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Monday morning. For the whole week, Danielle had been kept on her home against her own will after she tried to once again, attack her brother. She was desperate to find a way to take the chip off her brain, to be able to have control of her own body, to be able to see her own brother without wanting to hurt him or kill him.
The worst part of not being able to go out was when Joe told her about Iris getting hurt and being in the hospital. But she felt worse when they told her the reason of Barry not catching the piece of glass in time, because of the speed Harrison had taken away from him in order to give it to Zoom. She was part of what Harrison did, but he took all the blame and ended up locked in the pipeline. At least until Danielle was able to bring some sense into Barry that all Harrison did was to save his daughter.
Now, she was organizing her clothes for the third time in the week when Barry ringed the bell to the house. He was already prepared with a serum Harrison made to suspend Danielle's powers in case she tried to attack him again. Even if the scarlet speedster didn't like the idea of making the serum, he needed it just for protection.
"Please tell me you bring good news to me because I'm this close of losing my mind, if I haven't lost it already." Danielle said as soon as she opened the door and stepped aside to let her brother inside.
Barry took a deep breath, pocketing his hands on his jeans, "We're going to Earth-2." He simply said, not meeting her confused violet eyes. "We're going to help Harry get his daughter back and stop Zoom."
Danielle raised an eyebrow at how convinced he sounded. She knew this idea could end up in them being successful or in them failing at the hands of the blue speedster. Either way, Danielle knew she was not going to just stay there while they did all the job, even if she didn't want to go back to that place.
"I'll come with you." She finally said, holding her chin up. "And don't think you can convince me other way, I'll go as well and help rescue Jesse."
"No, you can't go there. Did you forget what Zoom did to you the last time you were there?"
"No, I didn't forget, but being there could also mean Harrison can work with his technology and get this chip out of me once and for all." Barry didn't seem convinced by her words. He wanted to keep not only himself safe, but her as well.
"Barry, please. For the last days I have been isolated from everyone else. My sister was in the hospital and I couldn't visit her, whenever I see you I want to kill you…my own family is scared of me. I just want this to be over."
The scarlet speedster noticed the tiredness of her face and he knew better than anyone else how bad she felt. This was going to be very risky, but it was a risk he was going to take to save his sister. "Fine. Under one condition. If things go wrong, you stay by Harry's side and do whatever it takes to get yourself out of Earth-2 alive."
"I'm not leaving that Earth without you, Barry."
"Just promise me that, Danielle."
The woman bit the inside of her cheek before nodding. "I promise."
"Good. Get ready because we leave today." Once said that, Barry leaned to kiss Danielle on the forehead before walking back to the entrance and speed away toward the CCPD.
After Barry left, it took Danielle about fifteen minutes to get ready, wearing her suit beneath her normal clothes. She wasn't sure if her powers were going to be able to work this time on Earth 2, but it was better to be prepared. So with everything ready, she called for a cab, since Harrison had took her car, and shortly arrived at STAR Labs.
The first one to receive her was Jay, who had an unamused look on his face. "You can't go there, Danielle. This mission is too dangerous for them, even more for you. We still don't know what Zoom can make you do, so don't risk yourself."
"Jay," Danielle sighed, placing a hand on his shoulder. "The only reason I'm doing this is because I already know where Zoom is keeping Jesse. I promised I was going to help her and get her out of there, so yes, I have to go."
Judging from Jay's face, Danielle knew he was not comfortable with the idea, but there was no way she was staying behind. "Besides, Harrison can work with his toys and get the chip off my brain."
"Nothing that I say will make you change your mind, right?" Danielle gave him a small smile while shaking her head. "Just…be careful."
Before Danielle could say anything else, a sting on the side of her neck made her wince, taking her hand to the place where she felt the pain. She turned around to see Harrison holding some type of syringe before her sight was clouded and she fell unconscious on the arms of the man.
"You could've said something before doing that, Wells." A rather upset Jay said, narrowing his eyes at the other man.
"We both know she wasn't going to agree on doing that, Garrick." Harrison responded while rolling his eyes. "Come on, everyone is waiting downstairs."
With the finally joining the rest of the team down at breach, the goodbyes began. It was obvious everyone was afraid of the small plan Barry came up with, but they trusted him and now it was time for the truth. With everything ready and in a blink of an eye, the four of them were already in Earth 2.
By the time Danielle finally woke up, they were at Harrison's office. Her head was spinning and she could hear voices echo in the distance, but couldn't difference who was talking. Finally, when her vision started to become clear, she found the strength to stand up and she could finally see the other men in the room plus someone else with them.
"Danielle." Unknowing to her, this Earth's version of her brother was with them and he was the first one to notice the woman in the other side of the room standing up.
"Yes, yes, it's me. Did you forget I came along or what?" After rubbing her eyes and finding the silence falling on the room rather weird, she looked up to them and found that the one talking to her was not her brother. "Oh, no." She muttered to herself.
Barry and Cisco were so confused at the scene Harrison had to take the teaser and knock Earth-2 Barry. "This was a big mistake, Allen." He said to the other Barry. "There's one rule you have to know, and that is that no one can see your sister walking around."
"Wait, I don't understand. What's wrong with it?" Barry asked right away as Danielle walked to the unconscious man.
"I'm dead on this Earth, Barry." She simply responded while taking the glasses of her brother's doppelganger and giving them to the other Barry. "My Earth-2 persona married Harrison, they had a lovely daughter named Jesse and everything was perfect until the particle accelerator exploded and she died."
Both Cisco and Barry looked over at Harrison, who was looking down at his desk like if he was reading some papers. "Why didn't you tell us about this?" Barry asked at him.
"What difference would that had made? You would've pity me since the beginning knowing that your Earth-2 niece was in trouble?" Harrison finally turned to him, pinching the bridge of his nose.
"That doesn't matter right now. We are here now and we have to find Zoom fast because we only have 48 hours or the breach will be forever closed." Cisco finally spoke, gaining a nod from everyone else before Barry took off toward the CCPD, leaving the other alone.
"My materials are there for you to use, I have other business to do." Harrison told Cisco before motioning Danielle to follow him to the next room.
Danielle simply gave Cisco a shrug of not knowing what was going on, but she still followed the other man. He pulled a chair for her to sit down on the round table filled with lots of metal pieces she didn't know what were for as he walked around the place gathering other stuff.
"Are you okay?" The redhead asked when she noticed the upset look on his face. She guessed it was because of the mistake Barry did moments ago, but then again, it could be something else.
"When Barry said you wanted to come, I told him it was not a good idea, but I didn't tell him the reason. He probably deserved the truth. Now than this Earth Barry saw you, it will be difficult to make him forget."
'Make him forget' those words light the bulb inside Danielle's brain as she stood from the seat and walked to a near mirror. Her eyes were still violet, like if this time, the trip didn't affect her like the last time.
"Harrison, I still have my powers. They didn't disappear." She said as then man walked to her. "I can erase his memory, that way we don't have to explain the whole thing and probably confuse him."
"This isn't about erasing his memory." Harrison suddenly snapped and Danielle found herself surprised by his acting, even Cisco turned his attention to him, making him sigh to calm himself down. "Your family from this Earth hates me. They blame me for your death, and for everything else. Barry used to be the one to always take my side until the particle accelerator accident, when even he turned his back to me. Jesse doesn't even know them well enough and I think that's the main reason why your mother hates me—"
Danielle's heart stopped for a moment, raising a hand to make him stop talking. "My mom?"
"Mrs. Allen is still alive on this Earth. Barry didn't turn into the Flash, therefore no Reverse Flash to kill your mother." As Harrison explained, Danielle felt the necessity of looking for the woman. But messing with something as big as that in this Earth could have consequences, and it was probably not a good idea.
"Your family's lives here are different. Not only your mother is alive, but Barry married Iris, who the top detective at the CCPD while Joe is a singer at a club."
Danielle couldn't help but laugh at what he just said. "Joe, a singer? Well, that's something I never imagined he would do."
"He's a great one. He sang at our wedding, even if Barry tried to convince you otherwise." Harrison chuckled a bit, his eyes looking down at his left hand where his ring remained intact. Danielle noticed this and placed his hands on top of his.
"Even if you're really stubborn, and egoist, and sometimes a bit of an asshole…you're still a great person, Harrison. Maybe not everyone will be able to see that, but at least I can and that's something, right?" She gave him a smile and received one back.
"It's everything to me." His hand traveled to Danielle's neck as he pulled her closer, leaning in to kiss her forehead. "Now, let's get working on that chip."
For the rest of the evening, both Cisco and Harrison were too busy resolving their respective problems. Every once in a while Harrison would take a break and help Cisco with things he didn't understand and sometimes Cisco would help him with Danielle. For the redhead, it was weird seeing both actually working and not arguing or annoying each other like the normally would, but right now there was no time for childish acting.
Eventually, Harrison was able to ask one of his colleagues to lend him some mini bots he was working on before the whole Zoom incident. He firstly made sure they were still working, and in fact, they remained the same as he left them. So with a small help from Cisco, who was too amazed by the bots, they programmed them to look for the chip that was in Danielle's system.
"Are you sure I won't feel anything?" A scared Danielle asked as Harrison handed her a glass of water and a pill that contained the bots inside.
"It will be over sooner than you think." He assured her, taking his seat back in front of the monitor they would use to see the bot's journey.
"I'm not letting anything happen to you, you hear me?" Cisco as well showed his support to his friend, and finally, Danielle took the pill and started to feel sleepy.
The whole procedure took them at least hour and a half. Harrison, as well as Cisco, were tired of all the hard work they've been doing. But it all paid well when the bots eventually found the chip inside her brain and carefully, took it away. It was a delicate extraction, since one bad movement and they could hurt Danielle, but Harrison was professional enough to take it all with care.
Just when they finished taking the bots out, Barry came back to the Labs and told them everything about the incident with this Earth's Ronnie and Caitlin. The discussion and the voices once again woke Danielle up. She looked around and found out that both Barry and Harrison were gone and Cisco was the only one standing there with a worried face.
"Cisco, what's going on?"
The man looked over the door before making his way to her. "There's a small problem with the whole operation." He told her and she just motioned him to say more about it. "Barry encountered with Ronnie and Caitlin's doubles. They're Deathstorm and Killer Frost in this Earth, two supervillains that knew Barry wasn't from here."
"Ronnie and Cait are villains here? That's something I would never expected to hear." She said surprised and Cisco nodded.
"Thing is that it won't be long until Zoom knows we're here, Harry said they work for him and we need to hurry or bad thing can happen."
"Where's Barry now?"
Cisco moved his hand to the back of his neck. "He's at the hospital. Joe got hurt on the fight and he went to be by Iris' side."
"I see." Even if deep down those words hurt, she kept reminding herself that they were not the people she grew up with, that her family was safe back on her Earth. "What about the chip? Is it out already?"
Cisco held a finger up before going to the table to grab a transparent container with the chip inside of it. "Can't believe this small thing was causing so much in me."
"This Earth's technology is amazing."
The doors to the room slid open, Barry emerging from them. His faced showed sadness but also determination. "Barry, did something wrong happened?"
The speedster took the glasses off, placing them on the table. "I just saw Joe die, right in front of me and I couldn't do anything about it but hold Iris."
Cisco and Danielle shared a look before she walked to her brother, placing a hand on his shoulder. "I know these people might act, look, and speak just like the ones we know, but they're not them and you have to understand that, Bar. I'm sorry you had to witness Joe's death but our Joe is safe back home."
"Yeah, I know." He tried to give her a smile, but only managed half of it. "The CCPD has a track on where to find Deathstorm and Killer Frost. If the place is correct, we have a chance of finding Zoom."
"This gun will get Killer Frost to talk." Cisco said while holding the gun he was working on up. "I can go with them and use it."
"If he goes I go. My powers are back to normal and I have full control of my body once again. If the gun doesn't get them talking, I will." Danielle proposed right away, but Barry just shook his head.
"You can't be seen by Iris or anyone else, remember? And I need you to stick by Harry's side. This can be a dangerous run and I won't risk you." Danielle opened her mouth to say something else, but Barry spoke first once again. "Let's go, Cisco."
Both men took off toward the CCPD, where Iris and her partner were already gearing up. Meanwhile, Danielle had to take two deep breaths to control herself from doing something. This was the first time in days she was finally able to get out of her house and be free from Zoom's control and now she couldn't even get out of Harrison's office. It wasn't fair, she thought, she could be more help to Barry in battle but her brother couldn't see that.
Danielle looked around, finally taking in the surroundings. She walked to the main desk and sat on the chair. She took a look at the few pictures that were on top of it, but one of them took her attention. It was a picture of Harrison, Jesse, and her Earth-2 doppelganger. Jesse was still a child, probably four or five years old. Danielle was hoped on Harrison's back and Jesse was on Danielle's back. They all looked so happy and it was clear they were enjoying the moment.
The doors to the office slid open once again with Harrison coming inside, but Danielle didn't bother to put the picture down. "I remember that day was Jesse's favorite day of the year, the day we would always go to the park early in the morning, have a picnic and play for the rest of the day or until she would get tired. But that year was different. After the photo was taken, my wife began to feel so much pain on her lower stomach we had to take off to the hospital as fast as we could. She was pregnant with a second child by that time, and that day, she lost it. A miscarriage, the doctors said."
Harrison took a moment, taking the photo on his hands. "She got depression after that day. She wouldn't eat, sleep, go out of the house, she would only cry and blame herself for it. I had to stay strong for Jesse, she was too young to understand what was happening to her mother. It got to the point where sometimes I wouldn't even allow her to go to the bedroom with her. Until one day, Jesse got very sick. She was in the hospital for almost a week and that's when Danielle finally came out of the bedroom to check on her and be with her. I think, that since then, they both became closer than before."
It was obvious to Danielle that talking about that wasn't easy, but truth is that he was telling her that because he felt comfortable sharing those memories with her. This time, Danielle said nothing but stand up and embrace him in a tight hug. He didn't need words, her hug was enough for him. But it was shortly broken when her mind clouded with pain coming from Barry's mind that made her back away.
"What's wrong?" Harrison quickly asked but Danielle just stood there, trying to figure out what was happening. "Danielle, what happened?"
Finally, she looked up at him, her face pale. "I—I don't know what just happened but…Zoom has Barry."
"What?"
Not responding to him, Danielle went to grab her coat and placed it on as Harrison observed her. "Zoom captured Barry, he took him to the same place he held me hostage." She finally explained a little more, turning once again to him. "I need to help him. I need to help my brother."
"Are you out of your mind? You're not going there by yourself." Harrison tried to stop her, but Danielle just shook her head.
"Ever since I've been here and back to my Earth everyone has been trying to push me away. I want to help, okay? I know I can and I can't wait for you to come up with something because the longer we are here, the less time Barry has. He's my little brother, Harrison, and I'm not going to stay here and wait for something bad to happen to him."
Harrison knew he couldn't fight it, she was going to do it even if he tried to stop her. So instead of telling her no, he leaned and finally placed his lips on hers in a sweet kiss. "Be careful out there and take this." He took his watch off from his wrist and placed it on Danielle's.
She said nothing else, just a simple nod to him before walking out of the office. This was probably a bad idea and she could end up dead at the hands of Zoom, but she had to try it. There was no clue on her of where Zoom could be hiding, but the best shot of knowing where to go was to find one of Zoom's pets and that was to find Killer Frost.
Hello, everyone!
I know, it's been so long since I updated this story, but school and outside activities are taking away my time. I apologize for that, but I'll try to hurry the next chapter since I've been looking forward to write it.
What are your guys thoughts on the recent episodes? I'm really looking forward to today's episode and traveling back in time. It looks like a very interesting and scary episode with whatever monster they showed us.
Anyway, let me know what you guys are thinking of the story, remember reviews are always welcomed, your opinion here is important. Until the next chapter! x
P.S. I would really want to ask you guys to not post spoilers in the review area because I usually watch the episodes hours later than everyone else or until the next day. It's really of a bad taste to me, specially when someone reviewed Zoom's identity when I didn't even know he was going to be on the episode and totally ruined everything to me. This show is my favourite and having spoilers like that before watching the episode makes me quite mad, so please, I'm nicely asking you guys to not do that. Thanks.
CharmFelicis.- I'm so glad you're liking them! I'll try to continue them. :-)
darnice.- Eobard didn't know about Danielle's existence until the night he killed Nora and soon began to find her interesting when she denied that another man was in the house that night. As she grew up, he fell in love with her. And as for your other review, that you will have to wait and see. ;-) Thanks for following the story!