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Episode 5
Inside the bar…
"Ugh, you must be cheating," Maya groaned as Iris landed the dart in the centre of the dart board.
Iris, Maya, Cisco, Eddie, Caitlin, Jake and Barry were all down at the bar, spending the night playing darts and trying not to get so wasted so at least one of them could drive… that was mainly failing.
"Nu-uh," Iris smirked as she took a sip of her drink.
Maya leaned back on the table and Jake grinned at her, "Cheer up will you? You're making me feel sad."
"I am not sad!" Maya exclaimed, playfully hitting him on the arm, "I'm just skulking in my defeat."
"Yeah right," Jake rolled his eyes and Maya smirked.
Downing most of her drink, Maya smiled sarcastically at Jake before turning to look at Barry and skipped over.
"I'm glad we invited Caitlin and Cisco," Maya grinned, dropping down on the stood next to him, "I think it was a great idea."
"I think you're drunk," Barry shook his head, taking the 3/4 empty glass from Maya.
"I'm not. I drank a lot more when I went out with Ollie and Tommy," Maya beamed, then she picked up a glass of vodka and holding it up, "now, to friends, both old and new."
Barry sighed, but picked up one and clinked his glass with hers before they both downed it.
Maya blinked a few times but then grinned, "This is great. You can't get drunk."
"How is that great?" Barry inquired.
"Because, when I get totally wasted- and trust me that will be hard- you can, being sober, drive me home," Maya smirked.
"So you're not dizzy yet?"
"I told you, I don't get wasted easy. I've been clubbing with Oliver and Tommy," Maya shrugged before hearing Jake call for her, "but now I have to go crush Iris at darts. Bye-bye."
Maya strolled back over to Iris, Jake and Eddie and took a dart from Jake. Maya smirked at Iris, "I am going to thrash you, West."
"Don't get smug, Robinson," Iris retorted, hopping onto a stall to watch Maya.
After she hit the Bulls-eye, Maya waltzed past Iris with a smirk and over to Caitlin, Cisco and Barry.
"I just destroyed Iris, now gimme one," Maya grinned, accepting a shot from Caitlin.
They quartet downed them after clinking and Maya squeezed her eyes shut.
"Still nothing?" Cisco asked, his face scrunching.
"Maya was right," Barry groaned, "I can't get drunk. I mean I'm only twenty-five and my drinking days are already over!"
"C'mon, Allen," Eddie grinned, "You're up."
Barry went to move when Eddie's phone buzzed, he pulled it out, "There's a bombing on Eighth and Pass. I got to go, babe."
Barry and Maya glanced at each other before breaking into action. Jake moved to plant a kiss on Maya's cheek, "I got to go, Eddie's my lift."
Jake jogged out and Iris soon followed, "I have an early shift, catch you both later."
Caitlin faked a yawn, "I'm beat."
"It's getting late anyway so I'm just gonna," Barry jabbed his thumb and Maya started pushing him towards the door, grabbing her bag as she went.
"Remember to turn on the coms!" Maya yelled over her shoulder to the scientists as they barged out the door.
Maya pulled off her pull-over jumper and leggings as soon as they were out back which left her in her suit, she yanked on her boots and folded down gloves.
When she looked up to place her mask on, Barry came back in a flash of red, obviously having been to S.T.A.R. Labs and back.
"Let's go," Maya nodded as Barry picked her up and ran off in a flash of lightning.
Outside the bombed building…
They skidded to stop in the alley out back of the building, looking up they saw a window washer hanging of the machine way up.
"Uh, guys," Maya called through the coms, "there's a window washer about to fall…"
"Well don't try an catch him," Cisco warned, "neither of you have super strength."
"I'm not stupid, Cisco, I know that," Maya rolled her eyes.
"Is there a bed store near here? What if I get a load of mattresses and stack them?" Barry questioned.
"Barry, this isn't a Road Runner cartoon," Caitlin stated.
Maya looked around and up before pressing her com, "How fast would he have to run to go vertically?"
"Vertically?" Caitlin repeated.
Barry quickly caught on, "How fast would I have to go to run up the side of the building?"
"…How far up do you need to go?" Cisco asked cautiously.
"Uh, I don't know, fifty metres," Barry estimated.
"Give or take," Maya added, looking sternly at Barry, "with me on his back."
Barry looked at Maya, "No way, you could fall."
"I'm not standing down here and being useless," Maya countered.
"Ugh, fine," Barry scowled before glancing up, "Guys! How fast?"
Caitlin audibly sighed, "Just run really fast and you'll be fine, but you need to maintain your velocity on the way down or…"
"Splat," Maya stated, shrugging at the expression Barry gave her.
"Right, thanks," Barry replied nervously, he jumped up and down a few times before Maya climbed onto his back, "Alright, alright, alright, alright. Here goes."
"Do not get me killed," Maya warned as she clung to his back.
Barry laughed before he started running, they were a flash of red as they launched up the side of the building. The rope holding the man up snapped and as they sprinted past, Maya grabbed him by the arm and brought him down as Barry ran back down the building.
The trio tumbled to the floor next to the building and scrambled to their feet, when she looked up she stopped alongside Barry. Jake and Iris stood in front of them staring.
Maya cursed and turned invisible whilst Barry vibrated his face, both of them becoming unrecognisable before Maya took Barry's arm and he swung up her then took off down the road.
The next day,
At S.T.A.R. Labs…
"I'm being serious, now," Caitlin placed her hands on the cold worktable, "do you have a job?"
Maya spun around on the chair, "Erm, yes, but I'm off at the moment- part time."
"Okay, so you're not bunking off work?"
"Nope. I start at… I start later," Maya grinned, she pulled out her phone as it start buzzing and beamed.
Jake.
Hi, saw the Ghost last night. I TOLD you she was real.
Maya rubbed her eyes, great.
Suuurrreeee. Don't you have work? The Central City newspaper doesn't write itself.
The reply was a few minutes later.
No, but it should. That would be AWESOME.
Maya rolled her eyes.
Just work you strange weirdo.
Maya looked up as Barry walked in.
You really mean that.
"Who you texting?" Barry asked as he walked over, trying to peer over Maya's shoulder as she replied.
No, believe me, I do.
Maya tilted her phone forward so he couldn't see, "Hey! Privacy is very much appreciated."
;P
Maya locked her phone and shoved it in her pocket, "And I was texting Jake."
"Why?" Barry frowned as he sat next to her in a seat.
"I told him he should be working."
Cisco picked up the file from the table where Barry had left it, "A VA file number is all you have on her?"
The duo spun in the chairs to face the brainy inventor.
Barry sighed, "CCPD has been ordered off the case."
"Well who has the power to do that?" Caitlin asked as she walked into the room shortly after Cisco.
"The army," Barry replied bluntly, "some general, his name was Eiling, I think."
"General Wade Eiling," Dr Wells clarified as he wheeled into the room.
Is it just me who prefers it when the liar isn't in the room? Maya thought before grimacing, then again I'm lying about practically my whole past so…
"You know him?" Barry questioned with a frown as he looked at Wells.
The other three in the room turned to look at Harrison who grimaced, "Yeah, I know him. About ten years ago General Wade Eiling contacted S.T.A.R. Labs about enhancing gene therapy for soldiers."
Harrison rolled forward, "I was interested in the potential medical benefits for civilians. General Eiling really wanted to work on mind reading capabilities for interrogation purposes. I stopped working with him when I saw his techniques up close but our parting was less than amicable."
Maya raised an eyebrow at the statement but stayed quiet, she glanced over at the doctor from where she was originally staring at the wall.
Um, why was Harrison Wells remotely interested in mind reading capabilities? Danger alert! Maya's mind yelled.
"Mind reading? Like Professor X, Jean Grey mind reading?" Maya laughed in disbelief, "As in telepathy?"?"
"Exactly like that, improbable, I know, but possible," Harrison's eyes glinted quickly, and Maya's gaze turned to a cold stare, "Just like you and Barry, correct?"
Definitely something going on, probably has something to do with the secret room she found… and Harrison standing up and not using his glasses…
This wasn't my best chapter, but I knew I hadn't updated in ages! I've been at my grandparents for the past week and the wifi is awful. Like I had to wait 1 hour for ten minutes of the Flash to load… so yeah, I'm home today so WIFI! Reviews are welcome :) make my Good Friday good?