On The Wings

Of An Angel

Part 2

Disclaimer: I own nothing but what you see here and is just a random little idea I thought up earlier regarding Winged!Iris from early on in chapter 26. Ronnie, Henry, and Eddie also never died.

Summary: From the ashes of Angewoman arises the wrathful being known as Archangel.

"The one you knew as Irist West is dead! As the Archangel of Death has been re-born in her place!" Declared the menacing voice of the woman once known as Iris West after having single handedly taken down Team Flash after their attempt at trying to prevent her from destroying another lab had failed horribly.

It helped that the team, most notably Barry, had been utterly shocked to see her alive after believing her to be dead for a year. And it all had begun when the Demonic Speedster known as Zoom from Earth-2 had chosen to attack Barry in the worst way possible. Said worst way being his attack on Iris and ripping off her wings in a brutal fashion on live television. This attack is the sole reason Henry Allen was even alive for that matter since the evil Speedster felt he had done enough damage to Barry with that single action of his. And after the combined efforts of Barry, Sports reporter Linda 'Dr. Light' Park, a woman known as 'The Kane', who had the ability to create canes and use them as she saw fit, Jackson 'Blaze' Jefferson, and the winged individual known as Hawkman, who had shown up sometime before that thinking Iris was his re-incarnated lover, all had managed to stop Zoom for good saw Iris die in an explosion some time later. One that quite a few had the belief had been an intentional thing on the girl's part due to how hard she had taken losing her wings thanks to Zoom. But Barry, Joe, and Wally had all adamantly refused to believe that. Thinking it was simply impossible she would do something like that when she had them to lean on.

Her loss had hit Barry especially hard considering that shortly into their heroic dymanic as a duo, they had become a couple much to Joe's immense happiness. And despite the fact they had barely been together two years, the red clad Speedster had been heavily considering proposing to her. Even planning to do so the night Zoom took her wings from her. The mourning Speedster hadn't been heard from for several months after her death and the rest of the team stepped up to help protect the city during his grieving. Though Jax, Hawkman, and Hawkwoman had ended up leaving with Rip Hunter to save the future from the man known as Vandal Savage while Jesse, her father, Wally to an extent, Linda, Firestorm, Caitlin, Cisco, and Eddie watched over the city. Earth-2's Laurel Lance would even help out from time to time thanks to the fact that Iris had been more kinder and the like towards her following her inprisonment in the Pipeline. This had even led to a friendship being born between the two as well and the loss of her friend hadn't pleased the Siren one bit and hating that she hadn't had a chance to hurt the bastard who killed her friend.

The fact Harry and Jesse refused to take her back to Earth-2 was also a relief for the Earth-2 native considering the way certain factions viewed and treated them. Which had certainly horrified the others to learn of and enlisted the aide of Earth-3's Flash to help bring the Earth-2 Native Metas to an Earth that was willing to take them in since they were a very peaceful bunch that was centuries ahead of the Earths Team Flash had encountered so that they could have new lives there and not be in fear of their lives being endangered. A year after Iris' death had seen the team begin to deal with a mysterious figure that could leave deep cuts in walls, along with strange metallic objects that could be found at times. Which honestly was something of a relief to the group after the whole Savitar nightmare had ended. Savitar being a Speedster from ancient times who believed himself to be the God of Speed and had been trapped in the Speed Force after several of his Disciples had turned on him once they realized it had been a mistake to be one of his followers. And once Barry had finally chosen to return to the suit full time, he and the team would have their first break when it came to the mysterious attacker once she began to attack another Mercury Labs building. Revealing a blue skinned woman with metal wings of all things that could have the mystery metallic objects shoot from them while wearing a red suit with blue lines in different places. Her hair under the headpiece that showed some of her face as well.

Barry would be the one to get a good up close look at her and when he did, his eyes would widen in shock and call out her name. Something that hadn't pleased his long thought to dead girlfriend at all and went on something of a rampage. Declaring her belief they had all abandoned her in her time of need and that only two individuals had truly given a damn. Even going so far as to give her her new more powerful wings. A pain groan escaped from Ronnie as he sat up on the ground after having been forcibily split from the Professor. "Man… I don't know what the Hell was done to her, but whatever it was, its not good." He declared as he struggled to get up and get over to the Professor.

"Agreed, Ronald." Professor Stein said as he laid where he was. Not really wanting to get up thanks to the pain he was in.

"We gotta help her! Right Barry!? Barry!?" Questioned Wally to his mentor as Jesse helped him get up.

Barry himself was just on his knees, staring at where Iris had been just moments before until he sped off. Either to try and find her or deal with the revelation on his own that the woman he loves isn't dead like she'd been believed to be for a year. The others looked at where he had been with sad looks on their faces, hoping he would be okay after this.

Hidden Location

The figure of the woman once known as Iris West silently made her way into the location that had been the sight of her re-birth. Her metal wings tucked away into the specialized area of her back for when she didn't need them. "Ah! Back so soon my child?" Came the voice of a bald man as she made her way into a room with many monitors and other tech related equipment in it.

"I ran into a problem during my attack on the lab."

"What problem?" Asked a mechanical like voice from within the darkness of the room.

"The Flash and his team. But I made the impression that keeping me from my work was fool hardy." Replied Iris, or rather Archangel in a monotone voice.

The bald figure nodded approvingly with a cold smile on his face. "Excellent my dear child. Simply excellent as we can not allow those fools to interrupt our good work. What say you, Brain?"

"I too am pleased, Thaddeus. But what of the lab itself?"

"Though I was not able to fully destroy it, I have set that lab back months if not years in what they were doing there." Replied Iris quickly.

Wondering if she might be punished for failing to do her task fully. Thaddeus Sivana, Sr. looked to his partner for a moment before speaking. "It is a win at any rate, wouldn't you say?"

His partner, known only as the Brain for he was nothing more then a brain inside of a contraption to help keep him alive and to also communicate with others was silent for a moment. "It can be allowed, this time, Archangel. But do not repeat this again or your punishment will be most severe. Understood?"

Iris nodded, showing no signs of fear. "Your way is mine to obey."

"Excellent, you may retire to your quarters until we have need of you again." Brain told her in a tone meant to be dismissive of someone.

Nodding once more, Iris gave a small bow of her head and left to he quarters. Leaving the two Scientists alone and both looking rather pleased even if the interference of the Flash and his allies had been rather annoying. "No matter if that foolish Speedster and his friends get in our way, we will be successful in our plans."

"Agreed."

Author's Notes: Well now, these two can't mean anything good at all!