Three days later Barry sits in a court room. He doesn't know anything about court and never wanted to until now. "Bartholomew Henry Allen how do you plead?" Barry cringes at his name, he loathes it about as much he loathes his father. "Guilty, I guess." He plays nonchalant but inside his head he's hyperventilating. "Good you're not making this difficult, we'll let the jury decide your sentence." The judge says, to which the jury start to speak to each other. Barry can feel the eyes of people drilling into him as they speak. One of the jury members stands up. "We think six months with parole is a good amount for a first offense." Barry starts to feel dread climb up his back 'that's half a year' is what his mind is whispers. "Then it's decided, six months in Iron Heights with the promise of parole. Court dismissed." The judge slams his gavel down signing away Barry to prison. He's quickly taken to an armored truck with other prisoners and driven to Iron Heights.
They arrive at the prison at noon. The officers search all the new arrivals. Then they take their clothes and give the convicts two sets of orange jump suits with under garments. The officer then lead them to cells, Barry is thrown into a cell with an occupant. "Hal you got a roommate, don't make us take him away like the last one." A officer warns Barry's new cell mate. "I'll play nice." Hal says to the officer as they shut the cell. Barry looks Hal up and down, he's not much taller or older than him but he has more defined muscle than Barry. "So what's your name pretty boy?" Hal asks with a grin. "Barry Allen, and don't call me pet names." Barry glares at him. "Interesting... Well Barry, I'm Hal Jordon." Hal holds out his hand for Barry to shake, which Barry does.
"What so interesting about my name?" Barry asks as he watches the man move off the bottom bunk so Barry can place his things. "Well there's another guy around here with the last name Allen could you two be related?" "Don't really have any family left so I don't know." Barry doesn't have any aunts or uncles so there's no one that Barry can think of other than his father. "Well he's like fifty or so, the name Henry ring any bells?" Barry freezes in place. "So you do know him." Hal notices. "...Yes I do, now can you drop it." Barry hopes Hal takes the hint, he really doesn't want to lose his temper on his first day. "Ok... I guess you two don't have a good history then, sorry didn't mean to salt the wound." Hal apologists. "It's fine, I just don't like to talk about my old man..."
Barry finishes placing his things, when he turn around he sees Hal's face full of concern and realization. "Wait, Henry's you're dad? You're the little angel he's talking about?" Hal looks Barry up and down trying to find the resemblance. "Angel? That demon thinks I'm an angel?" Barry let's out a chuckle. "He couldn't be more wrong if he tried." Barry finishes. "Well if he's your dad then you're pretty high on the food chain here." Hal says smiling. "Why do you say that?" Barry asks. "Your daddy saved one of the biggest, toughest, baddest guys here when the guards wouldn't. After that the dudes crew protects him, he also leads them around some. Got to admit the guy's intimidating." Hal tells him. "So he's another nut case with power, great." Barry tries to hide the pent up anger but fails. "I guess..." Hal comments.
A loud bell rips them out of their conversation, the door slides open as it does. "Lunch time!" A officer yells over the intercom. Hal gives Barry a smile. "Stick close to me, I'll show you the ropes." Barry follows him out of the cell where they stand in a line to get into the cafeteria. The mild case of claustrophobia Barry has doesn't like the small crowded hallway or the person brushing up against his back. Barry tries to hurry Hal forward so they can get out of the small space but Hal won't budge. "Calm down Bare, we'll get there it just takes a bit." Hal reassures him. Barry calms down some but not enough to keep from shifting his weight every three seconds.
They get to the lunch room, which helps Barry breath with the tall roof and massive space. Hal grabs a tray and hands Barry one. "Just gonna tell you this now the food here sucks." Hal says. "Oh I was expecting to be served quail and wine each day." Barry jokes, Hal chuckles a bit. "I'd like to see you do better Jordon!" A prisoner serving food yells as he plops a glob of colorful mush on their trays. "Sorry..." Hal apologists to the prisoner. Barry and Hal start looking for a free table once they have their food. "The cooks are sensitive about the food, I sorta forgot that." Hal admits. "I can see that. You apparently already have a name around here, why's that?" Barry notices people glancing at them, some are hungry eying his ass, and others are scarcely watching Hal. "Oh I got a habit of losing my temper with dangerous people and surviving." "So a troublemaker." Barry clarifies. "Well ya." Hal seems to have a bit of pride for being a troublemaker.
They find a table close to the door leading to the yard, where a few prisoners were exercising. Once they sit Barry notice a few people start heading their way, they might be heading to the yard but Barry can't help but feel paranoid. "So I gonna ask, what got you in here?" Hal asks. "A joy ride in my foster dad's truck, I banged up a few cars and people trying to avoid the police." Barry gives a devilish smile recalling the faces of a few people he nearly ran over. "Looks like you want to do it again, how-" Hal's cut off by someone slamming their hand on the table. Both Barry and Hal turn to a man who towers over both of them and is definitely stronger. "Is your name Barry Allen?" The man narrows his eyes at Barry. "Y-yes?" His words are caught in his throat, the man scares him even his voice is intimidating to Barry. "Good then both of you come with me." The man begins to walk towards the yard. Barry turns to Hal who looks just as befuddled as him.
Hal leaves his tray and follows the man, Barry reluctantly does the same. The man leads them into the yard and heads to a crowd of big buff guys, making both Hal and Barry nervous. "I found him boss, Jordon took a liking to him so I brought him too." Hal and Barry see the boss is none other than Henry Allen. "Thank you Jones, that's all I needed." Henry tells the man then turns to Barry. "Oh my little baby how you're grown, you almost look like a man now." Henry hugs Barry who is frozen in fear. "You don't know how much I've missed you, everyday I wanted to call you but I wasn't allowed to." Barry's face twists to a grimace he felt like dinner because of the predatory eyes watching him, and being unable to move in his father's deathly grip. "We have so much to catch up on, but first we need to get a few things straightened out." Henry's happy demeanor switches to hostel as he lets go of Barry and turns to Hal.
"Uh... hi ?" Hal sifts uncomfortable as Henry glares at him. "I'm going to tell you this once Jordon, you touch my kid and I'll cut your hand off. Got it?" Henry's friends crack their knuckles to intimidate Hal more. "Y-yes sir." Hal shakes his head to try appeasing Henry. "Good, you can go now." Henry turns back to Barry and Hal begins to scurry away. "No! Uh please I want Hal to stay with me." Barry doesn't want to be alone with Henry even if he only met Hal, he's still safer than Henry. Henry's a bit taken aback by Barry's out burst. "Fine, he can stay but I better not hear a peep out of him." Barry grabs Hal's arm in a bruising grim, and gives him pleading eyes in hopes he understands why Barry wants him to stay.
Henry tells Barry about how to get "jobs" around the prison, and countless other things. The other prisoners start to give him tips on crime and how to cover your tracks. Barry takes the advice to start running so he can become faster and does a few lifts to become stronger. In no time at all he starts to gets jobs to steal from prisoners and from guards. After the first few times he doesn't get caught, more and more people give him jobs. Henry even gives him a job once or twice, Barry wises he could refuse those jobs. After three months Barry made a name for himself. Him and Hal become close friends and are nearly inseparable in the yard. They usually challenge each other in races or strength, Barry always wins the races and Hal wins in strength.