Iris Knows

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Iris sat down on a nearby chair "You're Phoenix?" She asked disbelieving.

"Um... Yes?" Bella sighed "I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner but I was worried you would tell Barry and Joe and they'd make me stop."

Iris rubbed her temples "Oh boy... you're Phoenix!"

"Iris I thought we covered this already!"

"Yeah, yeah I know but still! You're a superhero! You've been a superhero for longer than the Flash! You're so much cooler than him too!" And she jumped up to hug her female best friend.

"Oomph! Iris... can't... breath!" Bella gasped for air.

Iris pulled back laughing "Sorry, I just can't believe it! I'm shocked. Wait! Does this mean you know who Batman is?"

"Yes, but I can't tell you his name. Sorry." Bella told her friend.

"Aww!" Suddenly an alarm went off "What's that?" Iris asked.

"Trouble," Bella frowned "big, bad trouble. By the name of Hartley Rathaway."

Bella grabbed her suit and changed quickly, telling her friend "Stay here Iris!" She flew out the window.

Rathaway was busy destroying cars on the dam when Phoenix arrived. People were running and screaming in fear, trying to get away. Hartley climbed on top of a car as Phoenix swooped down in front of him. She sent a blast of fire his way but he dodged it.

"You just won't quit! I thought the Flash had you in custody?" She groaned.

"Rook to Knight four." Hartley said quietly and blasted a car off the edge of the dam.

Phoenix screamed "No!" And dove off the side to try and catch the woman. Suddenly the Flash ran onto the scene, and reached the falling car first he got the woman out and told her to run.

"Flash." Phoenix nodded to her fellow hero.

"Phoenix!" He called "Take him down together?"

"It would be my pleasure." She smiled.

Hartley blasted more cars off the dam and Phoenix and Barry moved quickly to get the people out.

The Flash dodged the sonic blasts, reached Hartley, ripped his gloves off, and told the man "Its over! You lose!"

"Amazing." Hartley mused "He replaced me with you? Total moron."

"Hey that's not very nice!" Phoenix floated down behind him.

"I got you with the same trick twice." Hartley told the heroes. Then his gloves started to vibrate at a high frequency. Barry clasped his hands to his ears and Phoenix, not having time to switch on her ear-protection gear screamed and fell over.

"I got the idea watching you and Harrison chit-chat... to use your suit's own speakers to kill you. That feeling? That's your organs shearing apart." Hartley stood up and circled the Flash. "And you activated the frequency when you disarmed me. In chess, we call that a discovered attack. You don't see it until it's too late. Right Harrison?"

Phoenix reached for her ears to flip the switch to turn on her gear "Not... too... late..." she muttered and flipped the switch. She stood up, shaking slightly. "It's never too late."

"How?" Hartley asked her.

"Little gift from a friend." She smiled, thinking of Batman.

Then he kicked her off the dam. She fell and yelled. She was still too disoriented to use her powers. She hit the ground hard. She wasn't dead, not yet at least. She heard the shrill frequency above, but it sounded different. Soon the Flash was beside her, lifting her up gently and running her to STAR labs. She was laid gently on a bed and the woman, Caitlin Snow, was treating her wounds.

"Whoa!" She gasped.

"What?" Barry was really worried on the bed next to her.

"Her wounds are healing twice as fast as yours!" Caitlin explained "How is this possible?"

"Batman." Phoenix hissed in pain "Lots Of experience with fast healing."

"Well she'll need to stay here for a while," Caitlin started.

"No." Phoenix was firm "Thanks for the save Barry, but I'm okay, really."

"And how exactly do you know Mr. Allen's name?" Harrison wells rolled into the room.

"Let's just say we go back awhile." Phoenix got up and said "Thanks. See you later." And out the window she went.

Bella crashed through her window and landed on top of Iris "Oops! Sorry Iris!" She told her.

"That's ok. What happened? Is that blood?"

"Rathaway attacked a dam. The Flash defeated him but I got knocked off the dam. As for the blood, well most of that's mine." Bella sighed.

"Whoa." Iris stared.

"Here, let me change them we can talk. Okay?"

"Yeah... Okay" Iris was in shock. Bella came back in dressed for the day dressed in a blue high necked dress with a multicolored scarf around her neck.

"So, I assume you have questions." Bella said sitting down on the couch with two plates of perfect pancakes.

"Um... yeah some." Iris said.

"Well ask away. I'll answer all that I can."

"When did this happen?" Iris started simply.

"After the particle accelerator exploded last year." Bella told her friend.

"And you've kept this to yourself this whole time!? No one else knows?" Iris was upset and worried for her friend's mental health after keeping this secret for so long.

"No. Batman knows who I am. As well as Robin, Nightwing, Red Hood, Batgirl, and the rest of the crew." Bella explained.

"Wow! So what's he like? Batman?" Iris asked amazed.

"I don't know. He's a real dad friend I guess. He's hard on everyone but I know he loves us all to bits." Bella grinned.

"Crap!" Iris exclaimed, looking at the clock "I'm gonna be late!"

"Go then, we can talk more later." Bella told Iris.

"I'll hold you to that!" Iris called over her shoulder as she ran out the door.

"And don't tell anyone!" Bella shouted.

Word count: 971 words

A little shorter, sorry! I really hope you liked the chapter, it's kind of a filler but it has a little action in it. Please comment, vote, and add to your reading lists!

Love always,

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