Notes from Protarn: If you made it this far, congratulations. Here's an imaginary trophy for your patience and being a survivor. And those who skipped the previous chapters deserved to get hit by a super speeding hand and have their existence erased by time traveling. Give credit to my good friend, Nicholas for letting me use his character and not letting me get sidetracked or misinterpret his characters. Don't forget to support Newt18, hrb264, Saiyali, and Whitloch. And never forget to credit the Flash television series.

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Five minutes ago: Main Hero got beat up and nearly killed by a gang who are surprisingly capable with their powers. He accidentally shot his childhood friend who is probably dead by now unless if she can run to the hospital by herself, while still injured from a fatal wound. And now our hero confronts the man in the yellow suit for the third time who probably should have showed up early to save him from the beating. . .

Well, just like all the saying, the third time's the charm. He finally got me when I'm in most vulnerable. The guy is now carrying me to a place that would be my final destination. In the bright side, at least I can get to see how nice the city in spite of itself. I was feeling numb, all I can do was just look what's going on in front of my eyes. No matter how fast I ran, I didn't pay much attention looking at the view while running so fast. Time was passing fast as if I'm being dragged to the future. Looking at this view, I'm seeing a lot of things under a minute, and I could almost picture all of them at the same time. Every sight was like paintings put in all the same places, like a tragic art coming to life. I'm starting to value my powers now, the scenery was like flipping through the pages yet I was able to picture in my head what was going on, not a single detail missed. Still surprised I'm not dead yet. Another miracle and luck saving my life in the last minute again. If I have any strength left, I'll laugh after what I've been through. Imagine how things could've gone if I lasted for more than a week, and I'm already down less than a day. The sound I'm hearing right now is the speed of the wind and panic. I just realized something, all of this happened, the position I am in right now, was all because I got a building burned because I was too distracted watching my favorite shows. An important advice was given to me was to give all attention to the food when cooking. Or am I just overlooking this? I can't think what to say anything about myself. Helplessness is how I feel now.

I suddenly felt a stop. It was so dark in here. Could be my eyes or the blood loss taking into affect in my head. My arm then felt a needle injecting it. More addition to pain, as if dying is not enough. However, I feel a bit stronger. There's something in that needle that's preventing me from dying. Who's helping me now? I opened my. . . The yellow stands in front of me. . .

'Don't struggle. Adding too much pressure to your body would give difficulties to your healing.'

Is he actually helping me? Why would he want me alive? He probably want something from my powers.

I couldn't tell what's going on in the expression of his face, his face is as blurry as ever, 'Don't try to say a single word if you don't want to die. Another shot of nutrients should do. It would accelerate your healing even faster.'

This can't be real. Craziness is taking over my head. It is what happens when losing blood. A lot of particles are in the blood that keeps us alive, like oxygen, iron, calcium, carbohydrates, and other nutrients. Even the brain needs some breathe of air to think properly. So I'm going crazy. The guy who tried to kill me earlier is now saving my life. It would be ironic that he only save my life just to kill me. That's happen when you're the bad guy, taking the hobby to make people suffer, just like the villains of Gotham.

I soon realized he tied me by a rectangular column.

Th guy was acting strangely reassuring, 'I know you cannot trust me after all what happened earlier. I had made you suffer, and I deserve to be brought under justice for the crimes I had done to you. But understand this, I have no intention of killing you. Times had been drastic and I had to do something to end the destruction in the city.'

'You-'

'I said no words! You refused to listen earlier, but I am taking the chance now to have you listen to everything I say and have you believe me that I have no evil intention. You see, I am here to fix the mistake Star Labs had done. I was only gathering potential dangers around the city. You know the dangers I'm talking about. People who are capable enough to destroy the city, or perhaps an ability to enslave everyone. The power you have, it's a special ability. Imagine how successful thieves, madmen, corrupt officials, and serial killers would be if they were able to possess such ability. This city would no longer be safe. My job is to reduce the amount of damages.'

I feel like I could move again. I think I don't feel like falling apart anymore.

'That should be enough. Talking would no longer be a danger to you.' The Reverse Flash said.

'Who. . .'

'Reverse-Flash.'

'Never heard of that name. . . I feel like I heard of you before. . . A guy in a yellow suit. . .'

'Anyone could be wearing a yellow suit. Like anyone can wear a stormtroopers uniform and they'll look the same.'

'You tried to kill me earlier. . .'

'Neutralizing is not killing.'

'You tried to kill me. . .'

'After that experience with the magnet? You deserve an apology from that. But I promise you, I'll give you a reason why should see me as your friend. We'll start taking back Star Labs.'

'Star Labs. . . Wait a second. . . I remember now! I was suppose to escort a helicopter to the station!'

'There is no time for that! Why would you need to bring a helicopter to the station anyway.'

'The police need it to transport themselves to Star Labs.'

'That's the stupidest thing I had ever had in my life. They should've gone to Star Labs themselves.'

'Because we have a guy in charge who doesn't want any casualties.'

'And they claim themselves to be heroes. Pathetic. I once know someone who is willing to risk his life for everyone. That's a hero there. He didn't let his gifts get over his head.'

'I should get going. Those people need me.'

My body is starting to vibrate again. I'm going to lose control over myself again!

'You're not even ready yet! Do you think it's worth it right now? Do you think your time with them is worth wasting? Look at you, you have the power to run fast. With my help, Star Labs would be safe from danger.'

'What do you want from Star Labs?'

'Retribution.'

'. . . . . . . W-what?'

'Those people in Star Labs are fools. Their ambition to be known across history has brought a great consequence. The activation should've been done somewhere else where the risk is low. Doing it in the city is a reflection of how determination to accomplish greatness can take away human compassion. Like kings who built castles over houses for the people, in which the people were forced to take care of themselves.'

'What are you saying. . ? What are you trying to tell me?'

(Reverse-Flash): Before anything else gets worse, we have to take over Star Labs because it could have the key to fix everything. To tell you the truth, I had worked there. I tried to warn everyone but nobody listened. From the looks in you, you have been getting difficulties with your powers recently. Something happened to you at the police station. As if your powers had changed. But I don't think we have time for that. You need to learn the basics of your powers. The first step is maintaining your speed.

I feel the vibration coming back. I don't know what he wants from me or what he knows about me, but there is one thing I'm sure, he has to do with the incident in Star Labs. But before I could move any longer, he injected me with a different needle. The vibration began to slow down in a steady pace.

'I was watching you earlier.' He went on, 'At some point you have perfect control over yourself and yet you wind up causing damage around you unintentionally. If you know how to use your powers, you would have run by now before I injected you. And don't worry. Your powers are not completely shut down. I gave you a serum that made you almost sleepy. You can still run, but not run fast.'

'WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME! Just give me a reason why I should help you out of all people? Why choose me out of everyone?'

'Because you're special. And we need more good special people. Also, I need a friend I could trust.'

'I don't know you!'

'Here's something I could prove myself. Look at the corner.'

Now that my mind is feeling clear, the place looked surprisingly clean and well-managed compared to the building I was in. It's one of those building that has like hundreds of offices and papers flying around, and the windows are walls themselves to have a view on the city. It looked messed just seeing the city in its current state.

I did what he told me. By the wall is a woman lying down on the floor. It was Olivia! She looked okay from the looks of it.

'I'm not just a person who hurts people. I take care of them. But it's impossible to be everywhere at the same time. In this instant, I could've been helping your fellow officers. They could be dead, suffering, screaming for help. I really want to help them. But even I knew I'm going to need some help. Someone who could run fast like me. The ability to run fast is a great gift. Look carefully outside.'

He freed me from the ropes. I walk to the windows. So much irony raised up. Didn't even expect to be so close at Star Labs. He brought me here out of all places. I was there earlier. Who would've thought I would get there so soon? As if death had given me a second chance. It really does look a dystopian world. There's fire and wreckage everywhere. Some of the officers are outside taking care their injured friends and civilians as they tried to hold off some superpowered people. The entrance was heavily barricaded by cars, meaning the only way to get in was to either blow the entrance up or find someone strong enough to pry it open. It was looking horrible out there, the feeling it gave me was despair.

And I went over to Olivia to see if she's okay. I looked over to see her wounds had been bandaged. Yet I get a feeling she's still dying. The bondage was just there to stop the bleeding.

'Here's the deal. I know someone from Star Labs who can save her life.' He continued on, 'The only problem: the place had been taken over by the people. And by now she would be taken hostage. I have a feeling Harrison Wells would be executed if they were to find him. '

'I can just go to a different doctor.'

'Do you think they have time? They are taking care of hundreds of patients while the computers are shut down. The computers in Star Labs are still functional unless they decided to tear the place apart.'

There has to be another way. This guy could've saved those officers. He should've spent his time saving people rather than wasting them on me. That's not heroic what he's doing. He got to be manipulating me. But I can't think of any words right now. Any moment from now, he would kill me without any hesitation. My powers are feeling weak right now and time is being wasted. Olivia is dying and I should do something. The stress and the pressure builds up anger in me. I don't want to take orders from him. I don't want to risk helping the wrong guy. Even risk my own life for someone's selfish goal. Otherwise, the bad guys win in the end of the day. The feeling of vibration came back to me. The wounds in my body dissipates and the feeling of rush flowing through my body. I'm feeling eager now to take him down.

Speed came back to me and ran lightning fast to the Reverse-Flash. Sadly, he seems he predicted what I was going to do. He already caught my punches and kick me on my stomach super fast.

'I've figured you'd do that. I am glad you were able to resist the serum. It was sooner than what I calculated. You know, instead of fighting me, go to Star Labs and save your friend. No matter how fast you run, you won't find a doctor who could save her in time. What is your chose: fight me or your friend?'

Tears began to fall off from my eyes. I loose concentration of myself. My body began to vibrate uncontrollably.

He said to me, 'Focus. Always stay focus of your body.'

'What do you expect me to do?'

'Just think about not vibrating. You are the master of your body. You control the speed. The speed is not your master. Think of a reason why you should manifest the power of the speed. Why do you think you deserve to use the power? What gave you the reason to help people? Think. Focus. Let this be your motive. Let that be your incentive to use your power and have the power serve you instead.'

Earlier I used my power to save Olivia's life. I may have forgotten her in the past, but seeing her hurt, brought back memories of why I was so close to her. Seeing her dead felt like a tragic closure, a friendship just made only to hurt me. I made a choice, and I used the choice to prevent the tragedy. And I used the power save myself from him. It's the feeling that gave me the strength to control myself. I do wonder the specific factors. Was is fear that made me do this? Or was it anger? I get a lot of feelings, a large flow of emotion going through my body that made me act before I could think carefully of a plan. Yet, I'm feeling troubled. Best not to think about to hard no matter how much the thought is scratching my head.

'Maybe this will help.'

I was then suddenly pulled, as if I'm like a magnet following a lightning bolt very quickly. Resistance is what went on in my mind, I was going to fight back, until I realized I'm already at the entrance of Star Labs. Standing between the line of the police and the mobs. Olivia was carried as well, still unconscious, still dying from her fatal injury. If given the chance to do something, I have to take it, or else Olivia dies. . .

I heard a voice from behind. It was the police officers barricading themselves behind any cover they could find, since all cars in the area had been used for the entrance; looking closely at the cars, they were strangely molded together by something but there was no sign of molding, as if those cars were made from the start to look merged and deformed, as well looking disturbing, They were yelling at us, or more like at me. The Reverse-Flash was already gone, he disappeared somewhere. It's only me and Olivia.

One of the officers happen to have power too. It was a gross looking ability, or should I say form. In fact she's gross. Even her friends and herself despised what she had become. I could feel the hatred coming out from her. Her skin looked like a tree bark and her hair seems to be sprouting rounded like fruits. The hair in her arms looked like grasses. There were different colors and details in the fruits themselves as if she's like a mixture of different tress, yet the fruits looked weird and something I'll regret if I ate one, and I get a feeling it might be considered as cannibalism for eating something that was from parts of her body. I can't tell if the fruits are part of her or it could be something else. Some of the fruits were literally floating like balloons.

I had to convince them, 'I was sent here by-' Should I say Officer Doug or Inspector Doug? Thinking clearly in this is not getting easier with all these tensions that had been happening to me. I was still wondering where the Reverse-Flash went to. The officers should know about the inspector of their department unless some of them came from a different branch. But some of them had got to know a lot about Officer Doug and why he liked being called an officer instead of inspector. What if I made a mistake of mistaking someone's rank which gives them a reason not to trust me. It had to go either way.

Before I could try to say anything, an officer fired few warning shots at me. The gun was just as loud as thunder which could make anyone deaf. He said to me, 'Put your hands up and come forth. Your only rights is to be silent. You will not do anything else or else we will fire at you.'

Olivia is dying. Is there even time to convince the police? But they seen my face, they'll know who I am, and I'll get arrested if I made it through this. Failing to comply to an officer is a penalty. With no one I could get help me, the only one who can save Olivia is me. I just need was to think about saving her and not failing. If I failed, she dies, and I don't to fail. Focus. . . Concentrate. . . I am the master of my own speed. . . I am the driver to this automobile. . . Unfortunately. . . The vibration came back. . . And the officers became hesitant. . . There would be no saving for us if I did nothing. . . And so I felt the rush flowing through my body again. . . All my senses and instinct awakened for this moment. . . The bullets were fired and they are coming straight at me, ready to kill me. But I'm ready as well. With the speed, I could become the speeding light itself. I evaded the bullets and got Olivia from harms' way under a second. The police were looking incredulously. Before the police could make any further reaction what they saw, I was already in front of them and I have their guns taken away.

Maybe this time I could to convince them, 'I was sent by Officer Doug.'

The fruit lady doesn't want any conversation. She was prepared to fight even without guns. But her skills cannot help her from my speed. A friend of hers tries to help out, he was releasing a steam of air from his mouth that fires like a water hose. I felt the heat even though it haven't touch me. I was going to go after him until I noticed he passed out just releasing steam. 'I have friend who's dying right now. I don't care if you don't trust me. There's a doctor in there who can save her.'

The officers were looking at me suspiciously. Why would I bring an injured person to the place that caused all this instead of a hospital? I guess I don't have much choice left. 'Don't try disrespect orders from Officer Doug. He sent me here to aid you to take back Star Labs. You're going to get a penalty for not letting me hear myself out and going against Officer Doug's order.'

A tanned skin officer who dyed his hair blue began talking, 'Fine. We'll let you help. Give our weapons back quickly.'

I was going to make a run, but then I heard a gun was fired. It wasn't from the officers, it was coming from a gap at the entrance of Star Labs. There was a group of people aiming their guns at us, like a firing squad. The moment was perfect for them to attack. If I had known they was a gap, I might've been prepared to dodge it. But where did the gap came from. Am I assuming that there wasn't a gap or did I missed it? Could've been my imagination but I knew from my memory there wasn't one. Something is not right.

However, in spite of my speed, some of the bullets had left scratches on my body, none of them were able to penetrate through, yet it was painful like getting hit a a strong gust of wind. My skin was burning from my injuries. Luckily, I was able to run fast enough to get the officers guns back.

I thought they were going to shoot me, but surprisingly they didn't. They must've been waiting for the moment if I actually tried to use them for my own gain. Well, maybe they'll do it at the end once we got Star Labs back. Because they can't take it back without my help.

The fruit lady was leaning by the guy with a steamy breathe. 'Can anyone tell me which of the fruit has the most water in it?' An officer responded, 'The one that looks like a red coconut.' The officer had plucked the red fruit from her hair and given the fruit. She fed the tired officer with the fruit as he struggled to eat as if he's dehydrated. 'This should take about minutes for his body to process.'

I was lying down among them. Even though I got some injuries, I felt its starting to disappear for every second. I got to talk to one of them. 'How are we going to get in?'

'We were planning to detonate the whole thing until you showed up. The bomb squad were absent and those people behind that door knows what we're doing. Getting near that thing won't be easy. And they have hostages in there. We don't want to risk people's lives. But with your help, we could come up with something. Our plan so far was to shoot the cars until it hit the gasolines. Bad news is that the cars were melded so well, it would take hundreds of bullets to blow the thing up. By then, we would be defenseless against them.'

I was thinking for the moment. I felt like I forgot something. . . Olivia! She's still outside the store. There better be time to save her. All this talking and thinking just makes her die sooner rather than delay it. So much desperation rise up in me. It really gets tiring of people getting in my way when there's someone dying. The officers were suppose to protect people, and they are keeping me from saving my friend. Yet again, she might be more different than I remembered. I don't even know if she committed a terrible crime. But how would I know if I let her die? Whether she's a friend who's missed me so much or someone who's trying to control me, that doesn't make it justified just to let someone die from bleeding.

So I ran up to her regardless of the field of bullets passing by. Both sides from the people and the police using their guns that fired like fireworks. Deep inside, I didn't want to experience getting shot again or getting myself nearly killed again after what just happened very recently. I was feeling a bit scared running through the bullets. It was like running through a field of land mines and a wrong step or a turn can get me killed. Though it felt like minutes, it took about few seconds to get Olivia from danger zone. I had her dropped off to the officers and told them to take care of her. Before I could run off from them, the fruit lady called out. An officer ready to pluck the fruit from her hair, it was like an orange but with spikes. The fruit lady said to me, 'Wait! Take this first. As soon it's plucked out, run as fast as you can and throw it at their covers.' I was going to question it, but my instinct told me to do it anyway. I ran lightning speed again to the barricaded cars. For a moment, I noticed something. . . The bad guys stopped shooting. What's their plan this time? I felt the tension rising up in the fruit, it was glowing brighter and brighter. At the right moment, it exploded when I got the fruit at the door and moved out before it exploded. With the gas fuels in the cars getting affected, the explosion was big as if a giant cannon was fired.

There is now a giant hole at the entrance. The walls and the gates has fallen, and now the troops can march forth. I got in. . . There's already a fight inside. . . But the fight was passed halfway. . . The Reverse-Flash was fighting everyone by himself. . . How did he get in? There was no other way he could. . . I was told that all entrance had been shut down and barricaded. Is this what he was doing all this time? Was he trying to give us time? How long did the fight took? He was fight, so how long did it took him to get here? Those people were shooting at us, as if they didn't know someone already breached it?

I was going to run to the Reverse-Flash to questioned him what he had done. Many of these people are either dead or unconscious. Why would he do something terrible to these people? Yet at the same time, what can he do against people with guns and weird fabilities? A figure came out, it was the cow-man or probably a Minotaur came out of nowhere. I thought the Reverse-Flash wouldn't have any chances against something strong and big. But he killed it. Both of his arms went through the thing's body like sharp spears. It then immediately died.

I looked around to see any further damages. Another figure came out from a wall. It was weird how it happened; at first the wall was just a plain wall without something special, then something came out as if it had merged itself with the wall, becoming part of the wall. It was liquid looking which might have explain how it was able to hide. It acted like an extra thin layer. I got a feeling it would be best to not get so close to it, more like him. Even the gun he was holding got affected when he transformed to a human form. What I can do was throw something at him, like books or chairs. I just need to not add too-. . . .

Someone just grabbed my leg. A woman was lying on the floor and she was doing something. I had to make her let go, or else if I run, she might get hurt. I struggled to have her let go. She was able to have me fall down to the ground as if I tripped into something. At least she stopped grabbing my leg, I was going to need it everyday. I tried to get up, but I couldn't, as if my leg was glued tightly to the floor. Whenever I attempt to pull my leg out, my leg felt like its skin was being peeled off. I'm stuck!

The guy from the wall was going to shoot me, but the Reverse-Flash ran into him on time and thrown him into the wall. The woman was then beaten by him until she felt like sleeping. He went over to me, 'Pull your leg out. Now!'

'I can't! It's stuck.'

'Do it or your friend dies!' I looked outside. The officers were on their way to Star Labs. They must've left her. Just gotta hope she's okay and there's still time left.

'Leave me! Get the doctor already. Save her instead.'

'Just pull your leg out.'

He's not leaving. There's nothing left for me to do then. So pulled it out from the ground. . . I did it quick. . . The pain was sharp and my leg was stiff and broken at the same time. It was like gluing a paper on a paper tightly. Separate them, pieces of the paper would leave itself from the other. Separating them was the perfect description. I could've move my leg for the moment. The Reverse-Flash injected me with serums that, for some reason made my leg feel better. In fact, I looked like it healed itself. But the process was not an instant. I had to suffer first before I can be relieved from it.

The Reverse-Flash continued, 'Here, wear this.' It was a white plain suit. A body suit. Why is he giving me this?

He went on, 'This would in the least, stabilize the vibration in your body until you get used to it. And you need it to hide your face. There's enough number of people who knows what you're capable of. Imagine the number of plotters thinking to ruin your daily life. Think how you will sleep once they know your address and your life. You'll soon regret living.'

Something doesn't seem right. How can there be a suit just made for me? In fact when was it even made? This complete stranger wants me to wear this. It could have some kind of a trap. Probably something to kill me. Or worsen turn me into his slave.

I was going to make a respond, but he interrupted me, 'If nothing bad happened to you when you wear it, you can trust me. Once you wear this suit, you'll feel grateful, and you'll have a peaceful sleep without anyone sneaking to your room with a knife in his hand. I seen your face. Imagine what I could do to your life. I could've chosen to haunt you. Perhaps blackmail. From this moment onward, you have an ally. But you still have the right and deserve the right to not trust me yet. And I will respect that. There is a woman in the main room of Star Labs. She is still upset over the death of her fiancé. If you convinced her, she will save your friend's life.'

Then he vanished in a flash. I get a feeling he's a type you would become your greatest friend if you didn't get into his bad and the greatest enemy if you upset him. It was strange how he just vanished and given me a weird suit that I'm not even sure if I should wear it or not. I looked over on the suit. I wondered about one thing: will it fit?