On the Wings

Of An Angel

Disclaimer: I own nothing but what you see here, credit goes to highlander348 for this idea. Also, this could feature Fake!Wells or Real!Wells. If Real!Wells is something folks want to see should more be done with this then as Teddy Long would say, Holla Holla!

Summary: Iris gains her own set of powers thanks to the Particle Accelerator's explosion.

There are many versions of Earth in the Multi-Verse, and in quite a few of those, one Iris West is usually always a normal human being with a detective for a father and later a husband who has super speed. But then there are other realities out there where she is more then a human, and in this reality we see here, we will be witness to seeing the lovely Iris West gain powers of her own. And it all started the night the STAR Labs Particle Accelerator went boom and changed many a lfe for the better or for the worse. Iris had her bedroom window open on this particular night and was busy putting up clothes into her closet after having pulled them from the dryer. The sudden booming noise she heard alarmed her greatly and had her going for the window to see where it was coming from. Seeing a wave of energy was even more alarming for the young girl as well and had the feeling it was coming from STAR Labs. Making her damned grateful her Bear wasn't there to catch what was likely the horrible full on brunt of it.

She went to duck to try and avoid the energy wave, and if it wasn't for an Eagle feather that happened to be floating around at the time, she would have remained unaffected by the energy wave. And as the wave passed, Iris began to feel agonizing pain in her back that made her scream from the pain along with the back of her shirt tearing apart in the wake of pure white wings coming out of her back. On her hands and knees and breathing heavily, she looked behind her to see what the Hell had just happened. Seeing feathers behind her made her eyes widen in shock. Rushing to get up and look into a mirror, the sight of wings extending from her back made her cry out in shock as she fell to her knees yet again with tears coming down her face while wondering what in the name of God had just happened to her! Oh God, I just became the Impossible! Dad's gonna freak! Hell I'm freaking out! I can't let him or Bear see this! Even if Barry would be likely to love it. Oh God! She wasn't sure what to do and the thought of cutting them off herself somehow horrified her.

The shock and pain of everything however finally became too much and pulling a cover around her that was nearby so that nobody would happen to see the wings on her, she gratefully passed out so that she wouldn't have to deal with the horrors of her new reality for what she hoped would be hours.

Several Hours Later…

Iris woke up with a groan of pain over the incessant noise that kept emanating from her cell phone. Forcing herself to get up while momentarily forgetting what had happened to her, she reached out for her phone and answered it. "H-hello?" Her soreness had kept her from noticing who exactly had called her.

"Baby I need you to get to Central Haven immediately!" Her eyes grew wide after hearing the sense of urgency in her father's voice.

"Daddy? What happened!?" She asked frantically, worried for his safety.

"Barry…. Barry was struck by lightning earlier. Please, get here quickly!" He told her, and she felt horrified by the news that her Bear had been struck by nature itself. Wondering why Life could be that damned cruel yet again to her best friend.

"I'll be there soon!" She promised her dad and hung up.

Looking around frantically for something that would help her hide her new attachments as she freaked out over both that and that Barry was in the hospital cause of a freaking lightning strike of all things when she finally came across a long light blue coat that she thought was perfect enough to hide the wings. Though how she was going to handle being in the seat of a car she didn't know. Grabbing whatever else she needed, along with her shoes, she went out the door to and would witness chaos everywhere as she made her way to the hospital.

Two Months Later…

Life in Iris West's view was honestly a bit on the crappy side, what with the fact she had wings coming out of her back and that her best friend since they were kids was in a coma even two months after winding up in it thanks to a lightning strike of all things! The odd looks she was getting from everybody, including her own dad over the choice of clothing she started to wear pretty much everywhere was starting to really get to her. But there was just no way she could just show or tell anyone! She didn't want to get locked up and be experimented on thank you very much! Not to mention the reaction she was scared of seeing from her dad. She just wished like Hell that her Bear would wake up already so that she could confide in him over this whole thing. She just knew he would find it to be really fascinating. And recently over the past four days she had been having to deal with her hands hurting at random times and even with pain relief it took awhile for it to stop.

The fact STAR Labs was indirectly responsible for the strike that put her best friend in a coma was another reason that kept her from going to them to see what they could possibly do. She was damned thankful though that they were willing enough to take in Barry so that he could be watched over and be cared for more carefully then what a normal hospital could do for his situation. The fact that Detective Pretty Boy kept asking her out was another thing that was getting to her. As honestly, even if she did want to date him, she couldn't cause of her wings! That blonde girl Felicity was a curiousity for her too since she showed up every so often to spend time with Barry. But she had yet to even ask the other girl about it. And wondered if maybe her Bear and Felicity were seeing one another. That particular thought made her stomach clench up along with her immensely not liking the idea at all. Something that honestly confused her somewhat. Today though, today was going to be a day that would change everything for Iris during a very pivotal moment in not only her life, but a lot of others.

She'd been walking down the street from Jitters and not paying much attention when screams and the sirens of fire trucks finally broke her out of her thoughts. Looking around a bit startled, she then saw that a building was on fire. Her eyes widened in fear however when she saw a small figure hanging from an exposed pipe that she guess came from the building when it came on fire. Looking around again at the fire trucks already there, she realized the possibility that none of them were going to get a ladder or even a fireman up there in time to save the figure. Iris made a decision then and there to try and do something herself even though she hadn't even tried to use her wings to fly. Guess we'll see how this goes… She thought to herself as she rushed to climb on to the roof of a nearby car.

Shrugging off her jacket and not bothering to pay attention to any reactions around her. She looked upward, determined to see her plan through. Though she wished her top wasn't something that was more along the lines of date wear and wondered again for what was possibly the 50th time if there was something she could have specially made for her unique condition until she was able to find a cure or other means to remove her wings. She started to flap them, causing gusts of air to happen as she did so, and finally she was rising up into the air. While she was surprised it was actually working, she was scared as Hell over it all. Leaning her body over a bit as she continued to flap her wings to gain altitude, she started moving towards the small figure, and much to her horror, the little figure started to fall. But thankfully, though she wasn't sure if it was through divine will or what. She managed to speed up and catch the small figure that happened to be a little boy. "You're safe now!" She told him soothingly while everyone below the two looked on in shock and amazement.

Unfortunately however, a piece of burning debris fell behind her and scrapped the middle of her back where the wings were as it made its way down. Making her cry out in pain as she fought to stay in the air with the little boy in her arms. Her descent wasn't the best thing ever considering the pain she was in, but she made sure to keep the little boy in her arms as best she could. She made a running land and almost fell to her knees in the process. Two adults came running up to her with tears in their eyes and she guessed that they must be the boy's parents. Handing him over to them, the woman grabbed him and hugged the boy close to her with the man hugging the both of them in relief. Iris smiled at the sight, happy that she'd been able to do save his life despite the fact it was the first time she'd flown.

The man then looked at her. "Thank you! Thank you so much!" He told her gratefully as tears came down his face.

"You're welcome sir." She told him softly before finally collapsing to her knees from the pain she was feeling. The re-united family looked on in concern before the man rushed over to her and knelt down to see if she was okay while barely noticing the burn mark on her back.

Medics also came to them as well and started to attend to her. Her whimpers could be heard as they did what they could to bandage her up despite the weirdness of her situation. "IRIS!" The voice of her father made her wince as they treated her. As she felt that this was the moment where he would find out her secret.

After rushing over to her with worry and fear radiating off him, he quickly knelt down next to her and could hear the man saying soothing things to her in an attempt to keep her mind off things. "Baby! What happened!? Where the Hell did those wings come from!?" He asked frantically while ignoring her plea for him to stay calm. As him freaking out was so not something she wanted to deal with while hurting like crazy.

One of the medics informed her that while she was up in the air saving a young boy's life, something he was stunned to hear, she was hit by a falling piece of debris that was on fire. Crap like this was EXACTLY why he wouldn't let her join the force! The potential for her to get hurt was not something he was willing to see happen. Not to his little girl. The man looked up at him. "Your daughter is a hero sir, she saved my son!" And for that, he would always be indebted to her, he didn't give a damn if she had wings or not. Whatever she needed, he would get if it if he was able too. And was going to make sure she knew it!

"I'm… I'm no hero, I just did what anyone would do." She told him softly while not looking up and whimpering from the pain she was still feeling. She guessed that maybe the area she was hit in was possibly quite tender.

The man smiled softly at her and rubbed her shoulder gently. "Thank you all the same, and just know, should you need anything, just let me know." He informed her and then walked back to his family.

She was honestly touched by that, glad he wasn't frightened away by the sight of her. Chancing a look at her dad, one of the first things she noticed was fear. And it made her flinch a bit and he must have realized what she may have been thinking as he helped her up while ensuring he wasn't afraid of her extras, but that she had put her life on the line like that. He gave a nod of thanks to the medics and she also gave a smile of appreciation to them as well before they went off to check on the others who'd been in the building when it went up in flames.

"I'm sorry for keeping this from you dad, but I was so scared of what you might say or do." She told him hesitantly.

He looked at her in shock for that. "Sweety, I am your father and I would NEVER do anything that would hurt you!" He was appalled she would even think that way!

She looked away as another tear rolled down her face, ashamed of what she'd been thinking. Before more could be said however, Eddie Thawne came up to them and was in for a shock as he saw the wings sprouting from Iris West's back. "Oh… Wow." Was all he could say due to the shock he was feeling.

Iris looked at him sadly. "Now you know why I kept saying no to you Eddie." She told him softly, while making her father look at the two of them with a frown on his face.

Joe West wasn't happy over what his daughter had done, though a part of him was proud of her for it. But this? Her daughter on a date or more with his own partner? Oh Hell no! He fixed the other man a with a glare that to his satisfaction, gained him a wince as the man inched away a little bit. Iris realized her oops right then and there, but the pain she was feeling and the exhaustion it was causing her made her not care a whole lot about it at the time. He pointed a finger at his partner. "Yeah, that? That's not gonna happen. I didn't let her join the force for a reason, and I've never been okay with her dating a cop. So you can stop any ideas right here and now." He told Thawne in a serious voice, making Iris want to her roll her eyes.

He then looked at her. "You and I are going to STAR Labs young lady, you really should have told me about this MUCH sooner." Her father said in a stern tone that made her wince as she knew he was right. The thought of being in the car with him though was not a pleasant one, not only cause of the lecture she was likely to get followed by silence, but also cause of the patch up on her back thanks to that darn debris.

Around 20 Minutes Later…

The drive there had, as Iris predicted, had NOT been pleasant to say the least. And now, here they were at STAR Labs as he barreled in with an irate look on his face as she followed behind him somewhat slowly as she was worried as Hell about possible experimentation. "DR. WELLS!" Her father bellowed as they came into the cortex.

Cisco nearly fell out of his chair while Caitlin stood up straight while a bit alarmed at hearing the detective be so loud. And it made her wonder what he could be so angry about. The sight of his daughter with wings of all things made her eyes go wide in shock. Oh, oh my… That would do it! She thought to herself while biting on her lower lip.

Cisco looked at the girl in amazement, wondering if those were fake and if so, how she managed to pull it off to look so darned real. He came up to her as the two waited on Wells to arrive, he circled around her and was surprised as Hell to see that the wings were in fact real. He also wondered about the bandaged area too. "Caitlin, come over here!" The girl in question frowned at that, but did as was asked.

Great, now they are probably gonna want to experiment on me or something. Iris grumbled to herself.

"Iris, how did you grow wings? And why is there a bandage between them?" Caitlin asked her with curiousity laced in her voice, both of those things were something Cisco was curious about too.

Miss West looked at the two of them with apprehension and some fear. "It… It happened during the night your Accelerator exploded. And the bandage is cause I saved a little boy from falling but got hit by flaming debris that fell down."

The two sucked in a breath at that, not having realized that such a thing could even happen. "I know this is totally not appropriate, but this? This is SO cool! Think about it, if this happened to you, then it could have happened to others too. Well maybe not in this exact way but still it could have happened. Ow!" Cisco wound up exclaiming as he rubbed his arm where Caitlin had hit it while glaring at him.

Ohh how he hated that glare as he swore it was about on par with his mom's! "Sorry." He finally said to Iris after seeing the look on her face about the possibility of there being more like her out there. And if it could happen to her, could it happen to Barry too? It would certainly fit right in with his search for the impossible!

Cisco was already thinking of design ideas that would go great with the girl's wings but he wasn't about to say anything just yet as he didn't want to possibly overwhelm Iris. Nor did he really want to get another glare from Caitlin either! His slight rambling had also earned him a glare from Iris' dad too. Dr. Wells finally chose that moment to arrive and the sight he saw in the cortex left him speechless. This should NOT be possible! The man thought to himself while stunned as Hell at the sight before him.

"Well… This… This is a highly unexpected development." He finally muttered aloud, causing Joe to angrily scoff at him.

"Ya think? Now I've already let you take in Barry, but you and the rest of your team need to do something about her wings!"

Wells looked at him, wondering just what in the world the other man wanted him to do! "And just what would you have us do exactly Detective West?" Well duh! It was as obvious as can be! Removing them of course! Iris couldn't believe her Bear looked up to someone like this guy since apparently he couldn't see the obvious that well!

Joe gave the man a glare. "Removing the wings entirely for one!" He yelled out angrily, Iris strangely felt sick at the thought of that but she also wanted to be back to normal again!

Caitlin however spoke up as she felt that removing them could be a bad thing. "I don't think that would be a good idea Mr. West." She got looks of curiousity from both father and daughter over that.

"What if the wings have become a part of her in a way that if removing them happens, then their being gone could possibly perhaps cause Iris problems? Such as a loss of balance perhaps? Or any number of things really." She theorized to them and making Iris' eyes widen at the prospect of potential unpleasant issues that could happen if her wings were removed.

Her dad also realized the implications the doctor was talking about and looked around helplessly. "So what do we do then? She can't stay inside forever and while people are open minded, they aren't THAT open minded to the thought of a girl walking around with wings coming out of her back." The man pointed out reasonably.

That made everyone go silent for a short period as they all contemplated what to do. The STAR Labs bunch hadn't even considered such a thing could happen as a side effect of the Accelerator's explosion. Cisco was already thinking that maybe they should start going out into the city to look for those that may have been affected and see what they could do to help. It'd be something to seriously talk over with Dr. Wells and Caitlin very soon. Caitlin thought that maybe with Dr. Wells' help, they could come up with a way to remove the wings without any potential problems from happening. But she knew that could take a long time to happen.

Iris was lost in thought as she thought over everything while feeling as though that maybe her life truly had ended now that she was basically out in the open. Why did I have to get wings of all things? I could have done with being even more smarter or something! I wish these things would just leave! Her depressing thoughts, along with the pain in her hands kept her from realizing that her wings seemed to be fading away into her back with a soft white glow that had everyone else looking on in surprised shock.

"Holy crap..." Cisco muttered in shocked tones, causing a confused and conflicted Iris to turn to him.

"What? What is it!?" She asked worriedly. But all he could do was point at her and making her even more confused.

Caitlin had to keep herself from rolling her eyes at the way her friend and colleague was acting to what was quite frankly an amazing sight to have witnessed. And part of her had truly wished that Ronnie was here to see this too. God how she missed him. "Your wings have somehow faded away. How could that have happened?" None of the men with her and Iris could really think of an answer.

Miss West looked at her in surprise before turning her head to see that her wings were in fact missing! Wide eyed, she looked back to the doctor before speaking. "I… I was thinking about how I wished they would go away." And it looks like she got her wish, but how long would it last though?

"Huh." Was all Cisco could think to say.

Wells took off his glasses and started to clean them as a sort of coping mechanism. "Remarkable, simply remarkable." He muttered while not noticing the glare he got from the girl's father.

"Well I'm glad someone thinks so!" Iris retorted somewhat sarcastically.

The good doctor Snow walked up behind Iris again to inspect her back and she instantly noticed that the girl now seemed to be sporting two angel wing tattoos on her back. And it made her wonder if perhaps that somehow the wings had been stored in some way into them. "Well I don't know how you feel about tattoos, but it looks like you got a pair of angel wings on your back now. I don't even know how that's possible to begin with as we're dealing with uncharted territory here."

"Perhaps she's somehow able to store her wings into these tattoos? And they can be released by command perhaps?" Wells theorized as he rolled around to get a good look at the tattoos Caitlin was referring too.

"So I just have to think it and it comes back out? And then to put it back in? Something tells me that's not going to be all that easy." Iris remarked, and Joe had to agree with that.

"Angewoman!" Cisco suddenly blurted out and flushed a little when everyone looked at him.

"Sorry, just thought that would be a cool codename to go by." The engineer informed them sheepishly.

Joe shook his head that. "Yeah, I don't think so." He informed the younger man as this wasn't some comic book!

Iris though, she had to admit she liked the name even if it did sound like something from a cartoon. She winced when the pain in her hands started to flare up and Joe saw it and asked her if she was okay. "Y-yeah… I just keep experiencing pain in my hands for some reason." Pain she REALLY wished would just go away for a really long time.

Wells being in his chair was the first to notice that one of her hands was glowing. "Hmm.. Miss West, your hand along with possibly your other hand is glowing." He informed them as curiousity ran rampant in him over what this could mean.

She looked at her hands in shock as everyone else looked on wondering what it meant. Suddenly, she felt the urge to throw her hands outward and when she did, twin energy blasts erupted from her hands and destroying several monitors in the process. Everyone was shocked and surprised as Hell over that, wondering what else the girl, including said girl herself would do next. "Oops?" She asked tentatively with worry laced in her tone.

"That. Was. AWESOME!" Cisco cheered while this time finally getting an eye roll from Caitlin.

Joe found himself wondering just what else his babygirl could do now while hoping Barry wouldn't be affected either. Not that he would ever turn the boy away, much less his own daughter. And he would be damned before he let anyone try to take off with his babygirl, as he'd be more than likely to put a bullet in their butts for trying it. "If she's going to be having wings coming out of her back whenever she thinks about it, and having whatever that was come out of her hands. I think some kind of training exercise is a damn good idea." The detective pointed out reasonably, as he didn't want to see his little girl be unprepared in case of a situation getting out of hand in some way.

Everyone couldn't help but agree with that line of thinking. And as the months passed by, the Wests and the STAR Labs bunch grew close as Iris went about gaining control of her abilities. Even learning by pure accident that the energy she used could form into objects for a period of time. Though the use of the energy tended to drain her but each use seemed to improve her energy reserves leaving her less tired as time went by. The greatest day of her life though was not when she finally gained what she and others felt was possible mastery of her abilities, but when one Barry Allen walked into Jitters and bak into her life after being in a coma for nine months. It would be a few short days after that when both of them learned of what the other could do. And Iris was ecstatic as can be that her best friend was a bit on the special side of things like she was. It'd be thanks to him having a talk with her dad that she'd finally be able to put her powers to good use a bit more openly, and Cisco would finally get to make use of some designs he'd been thinking of for her personal use. One of which was a white suit with blue lining in some parts. He had wanted to put a halo on the chest but thought that maybe that was too X-Men like and left it off. But Iris was fine with that as now she could fly around in a great costume!

Getting to fly Barry around a few times was also an experience she cherished more than anything else. Though she absolutely hated the training methods his pal Oliver used and refused to have anything to do with his style of training. Much to the slight annoyance of Oliver in the process. But the more experienced man thought that maybe Barry was more suited for aiding in her training since not everyone could handle his way of training. No matter the trials the duo of Central City went through, the two heroes would deal with it as best they could so long as they had one another to watch the other's back through thick and thin.

Author's Notes: Boy this was a long one! I probably could have kept going, but I figured that was a good ending place for this. Many thanks again to Highlander348 for the idea that spawned this bit of beauty. And if anyone wants to take a crack at making this a full on story, then I say go for it, but please do let me know about it! R and R!