Okay peeps I'm little disappointed, I had no reviews for the last chapter (tears) so please can I get some feed back on this one? Oh and I hope the last chapter cleared up all the confusion, this one is just kind of going to be a filler chapter I think so here it is!
'How dare he tell me who I shouldn't hang out with!? It's absurd; he has no right to say something like that at all!' Thalia was walking through the mall, her anger made her powers run loose. Fountains were exploding and the lights above were flickering in and out.
'Oh crap! I let loose again.' Thalia looked behind her to see the chaos she had caused. A few girls were picking up the clothes they had just purchased, a row of baby strollers and wheel chairs that you could rent were tipped over and one was rolling away. The large fountain in the center of the mall was flooding. Thalia blushed and immediately felt remorse. Babies were crying in their mother's arms because the fire alarm had gone off.
She ducked into a barren hall and uttered an incantation, after that the whole place was back to normal and the mallrats minds were cleared of the incident.
'There that's better, I really have to learn how to control this stuff otherwise I'm bound to get found out and that wouldn't be good. I can't let the stupid things Jude says get to me. Even if he did look extremely worried, NO! DO NOT FEEL SORRY FOR HIM!! He was just making that stuff up. I would have noticed if Oliver had a cut on his hand anyway wouldn't have I? Unless he hid it somehow…NO! You're doing it again, just don't think about it. Think about the nice dress you just bought, yeah that works.'
The dress she had purchased had been a short red one that was a little poofy at the bottom but not overly. She had thought about what Jude had said, her being little red riding hood and almost didn't buy it but mentally slapped herself. Just because it was red didn't mean anything right?
'I hate him, I hate him so much!' Thalia wasn't looking where she was going, she thought she had been going in the direction of the food court but she ran into something hard and ended up on the ground.
"Oh my gosh! Are you okay?" a man said. Thalia looked up to see a man in a suit, his white shirt untucked and his tie was loosened. He had red hair and striking blue eyes, the same color she had only his were filled with worry. He offered her a hand which she took hesitantly.
"Y-yeah I t-t-think so, thanks," she said as she put her glasses back on. The man was smiling now; something seemed awfully familiar about him.
"Good you might want to slow it down a bit. We can't all be the Flash right?" he said jokingly.
"R-right," she looked at the brief case in his hand. There was an engraving on it with initials W. West.
"H-hey y-you're Gavin Marshal's dad," Thalia said her stutter was starting to go away, this man was her dad.
His face fell, "Yeah he's my son, how do you know him?" His tone was somber. Probably waiting for her to shout that his son was a complete asshole.
"He goes to my school, I think you know my mom too," she whispered the last part.
Mr. West looked intrigued all of a sudden, "Really? Who's your mom?" he whispered back.
Thalia looked around nervously, "We can't talk here, too many people but follow me outside if you really want to know." He nodded in response. Thalia led the way out of the mall and out of the parking lots and down the streets. She finally stopped in an alley.
Mr. West suddenly looked suspicious, he didn't know this girl. Maybe she was a thief and this was all part of her scheme to get his money. 'Whatever she won't catch me.'
Thalia spun around to look at him, she looked nervous like something was building up in her that she just wanted to say but couldn't. That made him drop his suspicions a little, he had a soft spot for girls after all.
"Okay um I'm Thalia Taylor. My mom's Luc-" Thalia didn't get to finish as realization hit the man and he finished for her.
"Lucy Taylor to the business world. Lucky Taylor to her close friends, you're her kid," he said with a smile.
"Yeah I am," Thalia said smiling back at him, "and you're Kid Flash, well Flash now right?"
He laughed a bit, "Yup I am," and then something else popped into his head. 'If she's Jinx's daughter and she knows Gavin, she looks about his age too then she must be…'
"Are you my…?" a strange look was on his face, half nervous but the other she couldn't understand, was it hopeful?
"Yeah I am. My mom told me about two weeks ago, I wasn't going to contact you but since we kind of ran into each other maybe I was supposed to," Thalia said getting quieter near the end.
Flash was smiling but then he said, "Jinx told me that you weren't mine." His face fell for a minute.
"Yeah, she um lied about that part a bit; she said it wouldn't be fair. Kole got you first and that's just the way it was going to be," she said sounding a little sad. Her voice matched the look on his face.
"I think I always knew, but she told me she never wanted to see me again. I shouldn't have listened," she had the feeling he wasn't talking to her anymore but to himself as he stared at the ground.
Thalia reached out her hand and placed it on his shoulder, he looked up at her, "I think she lied to you again. I think she misses you terribly. Now that I'm gone probably doesn't help the situation, she says I look like you." He looked at her questioningly not understanding what she meant by that.
"Oh yeah," she laughed quietly. She took her glasses off and her blonde and red hair changed to its natural green. "I'm one of the Titans now, I live here and she lives back in Gotham alone."
Flash looked at her in disbelief, "My daughter is Enchantra and my son is Whiplash. Ha, it's kind of funny once you think about it."
Thalia cocked her head to the side, "What's funny?"
"Well your mom was a villain and you're a good guy, where as Gavin's mom was a Titan and he is, well was according to Kole, a villain," it didn't sound like he quite believed his son wasn't a villain anymore.
"Well he hasn't given me or the other Titans any trouble so far so who knows, maybe he is a good guy," Flash gave her a look. "Yeah I don't believe it either. You don't know how weird it felt when I found out that he's my brother! Ugh it's too strange!!" The same look of disgust was on her face that she had when she first found out the news.
Flash had to laugh at that, "Yeah sometimes I don't even think he's my son, but his powers say otherwise as do the DNA tests." Thalia laughed with him, their eyes were both sparkling.
"You know, I was kind of mad when she told me the story. I mean you didn't love Kole, you loved my mom and when you tried to see me she wouldn't let you, that's what makes me mad the most I think. Maybe it hurt her too much to see you or something," Thalia said changing her hair back and putting on her glasses again as they started to walk out of the alley.
Flash put an arm around her, it didn't feel awkward or weird either it just felt right. It was as if he had been there and known her whole life.
"Your mom is a strong lady. Stubborn too, she probably thought she was doing what was best for you so don't be mad at her. I made a mistake in listening when she said to back off and when she told me to be with Kole. I missed out on most of your life and that's not right, true she should have told you about me earlier but I also shouldn't have done what I did with Kole either. I'm more to blame than she is, if I hadn't done that then we could have been a family, and now that I know of you I'm going to try to make it so we can be a family or at least so I can be your dad. I don't think your mom is too happy with me," he said. It was plain to see that he still loved Jinx and missed her a lot.
Thalia smiled reassuringly, "I don't think she's mad at you and I'm sure she misses you. She just won't admit it."
Flash shrugged, "If you say so, but let's not talk about your mom anymore. We have a lot of catching up to do and I have the afternoon off if you do too, you want to grab some lunch?"
Thalia smiled, "I would love to Flash."
He returned the smile and said, "You can call me dad if you like." His face was hopeful.
"Okay dad," she beamed. She was incredibly happy right now, it was as if she hadn't had a conversation with Jude at all, she had her Dad finally and hopefully maybe her mom might have him back too eventually. She thought as they strolled down the street.
'What am I doing here? Everyone else here is clinically insane.'
'So maybe you are too.' 'I am not! Take that back!' 'See you're talking to the voices in your head, that's never a good sign.'
Alex was sitting nervously in a waiting room in Gotham; she had taken Tyler's advice and Jared's too and gone to go see this Dr. Grey person. After she had sobbed to Jared she had been surprised when he agreed with Tyler, he said that maybe it was right to get some professional help.
So now here she was sitting in a bland waiting room with some dude who was sucking his thumb and looked as if he was about to cry.
'You know I could just get up and leave. No one would notice.' Alex started to stand up when the door opened and a lady called her name, "Alex Grayson, you may come in now."
The woman was tall for a girl, had red hair that was pulled into a bun, this was Dr. Jean Grey psychiatrist to those with superpowers. Alex nodded slightly and followed her into the office.
Alex took a look around the room. The walls were a boring beige color and there was a couch that was maybe a shade darker than the walls, across from the couch there was a reddish brown armchair and a glass coffee table separated the two pieces of furniture. There was a large mahogany desk in the corner. There were two pictures on the wall, one was of her and brown haired man with deep red sunglasses, it looked as if they were in their twenties then. The other one had the man, her and a small boy with brown hair in between them.
'Nice family.' There were more pictures on the Dr.'s desk; they seemed to be a bunch of teenagers all in a large living room with a man in a wheel chair in the middle.
"That's the boarding school I grew up at, Xavier's Institute for Gifted Children. Have you heard of if?" the Dr. said making small talk as she sat down in a chair.
Alex had heard of the school, she her brother and the other Titans had been invited to go there a couple months back but refused politely. They needed to take of Jump City.
"Yeah I have, I've heard it's really nice," Alex said as she sat on the couch across from the Dr.
"It is I enjoyed staying there. The professor taught me everything I know; he helped me out when my powers went haywire. But we're not talking about me today, what's on your mind?" Dr. Grey said crossing her legs.
Alex sighed, "I've been having this reoccurring nightmare of a bad memory I have. You probably know that I'm Midnight, well last spring I was captured by Fahrenheit and tortured. In the end we defeated him and he's gone for good but I can't get rid of the dreams. A couple weeks ago I was training and a flaming disk came at me and I blacked out from remembering what he did."
Alex stared at the floor her voice shaking, "He could control fire, he never used it on me but I saw him do it. What he did do to me was stab two large gashes down my back; I've got permanent scars there now."
Dr. Grey looked at the young girl with sympathy, "Have you talked to a doctor about this before?" Alex shook her head slowly, "Well what happens in your dreams?"
Alex was still staring at the ground when she answered, "I'm in the dark like when I was when he had me captive. I hear my boyfriend, well my ex-boyfriend I guess screaming endlessly and then after a while he stops screaming and there's dead silence. That's when Fahrenheit starts laughing; mocking me I can feel the chains I had on my wrists and around my ankles. I try to get out of them to find him and Hydroclone, and he keeps laughing. Then I wake up, it's the same every time." Alex was gripping her seat tightly if she had moved her hand a part of the couch definitely would have been ripped off.
Dr. Grey was quiet for a minute thinking, "Alex I think your experiencing Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome. It usually happens to people who have been raped or abused. I would suggest sleeping pills for the time being." Dr. Grey scribbled something down on her clipboard.
"But what if we get called into a mission in the middle of the night? My team needs me!" Alex protested standing up now.
"Alex your team needs you healthy, I'm sure they could handle a mission or two without you. And it's not forever just for a short time," Dr. Grey said calmly.
Alex sighed; she knew her team could handle anything. They were strong, so Dr. Grey had a point, "Fine for how long do I have to take them?"
"We'll see by how you're doing after a couple of weeks," the red head said.
Alex rolled her eyes, 'That doesn't sound good at all.' "Sounds great."
Dr. Grey smiled noticing the sarcastic tone in Alex's voice, "I know it sucks to feel weak, but this will help you get better. Meet me here next week okay?"
Alex nodded, "Okay see ya Doc." She made her way to the door.
"You can call me Jean," she said with another warm smile. Alex returned it as she walked out the door feeling a little bit better. She liked Dr. Jean, she didn't totally agree with he treatment but she probably knew best.
Flash walked into his house with a broad grin on his face, not something you saw everyday anymore on him. Knowing this his wife Kole became very bewildered.
"What's got you in a good mood? Something good happen today?" Kole said as she came up from behind him and wrapped her arms around him. He stiffened ever so slightly that Kole didn't even notice.
"Oh I just um ran into someone today," Flash said trying to shrug it off. He didn't know how she would take him seeing his daughter.
Kole didn't really like Jinx very well; she would say it was because she still didn't trust her as a hero. Flash would always point out to her that if it hadn't been for Jinx she still might have been frozen in the Brotherhood of Evil's lair and that Jinx had been stopping crime in Gotham since the Titans broke up, despite Fahrenheit's threats. Flash knew the real reason; it was because deep down Kole knew that Flash still loved Jinx.
"Oh really who?" Kole asked sweetly, honestly wanting to know.
'Oh well I better tell her, she's just going to find out anyway.' Flash took his coat and tie off and threw them over one the kitchen chairs. He walked into the living room and sat down on the black leather couch.
"I saw my daughter today," Flash said as Kole took a seat next to him. She now looked even more confused than she had earlier.
Kole blinked and then laughed, "But Flash honey, we don't have a daughter. Now who did you see?"
Flash didn't respond 'Jinx would have believed me, has Kole forgotten that I had a life before her? A life that I was perfectly happy with and wanted so bad.' He rolled his eyes, sure Kole was sweet and everything, but could she honestly forget the scene he and Jinx had had so many years ago about who was Thalia's father. Kole had believed Jinx right away, Flash knew it was only because Kole didn't want to see Jinx ever again.
"Wally I know it hurts but its obvious Jinx doesn't want you anymore. I do Wally, I love you I have your son. She went and slept with some random stranger probably and had a crack baby." Flash had almost ripped Kole's head off that night. How dare she say that about Jinx? She wasn't a whore and would not sleep with just anyone, especially not someone on drugs.
"Kole I know we don't have a daughter together. I have one with someone else," he said seriously.
Kole stared at him with her wide blue eyes (AN: she does have blue eyes right?), "Well shouldn't you be sad then? I mean you'll have to pay alimony and spend time with her. Also since we don't have a daughter then who's her mom?" Kole's smile was gone from her face and her voice had turned icy.
"She's Jinx's daughter, she's Gavin's age and she's one of the Titans. You've met her last spring when you know the Titans all got together with their kids and Gavin you know," Flash trailed off.
"Yeah I know her hurt Alex Grayson. Wait hold on, are you talking about Thalia Taylor? The quiet shy one?" Kole laughed, "There's no way that's Jinx's daughter! I thought she was adopted or something, she and Jinx are so different. I think the girl is lying to you Wally."
"She has my eyes Kole. She stutters just like I did when I was little, after you get her talking that goes away and she's more like Jinx but more watered down. I'm going to be seeing her more often Kole," Flash said his voice raising an octave.
Kole's face was angry, "You have a family here Wally. Your son needs you, that girl has spent seventeen years without you and she's fine. Your son who you've known his whole life is having problems, you need to help him. He needs his father, that girl does not need you, she has that flighty witch of a mother." Kole stood up as she said this yelling every word.
Flash stood up along with her, "I missed out on her life, I've tried with Gavin and I'll keep trying. I can be a father to both of them. Thalia needs me too, every girl needs a father and I shouldn't have listened to Jinx when she said Thalia wasn't mine. Don't you dare call her a witch! Jinx is one of the best people out there, sure she is a witch but not in the way you're talking about! You are not going to call Thalia 'that girl' either. She's my daughter and Gavin's sister. Who knows maybe she'll rub off on Gavin and he'll turn around?"
"Oh I highly doubt that. Jinx was a villain so her daughter must have some evil in her system just waiting to get out of her!" Kole shouted as she stormed out of room and back into the kitchen.
Now Flash's temper was rising, he tone was quiet but fierce when he spoke, "Jinx has turned around, and I turned her to the good side. She has been a great accomplice to the new Batman in Gotham for years, and do not forget Kole that that is my daughter, you don't even know her! She's a good kid I think she's proved that so I would watch what you say about her!"
Flash turned and walked out the door, Kole expected he had run off somewhere maybe Japan today. 'He'll be back, he always comes back.' Though this time Kole wasn't so sure.
Okay this is probably the longest thing I've ever done before yay!! I don't mean to bash Kole either, I love her. She just got the unlucky pick in my head of being Kid Flash's wife when he really loves someone else. I don't own Confessions of a Broken Heart.
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