CHAPTER 4
The break- in was extremely unusual. Just the day after he shows up at the Lima Bean, there's a break-in. He was getting desperate and he needed to find someone who could help him get home or he would put everyone on this Earth in danger. Everything that happened usually happened because of him, and this Earth seemed a whole lot more peaceful than most. There didn't seem to be any superheroes or villains which was a good thing and he didn't want to be the one who brought unwanted excitement to it, especially given its obvious vulnerability. He walked to the storage area where he left Sebastian. He was planning to get him out of there and disappear from this place forever. He didn't need to be in the same place his doppelganger happened to be. He would find some other way to get home, maybe train to become faster all by himself and break the dimensional barrier all on his own. He sighed to himself as he realised he was probably going to be stuck here a long time.
He dragged Sebastian out of the storage area and tried his best to place him in a seating position near the back door of the Lima Bean, that way when he woke up, he would feel a lot less disoriented. Barry muttered an apology to Sebastian and was about to speed away when he heard a gunshot right behind him. Needless to say, if he did not have his super speed, he would definitely have been dead. He let the bullet he caught fall to the ground before speeding to catch his attacker. Fortunately, he managed to catch the attacker. Unfortunately, that was exactly the intention.
"Caught me," said a woman with dark hair. She elbowed Barry in the stomach and left him winded on the ground.
"I wasn't sure when I detected the breach but then I saw you dragging him in here," the woman said pointing her chin at Sebastian, "and I had to test if The Flash was as fast as they all say, hence the gun," she continued.
"Detected the…wha…you can detect breaches? You're a metahuman? How?" Barry asked taken aback.
"Just like you, I'm locked out of our Earth. I was hit by the particle accelerator just like you, Flash, and I discovered, just like your friend Cisco – yes I know who he is – I could open dimensional breaches, travel through them and shoot dimensional bursts. I was testing out my powers one day and, unfortunately, at that exact moment, you ran too fast and the breach I had opened vibrated at the same frequency as this Earth. Your speed combined with my powers sent us both tumbling here. Of course I could detect it was you and I had to get your attention, which is why I broke into the coffee shop," the woman explained.
"Why? What do you need from me? Who are you? "Barry asked still confused. The woman just smiled. There was something about her that was just off. "Well just like you, Barry Allen, I want to go home and I'll need your help," she said, starring at him straight in the eyes. Something wasn't adding up. Barry didn't trust her. He had a lot of experience trusting people he thought were actually trustworthy, like Zoom and the Reverse- Flash. It did not end well. He wasn't about to take a chance here.
"Right. That's all you want though, just to get home?" Barry tried to make sure. The woman smiled again.
"I'm not quite ready yet. I have…something to complete. I will be in touch. I hope you do decide to assist me Flash," she said while turning her back to him.
"You still haven't answered me. Who are you? And what if I refuse?" Barry asked as she turned her head toward him and smiled yet again.
"You can call me…. Tremor…" she said turning towards him, "and if you refuse…." Tremor suddenly pushed out her hand and a sharp burst of energy shot out and hit Barry square on the chest. He was sent flying backwards into the wall. "You'll get more of that," Tremor continued, a look of firm determination in her eyes. Before he could catch his breath or register what had happened, Tremor was gone, leaving him lying on the ground. This was not good. Not good at all. He had to find help. Fast.