of dark purple lightning.
"No!" Cisco yelled weakly as he staggered over to the console and pushed a button.
The alarm began to buzz it's warning as the place went into lockdown. But by then it was too late. I put my head down on the floor in defeat and began to sob. Once again a dangerous person was just unleashed on the city, and it was all my fault once more. Way to go, Caitlin, you will never learn and you'll end up destroying the city, I scolded myself.
A/N I'm still going to be working on my other stories. The only thing this is affecting is my ability to multitask. If you havent checked out my other 2 Flash Series then do so. Hit the profile button and read Flash Beginnings and Destiny Bond if you liked this so much. Till next time. Oh and feel free to make requests. No need to ask permission ;)