This was really my first attempt at writing fan fiction. I hope you guys enjoy the first chapter of this story, It took a while for me to finally get to post this, I've been working hard on this for about a month now. If you guys enjoyed this story's start or did not enjoy it, please leave some feedback. It would help a lot, Thank you, everyone who reads this.
This story takes place during the first time Barry was trapped in the speed force in season 2. The only characters added to this story that isn't owned by DC are Thomas (the main character) and Isaac (The main characters best friend) This story does not follow any specific events that have taken place in the actual show, apart from the Barry being trapped in the speed force.
It's been months since the Flash's death. Zoom ran into a news station and broadcasted to the whole city, that the hero they looked up to, had died. He didn't have his body to prove his death but everyone knew that it was true. Zoom held The Flashes chest piece in his hand. He could have lied, or maybe he could have hidden his body or maybe he was telling the truth. Zoom was too fast for anyone to stop. But we tried in the end, we did. but he killed us, and he kept killing us until we stopped trying.
My story is simple, I was born in August 1992. I graduated top of my class with a 4.3 GPA in high school and went to CCU for college to major in forensics and criminal justice. I'm tall, about 6'1, I have darker brown hair color, short and the front pressed up from the hair gel I used, and my eyes are a greenish color. I was raised by both of my amazing parents, they raised me to do the right thing even in hard times. What else could I say? They were amazing. They loved me so much, they fed me, bathed me, clothed me and provided for my every need. They were there for my first break up, my first science fair, my first everything. But not anymore. Zoom stole them from me, he murdered them in cold blood. Crushed my father's heart and broke my mother's neck. I had to bury both of my parents and it was the hardest thing in the world, but I did it and it only made me stronger.
My name is Thomas Cutter, and this is how I stopped, the "Fastest Man Alive."
After the funeral
"All they wanted to do was go out to get something to eat," I said, eyes teary from all the pain, I buried my face in my palms. "I know Thomas, this has to be so hard for you." Isaac told me in a comforting tone, arm around my shoulder as we both sat on a hill outside of the city overlooking the vast amount of people moving about. You could see everything, from Star Labs to the CCPD Precinct. Isaac was my best friend, he was always there for me. He was tall, short black hair, and tanish white skin, with a light bluish gray eye color. "Just don't let this break you down, let it build you up." Isaac said as he stood up, pushing himself with his left hand on the ground for support. "Your parents would want that." He bent over, "Go home, get some sleep. It's late." He told me as he patted me on the shoulder and frowned. I nodded and proceeded to get up.
As I got home, I took my coat off and placed it on the rack next to the door, and placed my keys on the kitchen counter. I started for my room and got changed into my towel to take a shower and get ready for bed when all of a sudden my phone started buzzing like crazy. What in the world? I questioned in my head. "Turn to channel 7" - Joe West, "Channel 7, now." - Captain Singh, "Hey check the news!" -Isaac. I was both curious and concerned at this point. I shrugged while tossing my phone on the bed and headed for the living room. I grabbed the remote, turned on the TV as I sat down on my comfortable leather lazy boy, still in my towel. "Okay, channel 7." I said out loud as I pressed the button with the number to the channel on it. The channel was set on CCN, and what was being broadcasted was Zoom. My eyes started to tear with anger, and my chest swell with emotion,I gripped the armrests on the sides of the comfortable leather chair with immense force, only showing my anger. My eyes locked to his hand, he held something. It looked to be a piece of the Flash's suit that was blown off. His emblem was on the front of it so you could tell it was his chest piece. "Look at your hero now." He said with the voice of a monster as he raised up the piece of armor looking at it. "I stole his speed, and he couldn't get it back, now he's dead." he said, dropping the red chest piece. "What will you do without you precious hero?" Zoom said mockingly and then sped out of the building with a trail of blue lighting and knocking over everyone in the room with a powerful gust of wind. I couldn't believe it. The flash was gone.
Present day
It's Friday night and my plans are to go and relax on the new comfortable couch I just bought with the bonus I received for working hard and overtime. I was just coming home from a hard day's work. I worked as a forensic scientist for the CCPD. There was two of us, but Barry Allen has been missing for the past couple of months or so now, and he was nowhere to be seen or found. So I took his place, working his shifts. Anything to keep my mind off of Zoom and my parent's. I got the job shortly after getting my bachelors degree and graduating CCU. "Hi Cutter." A man's voice called out from the corner of the living room relaxing on what appeared to be the old lazy boy I wasn't using any more thanks to the comfy new lavender couch I bought. "I'm sorry, who are you? And why are you in my apartment?" I asked back in confusion, stepping towards him with my arms crossed and standing up tall to assert my dominance in the situation. He sat there, right leg crossed over the left one leaning back against the chair. "The names Snart." He said with a sarcastic smile. My heart dropped. Oh no. I thought to myself, lowering my shoulders, raising my eyebrows and dropping my arms to my side as I realized who was sitting in front of me. The man pulled the hood that was resting over his head off so the rest of his face was revealed. Panic swelled in my chest at this point. "Y-you, you're Captain Cold." I said, trying not to sound pathetically scared out of my mind. Which I was. "The one and only." Cold said with a smirk. "Don't worry kid, I'm not here to hurt you." He stated with a smile. "Well, what do you want then? Why are you here?" I asked cautiously, taking a step back.
"I need your help kid." He said. "You see, I'm no a hero. I'm a bad guy, I like to steal. I can't steal if I'm preoccupied with trying to stop my city from falling apart." he told me, with worry in his voice. "And what role exactly would I play in any of this that could possibly help you?" I asked curiously this time crossing my arms and standing up straight once again. Something about this just didn't feel right, why on earth would one of CCPD's most wanted, come to me? Someone who works for the police? "I know some people. They say that you could be the key to stopping Zoom. So I thought hey, if this is true I can go back to doing what I love to do, instead of running around playing hero." He explained thoroughly. He sat up and took his goggles off, and placed his cold gun on the coffee table in front of the couch, and leaned forward. "Look kid." he said, pressing his hands together interlocking his fingers. "I may be a bad guy, but I'm not the one you should be worrying about right now. Plus, zoom is bad for business. Can't rob and steal if there's nothing to rob and steal." He told me, leaning back into my chair while crossing his arms. Confusion was running through my mind and I moved my hand to rub the back of my head. "I don't understand?" I told him as I went to hang up my coat and place my keys on the kitchen counter. "Just come with me Cutter, you will." "How do I know you aren't just going to rob and kill me?" I asked suspiciously, pointing my finger at him. "If I wanted to do that, I would have already done it." Snart said as he tilted his head and squinted his eyes. "Okay. I'll come." I told the villain and gave a shrug. "Great let's go." Snart said as he stood up from my chair and put his equipment back on. We walked out to my car and drove off to star labs.
As we went down the elevator inside Star labs, Snart gave me a wink and a smirk. The doors opened now, "Alright out you go." He told me as he pushed me forward into the corridor. "Ah, there he is! I told you Snart could convince him." A man said walking towards him from a hallway. He had long black hair and a wide smile. Two more people followed him. A girl with long dark brown hair and a taller man who looked to be . Impossible he died and is convicted of killing Barry Allen's mom. I thought to myself. "Hi, I'm Cisco, and this is Caitlin and Harry." He said, pointing behind him at the other pair of individuals. "H-hey, I'm Thomas. Thomas Cutter." I said to all of them, but only shaking Cisco's hand. "Aren't you the guy who killed Barry Allen's mom?" I asked pointing at Harrison Wells and slightly squinting. Wells looked over to Cisco, "That's a long story to explain but no, he isn't that Harrison Wells." Cisco explained. "Alright. Well, Snart said you guys think that I'm the key to stopping zoom?" I asked nervously, looking around at them with my arms crossed. "Yea, pretty much." Caitlin said with a smile as she nodded her head. Wow… they're actually serious? I thought to myself curiously. This was the first time in a while that I felt needed. It felt good.
"I don't understand. How could someone like me possibly stop someone like Zoom? I'm just a forensic scientist. No powers, no police experience…"
I asked curiously, my brow furrowed and tilting my head to the right ever so slightly. "There's where you're wrong pal!" Cisco stated excitedly. He moved towards me until he stood right in front facing me. "You see, when the particle accelerator went active 2 years ago, you were exposed to-" "Dark matter, and other not so theoretical energies, yeah I know. But still, I wasn't as lucky as some of the people in this city. I never got powers." I rudely interrupted. "Yes but, you did. You just can't use them for some reason. On the night of the explosion, you were exposed to the same energies that the flash was giving you full access to harness the speed force!" Caitlin chimed in, an excited smile filled her face. My eyes widened in surprise. There's no way I could be a speedster, I would have known. I thought. "Okay well, say you're right. Say I can harness the speed force, that I am a speedster. How would I activate this power? I asked, trying to hide my excitement with a serious face.
They all turned to look at each other. I moved my hand and rubbed the back of my head. My eyebrows furrowed in confusion. "Here's the bad news…" Cisco said hesitantly. "We'd have to jump start your cells into an excited state." "Okay, how do we do that?" I asked. "Ever jumpstart a car before Mr. Cutter?" Snart said sarcastically. I winced at the sound of his statement. I almost forgot he was there. My eyes widened and my eyebrows bent. "No, no, no… I can't do that." I told them. "The needed electricity to jump start a car is 12 to 14 volts, if I were a battery I wouldn't be as worried, but I'm not and I'm sure to jumpstart a speedster, it would take at least 400 volts of electricity. Am I right?" I asked frightened, looking around to all of their faces individually. "Yeaah…" Cisco let out very stretched and hesitant reply as he rubbed his hair down in the back. "Please, you're our only chance to save Barry!" Caitlin said in anguish, pressing her hands together as if she were praying. Barry? I thought. What does Barry have anything to do with this? Then it hit me. Barry Allen, the other forensic scientist at the CCPD went missing around the same time that the flash mysteriously 'died'. "Oh my God." I said surprised, eyes widening once again, backing up a little bit. "Barry Allen Is the Flash!" "Uhh... Yeah, how did you-" Cisco said, pointing his index finger towards me before I interrupted. "It all makes sense now, Barry Allen wouldn't have just quit, he was one of the best employees that CCPD ever had, and he loves his job. And if he was really 'missing' then the police and detectives like Joe West, who is basically his dad would have found him, or at least his body by now" they all looked surprised and dazzled as I figured that out so quickly. I was actually a pretty good detective, I almost applied to be one but I decided I would rather not die out in the field. I preferred the science of my job anyway.
Then it hit me. The flash is alive? I thought to myself before responding. "I get that he was your friend guys, but you're asking me to risk my life to do something that may or may not work, I mean… I could potentially die from this. My parents may have been killed by Zoom, and trust me I'd like to stop his reign just as much as the next guy, hell I'd kill him if I could, but I still don't think that risking my life for something that may or may not work is a good idea. I'm sorry, but I can't. I'm not your guy." I told them, disappointment in my voice. They all nodded and Caitlin had tears start to run down her face. I looked down at my feet and my face turned bright red, but I turned around to walk to the elevator and leave Star labs. I don't know why I couldn't bring myself to say yes, after all my life kind of sucked. "I'm sorry I can't help you guys," I told them as I turned my face to the left to glance at them all one last time.
I walked out the front of the large building that read 'S.T.A.R. Labs'. I shoved my hands into my pockets and started walking towards my car still looking down, ashamed with my decision to dismiss the offer they gave me. As I walked to the car, I felt as though I was being watched. I turn to look up and to the left and I saw him. Zoom stood tall on the top of the building across the street from me. His Demonic all black suit made from leather, stood out in the light of day, dark blue lightning striking all around his body. My eyes widened with fear when I realized he was staring directly at me and I shut them tight. "Please don't be real, please, please, please." I whispered to myself. When I opened them up back up, he was gone. I looked around thankful it wasn't real. Thank Go- before I could even finish that thought, Zoom had picked me up and sped me to the wall, slamming my back so hard against it, the wall broke in cracks. "ARGH!" I yelled out. I could feel Zooms demonic looking claw wrapped around my neck, pressing me harder against the wall. "They thought they could defeat me, with you? Fight me, with you?" He laughed as he tilted his head up. "They were so wrong about you 'Tommy'." He mocked sarcastically. "You're a pathetic excuse for a Speedster." He said, his voice sounding like the devil's himself. "And a waste of human life." I struggled to get away from the speedsters grip around my neck, but it was too strong. I was choking, suffocating, I couldn't breathe. I am going to die. I kept thinking to myself as there was nothing I could've done. "You can't even get your powers to work." He mocked, increasing the grip he had around my neck. My legs now began flailing as I fight to stay above the darkness that threatened to rise to my brain and remain conscious. When Zoom slammed me against the heavy concrete wall, he dislocated my shoulder, and the impact against the wall caused damage all over my body to occur from internal bleeding to scrapes and scratches. Still against the wall, Zoom lifted me up higher off the ground.
All of a sudden, out of the corner of my eye I saw some of the blue excess lightning from zoom, rise up his arm. It looked like a shark's fin above water right before it strikes. I'm sorry Mom, I'm sorry Dad. I thought to myself, thinking this would be my last thought. When the lightning got to Zooms hand, it jumped off of his black leathery friction proof suit and struck me with immense force. I didn't feel pain like I thought I would, I felt a surge of electricity course through my body, I felt the rush of speed and power being released within my cells, the electricity touched every nerve in my body until it reached my brain, I felt the electricity even run through my eyes. Zoom tilted his head in confusion. "No…" He whispered in a lower but more human voice. "No this can't be possible!" He yelled out in his monstrous voice backing up. He released the grip he had on my neck and I fell to the ground with a thud, I struggled to breathe gasping for air. "NO!" Zoom yelled once more before he took off speeding away until he was out of sight from Star Labs. I managed to push myself up into a kneeling position for a few moments trying to catch my breath after being almost strangled to death.
"Holy crap, that was terrifying." I whispered in between heavy breathing. I stood up from my kneeling position using my hand for support on the broken wall behind me where I had almost met death and turned around to see Caitlin, Cisco, and , staring at me. Cisco started running towards me, "Yes, yes, yes dude!" He cried out as he made is way towards me. "Do you know what just happened?" He asked enthusiastically as he placed his hand on my shoulder. "Yeah Zooms lighting just zapped me and Jump Started my powers." I announced, still trying to catch my breath. Cisco was so happy and you could tell by that big grin of his face. I looked down at my hand, it was vibrating really fast. I glanced back and forth between my hand and Cisco before either one of us said something. "Wow, this feels amazing." I stated, still looking down at my hand. "I'm sure it does pal." Cisco said, still with a big smile still on his face. "And guess what?" He asked me. "What?" I asked plainly. "You scared Zoom away. You actually scared him. Man, he ran from you like a baby!" He laughed. Cisco helped me limp over to Caitlin and Dr. Wells. "So do I get a cool name and outfit as well?" I asked jokingly. Cisco, still with a big grin on his face, nodded and said, "It'll come to me, we just need to see what you can do first." When we reached Caitlin and Wells, only then did I remember that something wasn't right. "Argh." I breathed out as I tried to move my arm. "Hey guys, some things not right." I stated as I groaned in agony when I tried to move it again. "What's wrong?" Caitlin asked, slightly tilting her head in both wonder and concern. "My shoulder, I think Zoom dislocated it." I said with a wince. "Not to worry." Caitlin said with a smile, "I can help with that." She told me as she pointed to the doors leading back inside Star Labs.
As we got into the cortex, they led me to a room with a hospital bed and equipment, the room was fairly big, and there was a bed in the middle of the room that looked just like a gurney but more comfortable. There were shelves all over the room with medical supplies. "Here, sit." Caitlin said as she patted the white bed. I limped over to her and sat down on the edge of the bed. "You might want to lay back." Cisco said out loud as he left to go back into the cortex. As I shifted my body to bring my legs up on the bed and lay back, I let out a whimper of pain. "Okay, this is going to hurt… A lot…" she told me with a forced smile. She placed both of her hands on my arm, one on the shoulder and the other on my forearm. "On three." She told me. I nodded, "One…" POP, SNAP. I felt intense pain shoot through my arm. "GAHH!" I screamed as I clutched my arm. "What happened to three Caitlin?" I asked a bitterly. "Think of it like ripping off a bandaid to get it over with." She told me with a shrug and laughed. "Well thank you for helping me." I told her sincerely before moving to get up. "Now that you have unleashed the speed force throughout your body, you will heal remarkably fast, in a day or so, it will be like nothing ever happened." she stated with a smile and a hand on my shoulder. I stood up and walked to the cortex where I found Cisco and Wells trying to solve some sort of equation on a clear glass pane. I guess it was supposed to be a whiteboard just transparent. "Hey, what's that you guys are working on?" I asked while walking over to them, still clutching my shoulder. "Don't you worry about anything right now Mr. Cutter, you-" Please, call me Thomas." I interrupted Dr. Wells while putting my hand up to tell him to stop. "Alright Thomas, likewise, call me Harry." He said, nodding approval. "We think that you should just get some rest for now. There will be more than enough for you to help with tomorrow." Wells stated slightly tilting his head. "No, no. I'm fine, let me help." I told them both shrugging off the pain I still felt. "Okay." Cisco said, nodding his head, "Just take it easy until you're healed. Then we can take your powers out for a spin." He said with a smile. "Alright sweet." I said nodding and reaching to pull a chair over to sit and observe the equations that Cisco and Harry were working on.
A few hours or so go by and Cisco and Harry are still trying to solve their so-called 'speed force equation'. "So, what happened to Barry?" I asked curiously, finally breaking the silence that covered the room while Harry and Cisco worked. "Joe, Barry's adoptive father, has a son. His name is Wally West." Cisco said as he placed the yellow dry erase marker down on a table nearby and turned to face me. "Yeah, I've met Wally a few times at the Precinct." I told them. "Well, a few months ago, Zoom kidnapped him, and the only way Zoom would let him go was for the flash or Barry to give zoom his speed. If he didn't, Zoom would've killed Wally. Barry knew what he had to do, so he saved wally." Cisco said in a low and upset voice. "I never knew that he stole Wally." I stated, rubbing the back of my head. "So how did he die?" I asked cautiously not wanting to evoke unwanted feelings. "Harry thought we could replicate a controlled particle accelerator explosion to give Barry his speed back but it incinerated him instead. But he isn't dead!" Cisco replied as he waved his hands in the air in surprise and sorrow. "So what happened then?" I asked again. "Barry is alive, but he's stuck in the speed force." He told me. Wow the speed force! This is incredible! I thought to myself. "How can I help get him out?" I asked sincere and determined. I knew this wasn't going to be easy, but I was finally willing to do what they needed help with. These people needed me. I felt that after everything the Flash has done for this city, it's my turn to help. "You can't." Harry said in a low tone. You could sense a 'but' coming on, "But you will be able to do something soon." Harry said with a smirk as he pointed at me. "I like where this is going." I said out loud, nodding my head and smiling. Cisco placed his hand on my shoulder and smiled. "You're going to get fast enough to run into the speed force and get Barry out!" Harry looked me dead in the eyes and told me, "Thomas... you're going to save the Flash."
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