Hi guys! I hope you enjoy this chapter, this has been on m mind after trying to find some stories and I guess... none of them really fit what I was looking for. So here is my brain child. Let me know what you think! -Ashenfrost
"Today is the big day!" Barry exclaimed through the phone.
Kendra smiled, of course she knew; today was the day that S.T.A.R. Labs was turning on their particle accelerator. Barry had basically been fan-girling over this since it was just a concept quite a few years ago; and she had to admit, she had become excited too after reading Harrison Wells' books and theories. While she wasn't a molecular scientist, she did still find all of his works fascinating.
"I know! I'm so bummed I can't make it. I'll have to watch it on my phone or something." Kendra responded sighing.
"What? Why can't you go? Iris and I made a big deal out of it." Barry asked disappointed, "We were even going to get ice cream afterwards."
That was surprising to Kendra, "Iris wants to go to this?" Iris usually thought that the Allen siblings were speaking a different language when it came to their love of science.
"I think it's more of a requirement for her dissertation or something, now stop avoiding the question. Why aren't you coming?" Barry demanded, "You promised."
"I know Barry, I'm so sorry, you know how much I want to go. But one of the female wolves is due to give birth within the next 24 hours and I don't trust who they put on my team."
"Is it that one guy who likes to show off? Massive calves?"
"I knew I wasn't the only one who thought they looked huge. But yeah, it's Shane." Kendra confirmed.
"Okay well..." Barry cut off, "Dang it! Apparently there was a shooting and I'm running late, I got to go, bye!" Barry hung up and left Kendra on the other line.
One day he was going to get fired for always running late... sighing, Kendra finished clipping on her walkie talkie, and stepped out of the staff locker room, into the Central City Zoo.
"Morning team." She called through the walkie.
"Boss!"
"Hey!"
"Uh oh, time to be serious boys" Kendra's team called back out to her.
"Yeah yeah Adam," she laughed, "Let's get an update on the wilderness section, how's mama wolf looking?"
"We put her in the whelping box last night just like you said. She's not a huge fan of it but she has started nesting." The voice of her co-worker, Rachel called out.
"Good, keep monitoring her, keep me posted on any temperature changes." Kendra directed.
"Or just call me," A male voice called out over the wallow talkie. "Don't forget I'm assigned to her as well."
Aggravated, Kendra clutched the walkie talkie harder, "Shane, you will do good to remember, I am the lead supervisor over this section, and especially when it comes to birthing hour you are to do exactly as told. Do you understand?"
There was a few seconds of silence before a yes ma'am came through.
"Great, Adam, how are the eagles this morning?"
"Both doing great boss, we should be getting the third one from Alaska today."
"Good, I'll leave you to it to get the new one all set up." Kendra said.
She ran through her morning routine of check ins, walking around and making sure herself, that her section was ready. After all of her team had checked the area, they met together near the bear exhibit to have a briefing.
"So we shouldn't be expecting too many people today, since practically the whole city will be at S.T.A.R. Labs, but let's make sure that we are still keeping our area an animals clean and happy. Remember, if we can do that, I have to by pizza for all you knuckle heads at the end of the month." Kendra informed.
A beep came over the walkie talkie before the owner of the zoo started speaking. "Allen, is your section clear?"
Shooing her team away she replied "We are ready for opening, boss."
And with that. Central city zoo was open, and Kendra was hard at work.
It had been four hours, and Kendra was making her rounds for feeding time. She was at the wolverines area, just getting finished with their lunch and cleaning up, when she got a text from Barry.
'It's starting!' The message read.
She smiled, she was so happy that Barry was able to go; and at least Iris was able to go with him.
Suddenly, a video popped up under the text. To which Kendra immediately clicked on it.
There stood Harrison Wells, one of the smartest men to have ever existed, smiling and getting ready to give his announcement.
"My name is Harrison Wells. Tonight... the future begins." The crowd started cheering. Doctor Wells waited to begin talking once more.
"The work my team and I do here will change our understanding of physics. It will help us bring about advancements in power and medicine. I want to live in that future. And I want you all to join me -"
Suddenly Barry was bumped and yelling started and the video ended. Panicking, Kendra tried calling her brother and Iris with no luck. Getting ready to call Joe, her walkie talkie went off.
"Kendra, Shane, Sitka is contracting." Rachel called out.
"Shit!" Kendra glanced at her phone before shoving it in her pocket and running to the wolf enclosure. If Shane got there first and decided to barge in the whelping room there could be huge complications. Kendra knew Iris would be on the phone with Joe, so as worried as she was, she had to shove that down and hurry to the expecting wolf.
Shane had gotten there just before Kendra did and one puppy was already out. As they stood behind the door, watching her through the window, Sitka was starting to contract once more. All they could do was sit and watch the female give birth, and give her as much space, as to not stress her out.
Two hours and thirty minutes later, the female wolf had delivered 8 pups, all seemingly healthy.
"Should we get their weight and genders?" Shane asked.
"Not at the moment, she's probably going to be super protective over those pups for a few days, and if we stress her out she could potentially kill them, so let's give her some space and we will come back later tonight." Kendra said.
Not saying anything, Shane just nodded his head and looked back through the window.
"I'm heading to the restroom. I'll be right back." Kendra said as she stepped away.
Checking her messages, she had a text from Barry saying that he was alright and that he would tell her what happened when she got home, Kendra cleaned up and went back to check on the wolves.
When she got there however, the door was cracked open, and Shane had stepped inside. Quickly, Kendra followed suit.
Sitka had her eyes locked on the approaching man, and with every step he took, the louder she started growling, and the more her hair raised.
"Shane" Kendra called out. "Get your ass back here now!"
Shane glanced at Kendra, before rolling his eyes and pulling out his phone to record what he was doing.
Unfortunately the next step he took was going to be his last one. Sitka lunged for Shane, only to grab a hold of Kendra's arm, her, having jumped in front of her co-worker.
As Shane fled the room, Kendra wrestled with the wolf to get her arm out of its mouth.
Suddenly, Kendra and Sitka were both sent flying by a hot, strong wave. The particle accelerator had exploded, the wounded girl went flying and the wolf flew into her, both colliding with the wall. Kendra smacked her head, and then, all went black.