December 24th - 2013
I was let out of the hospital yesterday. Under the condition that I visit star labs every day, so they can study the effects of my powers. I know this is really just Eobard wanting to keep a close eye on me, but it is nice basically getting to have my powers tested and see where my limits are right now. I'd been working out a lot recently actually as part of the PT for adapting to my new abilities. First my strength, apparently it's ten times stronger than peak human with the ability to easily lift the engine of a car averaging nearly a thousand pounds. To go with that though is that I need to be incredibly careful because I can easily break something fragile, like ceramic plates, or Eobard's hand.
My reflexes were fast too, forget a tennis ball launcher, I was able to catch a fastball from a rapid pitching machine at over one hundred miles per hour easily dodging even faster ones. I was no speedster, but I was certainly far beyond human. I'd already trained my senses as well, focusing in on the tiniest vibration and able to identify subtle variations in pitch, the faint coil whine of a circuit running hot, able to tell you what was in a casserole from across the room by smell alone. All of that was enhanced further to the point that I needed to be able to deafen it instead. I could see fourteen of the eight hundred stars in the Pleiades constellation with my naked eye, completely crushing the centurion vision test.
Strangely though I didn't feel enraged in fact my thoughts were also far faster and more complex than they ever were, I could plan out an entire scenario, not just dodging a projectile but the next dozen movements ahead, and their countermoves, and countermoves for those counters, and so on. It was like I could see the world, simulate it instantly in my mind, and play it out. And my stamina, I spent most of the morning casually jogging alongside traffic and easily traveled ten miles without feeling fatigued. Is this what it feels like to be Captain America? Or Wolverine? It's pretty insane, and I can see how the power can go to people's heads.
While I was on my jog, I also stopped by the grave site of Clifford DeVoe. He wasn't supposed to die, but his sacrifice might have saved dozens if not more people from his actions as The Thinker. I'd picked some flowers along the way to leave there and silently prayed for his well-being before making my way to S.T.A.R. Labs to check in with Caitlin, Cisco, as well as see how Barry was doing. Cisco and I got along for the most part, he was genuine in his interest in my abilities. Caitlin was a bit more removed, but I could understand why, Ronnie, her significant other, was believed to be lost in the accelerator explosion. Of course, I knew otherwise, but I wanted to make sure due to the timeline changes so after spending time at S.T.A.R. Labs I'd been staking out Professor Stein's house in the late afternoon into the evening waiting for Stein to show up in Ronnie's body.
It finally happened today, however, I found Ronnie standing outside before walking up to the home of Professor Stein I'd quickly taken a picture with my smartphone as proof and made my way over to him. "Professor Stein!" I shouted trying to get his attention, he seemed confused as I ran up to him quick as I could.
"Professor stein, you need to listen to me, I know you miss her, and I'll explain later, but I need you to come with me to S.T.A.R. Labs, you've been merged with someone in the accident due to project firestorm." He seemed lost, and a bit confused, but I did my best to try and keep him calm and convince him before we made our way there, the taxi driver having been told to charge it to Harrison Wells since it was technically his fault anyway.
It didn't take too long for us to reach the place, and I'd called ahead asking Cisco to prepare his equipment, stating it was an emergency having to do with what he had started calling meta-humans. Of course that didn't stop the panic and shock from Caitlin at seeing Ronnie again, but I had to intervene because it was Ronnie's body, but Stein was mostly the one in control of it right now. Much like in the show it was discovered that anti-psychotics cleared up the mind of the one in charge and at that point Cisco got in touch with the wife of professor Stein, Clarissa. It was also discovered that the body was unstable, but they had about a year to come up with a solution, which I was certain would be possible given the time they had.
It was late by this point, after several hours of testing and several healed burns while firestorm tried to get a handle on the situation, that I remembered it was actually Christmas Eve. Now at this point I'm not a Christian, not by a long shot, but I was raised as one, and I'd still attend Christmas mass so given it was around 8:30, I snuck out the door and went through the ritual until midnight as I did every year the communion and clarity of peace helping to ease my burdens for a while. I'd stayed for a bit afterward as well in deep thought pondering the existence of things since I knew that entities with godlike powers did exist in this world even if they didn't in my own when the Pastor came up to me asking if I was okay. I'd of course gave him a friendly smile, trying my best to simply thank him for his concern and getting an open invitation to talk if I needed it. It was late by that point, so I snuck back into my new temporary living quarters, really just a converted storage room and decided to get some rest for the night, I was going to need it if I was going to get back to starling, I needed to speak to Oliver about possibly helping me train these abilities further.
