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Jitters Coffee House

It's my day off today and the only plans I have are to go see Isaac and meet at Jitters. "Hey Thomas!" A voice called out as I walked in through the door. "Over here." I turned to see who it was and sure enough, it was Isaac, motioning for me to come to sit by him. "Hey Isaac, long time no see man." I greeted him with a dap. I haven't even talked to Isaac since before I got my powers a couple of weeks ago, and he doesn't even know that I have powers. "You said it, brother!" He responded as we sat down. "How have you been Tom?" He asked as he tilted his head to the question. "It's been a few weeks since we last talked Isaac." I responded to him as I laughed, "I'm sorry about that, it's been a little busy." Someone pulled his attention, "Isaac, your coffee's are ready." It was the barista calling out to him to grab his drinks. "Oh yeah I got us both coffees, I knew you would try to buy them and you always do, so I bought them before you got here." He laughed as he stood up to get the two mugs of caffeine. "You're evolving," I laughed as I pulled my wallet out, "Here at least let me pay for mine." I insisted as I handed him a $5 bill. Isaac walked back over to the seats and set the cups down. "No no." He pushed my hand back. "This one's on me Tom." I nodded and picked up my hot coffee cup, "Wow this is hot." I said out loud as I finished taking a sip from my coffee.

"Any Interesting cases lately?" Isaac asked as he opened a sugar packet and poured it into his coffee. "None that I can share yet." I laughed as I took another sip of my coffee. Isaac looked at me with persuasive eyes. "Come on Tom, you know I'm not going to say anything." He explained. "Yeah yeah, okay there is one thing," I told him while lowering my voice and leaning closer, Isaac did the same. "So here's what's been happening, recently people have been doing... stuff…" I told him quietly looking around. "What kind of stuff?" He questioned quietly, I looked around again to make sure no one was watching or listening. "The kind of stuff that I can't talk about with you," I told him with a chuckle and backed up. "Oh wow Thomas," Isaac laughed, "Fine don't tell me, I'll break you eventually." He joked as he picked up his cup. "Yeah good luck with that," I told him as I also took a sip of my hot drink. Isaac's phone started to ring, "Aw man," He said out loud as he saw who it was. "It's work, I have to go Tom, I'm sorry." He apologized. "That's alright man I get it," I told him understandingly. "We can catch up again soon I promise." He said as he got up to leave, he came over to me to fist bump me and I returned it. As he walked off I looked around to make sure no one was looking and with a flicker of lightning in my eyes, I used my super speed to run up behind Isaac and place a five dollar bill into his wallet. When I sped back to my seat I drank the rest of my coffee and stood up like nothing happened to leave.

Star Labs One Hour Later

I walk in just in time to here the start of Cisco's and Harry's arguing, Joe and Caitlin are just standing and smiling at the hilarious confrontation happening right in front of them. "If you're so sure you can build this by yourself then why don't you!" Cisco shouted at Harry. "If you're so sure you can build this by yourself then why don't you!" Harry mocked back at Cisco in a high pitch voice. "Oh wow, that's real mature Harry. And that's not even what I sound like!" Cisco stated, crossing his arms. "What are they arguing about?" I asked Joe while walking over to where he and Caitlin stood. "I honestly have no Idea." Joe chuckled as he leaned against the wall behind him. "I think they're fighting about making an Interdimensional Tether for you." Caitlin leaned in and answered for Joe. "To get Barry out right?" Joe asked, "Not exactly." I Told Joe, "It's so I don't get lost when I go into the Speed Force to get Barry." I explained. Joe nodded and there was a loud bang over in the argument between Cisco and Harry. "Stop throwing my stuff, you child!" Cisco yelled at Harry, "I'll stop throwing your stuff when you stop being an incompetent fool!" Harry yelled back as he threw another tool. I could see that this argument was getting out of hand so I used to speed to rush over and intervene between the two of them. "Okay you two, that's enough!" They both looked at me, "Harry put down that tool." I pointed at him and he glanced back and forth between the tool he held above his head and me. "Now!" and he complied. "What the hell is wrong with you two? Honestly, why can't you two work together like normal adults?" I yelled at both of them and they grew quiet. "This isn't about either one of you right now, okay? I have been working my ass off to get faster! To get Barry back! Now you two do your part and help! Both of you." They both looked at each other before Harry spoke up, "Fine." He said crossing his arms. "But I'm working alone." Cisco rolled his eyes, "Fine by me." Cisco stated as he walked off. "Thank you." I sarcastically remarked before returning to Joe and Caitlin. "Sometimes it feels like we're working with toddlers."

"Dad? Are you in here?" A voice called out from the hallway, "In here honey." Joe responded. A young woman walked in, she was darker and she had black hair and dark brown eyes, I could tell by the recent dialog that this was Iris west, Joe's daughter. "Hey dad, I've been looking all over for you." She said as she hugged him, "Hey Caitlin," She waved. "Hey Iris." "Any news on Barry's situation?" She asked as she took a quick glance at me, "Cisco and Wells are working on the Interdimensional Tether and once they're done with that, the only thing left to do will be for me to get faster so I can open a portal to the Speed Force." I stated with a slight smile. "Thomas, right?" She asked and I nodded in affirmation, "Thank you for everything you have done so far to help us get Barry back home." She smiled and I nodded again, "You're very welcome." She was definitely beautiful, but I knew she was off limits so I was going to keep my distance and besides there is no room for dating right now anyway. "Anyway, Dad can I talk to you in private?" Iris asked Joe. "Sure, Jitters?" He asked, "I'll buy." Iris smiled before she answered, "Well if your buying," And she shrugged and Joe and his daughter walked out of the room and down the hallway.

"Good luck with that." Caitlin said to me with a pat on the shoulder, I turned to look at her, "what do you mean?" I asked her. "Oh please, I saw the way you were looking at her." She laughed, "Before Barry got stuck where he is now, I guess there was something going on between the two of them. You showed up too late I'm afraid." She laughed as she walked away. I squinted in defense and followed, "There was no look, Caitlin." I stated bitterly but playfully, "I don't have the time for relationships anyway." She turned around to look at me and shrugged, "All I'm saying is good luck, I know what I saw." She laughed again before walking away. I stood there confused for a second, "Good luck?" I scoffed, "I wasn't even thinking about her that way." There is just way too much going on right now. I rolled my eyes, "Cisco!" I yelled across the Cortex and he walked in from the medical room, "Everything okay?" He asked curiously. "Yeah, I was just heading out to the Bar if you want to come?" I asked him before motioning to the hallway with the elevator. "A Bar? On a Saturday night? Sure why not." He agreed with a smile. "Great let's head out," I told him while nodding for him to follow before walking to the elevator.

One Hour Later

After an hour of driving, we reached 'The Black Hammock Bar' located in downtown Central City. "Remind me why you didn't just run us all the way here?" Cisco asked impatiently getting out of passenger seat of my car. "We drove because like you, I too enjoy feeling normal sometimes," I stated as I got out of the driver's seat. We both closed our doors and proceeded to walk towards the Bar, "How do you even know about this place?" Cisco asked me. "I used to come here frequently after my parent's death, it's sort of just like a regular now." I told him while opening the door inside, "I just haven't been here in a couple of weeks." We reached the Bar and sat down on the stools under the counter, "Hey waiter, give me something with lots of ice." Cisco told the Bartender. "Shirley Temple coming right up." The bartender responded, "I will take Beer please." I asked the bartender. "Any kind alright?" The man asked in response and I nodded. The Bar was relatively new, it's only been around for about two years now. The Bar was centered in the middle of the 1st floor and the second floor only consisted of fancier looking balconies and bathroom's, those were for the V.I.P.'s. It was fairly empty tonight though, there were three other people excluding us and the Bartender. In the corner booth seat basically lived a man who always seemed to be drunk or asleep, he was just asleep this time. Or both. "There you are, one Shirley Temple and one cold Beer," The Bartender said as he set our drinks down in front of us. "Thanks." Cisco and I said simultaneously.

I had only a few beers now while Cisco had a beer, shot of whiskey and on top of that, three Shirley Temples. "So…" Cisco started, "I heard the conversation you and Caitlin had earlier." He mumbled while holding his head clearly under the influence. "I think you and Iris would be great together," He mumbled again. "You should-" I cut him off, "Look Cisco, Iris is pretty but I'm quite alright. Besides I don't need a relationship right now anyway, remember Barry? Well, he's still trapped and there isn't any extra time to think about relationships." I told him taking a sip of my drink. "Loud and clear." Cisco said with a salute and a chuckle, "Man you're really hammered tonight aren't you?" I asked Cisco with a laugh. I should feel even a little bit tipsy but I don't. Why didn't I? "Alright buddy, let's go home." I told him as I got down from the barstool and pulled my wallet out. "How much is the tab?" I asked the Bartender, "That will be about $130 tonight sir." He responded and I looked at Cisco, "Really man, did you have to pick such an expensive drink?" I asked him. Cisco grunted and shrugged while I pulled a $100 bill and then a $50 bill out of my wallet, "Keep the change." I told him as I closed my wallet and put it away. "You too have a good night now." The bartender said as he waved us off.

Cisco and I walked out of the bar and made our way towards my parked car, when we got to it I opened the door for him and got in the driver's seat to start the car. "Thanks for tonight Thomas, I think we really needed this." He told me as he leaned back in the passenger seat and closed his eyes. "Don't mention it," I told him as we drove out of the parking lot.

The Next Morning

I woke up this morning fine, I mean I literally wasn't affected by the alcohol at all last night and now I realize why. My metabolism runs too fast to become drunk, it neutralized the effect that alcohol had on my body. It sucks but I guess I will just have to find another way to deal with my emotions.

I rolled out of bed when the alarm clock read '8:00' "Better get ready for work." I told myself with a yawn. I walked over to my closet today, I wasn't in any rush today so I took my time. "Uh, okay this will do today." I told myself after looking in the mirror to view my outfit. After I finished messing with my hair and brushing my teeth in the bathroom, I walked out of my bedroom and to the door to leave for work.

I stopped by Jitters on the way to work to grab a coffee but now I was heading up the elevator to get into CCPD. As soon as the elevator opened I hear captain Singh's voice, "Cutter, where are you on the suicide cases?" He asked as he walked up to me. "Uh, they are in my lab, I can go get them for you really fast." "Good go, I need them on my desk in the next ten minutes." He told me as he walked back to his office. I ran at normal speed up the stairs to my lab and grabbed the files and walked down to the Captain's Office. "Here you are Captain, the file's you asked for." told him as I lay them on his desk. "Thank you, Cutter, now go see Joe, he will update you on the recent suicide cases." Singh responded as he motioned with his hand for me to leave. Great more suicide cases, I will never get a break from this guy. I thought to myself as I walked over to Joe's desk. "Oh Thomas, come here," Joe called out and I nodded, still walking over to him. Once I reached Joe he started talking about the cases, "Thomas we need to get this meta off the streets." He stated flipping through another case file. "Yeah I know, but we have no leads on this guy, we haven't in quite a while either. It's been almost four days now." I told Joe as I sat down on the chair next to him. "We'll find something soon Thomas, just be patient." Just as he finished that sentence an officer came up to us, "Joe, there's a robbery at the museum again." And Joe looked at me and winked. "Alright let's go get this guy." He told the officer as he stood up. "See you at the scene Thomas." He told me while he walked off.

I grabbed my phone and called Cisco, "Hello?" He answered in a groggy voice. "Cisco there is a robbery happening at the museum, do you have eyes?" I asked as I started walking up to the elevator. "No, I'm not even at Star Labs." He stated, "Ask Caitlin or Harry." I'm beginning to think that the bar wasn't such a good idea last night. "Zero help Cisco." I stated before hanging up. The elevator took me downstairs and I walked out the front door of the precinct to head into a more private location to change. I called Caitlin this time, "Hello?" She answered. "Cait it's Thomas, are you at Star Labs?" I asked her while pulling the cowl over my head and connecting my comms. "Yes, why?" She responded, "I need eyes on the inside of the Museum." I told her, "Switching to comms." I hung up the phone and pressed the earpiece and turned it on. "Okay Thomas, It looks like two guys, both with blank expressions, both with military grade guns." Caitlin told me, "Okay good to know." I told her and began to run in super speed to the Museum. "Anything else?" I asked her, "They have four hostages. And be careful," she told me. "We still don't know for sure if the telepathic intrusion scrambler works 100% yet." "Don't worry Caitlin, It will work," I reassured her before reaching the street outside the Museum. I needed to get all the hostages they had in there out, with a flicker of lightning in my eyes, I sped my way inside so fast that time slowed to my will. I grabbed two hostages at a time and ran them out until all four of them were safely on the street. "Mornin' boy's." I said to the two mind-controlled men and they both turned to look at me, "That picture again?" I noticed they tried to take the same picture the homeless man did. They both raised their guns at me, "Guys come on, you know that I'm faster than a bullet right?" I asked them before using my speed to run and knock them out. Something black on one of the men's arms stood out to me while they hit the ground in a slowed reality. When they both landed I took Zip Ties from one of the goon's bags and tied them both up and inspected the mark. It was a tattoo, but the tattoo seemed familiar, almost like I've seen it before. "That's strange," I said out loud to myself.

Out of nowhere, I was launched across the room with immense force, It sent me spiraling into a glass case holding an old buffalo necklace that belonged to an old Native American tribe. After hitting the floor with a loud thud, I got up onto my knees as fast as possible. "Not again," I said as I stood up. "What do you want this time Zoom?" I asked as the black figure stood in front of me. He just stood there staring at me until another man dressed in a long black leather trench coat and a hood walked up next to him. I was unable to see his face do to the shadow that covered it from his hood. "Hello, Pretender." The man commented. That was what the mysterious voice called me before he made me stab myself a couple of days ago. "Come back for another beating?" He asked me, "Try and try you will but my friends are smarter." I told him poking my head. How's that? The man said in my mind. It didn't work, the telepathic intrusion scrambler didn't work. That's when I had about a second to think, if my body can travel at super speed, so will my brain, I mean it has to process my motor functions right? If I think fast enough, maybe I can keep him from using my brain against me again. I began thinking about my parents and all the great times we had over and over again to keep the man out of my head. He turned to look at Zoom, "It's not working!" he cried as he tried to intrude my brain again. Zoom turned his head to look at the man, "You've proven yourself useless more than once Headstorm." Zoom said with his demonic voice as he grabbed him by the neck and threw him at me with his speed. I wasn't able to get out of the way before being tackled by the man dressed in dark leather and we both fell to the ground and rolled over each other knocking the man unconscious. I had to push the man off of me before getting up to confront Zoom. "That wasn't very nice." I stated while cracking my neck. "You killed my parents. Why!?" I demanded, showing my pain and anger. He ignored my question "Not yet Cutter." His voice ripped through the air like fire from hell, as if he were the devil himself. "I still need you to get faster." I shook my head, "If you want my speed, why don't you take it from me already? I'm right here you coward!" I taunted him bitterly and he tilted his head again. "You're a selfish coward, we're going to stop you and when we do, I'm going to make damn sure you never hurt anyone again." I told him as lighting from my anger started to spark around my body again. "Yes Thomas, use your anger." He voice echoed across the room along with the sound of the electrical zaps bouncing off my body.

Zoom used his speed to run back and blow through the Museum's doors and I quickly followed. Faster and faster I went, almost caught up to Zoom, his speed clearly outdid mine, but I kept catching up. Left down this street then a right down that street, buildings flying past us faster and faster, street after street, two more lefts and another right until he did something weird. Zoom just ran through a building and I don't mean through the doors. He passed through the walls like a ghost. I skidded to a stop into the brick wall that Zoom just phased through, "What the hell? Caitlin, what just happened!? Where did he go!?" I asked her. "What's wrong?" Caitlin questioned worriedly over comms, "He just ran through a wall Caitlin, a solid wall! Dammit, I lost him!" I turned all around to check if he was truly gone. "Oh you've got to be kidding me." I sighed in anger while kicking the wall I crashed into. I turned again and sat down on the sidewalk in my flexible leather friction proof suit. "I almost had him dammit." There were a few seconds of silence before Wells came in the room over comms. "Thomas get back here, we've got something to show you." He told me, "Okay I'm on my way, just have to grab the meta back at the museum before the cops get him." I stated as I got up and ran back to Central City Museum.

As I got there the cops had yet to come in they were all out front still unaware that the danger that lies inside the building was no longer a threat. I speeded my way past the officers set up outside and got indoors, I looked around for the mind-controlling metahuman from earth 2. "Ah there you are." I knelt beside the man in the hood and curiosity tempted me to reveal his identity now rather than later. "Here goes it…" I said to myself before slowly removing the man's hood. My jaw dropped when the hood was fully removed, "Oh my God..." Just as Cisco had said, the man was tall, had short black hair, and tanish white skin, with a light bluish gray eye color. I knew his features sounded familiar but I never would have thought the man behind the hood would be Isaac. I picked Isaac up and rushed out of the building with super speed and ran as fast as I could to Star Labs. When I got down to the Cortex I sped into the middle of the room and dropped Isaac's unconscious body onto the floor. There was silence for a few seconds before anyone even said something. "Hey, did you know him?" Caitlin asked me was with a cautious voice, she began walking towards me as a tear began to trickle down my cheek as my face grew hot with anger and confusion. Without a second more of hesitation, I grabbed the man off the floor and moved him quickly to the pipeline and locked him up. I closed the door to the pipeline and walked away into the hallway with confusion and other mixed emotions.

"Are you alright Thomas?" Asked Caitlin in a concerned tone as she approached me. I wiped the tears from my eye and face before answering back. "Yeah... Yeah, I'm fine…" I took a deep breath, "Actually, I don't know if I'm okay, it feels like my whole world was just rocked negatively." I responded while trying to fight the tears that threatened to flood my eyes. "Who is he to you?" She asked cautiously, knowing that she was heading into uncharted territory. "His name is Isaac Miller and he was my best friend," I told her as I leaned against the wall. "No, my brother." The fact that Isaac knowingly attacked 'SpeedStream' and killed those innocent people made this even harder for me. "He betrayed me? For money?" I started thinking out loud to myself, "Did you tell him that you're 'SpeedStream?'" She asked me. You could tell she was trying to give Isaac the benefit of the doubt. "No… No, I was going to-" I responded as another tear descended down my cheek. "Not anymore I guess…" My heart sank deep into my chest and I wiped my tears away yet again. "Whether he knew it was me he was targeting or not, he still made the conscious decision to murder. Not to mention he broke the law in seventeen other ways, thirteen times." I said out loud bitterly. Isaac was my best friend and he betrayed me by working with Zoom, he knew that Zoom killed my parents and tormented me with that pain for months. Cisco's voice echoed through the facility over the intercom, "Hey guys our mystery man is awake." I guess Cisco got out of bed after all. Caitlin and I exchanged a look of sadness before I wiped the tears running down my face away and pulled my cowl back over my head, "Let's go greet our guest."

The door to the pipeline opened with an expel of air from the closed-off room, and I stood in the shadows in front of the door studying the darkly dressed man. "Don't you know unlawful imprisonment is illegal?" Isaac scoffed. "Why were you working with Zoom?" I asked, my voice was fractured with pain but I tried to keep emotion out of this. "Now why would I tell you that?" He remarked purposely trying to get under my skin, "Because if you don't, there isn't any chance you will ever get to leave this place, you hear me?" I stated bitterly before crossing my arms. "Good point…" Isaac said. He leaned against the back of the containment cell before talking again. "We were trying to get you faster so that Zoom could steal your speed." He stated plainly. Of course… I thought to myself annoyed with his response. I began to walk away, "Wait! You said I could leave if I told you!" I shifted my head to the left to glance back at him. "I said if you didn't tell me, that there was no chance of you getting out, I never said I would release you." I began to walk away again before something he said broke through the pain I was already feeling and made It worse, "Thomas, wait!" He knew who I was… He knew it was me? The pain of betrayal struck me even harder as though my heart was made of glass and he just shattered it. With anger building up I pulled off my cowl, "You knew it was me?" I asked rhetorically but he still answered, "Yes okay yes." I turned around to face him, "You knew it was me this whole damn time and you still worked with Zoom!? Instead of coming to me for help!?" My body glowed with dark orange lightning as it sparked around me from the anger that pulsated from betrayal. "Thomas I-" "No dammit! You knew! You knew what Zoom did, you know what he put me through and everything he's put the city through and you still partnered with that maniac!?" I cut him off getting up close to the glass barrier separating me from Isaac. It was a good thing too, I could have killed Isaac with all this pent up rage. "You were my brother Isaac, and now you're just another bad guy." I told him this time more hurt than angrily. "I hope you like the color blue, you're going to be in there for a while." I told him as I walked off completely hostile in defense and anger. I closed the door to the containment cell and left into the hallway. "Thomas are you-" "Not now Caitlin. Please." I told her calmly before walking away to the Cortex.

"What did you need to show me, Harry?" I asked, still annoyed and angry about Isaac. "It can wait if you want-" "Please, just tell me." I cut Wells off. He nodded and grabbed the tablet, "Tell him Harry." Cisco smiled as he nodded my way. "Today was the fastest you have ever run." He told me with what actually sounded like excitement. "Well, how fast was that?" I asked curiously, "We calculated just above 5,525 Miles per hours." Cisco chimed in, my eyes widened, "During your run with Zoom this morning, it looks like you siphoned off some of his speed to increase yours." This news was music to my ears! "Are you telling me I have the power to increase my speed by stealing his?" I asked them curiously and impatiently. "Not exactly," Cisco started, "You link other's connections to the speed force with your own connection. In doing so you harness both your connection and the person you're running to, with or from, giving you more velocity." I began pondering different questions in my head trying to make better sense of it, "Is the gained speed permanent?" I asked Wells worriedly and he nodded, "The speed you gain from running alongside other speedsters is in fact permanent." Wells told me with a smirk. "However, You can only match their speed not go faster, sadly." I was okay with this, pretty soon Barry would be out of the speed force and we will be able to take down Zoom once and for all. "How is the Interdimensional Tether coming?" I asked heading to the center console and sitting in the chair. "It's finished, just need Ramon to look at it and we can go get the Flash back," Wells said with a smile. I'm finally fast enough to break Barry out of the Speed Force and the Flash is coming home!