Barry was frozen for the first time since he saw the Reverse Flash. Every fibre in his body screamed for him to run, to take her away from everyone. Everything slowed to a halt as he scanned the room: Iris stood with Eddie, her head resting in the nape of his neck; Captain Singh was slightly closer to the meta, he was talking to one of the officers behind her; but the closest to her was Joe, he had just put his coat over a chair she was standing by and he was completely unaware of the great threat she posed. He could do nothing. He was in a police station.

Her face broke out into a malicious smile as she saw his reaction. She strode towards him then stopped centimetres from his face. "I think we should talk, Flash." She whispered and brushed past him. He remained frozen for a few seconds his heart threatening to explode from his chest. It was only when he heard Joe calling his name that he snapped out of his trance.

"Bare?" His hand was on his shoulder and his face riddled with concern. "You all right?"

Without replying Barry turned immediately to see where to meta had moved to. She stood by the elevator beckoning for him to follow. Panic engulfed him. Not only did she know who he was but she also knew where he worked, where his friends and colleagues were. His mind raced.

"Bare?" Joe followed his line of sight to her. "Who is she?" His hand immediately traced the lines of his gun in the holder inside his vest. Barry's whole body was tense and prepared to fight. Joe knew she was dangerous and that Barry was terrified.

"No one" He said sternly looking Joe in the eyes. Joe knew he was lying and Barry knew he knew. He couldn't get Joe involved it was too dangerous, their lives were at enough risk as it was without this powerful psychopath. "I'm fine just… Just don't follow okay." He walked towards the meta just as the lift arrived and they both got into together.

The second the lift doors closed Joe sprang into action, he grabbed his coat whilst calling STAR Labs. "Cisco, hack into the precincts security and tell me who Barry is with right now, I'm on my way over." He leaned over to window in time to see a red blur race down the streets. Now he knew for sure she was a threat. Barry took her far away from them as soon as he got the chance.

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When the lift doors closed she flicked her wrists and a gust of wind whistled through the elevator doors and slammed Barry against the metal wall. His back ached and groaned but he'd had worse, much worse. She stood over him where he was sat in a heap on the floor but he was just waiting for the ding. Immediately when the elevator doors reopened he grabbed her from around the waist and ran.

Barry ran as fast as he could with her, trying to get her as far away from the city as possible but suddenly he stopped in his tracks and fell to the floor gasping for air once again. "I thought... you wanted… to talk" He rasped fighting past the terror as hard as he could to get the words out. To his great relief suddenly he could breath again.

"Well I did until you ran me out of town." She smiled grimly, smoothing her hair into place after it had been windswept, straggly bits of blonde and white hair had covered most of her face.

"You attacked first" He croaked taking some time to soak in his surroundings. It looked like an old building yard but there wa no sign of any workers. There wasn't any heavy machinery like cranes and diggers just the meat frame of a building and the scaffolding attached to it.

"Woops yeah I forgot about that." She smirked. She stood a few feet away watching him slowly get to his feet. His hand was wrapped around his chest so she assumed she'd done some damage. "So," she smiled, her fierce blue eyes dancing in the late afternoon sun. "I don't believe we have been formally introduced." She held out her hand for a handshake despite the fact he was too far away to accept it. "I'm Crystal Loving."

Barry took a step further but made no move to shake her hand so she dropped it. "What do you want?" he suppressed his fear but could not subdue the anger swelling inside him when he thought the murdered woman. The rage made his voice strong, cutting through the distant sound of traffic.

She rolled her eyes and took a step forward as he had. "I already told you that. Are you sure you were listening." The way she talked was soft but harsh at the same time as if she were an impatient child trying to get her own way. Her jaw was rigid reflecting her secret anger inside despite the fact she kept a childish expression on the outside. "I want to talk."

"What if I don't." He knew the answer but he needed to anger her. He needed to know why she was doing this before he could stop her. Was she just another metahuman after revenge for what Wells did? It was possible. But he had a hunch that it went deeper that that.

"Well then you and me can go have a chat with you colleagues in the police department, now wouldn't that be nice." She smiled in a sickly sweet way that made Barry's stomach churn but under the smile he saw a jaw clench a little bit tighter.

Then something struck Barry. She hadn't actually used any names at all. No mention of any friends or family or even his own name. In fact by introducing herself it was as if she was trying to get him to do the same. That begged the question: "How did you know where to find me?"

She paused. Her brow creased momentarily obviously confused about the sudden change in topic. She quickly composed herself. "It was easy really." She gloated.

Now he knew how to catch her out. "Yeah, I suppose it can't have been that complicated if you managed to do it."

For a few seconds she completely lost her composure and her face filled with anger. She ground her glistening, white teeth together in a desperate attempt to control her fury. She spat the words at him but still managed to maintain the light tone in her voice. "Actually we monitored where you ran from to get to a crime scene."

Barry couldn't believe it. One person had done that before. Hartley Rathaway.

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AN: Hey now I know I haven't written in a really really long time and I'm so sorry but I'll try and keep on top of it. Hope you enjoy the latest chapter :)