Chapter Five
Barry's POV
I woke up feeling worse than before. I slowly sat up in my bed. I looked at the clock next to my bed. It read 3:59 p.m. I had been asleep for nearly four hours. Great. I heard a soft knock at the door.
"Barry? You awake?" I heard Iris say.
"Yeah," I managed to croak out. Iris walked in.
"You sound awful, anyway, I made you some tea, I figured it would help," she said. She handed me the steaming cup of tea.
"Thanks," I said.
"So… do you happen to know a fire wielding meta?" Iris asked.
"Yeah… why?" I asked.
"She stopped a jewelry robbery, and now she's saving people from a burning building," Iris said, showing me a live video on her phone. It showed a figure wearing black and orange carrying a little child out of the building. She returned the child to its mother.
"How can I ever thank you… ah… what is your name?" the mother asked.
"The name's Firefly, and m'am, saving people is my job," she said. Suddenly, a pair of mechanical wings unfolded from Firefly's back. She took off to the sky. Iris paused the video feed.
"Man, she's really committed to the superhero life," I said.
"My question is, where did she come from?" she asked.
"This doesn't have anything to do with work, does it?" I asked her.
"Okay fine, my boss wants me to investigate this new hero," she admitted.
"Well, it looks like you're out of luck because I don't remember anything about her," I said.
"You better not be lying," she jokingly threatened. I laughed, but then started coughing. Suddenly, the doorbell rang.
"I'll go get that," Iris said, and walked out of the room. I took a sip of the tea. It was a little hot yet, but tasted good. Iris walked back into my room.
"That was Caitlin, she brought over some homemade soup, I put it in the fridge for now," Iris said.
"I'll have to thank her later," I said.
"Right now you should focus on getting better," Iris said.
"I suppose so," I said sleepily. I barely saw Iris leave as I drifted off to sleep. Unfortunately, nightmares greeted me in my sleep. I saw Earth Two Joe dying again, Jay dying, and Zoom attacking.
I woke up with a start. I looked at the clock, it read 8:30 a.m. Then I noticed that my head was no longer pounding. I stood up, and I wasn't dizzy! There was a knock at my door, and I walked over and opened it.
"Hey Barry, you look a lot better, guess that you just slept it off, huh?" Iris said. Then I sneezed.
"Well, almost better," I said.
"Here, I made you more tea," Iris said. I took the cup from Iris.
"Thanks," I said. I took a sip of tea as I walked down the stairs.
"Hey Bear, you feeling better?" Joe asked.
"A little, yeah. My headache is gone at least," I replied, taking another sip of tea. I yawned.
"How are you still sleepy?" Joe asked, laughing. I shrugged. I sneezed, nearly dropping the mug full of tea. I set the cup down on the kitchen table.
"Maybe I should have some of that soup Caitlin brought over," I said, breaking into a coughing fit.
"Get back up to bed, I'll heat up the soup for you," Joe said. I walked up the stairs and into my room.
"Okay," I said. I went up the stairs and sat down on my bed. Suddenly, my phone rang. I picked it up off the bedside table. Cisco was calling, so I answered it.
"Hey Cisco, what's up?" I asked.
"Dude, can you get to Star Labs as soon as you can, I know you're not feeling well but-" Cisco started, but was cut off by a scream.
"I'll get there as soon as I can," I said, running down the stairs. I ended the call.
"Barry, what are doing?" Joe asked.
"Cisco called, Star Labs is under attack," I said, racing off before Joe could stop me.
I soon arrived at Star Labs, and ran into the cortex. I changed into my suit and started investigating. The cortex was empty, so I went into Caitlin's lab. I immediately saw Catlin lying on the floor, unconscious.
"Catlin!" I said, trying to shake her awake. Her eyes opened groggily.
"Barry?" she asked, rubbing the back of her head.
"Caitlin, are you okay?" I asked.
"Yeah, why are you even here?" she asked.
"Cisco called me. What happened?" I asked.
"Clarissa's sister attacked," Caitlin said as I helped her up.
"Come on, let's find the others," I said. We went to Cisco's lab next, and then we found him, but we found Clarissa's sister as well.
"Leave him alone!" I shouted, running towards her.
"Like that worked out so well last time Flash," she said, hurling an array of ice shards at me. I barely got out of the way in time. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw an ice shard flying towards Caitilin. I grabbed the shard out of midair before it hit her. I was too distracted to notice a blast of ice hit me square in the chest, knocking me against the wall. So much for my cold being gone…
A/N: Heyo! Sorry this took forever to update, with the school year ending, and exams, I couldn't update, sorry. Anyway, please review/follow/favorite! It makes me smile! Byee!
~Hannah :)