Author's Note: Hey guys, Soph here! Another update (as you can see) is here too! Thank God, Damien isn't here actually, he can be annoying xD Anyways, I want to say "Thank You!" to everyone who reviewed his story, followed/favorited it, and didn't leave anything but at least read it :D
Also, warning for Hank x Caitlin. Don't ask why, I just thought they'd be a good match! Don't worry though, Hank and Janet are still a thing too! xD
Disclaimer: I do not own Marvel, DC, or the CW Flash Show! I only own the plot! All content other than the plot belong to their respectful owners!
Chapter 2: Introductions & Revelations
"Cisco, where are these guys heading? I keep finding one and then losing him." asked Barry over the com. He was chasing after a gang of motorcyclists who had just broken into Mercury Labs and had stolen some sort of nuclear weapon that could level the entire city.
"OK, so one of them is heading into 57th street, another is turning a right into 38th street while the final is... Wait, that can't be right." Cisco noticed more red dots on the satellite map of Central City. There were only three of the robbers but now there seemed to be about 12 of them. The only time the team had seem a person duplicate into more was months ago and he was a meta-human but these robbers were just normal, average criminals. How could they possibly turn into more people?
"Cisco, what happened?" asked Barry.
"Those three criminals, yeah, they got some back-up. Good luck." answered Cisco.
"Well that's great." said Barry sarcastically.
Barry was on the verge of catching one of the motorcyclists when he saw a giant green object rampaging in the same direction Barry was heading. Barry looked more closely and he couldn't believe what he was seeing. The green giant was helping him take down that motorcyclist. It leaped forward, stopped in front of the robber, grabbed him and tossed him into the air where a robot-looking person of red and gold caught him while the green giant smashed the motorcycle and threw it away like it was nothing.
"What the...?" Barry slowed down and then came to a stop, just enough to get a few meters away from the giant. The robot-looking person, who was still holding the robber, landed next to the giant. The front side of the robot's helmet opened upward, revealing a human under the armor.
"We got this kid, you should probably leave. Nice costume by the way." said the man in armor. Being called "kid" made Barry irritated, so logically, he defended himself, "I didn't, and still don't, need your help, 'kid'." Barry pointed to the robber the man in armor was holding. He was 25 years old, he didn't deserve to be called a child.
"Yeah, yeah, go home kid." said the man in armor.
"Hulk no like puny Wheelchair." the great, big green giant notified Barry very solemnly, and Barry finally realized exactly who he was talking to.
"Oh my God, you're Hulk... and you're Iron Man. You're Iron Man," whispered Barry, "Sorry, I just don't like being called a 'kid,' I've been through some messed up stuff."
Iron Man must have felt sympathy, but, being a Stark, he then turned his attention to Barry, "You're the Flash right? The speedster who's the superhero in Central City?"
"Yeah, that's me alright." answered Barry.
"Right. Look, uh..." Iron Man looked to Barry for an answer.
"Barry, Barry Allen." Barry helped out Iron Man.
"Right, so look, uh, Barry, since you're the superhero around here I need to discuss something with you."
"Yeah sure, what is it?"
"Eh, I don't want to discuss this in public, do you have some place where we can talk privately?"
"Yeah, I mean, we have a lab."
"Excellent."
Wells was three-quarters through his run to Central City from Manhattan, when his speed decided to fail him. Unexpectedly, he collapsed to the ground.
"No, not now. NOT NOW!" he roared.
He got back up, unfolded his chair and took out a large metal ring with a tachyon particle floating in the middle.
"This better work." he said bitterly as he attached the tachyon accelerator to his chest and it fueled his speed. In a matter of moments, he had a full charge of speed, speed that was faster than the Flash. He zoomed off, back on track, to Central City. When he arrived to his house it was late at night and he was quite tired. He decided to wait until the next day to head back to S.T.A.R Labs. He could tell Team Flash that the meetings were cut short. He obviously wasn't going to tell them he was trying to imitate Tony Stark, that would be illogical. Wells had not known about Stark's arc reactor and no textbooks that he had read in the future mentioned it. He was lucky or else Stark could have beat him. By the time the arc reactor cracked, Harrison's speed was failing. He was still too fast for Tony to understand what was happening but Stark was said to be strong, at least, that's what he read in the future.
He went to his kitchen, had a small snack, and then fell asleep. He was in on a surprise in the morning.
"Caitlin, this is Iron Man, this is Captain America, and this is Thor." Barry introduced the three Avengers to his own teammate. Tony had gotten out of his suit and Steve had pulled back his mask.
"Nice to meet you, ma'am." said Cap.
Barry moved on to some of the other Avengers, "This is Hawkeye and Black Widow." He then moved on to Wasp and Ant-Man but couldn't seem to find Pym.
All of a sudden, one of the computer monitors shut off. "Umm, that's bad right?" asked Cisco. However, they then saw a small figure getting off the computer's keyboard. He grew to normal size, "Sorry, that was me. Kind of jumped onto the power button with a little too much force."
"Hank, I know you like computers but seriously?" accused Wasp.
"Hey, I said I was sorry!" he trailed off and turned his attention to Caitlin, who had a shocked expression on her face.
Caitlin didn't dare to say anything but Hank knew what she was thinking, "Yeah... People who see it for the first time are confused too."
Cisco smirked and Caitlin blushed, she was embarrassed but still a little annoyed.
Suddenly, a giant green creature strolled into the Cortex and smashed a hole in the door opening, he was too big to fit.
"What the-" she quickly turned to Barry and complained, "First a shrinking man and now a giant green creature? And I thought I've seen everything..."
"Me, Hulk. You, stranger." said the green creature.
"Right, so, um, Barry, why is there a group of superheroes in the Cortex?" asked Caitlin as she turned to Barry.
"Iron Man wants help in catching a villain. Might be a meta-human actually since they need our help." answered Barry.
"Well, I don't know what a meta-human is actually, but we did track this guy to Central City. I thought you could us with tracking him even further, ya know, narrowing the bad guys here to ours." corrected Tony.
While Tony went along with Cisco to the computer, Barry showed the rest of the Avengers around Star Labs and explained that no hammer throwing or smashing anywhere near computers, unless it was an emergency. Janet went along for the tour too but Hank stayed behind. He was interested in the type of work Caitlin does. She decided to give him a tour of her own. While Caitlin was explaining some background history and telling Hank about some of their past adventures, he had a question nagging him in the back of his mind. He couldn't put up the courage to ask her, which was strange since he was dating Janet, but he was feeling something strange being around Caitlin. Something he only feels when around Janet…
"What do you do here in Star Labs, Caitlin?" Hank finally asked.
"Well, I usually help Barry when he gets hurt and treat him, but I don't normally go out on the field. Barry does the most dangerous things." explained Caitlin, "Actually, it's me, Cisco, and Dr. Wells who just focus on keeping Barry alive out there. Cisco is tech, I'm medical support and sometimes tech if I need to, and Dr. Wells is Barry's mentor and my boss."
A light bulb switched on in Hank's brain when Caitlin mentioned the name Dr. Wells.
"Is your boss' name by any chance Harrison Wells?" he asked. Caitlin answered with a cautious yes and his heart started to speed up. Caitlin saw the shocked expression on his face.
"What's wrong?" asked Caitlin.
"Uh, I need to speak to Tony about something. It's something very, very important." answered Hank as he backed out of the medical bay that Caitlin usually works in. He managed to get out of the medical bay without Caitlin asking him anything and into the Cortex where Tony was. Tony saw the look on Hank's face and asked to be excused.
"What's up?" asked Stark with that annoying innocent voice of his. They were in the hall outside of the main area.
"Wells works here. He's Caitlin's boss and most likely Cisco's too. Heck, he mentors Barry!" Hank was panicking. He cared for his friend and now it seems that he cares for his new ones too, especially Caitlin now. If there is one thing he would never sit idly by, is his friends putting their trust into the wrong person. No. He cannot stand that.
Tony was careless a second ago but now he was worried, and he wasn't that great at hiding it, "Wells? Here? No. Why would the Flash and his team work with a supervillain?"
"Maybe they don't know?" suggested Hank.
"Hmm, well that would be a possibility," Tony sighed and continued, "I don't know, Hank, maybe we'll just have to wait and see what happens."
Tony turned away and started to walk out of the hall, leaving a panicked, shocked, and worried Hank Pym behind, but of course, he is a Stark, "Why don't you get back to mingling with your new girlfriend? I'll be sure to tell Janet about all of it."
That was enough to make Hank's brain turn on with an irritated "Hey!"
A/N: Tony, you're supposed to be catching a supervillain, not teasing Hank! Also, there may or may not be a love triangle with Hank, Janet, and Caitlin *wink* Hope you enjoyed this part guys! Get ready cuz these next few parts are pretty long but intense... mostly.
Disclaimer: I do not own Marvel, DC, or the CW Flash Show! I only own the plot! All content other than the plot belong to their respectful owners!
