Chapter 3: The Shield Hellicarrier.
"I think I could design a better suit for you, I mean I designed Flash's and his is bullet resistant, heat proof and also quite comfortable. It also has a bunch of hidden features." Cisco boasted with a small grin.
Natasha resisted the urge to strangle the man and merely kept her thoughts on flying the jet they were currently in, reminding herself that they were going to land in 5 minutes and then she wouldn't have to worry about him.
"Cisco, just stop talking. Shield has a literal division of engineers, seamstresses and designers for each and every high ranking agent." Wells pointed out, having had enough of the young man's bad flirting.
"What's their biotech division like?" Caitlin asked, looking up from her tablet. She had been looking over Barry's vitals, making sure that the young man was okay.
"I do not know, I have not visited their academy in many years.. But I assume it is still as advanced as it was before. I even think that a few of their best and brightest could rival cisco, Flash and perhaps even yourself." Harrison replied with a small smile.
'Challenge accepted' Cisco and Caitlin both thought at the same time.
"We'll be landing in a few seconds, Agent Lawrenson, our pilot, will escort you to the bridge. I have to greet a colleague of mine who is due to land after us." Natasha told the group, who nodded in reply.
(The Bridge)
"Dude this is awesome.." Barry muttered, his cowl still on as he walked into the room. He was using his powers to vibrate his face and change his voice, that way his identity would stay anonymous.
First of all, while he was seeing his team off to the lab, he found out that this aircraft carrier was in fact a giant quadrotor. Meaning it had four rotors and could literally fly.
Then he was informed that the director would like to see him on the bridge, which blew the teens mind. The director of Shield, wanted to see him, personally. What!?
So of course, Barry agreed and followed the agent onto the bridge. And like the kid he is, he took a few moments to just look around the extremely cool space at super speed. Zipping from one end of the bridge to the other (even across the ceiling) before any of the other people who were on said Bridge could blink.
"Uh hi there." An older man greeted him, his tone was slightly nervous but he had a kind and welcoming presence to him.
Barry did a double take upon seeing who it was that was greeting him. It was freaking Bruce Banner, Expert in gamma radiation and many other scientific fields. This dude was one of his idols, and here he was, standing right in front of him!
"Y-Your-" Barry stuttered.
"Yeah, the big green monster guy…" Bruce sighed, used to this, thinking that the flash would be a hulk fan.
"No, well yes. You're not a monster in my opinion but that's not why I'm freaking out. You're THE Bruce Banner, I've read tons of your papers and books. I'm a huge fan!" Barry said, holding out his hand.
Bruce smiled and took his hand, shaking it, glad to find that this vigilante knew him for his intelligence and not the brute that was his alter ego. "Thank you, I needed that." He whispered to Barry.
"Uh okay, you're welcome... I think?" Barry whispered back, taking his hand back as he continued to look around the room.
"Allen!" Fury called, causing Barry to panic. "Umm sir, my secret identity-"
"You're about to meet a member of your team, plus the whole of Shield knows who you are Bartholomew." The man deadpanned.
Barry muttered something under his breath before taking off his cowl, revealing his youthful face to the rest of the bridge ceeew. "Well you could have warned me about that mister Fury sir." He replied.
"Hold on, fury how old is this kid?" a blonde man frowned, he had been standing next to fury, conversing with him over something.
"Allen?" Fury sighed, gesturing for the young man to reveal his age.
"I'm seventeen in two months." Barry shrugged, like it was nothing.
"You're sixteen!?" Multiple people exclaimed. Some in shock, others in awe.
'He's sixteen and understands my science talk!?' Bruce thought in disbelief.
"Nicholas, how can you let a kid in on this, this entire situation is too dangerous, even if he has powers-." The casually dressed man stated.
"Hey, blondie. I've been in the hero business for about two years, I'm here to make sure the little guys aren't forgotten, so maybe get off your high horse, Sir." Barry glared, folding his arms.
The blonde man looked back at the kid and blinked, taking a moment to digest his words before smirking. "You've got quite the cheek kid, name's Steve Rogers."
"I know, nice to meet you Cap." Barry replied with his own smirk and nod in greeting.
"This is Barry Allen, aka the vigilante known as the Flash. He's seen as a hero in the west coast, sticks mostly to central city but is known to patrol a few other places every now and then. He's taken down bad metals, mutants even common criminals and has gained quite the reputation." Fury stated.
"Glad to have you, you remind me of myself when I was younger." Steve smiled.
"Really?" Barry blinked, not having expected that.
"Yeah, all I wanted to do was serve my country. Help out in any way I could, I didn't have the powers just yet. But I would have done anything just to help." Steve revealed.
"Yeah, I wanted to become a CSI when I was younger. I was actually in the middle of a tour at Star Labs when it's particle accelerator blew, next thing I know.. I'm waking up and they told me I'd been in a coma for seven months. Few minutes later, I accidentally find out I've got powers. The rest is history." Barry explained with a shrug.
"So you didn't think to become a crook or something, I mean with what I could understand from reading your files… you could be unstoppable." Steve said.
"No, it never even came into my head to be honest. You see when I was eleven, my mom and best friend were murdered by a flash of red lightning. A man in yellow, who I'd come to find out was called the Reverse Flash, was that red lightning. My mom taught me the difference between right and wrong ever since I could walk, and my best friend told me something a few days before she died.." Barry revealed.
"What did she say?" Steve asked.
Fury watched on in silence, having honestly wondered this young man's origins himself.
"She said that she saw something in me, this spark of pureness. She said I'd one day change the world, in a way she couldn't imagine… by just being me." Barry replied with a small, sad smile.
"Well, I believe it." Steve smiled, putting a hand on his shoulder.
(End of chapter 3)
Yes it's a bit cringe, but I see a few similarities between Flash and cap and wanted to bring that out.
I'm trying my best, okay? IDC what yall say.
