3 days ago:
"hey there" I hear a voice, I turned around to a gorgeous/cute guy,
"hi" I reply, taking another shot, I felt a buzz in my head, but after 10 seconds it was gone,
"you okay?" he asked taking a seat next to me,
"ha, yeah" I replied, I pulled out my phone, missed calls, voice messages, and texts alerts light up my screen,
"can I buy you a drink?" the guy says, his icy silver eyes meet mine
"are you hitting on me?" I teased, and batted my eyelashes,
"I guess" he said, a slow blush creeping up his cheeks.
"well sure" I said, with a smile. In 5 minutes we went from favorite food to talking about the particle accelerator explosion.
"yeah- I was here- the building I was in got hit by some heat wave- it was bad, but one one was hurt" he pointed to the scar on his arm, "some windows were blown away, and I nearly got impaled by a shard of glass" he added,
"I was here, but nothing interesting happened" I said quickly, the alcoholic beverage buzz had already faded and I was getting tired. The time on my phone said 11:00 pm,
"I never asked for your name" he said, his silver eyes meet mine,
"I'm Quinn" I said "how about you?" I asked quickly
"Pete" he responded, I looked down at my phone- I probably had to get home, there were things I had to do to get ready for my company opening/moving thing
"you know there's this app, that allows me to transfer my contact information" I said to Pete, I tap my phone onto his- my contacts pop up on his screen, "now, you can do what you can with it" I smile, and left a 20 bill "it was nice meeting you- maybe I'll see you again" I said with a smile. He took a sip of his drink and flushed again,
"alright then" he opened his phone, "in 3 days, meet here again?" he asked,
"-alright, go" I hear Cisco say, I close my eyes and I took a deep breath. My body becomes lighter than air, then in a moment I solidify, and my feet touch solid ground. I open my eyes, and I'm no longer in the dark room
"how did you get out?" I hear Cisco say to me,
"I just pictured the place I wanted to go, and I got there" I replied,
"this is interesting, the confinements that the other metahuman had does not apply to you" Dr Wells wheels into the room. "we need to work on your response time and teleportation time" he said- his tone was like talking to a 3 year old.
"like this?" I said evaporating behind him, and when he turned around I was back in the position I started in.
"yes" Dr. Wells smiled, "exactly" he was such a ass,
"okay then, I have a date to go to, so see you later" I said with a smile, and I evaporated out of the room. I appeared, on the alley next to the bar. As I step out into the street, I see a car speeding toward me, but in a flash I was on the sidewalk and a person standing in front of me.
"Flash?" I ask, but I knew this person wasn't it,
"no," the person responded, "just someone who wanted to help" he said, and sped away leaving a flash of silver behind. I get up, and I walk into the bar. A few minutes later, after 1 drink, Pete walks in.
"hey, you came" he said with a smile,
"and you came too" I said returning the smile,
"dating in a bar doesn't seem so appropriate, how about we go somewhere else" he said,
"where are you thinking?" I asked,
"Big Belly Burger" he said
"yes!" I exclaimed, Pete grinned- showing his bright white teeth. We walked out of the bar, side by side, laughing and giggling.
10 minutes later:
"-so I grew up in Europe, and I just recently move here" he said, he had a nice accent, "I remember clearly that I got here the night that the particle accelerator exploded, and my windows cracked" he sighed, "I didn't have insurance then, so I had to pay for everything" he chuckled, and I did
"well, I was in a building that collapsed, but I'm fine" I added the last thing after I see his eyes widen, "where do you work?" I asked
"a law firm" he said, his grey eyes meeting mine, "and you?" he asked
"I work with the Central City Police Department, and I'm a Forensic analyst" I replied, he looked at me
"you- solving crimes, me bringing people to justice" he stated- "I like that"
"I do too" I responded, feeling a blush creep up my face. We continued to talk, but right before he was about to reach across the table to take my hand, my phone buzzed.
"Sorry" I said as I reached for the phone, "Hello?" I said with an annoyed tone
"I'm soooooo sorry Quinn" I hear Cisco's voice, "but I need you to come, it's important" he said,
"give me 5 minutes" I said, as I hung up. I turned to Pete "I'm sorry, my job-" I shrug my shoulders, he nods
"I know" he says and gets up, he helps me with my jacket, and we hug,
"next time" I said, "text me a place and date" I said with a smile, and hurried out of the room. As soon as I was in an alley, and made sure no one was following me- I evaporated.
I appear next to Barry, and he jumps,
"gosh, I need like a warning before you appear next to me" he said, we were both in our suits, and it's freezing outside,
"okay" I hear Cisco on the bluetooth, "he's on the property" but we already see a figure lumbering toward us,
"Dr. Stein!" Barry yells before I can even stop him, he runs toward the man, who bursts into flame.
"no, not here!" I growl, and he turns toward me, and a burst of fire is shot in my direction, I put up a shield, but the heat blows my hair back. Barry shoves him into a wall, and I walk toward them. Suddenly, Barry and the flame guy shoot up into the air,
"Cisco!" I said, as I ran after them, I follow them to a deserted parking lot thing, Barry crashes into a car, and when the guy lands, he shoots another hot flame at me. Barry's crash had caught me off guard, by the time I registered the fire, I didn't have time to deflect it. I crash onto the ground, my chest burning, I hear his footsteps, he's going to kill me. I thought,
"Ronnie" I hear Caitlin say, and suddenly he just takes off. Caitlin helps Barry up, and then she helps me up.
"oh god" was all I could say as I limped back to the STAR labs van, Barry was still shocked by his high altitude travel.
"this burn, isn't bad" Caitlin said,
"it's healing, I'm fine" I said ignoring the pain, and I focused on breathing. My hands were glowing- and it was not gold this time, my hands were the same color as Ronnie's flames.
When we got back, we lumbered up to the 66th floor,
"Cisco!" I yelled, as I dropped into a chair
"Cisco!" Barry nearly growls, he was limping slightly "I was busy" he said, "you pulled me out of a date, and then I almost became a pancake," Barry said,
"yeah, well, he ruined my suit, and the first date I had with a guy in 5 months" I said with a snap, my skin glowed a little, and Barry shrank back a little.
"if he singed the most expensive bra I had I'm going to go nuclear" I snarled, my mood went from sky high, to smashing on the ground. I tore the suit off when I got into the room where my suit was supposed to be.
"I'm so sorry" I hear Cisco say behind me, I sigh and turned around, he looked so sad "it's fine, I was just having a lot of fun, and everything was going perfectly" I paused "but I have more opportunities, Ronnie might not" I said, putting the suit on the table.
"you might want to see Caitlin about that cut" he said,
"oh yeah" I said, I walk over to Cisco and put an arm on his shoulder, "thanks" I said with a smile, and I walked away.
(later)
My phone vibrates and I see a text STAR Labs now, I sigh and I dropped the paper work I had, and left.
"we need to stop the interrupting-people's lives thing" I said, as I walk into the room, "it's kinda ridiculous-" I stopped talking, a really hot guy is sitting on the examination table. They all look at me.
"hey" I said, I felt my cheeks burn, I put my glowing hand in my pocket.
"this is Ronnie, Dr. Stein" Caitlin said, "Ronnie, Dr. Stein, this is Quinn" she looked sad, I watched as they ran some experiments and then did some otherthings.
I sit next to Dr. Wells,Barry, and Cisco. After a few minutes I start to sweat, the room seemed really hot, but no one else was sweating like I was
"Caitlin, please come here" I hear Dr. Wells say
"Ronnie's body is rejecting Dr. Stein, which is causing a exothermic reaction, and if the heat continued to rise, then we'll have a problem"
"what problem?"I ask, the same time as Barry,
"He'll go nuclear" Dr. Wells said,
(later)
"his temperature keeps rising" Dr. Wells says, "I would give him about a few hours" he said, suddenly he looks at me, and I shove my hand deeper into my pocket.
"this nuclear chain reaction will level the whole city, and the only way to stop it is to terminate the host body" Dr. Wells adds,
"woah" all of us started to talk again, Caitlin steps up,
"give us a few minutes" she says, and we all walk out. Cisco and I talk as everyone else runs around. I talk out my hand, and I looked at the glowing skin,
"Quinn" Cisco looked at my hand,
"it just started to glow," I said quickly, I close my eyes, and I try to turn it off, but the glow spreads farther up my arm.
"sh*t" I said, and I zoom out of the room. I found myself shaking, and stumbled to the bathroom. My eyes were glowing orange, and I was vibrating. This is bad I thought, suddenly a jolt goes through me, and my body prickles.
"oh no" I muttered, as my hands start to steam, I turn around and I charge out of the room.
I pop into the room, and I collapse onto the floor.
"Cisco!" I whimper, my body is vibrating, and I felt like my body was splitting apart. I touched the floor and I started to steam.
"Quinn!" I hear Cisco run toward me,
"Wait!" I said, holding up a hand, Cisco stopped, I say my skin glow like Ronnie's, "back away Cisco!" my voice is vibrating, I clench them, and I stand up. "Call Barry" I said, and a splitting pain makes me stiffen. I turn an I zoom out the room, I blaze through the city, my lungs, legs, arms, and whole body burning. I come to a halt in a field, my skin glows bright, I hear the earpiece activate in my suit,
"Quinn, what are you doing!" I hear Cisco yell,
"The powers that Ronnie had, got transfered to me, and I'm rejecting the power!" I nearly sob as another wave of pain rips through me. A scream rips out of throat, and I collapse onto the ground- the grass around me burns. "I'm going to detonate" I said with a whisper, "where is the most isolated place in Central?" I ask
"we have a quantum splicer!" I hear Barry say in the background,"for both Quinn and Ronnie" I hear Cisco again,
"wait, Quinn?" I hear Barry,
"no, don't use it on me" I said, "I can create a shield around myself so I can't harm anyone or myself, take the Quantum splicer to Ronnie" I said, the heat from the energy in my body started to glow, "save Ronnie, and then me. You know how much he means to Caitlin" Cisco tries to protest, but I turn off the headset. As my body glows brighter and brighter, I close my eyes to shield myself from the light. I was surprisingly calm, as I conjured a shield around myself, . This is it, I thought as another arch of pain rips through my body, goodbye I thought as a bright flash of pain erupts from the core of my body, and everything goes dark.
[Barry]
"there were 2 explosions yesterday in the outskirts of Central City, we have not been told what caused them, but government officials are certain that it was not an attack of any sorts" I turned off the tv with a sigh, and my head turned toward Caitlin walking out of the examination room.
"the power that she absorbed from Ronnie- it changed her" Caitlin pursed her lips. I stand up, and I walked over toward the room. The feeling of uselessness when I picked her limp body off the ground was too much, Cisco said that he body temperature was too low, and her organs were shot. When I entered the room, I saw Quinn's pale face, shrouded by an Oxygen mask. I walked closer, and I noticed that her skin was more vibrant than before. She waved at me, I stop mid step when I notice her golden eyes, but I ignore it and I sit down next to her.
"hey Quinn" I said, with a smile,
"hey" she whispers back, her golden eyes meet mine, "it's my eyes right" she sighed,
"you're eyes are not an issue, I'm just glad you're alive" I said, she smiled back at me. Cisco came charging in,
"don't you ever do that again!" Cisco exclaimed, Quinn flinches, and her eyes glow. "but you're alive, so who am I to tell you that" Cisco adds again, and Quinn laughs. They embrace, and they start to talk.
I see Caitlin and Ronnie talking together, and Dr. Stein talking to Dr. Wells.
"I need some pizza" I hear Ronnie say, while Quinn was laughing about a joke with Cisco. Everything worked out, Ronnie is back, Quinn is okay, Dr. Stein is still in one piece, and we're safe. Caitlin sees me smiling and she smiles back, her cheeks are red from something Ronnie said. Right now, if I just stopped time, this would be the place where I pushed pause.
This story was like last minute edits and writing, I just had to write about FIRESTORM and give a perfect ending. Because when time traveling starts, it seems like the Flash is going to get dark. Hope you enjoyed it, ~Helena