The Flash- Master Manipulator
Manipulation and Replication
"Okay so I get it, you're a coward. You prefer to have innocent people fight me instead of doing it yourself," Barry commented.
An old lady tried to hit him with her purse which he dodged. Barry was getting swarmed by people who were at the bank. Even children were trying to kick and hit him. He was trying his best to keep them safe and out of harming themselves, but it was proving a bit difficult when they weren't cooperating. Jensen, the man he was fighting, was standing on the second floor observing Barry as he tried to get up to him.
Whenever Barry got close to one of the stairs leading up, he always got some people to block him. Jensen Marsh also seemed to enjoy this little game of cat and mouse proven by his wide toothy grin.
"I'm no coward. I'm just smart and I happen to be enjoying this right now. It's like my childhood game, Mouse Trap. Now I gotta go now so have fun," he turned away and began to the back exit.
"Besides I am fighting you," an old woman faced Barry.
"Wow. That's creepy and I didn't see that coming," Barry ducked out from the crowd and escaped through the front of the bank.
"Caitlin? A little help?"
- The Bank's back side leads out to the street on the opposite side of the block-
"Thanks Kate," he dashed to the other side where he saw Jensen coming out of an alley.
Barry stood in the middle of the crowd and watched as Jensen started to get away running. Jensen disappeared into Barry's body just as he appeared right in front of him.
"What the…?" Barry began.
"Whoa cool," he spoke, "Looks like I can also take control over other powered people."
-Barry? Barry are you there?-
Caitlin's voice startled him, "Uh, yeah? I mean yeah. I'm here. What's wrong?"
-Well first get out of there. You're standing right in front of the public. You're lucky that they aren't taking much notice of you except for the kids. But that won't last very long-
"Yeah understandable," Barry arrived at an empty alley, "Whoa these powers are gonna take some getting used to," he smiled.
-You say something?-
"No, nothing."
-Why didn't you come to STAR LABS?-
"Uh I was, I uh got tired after the fight and STAR LABS seemed kinda far right now. And I'm sorry that Jensen got away…"
-How did you know his name?- she interrupted.
"Uh he had a nametag on," he replied fast.
-He was wearing a nametag. While pulling off a heist?-
"Yes."
-Honestly each criminal gets stupider as we go-
"I know right?"
"Where am I?" A ghostly silhouette appeared beside Barry.
Ahh. There you are. I was wondering when you were gonna pop up. Jensen's voice resonated to Barry. It sounded just like when Barry spoke when he's in his heroic persona.
What did you do to me?
The silhouette was dragged along with Barry as he sped off somewhere else. He saw his school come up into view.
I only took over your body. I didn't even know that I could do this with other powered individuals. But then you stepped in front of me while I was getting away so thanks for volunteering.
What do you mean took over my body?
You know those other people in the bank? Well basically I was controlling them. Actually they weren't me exactly they're more like copies of me. Clones if you will.
This conversation shook Barry a bit. He wondered whether he would be able to gain control of his body again. And he was also worried about the other people from the bank.
Don't worry about the other people at the bank. They're controlled by my clones. After they complete what I told them to do my clones will decay and they'll be freed of their control and have no recollection of the time when they were my puppets. You on the other hand, since I'm the original and I'm in you. I can't stay for long but when I come out you'll be paralyzed while I make my escape. But you will remember everything, if I so choose to let you.
And why would you let me? After all I'm the person who's trying to stop you and throw you in jail.
Well you misunderstand everything that I do and who I am. If you've noticed. With all my other crimes, no one has been hurt. It's all been silent, secret robberies. I'm just a guy who just needs some money.
Sure. Like I haven't heard that one before. You can just have done that to prevent the police's attention. My partner and I wouldn't have even known about you if she hadn't bugged the banks.
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"Hey Barry. How's it going?" Miranda sat down next to him.
That's not me! Barry's ghostly figure yelled from where he was standing next to her. How can you not notice that it isn't me! He exclaimed as he saw his body touch Miranda's hand.
Miranda was surprised by this gesture.
Don't you realize that I'd never do that?! Barry slammed his fists against the desk which didn't do anything as he couldn't interact with the real world. But his body's left arm reacted by suddenly swinging, dragging some papers off the table and onto the floor.
"What was that?" she heard the sound of papers fluttering in the air.
Other students were oblivious to what was happening with what was happening. The teacher wasn't even there. She was late to class, again.
"Nothing, don't worry about it, it was just some dumb papers falling off," Jensen brushed it off.
"So today's the big day," Miranda smiled.
"Big day?"
"Yeah, you're big day."
What is happening today? Jensen demanded Barry.
Jensen's real form appeared in front of Barry who was still trying to figure out how to control of his body again, just like he did by accident before. He stopped trying to bang the table and looked up noticing his ghostly appearance.
Is that really how we look like? Barry questioned Jensen's ghostly, transparent form.
Yeah sure, you're brain process it in whatever way you want it to. He waved off the question casually. Now tell me what is going on today?
Nothing, and you won't be able to scan my memories for information on it. Barry crossed his arms as he glared at Jensen.
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"So good luck then Bear," Miranda said smiling.
"Thanks, I'll need it when I go up against the other guys today," Barry kissed her cheek.
WTF are you doing!? Barry freaked out as he saw himself giving such affection to his friend. Normally friends would do be casual about this type of affection but not Barry. He knew of Miranda's crush on him and he didn't want to do anything that would entertain her feelings. But he was furious with Jensen as he saw his actions caused Miranda to blush.
"Thanks, Barry. Talk to you tomorrow," Barry helped Miranda into the car and watched as it drove out of sight.
How can you do this?
I don't know what you're talking about. I'm new to this life remember? Jensen smirked using Barry's body.
Now. We have a race to win, and these powers will make it easy.
But if you do they'll know about me. Please don't.
These powers are a curse. They messed up my life but not yours. I'll prove to you that these abilities are not a gift.
But in doing so you'll put my friends and family in danger. I've already put away many criminals. Some are dangerous and don't know how they got there. If they find out that I'm the one responsible, they'll take it out on my family.
Sorry kid. I didn't choose this life. And you certainly won't choose the life I'm going to give you.
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Barry was in the locker room trying to get ready for the track race that was supposed to be going on right now. He made his way to the showers where no one was around. Turning on all the water to hot he made his way out of the steaming room. He double checked to make sure that no one was in the locker room. Not a student or teacher was in here.
What are you planning to do? The actual Barry asked appearing out of thin air.
"Something that might work for our big reveal," Jensen smirked.
He took off his shirt and and crouched as his back began to bubble. Fleshy goo began to protrude from the skin and take form into arms legs and others parts of a body. Jensen moaned in pain. It was loud and painful. As if an animal were on the verge of death. Bones ground against each other as they assembled. A head suddenly sprouted out, moist and and gooey hair already on the head. Barry watched in disgust and amazement as the two people finally disconnected into two different people. The replica of Jensen's was nude and covered in slime. What surprised Barry was that he looked exactly like him.
"Ta-da! What you just witnessed right now, Bear, was my cloning process. And what's even more interesting is that if I'm inhabiting a body, my clone can look exactly like the person I'm possessing. Interesting right?" Jensen had a big goofy smile.
"I think it is," Barry 2 replied. "After all I'm specializing in forensics," he smiled.
"Now Barry number 2. Go and find the camera man, and make sure to focus on me the whole time, alright?" Jensen had his hands together, palm to palm, smiling deviously.
The shower room was right behind them, it had drowned the noise of what had happened. The steam was starting to escape, burning the skin wherever it touched it.
"Guess I'll have to turn off the shower heads before the building burns down," Barry 2 started to leave heading for the door in order to search for the cameraman.
Jensen stepped into the showers. He balanced himself on the slippery floor. Making his way to each shower knob was proving difficult but he wouldn't give up.
NOW! Barry grunted.
Barry managed to move his left foot causing Jensen to lose balance and slip onto the floor banging his head. That sudden blow caused both of them to separate back into their own bodies. Barry got up instantly glad to be free of Jensen's overshadowing. Jensen looked up at Barry, surprise clouding his eyes. The unspoken question "How?" hung in the air between the two of them.
Jensen scrambled up to get away. His feet squeaked against the water on the ceramic floor. Before he could get out of the room Barry gave him a sharp blow to the head, knocking him out cold. A crash was heard outside at the exact moment that Jensen fell to the floor.
Not paying heed to the noise, Barry picked up Jensen's body and slung him across his shoulder.
There was a knock on the door.
"Barry? It's time we're about to start the race, hurry up in there," the coach's voice was heard.
"Yeah I'm ready I'll be out right now!" Barry answered.
Time seemed to freeze as he moved out of the locker room and out into the streets that lead away from the school. He ran all the way to the CCPD. Jensen now had handcuffs and there was a written note stuck to his forehead before Barry came back to the school. Time began to move normally after he slapped on his new watch that Caitlin had made him to block out his powers.
"Hi Coach, let's win this."
-=-=-Epilogue-=-=-
-And Central High takes this year's trophy thanks to the new rookie, Barry Allen…-
Harrison Wells turned the t.v. off as soon as the name was announced.
"Barry, Allen. Why don't you trust me? You used to trust the old Harrison Wells, but for some reason you don't like me. Where did I go wrong?" Dr. Wells slammed his fists on the table.
Needles and surgical tools fell off and clattered on the floor. Jensen's body was cut open. Organ's were stretched and displayed on several different trays. His cold lifeless eyes remained open staring in a permanent display of fear at Dr. Wells' face.
Wells rubbed his forehead forgetting about his gloved, blood covered hands.
"No matters I will help you get faster, even if I can't do it by training you. I might be able to do it by sending villains after you. People do learn much easier by doing rather than seeing and listening after all."
A/N
Hi guys. Sorry for the long wait. As always if you liked this, favorite or follow if you haven't already. It'll notify you by email next time I update this story. I've been trying to get around to completing this episode of the Flash, but I also have other stories to attend to. I've bitten off more than I could chew. If you have an idea for a new villain/hero/character, you can either DM me or comment it. Make sure to include a description for their powers personality and appearance too. Also if you liked it or have comments on the chapter, or just want to say something post a review. Thanks. Until next time. /\_/\