Quick A/N - Okay so I did decide to have Alex already be out in this story, A- because the writers of the show and Chyler have done such an amazing job of that story I couldn't even begin to try my own version. I don't want to that whole episode/s were fantastic and urgh half the reason at the end of the first fic Kara ends up with the Danvers because even in this AU they were not going to be separated!
Kara agreed to fly them both to the particle accelerator and skipped off to make some food before joining her sister on the sofa for a night of catch up TV.
In the end it did turn out Alex wasn't able to come with Kara and so she headed off for the switching on of the particle accelerator all on her own to meet up with Barry and his siter.
Alex's small prediction that Barry would end up being the third wheel was painfully accurate for Barry who kind of lingered around his sisters and Karas conversations about journalism
"So I came along with the genius here so he can explain what on earth's going on but I didn't know you understood it" Iris was saying and Barry fell back into the conversation again
"Well I wouldn't say I understand it as well as Barry" Kara played it down, "I just" She paused, it wasn't often she had to de alien what she was saying, "I found it fascinating so I've been questioning barry for the past few weeks about it really"
Iris raised an eyebrow, "Is that all " she commented and Kara caught the sight of Barry slightly standing on her foot.
"Anyway would you mind taking a look over my dissertation?" Irish asked holding up her laptop bag which she had slung over her shoulder, "Not now but before you head back home?"
"Your heading all the way back to National City tonight?" Barry asked a little worried for his friend.
Kara went to respond when suddenly there was a call for attention and Harrison Wells stepped forward to give a speech and both Iris and Kara rushed for their phones to record what he had to say and Kara got out her small notebook as well to take notes such as his expression and other ideas that came to her about how to write the article.
Everyone around her was so wrapped up in the speech when Iris was spun around it came as a surprise as a man cut through the crowd and then high tailed it with Iris's bag.
"My dissertation!" she cried in horror and Kara made a small mental note to maybe remind her to use a cloud system to back up her work before she gave chase she realised Barry wasn't far behind her either but she was faster even curtailing her speed to a reasonable one for her level of fitness as a human.
She caught up to the thief pretty quickly and grabbed the bag from his outstretched hand from the exertion of his running to get away. He twisted as the bag came off his shoulder and spun right into a CCPD officers arms who quickly had him spun round and against the wall of the alley they had run down. Kara heard Barry's steps catch up behind her and Iris's heels clicking not too far behind Barry either.
Kara tried to look super winded and she readjusted her glasses a little and then handed the Laptop to Iris as she arrived.
The CCPD officer who had been very much in the right place at the right time who had just bundled the guy who had stolen the laptop into the police car parked further down re appeared at Kara's side,
"Perhaps leave the police work to the police" he commented, "I need you three to come in to give statements about this guy" he added and then practically swaggered back to the car.
"Who is that guy?" Iris asked making a face,
"New transfer from Keystone" Barry supplied looking a little hurt he hadn't been fast enough to catch the guy himself
"Oh is that the guy dad calls Officer Pretty Boy?" Iris questioned and Barry nodded,
"Well I suppose we better head to the polce station" Iris commented, "Thank you so much for getting my dissertation back Kara" Iris added as she started walking the distance to the precinct
"No problem" Kara said after her also starting to walk behind her, "Though in future I would really recommend any type of cloud system, then you can edit something wherever you are and you don't have to worry about your laptop breaking on your phone getting stolen" Kara added smiling it was then she realised Barry wasn't walking with them so she stopped and turned.
"Hey Barry come on I know you wanted to be there when you turned it on I'm Sorry" Iris called to him and he seemed to snap out of whatever funk he was in and ran a little to catch up
"Iris this isn't your fault, I'm sure someone will be recording it I can watch later" Kara nodded in agreement, "There is lots of news stations their at the moment"
"Oh " Iris was about to apologise to Kara as well but kara cut her off, "It's fine not your fault some idiot thought he could outrun me"
They laughed and a little of the random tension that had been there before thankfully dissipated, "Yeah where on earth did you learn to run like that!" Iris asked not knowing that it was only on earth and under the yellow sun Kara could run like that
"Me and my sister, Alex were...well pretty much still are super competitive" Kara said flipping her story for Alex's a little bit who was pretty speedy in her own right, "When I was adopted there was a lot of wars between us as to who could get our parents attention, Alex was jealous and I just went along with it like it was a big game, I didn't understand and I guess the competitive part stuck"
"Oh you were adopted?" Iris asked despite the obvious mention of her adoption, "Yeah" Kara replied shortly and nodding not really wanting to go into the subject she could sense that was a big thing for Iris, maybe she was adopted into Barry's family or Barry was adopted, she didn't want to ask. Besides it was none of her business just like Iris seemed to sense Karas adoptive past was none of hers.
Back at the station they gave their statements, Iris rolling her eyes a lot more as Officer Pretty Boy was taking all the credit for catching the guy, "No mention that he did absolutely nothing and was just right place right time" Iris grumbled
Soon Iris headed off completely forgetting she wanted Kara to look at her dissertation and it was just Kara and Barry at the station,
"So this is where you work?" Kara asked trying to invite conversation
"Uh yeah" Barry replied having been off somewhere else in his mind and the conversation died again
Kara took a breathe, perhaps she had read this all wrong or this was just a really bad day for Barry,
"So I'm going to go" Kara said slowly, "See if I can catch people on the way out of the accelerator for their take on it" she said but Barry really wasn't listening
"Talk to you later" Kara said nodding a little to herself and she showed herself out, Barry was completely distracted and it was awhile before he noticed Kara was gone. He really was kicking himself then but he was just so trapped in his head at the moment with memories of his mother he just couldn't make sense of the world around him.
Heading up to his lab he got out the board he had created to help him find his mums killer, turning on the small TV in his office so he could see at least in somewhere the particle accelerator turn on. But they weren't reporting on its switch on but on an imminent danger of it exploding startled Barry went to look out the window and he saw a massive release of energy coming out in a giant wave from STAR Labs.
The next thing he knew was a massive shock coursing through his body and darkness.