The Mania of

Our Lives!

Disclaimer: I own nothing but the fun you see here! I'm also dedicating this chapter to SilentEevee as he or she helped inspire this one with a suggestion that they made awhile back.

Summary: Eddie finally gets to do what he's been practically dreaming of doing for weeks now. Or does he?


Detective Eddie Thawne was one Hell of a happy man right now. Why was he happy you ask? Well other then the fact he and Iris had had a great morning together before they went off for their respective days of work, the man FINALLY got the chance to arrest the red clad menace known as The Flash! Whom was also currently in the back seat of his car on the way to the precinct. The speeding menace had been going around town in what basically amounted to a brown mini tornado with red streaks of lightning running through out it. And when he had stopped at various points for whatever reason, those that had seen him reported having seen him wearing a Tazmania Devil costume. Why? No one really knew, but the crazy menace was imitating the cartoon figure damn well!

Now this was a cartoon figure Eddie actually liked, but seeing the Flash dressed as the character had annoyed him a lot. But then he got a great idea that if the Flash was being too busy spinning around like a cartoon character, he wouldn't notice something in his path before it was too late. So the Detective grabbed a banana peeling from a nearby trash can and timed it just right that he was able to throw it in the twirling mini tornado's path. And sure enough he went slipping and landing hard on the ground that it knocked him for a loop long enough for Eddie to arrest him. Much to the annoyance of the various onlookers around. Pretty Boy had to resist yelling out in glee over his finally capturing the menace but once he was somewhere private would definitely do it!

Even if Iris wasn't going to be too happy with him, but hey he could deal with it! He was still a bit miffed she had laughed her head off at the sight of him in a Ballet outfit and when she heard her dad had been dressed the same way had wound up laughing even harder. Though neither of the two could quite figure out why Barry had been grinning so widely when he learned about it, but figured he was just trying to keep from laughing possibly. Ahh.. If only they knew! "You are going to go away for a really, REALLY long time pal. Especially once someone figures out how to make you be as slow as the rest of us."

However, this is where fate decided to play its cruel, cruel hand on the man as a red streak flashed by him and the man found himself coming to a slowing stop. And right in front of the Flash himself! But, more horrifyingly enough, the one he thought was the Flash was standing right next to him! Now that he thought about it, the other figure was looking a heck of a lot shorter too! How in the Hell did he fail to notice that!? Was the menace making him that far gone!? The bane of his existence waved cheekily at him and he could see his car keys in the Speedster's waving hand. His Tazmania pal was laughing in its own little way too, much to the growing annoyance of Eddie Thawne. Frowning to himself and gripping the steering wheel tightly enough to make his knuckles go white, he quickly got out of the car to confront the two.

As one speeding menace practicing vigilantism in the city was bad enough, but two? Absolutely no way in Hell! He'd quit and go elsewhere if he had too! "Detective, wonderful as always to see you. And I see you've met my little robotic friend here." The Flash said with a nod to the head.

Robotics? How was that even possible!? STAR Labs might be somehow capable of that, especially where Cisco Ramon was concerned but he couldn't fathom why they would do it! Unless it was somehow meant to be an experiment that this annoyance found out about and stole it afterwards! That has to be it! Wihch means this is just one more crime to add to the list! Eddie thought happily and was also so very, very wrong.

"I would say the same, but we both know I'd be lying." Eddie responded back from where he stood, wondering how he might be able to arrest the Flash this time around.

The Flash nodded at him again. "Come to the Light! We've got Cookies and hand slaps for liars! Cause we both know that the longer you keep coming after me, the more I will keep doing this until otherwise. So come on, join the Light and know the joys of being cool like yours truly." Flash told him with what looked to be a beaming smile and a thumb pointed at himself.

This gained him a frown and also having Eddie think that the wacko was trying to get him to join some kind of cult that drinked special kool-aid. Well no sir, he wasn't going to be doing anything of the sort thank you very much! "Are you in some kind of cult?" The Detective asked suspiciously.

"Ummm what? No, I mean what? I just thought it sounded cool to say." The Speedster replied a bit flabbergasted. Really!? That's what he thought of him!?

Nodding at that while still suspicious to be on the safe side, Eddie decided enough was enough and started walking towards him. But incoherent babble from the Tazmania look a like started up and before the man could so much as blink. Taz was gone and tearing up his car to pieces in a matter of seconds before coming back to the Flash's side with a satisfied smile on its face as it snacked on a piece of his car's fender. Eddie's eyes had gone wide and Flash had pretty much doubled over in laughter as even he wasn't expecting that to happen! "Why… You!" Oh yes, our fair Detective was most certainly at a loss for words here!

And before he knew what was going on yet again, he had been surrounded by the Taz look a like this time. Thankfully nothing was eaten off him but much to his mortification, his pants were down to his ankles and everyone could see his yellow polka-dotted boxers underneath. This sent the Flash into even more laughter. "Hah! It… Ha ha! Looks like you… Ha ha ha! Lost your pants!" Barry roared out happily, much to the pure anger of Eddie who started to growl.

With another jaunty wave and a throw of his keys at his feet, the Flash and the Taz look a like were gone in the blink of an eye. Grumbling to himself incoherently, Eddie looked up into the sky wondering what the Hell he'd done to deserve all this! Making his arms go wide, he started to scream obscenities into the air, making onlookers gasp in shock at what they heard. Said obscenities also included his hate for the Flash and now for the Tazmania Devil as well. Unknown to him, Taz had also funnily enough attached a message to his back that he happily stunk.

He went to move for his keys, but wound up falling flat on to his face as Taz had also tied his shoe strings together. He went to get up with a groan, but quickly gave up the notion instead as he was just too darn embarrassed to get back up. "I hate him! And I hate my life!" He moaned out as he laid there with everyone else watching and or laughing at the sight of him. Some were also even recording this, one of them being Linda who was so going to get a good laugh when she saw Iris' face when the girl saw this!


Author's Notes: Ahh… Ain't I a stinker? Thanks again to SilentEevee for the inspiration for this and I hope you and everyone else really enjoyed!