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A Son of Lightning and Ice
Chapter 7
Training and a Harsh Truth
Moments Before Joel Awoke
Caitlin was sobbing as Barry was holding her.
"Is he-?" Cisco asked
Barry somberly nodded as Caitlin's sobs had turned to sniffles but she was still clinging onto Barry for dear life.
"We have to find who did this, and make them pay." Caitlin growled as the woman's eyes suddenly became an icy blue and her hair gained a white streak.
Barry's eyes widened but he became ready at a moment's notice to speed to the Pipe Line.
Suddenly all the machines turned on as Joel bolted straight up on the bed.
Caitlin reverted back to her normal self as she released her grip on Barry and nearly crushed Joel in a hug.
"Mom, lungs, need to breath." He said
Caitlin had the decently to blush before she began to tear into her future son. Joel simply took the tirade with a small smile on his face.
It was a few hours later and Joel had mostly recovered, and was simply staring at the Flash costume when Barry flashed a few feet behind him.
"Cisco is trying to find anything on this Savitar. Can you remember anything else?"
Joel chuckled, "I underestimated him, and payed for it. He was fast, faster than any speedster I have encountered." Barry nodded. "You know there was a time, when I thought I would one day wear that suit. That I would be a hero, but even now I am still learning what it means to be a hero. Ever since I have gotten here I have felt out of place, angry, so angry, and so lost. But now I have a purpose to stop this Savitar that I helped release. In that vein how about we train? This time don't hold back. "
A few minutes later the two men stood a few feet apart from each other. At an unknown signal Barry sped toward Joel who simply dodged the attacks. Glaring at the man the Flash began to run circles around the ice user and the next moment Joel was dodging lightning bolts. But he was so focused on the lightning bolts that a punch to his jaw came out of nowhere.
The man was sent skidding across the floor as he took a knee and looked up to see the smug grin on the Flash's face. Wiping the blood away from his mouth Joel formed ice knifes between his fingers and tossed them. As expected Barry dodged them but he was distracted enough that he didn't feel the ice incase his legs before it was too late. The Flash couldn't move and Joel took advantage of that. He rained down punches on Flash's face and body until finally with a spin kick Barry was broken from his frozen pedestal and thrown across the room in the wall.
As he tried to get up Joel offered his hand and Barry took it.
"Consider that payback."
"PAYBACK! I punched you ONCE! You froze me to the ground, beat me up, and then ninja kicked me into a wall!" Barry said
Joel just shrugged, "It's not my fault that you have crappy situational awareness."
"I going to see Cait to make sure you didn't break anything." Barry said muttering about ninjas and payback.
As Iris entered the Cortex she heard voices coming from a room further down the hall. As she peeked in the door she saw Caitlin berating a clearly hurt Barry.
"I recognize that look on your face." Joel spoke causing the woman to jump slightly as she turned to face him. "Even as a child I knew that look as jealously. I think that is why in my world you left Central City. You became a world famous journalist. You were my distant Aunt, you always sent me a birthday card or Christmas present. But I saw you maybe half a dozen times in my life. Whatever you think Ms. West I didn't come here to ruin your relationship with Barry, and even if he and Caitlin were to start a relationship they still wouldn't be the same people that I knew. My thoughts don't matter though. Yours though do, so I leave with you with this. Would you sacrifice your happiness for Barry's? Because the woman in that room most certainly would and in many ways already has," With that Joel left.
Iris simply closed the door and let Star Labs the man's words weighing heavily on her mind.
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