I stood by my mom's bedside watching her sleep and was debating about what I was going to do. Part me really wanted to talk to her about this and the other didn't want to have her be angry with me for waking her. I decided to wake her, knowing that if I got this off my chest I could go to sleep and be ready for tomorrow.
"Mom" I whispered poking her back. She turned over and looked at me all sleepy eyed.
"What's wrong?" she asked through a yawn as she scooted over and let me sit with her.

"I can't go to sleep I'm to nervous about tomorrow" I told her the truth.
"Summer camp with Iris?" she asked. I gave her a nod.
"You guys will have so much fun though, why are you scared?" I thought over my reasons until I choose the right wording to explain my concerns.

"I'm going to be alone and by myself and it's just...what if no one likes me? I'm not cool there's nothing special about me" I told her the truth.
"I think you're special"
"I mean I'm not sporty, I can't dance, or sing. And what if Iris makes a new friend and ditches me I mean we don't see each other that often so I could be a guilt free ditch person and-"

"River" my mom cut off my rambling.
"Ok you listen here. It doesn't matter if you can't do those things and you know what they're not that awesome of skill anyways. Lots of people play sports and sing and dance. How many of them live in a cupcake shop and can say they broke a valuable artifact at a museum once" she joked and made reference back to our trip to a small art museum where I may have tipped over a vase from the Victorian times but actually breaking it had proved it to be a fake.
"As for Iris don't worry about that. If she didn't like you, you guys wouldn't be going together ok? All that matters is that you be yourself because that's the one I like" she said. I looked at her and smiled sheepishly.
"Ok?" she asked again. I nodded.
"Now let's go to sleep" she yawned as we laid down now.

The girl chuckled at me as I couldn't seem to respond.
"This never get's old. The look on your face. Well our's I mean" she corrected herself. The more I seemed to stare at her the more I started to notice very subtle differences. She was much paler than me, even though I'm already pale myself, but her's was almost like the color my skin get's in the winter when I haven't seen the sun in awhile, except her cheeks didn't turn a pinkish color from the chill. Her hair was platinum blonde but it was obviously dyed as I could see the light brown roots of her, or well I guess my original hair color, start to grow in. It was almost as if she wanted that to be the main difference between us. The eyes were the most intriguing part about her although they were a light blue like mine they seemed to fade to a lighter color closer to her pupils. Somehow her looks seemed to be assimilating to some sort of environment or element. Speaking of the environment had it gotten colder in here? The display case was even beginning to mist up and I could see my breath now.
"Hello?" the girl sang trying to get my attention. I looked at her and got a shiver down my spine, something was just off about her. Marsh growled at her and she sneered.
"That's cute" she sneered nudging him to the side with her foot.
Remember nothing bad can happen you have a freakin' cop on the line I reminded myself and felt a sense of relief at that.
"Sorry about him and the um temperature in here. The rain must be putting it off. Can I help you?" I asked, just giving her the same spiel I would give any customer.

"I'm here to talk to you actually. By now I'm sure you've noticed something about the two of us" she explained and she looked annoyed at my lack of notice. I felt pride in that. If I had to play stupid to annoy her and get her to leave then that's what I would do.
"No but, are you here for a party you want me to cater?" I asked.

"Play ditzy all you want, things still aren't going to end well for you if you don't cooperate" she threatened. Marsh came over to me and I noticed my backpack I substituted for a purse from time to time hidden in a little hole underneath the counter by the register. It wasn't that far of a grab, if I reached down to it from my spot by the display case. If I was quick about it I could stuff him in and make a run for it, most likely I could take her down, she didn't seem to be holding any weapons. And if she's exactly like me then I definitely know where to hit hard
"If we're gonna talk I might as well put on a jacket is that ok?" I asked tring to put as much attitude behind that as I could but heard my voice crack a bit.

"Wimp" I heard her mutter under he breath as she nodded and rolled her eyes at me. I leaned down towards the backpack and opened it up. I beckoned to Marsh to get in. Obediently he came over, thank god he hadn't grown a lot recently, and I fit him in then told him to shh as I closed it up.
"You found it yet?" she asked.

"Just a second I thought it was around here" I made up an excuse, albeit a lame one but she stayed where she was. I slyly slid the backpack over my back and adjusted to the weight for a second. While doing that I searched around for a weapon of some sort but was cut short. It was most likely going to have to be a run to the door.
Ok you can do this I told myself as I took a breath. Without hesitating I let my adrenaline kick in and quickly got up and ran for it pushing the girl out of the way with as much force as I could muster, by shoving my elbow into her side, as I passed by her. I heard her bump into one of the tables, but didn't look back as the door was just steps away. The suddenly floor came out from under me as I slipped and fell onto my side sliding a bit on some cold surface. A pain went through my ankle and I saw that I had most likely sprained it as I couldn't get up. Marsh made a noise in my bag, but I knew he was ok, if I had landed on my back that would've been a cause for worry. The moisture beneath my hands made me notice I was laying on a patch of ice. I looked up to find the girl standing over me.
"Nice try" she smirked and with a flick of her hand ice flew out of it and flowed up the door. I could practically hear the locks freezing now. I backed up using my hands to get away from her and tried to get up.
"Come on show me what you've got" she taunted following me and stepping on my ankle to stop me from moving. I let out a gasp of pain and tried to use my other foot to kick out at her, but that did nothing.
"What? Did you forget how to use them?" she laughed.

"Use what? I don't know what you're talking about, why are you here?" I snapped at her through gritted teeth. She finally seemed to realize something.
"You don't have any. You know what that makes you?" she asked me.
"Very confused and pissed off" I said.
"You're the original sweetie" she answered.

"The line cut off" Joe turned to Barry as he put his phone away.
"I'll go now" Barry nodded at him, he had been listening in on the call with him.
"Don't suit up, you go in there all done up it might make things worse and make the assailant freak out. Just pretend to be yourself and see if you can get her out of there without anything bad happening. I don't think she went in there with the intention to kill" Joe advised him.
"Where does she work?" Barry asked. Joe gave him the address and taking a leap of faith in Joe's professionalism Barry obeyed and found himself in front of the little shop. The weather had somehow practically turned into a downpour. The door was all fogged up and when he went to touch the handle it was so cold it nearly burned his hand.

Definitley Metahuman he realized. With a quick jiggle and some elbow grease he managed to wedge it open.

"What does that even mean?" I asked the girl. She was cut off as the front door opened and surprisingly Barry was standing in the doorway. The girl looked very confused at the sight.
"What's going on here?" Barry asked trying to look dumbstruck at the sight before, but part of me knew this had to be a sign that help was on the way.

Well this will be awkward. I realized as I came up with a plan.

"Barry" I tried to say in a distressed voice to draw her attention. It didn't matter what she was going to think all that mattered was that she was distracted. The girl looked between the two of us and quickly took her foot off my ankle, I felt a sense of relief as the pain seemed to dull a bit, and she took a step back.
"Come on in we were just getting to know each other" she smiled at him and he slowly stepped towards me.
"I can't get up, my ankle" I whispered to him in a feigned sad whisper. The girl's smile seemed to grow now at my signs of weakness. He put an arm around my waist as he helped me up and get into a standing position. The girl quickly closed and froze the door shut again.

"This is the first time I've met one of us with a special someone" she joked looking at the two of us. The air seemed to get colder again and the girl's hand turned a slight blueish color. She was about to attack again.
"I guess that means one more casualty if this doesn't work out" she sighed as a ball of blue energy floated above her palm.
"Grab onto me" Barry advised. Knowing there wasn't enough time to ask why I threw my hands around his neck as I was lifted off the ground. Everything happened so quickly and it felt like the world was pressing down on me, I couldn't breath. Then it stopped, and I realized I was in a much warmer place right now. It took a second for my eyes to adjust but I saw wewere in a lab of some sort.
"Barry?" I heard this female voice ask in the distance as I was slowly set down.
"What?! WHAT?! WHAT?!" was all I could say and I hate to admit it my voice was getting incredibly high at what just happened. Marsh barked in my bag and I quickly set him down to let him out. The quick movement set me off a bit and I felt dizzy, in fact my vision was actually getting a bit hazy and all I could make out now were two figures in front of us.
"Hey, you didn't set this her on fire like you did with Felicity" a male voice went off in the distance. Oh god I can't breath and now there's a weird pounding I can feel in my head.

"Let's just introduce your secret identity to my grandma next then? I mean if we're going to show off who you are to every other person it'll be no big deal" a female voice sighed.

"Crap I think I'm fainting" I blurted out as I leaned against Barry now not really caring anymore about personal space, I felt like I was on fire.
"Well obviously you would especially if that was unexpected. Speed does that to people sometimes. You see it most often with those fighter pilots that do air shows" the female voice replied as if she needed to prove herself as a slight know it all.
"Awesome" I sighed as I finally blacked out.

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