"How long have you known?"

"About two weeks. I wasn't sure at first, but now, well-."

"How did you get them?" Tio asked, running his fingers through his short curly hair.

Ari thought for a moment before replying, "I was here when the particle accelerator exploded. It must've affected me. It makes sense, Tio. I'm getting my powers late. Cisco and Caitlyn got their powers late."

The couple was in Big Belly Burger, in a booth in the corner, hoping no one would see Ari's powers.

Tio nodded, looking at Ari's hands again.

"Tio, what do I do? I-I can't control them sometimes," Ari asked.

Tio thought for a moment then said, "Tell the team." Ari's eyes widened and she shook her head. "No way! Cisco would flip!" "Ari, if you can't control them, you need to tell the team!" Tio encouraged.

"No. Who knows how'd they react, Tio? Things are just calming down from the Damien thing. I'm not going to bother them with something else," Ari said.

"But Ari, who knows what's going to happen if you don't tell them," Tio argued.

"I'm not telling them, Tio. Not yet. Wait 'til things calm down with this Dr. Alchemy guy and this new speedster," Ari argued.

Tio started to say something when a glass of water behind him exploded, making the couple jump. "Did you do that?" he whispered.

Fear filled Ari's eyes as she looked down at her hands. She hadn't even realized that she'd clenched her fists.

Two weeks ago, Ari had begun noticing changes. When she was angry, random things would explode, when she was happy things would float, when she was sad, more things would explode, etc.

"Ari," Tio said slowly.

"Tio, stop. I'm not telling them," Ari argued. Ari noticed they'd been arguing a lot…

Tio glanced at the broken glass and spilled water before looking back up at his girlfriend. "I won't tell anyone," he promised.

Ari looked from her hands, to the glass, to Tio. "Tio," she began worriedly.

Tio went over to her and placed one hand on her arm and the other on her cheek. "Hey, it'll be ok. We'll figure this out."

She nodded and wrapped her arms around his neck.


"Why're you just now telling me this?" Barry asked, running his hands through his hair.

"We didn't think it was important. But with Caitlyn getting powers, well, it's possible she's getting some too," Cisco explained.

The three were in the lab and watching over their shoulders cautiously, hoping Ari wouldn't walk in.

"Did she have powers in the other timeline?" Caitlyn asked.

Barry racked his mind before shaking his head. "Not that I can think of. I remember after she got kidnapped thought you two were acting weird around her."

"So she probably did," Cisco groaned, sinking into a chair.

"Hey, it's not for sure that she has powers. It could've been wrong," Caitlyn said. She was trying to be as optimistic as she could, but knew that it was more than likely that Ari had powers.

Cisco put his face in his hands. "We already lost Dante. I don't want to lose Ari as well."

"Cisco, listen to me. We're not going to lose Ari. She's a smart girl. She'll tell us if she's got any powers," Caitlyn encouraged.

"Oh yeah, just like she told us about Damien and nearly got herself killed," Cisco said, standing and walking to the Cortex.

Caitlyn and Barry followed him and Cisco suddenly turned around, looking at Barry. "Would you talk to her? She can read me like a book, if I ask her about it she'll see right through me."

"What? Why me?" Barry asked. "Cause I'm not that close to her like you two are," Caitlyn explained, catching on. "Exactly! She might spill something about noticing any powers. You know that most of the time she's not that good at keeping secrets," Cisco added.

"She is too good at keeping secrets! Remember Damien? She kept that hidden for almost two months," Barry exclaimed.

Cisco sighed. "C'mon Barry, please? I know it's a small chance, but it's still a chance."

Barry sighed before saying, "Fine. I'll try to talk to her."

Cisco grinned. "Thanks man. She's at Tio's house right now. I think they're helping Violeta learn English."

Barry nodded and sped off.


"You almost had that one, Vi! Could you try again?" Ari asked the young girl gently.

The seven yr. old, who was just beginning to get her two permanent front teeth, stuttered, "M-My name is Violeta."

"You did it! Good job!" Tio encouraged happily, making the young girl grin from ear to ear.

Ari grinned at the brother and sister, enjoying the happiness. It'd been about two hours since Tio found out about her powers and so far nothing has exploded or floated. They had labeled her powers as telekinesis and were both working hard to keep them form surfacing.

Violeta started to say something when Mrs. Espinoza called, "Ari! Uni amigo suyo esta aqui! (A friend of yours is here)"

Ari and Tio glanced at each other before getting up and going to the living room, where Barry was standing.

"Oh, hi Barry. What's up?" Ari asked in confusion.

"Hey Ari, I was wondering if you would wanna go to Jitters?" Barry asked.

"Right now?" Ari asked, confusion lacing her voice.

Barry nodded. He could only hope that she was buying this.

The couple glanced at each other briefly before Ari said, "Su-ure."

"Awesome! Ready?" he asked.

She pecked Tio on the cheek. "Don't tell Vi or anyone about the telekinesis ok?" she whispered.

He nodded and pecked her cheek as well before she left with Barry.

"What was that about?" she asked as they walked to Jitters.

"What?" he asked.

"Barry Allen, you're hiding something," she said.

"I'm not hiding anything. You and I haven't gone out together in a while," he said.

She gave him a confused glance as they walked into Jitters. Tio's house wasn't that far away.

"So, I have a question for you," he said.

They quickly ordered their coffee then sat at a table.

"Shoot," she said, sipping her lemonade.

"Have you noticed any changes at all?" he asked quietly.

She choked on her lemonade a bit and said, "Barry if this is heading where I think it is, I've already gone through puberty."

Barry turned as red as his Flash suit. "N-No, not that kind of changes. Like, have you noticed any changes as in making anything happen?"

Ari nearly choked on her lemonade again. Crap, she thought, he's onto me.

"N-No, not that I can think of," she lied.

He saw right through her. "Are you sure? Ari, it's ok if you have, it's not bad."

"I haven't," she said firmly.

She wasn't telling him. Things needed to calm down first. Then she would. This isn't going to turn out like Damien. She was sure of it.


A/N: That's the first chapter of The Youngest Ramon Returns! I hope y'all enjoyed it. I'm going to try to update every Tuesday. I'd love feedback in the comments! Thanks guys! TTFN!