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Iris slowly awoke from her sleep and stared round the room not remembering falling asleep in Barry's room. In fact she didn't even remember being in his room at all. She hadn't been in this room for years and everything near enough looked the same. He had moved out and bought an apartment further into town but had moved back when Iris moved out because of his crappy services and quality of the place.
She sat up and took his jacket off her then placed it on the back of his chair before stretching and making her way downstairs. Her father was still in the chair where he had been before she fell asleep but Barry was nowhere to be seen.
"I see your finally awake, how are you feeling?" her dad asked as she sat down on the couch and pulled her feet up underneath her.
"I'm good thanks not really tired and thankfully not shaking any more. Heyy where did Barry go?" she asked, he always seemed to disappear on her no matter whee they were he was always there one minute and gone the next, when she asked him about it he always said he had a work emergency but if Barry had a work emergency then why didn't her father have one too since they both worked for the police force.
"Just said he had some errands to run, I'm sure he will be back soon" she nodded and walked to the door to collect her shoes and a coat that she always kept there.
"Ok well I better be going home and tell Eddie what happened, he is going to freak but oh well better get it over with." She waved to her father as she closed the door and started off walking down the street towards her home that she shared with Eddie Thawn. She was really hoping that Barry would still be there when she awoke so the could thank him and tell his how stupid he was going after her when she told him not to but she would have to do that next time she was him. After around 20 minutes of walking since she didn't have her car she opened her front door to find the house empty. She sighed and went over to the machine to make herself a cup of coffee. She climbed up and sat on the roof like she sometimes did if she needed time to think and just be alone.
She thought about what could have gone differently that day. Barry might not have turned up and she could have been killed. The Burning Man might not have showed up and they could have died. CC could have been faster and all three of them could have died. She thought what Barry did was stupid but in a way she was thankful that he did come, a lot of bad things could have happened if he didn't. She danged her legs through the bars that she had put up and off the side of the building while looking out to the rest of the city. They lived on a hill so it was quite high up meaning you could see for miles off the top of that roof.
In the distance she could see a blob of orange slowly getting bugger and bigger until she replied it was the Burning Man. He stopped and landed on her roof at the opposite end to her.
"I am just coming to see how you and your friend are" He said putting out the flames on his hands and the rest of his body except his face so she couldn't see who he was.
"Yes we are fine. Thanks for saving us, we would be dead if it wasn't for you" He shook his head and smiled at her while walking a little bit closer.
"No worries its what I am here for, protecting people who need help" she smiled back at him and sat down on the chair in front of her.
"So do you work with the Flash?" she asked curious to know weather they had teamed up or it was just more people getting these weird powers and all wanting to be known as heroes.
"Sort of, he has been helping me because believe it or not even heroes need helping sometimes" she was shocked at what she heard, she had thought that heroes were the ones that did the helping not the ones needing to be helped but they are only human after all she thought. She scrunched her eyebrows up in confusion, they looked human and sounded human ut their powers were very far from human.
"One more question, are you human? I mean you look and sound human but you have powers and that is very not human" he shrugged and sat down on the ground leaning his back against the raised wall of the roof.
"I am human and so is the Flash we are just a little changed. We had an accident, I was right in the centre of it and the Flash was quite away from it but we both got effected. It changed our DNA, made us what we are and as much as I want to go back and stop it from happening I wouldn't because I know I can do a lot of good as I am now" she smiled again when she realised how much this man was giving up just to help protect the people of this city much like the Flash was and a lot like the Arrow was in Starling City.
"I should probably get back inside and make some dinner for Eddie before he comes back from work, thank you again for saving me and Barry" he stood from the ground and waked over to the side of the building.
"It's fine It's what I am here for, not that I want you getting into trouble all the time. Stay safe Iris and always be aware of your surroundings anyone could be watching you at any time" she nodded and watched as he shot off into the sky and headed away from the town. She remembers that that is always the way Barry goes when he said he is leaving to do errands and that is also the way the Flash goes and comes fro when is is going to or coming from saving people. It's not like there is much in that part of town just a few abandoned warhorses and S.T.A.R Labs. Wait they cared for Barry when his heart kept stopping. They were able to stabilise him.
She opened her laptop and went onto her mobile tracker. She had earned a few things over the years that nobody knew about… well nobody except Barry. She typed Barry's number in and pressed search. Two minutes later her laptop pinged so she went over to see what the results were. The signal from his cell phone was coming from none other than S.T.A.R Labs. But why would Barry go there. Things were just getting more and more confusing with everything she looks at. She needs answers answers and she needs them now. She cant help but feel like Barry has been keeping something big from her, he has been acting strange ever since he woke up from the coma, she knows that it would take a while to get back to normal after being near enough unconscious for nine months but he had gotten back to his usual self a while ago apart from always rushing off and making up bad excuses that he must know nobody will buy.
She gives up on her inner battle on weather she should go or not and grabs her coat, shoes and keys before heading out to her car and inserts the key staring it up and driving to S.T.A.R Labs. Every inch closer she got to the half destroyed building the more nervous she got. What if this was something private, something he wanted to keep to himself. What if he just was not ready to tell her yet. What if he was in some kind of trouble and didn't want her to get involved because it is dangerous. All these questions were running through Iris's head as she pulled up in front of the huge half burned building that once housed an incredible machine that was going to change everything. The big question was still what is he keeping from me?.
Getting out of the car she made her way up to the door and pushed it open. She stuck her head in the looked around for anyone. She didn't realise how big and amazing this place was from the inside, she had never really paid much attention before as she was there to see how Barry was doing. Remembering the way to the medical room that Barry had been kept in while comatose she made her way over to the elevator and pressed the up button. When the elevator reached her floor and stepped out into the silent hallway. Her footsteps echoing in the the silence, thankfully there were flat shoes and not the heels the always wore. Rounding the corner and slowly peering into the room she found nobody but she could hear voices floating from a room off to the side. Walking quietly up to the window she leaned her face in to see what was happening inside.
There in the middle of the room was a big treadmill with what looks like yellow sparks coming off it. She looked closer and realised that it was the Flash but it did not look like he had his suit on or his mask which meant if he stopped now she would be able to see his full face and find out who he was. Caitlin, Cisco and another guy was standing with their backs to her so they didn't see her face pressed against the cool glass, but the Flash, he did out of the corner of his eye. He looked her way and his eyes widened in surprise not that she could see it because all she could see was lightning and the outline of a person. He lost his concentration and flew backwards off the treadmill and all she saw then was polystyrene pieces flying everywhere and the other occupants in the room rush over to where he was lying on the ground.
Iris let out a gasp and accidentally smashed her head on the window in surprise pulling back and rubbing her forehead but keeping her face close to the window in order to see the Flash and see if he was ok. The others having heard the bang looked over to the window and saw Iris's face peering in at them, her eyes wide and her hand over her mouth. She couldn't see the Flash's face as his head was now covered with a cardboard box but she could still see him lying unmoving on the floor. Caitlin looked from Iris to the Falsh then back to Iris and finally to Cisco and the other man. She saw Cisco say something to the other two in the room and walked over to the door, pulling it open and stepping through before closing it behind him.
"You work with the Flash, you know who the Flash is" she accused pointing a finger in Cisco's face and walking backwards away from him. Cisco hung his head and let out a loud sigh.
"Yes me and Cisco and Ronnie and DR Wells work with Flash and we know who he is. But we can't tell you, it's not our secret to tell" he looked up and saw her sitting on an unoccupied chair near the computers. He walked forward and took a seat beside her, turning to face her with his arms resting on his knees. She turned to face him and nodded in understanding. Her brain was now going into reporter mode, her head swimming with questions which she could not help but ask.
"How did he get the powers, how long has be been like this and how dd you guys find out?" She asked all at once not giving them time to finish one before she asked another.
"He got his powers because of the Particle Accelerator and that's all we can say on that. He has been like this basically since he showed up in Central City. We were the ones who helped him gain control of his powers and how to develop them" Cisco explained each question in turn. Iris's eyes were once again wide as she started to figure out more and more about him. She got up and walked back over to the window where the Flash had fallen/flew off the treadmill only to see him lying in what looked like a hospital gurney. Caitlin was stood infant of the top half of his body so his face could not be seen but she could see his legs resting on the bed. With a closer look she could see little distinctive marks on his legs. A small scar over his left knee, a mole on his left ankle and a mark shaped as diamond on his right calf.
She realised that not only were these marks strange, they were familiar. Very familiar in fact. She racked her brain trying to think of where she had seen those marks before. As she was thinking more of his body was being shown to her and more body meant more marks. First a red mark and a dimple on his elbow and another scar on his shoulder. Then it hit her she knew where she had seen thoe marks before… on Barry. He had the exact same mark as the Flash. The chances of that happening were near to impossible but she held on the the little hope she had that she was wrong and she was not being lied to by her best friend.
That small ray of hope was shattered once Caitlin moved fully out of the way and his face was revealed. She didn't know weather to cry, to be happy or to slap him but she could't do any, she was rooted to the spot like she had been stuck with glue staring at the face she called her best friend. But was he, did she even know him anymore after waking up from the coma and keeping all the secrets and lying to her, could she really trust him after that. Then it suddenly dawned on her.
Barry Allen was the Flash.
Oooh what do you think she is going to now that she knows about him? How will she react and how will Barry and everybody else react to her knowing?. Let me know what you guys think it really would mean a lot to know if you think I am doing a good job or not.
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