A/N: Well, I got chapter one done. This chapter sets up some of the new background. The only characters I own in this chapter are Greg Denshoe and Hanna Jordan.
Chapter One:Another New Home
Cisco Ramon sat in the back of the van huffing a sigh as he leaned against the window. There was no real way to judge their destination. He didn't know Central City all that well. His last home had been with a man named Rip Hunter who lived in a two bedroom apartment at the edge, the border between Star City and Central City, and the part that could barely be considered Central City. The home before that with a woman named Moira Queen in Star City. Central City was a mystery to him, only through stories told by his former foster brother who would sometimes take business trips with his stepfather did he know anything at all about the city's history.
"You gonna tell me anything?" Cisco said. "Shouldn't I at least know something before you drop me at another door?"
"This placement was a last resort." The man in the front passenger seat grumbled, Mr. Denshoe, not Cisco's social worker, but some government scrub that had to make sure Hanna Jordan was doing her job properly.
"The Wells family is lovely." Hanna said.
"Lovely…" Denshoe scoffed. "That old kook blew half the city to bits."
Blew the city… now Cisco was listening.
"It was three years ago Greg."
"If you ask me...ain't no wonder guy has to get a foster license. No one else would step two feet near him. He and the kid are a perfect match."
"He has a daughter." Hanna said. "And he is well suited. Ran the check myself."
"Why they even granted him a license, I don't understand. Guy's a murderer."
Cisco tuned out the rest of what was being said. So they were placing him with just anyone...someone who sounded like either a crackpot or if Denshoe was to be believed...a criminal. Hanna said he had a daughter though. Would they really leave a kid with someone that dangerous? Although...with him, it didn't really matter all that much did it? He was the at risk case, bat crazy and downright sick if Moira's new husband was to be believed. The nightmares had begun again in earnest about a week ago, after Rip Hunter had told Hanna that he could no longer take care of him. Hunter was a soldier and had been deployed, no family to speak of that could take over fostering duties in his stead. It had been a hard goodbye.
Living with the Queens hadn't been too bad, but Moira's husband Walter hadn't exactly been welcoming. Moira tried her best to be a good mother, but they were a high profile family, and having a son even a foster, on the crazy train wasn't exactly good for their image. It was only thanks to the legalities of the system that he hadn't been stuck in some nuthouse and had been placed with Hunter at all. The only good thing about his time in Star City had been Oliver and Thea. He wondered vaguely how they were doing, but then pushed the thought out of his head. Odds are he wouldn't ever see them again.
"Look, there it is." Hanna nodded vaguely in the direction of the window. "STAR Labs."
Cisco glanced out the window as they passed by a building. It looked relatively well kept, and stretched the length of a city block. Hidden behind the building's girth was a gate, and behind the gate a small house.
"Wells still keeps up the building." Hanna explained. "Even though no one's worked there since the Particle Accelerator."
"Particle Accelerator?" Cisco was interested in science, always had been.
Hanna smiled. From the moment she'd met Cisco Ramon, she'd known he was unique and she was glad to see his curiosity ignited again. No one should have their spirit broken by the system. "It was Dr. Wells' pet project, and was supposed to be the crowning achievement of STAR Labs."
Cisco nodded. "What went wrong?"
"Remember what Denshoe said about blowing half the city to bits? It wasn't as extreme as all that, but it did cause quite a bit of damage. Harrison Wells hasn't been able to continue his work since." She frowned. "He's barely been able to show his face."
"That's rough."
Hanna nodded. "Come on. I know they can't wait to meet you."
A/N: So we got a bit of information about Cisco, and they arrived at Dr. Wells'. How'd you like it? Let me know.