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"So you are telling me that your friend here can transport through shadows?" Joe asked.
Percy and Frank as best they could explained shadow traveling while Catlin bandaged Hazel's ankle up. Leo was to busy grumbling about his back so he didn't really pay attention to what was going on. Apparently shadow traveling was the ability to travel from place to place through shadows (which really was not a good explanation).
Percy shrugged, "Not as good as her half-brother Nico but good enough to get us here."
"Hey...it was either that or riding Arion," Frank huffed, "I speak from experience; it is not fun throwing up while moving at incredibly fast speeds."
"How fast?" Cisco asked.
Frank eyed Percy nervously. Percy sighed and shook his head. Frank nodded and said, "You explain then."
"Arion can move slightly faster than a normal horse," Percy muttered.
His tone of voice didn't sound like he was lying.
"Yeah...if you can say traveling from Alaska to California in four..." Frank was cut off by Percy's scowl.
Here came the secrets again. Barry notice Oliver tense up and understood he was going to confront them about the secret they were holding. Before he could question them Catlin suddenly spoke up saying,
"You are lucky it was just a sprain."
The girl gave a her a small smile and said, "Thank you...mam. Um...what should I call you?"
Barry was shocked. Very rarely did a kid ask an adult what they should call them. Catlin must have noticed this (her ears turned beat red from embarrassment) but she managed to say,
"You may call me Catlin."
Frank grunted, "Sorry for not catching you sooner Hazel...it was..."
"An accident...I know," Hazel smiled warmly at him.
She got to her feet and limped over to Frank who protectively put his arm around her. They had to be boyfriend/girlfriend judging by that gesture. Barry smiled slightly, remembering how Iris used to be warm toward him; she wasn't as much currently.
"What about me doc?" Leo complained.
He groaned and clutched at his back. However his groan sounded a little too dramatized.
Catlin scowled at him and said, "Alright I'll check on you. Just don't call me doctor lady. I'm a bioengineer as well as a nurse maid."
The last comment was directed towards Barry. He recalled how she chewed him and Cisco out when she found out they were stopping crime across the city. One of her comments was she wasn't going to patch Barry up after an incident. And ironically she did; every single time.
"Whatever you say doc—YOUCH!" Leo shouted as Catlin straightened his back out with a crack.
Barry saw both Percy and Frank wince.
Felicity muttered, "That's got to hurt..."
"Opps..." Catlin muttered even though she didn't sound entirely sorry, "Next time move out of the way."
"I'll make a note of that," Leo muttered rubbing his back, "I think this is the worst thing that's happened to me."
"Seriously?" Percy scowled, "Going up in an explosion that could have wiped out half of New York City and giving all of us a heart attack isn't considered bad?"
"Oh yeah," Leo said sheepishly, "I forgot about that."
He got to feet wincing.
"How could you possibly forget about..." Frank started to say before Percy shot him a warning look.
Why were they keeping this so secretive? Barry looked at Hazel.
"Trust me...," she muttered when she saw Barry's questioning gaze turned on her, "It wouldn't make any sense to you if we were to tell you. Plus you wouldn't believe us. Even I have a hard believing it."
Barry snorted. Hypothetically he wasn't suppose to be able to run faster than the speed of sound after being struck with lightning but he still did. But he didn't say that out loud.
"Can we please know your names?" Frank asked hesitantly.
"I'm Barry Allen, this is Cisco Ramon, Catlin Snow err..." Barry saw Catlin glare at him, "Or just Catlin. Harrison Wells...and Joe West. Oliver Queen and Felicity Smock."
"Didn't you get hit by lightning or something?" Leo asked, "Cause it was all over the news. You survived for nine months without a heartbeat."
"Uh...yeah," Barry said nervously.
He didn't care to correct the kid that his heart was still beating but it had was moving so fast the heart monitor couldn't measure it.
"Ouch..." Hazel winced.
Percy glanced at Barry as if suddenly realizing how exactly he got his powers. He didn't say anything.
"Oh this is cool!" Leo grinned suddenly spying the heap of metal (that was part of the drone that Cisco absolutely refused to throw out), "What was that? It looks like something out of a Sci-Fi movie."
How could he tell that the charred piece(s) of metal at some point had been something? Barry recalled at some point Percy saying that Leo was able to identify almost any machine as well as knowing how to dismantle it and rebuild it.
"Just something that I built and something someone destroyed," Cisco grumbled, "I have spent hours on trying to rebuild it and no luck."
Barry just shook his head. The someone Cisco was talking about was him. The drone had shot a missile at him (after burning his arm with one of the lasers) and he had caught it. He had tried throwing it over the drone. Unfortunately his aim had been way off and the missile blew the drone up much to Cisco's annoyance.
Leo ran his fingers against the charred metal, "I'm guessing it was a drone that ran on solar energy. It was manually controlled by some tablet. The battery could easily be charged by leaving it out in the sun for roughly five hours. Both wings supported a twin set of lasers as well as a mini missile on either side. You sir...are awesome. I would totally build something like this if I was allowed to," Leo said quickly when Hazel glared at him.
Barry and his friends just stared at the kid. How did he figure out what the scrap of metal was at one time? He described it exactly the way Cisco had built it.
"I told you he was good," Percy grunted seeing their silence.
Very good.
"Could you um...help me rebuild it?" Cisco asked.
He sounded very eager to have the drone rebuilt so he could do another training exercise with Barry. Great...more burns as well as missile dodging again. Who was going to shoot a missile at him? Unless there was a Metahuman that could do that but Barry highly doubted it.
Leo snorted, "Please...do not underestimate what Valdez can do. All I need is a screwdriver, WD40, watch repair tools as well as a new laser pointer to replace the ones that were destroyed."
He reached into his tool belt, pulled out all the items he listed, and went straight to work on repairing the drone (even though Barry could have sworn that the boy's toolbelt had been empty).
"No test driving," Dr. Wells warned.
Leo ignored him and Cisco smirked. Frank eyed the both of them and edged away from them putting a hand on a small cloth bag attached to his belt. Hazel looked at him and mouthed, "I will make sure it doesn't hit it."
Hit what?
"Um...Barry, Oliver, and um...Joe? Can I talk to you guys for a minute," Percy asked before Barry could ask Hazel what she was talking about.
Barry exchanged a glance with Oliver and shrugged. Percy lead them into the treadmill room and shut the door.
"What is it kid?" Oliver asked.
Percy stared out the window nervously watching Frank speak to Hazel quietly about something. Leo was engrossed in rebuilding the drone while Cisco and Catlin watched him awed struck. Dr. Wells watched them for a time before wheeling out of the room.
"You, " Percy started turning to them, "know how I found out who you guys are."
Barry nodded. Oliver on the other hand grumbled to himself. He was still angry that Percy figured out he was the vigilante. Joe eyed him and stepped protectively towards Percy.
"You shoot him and you'll be locked up," he warned.
"My friends know many things but not everything. What Hazel, Frank, and Leo don't know," Percy said smiling slightly (completely ignoring what Joe said), "you are the Flash as well as the Arrow."
"You didn't..." Barry started.
"Tell them? No," Percy sighed, "I honor my promises as well as keeping secrets that are important."
"So what are we to do about it?" Oliver demanded.
"Look...I know you...um...occasionally have to race off to stop a crime," Percy swallowed hard, "So...I might have to uh...create a distraction to allow you to do that. But I also need you to play along."
"I guess we can try," Joe admitted, "I can call Barry and ask him to come 'down' to the crime lab but in truth he would be helping the police to stop a criminal."
"Another thing...this Metahuman's abilities...worry me," Percy said shaking his head, "I might not be able to help you unless you explain what exactly she was able to do."
Barry managed to quickly explain what exactly happened. He hoped that the kid wouldn't tease him about the injuries he had received.
"First of all ouch...I feel really sorry for what happened to you. Second of all I would say she would be a daughter of Hades but...from my experience children of Death Breath do not have the ability to create things out of shadows," Percy glanced out at his friends again, "they can either control minerals and gems or...er...having the ability to reanimate skeletons."
"Make sure Cisco doesn't hear you say that," Joe grinned.
Definitely make sure Cisco didn't hear that. He wouldn't shut about the Walking Dead Series if he did. Percy nodded in agreement.
"So what do you think she is?" Barry asked.
Percy shrugged, "I don't know. Maybe this time the explosion erased part of her DNA helix. She might not even be a demigod. Or..."
A sudden scream from the main room made Barry jump. Percy took his sword out and held it uncertainly in his hands. Barry was surprised how quick he had managed to draw it. He must have to use the sword a lot.
"SOMEONE GET THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER!" Catlin shrieked.
"Oh not again," Percy groaned face palming lowering his sword.
"What do you mean?" Oliver asked.
Percy didn't answer but charged out the door. Barry joined him at the door frame just in time to see Leo get blasted with white foam from head to toe from the fire extinguisher. But he could have sworn he saw flames on the kid's head. By the time Catlin finally turned the extinguisher off Leo looked like a mound of whipped cream.
"What just happened?" Joe asked.
He had drawn his gun and he was holding it in his hand nervously. Percy had already stored his sword away so he was empty handed. He stared at the foam with a smile that showed he was trying hard not to laugh.
"The kid started Spontaneously Combusting!" Catlin shrieked.
"Like literally bursting into flames," Felicity put in helpfully.
"It was pretty cool though," Cisco grinned.
Barry glanced at the table on which Leo had been working on. Parts of it were still smoldering and there were burned marks all over it.
"Cool! COOL!? YOU ARE SAYING SUDDENLY BURSTING INTO FLAMES IS COOL!?" Catlin shouted.
She looked like she was in the middle of having a panic attack.
"Did you have to scream like that? We thought you were being murdered," Oliver said dryly.
Percy took one more look at the mound of foam that covered his friend and burst out laughing unable to keep it in any longer. Frank and Hazel joined in. What was so funny?
"Gods...that is to much. I wish...I...had...a...camera," Frank gasped with laughter.
Percy was laughing so hard that tears were running down his cheeks. Even Cisco started to chuckle. Laughter sure was contagious.
"Why do I look like the creature from the foam lagoon?" Leo grumbled whipping some of the foam away from his face.
Did he seriously just rename a movie that Cisco loved to watch? This kid was turning out to be even more like him.
"You got blasted from the fire extinguisher," Hazel snorted.
"Dude...must you always start to Spontaneously Combust every time you get excited or surprised?" Percy said after he was done laughing.
Did this kid seriously burst into flames constantly?
"Hey! Not every time!" Leo protested.
He whipped more of the foam off himself with a disgusted look on his face.
"Oh really? What about the time we took you to that Mexican restaurant that served super hot sauce? After you ate it several people started calling 911 as well as screaming for a water bucket," Percy smirked.
Leo just scowled and wisely didn't answer.
"Whoa...whoa...whoa. Are you telling me he can light himself on fire?" Cisco asked.
"Sometimes yes," Percy grumbled, "That is why you heard the smoke alarm going off in my house earlier. I blasted him with the water hose because he started the couch on fire by accident. Also...he can touch fire and not get burned. I can be burned to...but not that easily."
"Says the guy who made Mt. Saint Helens erupt," Leo muttered, "And looked like an overcooked lobster after."
He did what?! Percy turned pale at Leo's comment.
"Say that again?" Barry asked wanting to make sure he didn't mishear.
"Total accident dude...don't fret. No one died or got hurt," Percy said sheepishly, "And Leo...shut it."
"Fine..." Leo grumbled, "Its not my fault my girlfriend saw what you looked like after."
He continued to wipe the foam off himself but still looked like a foam monster. Percy punched him hard in the shoulder making him wince.
Barry just shook his head and muttered, "I'm not going to even ask about this one."
Oliver just eyed Percy suspiciously.
"So um...how can Leo control fire?" Felicity asked.
Percy shrugged and asked, "What made him excited this time?"
Apparently his emotions made him burst into flames randomly. And judging by the restaurant story he seemed to do it a lot.
"He rebuilt the drone so...yeah," Cisco offered lamely.
How can that make someone excited? Unless building something like that was exciting for him.
"Can someone tell me what a drone is?" Hazel asked with a confused look on her face.
"Um..." Frank swallowed hard.
"How do you not know what a drone is?" Cisco laughed.
Hazel glared at him venomously.
"Hazel...um...she really know much about modern technology," Percy said nervously.
Barry glanced at the girl uncertainly. There seemed to be something different about her that he didn't notice in any other kid.
"Does anyone have a towel? Or maybe a bathroom that I can wash this junk off?" Leo grumbled suddenly.
He still had quite a lot of foam stuck to him. Barry groaned knowing that he was going to have to clean it all up later after Percy's friends left.
"Down the hall to the left," Catlin groaned, "Don't set off the sprinkler system."
Hazel giggled when Leo glared at her. He left quickly leaving behind a trail of foam. As soon as he left the room the crime monitor started beeping. Barry winced and closed his eyes. Great...how was he going to get out of here?
"Um...maybe I should call him," Cisco muttered taking his phone out, "And tell him about the armed stolen car robbery."
"Who?" Hazel asked confused.
"The Flash. He is like the super hero here," Percy said quickly.
He quickly glanced at Joe with a pleading look that clearly said, 'a little help here'.
"Hey Barry...I forgot to tell you that I need you down at the crime lab right now..." Joe said playing along.
Barry relaxed slightly; silently thanking Percy for the quick save. He quickly locked eyes with Cisco.
"Right...I forgot to tell you that Joe told me to tell you that," Cisco said understanding what he meant.
Barry gave him a 'shut up' look. Wisely Cisco quickly 'dilled' the phone and pretended to 'talk' to the Flash. Barry quickly left the room with Joe. After making sure Leo wasn't around he sped back in the room grabbing his suit along the way. Papers were sent everywhere as he ran back out.
"Whoa..." Frank breathed, "Was that him?"
"Yep..."Percy muttered popping the letter p.
He hoped that Barry's secret would never be found out by his friends. No offense to them but Percy knew that they would possibly spill the secret on accident; Leo especially.
Barry raced down the street following the police cars that were following the car. He soon caught sight of the suspect's car and increased his speed.
"Make sure he doesn't hit any pedestrians..." came Cisco's voice.
"Duh..." Barry muttered while vibrating his voice.
He knew that Percy's friends would be listening in so in order to protect his identity he had to disguise his voice. Spying several people crossing a crosswalk he evacuated them before the crazed driver hit them.
"Listen up...make sure you block off several streets Flash so the police can nab him," Catlin said.
"Do you even know the guy's real name?" came Leo's voice in the back ground.
"No...he um...always wears a mask around us," lied Cisco.
"And if they did I don't think they would be telling us..." Percy's voice came.
Good save. Barry quickly opened the door of the vehicle, handcuffed the crook, and took the keys before the man even knew what hit him. He quickly sped back to S.T.A.R Labs leaving the man behind for the cops to take care of. Unnoticed to him or anyone else a dark haired woman watched the whole thing from the shadows of an alley way.
~~~...~~~
Barry quickly zoomed into the computer room, placed his suit back in its storage compartment, and ran back out. He turned around once moving out of sight of the computer room and causally walked back in.
"Was that Speedy?" he asked pointing behind him.
"Yeah...you just missed him," Oliver said.
Judging by Oliver's face he was trying hard not to laugh. That was a first.
"While you were at the crime lab we were um...looking up more about Shenka," Catlin said.
"And cleaning up the mess the fire extinguisher left behind," Hazel sighed.
That was a relief. At least he didn't have to clean the mess up now.
Barry asked, "What about Shenka?"
"We found out she has a friend...um that used to help her have hide outs," Percy said.
He ran his fingers through his hair nervously. A water bottle on the table exploded making Percy mutter something about how he hated having water explode when he was nervous.
"We should let the Arrow know," Felicity said whipping some of the water off her glasses.
If looks could kill Felicity would be dead. Oliver glared at her but didn't say anything.
"You mean the Arrow is around here?" Frank asked confused, "I thought he was in Starling City."
"He does...occasionally stop by to say hi," Cisco said.
Barry snorted when he saw Frank's face.
"So where is this...person who knows Shenka?" Oliver asked.
"His name is Robert Tim Adams," Cisco said glancing at a computer, "He lives maybe five miles west of here."
"Any relatives?" Oliver asked.
"Well...his last surviving one was his grandfather Mark Adams," Cisco said glancing up, "But he passed away a while ago."
"I could question Robert ever since Shenka was responsible for a murder," Barry shrugged.
"Good point..." Felicity admitted.
Out of the corner of Barry's eye he noticed Hazel stiffen up at the mention of the name Mark Adams.
"Hazel? What is it?" Frank asked her worriedly.
"Its...nothing. Just the name sounds familiar," she muttered.
"Wasn't he the punk that stole..." Leo started.
"No...that was...someone else," Hazel interrupted nervously.
She fingered a clear colored stone between her fingers. It looked like a diamond. Why was everyone being so secretive about her past?
"So should I get going?" Barry asked making a mental note to question them later.
"Yeah...I'll go with you so don't have another screw up," Oliver smirked.
Barry groaned. Oliver was never going to let the failure of catching Hannibal Bates (the first round) go. He glanced a his suit quickly judging how long it would take him without the kids noticing how fast he was going.
"Hey guys? Can I ask you something over here?" Percy asked seeing his glance.
Barry gave him a grateful smile. While Percy's friends were preoccupied with whatever he was talking to them about Barry quickly grabbed the suit and stuffed it into a backpack before leaving with Oliver.
"Hey wasn't there a suit there before?" Leo asked glancing up.
"Yeah...I just had to go wash it," Cisco said nervously.
It was going to be difficult to explain why the suit continuously disappeared.
~~~...~~~
"So this is where the guy lives," Oliver said dryly.
Barry looked at the storage building that had the words CONDEMED written all over the entrance in red graffiti. Doesn't exactly say home sweet home.
"Guess so..." he muttered.
Oliver twirled his bow in his right hand before notching an arrow into it. Both of them were in their gear.
"Don't torture the guy this time," Barry scowled.
Oliver didn't answer making Barry roll his eyes. Quietly they both snuck up to the entrance of the building. After Oliver kicked the door down Barry raced in and managed to restrain a middle aged man who he assumed was Robert. He slammed the man against the table he was working on but took care not to hurt him to much.
"What the heck do you want!?" the man snarled.
"Information," Oliver said disguising his voice.
"About what?" Robert demanded.
"Shenka. Do you know where she is?" Barry asked.
The man looked fearfully up at him, "N-n-no."
Oliver shot him in the shoulder with an arrow before Barry could stop him.
"Seriously?" he demanded.
Robert winced in pain.
"Start talking!" Oliver snapped.
"A-a-alright...I saw her maybe a few days ago. She-she-she asked for the blue prints to the bank and I gave it to her for about five hundred dollars," Robert stuttered, "That's all I know...I swear!"
Oliver scowled and none to gently yanked the arrow out of his shoulder making the man scream in pain. Barry scowled at him and used a piece of cloth to stop the bleeding.
"Don't give criminals pity," Oliver said with disgust.
"You didn't answer where she is," Barry said completely ignoring him.
"Look...she comes and goes. I really don't know where she is. But I'm sick of working for her," Robert grumbled rubbing his shoulder.
"Its a pity you say that Robert," purred a voice.
Barry glanced up and saw Shenka standing several feet away from them. She had materialized out of the shadows.
"Don't let her touch me!" Robert yelped breaking away from Barry's grasp.
Shenka raised her hand and a shadow swallowed the man who disappeared screaming. Barry made an undignified whimpering noise in the back of his throat. That was scary. Even Oliver looked slightly frightened at her abilities but that didn't stop him from notching an arrow and pointing it at her.
"You won't give up will you Flash?" she sneered lowering her arm.
"I'm going to lock you up so you cant hurt any other innocent person," Barry scowled.
He rushed at her but a wall of shadow appeared around her. Acting like a shield it caused Barry to bounce back several feet onto his back.
"Ow..." he groaned.
Another headache...just great. Oliver shot an arrow at Shenka who blocked it with another wall of darkness. The arrow clattered to the ground.
"Dude...you okay?" came Cisco's voice.
"Not really...hit another wall of darkness," Barry groaned vibrating his voice.
At least he didn't break any bones this time.
"Shine light in her eyes! Stab her with a stake!" came Leo's voice, "Throw holy water on her!"
Not really helpful.
"Uh dude...I'm pretty sure this person is not a vampire," said Percy's voice dryly.
Barry just shook his head at Leo's stupid comment (he was worse than Cisco) before getting to his feet. Oliver shot another arrow but Shenka waved her hand and a shadow shot out and made it disappear. The arrow appeared again but this time it was headed right for Oliver's back. Barry snatched it out of midair before it hit him.
"Thanks," Oliver panted.
Barry nodded. That was to close.
"Just because you boys are so nice I'm leaving this behind," Shenka smirked startling both of them.
Raising her hands again darkness collected into it. But this time it started to form something; something dangerous. Barry glanced at Oliver nervously before grabbing him and transporting both of them outside the building before it exploded. Splinters rained down on them. A large snake loomed out of the shadows of the ruined building. It was as black as ink.
"Let's see you beat this heroes!" Shenka's voice cackled.
"Holy..." Oliver started before the snake interrupted him with a hiss.
It's fangs were a big a miniature missile. This thing was so scary looking it made even the Anaconda (from the stupid horror movie Anaconda Cisco watched) look tame.
"We are so dead," Barry muttered through his head set.
~~~...~~~
"What is it?" Catlin asked worriedly.
"Giant snake with an attitude similar to that of a Tasmanian devil," Barry's voice came.
Percy frowned noticing that Barry's voice sounded like it was vibrating.
"Hang on...I thought Barry and Oliver were down there," Hazel said worriedly.
"I already got them out of here," came Barry's voice.
He quickly dodged a strike from the snake. Instead of having him in its mouth it got a mouthful of asphalt which it furiously spat out. Oliver shot an arrow striking it in the eye. The snake hissed again and knocked Oliver down with its tail.
"I thought you said that you took the suit to wash," Leo said suspiciously to Cisco.
"I did...but apparently he took it when I wasn't looking," Cisco said.
Catlin just shook her head and rolled her eyes at his lame excuse.
"Hang on...where the heck did a giant snake come from?" Frank asked after glaring at Leo.
"She made it out of the shadows," panted Barry.
"Ya sure it isn't an illusion Streak?" asked Leo sarcastically.
Barry rolled to the side as the snake struck at him again before answering, "No...since when do illusions bite craters into the floor?"
He was slightly annoyed at the nickname Leo had said. It just so happened to be the nickname that he hated. How hard was it to remember the name Flash?
"Try to get a sample of it," Cisco said.
Apparently he had no idea what they were up against.
Barry groaned knowing it would be nearly impossible to do it, "We're going to need some backup for that!"
Back in the computer lab Percy tapped Frank on the shoulder and said, "Come on...let's go."
"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Frank asked nervously, "I mean you could take Leo."
"Hey!" Leo protested, "Do I look like I want to be snake food?"
"Whatever...I guess I'll go," Frank grumbled.
"Good...bring me a souvenir," Leo grinned.
Frank scowled at him. Ignoring them Percy grabbed a jar off the table and stuck it in his pocket.
"What is a good idea?" Cisco asked confused about what they were talking about.
"Uh...just work with us," Percy said running out of the room with Frank.
"What are those two up to?" Catlin asked Hazel.
She shrugged.
~~~...~~~
"This thing is getting angrier!" Barry shouted.
Oliver kept shooting arrows at the snake until it looked like a porcupine. But it still kept coming. Shenka had disappeared. No doubt because her 'pet' was taking care of them for her.
"I'm running out of arrows," Oliver cursed.
Barry tackled him suddenly before the snake could bite him. Unfortunately before the both of them could recover the snake loomed over them and opened its mouth to strike. Before it could however a fireball exploded on the back of its head making it bellow in rage. A large grey shape flew out of sight. Percy dropped out of the sky holding his sword and fell right on top of the snake's head.
"Percy?" Barry asked.
Percy didn't answer; probably because he would have bitten his tongue off by the way the snake was throwing him around. He had covered the snake's eyes so it couldn't see where to strike; making it buck and writh around like some demented rodeo bull. He kept slashing at the snake with his sword but couldn't make any seriously damage. He cursed in annoyance.
"Need help?" Oliver shouted with some sarcasm.
"FRANK! ANY TIME NOW!" Percy shouted completely ignoring Oliver.
An arrow whistled out of nowhere and impaled itself in the back of the snake's head. It exploded like a piñata sending Percy falling toward the ground screaming. The same grey mass appeared and caught him inches from the ground before roughly dumping him on it. The shape landed letting Barry catch sight of what it was. It was a large grey dragon. Barry stumbled back while Oliver just stared opened mouthed. Dragons exist? It glanced at Oliver briefly before it morphed back into Frank. He bent down over Percy with a worried expression on his face.
"You okay dude?" he asked.
Percy let his head fall back on the ground before answering, "I'm not doing that again."
"That was pretty stupid," Frank admitted, "But pretty cool at the same time."
"Thanks...I'll remember that the next time I nearly get my teeth shaken out," Percy grumbled.
Barry raced up to them.
"Was he a dragon?' he asked vibrating his voice.
Frank made a sound like a cat with a fur ball and stumbled back in surprise.
"You're the Flash?" he asked.
"Yes kid...," Barry sighed, "And about my question?"
"Yeah...don't ask," Percy groaned.
He managed to throw a jar at him. Barry caught it at super speed before it even came close to hitting the ground.
"Take a sample...I'll stand up when the world stops spinning," Percy moaned, "Ugh."
He tried standing up but fell over like a drunkard. Oliver just shook his head while Barry gave Percy a sympathetic glance. Turning to what was left of the snake he grimaced but picked up a piece of the steaming black goo that was left behind using a piece of the broken store house. It reeked; badly.
"I'll give this to that forensics kid," he said disguising his voice.
"Kid...I have to give you one thing. You know how to shoot an arrow," Oliver smiled warmly at Frank.
Frank's face turned poppy red from embarrassment.
"Thanks..." he mumbled shyly.
"So I guess we are going back to S.T.A.R Labs?" Percy groaned, "Fast?"
He had finally managed to get to his feet but he kept swaying and clutching his head.
"Yeah...sorry kid but I have to," Barry frowned.
He knew Percy hated traveling at super speed but he knew that the kid should have a quick check over by Catlin.
"I'll take...err...this kid here on my motorcycle ever since you cant take two at once," Oliver smirked gesturing to Frank who looked like he was going to faint from happiness.
Barry scowled at him but picked Percy up and ran back to S.T.A.R Labs. He scared the living daylights out of Leo when he sped in and dropped Percy down in a seat.
"HOLY HERA!" Leo yelped.
His hair ignited so Hazel had put it out. Catlin squealed in surprise at the sudden flame up.
"Where's Frank," Hazel asked.
Barry put the jar full of the sample he had taken down on the table.
"Um...getting a ride with the Arrow," he muttered disguising his voice, "Got to run."
He sped out of the room but not before placing his suit back where it belonged. Then he walked back into the room in regular clothing.
"Hey Barry," Percy groaned.
He clutched at his head and muttered something about not riding a giant snake rodeo style again. Catlin scowled him gently and started doing a quick check up on him.
"Did um...the Flash get a sample?" Barry asked, "Because he got us out of there before the snake ate us."
Man...it sounded strange talking about himself.
"Yeah...its right there," Cisco said pointing to the jar, "I'll run tests in the morning."
"Which leads to the question...where are we suppose to spend the night?' Leo asked.
"At my place I guess," Barry shrugged.
"As long as Percy," Joe said walking into the room, "doesn't go sneaking out of the house tonight you are more than welcome to stay."
He had his parent voice on. Barry shuttered even though he wasn't the one getting the stern talking to for once.
"Yes sir..." Percy moaned.
Frank then walked in with a happy expression on his face.
"You look like you are about to burst with happiness," Leo muttered, "Spill."
"I finally met the Arrow," Frank grinned.
And probably talked his ear off. Barry smirked knowing Oliver was probably annoyed by the whole thing. Now he had something to tease him about.
"So what!? I admit there are several dozen people I would like to meet but come on...super-speed versus a measly arrow? I think you know who would win," Leo smirked.
"Are you implying that the Arrow and the Flash should fight?" Catlin said with slight disgust.
"Na...I'm just saying if they were to fight my money is on speed," Leo grinned.
"Um...they already fought once," Cisco said sheepishly.
"Who won?"
"Um..." Cisco glanced at Barry who was giving him a deluxe 'shut up' look, "It was a tie."
Hazel muttered, "I hope they didn't nearly kill each other."
Barry didn't decide not to mention that the first time he and Oliver fought didn't really end well. Oliver had received several welts all over his body and Barry had received an arrow to the leg along with a splitting headache. Second time around...he really didn't want to talk about who had won.
"So...are we going to get some sleep or what?" Leo yawned.
"I guess so..." Barry muttered.
He hoped that tomorrow that the evidence they had collected would reveal some answers into who Shenka was.
Gah...I never thought this would take this long XP Yes I know this is long but not as long as the first chapter. This story might be the same length of my first story; not sure.
Explanations:
Arion traveled from Alaska to California in four hours.
Frank was worried about the lasers hitting his life line which is a piece of wood. The wood is stored in the bag around his belt which makes him worried about fire or in this case lasers hitting it (even though the bag is fire proof). If his life line burns up then he will die.
Creature from the Foam Lagoon (Leo would probably say this in this type of situation) is really named after the movie Creature from the Black Lagoon (Fun fact: The person who played the creature in that movie was actually a lady not a man).
Leo tends to burst into flames randomly when he gets excited. This is explained several times in the Heroes of Olympus series.
Percy did make Mt. Saint Helens erupt but entirely by accident. He was being attacked by telkies (sea demons) and he accidently caused a major earthquake which caused water to spill into the magma chamber which in super heated steam propelled him into the air. He landed on Calypso's island and the rest is history.
Hazel does not know much about modern technology because she was born in 1928 and died in 1942. This would to complicated to explain and difficult to believe.
Leo came back to life because of some cure that could cure death. I really don't think Team Flash would believe this one.
Mark Adams (I am just making this up) was a kid that would bully Hazel in the 1940's. She remembered the name so yeah...the rest I think you can figure out.
Based on what Shenka was able to do with creating things out of shadows you might be able to figure out her godly parent if you are good at Greek Mythology/Roman Mythology. If you know who her godly parent please do not say anything in the review so that if you are right you won't ruin it for others.
So anyways I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter! Please R&R!