Here is the the next chapter. I hope you like it. I had to make Penelope's character up but oh well, I think she will be a great addition to the group. Enjoy!
She folded her wings into her back and made her way to Caitlin's car climbing in the front seat when she got there.
"How did you get here anyway if you are grounded?" Caitlin asked as they pulled out of the apartment black and onto the busy street.
"Climbed out of the window last night and lowered myself to the ground. It's a good job the back of the house faces an open field" she chuckled at the last part knowing people would freak out if they saw a human with wings and using them.
"So nobody knows where you are they must be looking everywhere for you" she exclaimed slightly panicked that everybody would think she was missing.
"No I left them a note saying that I was with you and there was nothing to worry about. Plus I don't want to be found by them anyway" she muttered the past under breath hoping Caitlin wouldn't hear, but she did.
"Why don't you want to be found?" she asked but only got silence in return. She turned to the teen sitting next to her to see her staring out of the window with a hand rubbing her wrist unconsciously as if in pain. Caitlin pulled the car onto a service road and stopped turning to look at her young friend.
"Pen what are you not telling me?" once again the only answer she got was silence.
"Penelope I cant help you if you don't tell me what is going on. Please I hate seeing you like this and something is obviously bothering you" Caitlin said taking her hand and rubbing soothing circles into the back of it.
Penny pulled out her phone and opened it onto photos then passed it to Caitlin. She gasped at what she saw, tears welling in here eyes, threatening to spill but determined to stay where they were. She scrolled through them getting angrier and angrier the more images she saw.
"Is this why you don't want to go home and why you came to my apartment?" she asked in a soft tone bringing a hand up to cradle penny's cheek in her hand. The girl nodded and started to cry as she broke down in Caitlin's arms.
"Oh sweetie why didn't you come to me sooner, I could have helped you" Caitlin smiled softly hoping to reassure the young girl.
"I was too scared" she nodded in understanding. Reviling something like that would never be easy, in fact it was harder that reviling she had wings.
"How long ago were these?" she asked silently hoping that they were sort of recent so she could look at them for herself and help where she could.
"A few days ago" was the answer she got.
"Would you mind e taking a look at them when we get to lab, I might be able to help with setting the bones" she said placing a kiss to the girls forehead.
"That may be a problem" Penny said with a sigh.
"Why?" Caitlin asked pulling back to look at her. Penny just pulled up her shirt to show her ribs. Her smooth skinned ribs. Not bruise or a scar, not even a scratch. She looked back to the picture of the badly bruised and bloody picture then back to the ribs in front of her.
"I heal fast. I went to sleep and when I woke up the next morning they were completely gone. No sign of them been there at all" she said in amazement that she could heal so fast and partly in confusion of what was happening to her body.
"Your body is in a constant state of regeneration probably coming from that fact that your DNA has been changed. On one hand I am glad you heal quickly because now your not in pain but the other part of me id upset because this means you are a part of something you shouldn't be. You should be far away from this but I can't change who you are, so I guess I am going to have to deal with it" Caitlin continued on mostly to herself as she put her seatbelt back on and pulled back onto the street until she got to the Lab.
Parking her car in front of the half burned out building she turned off the engine and proceeded to get out of the car with Penny following.
"I am going to help you any way I can, but I cant do it alone. You know that I help The Flash but I don't do it alone. I have help from a few people. The two guys you saw with The Flash, one was Cisco he was here when the particle accelerator was built and turned on. Joe who is The Flash's foster father and is also a police detective. There is Ronnie, yes Ronnie who I said died in the accelerator explosion, turns out he didn't really die. Iris who is The Flash's best friend who only just found who The Flash is. Then there is Eddie, Iris's boyfriend and Joe's work partner" Caitlin listed off everyone who was in the building leaving out DR Wells because he was not inside.
Penny seemed nervous at the amount of people there was going to be inside there, but then remembered that they were all Caitlin's friends and she could trust them. Plus Ronnie was in there. Penelope and Ronnie had always been like brother and sister, two peas in a pod since they met when him and Caitlin had started dating.
Following Caitlin into the massive building and round the numerous corners until they reached the elevators where they both got inside and pressed the 600th floor.
"Don't worry I promise you can trust them" Caitlin said obviously sensing her nervousness and worry. If Caitlin said that could be thrusted then she believed her because Caitlin does not give trust out easily, it has to be earned and once it is then it stays.
Once they reached the floor they stepped out of the elevator and onto the corridor. The two women, well woman and young woman walked down a twisty corridor until they got to to the Cortex where everyone was gathered doing various things. Cisco playing a comic game on the computer and occasionally looking to the other computer where he was running his daily security system. Ronnie was lounging on a chair watching Cisco. Iris and Eddie were playing Jenga again since last time Eddie had declared a rematch after announcing that Iris cheated, which she did not. Barry was on the treadmill doing his daily speed training.
Everyone in the room looked up when they hears Caitlin's heels click on the hard floor followed by a soft thudding on a second pair of feet.
Penelope and Caitlin stood side by side in the entrance to the Cortex looking at everyone who had stood up upon the arrival of the strange young girl that accompanied Caitlin.
"Guys we have a situation, this is P.." she started but was cut off by the teenager in question as she looked over to her partner in crime.
"Ronnie?" she asked, but she had no need to ask, she already knew that answer. It was confirmed when he nodded and smiled at her, the way he always used to, the smile that was always reserved for her.
"Hey Lilly" he said. That was all he could get out before she raced across the room as fast as she could, into his waiting arms. Her arms around his neck, clinging to him, burying her head in the crook of his neck and his arms wrapped tightly around her waist lifting her off the ground so her legs were dangling in the air. They stayed like that for a while until she finally pulled back and he set her back down on the floor still smiling.
He gently wiper her tears away with his hand and she sniffled, her eyes puffy and red from crying but still shining with happiness. She grabbed hold of his arm, not wanting to let him go, afraid he might disappear any minute. He didn't mind of course. He entwined their pinky fingers like they always used to do. The would sit, stand or even walk around for hours with their pinky fingers linked like they were welded together. They always had brother/sister bond since they met.
"This is my sister Penelope Lilliana Snow"
Well that is that chapter finished. Please review and let me know what you think. You know I live for good comments, but if you don't have one still comment anyway.