Author's Note: Hello again. Now that Bruce has gone back to Gotham we can move on with the main storyline of the show again. We're up to Flash Vs Arrow and that's gonna change quite a bit cause of Barry and Oliver's past relationship, but again I'm writing this under the assumption that you have seen the show. If you haven't, you can find it on Netflix. I own nothing.

38. Arrow In Central

The Flash pulled three SWAT men out of the way of the shotgun blast before she tackled Joe knocking them both to the ground. She heard the snap of a bowstring and suddenly the man was on his back pinned to the floor by two familiar green arrows. Barry looked up and grinned at the figure standing under an opened hatch in the ceiling. It had been a long time since she'd seen him in costume. Last time she'd seen him at all he'd been holding her while she cried about everything that had changed about herself and her inability to do what he did. His grin was pearly white even in the shadow his hood cast.

"Nice mask." She grinned as he shot an arrow and pulled himself out of the room. She scrambled to her feet her face vibrating so the SWAT members wouldn't recognize her, she took off after the Arrow without waiting for Joe to protest.

She caught up to him on a nearby rooftop and immediately tackled him in a hug. He chuckled wrapping his arms around her.

"It's good to see you Barry." Barry smiled into Oliver's shoulder.

"It's good to see you too! You should have called! I didn't even know you were gonna be in town!" Barry pulled back to arms-length a grin still on her face. Oliver shook his head.

"Didn't want to bother you, you seemed pretty busy." Barry frowned slightly a bit confused but brushed it aside.

"Are you in town long? Is the rest of the team here?" Oliver couldn't help the smile that tugged at his lips, Barry was a sight to see in all that red leather bouncing around on a rooftop her hair in a tangled ponytail sticking out the back of her mask. Barry seemed to notice and grinned wide.

"That's right you haven't seen the costume before, what do you think?" Oliver appraised her for another moment.

"It's a lot of leather, didn't know you were into that." Barry rolled her eyes.

"It's not leather, it's a reinforced tri-polymer, it's heat and abrasive resistant. That way it doesn't catch fire while I'm running." Oliver nodded.

"I see the mask is working out for you." Oliver nodded again. The mask she'd given him last year just a few weeks before Christmas was working out great, had been since the day she'd given it to him. Barry's frown returned.

"Wait what are you doing here anyway?" Oliver shook his head.

"We shouldn't talk about it in the open. Meet me at the abandoned warehouse outside of town." Barry grinned.

"Alright, I'll even give you a head start." Oliver rolled his eyes and fired an arrow over to another building using it to pull himself over to where he had parked his motorcycle. Barry waited for about five minutes before she got bored and ran to Star Labs to clean up a bit. She explained that the Arrow was in town as she quick cleaned her suit. Cisco dropped his bag of lollipops.

"The Arrow! Here in Central!" Barry shrugged and nodded pulling her suit back on and checking the clock on the wall.

"Yep. He didn't want to talk about why in a public area so I'm meeting up with him." Caitlin frowned.

"If you're meeting up with him shouldn't you be headed there now?" Barry grinned.

"I'm giving him a head start." She checked the clock again. It had been twenty-three minutes since she and Oliver had talked. Her grin widened.

"Gotta run!" She said zipping up the top of the suit and taking off running. Papers swirled in her wake and Caitlin sighed and began to pick them up. Cisco knelt to help her.

"We gotta get some paper weights around here." Caitlin nodded at him.

"It's comforting to know that no matter where you go Big Belly Burger is always gonna taste like Big Belly Burger." Felicity sighed as she bit into her burger. Diggle grinned.

"You mean full of grease and salt?" Felicity grinned.

"I thought those were the secret ingredients." She heard an engine roar and looked up.

"Oliver's back." Before the green motorcycle could even turn the corner a yellow blur sped past it and Barry Allen pulled to a halt in front of the table grabbing a fry.

"I gave Oliver like a half an hour head start, by the way." Diggle jumped three feet into the air spilling his fries everywhere as Oliver pulled up to the group and pulled off his helmet.

"Show off." He grumbled grabbing the burger they had ordered for him. Dig's eyes were wide and he blinked sheepishly at Barry who stole another one of Oliver's fries.

"You… You're fast." Barry laughed.

"Well yeah, did they not tell you?" Felicity nodded.

"We told him but apparently seeing is believing." She glanced at Dig and giggled.

"Or drooling." Barry speed snatched another fry and grinned as Oliver rolled his eyes. She turned to him.

"So, you were gonna tell me what you're doing in Central." Felicity set down her drink.

"I can answer that! We had a mysterious murder in Starling, where the murder weapon was a boomerang." She pulled out the evidence bag with a flourish and handed it to Barry.

"OOOH cool!" Oliver glanced at Barry who blushed slightly and amended.

"I mean awful…" She pulled the boomerang out of the bag.

"There's traces of iron oxide on the wings. I know it's a long shot but Central City has the highest concentrate of iron oxide in the country." Barry nodded.

"What's it made of?" Felicity shrugged.

"No idea." Barry hummed excitedly as Felicity continued.

"We were in the area when we heard the police scanners." Oliver nodded.

"I thought I'd come by and see you make your move." Barry slipped the boomerang back into the bag. Felicity frowned at Barry.

"Move against?" Barry handed her back the bag.

"A meta human who induces homicidal rage, we're not sure how yet we think he does it via the ocular nerve." Dig raised an eyebrow at Oliver who shook his head. Barry grinned wider.

"Oh, maybe we could team up! I could help you find your boomerang killer, you could help me find my super rage-aholic!" Oliver shook his head.

"No, I work better alone." Barry raised an eyebrow and gestured at Felicity and Diggle. Felicity rolled her eyes.

"The easiest way to figure out everything we can about the boomerang is to set Star Labs on it." Oliver shook his head again.

"No. Enough people know my secret identity." Felicity grabbed her jacket.

"Fine I'll go they already know me. You can drop me off and…" Barry scooped Felicity off her feet and grinned.

"How about I give you a lift!" Barry raced off with Felicity in her arms. Diggle turned to Oliver pointing after the streak of lightning that was Barry Allen.

"Man, that's not freaking you out?" Oliver scowled and took another bite of his burger.