A/N: Tada! Finally got chapter 2 done. Sorry if it's a bit more of a filler chapter, but the next one will be more action oriented, I promise. Thank you to everyone who had read, reviewed, followed, and favorited. I promise that this story will get better as it goes. Chapter 3 is where we learn a few secrets...

Anyhow, enjoy!

-BG

Harrison Wells turned his chair around as he heard the animated voices of Cisco and Caitlin as well as the voice of a stranger making their way toward the lab. His two employees entered first, a woman in a long olive trench coat and black gloves behind them. He suppressed a swell of irritation at his two employees for bringing someone else in without consulting him. "Cisco, Caitlin, who is this?"

"This is Jamie Robertson. She's got powers." Cisco was grinning from ear to ear while the woman seemed largely unnerved, glancing around the lab warily.

"Ms. Robertson." Harrison grimaced. "May I ask exactly what your powers are?"

The woman looked at Cisco who gave her a reassuring nod. She slowly removed her gloves, revealing the Lichtenberg Figure scars that pattered her skin. She held her hands out with the palms facing upwards, a crackling ball of energy forming in each of her hands.

Harrison stared at the woman before him, leaning forward in his chair. Impossible… "How did you acquire these powers, Ms. Robertson?"

"I was struck by lightning," said the woman, snuffing out the energy orbs, "During the particle accelerator explosion."

"And you can harness energy?"

"And generate it."

Harrison folded his hands across his lap. "Tell me exactly what happened to you that night."

"I was visiting my grandmother's nursing home when the power went out. The staff couldn't get the emergency generator to turn on so I volunteered to go outside and start it manually. I was just getting it up and running when the lightning strike found me. I ended up blacking out until some of the staff came out to find me."

"And afterwards, you discovered your abilities?" said Harrison. The woman nodded. "What can you do with your powers that you're aware of?"

"I can generate force fields, energy blasts, electric bursts," said the woman, "I can act as a defibrillator or jump start a car."

"And how much training have you done using these powers?"

The woman winced, putting her gloves back on. "I've practiced a little, but it's not like there's a manual for this stuff. That and it's not exactly safe for me to practice just anywhere."

Harrison nodded thoughtfully. "You have problems controlling it sometimes."

"You could say that," said the woman.

"I believe we can help with that."

Cisco looked at Wells, elated. "Sweet!"

The woman managed a small, embarrassed smile. "Thank you…but why help me?"

"Because we can," said Wells firmly, "And because the particle accelerator explosion was my fault and I take full responsibility for the damage and the chaos that I have caused."

The woman nodded slowly. "So how can you help me?"

Harrison smiled. "Let me show you."

Barry was just finishing his last lab report when Cisco texted him to come to STAR Labs ASAP. He raced over, leaving a quick note for Joe in case the detective came looking for him. HE stopped abruptly in the middle of the lab, freezing at the sight of a trench-coated woman standing there with Dr. Wells, Cisco and Caitlin. "Hi…"

The woman stared at him, astonished. "Whoa."

"Miss Robertson, I'd like you to meet Barry Allen, another metahuman like yourself. You probably know him better as the Flash however."

"Hi." The woman stuck out her gloved hand. "Jamie Robertson."

"Nice to meet you." Barry frowned as he shook her hand. She looked incredibly familiar. "You wouldn't by any chance work for the CCPD, do you?"

"Keystone City Police Department actually at least until about a month ago. I used to work vice in Keystone until I requested a transfer to Central City. I'm supposed to start at some time at the end of this week." Dr. Wells visibly tensed at this. "How'd you know?"

"I must have seen you around at some point," said Barry, "I'm a CSI there. Do you know Eddie Thawne?"

"Of course, I practically grew up with him. We were in the same police academy class even. He transferred here to the CCPD about a year ago now, right?"

"Yeah. He's my foster dad's partner."

"Your foster dad wouldn't happen to be Joe West would he?" asked Jamie.

"Yeah. You know him?"

"Keystone vice worked with him on a gang related murder about three years ago. I remember a very late CSI…"

Barry grinned. "That would have been me. Man, this is a small world…"

"You have no idea," said Jamie.

Dr. Wells cleared his throat. "Now that we've established that, I'd like to see a demonstration of your powers, Miss Robertson."

"Actually, Dr. Wells, do you mind if I do a quick physical on her first?" said Caitlin, "I'm sure she's still a bit maxed out from earlier."

"Earlier?" asked Wells slowly.

"Yeah. We were at Jitters getting a coffee and a guy came in and tried to rob the place. She took care of him." Caitlin frowned at the tight expression on Wells' face. "What?"

"Unmasked?" asked Wells.

"No," said Jamie quickly, "That would be dumb." She threw up her hood and scarf. "It's not exactly a super suit but it does the job in a tight spot."

Wells nodded, visibly relaxing. "Excellent. And yes, Caitlin, you should give Miss Robertson a physical first. It'll help with making sure we keep her health during her training."

"Training?" Barry glanced at Jamie who removed her disguise. "You're going to be training with us?"

"Yeah. Is that ok?" said Jamie.

"Totally." Barry gave Jamie a wide and reassuring grin. "This should be awesome."

"I couldn't agree more," said Jamie.

"I will leave you all to it. Please call me when you are ready." Wells turned himself around, leaving the quartet alone in the Cortex.

"Will do, Dr. Wells." Cisco turned back to Jamie. "Now…costume ideas?"

"Costume?" asked Jamie, clearly confused.

"Well, I mean, only if you want one," said Cisco, suddenly nervous, "I mean, if you do plan to start fighting crime with your powers, you're going to need a better way to conceal your identity."

"Oh." Jamie looked pensive about this. "What kind of costume were you thinking of?"

Barry could practically hear the repressed sigh of relief from Cisco as the scientist continued. "Well, green seems to be your color if you don't mind me saying and the whole hooded trench coat idea is pretty epic looking already so maybe I can work something around the same basic design, but with a few improvements."

"Sounds fantastic." Jamie shot Cisco a grin which the scientist returned and Barry couldn't help but feel like there was something between them. Some sort of electricity pulling them together.

Barry cleared his throat. "So, Jamie, how'd you get your powers?"

"I was struck by lightning from the particle accelerator explosion." Barry smirked at this. "What?"

"I thought I was the only one with that origin story," Barry replied, "I was in my lab when I was struck by lightning from the explosion through a sky light."

"Mine happened while I was restarting an emergency generator," said Jamie. She shook her head in amusement. "Sorry to steal your thunder."

Caitlin rolled her eyes at the pun while Cisco snorted, highly amused. Barry couldn't help, but grin. This was going to be fun.

Dr. Wells immediately headed for his private room upon leaving the quartet in the Cortex, quickly entering and heading over to Gideon.

"Good afternoon, Doctor Wells." The AI's head lit up at his approach.

"Good afternoon, Gideon." Harrison bit the inside of his lip. He loathed having to be this sickeningly polite. "What can you tell me about Jamie Robertson?"

"Jamie Robertson. Central City Police Detective. There is nothing else listed in her file. There may be more data, but it is scattered within my archives."

Harrison nodded. "Compile a file for me. Let me know when it's done."

"Yes, Dr. Wells."

Harrison left his room again, brooding silently as he worked his way back to the Cortex. Who was this Jamie Robertson and why had he never hear of her before today?

Caitlin had taken Jamie into the examining room, locking the door so the girls could have some privacy while Barry and Cisco continued to plot costume ideas. The doctor gathered her equipment as Jamie stripped down to her undergarments for her.

The first thing Caitlin noticed as she began to examine Jamie was the extent of Jamie's scarring. The Lichtenburg Figure scars ran from her hands to her upper torso like some sort of intricate body art. It's pattern was beautiful in itself, but the way it spread out over Jamie's body was nothing like she'd ever seen before. "How much nerve damage did you receive?"

"None as far as I know," said Jamie, "The hospital said it was a miracle I even survived such a full blast much less came out with only these scars to show for it."

"I'd say that's pretty lucky." Caitlin checked Jamie's heart rate, startled when she failed to find it. "How come…?"

"Don't know. My doctor at the hospital said it's not that my heart isn't beating," said Jamie, "It's just not able to register with anything-"

"Because it's moving too fast for anyone or any machine to register," finished Caitlin. Jamie gave Caitlin a surprise look. "Barry has the same problem."

"Really? Guess that's a side effect from the lightning that night that be both share." Jamie watched calmly as Caitlin continued with her physical examination. "So…is there anything I should know about Cisco?"

Caitlin glanced at Jamie funny from the corner of her eye as she tested Jamie's reflexes. "Like what?"

"Well, is there a jealous ex-girlfriend I need to watch out for or…?" Caitlin paused, staring at Jamie. "What?"

Caitlin shook her head. "Nothing. I don't know if I'm the right person to ask about that sort of thing."

"Oh. Got it." Jamie bit her lip. "He's so…open…and really nice…"

Caitlin smiled at this. "He is. His mouth sometimes runs away on him, but he's one of the best men I know."

"Good." Jamie seemed to hesitate. "I've never really had luck with…relationships."

"And you're worried you're going to get hurt?" Caitlin watched as Jamie looked down and away. "…what is it?"

"I've…I've never dated anyone before." said Jamie.

"Oh…" Caitlin blinked. "Oh."

"I know. Shocking." Caitlin and Jamie both grinned at the pun.

"Well I can promise you that Cisco is a good person. If anything, he's been one of my best friends since he joined us here at STAR Labs. He's funny, thoughtful, smart, and…and he's all heart." Caitlin smiled. "I don't think I could have made it through working here still without him."

"Sounds like you'd date him," said Jamie.

Caitlin stopped abruptly, stammering. "Oh no. No. He…he's more like my brother than anything. Besides…I…I'm not ready for anyone else yet…"

"Um…" Jamie looked confused and then froze, clearly having noticed the ring on Caitlin's finger. "Oh! I'm sorry. I didn't mean to pry or make you uncomfortable or…"

"It's ok," said Caitlin, "You didn't know." She looked at her ring, twisting it nervously. "I mean…it's complicated."

Jamie nodded. "I understand…"

Caitlin set herself up to draw blood from Jamie's arm. "You see…we thought Ronnie died in the particle accelerator explosion, but then we found him a few weeks ago except he…he wasn't really Ronnie anymore…"

"God, I'm so sorry." Jamie looked genuinely upset by this. "I…I wish I could help somehow…"

Caitlin nodded. "Thank you." She finished taking the blood sample. "You can get dressed again. We'll do the MRI another day."

"Got it." Jamie dressed again, watching as Caitlin started testing her blood. "…how should I tell him yes?"

Caitlin looked at Jamie thoughtfully. "…just…say yes."

Jamie nodded. "Thanks…"

"No problem." Caitlin handed Jamie her coat. "And don't worry. He's just as nervous as you are." Jamie gave her a surprised look. "Believe me. I know."

Jamie gave her a small, sad smile. "I believe it."

Caitlin gave Jamie a reassuring smile as she opened the door and they rejoined the boys in the lab. This was going to be interesting.