Crazy for You

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A car was flipped over, there were sparks flying everywhere from a fallen power line. The Flash arrived at the scene and vibrated the car door open, helping the trapped people inside to escape. But as he was helping the woman out of the vehicle the cut power line fell into a puddle of oil and caught fire. The flames spread to the car and sent it up in a massive explosion that the Flash just barely managed to escape with the woman.

Phoenix flew down and, with a flick of her wrist, put out the fires and extinguished the sparks. The police cheered and thanked the hero's. Barry then grabbed Phoenix and ran her to STAR labs.

"A pleasure working with you as always Mr. Allen, but kindly stop kidnapping me!" Pheonix screamed once they had reached the lab.

"Okay! Okay I'm sorry." Barry put his hands up, his suit was already on the mannequin "I should have asked first."

"Dude." Cisco said starting to clean the suit "That was insane. I mean, even I'm having a hard time getting mad at you for dirtying up my suit."

Barry turned to his friend "Okay, when are we gonna start considering it my suit?"

"I'd be comfortable calling it our suit."

"Aww! It's their suit now!" Pheonix said her voice dripping with sarcasm "Now why am I here?"

"Well we've been partners for a while, and um we wanted to know who you are?" Barry said, but it came out sounding more like a question.

"If you knew who I was," Phoenix narrowed her eyes "you'd put a stop to these heroics of mine and probably lock me in your pipeline to keep me safe."

"No way! We're partners!" Barry argued "None of us would do that."

"Uh-huh." She flew out the window "See you later Flash!"

Dr. Wells grimaced and said "I told you that wasn't a good idea Mr. Allen."

"Okay, well, I thought it would work." Barry said frustrated.

A woman had broken into Iron Heights and broken her boyfriend out of prison. A case Barry was working on hard. He was telling Working on it as the Flash with Dr. Wells, Joe, Caitlin, and Cisco when Phoenix strolled through the door.

"So a teleporting Metahuman? Huh? Weird but handy." She joked.

"But you can fly!" Cisco exclaimed.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah."

"Not even Barry's cells move this fast." Caitlin looked at the screen "I've never seen anything like it."

"So Clay Parker is a Metahuman?" Joe asked confused.

"Not so fast." Dr. Wells and Phoenix said together then looked at each other.

Phoenix gestured for Dr. Wells to continue "The particulate residue Barry gathered at Iron Heights does contain Clay Parker's DNA, but also the DNA of a woman."

"Run her DNA against the CCPD criminal database." Barry told them "See if you get a match."

"On it!" Phoenix nudged Cisco aside and started searching.

"Barry, a word?" Joe beckoned him into the hallway "You told Phoenix your identity? Why?"

"Well," Barry rubbed the back of his neck "I didn't tell her my name, she just kinda knew."

"How?" Joe wondered.

"I don't know, she won't tell us how. Only that 'We go back awhile' and she won't tell us who she is." Barry sighed.

Joe rolled his eyes and rubbed his temples "Well that narrows it down." He said sarcastically "You know so many people Barr. How are we gonna figure out who she is?"

"You're not." Came a voice "I'll tell you when I'm sure I can trust you both not to flip out on me." Phoenix said "Now come back in, we found a match. Someone named Shawna Baez."

Cisco went down to the pipeline to talk to Harley Rathaway.

"I've had the biggest craving for Thai food." Hartley said.

"You said you knew what happened to Ronnie and how he was still alive. And you said Professor Stein was at STAR Labs the night of the explosion." Cisco stated.

"Yes. He was." Hartley mocked.

"Why?" Cisco asked.

"The mystery isn't why Stein went to STAR Labs that night. It's why he didn't leave."

"Tell me." Cisco commanded.

"Can't." Hartley lay back "I have to show you."

Cisco scoffed "You are not getting out of this cell."

"Fair enough," Hartley called "but I know you Cisco. I know how much you looked up to Ronnie. He was like family. A family you built for yourself here. I know how much you want to see that family healed. Let me help you."

"I don't believe you." And Cisco turned around.

"Well I'm telling you the truth, Cisco." Hartley said as Cisco walked out"When you are ready, you know where to find me."

Barry, Iris, and Bella were at Jitters.

"What's that smile about?" Iris asked the siblings.

"I saw my dad today." Barry told them.

"What?!" Bella yelled "And you didn't tell me!" She swatted his arm.

"Sorry! Stop!" Barry laughed "But yeah, no glass, no phones. Just me and him, face-to-face. Joe arranged it."

"That must have been amazing, Barry." Iris smiled.

"Yeah." Barry agreed "I really needed it. Sorry you couldn't be there Bella."

"I'm sure he needed it, too." Iris assured her friend.

"Were you there investigating the breakout?" Bella asked curiously. Barry nodded.

"That is a big story." Iris said as she and Bella made eye contact "Which I am not a part of. My editor wants me writing about the Flash, and only the Flash."

"Is that a bad thing?" Barry asked.

"Yes Barry! It is. Iris is a great writer who could be getting really important stories out there. But her editor thinks she has an in with the Flash and that will get a larger crowd to read the paper." Bella scolded her brother.

"Thank you Bella. But I don't know. I would just like to be thought of as more than the Flash PR flack. I mean, if I don't write something soon, I think I might lose my job." Iris worried.

"Hey, no. We will find you a great story to write about." Barry gestured to himself and Bella "Together. Okay? You know we're always here for you."

"I know." Iris put her hand on his for a moment then they all went back to their drinks.

"You know," Bella said as they were leaving Jitters after Barry "if worst comes to worst I can get you an exclusive interview with a certain fiery female superhero."

Iris giggled and hugged her friend.

Cisco was outside with Hartley "You said you were gonna show me what happened to Ronnie. Ronnie died inside the building. What are we doing out here?"

"What do you see?" Hartley rolled his eyes.

"I don't know. Buildings, walls, dirt." Cisco said.

"Wells would be so disappointed in your observational skills. Look again." Hartley was completely serious then said something in Japanese.

"How can you speak six languages and sound like a dick in every one of them?" Cisco asked.

"It means 'bomb shadow.'" Hartley said frustrated "They found these all over Hiroshima after the first atomic bomb was dropped. This shadow belonged to Martin Stein."

"The accelerator explosion did this to him?" Cisco asked.

"You really don't see it do you?" Hartley questioned "You're gonna kick yourself when you figure it out."

"Oh man. You were full of it then, and you're full of it now." Cisco stated "This is just another one of your lame-ass tricks. Come on. We're going back into the pipeline."

As Cisco grabbed Hartley's elbow he jabbed him in the face. Cisco punched him back and pushed him into a wall then threw him to the ground. Hartley rolled away and when Cisco tried to kick him, grabbed his foot sending Cisco to the ground. Hartley then ran away, but hit an obstacle by the name of Bella Allen.

He grabbed her by the neck and threw her into a wall. She opened her eyes and Cisco was shocked to see that they were no longer green, but a bright orange-yellow. Hartley's hands began to smoke and he pulled them off of her quickly.

"No way anyone gets to put his hands on me ever again." Bella growled. Cisco hit the button on his device and took Hartley back inside. He told Bella to wait for him.

Word count: 1403 words

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