A/N- A quick (pun intended) chapter here, and the next one right after to make up for lack of updates past 2 weeks.
CHAPTER 35- The Flash
Barry flew past the buildings, the speed in his legs giving him a perception to the world unlike any other. He could see things so slowly, he could see the dust particles in the air, the blinking of an eye, the twitching of a cat chasing a mouse on the ground. He skidded to a stop in front of S.T.A.R Labs. Looking down, he jumped. His shoes were on fire. He stomped the ground several times, until the heat subsided. Glancing up at the structure, he entered the building, whirring past the security. He whooshed in front of Caitlin and Cisco, the two scientists who had been there when he awoke. Caitlin yelped.
"Okay, definitely metasized then." Cisco smiled. Barry nodded.
Caitlin grimaced. "Are you ready to run some more tests?"
Shrugging, the 13 year old shot out the door, leaving a dazed Cisco and Caitlin to wonder where he went. He appeared in less than 3 seconds wearing a bright red firefighting suit, several sizes too big. Cisco frowned. "Why didn't I think of that? You would've obviously needed some kind of…protection against friction." Barry smiled. "I told you, nerd alert. I understand everything you are saying, and then some."
Cisco rolled his eyes, turning to the monitors. "You can't stay here though. We don't have enough material to run the tests required. We have to go to our division in Central City, the particle accelerator there can provide data to run simultaneous tests with your cells. You have the potential to speed up atoms without any sort of external power source to extreme speeds! The scientific potential of this in physics could be amazing! Er…you keeping up?"
Barry nodded. "I go fast without outside pushing, that's very important. Got it."
Cisco smiled and nodded. "We will have to go the normal way though. By car."
"Yeah sure, no problem…except one. What about my Dad?"
Caitlin interjected "We'll give him a message. You didn't tell anyone, right?"
"Of course not, I'm not stupid."
But Barry did want to. What would Vic say about this? And the others? He was sure that they wouldn't tell anyone, they were trustworthy enough. I have got to tell them. He came to a silent decision.
Caitlin and Cisco took their supplies and materials and packed them into a S.T.A.R Labs van while he silently watched them, thinking about how he would tell his friends, and what would happen next? Would he become a superhero or something? Like… a kid version of Quicksilver? He mentally scoffed. I bet I'm way faster than him… Caitlin turned towards him, and motioned to the door. "Could you give us a minute? We need to tell our boss that we are leaving" Barry gestured Go Ahead, Please. And the two scientists went inside the building, leaving Barry around 3 minutes to call everyone, he guessed.
Quickly drawing out his phone, He texted his father, then called Victor. After 3 rings, Barry realized he wasn't going to pick up. Next, he dialed Hal. The number you are calling does not exist. Barry frowned…had something happened to Hal? That left him 4 options. Iris, Diana, Bruce…and Clark.
Iris wasn't an option. He wasn't going to put her in danger. Superhero cliché, dude he thought to himself. He thought of calling Diana but then decided against it. He would tell her later. Dialing, he waited for the ring before the other end picked up.
"Hey, Bruce?"
"Barry."
Barry noticed he sounded out of breath. Bruce doing physical exercise? That was really unlike him.
"Where are you?" he asked him.
"I'm in the middle of something at the moment, is it urgent?" Typical…
"Bruce, you know the storm that happened 9 months ago?"
"Yeah? You were affected weren't you?"
How?...
"Uh…yeah. Aren't you surprised to hear from me? It's been a long time…"
Bruce didn't respond. "Barry, things are more complicated now than they were before. You aren't the only one. Look for Wonder Woman after reaching Central City."
Who? Barry wondered. More importantly, how did Bruce know that he was going to Central City?
"How do you know that?"
He heard Bruce sigh. "Barry, I know that you would go to S.T.A.R Labs after you got your powers, and they would want to study you. Only problem is they don't have the necessary equipment. Am I right?"
Barry closed his mouth. "Quite so, Sherlock Holmes."
Wayne wasted no time. "Get to Central City. Find Wonder Woman." He kept the phone down.
Barry sped into the van. "Let's go!" he shouted over to Cisco and Caitlin, who were now getting the rest of the equipment into the van. Rolling his eyes, he quickly arranged all the equipment inside and raised his eyebrows. "Can we go now?"
A/N- Next chapter is going to be the best yet. Why? Because that's when the War begins.