At 9 o'clock pm I get a call from Cisco,

"hello?" I grumble into the phone, I had fallen asleep on my computer, and I had keyboard marks on my face.

"Yo Quinn, we need you down here ASAP" he says, and promptly hangs up. Huh, this is gotta be interesting. I grab my phone, keys, a bag, and my jacket as I ran out of my apartment.

"There you are" Caitlin says, but is interrupted by Cisco-

"you have to hit him at mock 1.1" Cisco does his little giggle,

"What!" Caitlin practically screams "that's 800 miles per hour! It's impossible for Barry"

"He would create a sonic boom- which is mwah?" Cisco makes a kissing sound, and Barry just raises an eyebrow. When I take a closer look at Barry, I realize that he's hurt. His lip is split, and he winces every time he takes in a deep breath.

"what happened to you Barry?" I ask,

"my childhood nemesis is now a metahuman, and I just got my ass handed to me twice by him. He can turn into metal, and I'm pretty sure he broke all of my ribs- but Caitlin says he just broke 4" he sighs, and winces again. We continue to talk about childhood nemesis, while Cisco and Caitlin discuss with Dr. Wells about angle of impact. I took a mug and started to make it hover.

"Who is Iris" I ask out of the blue, as the mug flips around in the air

"Uh, she's a childhood friend" Barry shifts uncomfortably, "she and I had a falling out about the Flash, and uh… we aren't talking to each other" he continues.

I hear a gasp, and I turn to see Caitlin staring at me,

"Your eyes" was all Caitlin said, I just shrug, and hovered a mug in front of her.

"They look like the raw energy that got emitted when the particle accelerator exploded" Cisco adds on, "how did you get your powers?" he asks. Barry winces at the question, but it was too late as soon as he said those words I saw June and Laurel's bodies on the ground limp, and the rumble of the ground giving out. I try to set the mug down lightly, but it still makes a loud clunk. Everyone in the room stops talking, and all eyes shift to me. I felt a flush of energy build up in my system, and I start to panic.

"Excuse me" I stammer, as I rush out of the room. I make it down 16 flights of stairs before I lose it; a sob escapes my throat, and then a burst of energy. I sink to the floor, silent tears dripping down my face, next to a crumbling wall that had absorbed all the energy. That night was worse than learning that my father had died. A cool breeze interrupts the awful memories, and I find Barry Allen next to me.

"Hey, are you okay" he begins "sorry- that was a bad question, you're obviously not okay. Do you want to talk about it?" he says with a sincere look on his face. Yes, I shake my head and he nods.

"I'm sorry I destroyed your wall"

"It's fine- not like I ever come down here"

"how are your ribs?"

"they're done healing"

"and your face?"

"it's gonna take a little longer"

"can I have some bandages?"

"you're bleeding! Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"uh… because…"

"let's go get you fixed up, "

"okay"

"by the way, you have keyboard marks on your face"

"oh shut up"

"haha sorry"

"Sonic boom baby!" Cisco yells, jolting me up from my little nap, I hit my hand on one of the computers and I hissed. Caitlin exhales deeply, and shakes her head "boys" I hear her mutter. Barry comes zooming into the room with a man, he throws the man on the floor, and he looks at Dr. Wells

"let's lock him up" Dr. Wells smiles at Barry, and then he looks at us.

"Ms. Lan, can you give us a hand?" he smiles politely, but his eyes were everything but polite. I hover him up, and followed Barry and Dr. Wells. I surround him on all sides with my shields so that incase he wakes up, he wouldn't be able to get out. We silently walk deeper and deeper into Star Labs, the guy wakes up right before I'm going to load him in. As soon as he touches the shield it turns to metal. I hover him in, and Dr. Wells lowers the door, right before it closes, my shield vanishes and the man crashes to the floor.

"get me out of here" he slams on the glass, his skin rippled and turned to metal but it didn't stay. His fist meets the glass and bounces off-

"what did you do to me!" he yells,

"just compromised your metal status" Doctor Wells states, he turns around and rolls away. The man tries to turn to metal but his skin just ripples half metal half skin.

"let me out of here" he screams, "who do you think you are!" This time it was Barry's turn to smile,

"you know who I am" he says, and steps out of the shadows

"Barry?" the man exclaims- I swear he was going to explode- Barry turns and walks out

"Come back here!" he screams, and then a few not so nice words. I summon a shield, and pushed him against one of the wall of the cell.

"Shut up punk" I say, he struggles against the force pushing him against the wall. Suddenly, a cold rush echoes through my body, and a surge of adrenaline. I shut off the force pushing him against the wall, and the man tumbles to the ground. My skin, it was rippling, I slowly make a fist, and suddenly it turns to metal.

"holy crap" I whisper, the man in the cell notices my metal hand too. He growls, and pounds on the glass. Looks like you aren't the strongest any more. I turn around and walked out of the door, Barry was waiting for me.

"Barry"

"yeah"

"look at this" the cold sensation floods through me, and Barry yelps

"what! Oh my god!" he taps my arm, and it makes a ting noise

"I can absorb borrow people's powers" I whisper, Barry just stares.

Caitlin and Cisco find us just standing there 10 minutes later.

This particle accelerator is a gift that keeps on giving.

I've been so busy I haven't been able to write as much as I should, but here is a new update. It was fun writing, and my friend who loves the flash as much as me gave me some ideas. Enjoy! ~Helena