Chapter 12
I was wrong, very wrong. It was very hard to find him especially not knowing how fast he's going. I stopped to weigh out my options on what my plan is. I could either use my super hearing to find him or go check S.T.A.R. Labs. I'll just go with the first option. I concentrated on only Barry and Barry's only voice.
"Whoo-hoo!" I heard him yell. I smiled at his immaturity.
I ran at the sound of his voice and I just couldn't hold it in. I laughed, I just laughed when he ran inside of a laundry and dry cleaning van. I swear to God that I even saw some towels flying out from the back of the van. An African American man was just confused at what he just saw.
"Awesome!" He whispered. I ran up to them and both of the men's eyes widen.
"You're Random!" The man exclaimed. Barry was too struck to even say anything. "Can I have your autograph?" He asked.
"Of course you can." I laughed, it was weird laughing with my vibrating vocal cords but hey, it's still a laugh.
He told me to sign on his truck so that people could be jealous of him whenever his passing by. I thought it was a smart idea. I should do that with the Arrow Team. When all of that was done I handed Barry my hand. He looked at it than back at me. I'm not going to break. I'm not some kind of doll people.
When he finally did the man left. I waved which earned me a wave back. I turned to Barry. I couldn't believe that he still is shocked to see me. I mean, we met before. He talked a lot when we did. What I don't understand is how come I didn't get a crush on him then? Maybe, I was too busy to notice. But how can I not notice those green eyes. Maybe, because Felicity liked him first. But I could still have a crush on him just not steal him away from her. So many excuses!
"How did you know where I was?" He asked. You see, I make up stories all the time so I just use the same ones over and over again.
"Kitara called me." I shrugged like it was no big deal.
He laughed in disbelief. I looked over at him to see if he was for real, right now. I crossed my arms. He thinks I'm joking. I hate lying to those that I care about but I can't risk him knowing who I am without having to tell my past and I'm not ready for that.
"You're kidding, right?" He asked. I glared at him to show him I wasn't.
"No," My teeth gritted together. "Kitty actually called me." I said.
I was annoyed that he was laughing. Why would he be laughing? Doesn't he know that he could have been hurt if he wasn't careful? Or worse! No, don't think like that. I scolded myself for even thinking that. I should just pay attention at the problem at hand.
"Wait, Kitara actually sent you?" He asked, his laughter dying. I nodded slapping myself for liking the way my name rolled off of his tongue. I should not be thinking that right now!
"We need to get you to S.T.A.R. Labs to see your new powers." I said changing the subject and reached out my hand. We've been doing that a lot lately.
He hesitated but took it anyway. He quickly looked at me when the electricity went through our hands. His eyebrows furrowed together, puzzled at this information. I controlled myself to not read his mind and respect his privacy.
I closed my eyes and pictured the cortex and concentrated on nothing but the cortex at S.T.A.R. Labs. I could feel the tingles that felt throughout my body and focused Barry with me. Barry gasped right next to me and with my hardest to not pry my eyes open to see I focused on that one room. I could feel blue smoke surround us and take us to our destination. Do you think that I should've warned him about the side effects? Nah, I'm sure he'll be fine!
But oh, how I was wrong.
What is up with people throwing up on my shoes?
We were currently at Ferris Air an old airport that belongs to S.T.A.R. Labs. When Barry and I appeared in the cortex we immediately got on a van and drove straight here. Caitlin didn't believe any of it but Cisco was beyond excited he even got a training suit ready. Joey on the other hand was jumping along with Cisco when we told them the news.
"You don't really believe he can run that fast, do you?" Caitlin asked in disbelief.
"Well, I believe anything is possible, and in a few minutes," He looked at her. "Maybe you will too." Dr. Wells smiled.
The door opened to reveal Barry in a red skintight suit with kneepads and elbow pads on. A helmet was on his head with clear glasses. Joey and me were trying to stifle our laugh but failed which cause Barry to walk over to me and playfully hit my arm.
"How does it fit?" I asked him and failing to cover up my giggle.
"It's a little snug." He admitted.
"Maybe a little too snug." Joey grinned. Barry chuckled and I rolled my eyes.
"At least you will be moving so fast no one will see you." Cisco butted in and stood by me. He tried to take my hand but I retreated it back Barry saw and was confused at the moment. "See, you thought the world was slowing down, it wasn't. You were moving so fast it only looked like everyone else was standing still." Cisco explained and pointed at Dr. Wells. "Dr. Wells will be monitoring you and Random's energy output, and Caitlin," He turned to where Caitlin was standing. "Your vitals."
"What do you do?" Barry asked curios about what the little Mexican man did. Cisco laughed.
"I make the toys, my man. Check it," Cisco was beaming and took out a lightning bolt. "This is a two-way headset with a camera I," Joey coughed interrupted Cisco. "We modified. Typically designed to combat battlefield impulse noise, or in your case, potential sonic booms, which would be awesome." He explained which ended with a chuckle and walked away with Barry's headset.
Caitlin came over when Cisco left to where Dr. Wells was. She was checking it the headset was still connected with the computers and tablets. Barry was staring at her smiling; I wished he would stare at me that way.
"What?" Caitlin snapped with a blank expression that didn't seem to be working on Barry.
He shrugged. "Nothing. I just noticed you don't smile too much." Barry smiled.
I sighed knowing what was going to come up because I got the same thing when she told me what happened with her fiancé.
"My once promising career in bioengineering is over, my boss is in a wheelchair for life, and the explosion that put you in a coma also killed my fiancé. So this blank expression kind of feels like the way to go." She snapped and walked towards Cisco. Barry looked down and I came over and patted him on the shoulder. I gave him a small smile but the smile that I loved wasn't convincing.
"Mr. Allen, while I am extremely eager to determine your full range of abilities, I do caution restraint." Dr. Wells said. "Random here would run alongside you in case something goes wrong." I raised my hand. Barry turned away from him and looked at me with a worried expression.
"Just try not to look at mom's butt while she runs." Joey threated. That's right Joey was allowed to call me mom in my suit. But not everyone knew that, that's why he or she eyes looked like they were about to pop out of their heads.
"Don't worry, Barry, you'll be fine as long as you don't get distracted." I encouraged him.
"Yeah," He nodded and we walked over side by side. Barry put his feet on the two holders that runner's use and got in a running stance position, I did the same.
We faced each other and I saw him let out a breath. I turned my head and looked at Joey and Cisco who was holding something to check our vitals.
"You'll be fine, Barry." I send him a telepathic connection. His eyes widen when he heard my voice in his head.
"I wish Kitara was here." He admitted my heart flattered knowing that he wanted me there.
"She is, Barry, you just don't know it yet." I said and smiled while facing forward. I felt the electricity racing in my veins waiting to be free to run. I knew Barry was too because soon he was off.
We ran racing each other. He screamed with excitement as the wind was rushing past us. I could feel the colors coming from behind me. I grinned and couldn't help but laugh feeling alive. I love this feeling that I get when I run and never look back, that I leave everything behind. I could see Barry's form a blur like he wasn't even there. I was glad that I wasn't the only speedster anymore.
I know that this wasn't possible but when was anything possible in my life. Barry seemed like he had it under control but that was until I turned to cheek if he was all right. I was concerned when he seemed like he wasn't all there and he was somewhere else. Buckets of water that were in a form of a triangle were up ahead. I run faster to get in front of him but that just made it worse because he crashed into me.
I groaned when he came into impacted with my leg. I yelped when I saw that my bone was sticking out of my skin and blood was pouring out of my leg. Pain was shooting up my leg when I tried to move it. It was in a weird way but I pushed the pain a side when I heard Barry groan and try to muffle his scream. His wrist was crooked and he cradled his hand.
"Barry are you ok?" I asked and tried to stand but it only made me tumble down. His face was scrunched up in pain but that quickly changed when I stood up.
"What the hell are you doing?" He scolded at me. "Sit down!" He barked. I only did what he said because even though he was in pain he still tried to be protective.
"I'm fine, Barry. I'll heal." I said but I motioned to his hand. "But you won't."
