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The Flash: Survival of the Fastest
Chapter 5: The Puppet Master
Warehouse
3:54 AM
Joe and two dozen SWAT officers stood guns locked and loaded outside of a warehouse. They had gotten the call thirty minutes ago, that this was the location of the abducted mayor, the District Attorney, The Assistant District Attorney as well as several other leaders of the local government.
"…All squads are in position…" One of the officers said through his radio to Joe.
"…On three we breech and get this S.O.B. ready…?"
"…Yes sir…"
"On three… One… two…" The men with the rams cocked back the device. "THREE!" Joe shouted and all of them smashed in the doors simultaneously. Police made their way into each entrance unaware of the wires they tripped as they did until it was too late. The wires pulled pins out of dozens of grenades giving the cops seconds to react. Seconds they did not have.
"EVERY BODY MOOOO…" Joe began to scream as the world slowed down as Wally raced onto the scene.
Taking fractions of a millisecond to analyze the situation Wally sprang into action. Yellow lighting coated his suit as he ran in and pulled every cop, including his dad, out of the blast radius before running into the inferno unscathed.
Normally he would have Barry and/or Caitlin with him but Wally enjoyed it when he had a chance to prove himself as a hero.
He ran up the stairs into the main office and found a man completely clad in black holding another man's head in a gallon drum filled with what looked like water. Not too far from him was The District Attorney dangling from the ceiling via a noose, she was squirming so she was definitely alive and her neck was not broken. The Mayor himself was lashed to some steel crossbeams with a bleeding stump for a right hand.
"HEY!" Wally shouted getting the kidnapper's attention.
"Well this is certainly a surprise. I was expecting Central Cities Finest to be torched."
"Gonna take more than a little fire to scare me off." Wally said cockily. "So, you want to do this the easy way or the fun way? Either way you're going to Iron Heights."
If Wally could have seen his face he would have noticed the equally cocky grin. "Well… Bring it on… Kid Flash."
Wally made a move to sprint but his legs caught on something and he fell forward onto the ground. Kid Flash looked down to see his legs slowly being tied up in wires that completely restricted his movements.
"That was a little too easy!" The Kidnapper chuckled. "I tied your legs up when you weren't paying attention and now I've got you!" He swung his left hand with each finger outstretched. Wally could see a faint glint from long wires extending from his fingers he gripped the wires making them resemble a five-tailed whip.
Wally tried to hold his arms up to protect his face and chest but the kidnapper shot more wire from his right hand and restrained Kid Flash's arms to his sides. Wally shut his eyes as the five wires made contact slicing through the suit and into his skin.
The Kidnapper sadistically continued to strike Wally with his razor wire whip slicing him with each and every blow until he stopped.
"You're boring me Kid Flash." The wire wipe retreated into his hand as if it never existed. "Godspeed said so long as I don't kill the Flash or his girlfriend I can do whatever I want." Dozens of wires shot out from his palm twisting together forming a rope. He tossed it over a rafter and willed the end to tie into a noose which he placed around Wally's neck.
A gunshot rang out causing the kidnapper to stagger back to the window. Wally turned to see his dad standing in the door way with a smoking gun.
The kidnapper looked up and gave Joe and Wally a smirk before Joe fired another five shots each one burying itself into the man's chest and propelling him into the window with sufficient force to throw him out.
"You OK Wally?" Joe was immediately by his son's side. "Are you hurt?"
"I'm fine dad." Wally managed to vibrate his body to escape the bounds he was placed in. "Just my pride is wounded.
"Just in case I can call Caitlin and have her meet us back at S.T.A.R. Labs."
"No… I'm fine… no need to get her and Barry worked up because I was out here on my own… Besides… I need you to check on the hostages…" Joe nodded and went to check on the Mayor, District Attorney and what appeared to be the assistant District Attorney.
He checked their pulses and was relieved to see that they each had one, faint, but it was there. They each had been through the ringer so Joe grabbed his radio. "This is Detective West, I've got the mayor, the DA and the ADA. I need an ambulance at my locations yesterday!"
"Joe!" Joe looked up to see Wally looking out the window. "You might want to see this." The detective joined his son but could not see what he was looking at.
"Alright I give up. What am I supposed to be seeing?"
"Seriously? You don't notice anything missing?" Wally asked.
This time Joe looked closer and noticed exactly what Wally wanted him to see. "Where's the body?" Joe asked. The kidnapper's body was nowhere to be seen. There was no blood, no damage aside from the broken window, there was nothing indicating that a man had been shot out of the window.
"Exactly, where did out dead kidnapper disappear to?"
Caitlin and Barry's Home
7:00 AM
Barry slowly opened his eyes and could not resist smiling at the swath of auburn hair in his face. He couldn't explain it well but waking up next to Caitlin just felt right on so many levels like he was meant to do this. It was strange though, the odds seemed to be stacked against them and yet here they were, together, and with a future that promised them at least a son maybe more if Ben accomplished what he came back to do. What exactly was he here to do anyway?
Gently kissing Caitlin's forehead Barry rushed over to the bathroom and was ready for the day in about three seconds. Oddly enough by the time he got into the kitchenette. Ben and Caitlin were already awake and at the counter already eating breakfast.
"Jeeze Barry. You wake up first and we're still ready before you." Caitlin teased her boyfriend for his sloth-like speed in the morning. "Why is it that Ben and I got up after you and in the span of a few seconds we got completely ready while you diddled about in the bathroom?"
"I guess it's my super-tardiness." Barry embraced Caitlin from behind and kissed her cheek. "So, what's for breakfast?"
"Not much, just some French Toast." Caitlin said as she placed a few slices onto an open plate for Barry.
Luckily for Ben, Barry's phone went off. "Hey Joe. What? No, Ben's here nothing to worry about on this front. Wait, what? Alright I'll be over." The Flash hung up his phone and turned to Ben and Caitlin. "That was Joe. I need to go."
"What happened?" Caitlin asked.
"The Mayor, The DA and the ADA were all attacked." Barry said. "They were all-"
"Found strung up hanging from some rafters via nooses, mutilated or otherwise tortured?" Ben cut off Barry.
"Yeah… how'd you know?"
"I worked on this case back in my time. I saw something similar in Coast City. It's kind of a calling card of a crime boss known only as the Puppet Master. Sounds like he's getting a jump start on his empire… about ten years early."
Caitlin looked between her future son and her boyfriend. The two young men had so much in common it made her heart swell with joy because her boys were so dedicated to what they did.
"So… you want to help us out on this case?"
"I'm sure I can lend you a hand."
With a smile Barry made his way to Caitlin and kissed her on the lips. "We'll see you later Cait. Duty Calls."
"See you at S.T.A.R. Labs… Mom." Ben gave her a bone crushing hug which slightly surprised the Female Speedster. For a moment, Caitlin hesitated before returning the hug. It was strange, Ben's hug wasn't a 'See-you-later' hug it was more of a 'I-don't-know-when-I'll-see-you-again' hug.
"I'll see you both there. For now the day jobs beckon."
Central City Police Department
7:20 AM
"Is there anything that you can tell us about your attacker? Distinctive marks? Height? Voice?" Joe asked. They had gotten the call last night about the abductions and within an hour they had recovered Mayor Hank Karon, District Attorney Mellissa Levine and Assistant District Attorney David Caesar. The Police had decided it would be for the best if The Mayor, the District Attorney and the Assistant District Attorney stayed in the Station over night for their own protection. Luckily for them it was a good call.
"I'm sorry Detective…" Miss Levine quietly said not bothering to look up from her mug. "It… it all happened so quickly… One moment I was home tucking my daughter in for bed and then I suddenly couldn't control my body as I…"
Joe could see that the questions were troubling Miss Levine so he decided it might be best if he leave her be. "Thank you for your time Ms. Levine. If there's anything else you can tell us please do not hesitate to contact me." Joe handed her a slip of paper with his cell phone number to her before going to talk with Captain Singh.
"All of our victims claim their bodies were hijacked. Moving on their own." Joe reported to the police Captain.
"Great so the kidnapper is a meta-human…How's Kid Flash? Sounds like he took quite a beating rescuing the Mayor and company."
"He… ran off when we noticed the kidnapper's body was missing."
"I still cannot believe this psycho got away."
Barry and Ben made their way into the police station and found Joe, Captain Singh and a lower level cop interviewing The Mayor, the District Attorney and the Assistant District Attorney, or at least they had just finished with the interviews.
"Ok… I'm going to go check in with Joe and the Captain. See if there's anything we can do to find this Puppet Master guy." Barry knew this was a risk bringing Ben, but this was someone he was familiar with.
"Good call. I'll talk with Detective Richard Caesar."
"Who?"
"Richard Caesar. The guy talking to the ADA David Caesar? Seriously? You don't know Detective Caesar and ADA Caesar are brothers?" Ben looked at his father quizzically "Detective Caesar had been on the force for twenty plus years in 2020 and his brother started off as a lawyer that same year only becoming the Assistant District Attorney recently."
"I just… never interacted with them… until now."
"Really? Caesar has been working here for nearly fifteen years and you've never even talked to the guy? For shame Barry."
"Hey Barry…" Joe walked over to the two Allens noticing that Ben was with Barry. The two young men could have easily been mistaken for brothers or even twins. "What is…"
"Oh, Ben worked on this case in-"
"2025." Ben said. "I worked on this case alongside Detective Caesar."
"Ah…" Joe nodded while Barry looked at his son curiously. If he remembered Ben's aging process correctly, then he was working on the case when he was only sixteen. "Well… Captain Singh made this Caesar's Case any way. So, if Ben wants to be in on this he'll need to talk with David. And get a backstory."
"That's easy. Where I'm from Rick and I are pretty good friends. I can easily befriend him a second time." Ben made his way past Barry and Joe and towards Captain Singh. "Excuse me Captain Singh!" The Captain turned to Ben as Barry and Joe followed closely behind. "I believe I can help Detective Caesar on this case."
"Joe, who is this?"
"Oh this? this is…" Joe began but Ben jumped in.
"Hi, Detective August Heart." Ben reached out and shook the Captain's hand. "I'm here on behalf of the Coast City Police Department." He ignored the funny looks he got from Joe and Barry for giving a false name to the police captain.
Singh cocked an eyebrow. "Really? You came all the way from Coast City in such a short amount of time?"
"I uh… took the train. Red eye."
"OK, Detective Heart… What brings you to Central City?"
"Honestly it's the Puppet Master Case."
"The what?" Joe and Singh asked. Barry kind of knew of the case. Other than the name though he knew nothing.
"The man who abducted Mayor Karon and DA Levine did something similar in Coast City. Abducted the Mayor and the DA to show his reach and power. We kept it rather hush hush because if word got out that a crime lord could get to anyone panic would spread like a wildfire."
"How could you possibly know that?" Singh asked "That information hasn't been released."
"Honestly it's just luck that I'm in the right city at the right time. Odds were, he'd strike in any of the major cities like Metropolis or even Gotham. We just got lucky."
Singh nodded. "Any clue where this psycho will strike next?"
"Well, if he follows the same patterns as before…" He shared a look with Barry and the Flash understood what Ben meant. They were going to nail this guy quick because they already knew when and where he was going to hit next. "The Puppet Master's going to go after all the major crime families and rings in Central and Keystone City."
"Not much of them around." Joe voiced his opinion. In his tenue as a cop there had only been a few crime syndicates. All of them fairly minor and dissolved within a year thanks to the tireless work of Central City's Finest. "I think the last major mob left town after Snart and Rory hit their Casino, what five years ago?"
'August' raised an eyebrow. "No way. These guys did the only sensible thing. They went underground." Ben made his way to a computer and pulled up two maps of both Central City and her sister city, Keystone. "Look, all throughout Central and Keystone City there are dozens of hidden passages crisscrossing the City. They were used as part of the underground railroad and then again during prohibition."
"And where do you suppose we start? That's hundreds of miles of abandoned subways and collapsed tunnels that are not on any official city plan." The Captain was quite curious about this detective from Coast City. He knew quite a lot for someone who just came to town.
August knew exactly how to answer. "We start by searching all the buildings built between 1920 and 1933 along with any part of the city that was around during the Civil War."
"That's a hundred years' worth of city to look through." Singh argued.
"Not if we pass the message onto one of those three Speedsters I saw running around the City."
"Something tells me they might already know." Barry said beneath his breath.
Singh ran a hand through his hair. This case was going to be annoyingly difficult since their kidnapper was M.I.A. after abducting and mutilating three of the most powerful people in Central City. "Alright detective Heart…You're on the case. I'll go tell Rick you'll be working with him. You should go introduce yourself."
"Thank you, Captain. I'll be there in a minute… I just need to finish my earlier discussion with Detective West and Mr. Allen."
"Of course," Singh left Joe Barry and Ben and walked over to Detective Caesar.
"OK…August… what's with the fake name?" Joe asked his future grandson.
"If Captain Singh looks up August Heart he will find one Detective Heart working out of Coast City. Why use a fake ID when I give him a real one? I know August very well where I'm from, he'd be fine with me borrowing his identity." Ben explained.
"Yeah but don't you think using someone's name without asking is a good idea. Pretty sure this is identity theft." Joe kind of figured that they were going t be breaking quite a few laws with the time traveling young man.
"Maybe… but for now let's go find the Puppet Master."
S.T.A.R. Labs
7:25 AM
Caitlin flashed into the cortex in a torrent of blue lightning. "Hey Cisco." She said to her best friend. "What's up?"
"Did you hear the news?" Cisco whirled around sucking on a lollipop. "The Mayor, The District Attorney and the Assistant District Attorney were all attacked."
"I heard." Caitlin slid into the seat next to Cisco. "Barry and Ben are on it. Ben seems to know more about it than anyone else."
"Uh huh…" Cisco rolled his eyes slightly. "Speaking of… I noticed that Ben was at your place last night. Care to elaborate as to why?"
"Barry and I thought it might be for the best that We treat Ben like a human and our son rather than a prisoner."
"Well, I'll just say be careful. Both of you. Don't want either of you turning into Catholic Bunnies." Cisco returned to his work leaving Caitlin blushing before she turned back to her work station.
They worked for short while before the alarm went off.
"Robbery in Progress!" Cisco analyzed the screen. "Scratch that! We've got two happening at the same time! No! Three!"
Caitlin watched the alarms going off. Half a dozen banks across the City were being hit all at once. "Barry and Ben should have heard about this already. Suit up Cisco. We'll need your help." Caitlin flashed over to the suit hanging up and was out of the room in a heartbeat.
Caitlin arrives on the scene to see half a dozen armed men holding everyone in the bank hostage while several others unloaded the contents of the safe into several duffle bags. Each of them was wearing a completely black outfit and a skull shaped mask that completely covered their face.
"Shit! It's the Flash! Shoooo…"Caitlin took a deep breath and let the lightning flow through her. She took off in a blue blur jamming her right index finger into the back of each of their necks sending just enough electricity through their nervous systems to temporarily paralyze the assailants for at least one hour. Perk of being a doctor with super powers, she knew how to use them to immobilize a human target without actually hurting them. As they all fell simultaneously Caitlin disarmed them and dismantled each gun in the time it took for them to fall.
"Stop right there, Flash. Or this woman Dies!" Caitlin turned to see one last robber holding a woman close with his pistol pressed firmly against her cranium.
"Let her go." Caitlin ordered.
"I think not." The woman whimpered as the barrel dug deeper. "You're going to let me out of here or I'm going to blow her brains out."
"OK… Ok…" Caitlin held her hands up as if surrendering. "You win. I'll let you go… just don't hurt her." Caitlin's bluff seemed to work as the man removed the gun from the woman's head before shoving her, that was her signal to move.
Caitlin rushed forward catching the woman and bringing her to safety. She then rushed back at the man intending on paralyzing him but her foot caught on something forcing her to trip and fall to the ground.
The robber wasted no time and aimed his gun at Caitlin and unleashed a torrent of bullets but she was too fast as she moved out of the way, moving innocent civilians to safety as she did. She made a move to rush him again. This time he cast aside his gun and leaped over Caitlin's head like a grasshopper.
She caught a glint between his hands and barely managed to duck and avoid what was a razor thin wire that seemed to be emanating from his very palms.
"You're a meta-human?" Caitlin wondered aloud. She had been expecting to be simple but.
"You're half right." The man threw back his hand while a dozen or so wires erupted from it twisting together creating a thick rope of metallic wire. It latched onto one of the support column before he ripped it out and swung it like a flail.
Caitlin easily moved between each of his attacks closed the distance and sent an electric discharge throughout his body, enough to not only temporarily paralyze him but also knock him out from the pain.
The man collapsed to his knees but refused to fall any further.
"It's over." Caitlin approached him to remove his mask but the man looked up seemingly unamused.
"You have no idea what is coming… This was merely a game of chess… and sometimes pieces need to be sacrificed in order to attain victory." The man in the skull mask said to the female Flash. With her super speed Caitlin failed to react in time as all the robbers took out their guns and instead of aiming for the hostages or Caitlin they turned the guns on themselves and shot themselves in their heads simultaneously. They all should have been paralyzed and their guns dismantled and yet here they were ready to commit mass suicide.
The gunshots rang out and people screamed as blood and brain matter showered the walls, floors and hostages. Caitlin was used to seeing death, but nothing like this. This was horrifying. When the massacre subsided, she contacted the paramedics and Joe informing him what happened before contacting Barry, Ben, Cisco and even Wally on their comm. frequency.
"Guys… I uh… I have a situation…"
"You're telling me… these guys just killed themselves." Cisco's voice said and Caitlin's eyes widened in shock.
"Did they all shoot themselves in the head?"
"They um… Yeah… how'd you know that?"
"Because that's what happened here…"
"Everyone meet back in STAR Labs. Ben and I'll check out what the police have from this." Barry's voice was calm and collected, just what Caitlin needed to hear after witnessing all the bloodshed.
Earnest Bank
8:30 AM
Over at one of the Banks Joe looked up from interviewing one of the hostages to see his son and future grandson walking in.
"Six banks robbed simultaneously across Central and Keystone City and All these men commit Suicide at the exact same time? Can't be a coincidence. Too many years on the force to believe in coincidences anymore." Joe turned to Ben hoping for a possible explanation.
"Well, If I had to hazard a guess this may have been the work of Puppet Master. Seems like his M.O. but it's impossible to tell, especially if this is so close to the attack on the Mayor and company." He was going to add some more explanation but he was cut off by an officer.
"Detective West! You're going to want a look at this." Joe Barry and Ben made their way to one of the deceased robbers. The Police officer had removed his skull shaped mask and found something none of them were expecting. The Man's mouth had been gagged. And Barry knew that this was the man who was talking to him, he was the last one to shoot himself in the head. So, the million-dollar question was 'what the hell is going on?'
"I hope you've got an explanation for this." Joe said to Ben.
"Yeah… I do… get everyone to S.T.A.R. Labs."
S.T.A.R. Labs
10:11 AM
"The Puppet Master can control people?" Wally asked after hearing Ben's explanation as to why every robber was gagged and why they committed suicide in unison.
"Yes, despite our limited knowledge on the Puppet Master's identity we were able to determine that he is a Meta-Human whose powers are related to either strings or wire." Ben showed everyone the file on the Puppet Master. "He acts through agents or victims using his abilities to manipulate them from the shadows, there for he avoids unwanted attention and leave absolutely zero forensic evidence that indicates who he really is.
"He's a crime lord with Meta-Human powers. Great…" Joe wasn't too happy about a new crime boss on the scene. "Any idea what his 'product' is? All mafia and mobs have some sort of business."
Ben sighed. "Honestly he's got his fingers in a little bit of everyone's pie. Black Market weapons, narcotics, illegal drugs, smuggling, assassinations and even human trafficking, you name it the Puppet Master has control over it. Though thankfully he's still early in his career, he hasn't gotten his hands on MH-52."
"MH-52?" Caitlin asked.
"It's a drug that temporarily can give ordinary people abilities." Ben explained. "In my time, Puppet Master flooded this drug throughout the world creating mass hysteria as thousands of people became vigilantes or straight up criminals, it turned the world against us Meta-Humans and anyone else with powers of any kind."
Remembering part of their previous conversation Cisco needed to voice his thoughts. "Is this related to The Fall that you mentioned yesterday?" That got some curious looks from Barry, Caitlin and Wally.
"Sort of, The Fall, as it's known, is the day all the heroes and vigilantes who went renegade were captured and or killed by the Neo Heroes. I was a part of the Neo Heroes, or the NJL if you want to get technical."
"You mean you killed other Heroes?" Barry asked surprised to learn this about his son, especially after the evening Caitlin and he spent getting to know Ben. To think he had taken a life before.
"They were in the wrong. Causing more harm than good. Look we tried to apprehend them peacefully but when they refused we had to use force, non-lethal, until things escalated and we were forced to take their lives if we could not subdue them." Ben defended his actions. Did he regret them? Not in the least since he killed the man who was responsible for his mother's death on that day, the only thing he regretted was that his protégé never saw him in the same light after that day. "believe me, I never wanted to kill anyone. I only wanted to bring them to justice. I won't be Judge, Jury or Executioner unless I have no other choice."
Suddenly STAR Labs' Satellites began to detect unusual activity. Immediately Cisco was at his computer tracking the source. "We've got unusual weather phenomena over on the west bank of the river!"
"Unusual weather usually means Weather Wizard is in town. Alright," Barry turned to Caitlin, Wally and Ben. "Suit up!" In Flashes of yellow, courtesy of the boys, and blue all four speedsters were in their suits and out the door on their way to the source of the disturbance.
"Hey, Barry!" Barry looked over his shoulder at Ben running alongside him. "On the off chance this isn't Mardon I think we might need Eddie for this one!"
"Cisco! Call Eddie! Ben says we might need him!"
Northern Central City
3:19 PM
"Alright here we are." Detective Richard Caesar volunteered to watch over his big brother so here he was taking him home. "So, I'll be staying out here tonight Dave."
"That's really kind of you Rick but I don't need a babysitter. I doubt those thugs will try anything so soon especially now that I've got the best cop on the force watching me."
Richard smiled. He and his brother had always been close, ever since childhood days in the orphanage. They literally started with nothing but with a lot of hard work, perseverance and quite frankly a little luck, they managed to become a badass crime fighting duo. One brother would catch the bad guys while the other would put them away for good. "Come on Dave. You know the procedure. I'll be out her all night."
"You know, it is the duty of the older brother to look out for the younger one… Dicky." There it was Dave used the nickname Richard really disliked. Not that he was trying to be mean rather it was innocent fun.
"Look man… just… be careful you know? I don't want to lose my big brother." Dave opened the care door and stepped out of the police cruiser.
"Don't worry, you won't. I'll check in with you tomorrow little Brother." The Assistant District Attorney gave his little brother a wave before unlocking his front door and stepping into his house.
Making his way through his home. David turned on his stereo, an excerpt from the opera Carmen. He loved that opera. But what he really needed now was a strong drink.
"So? How was it?" The ADA froze in place and turned around to see a man in a white suit. "How was the first day of your criminal empire Puppet Master?"
David Caesar smirked. "Oh, it was fantastic. I even almost killed that Kid Flash. Shame detective west 'killed' my little puppet. I always knew I was destined for great things but tell me, why didn't you let me kill the Mayor and the District Attorney? I had them hanging by those nooses and you stopped me."
"Patience… you'll have your day Puppet Master. For now, concentrate on building your empire. With your abilities that should be simple."
David held out his hand and let several thin wires shoot out from his fingertips making his hand resemble a crossbar used by puppeteers. "I never would have thought how to use these powers if you hadn't instructed me. Tell me, how did you grant me these powers? I thought the Particle Accelerator Explosion what made all those Meta-Humans."
"That is a story for another time. For now, you have work to do. The Flash and his allies are being distracted. Nothing will be interfering with your empire for the time being." Godspeed seemed to chuckle before vanishing in a flurry of gold and white.
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