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Chapter 26:
The people of Central City had been a bit more comfortable now that their two heroic speedsters showed up. Well, except if you were a criminal and you did not happen to have meta-powers. Their lives had been a bit more difficult when they had to deal with a duo of speedsters who moved at the speed of light.
The quartet of criminals knocked off a high class charity ball and made their way off with the receits.
"I heard on the radio Flash is across town dealing with another one of those Metas."
"Yeah, what about the other chick? Wasn't her name Impulse?"
"Same, I think."
The goons almost made their way to the car, when suddenly, a sheet of ice struck the road. Very peculiar given the fact the weather was extremely warm outside. The goons scrambled back in surprise and one of them pointed a gun, which froze up in his hand.
A woman dressed in blue and grey, with blonde hair and pale skin stepped into the picture. Three more ice picks shot out and disarmed the man. One of them whipped out a chain, only to find it frozen into a block of ice.
"What are you, some kind of meta freak?" one of the goons asked.
The cool burst of wind created by her hand caused the goon to shiver and drop down to the ground. The breath had been completely knocked out of her body and caused his to crumple on the car.
"Fine, you want to take the money, here take it!"
The money flew all over the feet of the mysterious woman who said nothing. She just created ice handcuffs for the other three men. Just as Impulse and Flash came into the picture to see the goons had grabbed. They collected the money and zipped it back inside as Central City's finest showed up.
"I want to tell your friends that just because Impulse and Flash are dealing with something else, Killer Frost is always in town," she said. "And she's always watching."
"Killer Frost?"
Impulse walked out, eyebrows raised. Killer Frost just broke into a smile when she turned her attention to them.
"Yes?"
"You know, you might want to suggest a less hostile name than Killer Frost," Flash said.
"Criminals, are a superstitious and cowardly lot," Killer Frost said. "Killer Frost will strike fear into their dark heart hearts."
"You know, I'm pretty sure someone else has that term copyrighted," Iris remarked a second later.
The trio made their way back to Star Labs, with Killer Frost being taken by the hand by both speedsters and lead away when the CCPD managed to pick up the gang of hoodlums. She turned back into Caitlin, and Brianna and Iris joined her.
"Well that was…."
Brianna's instincts as a CSI picked up a problem. She rushed to the main lab where the wheelchair of Doctor Morgan-Wells had been empty. There had been small traces, splatters of blood on the ground. A struggle, and a burn mark on the ground next to the wheelchair.
"She's gone?" Caitlin asked.
"Look!"
Iris noticed the DVD on the table a second before Brianna did. There was a note, scrawled in what Brianna hoped was red ink and not something else entirely. The words "Flash, watch" had been scrawled on the note. Brianna picked up the DVD and put the player on.
The image of the mysterious yellow blur appeared. Those demonic red eyes flashed and sent shivers down Brianna's spine the second she laid eyes upon her.
"I have Tess Wells-Morgan. And unless you want her to join your mother, you will find me Flash. You have twelve hours."
The hairs on the back of Brianna's neck came up. She shook her head, now was not the time to get lost in her past memories. The figure who defined Brianna's life had been back and not a figment of her imagination this time either.
Time for drastic action. Brianna whipped out her phone and dialed her number.
"Yeah, we've got a situation,' Brianna said. "We're going to need your help."
Oliver Queen, Laurel Lance, Sara Lance, Artemis Crock, and Diana arrived in Central City. They took in the scene next to them with the blood spots and the burns and they watched the DVD which had been left behind.
"Something about this is odd," Sara said.
"Why did she take Tess?" Oliver asked. "Unless she was doing something that got the blur's ire."
This is the person who killed her mother and left the blood on her father's hands. Brianna clutched her fists. Oliver recognized the warning signs instantly and put a gentle hand on Brianna's shoulder to steer her back to reality.
"I know you want revenge."
"Damn right I do!"
Oliver took a deep breath. He exchanged a look with the other women, which included Iris and Caitlin. They could feel the tension in the air.
"You want revenge, but you need to think about this smartly," Oliver said. "Fortunately, your a pretty smart woman. You shouldn't let your emotions get in the way of your reason."
"Right, right, now's not the time," Oliver said.
"Did you hear that?" Artemis asked. "Can you amplify the sound?"
"I can," Caitlin said.
Caitlin punched up the sound and heard a loud rumbling off to the side. It sounded like something, train tracks most likely.
"There's trees outside of the window."
Oliver did some quick research and responded with a nod.
"I know where Tess is being kept," Oliver said. "I've got an idea, but your going to have to follow it. Do you trust me?"
"Of course I do!" Brianna yelled. "But, every second we waste…."
"Trust me, it will work," Oliver said.
Brianna set her jaw and nodded a couple of times. If Oliver knew what he was doing, then she had to go with it. Oliver had never steered her wrong in a situation like this before and this would not be the first time. All of them would need to work together.
Tess Morgan-Wells breathed in and out. The figure in yellow stood in front of Tess and and looked her straight in the eyes. The scientist, to her credit, did not back down. Did not bend or did not break.
"What are you hoping to accomplish?"
"Freedom!" the yellow blur snapped. "Soon we will both be free of the shackles. You thought that you could become something else. But, deep down, you're just the schemer you always have been. Your hero let you down, just like mine did."
"No,' Tess breathed. "No."
"Yes!"
"Just who are you?"
"I'm the Flash, only in Reverse. And now, you will be the latest person the Flash failed to rescue."
The Reverse-Flash began vibrating a hand in Tess's direction. She tried to stare back into the face of pure terror, despite being scared to death. Still no fear. She watched people she cared about die, and suffer. It was going to end like this, like the trouble.
The Flash zipped in and nailed Reverse-Flash with a well placed strike which sent the other speedster flying.
"Always there just in time," the Reverse-Flash said. "But, always too late to save the people who truly matter."
The two beamed at each other, the two lightning bolts ricocheted off of each other.
While the Reverse-Flash was distracted, Tess was untied and taken off by Impulse. Yet, despite being in perfect position to stop this from happening, the Reverse-Flash allowed it to do so. A rattling laugh followed as the Reverse-Flash rocked back and forth.
"Catch me if you can."
And the race was on.
Brianna Allen pushed her limits as fast as she could. The burn her thighs indicated she was hitting speeds which she had previously not realized possible. Only to just lag behind the Reverse-Flash as she rushed around the corners of Central City as fast as possible.
"Come on. Catch up to me. Do it. Flash!"
Brianna whipped herself around and circled around the block. Reverse-Flash caught her with a blow which knocked her onto the back. The Reverse-Flash's demonic lightning crackled around that yellow clad demon. Oh, Brianna would be feeling every bit of this one in the morning, but it did not matter. She would pull herself up and keep fighting. Keep running for if she slowed down for a second, the Reverse-Flash would get away.
Not going to happen, not this time. The Reverse-Flash lead Flash through Central City and past the city limits. Brianna got faster, but the Reverse-Flash seemed to be siphoning the energy off of her.
This made Brianna curious. She started to slow down, and stop chasing the Reverse-Flash as quickly. The Reverse-Flash stopped in mid way and came right at Brianna.
Flash and Reverse-Flash collided with each other, with a blast of lightning echoing through them. Oh, it echoed throughout the room when the two collided against each other.
"Maybe I should return to take care of your friends. Maybe that would make you run even faster."
The Reverse-Flash zipped off as fast as possible. Flash followed at a very impressive, but still slower than her top speed, speed. She did not want to give Reverse-Flash too much juice, if her theory was right and by each passing second, Brianna thought it just might be.
"Fast, but not fast enough.
Caitlin sat at the lab working. A figure grabbed her by the shoulder and pulled her up.
"You startled me," Caitlin said before her eyes shifted. "That wasn't very smart."
Reverse-Flash let Killer Frost go to and dodged her blasts of cold air. A lesser speedster might be slowed down by the cold.
"Sorry, Elsa, but the cold never bothered me either."
A loud crack sent Killer Frost flying down to the ground. She breathed out in agony and Reverse-Flash just stood over her. Hand vibrates back and forth but Killer Frost just looked up into the face of terror without blinking.
"Was that your plan."
A canister flew out of the corner of Reverse-Flash's eye and broke open. A paralyzing gas entered the room and caused the dark speedster nerve endings to not work as possible. A fast break down ended up with an arrow right to the knee.
Two Canary Cries at the same time in high frequency sent the Reverse-Flash skidding back. Reverse-Flash turned around and rushed towards Brianna only for Brianna to use the Reverse-Flash's momentum and send the sadistic speedster careening face first into the wall.
"Whatever speed you're using," Brianna said. 'It's all dried up."
"No, I can still…."
A magic lasso wrapped around Reverse-Flash. The gas and the arrow had both taken its effect and crippled her enough to allow Wonder Woman's infamous lasso to keep her at bay.
"Just who are you?" Diana asked.
"My name is Emmanuelle Thawne, but you might know me under a different name," the speedster said. "Tess Morgan-Wells."
Unable to hold the time remnant in place, Tess faded from existence. Oliver took off Emmanuelle's mask and revealed Tess's face. Yet, it was not the face which the Reverse-Flash was born to.
"Many time lines ago, the Reverse-Flash was Eobard Thawne…."
"What kind of name is Eobard?" Artemis muttered.
"A dumb one?" Killer Frost replied cheekily.
Oliver gave them a warning glance and they both went silent.
"And Barry Allen was the Flash, but many time line shifts, a Flashpoint, a couple of Crises, later, things changed right now," the Reverse-Flash said. "Our counterparts might still exist somewhere in this multiverse. In fact, there are traces of Eobard still lingering in the negative speed force. That's how I get my power. He's influenced many of my less savory actions, but he's fading, and desperate to claw into my body. Every time I become the Reverse-Flash, there's a danger...but while I started like him, I'm not like him."
"Are you trying to tell me that some timeline remnant made you kill my mother and frame my father?" Brianna asked. "I don't believe you."
"Believe the lasso, because it makes me tell the horrible truth that I've been trying to avoid," the Reverse-Flash said. "You need to know everything and if you want to lock me away, I will understand. But not before you listen to me, Brianna. You need to know."
"With the lasso, she can't lie," Diana said.
Brianna's jaw set and she stoically nodded. Iris put a sympathetic hand on her shoulder.
"Let me hear it."
The Plot Resumes In the Next Chapter.