Hey guys sorry it took so long to update I've been busy with sports and spending time with my familia. Here's the next chapter, this one was incredibly hard to write I've been working on it since Sunday. Thanks to everyone who has supported this story, you all rock. Seriously y'all each deserve a gold star or some other special thing like that.

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During the next few weeks things started to look up. Irey was having a lot less trouble balancing her double life now that the weight on her shoulders had vanished. The speedster was reconnecting with her family also. She would try to eat dinner with her mother once a week when they would talk about anything from league gossip to recipes for cookies. Irey also played chess with Jay every other week or so. She knew there was a lot she had to learn from the elder speedster, all she needed to do was listen.

Irey knew something bad was going to happen after she got her promotion to the quantum lab. Murphy's law always came back to bite her in the ass. Like it always did. It was only a matter of time before things took a turn for the worse, but this time her heart was protected. She wasn't going to get hurt this time. She made sure of that.

Flash was patrolling through Central when she heard a voice call out her as she passed the flash statue that had just been restored to its original state. There stood a figure none other than Zoom.

"What do you want?" Flash glared as she skidded to a stop only a few feet in front of Zoom. They stood there facing each other. Both Flash and Zoom looked to be about equal size wise. Irey was only two and a half inches shorter than her 6' brother.

"I want a fight." He stated the obvious with a malicious smirk.

Flash took this as enough initiative to strike. She apparently caught Jai off guard when she charged forward and gave him a wicked right hook in the jaw. "Well if it's a fight you want, then it's a fight you'll get." She growled. Her brother rubbed his now aching jaw and spat fresh blood on the ground.

Zoom responded with a swift kick in the side and after that she retaliated with a blow to his gut. Soon enough they were circling each other at high-speed, occasionally exchanging punches and blows.

"So did you get my message from Grodd?" Jai asked with a smirk and a punch.

"I think you know the answer to that, traitor." She retaliated with a roundhouse kick.

"I do, heard about your reaction too. I wish I could've been there to see the look on your face." He sneered.

"I can't wait to see the look on your face when I lock you up."

"Now don't get ahead of yourself Flash, You can't outrun me, and you cant out fight me, so how are you going to beat me." Jai was starting to get cocky. Even though both of the twins had the same powers and combat training, Irey had a tad more control on her speed and Jai was proficient in a couple more fighting styles than her, but the odds were still pretty much even.

"Zoom, I can outrun you. Remember?" she said with a hidden smirk recalling the many instances in her teenage years when her skills controlling her powers were superior to Jai's.

"But you can't out fight me, so how do you expect to beat me."

"I'm just full of surprises, you're just going to have to find out the hard way." Irey snapped. She stopped on a dime and grabbed his forearm, grunting she thrust him on the ground and put her foot on his chest.

"Ok bitch, you want to play rough, I'll show you rough!" Zoom snarled. He grabbed her ankle and twisted it causing her to crumple to the ground onto him. As she landed on him Jai took the chance to repay the right hook his sister gave him earlier. Irey let out a quick shriek of pain before recovering from the blow. Blood flowed out of her split lip and it was easy to tell her ankle was in a lot of pain.

"That the best you got?" she huffed as she stood back up.

"Please I haven't even gotten started. We all know all that's under your mask is a scared, weak, angry, pathetic little girl."

"Don't patronize me Zoom. If that's what you see under my mask, then what's under yours?" Irey hissed.

"Quit fooling yourself thinking you can take me because you can't." Zoom growled. "You don't even deserve to call yourself The Flash…"

"The hell I don't! I might not of completely earned this, but I stepped up to it. I don't see you taking up this responsibility."

"So that means it's automatically yours? You don't have the guts to give this city what it needs."

"Are you kidding me? I am exactly what this city needs, unlike you!"

"I'm stating the facts. Why are you doing this? You're never going to get the respect. The city is never going to give the Flashes the respect they deserve. Don't you get it? This fight isn't worth it."

"It is! How can't you see that? This is my duty; it used to be yours too! And this city has done more than enough! They built a goddamn museum for the Flash and have done so much more, I think that's enough respect. Being a hero isn't about the glory or the fame or anything like that, it's about helping people and that's what I'm doing. I don't care about the attention. I don't give a damn about the media. Hell, I didn't want this, but it's my responsibility to carry on this legacy and that's what I'm damn well going to do!" She ranted.

"I don't see why you're doing this Flash. It's pointless!" He shouted back.

"No, you're wrong! This is not pointless. What you fail to understand is that sometimes you have to put others before yourself." She said as she landed another blow to his gut.

"So you're saying you would die for this city?"

"Yes I would. I'd give up my life to protect it. That's what Barry, Dad and Bart did and I will too if it comes down to it."

"You're going to lead to your own destruction, like the others!"

"Why do you care? Don't you and all your other rouge friends want to kill me anyways?"

"First off I don't care. Second, the rouges are not my friends. I hate them as much as I hate you"

Irey recalled the situation with Grodd earlier on. She found her brother's statement odd. Something wasn't right, but she wouldn't bother with it now.

"Well that's nice to know." She said sardonically. His words weren't going to hurt her this time.

"What are you going to do? Run home crying to your mother? Did I hurt you poor little feelings?"

"No, you didn't because I don't care what you say, I don't give a shit what you do. I'm going to stop you." She growled at Zoom. They were starting to wear a hole in the street from their running. Irey knew she was going to have to do something quick; she had only seconds to make a move.

She took one final breath and charged full speed at Zoom. Apparently he was thinking the same thing as he charged at her. In the mere nanosecond it took to make it to her enemy Irey could've sworn she'd heard a voice that sounded almost familiar, but before she could register who it could be the world went black.

I think this is the first real cliffy, muahahahahahaha. Sorry if it sucked I tried to make it good but I'm really not sure about this one… Just as a warning The next chapter will be evil, very evil. I'll post it before YJ comes back so y'all wont be assaulted with all the feels and crap like that. Also what are you guys' feelings the possible Linda park appearance in Velocity? I'm just curious…. What characters do you want to see? Let me know I don't bite? I'll give you a metaphorical pterodactyl to anyone who reviews! Please? REVIEW FOR THE LOVE OF SMURFS AND ALL THINGS BLUE! (Sorry I just got done with working on my upcoming crack fic)