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The Flash day was finally here. The city never looked so happy. From kids to adults, everyone was dressed up as their favorite scarlet hero. And Danielle didn't stay behind to get one of the red t-shirts with the lightning bolt on the middle.
Ever since her talks with Tony, Danielle was starting to feel better. It was true that nothing was going to make the pain of losing her family stop, but at least she knew she wasn't alone anymore. And since she still couldn't get her job at the hospital back, her time was mostly spent with Jay at STAR Labs. They would spend it talking about the adventures Danielle and Barry had the last year and Jay would sometimes talk about his own adventures.
But this day, Jay decided to keep himself busy at the park where they were hosting the special day or more like following Barry as he would get his job as CSI done. So with him gone, Danielle decided to visit Joe at the CCPD and was surprised to see just Cisco there.
"Dan, hey." Cisco greeted her. "What brings you here?"
"Just decided to stop by. You are going to the event, right?" She asked and by his look, she noticed something off. "Still convinced he won't go?"
"Nope, and I already tried talking to him." Cisco answered and she just sighed. "Hopefully, Iris will bring some sense into him."
Danielle nodded as they began to walk outside. Her eyes met the wall where they placed photos of their fallen officers and on the last row, their new addition of Eddie's photo. "Funny, I thought this wall was supposed to be for heroes not for people who kill themselves and drag two more with them."
"Come on, Dan. We should go to the park." Cisco said while dragging his friend away from the wall and outside to her car.
The road was short since it wasn't that far away but there was a lot of people gathered around. Red and yellow covered the green of the grass, from balloons to the people wearing caps and shirts.
After taking a good look around, Danielle spotted Joe on the other side of the fences the police placed around. "Big day, huh?" She asked while standing next to Joe.
"Looks like it. Let's just wait until it begins and see if The Flash comes to accept the key." He said with a small wink and Danielle just smirked.
"Hey, guys, is it me or is that Caitlin over there?" Cisco asked while approaching the both and motioning to the other side of the fences.
Indeed it was her, but she looked like she wasn't sure if she wanted to be there or not. But no one said anything as the mayor made his way to the podium. Everyone went crazy, clapping at the man. As he began to talk, Danielle looked around the place and spotted a familiar face, Jay was there.
At last, the mayor presented the key and everyone awaited for something to happen. Everyone looked around confused until a hard wind hit their faces. He did it, Barry finally presented himself to the crowd. She smiled as her brother stood there, accepting the key from the mayor. But the happiness lasted little, as screams filled the place and something was sent flying to Flash and the mayor.
"Great, time for a show." Danielle muttered as the people began to run away.
A hand grabbed her arm to pull her away and she was surprised when seeing Jay telling her to be quiet and to get away from there. Silently, the both sneaked to the back, away from the scene.
"What are you doing here? You should get to safety." Danielle told him as an explosion was heard. Jay's instant reaction was to shield Danielle.
"We should get to safety." He said once they realized they were safe.
Not wanting to leave her brother alone but knowing it would be dangerous, Danielle accepted to get away to her car. When they were both inside, things around began to go back to normal, the meta-human was gone and so, the very special day was ruined.
"I should've helped Barry." Danielle said while leaning her forehead on the wheel. "From behind a car but I should've helped him."
"Hey, it's okay. We didn't know this was going to happen." Jay tried to cheer her up, giving her a small smile. "Come on, let's get out of here while we can."
With a nod, they both made their way back home. Jay asked if he could use her computer to work on something so he locked himself in the office as Danielle prepared something for dinner. She was enjoying the classic music playing on the background that she almost missed when the doorbell rang. Weird, she thought.
To her surprise, her foster sister was standing on the other side of the door. "Iris?" She asked once the door was open.
"Hi, Dan. You have a minute?"
"Sure, come in." Both women walked to the kitchen where Danielle offered some coffee that Iris accepted. "What's the matter?"
"It's about Barry." Iris said before taking a sip of the coffee. "We both know he's still having a hard time dealing with what happened six months ago. What happened today made it obvious he can't do this on his own, he needs his team back. And maybe it won't be the same but there's people who wants to help him and he's not letting us."
"Yeah, I agree with what you're saying but you know Barry and convincing him won't be easy." Danielle walked to sit on the other side of the table, glancing at the office door and hoping for Jay to not come out of it.
"That's why we won't ask for his permission. STAR Labs belongs to you now. Cisco, Professor Stein and I want to make use of it the way you guys used to help him but we need your permission to be there and maybe, if you want, join us."
"You can use it, it's fine by me, but going back to the team? I don't think I'm ready for it yet." Danielle said while shaking her head. "But the building is there for you to use it."
"You know there will always be a spot for you there. You helped that day to stop the singularity and you became a hero."
With that said, Iris proceeded to go out of the house, leaving Danielle thinking on what she said. Yes, she helped her brother but just because he needed the help. Just as she was going back to the dinner, the office room opened and Jay coming out of it.
"I heard voices." He said while walking to help her set the table. "Are you okay? You look sad."
"Hm? Oh, no, I'm fine." She assured him while taking the food to the table and both sat down. "Can I ask you something?"
"Anything."
"What made you be a hero? You know, after getting the speed."
Jay was silent for a bit. He knew the answer to the question but with him not telling her the entire truth about her Earth-2 self, he had to think of something else. "I wanted to help people and my speed let me do it."
"You're just like Barry." She said while drinking some of the water. "I guess I've been helping a lot of people while being a doctor it's already tiring to keep doing it."
"You're not a bad person, Danielle. On the contrary, you're one of the good ones."
Danielle stopped for a second to look up at him. "How am I on your Earth? Are we different or alike?"
The question caught Jay off-guard but he didn't want to give it away, so he just shrugged. "You are very much alike. Except for the eyes, of course." He joked and Danielle chuckled.
"Come on, there must be more to that."
"Maybe some other day, I feel exhausted and would like to go to bed now." Jay said in a serious tone while standing from the table and taking his things to the dishwasher. "Goodnight."
"Yeah, goodnight."
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The very next day went by normal. It was Friday so her session with Tony was the first thing to do on her list. Though this Friday, Tony had to call her to cancel their meeting because of some stuff at the hospital. Danielle told him it was okay, but now she had nothing else to do. Jay was out again and she was left alone on the house.
"Hello?" Danielle answered her ringing phone with Barry's number on the ID.
"Hey, sis. Are you busy?"
"Not at all, why?"
"See you at Joe's house in twenty minutes?" Barry asked and she looked confused at the phone.
"Yeah, okay. See you there."
After hanging up with her brother, Danielle grabbed her coat and went out to her car, driving directly Joe's house. It was weird since there was other two cars along with a STAR Labs van and obviously Joe's police car. Once her car was locked, she made her way inside and found everyone inside and someone else.
"Dad?" Danielle asked while Henry walked to her.
The last time they saw each other it was a sad day for both. No one said anything as they shared a hug, few tears escaping Danielle's eyes. Barry knew what happened between them so he decided to give them some time as well as the others.
"How are you here? What did I miss?" She asked once they broke apart.
Barry stepped next to her, handing her a USB. "Dr. Wells, he left us a confession." He told her while placing a hand on her shoulder.
"That doesn't matter right now." Henry said, both siblings turning to their father. "We are here, together. This is supposed to be a happy day, I finally have my kids."
"And there's cake!" Cisco said and everyone laughed.
The small party was something everyone needed since a long time ago. Getting together to celebrate the happiness that everyone had felt so good for all. And Danielle, for the first time in six months, smiled because she was happy. Her father was finally out of prison and declared innocent, Barry decided to get the team back together to help him and everyone seemed to accept her back once again.
"Everyone seems to be having a good time." Henry said to his daughter as she observed everyone from the stairs.
"Yeah, we needed this."
"We did." He agreed while drinking from his glass of water. "I already told Barry but I will leave Central City."
"What? Why?"
"You two have been through a lot without me. You don't need me here." Henry said as Barry walked to them. "I am so proud of you both and I'm sure your mom would be so proud as well. Joe did great raising you and I will forever be thanked to him for that."
"But dad, you just got out of prison. At least stay for a while." Danielle tried to reason with him but he just shook his head.
"If you need me, I'll be here, never forget that."
Even if it hurt, Danielle accepted him going away. After all, just like she did, he needed some time to assimilate everything that was going on. It was sad seeing him go after they just got him back, but at least now he was a free man, no more prison visits.
After Henry left the party, almost everyone was gone as well. Danielle stayed a little while just to help them clean everything up but soon left home. To her not surprise, Jay wasn't there so she took advantage of the situation and walked to the office, her hand holding the USB Barry gave her.
The video began with Harrison placing the camera and taking his glasses off. Her heart hurt, seeing him again knowing it was just some video he recorded a while back felt horrible. But she didn't stop, trying her best to continue it without stopping.
The video was directed to Barry only, he was talking about their rivalry mostly until he got to the point of confessing being the real murder to their mother giving details on how it happened and how she saw it happening the day she discovered his true identity. There was already tears on her cheeks until the video stopped. Danielle left the image there. All he was now was a simple memory and nothing more.
From the other side of the door, Jay, who arrived shortly after Danielle, listened to her sobbing. He felt helpless but there was nothing he could do. So when the sobbing stopped, he slowly opened the door and walked to the now asleep woman, gently grabbing her on his arms and taking her to her bed before he walked to the other room to get some sleep.
"Danielle!" Jay screamed on top of his lungs. Minutes before, the particle accelerator exploded, leaving parts of the building totally destroyed. "Danielle, can you hear me?"
"Jay!" Her voice was barely hearable but Jay hurried to where the voice came from. The woman was trapped under a pile of the fallen ceiling.
"Hang on, I'm coming to get you."
Just as he said that, a big piece of ceiling fell near where he was. If it wasn't for him jumping to the side, he would've been crashed down to the floor. Being careful, he got to the place Danielle was trapped, starting to take things out of the way but they were heavy even for him,
"Jay, I need you to listen to me. There's a pipe across my chest, I don't have much time." Jay stopped cold when hearing her words. His heart began to beat so fast.
"No, you're going to be fine." He said while trying to release her faster than before.
"Jay! Please, listen to me." For Danielle, it was starting to become hard to speak or even concentrate on staying up. "Promise you will look out for Jess."
"Stop it, Danielle, you will get out of here." Jay said while trying hard to stop the tears formed on his eyes make their way down his cheeks.
"We know that's not going to happen." With a lot of effort, Danielle brought her hand up to Jay's cheek. "I'm sorry for never listening to you. You were always there for me and I was always too blind to see it."
"There's nothing to be sorry for." Jay took a hold of her hand, holding it close to his chest. "Don't leave me now, Danielle. Not you."
Danielle tried to give him a smile despite her face being filled with dirt and cuts. "Thank you for everything. I love you, Jay."
Before he could answer, she was gone. Her eyes closed for the last time. "No, Danielle. Please, wake up. No!"
His cries filled the room as he held the woman he loved on his arms. There was nothing left to do but get her body and himself out of the place. But there was another pulse sent from the particle accelerator, this time, affecting Jay and sending him flying to the other side of the room, leaving him unconscious. And so, The Flash was born.
Hello, everyone!
Sooo, Earth-2 Danielle is dead. And who is there to blame? Well, I think you already know the answer. I want to clarify that this is my idea of how Jay got his powers. Since I don't know if they will tell us how he got them on the show, I decided to add my own idea. Also, since they're not telling us who Jess' mother is, this is also my idea. If we eventually get the name of the mother, well, I'm just going to ignore it.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy the chapter since I decided to upload it sooner than I had planned. Remember reviews are always welcomed. And talking about reviews, this story just got 100+ reviews and I want to thank you all for taking few minutes of your time to leave one!
Insanity Equals Genius.- I am too wondering how Danielle will react to Earth-2 Harrison! Can't wait to get to the point of writing that. Thanks for the review!
fandomenforcer.- Haha yeah, a real twist there. Hopefully not a lot of drama. :o
Bryon12.- Thanks for reading!
highlander348.- Yup. My idea is for her to continue being an antihero, sometimes helping Barry. :-)
darnice.- Yes, Jay will protect Danielle from Earth-2 Harrison when he comes around. To your two questions, it is very unlikely until now for Danielle to once again be in a relationship with a man that has the same face and name of the man she loved but that very much depends on how the show continues to use the Earth-2 Harrison Wells character. No, she won't get pregnant again. And to be quite honest I'm not sure if the other readers would like to see that in the story but I can think about it for later chapters.