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"Hey" Barry greeted Joe as he entered the house.

"You missed dinner. Something happen at the lab?" Joe questioned sitting on the coach reading the newspaper.

"No actually, I was catching up with Hunter at Jitters. I was only at the lab for a little while." He sat down next to Joe and melted into the fabric of the sofa.

"Really, no meta-humans to deal with tonight Bear?"

"Not at the moment no." Barry contemplated if he should tell Joe about Hunter possibly being Meta.

"Barry, don't act like I don't know that look. Youre hiding something."

"Okay" he huffed. "Hunter was there at the lab when it exploded and he might a meta-human and... Joe if we end up having to lock him up I don't think I can do it." He spat out as quickly as possible.

"Barry, if it comes to that you'll know what to do." Joe ruffled Barry's hair and he started to calm down.

"If you say so." He yawned and his eyes started to droop. "I think I'm going to hit the hay early."

"Night Barry."

"Night" he made his way up the stairs to his room. He slipped off his shirt and pants, got his night wear on, and crashed on the bed. He got under the covers and set his alarm on before he forgot. The moment he got comfortable his phone received a text. "Are you serious" he mumbled bitterly to himself as he checked to see who sent him the evil message.

'Hey Barry, does this number still work for you?'

Barry smiled at Hunter's message.

'Yeah it still works, could've asked me in the morning though. You do realize that right?'

'Yeah, guess I could have done that. We're still on for coffee tomorrow right?'

'Yeah if nothing comes up' Barry smiled at the thought of him and Hunter alone again. He tried to shake off the feeling. He couldn't get attached now. Not if he had to fight him as the Flash.

Despite the speedster's inner dialogue they kept on texting until Barry looked up at the clock, 2am. He finally messaged a goodnight to the sandy haired man and fell asleep.

Barry's alarm went off louder than ever. He slammed down on the button and groaned. Good lord he hated that annoying beeping. He got ready for the morning with his super speed and, at normally pace, ran down the stairs for breakfast.

"Morning" Joe greeted as he ate his toast and eggs. "What's with the outfit?" Barry looked down at his cloths, button down dress shirt, jacket, and skinny jeans.

"What's wrong with it?"

"Nothing, it's just you don't usually put so much effort into your work cloths." Barry just shrugged and popped his waffles in the toaster. "So you think you and Clarington will be able to work together?"

"Yeah, Hunt learns quickly so I don't think he'll be a problem." The older man raised his eye brows "what?"

"Hunt, huh?" Barry blushed and ducked his head so Joe couldn't see his face.

"He's an old friend. I lived with him for two years. What's wrong with a nickname?"

"Okay, okay no need to get defensive." Joe said as he cleaned up his breakfast. Barry jumped as the waffles flung out of the toaster.

"Every time" Joe laughed at the boy's antics as he went up the stairs.

There was a robbery early in the morning so the Flash had to take care of that, making Barry 15 minutes late again. He quickly punched in and headed upstairs to the lab.

"Well, it's about time you showed up." Hunter said, not use to him being late.

"Sorry" Barry said getting the lab ready. He noticed Hunter staring at him. "Take a picture, it'll last longer."

"Oh shut up" Hunter turner in his chair and continued to set up his laptop.

"They give us anything for this morning?"

"Not yet, the blond guy-"

"Eddie"

"Yeah him, he said we have a debriefing on a case at 8:30." Barry groaned "are they that bad?"

"Yes, all the information is for the cops. None of it is helpful to me-well us."

"So what do we do?"

"Sit and pretend to listen."

"Just like math class" Hunter joked. Barry laughed as he put his jacket on his chair and began to flip threw his files.

"Barry, nice of you to join us." Eddie said coming into the room.

"Well good morning to you too Ed." He mumbled.

"We're starting the meeting."

"Oh joy" he said sarcastically, making Eddie raise an eyebrow. Barry usually wasnt this snippy.

The three of them went down to the office where the meeting was being held. Apparently they were going to some old mansion that got broken in to. Everyone had to be careful because they place was falling apart. Half an hour later and they finally were done.

"Finally" Barry mumbled as the group headed to their respective vehicles.

"I get what you mean about none of it being useful for us. The most I got out of that is what the jewels looked like." Hunter got on his motorcycle "you coming with me or with Joe?" Barry looked over to Joe's car hesitantly. He usually rode with him going to places. That or he walked (ran) if he missed the meeting (which was often.)

"Uh...yeah, sure, why not." He slipped on the extra bike helmet and climbed on.

"Hold on tight" he gripped Hunter's waist as the pair sped off.

"Right here" Barry stopped Hunter in front of the mansion.

"That's not a place to live, that's a termite party."

"Yeah, it looks pretty crap. Why would anyone want to go in here to take jewels?"

"Better question, why are there jewels even kept in here?" Hunter asked

"Not sure" Barry said as Hunter put up the bike stand. He took his and Barry's helmet off and headed inside with the other officers. The door made a sound that was worse than nails on a chalk board, and the floor boards didn't sound any better.

"Hey" Eddie greeted "how's the place look to you?"

"Like a ghostbusters movie waiting to happen." Barry joked looking around the room they entered. The place was huge.

"We got a tip that some jewels were stolen from this address. But I don't see any indication anything has been in here for years, let alone anything priceless. Any thoughts?"

"I'll have to take a look around more."

Eddie nodded and let Barry do his investigating. After half an hour he was still coming up with more questions than answers.

"Anything?" Hunter asked giving him coffee.

"Nothing, if anything I just have more questions. There's not any evidence of something being here other then bugs."

"I'm starting to think this was a prank tip." Hunter mumbled. "There's no evidence, no place where jewels could be stored. There isn't even a vault in this place."

"We still haven't checked upstairs."

"You sure that's a good idea? This place is just waiting to collapse."

"It's the only place I haven't looked. You don't have to come with me."

"Sure I do. Protecting you is my job remember?" Barry scoffed at Hunter's comment and headed up the elegantly wore out spiral stairs "reminds me of the steps at Dalton."

"You know how many times I tripped on those things."

"Too many for someone so light on their feet" Hunter said laughing as they entered the dark hallway. He turned on the flashlight and Barry continued down it carefully. He instantly stopped and looked down.

"Foot prints" there was a trail in the dust leading to the middle of the hallway. Then it disappeared.

"They just-stop" Hunter stated. "How are footprints up here but not downstairs?"

"I wonder" Barry stepped around the prints and took pictures. "Go get Joe and the others. They'll want to see this." Hunter slipped carefully downstairs while he took notes on the prints, size, sole pattern, stuff like that. Barry went around investigating where the prints disappear. Once he stepped fully on the spot the floor gave way.

Hunter, Joe, and Eddie went racing up the stairs when they heard the crash.

"Barry!" Hunter shouted down the hole.

"Bear, you alright? Barry, can you hear me?" Joe shouted with worry.

"Hunt" Barry's voice sounded weak from where they stood. The three men didn't know how far he fell, or which floor he was in. People brought up a latter and Hunter immediately started climbing down into the darkness.

Once Hunter got to the bottom he yelled "Toss me a light!" He caught the flashlight Eddie tossed down and started to look around. "Barry" he called out concerned when he didn't find him with the rest of the floor boards that broke.

"Hunt" he raced to the source of the voice to see Barry on the ground.

"Barry, can you move?" He knew asking if he was okay was pointless.

"Hunt, get out of here quickly."

"What are you taking about? I'm not leavening you here!"

"Very heroic" a new voice said Hunter saw a figure come into the light.

"Hartley, leave him out this" Barry said.

"I'm sorry Allen, I didn't quite hear you." Hartley let out a wave of sound that made Barry scream in pain. "Say that again for me will you?"

"Leave him alone!" Hunter shouted "what has he ever done to you?!"

"Barry Allen, he did nothing to me. But, the Flash is another story." Hunter gave him a confused look.

"What does the Flash, whatever that is, have to do with Barry?!" He demanded Hartley just chuckled.

"You're obviously new to Central, Hunt was it?"

"Hunter" he corrected, only Barry was ever allowed to call him Hunt.

"Well then Hunter, let me debrief you. The Flash is a meta-human with super speed that goes around fighting crime and stopping other meta-humans from doing harm. Also, he ruined my revenge plot against Doctor Harrison Wells, who ruined my life. This is my little set up of a revenge plot." Hunter gawked at his statements.

"The Particle Accelerator, the explosion."

"Oh, so you have been here before." Hartley looked at Hunter closely with his flashlight "I remember you. You guarded the main entrance from all the protesters."

"And there I was thinking it was going to be uneventful." Hunter looked down at Barry. He had to buy them time so he could gain back his full consciousness. Right now he half in-half out. He had to stall Hartley as long as he could. "So, are you one of these the meta-humans?" The word sounding so foreign to him.

"Oh me? No, the only thing that explosion got me was a ringing in my ears. It got me into studying sound waves though." Hunter looked over the dangerous gloves Hartley had on. He had to get them off of him. "Are you a meta-human?" Hunter looked down at Barry one more time. He had passed out completely and there was blood coming out of his nose. Running out of here wasn't an option for him. Hunter would have to carry him out.

"You tell me" Hunter smugly responded. He grinned when he saw the look on Hartley's face when he and Barry disappeared. The solider picked up the unconscious boy with ease, and then darted to the ladder.

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