Disclaimer: I don't own anything! This is my second story, but it's insane how many stories are pouring out of my head. Ever since I wrote my first story, an idea can pop into my head no matter where I am. I'm sorry for writing about things that don't matter… Please enjoy!

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Who Are You?

Patty had been interested in Central City's hero ever since he appeared. Not only had she been interested in his identity, but she was intrigued by his powers and abilities. She had met the Flash because she was saved by him in sticky situations before.

Her dark blonde hair billowed in the cold wind as she was reading a newspaper on her balcony. The title read, "Trickster Escapes Again". 'Why didn't I hear about this?' she wondered. Surely the police department was running around and needed all of their available officers. 'I need to get to work!' She rushed back into her apartment and gathered her belongings and stuffed her wallet into her bag. She ran to her door and quickly unlocked it. The door swung open and Patty gasped when she saw that the Trickster was standing on the other side.

Patty almost screamed but was interrupted by the Trickster's quick moves. He held his hand over her mouth and dragged her back into her apartment. 'This can't be a coincidence. Reading a newspaper article on this insane criminal, and getting ambushed by him. The two events being within 5 minutes of each other..' she would have laughed at the irony if she wasn't in such a dangerous situation. The escapee changed his hand position into a choke hold and locked the door. He pulled out a white cloth, and before Patty could defend herself, he knocked her out with chloroform soaked fabric.

Her eyes opened to unfamiliar surroundings. She was tied to a chair, and she could only assume that her captor used at least 3 rolls of duct tape to tie her down. Patty couldn't locate the Trickster and her mouth wasn't sealed shut so she yelled at the top of her lungs.

"Help!"

"You didn't think I was that stupid… Did you?" The trickster emerged from the shadows with a creepy smile on his face. "You're so far away from the city that no matter how loud you screamed, no one would be able to find you." He laughed in such an ugly matter that it reminded Patty of an evil scientist from a cheesy sci fi movie. She shook the thought away because she needed to figure out a way to escape this abandoned warehouse.

"Why did you take me here? What do you want from me!?" Patty nearly yelled in frustration.

"There's no need to be angry, really!" The man said cheerfully. "You give me information on the Flash. And I'll free you. Easy right?"

"I don't know anything about the Flash."

The Trickster's face changed from jolly to angry in less than a second and he shouted, "You must know something! He saves you every time you're in trouble. There has to be a special connection between you two."

"I'm being honest! I don't know anything. And besides, isn't his job to help and save people? I think he saves me a lot because I work for the Police department and it's easy to get information about people who work for the government. Especially a trusted hero like Flash could get information on my recent whereabouts without a doubt." Patty let her mouth run in order to buy herself some more time.

"I… I belive you. I can't believe I made such an amatour mistake. The great Trickster!" He looked more angry than Patty did before. He ran over to a nearby table and grabbed a knife. He then slowly walked over to Patty.

"Wait! You said you were going to free me!" Patty yelped out.

"I did. I said I'll free you. Free you from your misery!" And with a single motion, he moved the sharp blade toward Patty's neck. She stared in shock as everything moved in slow motion and she saw her life flash before her eyes. But red and yellow lightning interrupted her thoughts and it blasted the Trickster away from Patty. She released a relieved sigh for she knew who had come to save her. The impact from the scarlet speedster's hit had caused the criminal to black out and Flash untied her with his superspeed.

"Are you okay?" Barry said with his usual altered voice.

"Yeah. I'm fine. I've actually gotten used to it since I joined the Meta-Human Task Force."

"I don't think that's a good thing." he replied and they both chuckled a bit.

"I'll be back in a flash!" he said and with a blur of lightning, he left the dark warehouse bringing the Trickster with him.

Patty found herself alone in the damp and dark place, but she wasn't worried. She hypothesized that Flash would come right back once he dropped off the escapee at the police station. Not a moment too soon, Flash came back. "Well the Trickster woke up when I dropped him off at the Police Station. He caused quite the havok." "Well I'm glad you were able to come back so quickly!" Patty said with a smile on her face. "I guess you wouldn't want to stay here forever." "Nope!" she said and Barry was glad that she wasn't as shaken up as he thought she was going to be. "Where do you want to go?" "Home. If that's okay with you."Patty responded and Barry picked Patty up and raced her home.

"That was fast!" Patty's eyes were wide open when she found herself back in her apartment in 10 seconds. "I guess." Barry replied.

"I just wanted to say thank you. You wear a mask and don't take credit for any of the people you save. You're my hero." Patty gave a quick peck on the cheek and Flash got red for a moment and replied, "Anytime Patty… Do you want to hang out sometime?" Barry couldn't believe he was asking her as the Flash but it slipped out of his mouth. "I would love to." She replied and for the first time, she felt herself blush a little. "I'm open tomorrow night." she added eager to meet her hero again. "I'll see you then." he said, and speeded off.

Patty locked her apartment door and got ready for bed. She was tired and knew that she should be at the police station giving details about tonight's event but she was exhausted and knew that her partner would let her off. She went onto her balcony to see the city one last time before she went to bed. 'God, it's beautiful at night.' she thought and her minded wandered into different topics. 'I wonder what our first "date" will be like. Heck, it's not even a real date. I don't even know who he really is.' she chuckled to herself but deep down, she knew that she would trust him with her own life.

She woke up to a fresh start and practically ran to work. "What happened last night Spivot?" Joe asked her immediately after she arrived to work. "I really need to give you details on last night!" she didn't take anymore time explaining her "incident" with the Trickster and how the Flash saved her, although she left out the more personal conversation with the Scarlet Speedster.

"Patty! Are you okay? I heard about last night." Barry came racing towards her. "Yeah. I was just giving Joe details about last night." "Yeah. And I heard a lot about the Flash's involvement in this." Joe said as he glanced at Barry with a look that could only be described as 'why didn't you tell me about this?' Barry shrugged and walked off after he said, "Hope you get better Patty!" 'Well that was weird…' Patty couldn't imagine what they were giving looks to each other about but it seemed quite complicated so she decided not to ask. "Thanks for giving me the details. You can start "actually" working now." They both let out a little laugh and started working on their own assignments.