The Day
Is Saved
(But Not All Is Well)
Informing Joe
Chapter 4
Disclaimer: I own nothing but the general idea you see within this story.
After getting Joe to the hospital and locking up Mardon who was still unconscious. Things were still understandably tense for many in Law Enforcement as they were all unsure as to how they were going to manage to keep him in there. Attempts to reach Barry had so far failed as they figured he might have some way of handling the situation. The thought of contacting STAR Labs never even entered their minds either. Not to mention how things were between Iris and Eddie as he was being a bit stubborn when it came to listening to anything his girlfriend was telling him when it came to Barry Allen. The fact she told him she wanted to break up wasn't helping either. Eddie was of the opinion she was just in too much shock from everything and needed more time to process it all instead of saying things like that. Something Iris honestly wanted to roll her eyes over, she'd know if she was in shock thank you very much! And she knew she wasn't!
Well okay, maybe she was in a little bit of shock. But come on! She recently just found out her 'Bear' is the freakin' Flash of all things! Not to mention being one hell of a kisser! Which was something she wished she had found out about much sooner! But as they say, better late then never. Of course there was also her anger to consider about being kept in the dark. And she intended to give Barry and her father Hell over it. Currently she'd been in the waiting room with Eddie for the past hour and a half as the doctors worked on her dad's leg. The news being about the only other thing keeping her occupied, though she didn't fail to notice that everyone seemed to be giving her a wide berth as if unsure of how to approach her.
It was then that Cisco came into the waiting room looking rattled. Which honestly had Iris a little worried and hoping something hadn't happened to Barry. She kinda figured though that the STAR Labs team would have been here sooner but guessed they had other things to deal with until they could get here. Eddie noticed him as well and found himself wondering why exactly the guy was even here. Shouldn't he be doing whatever it is he does at STAR Labs? But figured he'd soon hear what's up. "Hey Cisco! Everything okay?" Iris asked as he got nearer to the two of them.
"I would love to say yes, but today just isn't gonna be one of those days." He told her sadly, instantly making Iris more worried and Eddie on alert due to the other man's tone and words.
"Well clearly we all aren't drowning under tons of water unless Mardon's about to try again from his cell?" That one came from Eddie, which his words had slightly been a mix of sarcasm and seriousness. Something he got an elbow in the gut for from Iris.
Cisco just shook his head. "Nah man, but I wish it was something like that instead of what's actually going on. Do you know when we'll be able to talk with Joe? I've got something REALLY important to tell him. Something that couldn't be said over the phone." The other two just looked at one another with worry plain to see on their features before looking back at him. And it was Iris who spoke up first, telling him that they hadn't gotten a visit yet as she guessed they were still doing whatever it was they were needing to do for her father.
Something that got a silent 'damn' from the Engineer as he sat down. Thus making the two even more worried than before. "Alright Cisco, what's going on?" Eddie asked first, beating Iris to it.
Cisco gave his full attention to the man. "You remember our friend in yellow back during Christmas?"
Friend in yellow? Just who are they talking about? Iris wondered, but would find out the ugly truth very soon.
"Oh I definitely remember that, just like the Flash but wears yellow instead of red. May have been the one to have actually been the one responsible for the murder of Barry's mom? That friend in yellow?" He asked, and noticing out of the corner of his eye that Iris' eyes had widened.
Cisco nodded. "Yep, that's the one."
"Alright, what about him? Please tell me he's not back, cause I heard how that fight went between went between those two that night."
Iris was feeling pretty damned alarmed by now over that. Barry and the man who killed his mother fought!? And judging from Eddie's tone of voice, it didn't seem to go to well for Barry. "Wait wait wait a minute... Are you two talking about Barry's 'Man In Yellow!?' The figure who's been haunting him for years!?" She asked in stunned disbelief.
The two looked at her and nodded at the same time. "That's the one, I tend to call him the 'Reverse Flash' though." Cisco's usual joyful attitude at naming bad guys was nowhere to be found. Though the two with him of course didn't know about that. But he figured they'd come to know about it pretty darn soon.
"But um, yeah, he's the one we're talking about. And sorry Eddie, but yes he's back. Actually, he never even left to begin with." Here he muttered some choice insults in Spanish, making the former couple raise their eyebrows at that. Not to mention making Eddie realize how much of a bad thing this is.
"What do you mean he never left!?"
Cisco sighed before answered. "What I mean is..." He was interrupted when a doctor came up to the three and asked if they were the ones waiting to hear further news about Joe West.
"Yes sir, he's my father. Is he okay!? And its okay to tell me anything in front of these two." She told the man quickly while thinking that somehow there might have been a complication.
The doctor smiled at her and she felt a little less worried after that. But only a little bit. "Oh yes, he's quite alright. We've gotten him patched up and his leg in a cast now. Which will take some time to heal unfortunately." Iris, Eddie, and Cisco all breathed sighs of relief at the good news.
"Can we see him?"
The doctor gave her a nod to that which made her pretty happy about that. She and the others followed the man after he told them to come with him to where her father was being placed for the time being. Once seeing him, she instantly rushed over to him. "Daddy!" And gave him a hug as best as she was able too considering he was leaning back into the raise half of his bed. A hug he enthusiastically returned.
"Hey its okay babygirl, I'm alright. Just like I promised." He told her seriously so as to lessen any worries she had. Though he could understand why Eddie would be here, but he was damned curious on why Cisco was here too. And hoped the young man wasn't about to give him some bad news about Barry.
"Cisco, coming to check up on me?" He asked jokingly, but with some seriousness mixed in there.
The Engineer only wished it was that simple and said as much. Which made any traces of light heartedness fade away as Joe started to get more serious. "Alright, what's going on? And why isn't Caitlin or Barry here with you?"
"Well the thing is, the 'Man in Yellow' popped back up into our lives. We got him contained this time, but the fall out is seriously crappy man."
That only made the detective more worried despite the good news of that killer finally being locked up. Eddie and Iris were both wondering however on how exactly they had been able to contain Barry's longtime nightmare. The two both knew that they were going to have to tell Joe that pretty much everyone knew the Flash's identity. As it is, they weren't even sure the STAR Labs team were even aware of it yet. "Alright, why's the fall out as crappy as you say?" Joe asked in a no nonsense tone, wanting to know right then and there what the issue is.
"Because... Harrison Wells IS the Reverse Flash." That bomb stunned the other 3 into dead silence. Out of the 3 there, Iris felt horrirfied the most by that statement as she knew full well in just how much Barry looked up to that man. Even Eddie had some trouble believing it despite the fact he and Joe were looking into the man's history and after seeing the man get beaten as he did that night.
Cisco wasn't done though as he had one other thing to say. "Oh and uhh... Everybody in Central City pretty much knows about Barry being the Flash now. Well, except for Barry. He's off who knows where right now."
"WHAT!?" Joe finally managed to roar out, shocked as hell over both turns of events. The man honestly hoped there wasn't more bad news that was about to be dropped. As he didn't think he could take much more.
Well I guess they are aware about that... Iris thought in her dazed filled state of mine.
Author's Notes: Dun dun dun! Joe knows and he's definitely not happy! And its definitely not gonna get better once Cisco tells him what else he found out. Look forward to your thoughts! And uhh... Did anybody else find it kind of not very believable that Iris found out through static shock of all things!?