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So, The Flash ran after Turbulent Bull with Little Heart in his arms. I was gasping for air (louder than I would've found attractive) with eyes barely open. Barry stared in front of him as he speeded forward and didn't seem to breathe at all. Cars were flattened as we followed the minotaur across a parking lot, people leaving nightclubs screamed and I couldn't help wondering where this was going to end…

"Hey guys." Cisco said in my ear. "I would bet money that he's going to the museum."

"What... makes you… say that?" I stuttered.

"There's been a break in over there."

"What?"

Caitlin's lean voice joined in:

"Lauren came over here last week and offered to lock the Cup inside the vaults of the History of Central City Museum. We thought it was a good idea, since they only took it so easily when it was here at the lab. Only, they found out about it, entered the museum and have taken someone hostage…"

Cisco swallowed.

"Olivia, it's your godmother."

Now it was personal. Barry carried us directly to the old museum and I walked inside the Asterion, the Great Hall, without thinking twice. It was dark in there. The sealing was so high you couldn't really spot it and the many stalls threw large shadows on the floor.

"Let's spread out." I said, not caring if Barry liked it or not. But he didn't say anything and we parted in different directions.

Everywhere I went seemed to be a dead-end. The dividing walls, which were more grey than white now, towered over me like in a… Hang on!

"Barry, this is a labyrinth!" I concluded. "Which means Kirsch really is the minotaur from Crete!"

The only answer I got was a low buzzing sound. My light began flickering, nervously.

"Cisco?" No reply. "Caitlin?"

I thought I heard footsteps around the corner and started running, only to find myself in the middle of the labyrinth, face-to-face with the winged woman and… Lauren! She was lying at her feet (which weren't feet at all, but bird-like claws).

"Well, well." Harper smirked. Her brown eyebrows had grown together and her fingernails were dirty and extremely long. "Look who arrived first."

I conducted a flame in my palm and met her bright yellow gaze, scowling.

"Let her go!" I ordered.

She laughed.

"Oh, you are in a tricky situation, Little Heart!" she said. "You must fight to have your relative back…"

The green cyclops joined us from the shadows behind me, looking just as pleased, with black color around his large eye. I created another fireball.

"... But when you are occupied with us, who is going to save your red friend?"

A giant boom shook what felt like the entire building and I didn't have time to think before the cyclops jumped and wrestled me to the cold floor! He drooled over my face and had a silvery axe going for my head. Lauren cried out and was thrown to the side by Harper, knocking her head in a wall.

"NO!" I shouted as I was trying to hold the cyclops back. The building shook again. I didn't dare think about what Turbulent Bull had going for Barry.

Suddenly the cyclops shrieked, its thick skin having burned on my fire, and I kicked him off me with both legs. I created a flaming circle around him before hurrying to Lauren's aid. Harper was about to pierce her leg with one of her claws when I hit her with a blast. She stumbled, turning furious, showed me her sharp teeth and flew straight into me. I fell on my back and felt blood on my neck as she leaved my body. I could see her soaring in the air, laughing. She had bit me forcefully and I couldn't manage to stand up. She had me where she wanted, tilted downwards, and prepared to finish me off…

A streak of yellow lightning appeared out of nowhere and struck her wings. She screamed and crashed with a thud. Barry speeded to my side and kneeled, looking very scared.

"Oz? Oz!"

"Did you just throw lightning?" I asked, out of context.

He smiled, which made me feel stronger at once.

"Always so inquisitive."

Once he'd helped me on my feet, we hurried over to my unconscious godmother.

"Lauren! Lauren!" I cried, shaking her slightly. "Don't you dare leave me, you hear? Don't you dare..!"

She opened her eyes slightly.

"I'm stronger than I look, my little heart."

I could've done a weep of joy if the largest wall opposite us hadn't come down with a thundering blow. Turbulent Bull, all big and hairy, had smashed his fists through the labyrinth and joined us in the middle. He was holding the Cup in his right hand.

"I am not finished with you!" he yelled at Barry, but then caught sight of his friends.

Harper didn't move and the cyclops was still trapped inside my fire circle. It took a moment for the revelation to sink in. When it did, he narrowed his red eyes and roared (spreading saliva all over the place). He ran forward and Barry met him with what was supposed to be a overthrowing jump, but it had little impact on the beast. Turbulent Bull smashed his arms around and Barry kept dodging them, until he wavered and the giant hands got a hold of him. The floor cracked and shattered as Barry was hurled back and forth like a raggedy doll! I tried to throw fire blasts, but couldn't do much out of fear of hitting Barry…

"There." that deep, threatening voice said as Barry dangled in his grasp. "That is how you take care of vermin!"

He tossed the unconscious Barry aside and took a deep breath through his enormous nostrils.

"Only one more to go…"

I quickly realized there was no way I would beat him (and I mean no physical way!) But as I stood there, pinned to the spot, I still felt hopeful. There was only one thing that would be able to fix this mess. Well, only one thing left worth trying, anyhow!

I slowly approached Turbulent Bull, looking into his eyes. The move appeared to make him confused. Without a word, I reached out my hand to him but the very second my fingers touched his knee, he grabbed me by the throat and pulled me off the floor.

"YOU HONESTLY THINK YOUR PETTY LITTLE POWER IS GOING TO SUCCUMB ME TO YOUR WILL?" He laughed. "THEN YOU ARE AS NAIVE AS…"
Not allowing him to finish, I pressed my right hand on his wide grey chest. As I closed my eyes I could feel my insides tremble with pain. But after a moment, I felt my little light seep through my arm (as if following a thin brush) and gathering in my palm… Time stood still. The hand holding my neck started shrinking. My heels touched the floor again. In front of me, dressed in a grey robe, stood Jonathan Kirsch. His human body was sealed within beams of bright light.

"Wow." I couldn't help saying.

"Indeed."

To our mutual surprise, Harper and the cyclops were surrounded by the same light. Harper stood up, the cyclops was freed, and went to Kirsch.

"Can you feel that?" Kirsch asked them.

Harper took his hand and smiled.

"Yes!"

"Odylon?"

"I do, too." said the cyclops.

Kirsch grinned handsomely at me.

"It seems that little heart of yours is big enough for all of us."

"Okay…" I hesitated. "I'm a question mark!"

"I suppose we have been redeemed, Olivia." Kirsch explained. "Your compassion and good will - your light - banished our anger and sorrow and left us as we are again. We were clouded in darkness, it consumed us to the very point that it became us. Our souls were stopped from leaving this life because of that."

"Obsessed with the idea of revenge, we were." Harper added and an image of Yoda popped up inside my head. "The Chalice… not being able to die… At first we thought enough time would bring more joyful memories. We were patient, but people still looked at us the same…"

"And that was when things got out of hand." Odylon confessed. "But are we fine now?"

Kirsch shrugged his shoulders.

"I do not feel like strangling anyone anymore."

They laughed (unsuitable or what?) at the same time as I heard Barry grunt in the far-back of the hall. Kirsch suddenly remembered what he'd done to him.

"Oh."

A sting of fear twisted my stomach as I turned around. Bleeding from the nose, The Flash stood up determinedly, although his face was twitching with pain. He walked with a stagger in our direction and I met him halfway, throwing myself gratefully in his arms.

"I'm so sorry about this!" I sobbed, feeling shakier than him. "I'm so sorry..!"

"Hey, it's okay, Oz." Barry said as he patted the back of my head. "I heal really quickly, you know."

I kept on crying but smiled.

"But you're pressing a bit hard on my shoulder, so if you could just…"

"Oh! My bad."

Barry looked at Kirsch and the others.

"I'm not going to try and understand what the deal is here," he started. "Darkness or not, is it true that your life depends on the Cup?"

He nodded at the sparkling piece of gold in Kirsch's hand.

"Yes. Personally, I see the reason for you taking it..."

His arm raised towards us.

"It is good. We have been long overdue."

"But you don't want to die, do you?" I asked, astonishingly.

"Not really." confessed Odylon.

"It is for the best." Harper answered.

Somehow, I got a bad feeling when thinking about the inevitable outcome.

"No." I insisted. "I want you to stay."

"Olivia!"

"I do, Barry!" I turned to Kirsch. "I think you could help people, just like Little Heart and The Flash. If you use your abilities for good, then…"

"We have your trust." Kirsch realized, smiling. "And you have mine, Olivia Zoe. I would be delighted to join you in trying to make this world a better place."

He clocked Barry with an inquiring look.

"If Barry Allen does not object, that is?"

Barry gaped at the three mythological creatures, ex-enemies but now sure-to-be friends. I squeezed his left hand gently and he sighed, reaching out the right one.

"Nice to finally meet you, Dr. Kirsch."

Olivia Zoe

3rd of August 2015

So, this chapter was quite dramatic! And I like the idea of Little Heart building her own squad (like The Flash does repeatedly in the original show)

Hope you're all curious to find out what's coming next!