=====The Flash Beginnings===== -Speed-
This week I'm starting finals but I decided to at least update one if my stories this week. Next week's updates will begin with Spider man Symbiotic so if you're a fan of that story stay tuned on Sunday morning. Later that day in the evening I'll be updating Warriors so it'll be a wonderful christmas.
Italics- Flashback/ ====Flashback====
Bold- Speedster talk -o0o- 3rd POV -o9o- Barry POV -o8o- Caitlin POV
Hello guys how are you doing? I hope you guys enjoy this chapter. Now without further adieu I present to you chapter 8 Speed.
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=======The Flash Beginnings=======
I spent the last two weeks inside the hospital recovering. I woke up a skeleton but left as a regular guy, as regular as you can be after you have been hit by lightning though. As soon as I arrived home Cisco came to visit me. I told him about my missing memories and everything that I knew so far. He promised to help me with everything.
"What are friends for?" He'd said.
I start heading out of the house when Joe stops me, "Where you going Bear?" "Just heading to Cisco's. " I said my hand already on the knob.
"Ok, just hurry back okay?" "Kay," I nodded.
Joe was beginning to get better. During the year that I was in the coma he became a drunk, and during the weeks leading up to my awakening he quit cold turkey, as if he knew I was going to wake up. The day I came back he was still struggling to leave it, which was shown with all the beer bottles on the floor and an unopened case next to his
bed. I can't begin to imagine how he felt. Losing all your kids, one ignoring your existence and the other two in a coma.
I started walking underneath the hot sun to Cisco's house that was a couple blocks away. Usually November's were chilly but this year it decided to be unbearably hot. By the time I got to his house my shirt was already soaked with sweat, I didn't mind though, I've loved to go running ever since I could remember. Joe said that I joined track before slipping into the coma. I decided to continue in it for my senior year at high school, which would be my last year. I walked up to the door and raised my fist to knock.
"Whoa!" Cisco exclaimed as he dodged my fist that was heading at his face. "What was that for!?" He demanded. "I didn't know you were going to come out, I'm sorry."
"Sorry for what? Nearly smashing my face?" Cisco gasped.
He put his hand over his chest and breathed in deeply, "I didn't know you were gonna come out," I repeated. "Well next time holler instead of knocking first, Ok?"
"Yeah."
"Come on follow me," he started walking away after locking the door. "Where?" I followed him absent minded to where we were going. "To Caitlin's or what did you forget?" he reminded me.
"Oh yeah I f-forgot. Why again?" I asked.
"To talk about how she came into your life and for her to explain who she is, 'cause that is her business to tell, not mine, plus she invited us to her thanksgiving diner. And by us I mean me," he explained.
The walk to her house was long and tiring considering that both of us didn't have a license or any bus fare money. Add that with the fact that it was 97 degrees outside and you have a nightmare of a walk. After what seemed forever we finally arrived at her house which was on the other side of Central City. Cisco clambered up the driveway and knocked on the door.
"Hey Cait, it's me Cisco! I'm with Barry! So if you can you know let us in it would be nice."
I looked at Cisco. He leaned against the wall waiting, arms crossed. I heard the door unlock and open. At the door stood the most beautiful girl I'd ever laid eyes on. She had brunette hair streaked with what looked like white highlights, and she had the world's most beautiful blue eyes, over all she was just beautiful. But the strangest thing
is that she seemed familiar. It shouldn't hit me like a surprise since Cisco did mention that we knew each other but it still hit me as strange. She also seemed to brew up several overpowering emotions in me.
"Barry?" she asked.
"Uh yeah that's my name."
"Wait do you recognize me?" I shook my head I shouldn't've been confused but I couldn't help myself. "No, why?" Caitlin looked at Cisco in a questioning way.
"I'll explain later. Can we come in?"
"Yeah sure," Caitlin moved aside so we could come in.
The inside of the house was huge and elegant. The majority of the building material was glass. Cisco said that the previous house they owned was a lot bigger and better looking but I couldn't imagine something better than this. The floor was made of polished marble with patterns that made you dizzy the longer you looked at them. The walls were decorated with art portraits along with some photos of Caitlin with Harrison Wells. And several windows were stained glass turning the sunlight that was coming in from outside into shades of pink, purple, or red.
"Yes I know, my house is," someone paused for effect, "Exquisite," a man came into the room in a wheelchair. He wore a black turtleneck and black rimmed glasses. His hair was standing up in a wave making him appear younger than he actually was.
"So you're Harrison Wells?" I asked recognizing him from the news.
"Yes, I'm the infamous Doctor Harrison Wells. The same physicist that blew up half the city a year ago," he joked. I didn't take his joke lightly. It was his fault that I was put into a coma for a year and lost most of my memories. Plus affected the lives of everyone in the city. Various people died in the explosion throughout the city. Others were put into hospitals with severe injuries. If what Joe said was true, about me idolizing him, then I no longer do as my trust in him isn't very strong.
"That isn't something to joke about," I retorted.
Wells hung his head down in embarrassment, "I know and I'm terribly sorry for that, how was I supposed to know that something like that would happen though?"
Tension hung heavily in the air. Caitlin cleared it up by coming up to me and leading me to the living room to talk. Cisco stayed behind to talk with his boss.
"Don't you remember me at all?" she asked, her voice rang with sorrow.
"I-I'm sorry, but when I was put into a coma with the lightning that struck me caused by your… Well the lighting fried parts of my brain, which to the doctors' amazement healed rather quickly, erased some of my memories. The memories that were primarily erased were the ones from the previous year. So I really am sorry for not knowing who you are."
-o8o-
"... I really am sorry for not knowing who you are."
I let this all sink in. He didn't remember me at all which means that all our arguments along with all the wonderful things that we did together were lost too. I didn't know whether to take this as a second chance or if it was for the better. For one, I felt entirely responsible for what happened to him. I was obsessed with finishing the PA just like Barry said. And if it weren't for me then everything bad that happened wouldn't have come true. The people killed in the explosion, the ones injured, comatose, the ones that I killed during my killing spree, and above all Barry's memory loss.
"You don't need to apologize. In fact it should be me apologizing."
"What do you mean? This wasn't your fault, it was his fault," I could feel the hatred he had towards my father.
I wanted to tell him that it was me who forced the completion of the PA to as soon as possible. But I kept my mouth shut in fear of him hating me instead.
"It's not his fault he didn't know that this would happen," I said instead.
"Tell that to all the people who were killed, and the families with people they lost, or those in the hospital," I visibly flinched at what he said.
"Let's talk about something else instead," Barry's expression lessened as he gazed at me. "Like what?"
"What were you to me? Was I something big to you? Cause the way you acted when I didn't recognize you looked like you were hurt," he asked.
"Oh no, nothing happened between us, we… we were just good friends, the best of friends even," I forced a smile as I lied to him. "I… We should get back to them, over there," I nervously said.
Barry followed me as I lead the way back to the living room. Cisco and my father were talking about something on the tv when it was interrupted by the news anchor, Linda Park.
-Hi this is Linda Park reporting live from The Foundry where CCPD personale are arriving at a gruesome scene. The images being shown are graphic and are not recommended to be watched with children-
Several police officers were walking around the behind Linda. People were dangling from chains on the ceiling. Some of them had their stomachs ripped out, their intestines littered the floor underneath.
-From what it looks like, the serial killer Michelle Parcia or better known as, Whip, appears to be on the loose again, and if that's the case then we should expect to see her sidekick Kylie Garner close by. But this should all be impossible considering that she died in this very factory by a shooting. The CCPD does not want to shed any light on this for us. So this is looking very suspicious that it might be a cover-up...-
The Foundry was considered Central City's most important factory. It was in charge of making the metals for construction and various other uses. It had workers but not as many as you would expect from a huge factory. "Sounds like it could be a copycat killer," Cisco commented.
"Whatever it is, I'm going to have to make my way over to the crime scene," Barry made his way to the door. I didn't want him to leave, at least not yet. I followed him to the door leaving Cisco and my dad again.
"Hey Barry," I pressed my hand against his shoulder to stop him. "I'm sorry that I have to leave Caitlin, but my job beacons for me.
I surprised him and myself by hugging him tightly. After a moment's hesitation he returned my hug with a firm one, the kind shared with close friends.
"Barry I…" I was about to spill everything when an explosion interrupted me.
A car blew up across the street. Shards of metal flew in all directions shattering glass and chipping leaves off of trees. A shard of metal found it's way into my cheek and dug into it deeply. Barry protected me from a lot more by pressing me into him into a hug and taking most of the punishment on his back. Inside Cisco and my Dad were panicking trying to figure out where the explosion came from.
"Are you okay?" Barry asked me.
I was mute from the shock but was able to manage to nod in response. From the inferno 2 woman came walking out. One of them wore a leather jacket and had her hair tied up into a bun. The other one was wearing plaid and combat boots, her red hair flowed freely behind her.
"Parcia and Garner," Barry murmured.
The two made their way to us. "Where is Dr. Wells," The leather jacket girl said. "Who wants to know?" Barry answered bravely.
He moved in front of me protectively. I wrapped my arms around his waist and moved closer to keep myself from being tempted to use my abilities. It was difficult to keep myself from using them with Barry in danger. I could freeze them or do something but in doing so I also risked putting Barry in danger from me. And what I used to keep my powers dormant would permanently wear off the moment I used them.
"Do you know who you're talking to kid?" she asked furious.
"You're talking to Whip, the most notorious criminal in Central City," Kylie answered for Barry. "And if I were you I would tell her what she wants to know."
"Well I'm not talking," Barry replied valiantly.
A part of me silently pleaded that Barry would drop his tough guy act and just tell them that my dad was inside. "I'm playing around kid," Whip grabbed Barry by his collar and lifted him up.
"Neither am I," Barry groaned through gritted teeth as he spit at her face. Whip's partner just observed the whole thing silently.
"Let him go!" I yelled at her.
Whip wiped off the spit and turned to me, "Or else what?"
"Put him down and you'll find out," I felt the familiar coldness rush back into my body after a long time. "No Caitlin, run instead, you'll be hurt," I ignored Barry's pleas.
Whip threw him onto the lawn where he lay with his breath knocked out of him. He moved from side to side trying to breath.
"Fine then, Kylie take care of the boy. Let's see how long you can last girly." Whip materialized an energy whip from thin air in her fist.
I was astonished at the sight. For the longest time I thought that I was the only one to come out different from the PA explosion. Whip took my momentary shock as an advantage and swung her energy whip at me.
-o9o-
Time slowed down for me as I saw Parcia striking Caitlin with her whip. I shoved Kylie's foot off my chest. I watched in amazement as she moved up for a bit and then froze in place. I got to my feet and looked around. Everything was frozen in place. The birds flying above were frozen in place but not falling down, the curtains next door were frozen while catching a breeze. I walked to where Parcia was striking at Caitlin. The whip was centimetres from touching Caitlin's arm which was positioned in a way for her to protect herself. I hugged her close to me and and ran out of there into the city where we would be safe.
-o8o-
I raised my hand up to try and block the whip and then I was standing in the city with Barry hugging me close to him. In that moment I forgot about everything that was happening as I snuggled close to him and allowed myself to feel safe for the first time in a long time.
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