Barry and Kara ran towards the thing at a constant speed to save energy.
"I'm taking a detour to cut him off at the side, keep flying straight" Barry told her
Barry swerved to the left going up an alley to cut of the thing in. Barry got to the end of the tunnel and enverything went into slow motion, the creature turned to Barry and almost stood still. Barry leaped and threw a punch but it grabbed him mid-air and threw him across the street. Barry knew by this point he was already too late to start chasing again but Kara was still flying after the thing before it looked back at her and suddenly increased its speed by a lot, speeding ahead of Kara out of sight before she could even blink. Barry sped up beside her
"Is it a possibility that's a zombie Zoom?" Kara asked, catching her breathe
"No, even Zoom wasn't that fast" Barry said, worried about his new threat. "We should get back to the lab, We're going to need Wally"
Barry sprinted to S.T.A.R Labs, Kara behind him. Barry sprinted stoped himself in the main room, sliding a bit on the floor. Cisco hadn't seen Barry's face the way it was right now since he found out Thawne killed his mom.
"You guys okay?" Cisco asked
"Yeah, your heart rates through the roof" Cait noted
"We're fine, for now...Wally, a word?" Barry asked
"Uh...Yeah, sure" Wally said
Barry and Kara indicated for Wally to follow them into the next room, Turning off the mic so Cait and Cisco wouldn't be able to hear them.
"What's up?" Wally asked
"When we got back from Earth 2, when you were unconcious, Cisco had a vibe about a speedster that wasn't me circling a black, demon looking thing"
"Yeah, he told me, so?" Wally asked, confused as to where this was going
"We saw that thing today, or atleast we think that was what Cisco was talking about" Kara told him
"What are you guys doing here? Shouldn't you be out trying to catch him?" Wally asked
"Wally, Cait said something about your adrenaline being higher than mine, She told me that when you were running to help me fight Zoom, you were traveling past mach 3, which is faster than I've ever went." Barry told him
"So you want my help?" Wally asked
"We need more than your help, Wally, your the hero in this mission, if Cisco's vibe was right, it all comes down to you..." Kara told him
"Whatever you need, I'm there" Wally said calmly but secretly bursting to scream at his first chance at being the lead on a mission
Barry and Kara walked out of the room, Wally following them soon after. Cisco and Cait sat at the desk wondering what they were talking about but tried to ignore it. Kara walked up to her room and sat on her bed just as a red streak zoomed in her door.
"Hey" she said
"When you said 'we need more than your help' when we were talking to Wally, what did you mean by 'we'?" Barry said, ignoring her greeting
"I don't understand the question" She told him
"For there to be a 'we' you would have to remain on this Earth" Barry said, sitting on the bed opposite her.
"Yeah, I guess I would" She winked at the speedster. C'mon, I'm hungry"
"Okay?" Barry said, confused. "and..."
"And you're buying me luch" Kara told him, standing up
"Really?" he asked, cockily
"Really" she said and pulled him outside with her
"I thought you were in Central city with Barry" A blonde girl said in the corner of Oliver's eye
"Felicity, what are you doing in Gotham?" He asked
"I traced you here, it's dark, run down and full of crime, seems like your type of place" Felicity told him, looking around. "So, what are we doing here?"
"When I haven't been sparing with Barry, I've been following up on a few rumors about a vigalante here"
"What's his name" Felicity said, pulling out a packet of gum
"Bat-something...Dresses in black, got a lot of gadgets and apparently has a weird fetish for bats. The only problem is he's very secretive, make's the league of assasins look like the most advertised place on the planet."
"With someone so secretive, it would be hard to get info about him." Felicity questioned
"Yeah, well one of my cop friends here was interogatting an enemy of his, The Jester...No, The Joker, and he gave my friend information on the bat."
"Interesting, well if he's so secretive you'll probably need more to gain info on him" Felicity said, smiling at him
"Felicicty, this place makes Star City look like a charity organisation, things are bad here, it's dangerous"
"Don't you mean 'things are bat here'?" Felicity said, laughing at her own pun
"Felicity!"
"Sorry, but I'm not leaving, you need me, whether you care to admit or not."
"Fine, just don't get yourself killed" Oliver said before walking off
"Wait up, I'm in heels and I can't run easily!"
"You know someone was murdered in the bathroom here?" Barry said as if it was the coolest thing ever
"I don't get cops" Kara said, drinking her coffee but the laughing causing her to spill it.
Barry burst out in a fit of laughter
"It's not funny" she complained
"It's pretty funny" he said, trying to contain himself. "Wait here". Within about 30 seconds, Barry was back with a black sweater from S.T.A.R Labs. "Put that on, part of its texture is sponge so it'll absorb the liquid within a few minutes"
"Thanks" she said, still wiping herself off. "So, before darkboy the demon interupted, we were um..."
"Kissing?" Barry finished.
"Yeah...that" she said awkwardly
"We're in our 20's, not grade school, you don't have to be embarrased about a kiss" Barry said, laughing at her innocence
"That's not it, back on my planet, nothing was casual, every form of affection meant something" She told him
"Who said it was casual?" He asked her. she smiled back at him
"Barry we got two issues, bank robbery at 22nd and hostage situation on 3rd" Cisco yelled in Barry's ear through the earpeice. Barry knew Kara'd heard that due to her hearing ability
"I can't do both, if you're staying here, you might want to try out the superhero buisness" Barry said before running off and coming back with Kara's costume. "Ready?"
"Ready." she smiled at him.
Wally was at S.T.A.R Labs working on his speed using punching bags and so forth. He'd always wanted to be a hero but never realised how exhausting it really was. He had no idea how Barry did it, but regardless of his pain, he knew he had to keep training to defeat whatever it was Barry was talking about.
"So, you're my threat, be warned child, You won't stop me from taking Barry Allen" Wally heard from behind him only to find himself in darkness, all the lights were out but even in the darkness he could see something even darker. It was exactly as Barry had described, demonic was the only word Wally could come up with.
"I'm not afraid of you" He said, trying to think about Cisco's vibe and his true power
"That vision means nothing, all it has done is let me prepare more for you" The demon told him
"How did yo-"
"I am smarter than Zoom, Thawne too, infact, I once made Thawne beg for Mercy." The demon told Wally before charging Wally into a wall and hitting him several times, kicking him and going so far as to break his fingers, which Wally knew would heal but it still hurt. Wally thought this was his moment, he tried to get up and circle the thing but everytime he tried it only knock him down. Wally lay on the ground, beaten, bruised, bloody. The demon pulled back his mask to reveal a human version of him
"I use this form as a disguise for my true self, your friend knows me by this form" it told Wally. Wally inspected him, he had long black hair covering his eyes, kind of like Ronny's when they'd just found him, his suit was slightly torn and he had a sinister smile. "I have many forms, Wally West, The reaper as am refered to by children, Black as my human form who happens to be a detective but most importantly, I go by Death, the collecter of souls, the bringer of misery. I am here for Barry Allen, not you, so don't stand in my way, child." Death pulled his hood up and knocked Wally out with one final punch.
After chapter notes: Told you I had further uses for Black, also, I plan on developing a side story for Oliver in gotham throughout the rest of the story. I've been checking over the reviews, thank you all for the support, especially those who have have been consistantly reading since the day this came out, sorry I haven't been able to get back to you all but I've been puting out 2 of these per day lately and that takes up quite a bit of time. As always, thanks for reading. -AcceptYourFate
