Killeronimbus Pt. 2
~Kadence~
I knew Barry Allen was the Flash. It was just something I knew. But seeing it in person, seeing him in action, it surprised me. I didn't know how to react.
I sat in the Cortex, waiting for Barry to come back. I was so afraid for him. Seeing him there, on that bed, in pain and knowing I could do nothing about it makes me afraid. It scares me to know that I could be the one torturing him.
But everything was a dream. It was all a dream. Me torturing him as this evil person. It was a dream. I dreamt me torturing him. Calling myself Seductress. I saw myself in a dream. I saw myself hurting him.
I've known that I've had a split personality. I've known that Kay was in there. I thought she disappeared when I came back to Central City to strip.
No. She didn't. She's in my head. Fucking with my dreams and making me pass out. I have to figure this out soon. Before something happens. The dream felt weird. I knew that my dreams were real. I'd had dreams days before my parents had died. I had a nightmare three days before my mother died. Then it happened. Same as my dad. I had a dream of me finding out about my Grandmother's cancer. Then three days later, we find out she had terminal lung cancer.
I knew that my dreams had tendencies to come true and I wasn't looking forward to seeing if this one was just another one of those premonitions.
"So, since you're working here...welcome to Team Flash." Cisco says.
I smile bright, trying to come off as excited.
"Great!" I squeal.
I have to go see someone. Someone I've known for years who can help me. Henry Allen, Barry Allen's father, my doctor.
I stand up, grabbing my coat and purse.
"I gotta go. I'll see you guys later."
"Where-" Caitlyn starts.
"Don't worry. I'll be back. Your secret is safe with me." I say.
I left. I walked out the Cortex and out of STAR Labs.
I head to Iron Heights. I was determined to fix this. Determined to stop whatever is going to happen soon.
When I get to the receptionist kinda thing, I take off my stuff and let them check me, then I get my visitors I.D.
They take me back to the room where they set up the phones.
When I get there, I see Joe. He's sitting in the chair. Talking to Henry.
I walk over and set a hand on Joe's shoulder. He looks up at me surprised.
"I came here to talk to Henry too." I say.
He hands me the phone and stands up.
As soon as he does, the guard behind us starts wheezing.
~3RD PERSON PAST TENSE~
The guard behind Joe and Kadence started to wheeze and Joe turned around. Henry looks up and stands up, feeling helpless.
A green mist encased the guard and started swirling around Joe's feet.
Kadence stood in the back, dialing Cisco's number but not saying anything.
The mist formed into a man and Kadence almost fell over. She heard Cisco say hello.
"Nimbus?" Joe asked, recognizing the man immediately.
"You're supposed to be dead." Joe said.
"Same to you." Nimbus replied.
Nimbus went back into mist formed and started swirling around Joe again.
"Hey! Toxic Man!" Kadence yelled, trying to get his attention before he killed Joe.
Nimbus reformed and looked over at Kadence.
"Don't make me add you to my list." he said.
"Try me, you dirty son of a bitch." she said.
And with that, Nimbus came at her, swirling around her. She tried not to inhale, knowing that's how to get herself killed.
She put her arms above her head, trying to protect herself.
She used her aura and turned it into a blast, hitting the smoke.
She looked at her hands in awe, taking the one second to breathe.
But that was her fatal mistake.
The Mist reformed just as she inhaled and he poisoned her.
She fell to the floor, coughing and hacking. She wheezed, trying to breathe, realizing she couldn't. She lie there, convulsing in pain.
"HELP GUARDS! SOMEBODY HELP!" Henry yelled, banging on the glass.
Barry flashed in. He went to Joe first. Seeing he was just knocked out and breathing, he looked around.
He saw Kadence on the floor, convulsing as if she were having a seizure, which, most likely she was.
He took the antidote Caitlyn made and stabbed it into her neck, injecting the serum.
He looked over at the windows, seeing his dad. He quickly vibrated his face so that he wouldn't know it was him.
He looked back down at Kadence, seeing her eyes open. He held her hand.
She looked at him and said, weakly, "Go get him."
Barry sighed, laughing a little and flashed off.
~Later~
Kadence watched as Barry slept. She loved it. She loved how at peace he looked. He looked like, no one could ever hurt him. He looked at ease. He looked like young Barry before his mom's death.
She laughed.
Barry scrunched his nose and tilted his head, waking up.
"It's been awhile since I've watched you sleep." She commented, smiling at the thought.
Barry chuckled, rubbing his face trying to get the sleep out of him.
"Rescuing you is exhausting." Barry commented, winking at her.
Joe walked in then.
"You saved my life." He said, pointing at her.
"Yea, I guess I did." she smiled at him, sticking her tongue out.
"I really miss the ability to be able to tell on you." Joe said to her.
"I'm sorry I went and grew up." She said back.
Barry smiled and grabbed her hand.
"You were there for me when I was hurt so I'm gonna be here for you while you're hurt."
Kadence smiled, looking Barry in the eye.
"I wanted to be a hero like you Barry." she croaked.
"That's okay. Next time, help from the inside. I can't have you getting hurt. You're my best friend Kady. I don't know what I'd do without you." He said.
Barry hoped she didn't catch the double meaning behind his words. He decided he wasn't going to have these feelings if she was gonna get hurt trying to be like him. He pushed them down to the deepest depths of his feeling hole.
What he didn't know was, she was now realizing that her abilities could do more than just save someone from a burning building, they could help people.
She repeated earlier's events in her head. Seeing Barry on that hospital bed, possibly dying, made her heart clench. It made her think. What would she do if she lost Barry? How would she feel? She thought about him dying. She felt her heart jump and she clenched Barry's hand tighter and scrunched her face in pain.
"What? What's wrong? Are you okay, love?" He asked urgently.
She felt her heart flutter at the word love and she knew, she knew that Barry Allen had her whipped. Barry Allen had her under his spell. She knew there was no escaping him.
Barry Allen was this incredible force of nature. Of course, his powers defied all the laws of physics but he, himself, was something sculpted personally by a powerful deity themselves.
"Yes Barry, I'm fine. It was just a cramp." Kadence explained to a nervous Barry.
Joe sensed the tension between the two and decided it was best to let them deal with it together.
"I'm gonna go get you ready to be checked out." he said.
The two young adults nodded, both watching as Joe left.
"Look-Kady about what I said the other day at Oliver's loft. I don't want to change things. Can you just forget everything that happened that night?" He asked, feeling himself break apart.
Kady's heart shattered. She felt it literally break into a million pieces. She wanted to cry. She didn't think any words would come out so she just responded with a simple nod.
She felt the lump in her throat start to come up and he turned her head to the side, deciding to stare at a wall.
Barry's phone started to ring and he picked up, letting go of Kady's hand. She turned the rest of her body towards the wall and didn't move.
"They need me at Iron Heights. I'll be back to see you later." He said to her after hanging up the phone.
She nodded, not having the energy to look at him.
She felt him kiss her forehead and then she heard the door open and close.
She stared at the wall blankly, feeling numb all over.
'I thought he had feelings for me? I thought he was over Iris? Am I not enough for him? What is wrong with me?' she thought to herself repeatedly.
She felt a sob wrack through her body and soon enough, she was full-on crying. She didn't hear Iris walk in.
"Kady? What's wrong sweetie?" she asked worried.
Kady stopped her tears, wiping her face furiously.
"Nothing I, I'm fine."
"Kadence Elizabeth Johnson, what the hell happened?" Iris asked again, using her motherly tone, letting Kady know she was not getting out of this talk.
"The other day, Barry told me he had feelings for me." Kady started.
Iris squealed. "But that's a good thing, so why are you crying?"
"Because I told him to let me think about it. I told him that I would get back to him. I was going to surprise him on Christmas. I was going to tell him that I had feelings for him too and that I wanted to be his girlfriend. Then just before he left, he told me he wanted me to forget everything." Kadence said, her voice cracking at the end.
"Oh, sweetheart. I'm so sorry. Barry may be smart, but he's also dumb as hell."
Kadence nodded, feeling like her whole world was crashing down.