Water Problems

Disclaimer: Crossing this over with the From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series show and as something of a continuation of my 'Rise Of The Peacekeepers' fic. Plus, I kinda figure there's more then one Cipactli but could always be wrong. Takes place some time after the third Flash season.

Summary: As a strange affliction begins to effect various Central City citizens, Wally and the rest of Team Flash come across three newcomers who seem to have an idea or two about the situation.

"Authorities are still baffled by the strange phenomena that's been currently happening to the citizens of Central City for roughly 2 weeks. In which they suddenly turn violent and try to consume flesh from others. Some are claiming its water straight from the source that is causing the problem, but with no confirmation on this, uncertainty is high in the air at this time. Not to mention making quite a few wonder if a Meta-Human is somehow responsible and if so, what is Kid Flash and Jesse Quick currently doing to try and stop this new threat? This is James Keller at Central City Picture News."

Sighs could be heard from not only Wally 'Kid Flash' West, but his girlfriend, Jesse 'Quick' Wells as well after hearing the news report. "Trouble is, we have no idea if its a Meta or what either." Muttered Wally unhappily.

"Yeah, and the fact I can't vibe this is seriously annoying." Added Cisco with a shake of the head as Cynthia rubbed on his shoulder in support.

As the Meta-Engineer had tried several times to find out answers with his powers and so far nothing had been found. Even having Cynthia help him out had done nothing much to the team's dismay. Means through Science had been used as well, including a few from Supergirl's Earth, Jesse's, and Cynthia's but with no results. Making some wonder if Caitlin would have been able to figure it out were she not somewhere in the world. Same thinking also applied to Barry as well and they could only hope they figured out the problem soon while avoiding water from the tap just to be on the safe side. Which made showering a bit tricky and more then one trip to another Earth or out to Star City just to be on the safe side. "Whoever's doing this will slip up eventually and we'll get them then." Cynthia said with certainty to her voice.

"Let's hope its not too late by then." Harry muttered grimly from his table as he tinkered with a project he thought might help with the situation.

An alarm blared from a console, bringing Wally and Jesse over to it rather quickly. "Huh, its coming from the Water Treatment Plant on Lee Street." Reported Jesse in concern.

Making her wonder if this was related to the current problem. "Want to check it out together?"

"Of course." Jesse replied with a smile.

As ever since coming back from Earth-3, the two Speedsters had been spending a lot of time together to make up for lost time. Smiling back at his girl, the two sped off after getting their suits while those remaining hoped the two would be safe as they checked out the Water Treatment Plant. "For a Treatment Plant, this place sure seems dead." Wally said once they were there and had checked the perimeter.

Jesse nodded in agreement and wondered if the Police were aware of this but keeping quiet so as not to cause a panic. Which was strange as she figured Joe, Cecile, and Julian would have told them so they'd be aware in case they were needed. Either they aren't aware or think they are protecting us by not saying anything…

Since whatever was causing problems could have a more unpleasant effect on her and Wally as she remembered being told how Rainbow Raider's powers had effected Barry in the manner it had done. The couple took a couple of deep breaths and made their way inside and after agreeing to split up to do some recon of the inner building, Wally would be the one to come across a sight he wasn't expecting! And that included the fact he had come across several dead bodies that clearly were the workers of the place! As what he came across was two guys, a girl, and some bizarre looking creature. "I swear, this thing's larger then what the one in Shady Glen was!" Shouted out an Asian teen as he ducked a blow from the creature.

"Considering it had been trapped for some time under the Twister before Carlos destroyed it, it makes sense it would have been a smaller size in comparison to this one." Spoke up a man with a wicked looking sword in his hands.

"What the Hell?" Got out Wally in shock as Jesse came up beside him and her eyes widened at what she saw!

His voice caught the attention of the dark haired woman with the two guys and she groaned. "Oh great, we've got company."

The man with the wicked looking sword chanced a look in their direction and immediately spoke up. "Leave, now, before the Cipactli chooses to come after you."

"The what?" Asked Wally as the guy swung his sword at the creature.

"Amateurs." Sighed the Asian teen.

"Careful there, Scott, starting to sound like Burt there with that kinda talk." Teased the dark haired girl as she struck a blow against the creature.

Scott rolled his eyes and made his own blow against the creature, earning a loud pained screech from it. 'Hey, if it fits, it fits!"

The creature roared and out of its mouth came insect like creatures that could fly. Sparking a few complaints in the process and causing the two Speedsters to make a rash decision due to being mildly freaked out! Said rash decision being them immediately getting the trio out of the building and all the way back to STAR Labs before they even realized what had happened! The reaction was about what you'd expect, at least from two of them as the one known as Scott suddenly had his face change. "What the f**k!?" Yelled out the young man angrily as he looked around him.

Noting the freaked out looks he was getting in the process. "Whoa, easy, just calm down, alright?" Tried Wally.

"Hell no!" Snarled the boy and launched himself at the yellow and red clad guy with a growl.

And soon found himself down and out on the ground while his two friends reacted in an unhappy manner. Forcing Wally and Jesse to quickly put them down and then putting the three in the Pipeline just to be on the safe side. "Okay, what the HELL was that!?" Asked Cisco in a freaked out manner!

"Better question is, what was the thing they were fighting?" Jesse wondered while worrying her lower lip.

Not to mention, how it was possibly connected with what was going on with the city.

Author's Notes: Something folks would be interested in seeing more of in the future?