I will like to thank Immortalman18 once again for giving me this amazing idea for the chapter.
i do not own anything, just my OC. x
Christmas, my favorite time of the year. Ever since I was a child, Christmas is always the time of the year I always look up to. This was going to be the first Christmas I would spend with Harrison and the other STAR Labs teammates. I was on my way to Joe's house, it was a tradition for us all to place the Christmas tree.
"I'm glad at least you know how to prepare this, I don't have any clue on what to do."
"It's rather simple. Maybe one day I'll teach you how to prepare it." I smiled at Iris as I filled the Santa like cups and placed them on the tray. "I just hope they are nearly done with the tree."
"Doubt it." We both walked back to the living room and just as I thought, the tree was not even half done.
"Uh, these ornaments are not gonna hang themselves." She said while passing a cup to both Joe and Barry. "Grandma Easter's recipe. Light in the bourbon."
"Mm." Joe said while his phone began to ring. "I always loved her definition of light." He said and Iris chuckled as his phone began to ring. "And the Christmas tradition continues. Detective West. Yeah? All right. Sorry, kids. The D.A wants to ask me some questions. Make sure there's some it left for me when I get back."
"I'll be right back." I said excusing myself from Iris and Barry.
As Iris had told me, she wanted to have her traditional exchange gift with Barry, so I left them both alone. I walked to the kitchen, serving some eggnog on a large vacuum bottle for the STAR Labs team. I heard a knock on the door and saw it was Eddie, so I served another Christmas cup of eggnog to him. "Eddie." I greeted him. "Do please have a cup of eggnog."
The four of us continued the unfinished tree, though I could sense some small tension from Barry and Eddie, which was weird. When the tree was done, Barry and I excused ourselves to go back to STAR Labs. "I still remember the last Christmas with mom. We were so excited because of the necklace we got her. Remember?"
"I remember the pain you had while breaking your piggy bank." He said while laughing. "I thought you were going to cry. But you finally did it, for mom."
"Yeah." I said with a sad smile.
"Hey, cheer up. Christmas is your favorite holiday, don't ruin it." He told me while getting off the car and hurrying to step in front of me, motioning me to hop on his back.
"Barry, I'm too old for this. Not to mention too heavy."
"Sis, you're not heavy. Remember, I am quite strong now." He positioned himself again and laughing, I hoped on his back. "Now sing with me: Oh the weather outside…"
I laughed again as he began to walk inside. "Is frightful but the fire is so delightful and since we've no place to go. Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!" We both finished when we were already inside STAR Labs with the team, who laughed and applaud.
"Merry Christmas." Barry said as I hoped off his back and he grabbed the bag we brought with us. "Just a small token of my gratitude." He said while handling their presents. "For everything you guys have done for me this year." I cleared my throat. "Oh, this ones are from Danielle, too." He said to Cisco and Caitlin.
"And I am too very grateful for this time I have spent with you guys." I said while smiling at them.
"I think I speak on behalf of my colleagues when I say you've been a gift for us, Barry." Harrison said and then proceeded to hold my hand. "As you have been mine." I smiled and leaned down to give him a kiss.
"What's that?" Cait asked as Barry grabbed the eggnog.
"This is compliments of Iris…Grandma Esther's famous eggnog."
"That's what I'm talking about." Cisco said with a bright smile.
"Maybe later for me. Wouldn't want to drink and drive." He patted my hand before wheeling away.
Barry turned to me and Cait. "Did I say something wrong?"
"No." Cait assured him.
"No, man. He, umm…this used to be his favorite time of the year, but the accident happened before Christmas, so…kind of ruined the holidays." Cisco said while handing Barry some glasses.
"I'm gonna go get him a present. Maybe that'll cheer him up." Cait said. "Wanna come with me?" She asked me.
"Sure."
"Thank you very much." She told both Barry and me as I followed her out to her car.
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"Do you think a book will do well?" She asked while taking a look at the bookstore.
"He do loves to read. It's a good idea." We both entered the bookstore and began searching into the science stand.
"What did you get him?"
"Since he's been complaining about his watch stopping, I got him a new one. You know how much he likes to keep track on time."
Few minutes more, Caitlin finally picked a book and paid for it as we made our way back to the car. On our way, Cisco called her to ask what she bought. She hung up and took her keys out. "Are you sure he'll like it?"
"Cait, you know him for longer than I. If you think that's what he likes, then he will." I assured her. When I finish talking, I heard someone almost running behind us, and Cait heard it too because she turned around.
"Probably nothing." She opened the door from her side as I made my way to the other when I saw Cait turn to leave.
"Cait?" I called but she continued walking, me behind her. I finally noticed a man walking ahead and said no word until there was a dead end and the man was facing the wall. Suddenly, he expanded his arms and what looked like flames came out of both hands and head. I was surprised and when he turned around and I could recognize him, it was Ronnie. Cait's face was of complete shock as I pulled her to go back to the car.
The road back to STAR Labs was quiet, we both were positive of what we saw but I couldn't come up to say something. When we finally arrive, she stopped me from going inside. "Please, don't say anything about this. Not even to Cisco."
"Don't worry, Cait, I won't." Even if I wanted to make sure Cait was going to be fine, I was tired so I opted to go home instead of going back inside.
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It was already Thursday at night. I was closing my office at the hospital since I was finally getting some Christmas vacations. Since the day I went out with Caitlin, I haven't been at STAR Labs due to the lack of any meta-human going around the city, probably the holiday. With my own eggnog bottle at hand, I walked to my usual parking spot when I felt a fast wind behind me. I was taken up from the floor and in a matter of seconds, I was at the empty stadium.
"Barry?" I asked while looking around. "Hello? Is this some kind of prank?" Just when I finished talking, a heard something come up behind me and it was him. "Oh, there you are. Why did you bring me here?"
"Danielle, what are you—"Before he could finish, all the lights of the stadium began to blink.
"Barry, what's happening?" For some reason, my hands began to shake and my heart began to beat fast.
"Get behind me." His serious tone and the way he was looking behind me made me slowly turn around. For a minute, I forgot how to breathe or even blink. Standing few meters behind me, there was a man…a man in a yellow suit. My bottle fell from my hand, spilling some drink in the grass. No one moved nor said anything until the both of them ran into each other, Barry falling into the floor.
"Not fast enough, Flash." His voice was deep and distorted. Just like Barry had done it with Iris, his face and whole body was vibrating at a high speed and his eyes, his eyes were glowing red. The man in yellow picked up Barry from the floor as they both began to go around in circles around the stadium.
They came back to where I was standing, the man in yellow beating up Barry. "Who are you?"
"You know who I am, Barry." Barry was finally able to get up from the floor and began attacking him, but the man in yellow was faster.
"I don't know who you are!" Barry said while on the floor once again.
"But you do, Barry. We've been at this a long time, you and I, but I'm always one step ahead." Barry tried to punch him but it looked impossible. Finally, the man in yellow came behind him and pushed Barry into the ground.
"It is your destiny to lose to me, Flash. Just as it was your mother's destiny to die that night." I could fear tears coming down from my eyes. With Barry still on the floor, the man in yellow went to me. "Do you believe in me now, Danielle?" And then, it went all dark.
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What happened? Where am I? Barry, is he—the man in yellow, he is real. My eyes flushed open at the thought of what happened. I was at a nursing bed at STAR Labs and from the distance I could see three familiar heads. Putting on the STAR Labs t-shirt that was on the chair, I walked to the three men.
"Care to explain what the hell that was?" The three turned their heads to me.
"Danielle." Barry was the first one to speak, walking to me but I just took a step back.
"When were you planning on telling me?" He didn't say anything, but turned to the other two for support.
"Please, calm down. This was not easy and we didn't know how you were going to react." Joe said.
"We didn't want to upset you just yet, but we didn't think this was going to happen." Harrison was the one to say, making me frown.
"You too knew about it?" I asked in a disappointed tone of voice, but Harrison just pushed his lips together. "I cannot believe you all." With my anger rising, I walked back to the room where I had just woken up, closing the door rather hard. With Barry and Joe leaving, Harrison walked to the room. "Leave me alone."
"No, I won't. I understand that you are angry, but you have to understand that it was not easy and we had to keep it from you until we were able to get proof."
"Turns out that proof was me getting kidnapped by that madman, how thoughtful of you all." Harrison pulled me by my arms, my head against his chest. "Why now? All this years, all the opportunities and just now he decides to appear. He is the reason I hated my dad for so long, the reason of my fights with Barry when we were younger. He already killed my mother, what does he wants now?"
"Danielle, stop it. If you think I'm letting that man get anywhere near you again, you are crazy. We will stop him, I promise you we will." As much as I wanted to believe his words, I found it hard, but I simply kissed him for I didn't want to upset him. "Come on, let's go home and rest."
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The man in yellow being in town was something not easy to handle. For years, I never believed in his existence or him being the real killer of my mom. But now, everything changed. Just as I promised Barry, I agreed on visiting dad. It was not easy, I had to admit it, but I needed to apologize.
"You go see him first, talk with him." I assured Barry and he nodded.
Twenty five minutes since Barry had gone inside to talk to dad. I was shaking, I was not sure how he was going to react, how I was going to react. The door finally opened and Barry had his eyes red, where he had been crying. He motioned me to enter, I took a deep breath and walked inside.
There he was, standing on the other side of the long wall. There was a chair and a phone on my side. I had a knuckle on my throat. I looked at him, his eyes filling with tears. We both sat down and reached to grab the phone. "Danielle." He said.
"Hello, dad." I could barely say.
"You look just like your mom." He said and I smiled.
"Yeah, I get that very much from Joe and Barry." He smiled as well and I sighed. "I'm sorry, dad, about everything. All these years I thought you were the one to kill mom. I hated you, I didn't want to see you ever again. How was I so wrong?" I couldn't help but shed some tears.
"Danielle listen to me. It's not your fault you believe in what the press and jury said. What matter is that you are here now. I've missed you, my little princess."
"I know, I missed you, too. There's been a lot happening in my life and I hate the fact that you can't be there."
"But I am, Danielle, just like your mom is. We will always be with you in your heart. There will be a lot of time to catch up. It's Christmas time, you should be out with your brother celebrating the way we used to with your mom."
"I promise we will get you out of this place. I don't care what it takes, we will prove you are innocent and you will be out of here to finally enjoy your kids."
"I just want you to be happy, Danielle. You and your brother's happiness is all that matter to me. Don't let me be the reason you can't be." I could see some hurt on his face, how badly he wanted to get to the other side with me and hug.
"We are very happy. I finally found a man that loves me and that I love deeply. Few months ago I moved to his place, so I say things are going pretty well. Joe says he's a little too old for me, but he and Barry accept him."
"See? That's what I'm talking about. Live your life, be happy. You only get to live once, so don't waste it on trying to break your old father out of prison."
"Time's up, Allen." The guard behind him said, disappointment on both my dad and my face.
"Promise me you'll come more often." Dad said.
"I will, dad. Merry Christmas. I love you."
"I love you too, princess."
With dad gone, I walked back to the waiting room with Barry. He was still trying to calm down. I kneeled in front of him, my hands on his knees. "We will get that man no matter what it takes."
"I won't be there when they catch him." He said and I looked confused. "Joe and Dr. Wells told me it was better for me to stay away, let them handle the situation."
"Maybe it's better, Bar. Harrison knows what he is doing and with the help of the CCPD, they will catch the man in yellow." I assured him with a smile, which he returned.
"How are you? All this must be shocking." He asked while we walked down the halls to the entrance.
"It is, but I guess I had it coming. Though I don't appreciate this happening at Christmas, he ruins the best holiday."
"We are together, Christmas won't be ruined." When we arrived at my car, Barry looked nervous.
"Is everything okay?"
"I will tell her. I will tell Iris what I truly feel for her. What's the worst that can happen?" He moved a hand through his hair, landing on the side of his neck.
"Are you sure about this?"
"I can't hide it anymore. Not after this man is back. She needs to know and while everyone else is back at STAR Labs, I will tell her." I walked over at him, placing a hand on his shoulder.
"You are strong, brother. If you think this is the right thing to do, then do it. You know I will be here if anything happens, okay?"
"Thanks, sis. Go on, then, you have a man to catch." He said before taking of running.
After that, I made my way to STAR Labs, where the team was on the normal computers while Joe was behind them with Eddie and other officers. I stood next to Joe, who wrapped an arm around my shoulders.
"Sending another pulse." Cisco said while doing it.
"Are you certain this trap will work?" Eddie asked.
"I've set up at least three charges into open satellite. If anyone's looking for tachyon particles, they'll know we got than." Cisco assured.
We all looked at the screen with the camera on the particle and suddenly, there he was, the man in the yellow suit, trapped. I covered my mouth with my hand, as I couldn't believe it was working. "Let's see what we caught." Harrison said.
Eddie and the police officers began to make their way out. I couldn't take my eyes off the screen. "You should stay here, where it's safe." Joe told me and I nodded.
"Be careful." I told both him and Harrison.
They were all down the basement, taking positions. "Cisco? Lights!" Wells ordered and Cisco turned the lights. No one would do anything, nor move. It was a much tensed moment. "Detective Thawne, would you like to read him his rights?"
Joe began to move closer, making me wonder what he was doing. "Joe, what are you doing?" Eddie asked.
"Getting some answers." Joe said, holding his gun steady. "14 years ago you murdered Nora Allen. I want to know why. Why?"
But there was no answer until, "Dr. Wells, we meet at last." Just like the first time, his voice creeped me out.
"What do you want with the tachyonic particles?" Harrison asked.
"My goals are beyond your understanding."
"Oh, I don't know. I'm a pretty smart guy. I knew you were exceptionally fast, so any trap we manufactures would have to be invisible. I knew your cells could repair themselves at extraordinary speed, so you could withstand the damage this is doing to your body right now."
"The super capacitors…the containment field is fluctuating. They need to get out of there now." Cisco said.
"The reasons I know all this is because your powers are almost exactly like those of The Flash."
"Oh, I'm not like The Flash at all. Some would say I'm the reverse."
Suddenly, the monitors all started to act weird. "Dr. Wells, evacuate!" Cait told him. "Get out of there now! Dr. Wells!"
"If I turn it off, that thing's gonna get out." Cisco explained.
"Cisco, he's gonna kill Wells!" My heart dropped when Joe said those words. I turned to Cisco, my heart beating very fast.
"I'm sorry, Joe, we need Barry." I took my phone out and texted Barry S.O.S. But even though, I couldn't wait for him, so I made my way out.
"Danielle, no, wait!" I heard Cisco but I continued out anyway.
Once outside, two balls of lightning were fighting, that's when I knew Barry was finally here. Barry got sent back to the car as the yellow man began to make his way toward us. I stepped in front of Cisco and Cait and the yellow suit man was in front of me. "Who are you? Why did you killed our mother?"
"You know me, Danielle." I could feel being lifted up from the ground taken back to where Cait and Cisco. He kept on punching Barry so hard, we could hear bones cracking. Out of nowhere, a flame pushed the yellow suit man off from Barry. "Our race is yet over. See you soon, Flash." He said and then disappeared. Cisco and I ran toward Barry, helping him on his feet, as Cait to Ronnie. He said something and then, took off flying with his flames.
With Barry being safe, I made my way back inside. Joe was helping Harrison, who was covered in blood, get to the elevator so we could make our way to the nursery. Joe excused himself once Harrison was on the bed, leaving the both of us alone. I sat on the edge, not saying anything but looking down at our hands.
"What's troubling you?" He finally asked.
"Back there, I thought I lost you. Joe's worried voice is not usual. I was afraid of coming down to find your corpse, thinking the man in yellow killed you." He lifted my chin up, few tears going down my cheeks.
"Danielle, look at me. I'm here now, breathing and in one piece. I am tougher than I look." With his thumb, he cleaned some of my tears. "Don't cry, I'm fine."
"I know you are." I smiled a little, taking a look at his wounds. "We need to get those healed." Shaking everything away, I walked over to the cart with the aid kit as he took his sweater off, staying on his interior shirt.
"You know, this would be easier if you told them you are able to walk. You would've been able to defend yourself against that man, at least until Barry was here." I said while taking a wet cloth and cleaning the blood from his forehead.
"They can't know that. At least not yet." His tone was serious, so I didn't want to push into the subject any more.
Once I was done cleaning the blood, I treated his wounds on the face and on his shoulder. Caitlin and Cisco came around shortly after. Figuring they wanted to talk to Harrison, I excused to gather our things to finally go home.
With Cisco and Caitlin finally saying their goodbyes, Harrison and I drove home. I felt bad for not spending the night with Joe and the others, but they understood that I wanted to take care of Harrison, since he was still sore.
"You know, today I talked with dad about you. He was supportive about it. I didn't tell him who you are yet, but I'll get there one day." I said once we were on the bed.
"We will get there one day." He told me and I smiled. Reaching out to one of the drawers from the nightstand, I got his present, handing it to him.
"Merry Christmas."
"Danielle, you shouldn't have bother." He said while opening it. "Exactly what I need. I love it." He didn't take long to get the watch out of the box and place it around his wrist to take a better look at it.
"You kept complaining about your old one so, yeah." I said and he kissed me softly.
"I got you something as well." He motioned me to follow him to the closet, where there was a big box, and oddly, it was moving. "Go ahead."
I walked over to the box and kneeled so I could open it. Inside, there was a small puppy, a golden retriever with a pink ribbon on her head. I smiled and grabbed her, she was so tiny. "Harrison, she is beautiful." I said as the puppy wiggled her tail and attempted to lick my face.
"Looks like she likes you." He said as I giggled and got up, kissing him softly. "What will you name her?"
"Lexi. My mom used to love that name for the puppy she never got us." I said a little sad, but I could feel Harrison wrap an arm around my shoulders.
"Then it is settled." He said while kissing my cheek. "I already got everything she is going to need."
I looked at the pup, she was yawning and her eyes were almost closing. "She's tired." I said and I felt Wells go back to the bedroom while I followed him. He got a small bed from under our bed and I let Lexi rest in there.
"Maybe we should rest, too. It's been a long day." Both Harrison and I lay on the bed, my head against his chest and his arm around my shoulder. "Good night, my love." He said as I slowly drifted to sleep.
Hello, everyone! So it's finally here, the Christmas chapter. I know I said I was going to write an extra one but I had no inspiration to do it and I didn't want to keep you guys waiting.
Writing this chapter was rather fun and sad at the same time. Fun because of this being the first time the man in yellow appears, and sad because of the feels with Danielle and her father. I was shaking when writing the stadium part.
Anyway, the story will take a complete turn starting the next chapter, I'm really looking forward for you to read.
the-mad-girl-with-a-book: If I'm honest, no, I don't think I'll do a story with her and Oliver. I just added their relationship because I love Oliver even though I don't like Arrow and to make her stay at Starling City a little more interesting. Though if people would like to see their relationship back in the days, I could probably do small shots.