Disclaimer: The following is a nonprofit Fan based story; The FLASH and all related characters are owned by DC comics, the CW and anyone I may have missed

A/N: For anyone wondering Hal is going to be a blend of how is is portrayed in the Comics (Confident and Serious) how he was portrayed in the Green Lantern TV Show (kind of spirited) and how he and Barry interact in the DCAU. (Childish)

The Flash: Moving Forward

Chapter 4: The Quick and the Green

In downtown Central City Police set up a barricade in an attempt to prevent icicle Jr. as the iceman rampaged through the city leaving a frozen city in his wake.

"Freeze!" Joe called out as he and a dozen officers aimed their guns at the approaching iceman.

"That's my line assholes." Icicle Jr. replied. He extended his left hand and unleashed a torrent of ice, air and snow. The police retaliated by raising the riot shields that Cisco had developed for their encounter with Captain Cold several weeks ago. Because Mahkent's attack was nowhere near as cold as Snart's gun the shields stopped the arctic blast in its tracks.

"Fire!" Captain Singh ordered

"Wait!" Joe cried out but the CCPD began to open fire in the ice meta-human.

Mahkent raised his right arm to block the bullets. The Ice of his arms expanded into a great shield/wall of ice which took the brunt of the bullets. "Is that all you got?" Eddie saw and opening and took it. His bullet found its way past Icicle's shield and hit his forehead, causing the ice meta-human to begin falling back.

"Got him" Eddie said lowering his firearm.

Mahkent stopped falling and quickly stood back up. Eddie's bullet was lodged in his forehead, frozen in place. He smirked devilishly. In an instant he launched dozens of large icicles at the police. These icicles were so large and strong that some of them pierced through the riot shields and into the police, Eddie found one piercing into his right shoulder.

"You want some more?" He held his hands as if he was holding a ball and soon there was a whirling mass of frozen air between his hands. "Take this!" He blasted it into the ground and nearly instantly a field of large ice spikes tore through the concrete and asphalt. Anything that these icicles touched froze nearly instantly.

"Heeheeheehee! I'm invincible now!"

Meanwhile Barry was racing out of STAR Labs. He actually had to ride with Caitlin and Cisco the entire way so as to not arouse suspicions. Moments later he was on his way to help the police deal with Mahkent.

"Alright Barry take a left here." He turned left. "Take a right…Now!" The fastest man alive turned right on a dime. "This'll take you straight to where the police have Icicle blocked off."

"Be careful Barry." Caitlin pleaded "We have no idea how much Mahkent's powers have evolved since the last time you fought."

"Last time I took him down fairly easily!" Barry partially shouted into his communication device. "This'll be over quick."

Many officers began to lose their nerve, but one brave soul in an armored SUV got his vehicle in gear and tried to ram Icicle at 60mph. Mahkent stomped his foot down and a large icicle erupted from the ground under the SUV launching it into the air before he caught it over his head. In mere seconds the entire SUV was completely encased in ice.

"Give me a real fight!" Icicle demanded menacingly before chucking the frozen SUV at the police, specifically Eddie Thawne.

A blur of red followed closely by yellow electricity raced to the police line moving any officer in danger of being hit by the oncoming projectile out of the way.

"I guess I owe you one." Eddie said as he let out a breath of relief after being saved by the Flash.

"Stay out of these positions detective." The Flash replied with his signature vibrating voice and face.

"Everyone get back!" Joe ordered "Let the Flash handle this!" the members of the Central City Precinct all backed off as their lead detective ordered.

"Hey Frosty!" Barry flashed over in front of Cameron Mahkent.

"Grr…Flash…" He said in a low cold voice.

"You want me Icicle? Here I am!"

Icicle cracked his neck before charging Barry, who easily made a move out of the way, barely avoiding his frozen claw.

"Ok, that was close."

"Barry, keep your distance." Well's voice said in his ear "Your molecules slowed down when you got too close to him."

"Raaah!" Mahkent launched countless icicles at the Flash, but the fastest man alive easily bobbed and weaved through the oncoming projectiles.

"So I can't get close to him, great. So how do I stop him?"

"His entire body may look like it's made of ice but it seems that his body is encased in the ice, much like how Girder's skin turned to metal." Cisco said

"So what? I hit him with a supersonic punch?"

"Doing that runs the risk of you injuring yourself more than you're going to injure him. If his physiology forces your atoms to slow down then that means you won't be able to hit him at the proper speed, in other words…It's really going to hurt." Caitlin's voice said

"So how fast would I have to hit him if my speed decreases as I get close to him?" Barry barely moved out of the way as Icicle charged him once more before unleashing a wave of large ice spikes from the ground.

"Given all the factors, and the fact his skin is ice not steel…" Barry dodged another claw sweep.

"Guys!"

"Just hit him at your top speed Barry." Wells said "His ability shouldn't reduce your speed that much if you're clocking Mach 1.22."

"You're going to need to be about seven miles away for this to work." Cisco said

"OK!" and in a flash Barry bolted past Mahkent, leaving the Iceman confused. Thirty seconds later Barry was 7.73 miles away from Icicle. He turned around and readied himself.

Like a lightning bolt he took off, racing for Icicle and unleashing a sonic boom that shattered all glass in the immediate area. And another thirty seconds later he was practically on top of him, his arm cocked back ready to clock the ice meta-human in the face. As he closed in Mahkent whirled around. Barry felt himself slowdown as he drew closer and closer to Icicle. Unfortunately the supersonic punch didn't work as Mahkent caught his punch and stopped the flash dead in his tracks. Barry's eyes widened I shock as he watched ice creep up his arm.

"Oh no." Caitlin whispered as she watched Barry's core temperature begin to drop, the speed of this molecules decrease and his vitals begin to fluctuate dangerously. "Barry is being frozen!"

Cisco was stunned because the supersonic punch did not work even though it was cool as all hell. If the Flash was being frozen Cisco just hoped that the suit would be able to provide Barry with some protection. it was after all designed to be a firefighter suit of sorts.

Wells meanwhile was gripping the arms of his chair tightly, pushing himself up slightly ready to race out there and rescue Barry, even if it meant exposing himself.

"Ha! I'm stronger than you are Flash!" Still holding Barry's frozen arm Icicle proceeded to perform a shoulder throw on the super speed meta-human slamming him into the concrete and asphalt. "Now I'll kill you for what you did to my dad!"

"What?" Barry questioned. He then remembered the video tape which showed the Flash snapping Icicle Sr.'s neck a week ago. Icicle Jr. is out for revenge. He moved to stab the Flash but Barry rolled out of the way. "I didn't kill your father!"

"LIES!" Icicle swiped his arm, creating an armada of icicles to be thrown at the Flash. "I SAW IT WITH MY OWN EYES! YOU KILLED HIM!" As he yelled his body expelled a massive amount of cold air and large icicles erupted all around him.

Barry made a move to run but three icicles struck him in the left shoulder, his lower left gut and his right calf. Barry stumbled in pain before falling to the ground. Nearly in that same instant Icicle placed his hands on the ground and sent a wave of ice to freeze Barry solid. The fastest man alive mustered all his strength and moved slightly out of the way, but he found his left foot frozen in place.

"That security tape from Dr. Elias' lab was a fake! I didn't kill your father!"

"I know what I saw." Icicle said "I saw the whole thing happen before I lost consciousness in the Doc's machine. You may not think you killed my father, but I know it was you!" With a wicked smirk he closed the distance between the Flash and himself. "Any last words Flash?" Icicle asked as he raised an Ice claw to eviscerate the helpless Barry.

Barry's life kind of flashed before his eyes several times. He looked away from Icicle and caught Joe's petrified eyes for a millisecond.

"Barry!" Caitlin yelled through the communication link.

"Damn it." Eddie growled. He and Joe grabbed two temperature riot shields and ran to help the Flash.

'I ain't loosing Barry!' Joe thought as he readied to fight the ice meta-human

Suddenly a streak of green light rushed by the detectives, and towards the ice meta-human and the Flash.

"How about, 'watch out for that train!'" Icicle and the Flash both looked up when they heard a new voice call out.

There was a flash of green light "WHOOOO! WHOOOOOOOOO!" Icicle turned to his right just in time to see a life sized Green Train come racing into him at full throttle. With a mighty crash the train hit Icicle head on, pummeling him for a dozen or so meters before slamming him into a wall of a frozen building.

"Whoops. Didn't mean to cause that much damage."

Barry looked up to see another man floating in the air above him.

Like Barry he also wore a costume. Its torso was green with black sleeves and pants, white gloves and green boots and his face was concealed by a small green mask, very similar to the on Barry had given Oliver. Barry honestly believed he had seen this guy before.

"Let me give you a hand." He extended his right hand and green light sprung from the ring on his hand. The light molded itself into an ice pick and hammer and quickly chiseled Barry out of his frozen foot and arm.

He gracefully landed on the ground next to Barry and extended his hand to help him up. "So, you're the guardian angel of Central City I've heard a lot about."

"What the heck is that?" Cisco questioned

"Barry's vitals are back to normal."

"Cisco can you pull up a traffic cam?" Wells asked relaxing his grip and moving his foot back onto the wheelchair, which went completely unnoticed by Caitlin and Cisco.

"Sure thing Dr. Wells." Cisco said plugging away at his computer and seconds later a traffic cam came into view on their screen and there stood the Flash, talking with a man I a green and black suit. "Is that Oliver?"

"Don't be ridiculous Cisco. Oliver uses a bow and he wears a hood. Do you honestly think he'd come all the way to Central City to prance around without two of his trademarks?" The bio-engineer said

"Maybe…" Cisco said. "He's come here on a whim before."

"That was to get out help in catching Harkness." Caitlin pointed out.

"So, if he's not the Arrow who is he?" Wells asked trying to play clueless to who the man was.

"He's got to be a meta-human, and an actual good guy meta-human!" Cisco asked "I mean, how many people do we know or know of that can make giant green trains out of light? Which means I'll need to come up with a good nick name for him soon."

"Whoever he is he just saved Barry's life." Caitlin said relieved.

Wells just smirked knowingly; he knew exactly who that was. 'I never would have guessed that Green Lantern would show up at this time. You sure know how to surprise people huh, Hal Jordan?'

Barry took the hand and quickly was back on his feet. "I'm the Flash, nice to meet you."

"Like wise. I'm Green Lantern of sector 2814." They shook each other's hand with a strong grip.

"Do I know you?" Barry asked "You look and sound familiar." 'This guy looks and sounds almost exactly like Hal.'

"I get that a lot, and that's coming from a guy who serves 138 planets including Earth. So I don't think you know me, at least not personally." 'This guy looks and sounds almost exactly like Barry.'

In the midst of the budding bromance Icicle stood back up after being pummeled by a train. The majority of the ice on his body had shattered revealing his human body underneath, though it quickly was covered back up with more ice.

"Geeze, I hit that guy with a train. How durable is he?"

"Well, you did kind of shatter his outer layer of ice." Barry replied "Can you do it again to break his ice shell completely?"

Green Lantern cracked his neck and his ring began to glow with powerful green energy. "No problem. Why?"

"I knocked him unconscious with one punch last tiome we fought. That was before he became encased in ice."

"So he's actually a weakling. I can get behind that." Green Lantern cracked his knuckles and was soon covered in a green aura all before he blitzed Icicle. He swung his ring arm and several small ballistics materialized before they rocketed at Mahkent. The ice meta-human countered by erecting a wall of ice.

Mahkent swiped his arm, flinging Green Lantern into a lamp post.

As that happened Barry raced in and punched Icicle as many times as he could in multiple places. Barry made a move to circle around Icicle into his blind spot but the ice meta-human created a trail of Ice that Barry slipped on, sending him sliding down the road. Before he could hit anything too painful, Barry found himself stopped by a large green catcher's mitt.

"You Ok?"

"Yeah I'm fine." Barry said getting back on his feet. "I just didn't expect this guy to be so tough."

"He's not that tough."

"I did take him out once before, but that was when he was more human and less abominable snowman."

"Hey, just leave the smashing of his ice shell to me." His ring began to glow with a fiery green light. "We got this!" The Emerald Knight said as he readied himself to rush Icicle once more.

"'We got this!' That's you big battle cry?"

"Is there a reason that you're being a smartass?" Using the light from his ring Green Lantern created a large right fist with brass knuckles on it and used that to punch the ice meta-human cracking his ice armor. He followed up with a similar left hand. He pummeled at Icicle for several seconds before he hand both hands cup around Mahkent like he was a ball and they wound up. He looked over to the Flash who held up one finger. Green Lantern shook his head. Barry held up two fingers to which the emerald knight nodded. "Here's the wind up, and the pitch!" Green Lantern pitched Icicle jr. right at Barry with tremendous speed and force.

Barry ran towards the oncoming meta-human at top speed and held out his arm before slamming it into Icicle's chest for a devastating lariat which cracked the ice armor even more, the force from Barry's attack through Icicle back at Green Lantern, who countered by forming a dozen concrete and steel walls out of green light and watched as Icicle smashed through each one, breaking off more and more of his ice armor untill there was almost nothing left. With a cocky smirk Hal formed a large bat out of green light.

"Batter up." With a mighty swing Green Lantern's bat collided with Icicle and jettisoned him into the air. "It's going!"

"It's going!" Barry echoed

Icicle sailed incredibly far into the air, clearing several tall buildings.

"It's out of here!"

"A home run!" Barry cheered as he came up next to the Emerald Knight.

"We make a pretty awesome team don't we Flash." Green lantern extended his hand for a hand shake. But instead they slapped their hands together, forehand and back hand, before utilizing the 'exploding fist bump' and over the top high five and a wicked down low, a midair chest bump and an extremely exaggerated hand shake with the opposite hand.

"So, this is what you've been doing with your free time, Barry." Green Lantern said knowing full well who was beneath the Flash's mask. "Guess being a nerd paid off for you."

"I could say the same thing to you, Hal." The Flash said smirking. "You have to tell me where you learned all these new tricks."

"Back at you Barry."

The members of the Central City Police department were speechless. When all seemed lost against that Ice monster two, not one, superheroes came to their rescue.

It was a good thing both the Flash and Green Lantern were barely visible and out of audible range because they would have just revealed their identities to everyone otherwise.

"Looks like we have another guardian angel, huh Joe." Eddie said standing next to detective West.

"Yeah…" Joe sighed "Guess we have another one to deal with. At least this one is on our side."

"We should probably catch him before he causes even more damage." Barry said

"Right" Hal replied he levitated into the air. "Want a ride?" he asked as his ring glowed

"How about I race you instead." the fastest man alive challenged.

"You think you can beat me in a race?"

"I am the fastest man alive."

Hal got a cocky grin " You cocky son of a bitch. You're on Barry!"

"Hey, I learned to be cocky in 'Being Cocky 101 with professor Hal Jordan.'"

And the two heroes raced of in a blur of red and green light to see who was faster, the Fastest Man Alive or the Guardian of the Universe.

Later at S.T.A.R. Labs after locking Cameron Mahkent in the particle accelerator cell Barry and Hal entered the main lab area, both with their masks off, yet they were both still in costume.

"So, you're telling me that you've got a prison on another planet?" Barry said as they walked in.

"More specifically the entire Cor. has a prison on a planet in the center of the universe. You're prison is somewhat more cozy than the one the little blue men whipped up.

"Nice to see you again Hal." Caitlin greeted as the two heroes entered the lab. "Barry, how much of our operation does he need to know about?"

"Hey, I'm a superhero." Hal interjected "Your secret crime fighting team is safe with me, though perhaps you can buy my silence with dinner?" He asked the bio engineer, but it was Barry who answered for her.

"I know you wouldn't do that Hal."

"You're right, I wouldn't."

"Dude, you've got to show me how your light show works!" Cisco pleaded "I need to see how you make all those things out of light!"

"Sure." Hal held up his ring hand and created a green hand. "It's actually pretty cool, you see-"

"Mr. Jordan it's nice to meet you." Dr. Wells rolled up to Hal and they shook hands. "I'm assuming you're the hot shot pilot that Ms. Ferris was complaining about when we last met."

"You know Carol?"

"Yes, she spoke of you in high regards."

"Of course she did." Hal said kind of full of himself

"She also said you're cocky, barely show up to your job and when you do show up you leave early. She also said you've blown up several extremely expensive prototypes."

"Of course she did." Hal said with a heavy sigh.

"Seeing as how you're out there saving the world and Universe I'd say you're justified." Wells said "If there is one thing Miss. Ferris said about you that I completely agree with its that she sees your potential and believes that you will accomplish great things in the future."

"Thanks Dr. Wells." Hal said

"If you work for Ferris Air then you must know that we have permission from her for continued use on one of Ferris Air's old air strips." Wells replied "In fact, that's where we run quite a few tests for Barry's speed."

"We also use the treadmill for that as well." Cisco pointed out.

"Cool! Barry how fast can you go?"

"Dunnno. What's the biggest thing you can create with that ring?"

"Haven't tried that yet." Hal said before he and Barry began to laugh out loud. "But I can fly around Mach 10 here on earth and close to light speed. My mentor has hit light speed."

"Oh man that's awesome!" Cisco said "You've got to show me how your powers work now."

Barry looked a little distraught, Hal was faster than him, that meant Hal should have easily won their race. "So it's safe to say you're the fastest man alive."

Hal pondered for a moment. "Naw, it doesn't ring as well with my name. Besides without this ring I'm slower than a normal person. You said it yourself, you have no clue how fast you can really go, for all we know you can move so fast the light from my ring is at a standstill."

"Those two have the most beautiful bromance I have ever seen." Cisco said sucking on a new lollipop "It's like…I don't know how to describe it."

"This is just getting weirder. In terms of peppiness and energy, Hal is making Barry look like Oliver." Caitlin commented. "Heck, those two act like a married couple." She added under her breath, though Cisco could hear it.

"Not as much as you and Barry." the mechanical engineer told his friend with a childish smile.

"Shut up!"

"So, how many times have you tripped while running and banged yourself up?" Hal asked his super speed buddy

"I lost count." Barry said. "I heal quickly so I don't have any scars, plus Caitlin is a great doctor."

"Would you like to know individual injuries, or number of times he's been injured." Caitlin asked coming over to Hal and Barry.

"Both please."

"HAL!" Barry whined at his friend prying into his injury list

"He's had exactly five hundred and 536 different injuries. And he's been injured at least once a week for the last eighteen weeks."

"Caitlinnnnnn!" Barry whined once more, this wasn't fair since it seemed like Caitlin AND Hal were teaming up on him.

"Ouch." Barry said "I've been hurt that much? I've never really thought about it."

"Ha! You still a klutz Barry! Hahaha!" Hal laughed.

"Hey, Hal could I see how your ring works now?" Cisco practically begged

"Sure Cisco." Hal replied as his costume faded away and he stood there in his casual attire.

"Oh man that's cool! I gotta find a way to make my suit easier to store on Barry so he doesn't need to recklessly fold it in a close, bag or have to come here whenever he needs it." He sent Barry a look.

"What?" Barry questioned "You're still mad at the wrinkles in the suit? That was like fifteen weeks ago!"

"Hey! It took me a freaking week to get those wrinkles out!"

"Well, this has been an eventful evening" Dr. Wells interjected "but I think its time we all rest. Mr. Jordan, It was nice to meet you. I look forward to working with you so long as you're here in Central City." He shook Hal's hand before wheeling out of the lab. "As for you three, I'll see you bright and early tomorrow."

"Sure, no problem Dr. Wells." Barry said before turning to Hal "Hey, if you want you can crash at my place."

"Joe's house." Caitlin shot into the conversation as she got her coat and bag.

"What ever, you can cash there, just don't show up at some godforsaken hour as a lighthouse."

"I guess I'm heading home." Cisco said before yawning before giving Hal a high five. "I'll see you tomorrow morning, you owe me a ring demonstration."

"No Problem Cisco." Hal said "So Barry you ready to go?"

"Yeah" Barry looked down to see that he was still in his suit. "Hang on a second." Literally less than a second later Barry was back in his regular cloths and adjusting his coat collar. "OK, now I'm ready."

"Hey Barry, can I talk to you for a moment?" Caitlin said as she finished buttoning up her coat.

"I'll give you two a minute." Hal said before stepping out with a smirk.

"Sure Cait, what's up?" He asked as the two of them lingered while Hal and Cisco left them alone in the main lab.

"I think Iris is suspicious of us." Caitlin said.

"What could possibly make you think that?" He asked "Every time I'm around her as the Flash I'm vibrating my concealed face and changing my voice."

"It isn't so much the Flash, but rather Ronnie. She showed me a picture of Ronnie as Firestorm and kind of called us out on that lie we told her, you know where you said Ronnie was my cousin and I said his name was Sam?"

"What did she say?" Barry asked slightly worried

"Well she heavily implied that she believes you, rather the Flash and I are connected, or at least she believes I know who's under the mask."

"Oh…" Barry scratched the back of his head. "What did you tell her exactly?"

"I kind of panicked and told her that we'd talk about it later." Caitlin said. Barry gave her a questioning look. "I'm serious! She caught me off guard and I just sort of started to ramble. We're lucky I didn't say that you are the Flash."

"You think we should tell her? You know, that I'm the Flash and everything?"

"I don't know." Caitlin replied "How do you think Iris will react if we tell her we've been lying to her the entire time or when she finds out on her own?"

"She's gonna be pissed either way, mostly at the fact that she's apparently the only one that didn't know. Think about it, you know I'm the Flash, Cisco knows Dr. Wells knows, Joe knows, I'm pretty sure my Dad figured it out, Ronnie, Professor Stein, Clarissa, hell even Hal knows. Practically everyone I know and care about knows my secret" Barry sighed "You know what, let's tell her, me and you."

"What?"

"Tomorrow you and I will meet with Iris and explain everything to her, all of it, or if you're more comfortable with it we'll let her in on Ronnie and Firestorm."

"Ok..." Caitlin said. "Tomorrow We're were going to let Iris in on the secret we've been hiding for the last eighteen weeks."

"And I'm going to pray to every god I know that she won't get too mad with us." Barry finished. "So, what time should I pick you up tomorrow."

"What?" Caitlin was taken aback by Barry's question

"To meet with Iris? What time should we meet with her?"

"I don't know, noon?" Caitlin asked.

"Perfect! We can do it in a semi public place where she can't make too big a scene if she gets mad! Hey, you want a ride home?"

"As fun as it is to move at super speeds I think I'll pass." Caitlin said "I have a car remember?"

"Fine, this means I'll just pick you up at noon tomorrow." Barry said smiling "Guess I'll see you then Cait." he turned into the hallway after Hal.

"What just happened?" Caitlin wondered aloud to herself. "Did I just get talked into going on another inadvertent date with Barry?"

Meanwhile at Elias Industries Dr. Elias poured himself a glass of bourbon. To day was the day he was to give his answer to the man in the black suit, or Paradox as he called himself. An instant later he found himself in the center of a swirling cyclone of red electricity.

"Dr. Elias. Have you come to a decision?" Paradox said as he slowed down and became more visible.

"I have." Elias replied "I'll help you take down the Flash."

"I knew you'd see things my way. After all you cannot bear to see someone like the Flash squander his abilities helping the common folk."

"What do you need me to do?"

"There is a man in Coast City, his name is William Hand. I need you to procure a certain device that he owns."

"What is this device? and what does it do?"

"It is a power absorption device. With a few adjustments it will allow us to drain the Flash of his Powers and uses them for our own purposes. You can use it to make fuel cells filled with limitless clean energy or whatever it is you're diving into."

"Very well, but might I ask why don't you retrieve this device? Why do you need my help in all of this? You're fast, perhaps you could just kill the Flash."

"If that were possible I would have done so already. No, I want to make him suffer as I have suffered. I will destroy every one he loves, his City, his accomplishments, his ambitions. I will end him for what he did to me, or should I say WILL do to me." Paradox stopped his speech before turning away from Elias. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to visit a friend of sorts. He has something I want after all. Have Hand's device in three days and we'll begin the next phase of my plan."

Here ends the chapter

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