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The Flash: Survival of the Fastest
Chapter 12: Dive into Ben's Mind
STAR Labs, Breach Room
"You sure you can't stay?" Caitlin asked the older Jay Garrick as she gave him a good-bye hug.
"I would love to, but I cannot leave my Earth unprotected." Jay said as he broke the embrace and turned to Barry. "Alright Kid, I'll see you around."
Barry smiled at his Alternate-Father. "See you around Flash."
Jay gave them a smile and a tip of his helmet before taking off into the breach. Once the eldest speedster was gone Barry turned to see Caitlin talking with J'onn, Ben and Alex.
"Listen, before you go Could we well…"
"Dive into my mind." Ben finished as Barry joined them.
"Dive into your mind? What are you guys talking about?" Barry asked.
"We were thinking about having J'onn do some psychic mumbo jumbo in my mind to sort out why I'm having blackouts." Ben explained
"It's not psychic mumbo jumbo. I would be opening your mind for you to sort out your own mind, and I can even send someone into your mind with you." J'onn countered.
"Which is where I come in." Caitlin explained to Barry. "J'onn would send me into Ben's mind to help."
Barry turned to Ben. "And you're OK With this? Caitlin being projected into your mind."
"Yeah," The young speedster said. "I'm honestly no good to anyone if I can slip from reality to fiction at a moment's notice with no recollection when I resurface."
"We had everything all set up in my Lab." Caitlin explained.
Barry ran a hand through his hair. "OK… but I'm doing this with you Cait." Caitlin nodded as Barry turned to Ben. "You are our son after all."
S.T.A.R. Labs, Speed Lab
Meanwhile Wally stood close by watching August Train while Cisco and Jesse monitored his vitals and energy output.
"Try spinning your arms really fast to create wind vortexes." Wally instructed.
"Um, Ok… What does this accomplish?" August asked.
"Creating these mini tornados will allow you to do a number of things from sucking oxygen from fires to creating cushions of air for falling people." Wally explained.
"Ah," August said as he turned back to the target. He took a deep breath and began to spin his arms. Gold lightning crackled as large cyclones of wind formed from August's arms. The winds he was creating were so intense that it was like a hurricane within the halls of STAR Labs. Everyone had to hold onto something to avoid being blown away.
"AUGUST STOP!" Jesse yelled over the howling winds.
August heard her and stopped spinning his arms allowing the winds to die. He turned to those watching and saw the mess he made. "Did I do that?" He asked.
"Maybe we should take this outside. Cisco suggested.
"I think Cisco might have been right." August sheepishly rubbed the back of his neck.
That was when the Meta-Human alarms went off. "We've got another Meta-Human Alert. What is this the Sixth one this week?"
"Just once It would be nice to get a week off." Wally groaned.
"Jesse and I will handle this, August you're going to observe us as Barry said." Wally ordered and before August could protest the two speedsters were off in flashes of yellow followed shortly behind by the gold of August.
S.T.A.R. Labs Caitlin's Lab
Caitlin and Barry lay on parallel beds with Ben sitting on a chair between them. An apparatus, similar to the one they used three years ago, when Cisco was having dreams about Dr. Wells killing him, was placed firmly on his head. Ben took a deep breath and leaned back.
"So how does this work?" He asked the Martian.
"I connect their minds to yours which will allow them to enter into your nind and find the source of your blackouts." J'onn explained.
"Well, let's do this." Barry said
With a silent nod J'onn placed a hand on Barry's forehead while the other went to Caitlin's forehead. Ben closed his eyes and breathed as the world around him warped into his mind.
Ben's Mind
Caitlin's eyes bolted awake as a sharp stream of air flooded into her lungs much as an infant takes their first breath of air when they come into the world. Quickly turning too her right Caitlin saw Barry doing the exact same motion.
"Did it work?" Caitlin asked Barry. A quick scan of the world around them showed a dark and decrepit version of Caitlin's Lab.
"I think it did." Barry replied giving her a smile. "Come on. If this is Ben's mind, then the first thing we should do is find Ben."
It only took them a moment but Barry and Caitlin realized that in Ben's mind they appeared to not have their powers. "No powers here?" Caitlin asked
"Guess not."
"Who are you?" Barry and Caitlin turned to the new voice and found themselves face to face with a person they had never seen before.
She was a beautiful young woman with long slightly curled brown hair and blue eyes. She wore a violet colored blouse and black jeans, underneath a large jacket that was a little too big for her. The jacket seemed old and was a slightly faded brown leather with the name JORDAN emblazoned upon the left breast.
"I'll ask again. Who are you?" the young woman demanded.
Barry and Caitlin exchanged looks before turning to her and Barry spoke. "I'm Sorry Ms. But we're Ben's Parents. We're here to help him."
The young woman stared at them silently. "You should not be here." She said. "You are trying to fix something that has always been a part of him." She turned away from them to leave but was stopped by Caitlin.
"Wait! Please… Ben's our son… we have to help him… please… you seem to know just what is causing his blackouts! Please… we just want to help him…"
"No."
"Then at least tell us who you are… I've been in similar situations and I know that you have to be someone important to Ben!" Barry fired back.
The young woman stopped. "I am just a mental construct of Ben's, representing all he wanted and could not have." Her left hand became enveloped in violet flames. "Now, Get. Out."
A wave of pinkish light washed over Barry and Caitlin swallowing them.
S.T.A.R. Labs, Caitlin's Lab
Both Barry and Caitlin bolted awake as J'onn was thrown back by the sudden jolt. Ben also was forced awake by the sudden expulsion from his mind.
"What happened?" Kara asked as she helped Caitlin and then Barry sit up. "Did you fix Ben's blackouts?"
"We never got a chance." Caitlin panted
"We… We were thrown out…" Barry said.
"Thrown out? That should be impossible." J'onn said.
Searching for some kind of answer, Barry turned to Ben. "In your mind, we were confronted by a woman."
"A woman?"
"Brown hair, brown leather jacket with the name Jordan on it. Who is she?" Caitlin asked. Something in her gut said she was Ben's girlfriend.
"You're saying you saw Haley in my mind?"
"Is that her name?" Barry asked.
"Her name is Haley Jordan." Ben replied. "I haven't seen her since…" He trailed off.
"Since when?" Kara asked.
"Since she died…" Ben said somberly. Thinking of Haley's death was hard on the young speedster as she was the love of his life. She was brave, loving, kind, everything one could hope for, though her gun hoe attitude and reckless nature scared away many of the boys who sought her love it never frightened Ben, if anything it made him love her more.
Caitlin looked at Ben full of understanding, the way he looked and reacted was a dead givaway. She had gone through a similar phase when she thought Ronnie died in the Particle Accelerator Explosion all those years ago. "Are you OK Ben? Do you want to talk about it?"
"Not really…" Ben said. "It was a long time ago… from now… One of Speed Demon's attempts to get to me…" Ben looked down at his right arm and clenched his fist.
"Um… am I interrupting Something?" Everyone turned to see Iris entering into the Lab.
"Hey Iris, what's up?" Barry asked a little worried. Ever since They had met August yesterday Iris has been keeping her distance from all of them at S.T.A.R. Labs, it was honestly a little strange for Barry and company to say the least.
"Well, nothing really… I just wanted to talk with Ben."
"What me?" Ben was equally confused as the rest of his compatriots around him.
"Yes, do you have a few minutes?"
Ben looked to his parents and then to Kara, Alex and J'onn almost as if he was looking for their permission. "You guys don't mind if I go, right?"
"Sure," Barry gave his son a smile.
"Ok…" Ben got up and walked over to Iris. "So, what was it you wanted to talk about?" Iris grabbed his hand and pulled him out of the Lab and towards the exit of S.T.A.R. Labs.
"Not here, what I need to ask you is something I need to ask in private. And right now, you're the only one who might have answers."
S.T.A.R. Labs Cortex
Wally, Jesse and August flashed back into the cortex of STAR Labs. The Meta-Human alert they assessed was actually a false alarm. The three Speedsters arrived on the scene just in time to witness three robbers exiting a bank with duffle bags of cash as if they couldn't get any more cliché.
"Well, that was fun." August joked "I know I just watched you round them up but man was that cool." He complimented Wally.
"Thanks man, maybe we can talk to Barry about having you actually helping us out in the field."
August smiled before feeling his phone go off. "Excuse me." He answered it. "This is Detective Heart. I see. OK I'll be right there."
"Who was that?" Jesse asked.
"Captain Singh." August replied. "They found several bodies floating in the river, and they need All hands-on deck for it."
"Why?"
"Central City might have a serial killer on the loose."
Star City, Unknown Location
Oliver Queen, the mayor of Star City, woke up in an unfamiliar room. There was nothing out of the ordinary with the room. He was laying on a comfortable bed and aside from the barren walls the room was not that bad.
"Welcome back Mr. Queen." Oliver's attention snapped to the doorway where he saw a woman. She was clad all in black leather while wearing a black hood. Her long black hair framed her face from beneath her hood but her mask made it difficult to discern who she was especially with the lenses covering her eyes. Her shoulders, forearms and legs were covered in dark green material that looked black in the lack of light and greatly resembled armor. Hooked to her left hip was a quiver filled with two dozen arrows she also had a second quiver filled with another two dozen arrows on her right shoulder along with a compound recurve bow. "I hope you don't find your accommodations… comfortable." She was using a voice modulator whoever she was.
"Who are you?" Oliver asked panicked.
"You can call me…The Black Arrow." The woman known as Black Arrow introduced herself. "And I am here because you have failed your city!" She drew her bow and nocked and arrow before losing it right next to his left ear.
"ARE YOU CRAZY?!" Oliver screamed.
"I am not."She nocked another arrow. "I spent close to a decade in Hell Mr. Queen. However, unlike you I can never forget it overnight!" She released it this time barely missing his right ear. "You need to wake up! This city needs the Green Arrow!"
Central City Jitters
"One Dark Roast Coffee with cream no sugar, and one Hot Chocolate for me." Ben announced as he handed a drink to Iris.
"Thank you, Ben." Iris said cheerfully as she took a sip of her coffee. "This is nice." She said smiling at her future nephew. If Iris were being honest with herself she really wanted to know more about him. She was his aunt, it was her job to practically spoil him rotten.
"Yeah," Ben said smiling. "I must admit in the last few days I've been here I might not have been spending much time with anyone outside my mom and dad."
"I have to ask, if Barry and Caitlin are your parents why don't you drink Coffee?"
"Simple really," Ben took a sip of his hot chocolate. "Coffee tastes terrible, I have a simple rule when it comes to food. If I don't like the taste I don't eat or drink it, same thing applies to Alcohol, even though it has no effect on me. Also, I have never needed caffeine to wake up in the morning so…yeah."
It was a fair enough explanation so Iris figured she should move on to the main "Well, I was wondering if you could help me out." Iris reached into her purse and pulled out a small note pad.
"Uh, is this an interview?" Ben asked. "Because I am not very good with any form of speaking. I once had to give a five-minute speech but I rambled for twenty minutes."
"No, this isn't an interview." Iris said. "I'm just having trouble wrapping my head around a few things."
"Such as?"
"Well, when you first arrived you said you were here to help Barry deal with a speedster, what was his name again?"
Ben took a sip of his hot chocolate. "His name is Lightspeed." That caught Iris off guard a little.
"Lightspeed? I thought you said his name was Godspeed?"
"August!? Why would I want my parents to fight August? As a matter of fact, why would August try and kill my parents? August is like the big brother I never had." Ben didn't know it but he was getting defensive.
Iris, not wanting the word to get back to August that she might be on to him. "I'm sorry Ben, I just misheard you earlier that's all."
Ben's expression softened a little. "Oh, that makes sense. Sorry If I got a little mad back there."
"It's OK Ben," Iris gave her nephew a smile which he returned. Something definitely happened the other day when everyone went after Godspeed and Speed Demon. Everyone seemed to think August was a friend, but Iris, after their experience with Harrison Wells being a Speedster named Eobard Thawne, and Jay Garrick, or rather Hunter Zolomon, actually being the villainous Zoom and Future-Barry, knew better than to blindly trust someone. "Oh, I am going to be late." Iris quickly began to shove her things into her purse while pulling out tip money.
"Late? Late for what?" Ben asked
"I've got a meeting with my two interns. Their names are Derick and Daphne North, in case you were wondering."
"Well, they sound… nice." Ben said a little weary, their names sounded familiar but he couldn't remember where he had heard them.
"Yeah, but for the life of me they seem to follow me everywhere." Ben turned Iris.
"Iris, you should be careful." Ben warned. "I'm no expert but there might be something more to it if they are following you everywhere."
Central City Water Front
Captain Singh was getting rather frustrated as of late. It seemed like there was a new crime every day instead of once a week, and to top it all of his CSI was still MIA. Four bodies were found had been found and finding their identities would prove to be a true challenge. Whoever the killer was they stripped their victims of everything leaving their naked corpses floating in the river, and on top of that their fingers had been removed along with their heads. So here the police captain was four mutilated bodies with no traditional way of identifying them.
"It's no good Captain" Joe said as he strode up to his friend. "We have no way to identify any of these bodies."
"Did the coroner determine a cause and time of death?"
"Not yet, only thing he is certain of is the fact that they were killed and then moved postmortem."
"Actually Detective, I believe I have a theory about the cause of death." The coroner waved over Joe and Captain Singh and the two senior officers joined the medical examiner. The ME drew back the covering on one of the bodies exposing the butchered neck. "See the cuts? They lead me to believe that cause of death was in fact decapitation. And you can tell by the jagged nature of the cuts that this was not quick and painless. However, there are signs of bruising around the neck which indicates asphyxiation."
"They were strangled?"
"My best guess the killer used a garrote. However, the killer must also be very strong to apply enough pressure to use a garrote to decapitate a human. I'd say we are most definitely looking for a male, maybe six-foot two, and at least three hundred pounds of muscle." The ME surmised.
To say Joe and Captain Singh were impressed would be an understatement. The Coroner, with very limited information available was able to discern cause of death and a potential suspect with hardly any evidence. "That's good work Dr. Steloogy."
"Please Captain, I believe I told you to call me by my nickname, Bones." Dr. Steloogy chuckled.
Joe chuckled as he thought back to when Dr. Steloogy joined the police department over a decade ago. Turns out the older man suffers from Brittle Bone Disease Type 1, not that that stopped him from serving in the Gulf War as an Evac. Pilot. He got the nickname Bones from his friends in the medical ward because he was breaking his bones so very often.
"There's one more thing," He caught their attention again. "whomever killed these men, wanted them to suffer." Bones said.
"Thanks Bones." Captain Singh said. "If you find anything else send it to Allen."
Central City Police Department
Barry was busy working in his lab on the samples Dr. Steloogy had sent up to him. There was honestly not a lot of forensic evidence for him to process as most of it was destroyed, meaning Barry's job was made much harder. There was something about every crime scene Barry was called to, simply it meant he wasn't fast enough to save the victims, but as Jay had once taught him he wasn't a god which meant for every person he saved there was most definitely going to be someone he and his team couldn't save.
"So, you always make that face when you run into a cold case?" Barry turned to see August entering into his lab alongside Ben. Barry could tell Ben and August were going to be close, almost like brothers.
"It's not a cold case." Barry said turning back to the evidence at hand. "I don't leave cold cases open."
August picked up one of the crime scene photos. "Honestly this looks pretty brutal."
Ben looked over August's shoulder and noticed something in the photo. "Hey, Barry, did you see this?"
"See what?"
"Body number three, see that burn mark on his lower right abdomen?" August and Barry nodded. "Look closely and you can see a little bit of black, like ink."
"A tattoo." Barry smiled. This was actually some solid evidence they could use. "Nice work Ben."
October 8 2017
Star City Mayor's Office
Star City was in chaos. Mayor Queen was missing and no one had heard from him in several days. Felicity Smoak, his secretary had reported his disappearance almost as soon as it happened, during his meeting with Sasha King. The police began to dig extensively into Sasha King only to discover she does not exist, or rather she does and she's just a five-month-old babe living in Gateway City.
In this time of crisis Quentin Lance, the deputy mayor had to step up and with the help of his daughter District Attorney Dinah Laurel Lance Queen.
"Keep searching for the Mayor!" Lance ordered. As a former cop, Lance knew how long it normally took for police to abandon the search for missing persons, he'd be damned if they gave up on their mayor and his son-in-law.
"Quentin… I'm sorry but I cannot spare the men to continuously search for the mayor." Police Captain Pike responded to his old friend.
"Damn it Pike! The mayor has been kidnapped! We have to find him!"
"Sir, I know Mr. Queen is also your son in law but you need to be reasonable. You know as well as I that the longer he remains missing the less likely it will be that we find him." Pike said "Right now, whether you like it or not, the city needs you to step up and be its leader."
Quentin ran a hand through his short hair. How was he supposed to be acting mayor? Maybe he should let Laurel run the city for the time being. Honestly, he was better at being a cop and fixing broken things than keeping working things in order.
"Look Quentin, I can keep my men searching for Mr. Queen for a week at the most. But after that, you will be the mayor of Star City." Saying goodbye to his old friend Captain Pike left the office leaving Quentin alone.
"Damn it Oliver… where the Hell are you?"
Stratosphere
Kara flew through the air of Earth-Prime feeling free. The last two times she had come to Barry's Earth she hadn't seen much of it; how different it was from her Earth. While most of it looked the same there were some differences that she noticed but all in all it was exactly the same. Maybe when they finished helping Barry with whatever it was he and his friends could come to her earth and help them deal with this new space tyrant coming for her, her cousin and J'onn. Part of her wondered if this reality had a Krypton, if that were the case she could potentially see her parents again.
"Halt!" Kara heard a voice and she stopped in midair and turned around to see a face she was not expecting to see. Floating in the air surrounded in a green light was her boyfriend.
"Mon-El?"
"Who the hell is Mon-El?" Not-Mon-El said. "My name is Sodam Yat, I am the Green Lantern of Sector 1760, you sector Kryptonian. You are under arrest on the charges of planetary invasion." Not-Mon-El aimed his right hand at Supergirl and fired a blast of green light from the ring on his finger.
Iron Heights Prison, Central City
Caitlin deposited her phone and wallet into the tray at the front desk before being led into a secure section of Iron Heights Prison. Caitlin ignored the whistles and calls she got from the male inmates as she was led to the cell she found herself visiting much more often than she ever thought she would. Entering the secluded room Caitlin felt the temperature drop several degrees.
In the center of the room was a large glass cell, much like the ones used to hold other inmates, specifically Meta-Humans. In the cell was a woman with white hair and pale skin and icy blue eyes. She was a woman Caitlin knew all too well.
Caitlin sat down in the seat facing the glass and picked up the phone on her end. "Hello mom." she said.
Carla Tanhauser, or rather Killer Frost as she was unfortunately known turned to her daughter and smiled. She took a seat opposite of Caitlin and picked up her own phone. "Hello Caitlin."
Mother and daughter sat across from each other, an inch of Meta-Human-Proof Glass separated them. Last Year, most likely due to Barry's tampering with the timeline, Caitlin's mother had developed meta-human powers which was odd considering she wasn't in Central City when the Particle Accelerator went off. This reinforced Cisco's earlier theory that, since the blast was not contained the effects were much more far reaching than they initially thought.
"How's it going?" Caitlin asked. These conversations between mother and daughter were strange to say the least. Thanks to Joe's connections they managed to keep the new Killer Frost's identity tightly sealed and per Dr. Tanhauser's instructions Caitlin was running her company as a proxy.
Unlike the other inmates Caitlin's mother was in here not only for her protection but so Caitlin could work to find a way to reverse her transformation.
"Food's fine but the service is lousy." Carla joked.
"I'm still searching for a way to reverse this mom." Caitlin said as she placed a hand on the cold glass. "I promised you I would help you."
"Caitlin…" Her mother mirrored her motion and placed her own hand across from her daughter's. "As much as I would love to be normal and for us to be a proper family again it just seems like that will never be the case. You have your whole life a head of you and I cannot in good conscious stunt you with my own problems."
"I can't just give up on this mom. I won't."
Carla smiled at her daughter. "I know you won't give up. My sweet little girl never gives up no matter how insurmountable the odds." Caitlin felt a small tear well up in her eye. "Now, I believe last time you were here you mentioned you now have a boyfriend."
Caitlin blushed a little and Carla smiled. She was happy for her daughter, after suffering through so much crap; Her father, and her old fiancé's death along with what has happened to her, Caitlin deserved happiness, and this Barry fellow was certainly making her happy.
"Well, tonight is date night." Caitlin started. She began telling her mother all about Barry.
Barry and Caitlin's Apartment, Central City
Back in Central City, The Flash was on his way to the apartment he shared with Caitlin Snow. Today was date night for Barry and Caitlin. When they decided to start dating it was Barry's idea for them to for out to dinner once a week on Sundays. It was also his idea to utilize Sundays as their day off, there were four permanent speedsters operating out of Central City, every one of them deserved a day off once a week.
Barry had flashed from the police department to a tailor to pick up a new suit before running to a florist and purchasing a bouquet of roses. Between the two of them Barry always went big with date night; picnics in the park, horse drawn carriage rides, reservations at some of the best restaurants in Central City.
Tonight, Barry wanted it to be extra special. Yesterday he went to the bank and took out the ring he had inherited from his great-grandfather. Barry was having serious thoughts about proposing to Dr. Caitlin Snow, and while normally he would be asking her Father that was not an option for him. Part of him thought he should be asking Ronnie's permission since he was Caitlin's fiance three years ago. Understandably nervous Barry fumbled with the ring in his pocket as he walked up to the door.
"Caitlin? You here?" He called as he entered their apartment.
"I'm in the bathroom Barry!" Caitlin called back "I am almost ready, just give me three minutes!"
Barry smiled and sat down on their couch. Exactly three minutes later Caitlin came out of the bathroom wearing a autumn colored dress, perfectly matching the red bow tie Barry was wearing. Her auburn locked were slightly curled and flowed freely past her shoulders as she gave Barry a smile.
"Hey you." He stood up and met her with a kiss.
"So, Mr. Allen what do we have planned for this week's date night?"
"Well, I got us reservation at a lovely little restaurant known as Amore Del Mare." Caitlin gasped a little since that was one of the most difficult restaurants to get a reservation for. "And then I thought we go for an open carriage ride through the park before coming back here to watch a movie or two."
"Oh? Did you have any particular movie in mind?" Caitlin asked.
"I was thinking Beauty and the Beast."
"Which one? Animated or Live Action?"
"Both." Barry pulled both versions of the movie out from behind his back. "I was thinking we could watch both then spend the rest of the night comparing the two and discussing which is better."
"Aw" Caitlin swooned. "That's sweet of you."
Barry held out an arm for her. "Come on, we're going to be late for our reservation."
They took a cab and arrived at Amore Del Mare with a few minutes to spare. Barry tipped the driver before he and Caitlin entered the restaurant and were guided to their table by the hostess. The two speedsters had a lovely evening chatting about the latest scientific discoveries in chemistry, forensics and biology.
"I'm sorry to bring this up Cait but what're your thoughts on Ben?" Barry asked somewhat out of the blue.
"Hm?" Caitlin looked up from her dinner. "Ben? I think he's great Barry."
"I mean, doesn't it feel like he's hiding something from us?" Barry asked. "I mean, J'onn cannot read Ben's mind and when we ask him about Haley he just shuts down. He won't tell us anything about her."
"Call it mother's intuition or a sense of understanding, but I feel like I know why Ben doesn't want to talk about her." She reached across the table to take Barry's had. "Trust me Barry, when he wants to talk about it he'll tell us." She gave her boyfriend a smile. "Well, on that note, How're things going with August?"
"Great, Joe got him a job as a detective at CCPD as his new partner. He seems to be good at it. He's one of the few detectives aside from Joe who actually hangs out with me and Julian. In terms of his other activities" Barry gave a quick glance around. "He's progressing very quickly, much faster than either Wally or I. It's really quite impressive."
"Pardon me," the waiter announced as he stood over their table with a bottle of red wine. "Would either of you like a refill?" Before Barry or Caitlin could respond someone brushed past the waiter roughly. The man lost his balance and spilled the red wine all over the table. Barry and Caitlin immediately jumped up to avoid the red liquid.
"Oh! I am so sorry!" Immediately the waiter pulled out his cleaning cloth and began to soak up the spilled Wine. Barry tried to help him out but before he could someone came up behind both Barry and Caitlin. He was so quite the speedsters did not know he was there until his cold breath sent shivers down their spines.
"Don't trust anything he says." His cold voice whispered into their ears accompanied by the familiar sound of vibrating vocal cords.
They whirled around just in time to catch a flicker of red flames around the doorway but the man was gone.
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