Barry Allen was the fastest man in the world, and boy did he feel like it when he was on Cisco's treadmill. He wanted to go faster, he knew he had to, Doctor Wells made that pretty clear to him almost every five minutes lately. His arms and legs were a blur as yellow lightning crackled behind him.

When he ran it was like nothing he'd ever experienced before. He'd been running practically his whole life, from bullies, catching trains, chasing after the truth behind what happened to his mother. Somehow none of that compared to how it felt to be moving at the speed of a bullet. He knew that Oliver had been right about the lightning bolt. Helping people, saving lives. It was what he lived for now.

"Hey there, Roadrunner," Cisco greeted the speedster. His hands were behind his back, he was obviously holding something. He had that satisfied grin plastered on his face he only got when he invented something new. "I have a surprise for you."

"Oh, yeah?" Barry slowed down gradually until he was at a normal speed, taking a moment to catch his breath. "Is it a pizza? I'm starving."

"Nope, I brought that, we figured you'd be hungry." Caitlin was only a half step behind Cisco with a small stack of pizza boxes in her hands. The three of them didn't hang out as much as she would like them to, so this seemed like as good as a time as any.

"Okay! Yeah, awesome!" Barry's face lit up with a smile at the prospect of spending time with his friends. The pizza wasn't a bad sight either. In a fraction of a second he'd snatched one of the boxes and taken a seat on the edge of the treadmill, happily taking a large bit of a slice. "So what's the surprise, Cisco?"

"Well, your suit wasn't exactly built for as high of speeds as you've been reaching lately, and I figure it might be holding you back a little." Cisco set a pair of boots that matched Barry's suit on the table.

"Are you saying something you made was flawed?" Barry's tone was joking but he was genuinely interested in whatever Cisco had done to his boots.

"What? No, not at all. This is just and improvement. An upgrade. None of my tech is flawed." It wasn't a secret to anyone that Cisco could get a bit defensive when it came to what he made.

"Barry's just kidding, aren't you Barry?" Caitlin looked at him expectantly as she sat down on a chair near the treadmill. Barry nodded, still smiling as he put away another slice of pizza. Cisco shrugged it off and gestured to the modified boots.

"So, before they were made out of heat resistance, shock absorbent, rubber polymer. It did the job, but I feel like it was weighing you down." Cisco seemed pretty proud, looking at the new boots like they were his firstborn child. "These new ones are silicon based, and exactly fourteen point two times more resistant to impact and equally as able to withstand high temperatures, all the while being almost two pounds lighter. I'm also testing out a new design for the tread, it should provide less friction and help you get to a higher speed faster."

"Woah, that's great! I can't wait to try them out! When'd you have time to do this?" Barry picked up one of the shoes, looking it over. It was way lighter, he could tell that already. "Thank you, Cisco. I really appreciate it."

"It's no big deal, really," Cisco pretended to wave off the compliment, but the smile on his face said otherwise.

"So, now that that's taken care of, I was thinking we should have some kind of game night. We've been doing a lot of really good work lately, so a fun night could be good for all of us." Caitlin said after she took a bite of her own slice of pizza. Cisco had sat down in the chair next to her and started on his own piece as well, nodding in agreement.

"I think that sounds really cool, though I never really saw you as the type to play a lot of games," Barry really liked the sound of that. Whether or not Wells would join them was another matter entirely.

"I'll have you know, I am an expert at Clue," Caitlin said matter-of-factly. Just then Barry's phone went of, and he instantly had it in his hand, answering the call.

"Okay, okay.. Yep. I'll be right there." After he hung up he let out a small sigh. "I have a crime scene to analyze. This was good though. I'll see you guys later."

"Later Barry," Cisco and Caitlin both gave a wave but he was already gone, leaving a brief trail of lightning behind that disappeared shortly after he did.

"So, guess we're gonna finish all this by ourselves," Cisco smiled, happily grabbing another piece.