And Kid Flash was Born

Surprises

I traveled to S.T.A.R. Labs to see what was wrong with Barry.I hadn't known the guy for very long but seeing him collapse made me feel guilty for tracking him.

When I arrived at the circular building that was infamous in the city and realized my mistake: I didn't know where Barry was taken. All I knew is he was taken inside. I looked at a map of the floors in the lobby. Wow, there were a lot of floors.

I heard the elevator open behind me and I looked back, momentarily stopping my search. The guy who walked out of the elevator was the same one who had helped Barry inside. The guy walked off as I half walked half ran to the elevator and stepped in. I didn't have a plan but I looked any way. LUCKY BREAK! There was a recall button in the elevator. Would that take me to the floor that guy was just on? I pressed the button and apparently I was right because the elevator started moving down.

When the elevator finally stopped, I guessed we were really far down under ground. The doors opened and I walked out, looking around for anyone working. He saw A group of people standing off to the side of the main room. I walked over silently. Officially S.T.A.R. Labs is open to the public but I didn't feel right about just walking in. I looked through the glass that separated the next room with the one I was in. I saw Barry, unconscious but no longer screaming. Ding! The elevator opened and the guy I saw upstairs walked out, looked at me as I watched his eyes grow huge. He ran into the room with Barry in it while I was left feeling like a kid caught in the cookie jar. Two people walked out of the room I was peeking in: a young woman with red hair and the guy from the elevator. They both had worried expressions.

"Barry is going to kill us," the dude from the elevator said. The girl didn't seem to think otherwise.

"Who are you? What's wrong with him?" I pointed at Barry," And what are all these computers for?" I asked implying the monitors everywhere.

"Well he um...He-" The dude was at a loss for words.

"-Is the Flash I know," I interrupted surprising them both. I knew it would take them a minute to figure out what to say so I ran into the room with Barry in it. He was hooked up to IVs and was wearing a helmet that seemed to monitor brain waves. By his side, Iris was sitting there looking at a tablet. She looked up when I came in and identified me immediately.

"WALLY!!?!" She couldn't have sounded more accusing.

"Um, hi," I responded awkwardly.

"How did you get in here?"

"Well it's kind a long story but basically I saw him," looking over at Barry," come here and I followed him."

"Why?" The redish brown headed girl asked.

"Yeah Wally this is Cisco and Katlen," Iris said distractedly

"Hi," they the two said in unison.

"Hi, so what's wrong with him?"

The guy stepped forwards, apparently named Cisco, and proclaimed"We think he's being attacked mentally by a gorilla," Cisco said excitedly.

"What!?" Katlen came over to where we were talking and death glared Cisco. Cisco ignored her and kept talking.

"Well, do you remember when the particle accelerator exploded?"

"Ya, it was kinda hard to miss,"

"When it exploded, it let out millions of Takion particles into that city and some of those particles got into a gorilla here at the lab and gave in telepathic abilities,"

"Why is it going after him?"

"Because the Flash hit him with a train," he answered matter-o-factly

"Oh... what does the helmet do?"

"It blocks brain waves from Grodd,"

"Grodd?"

"The gorilla," He said as if it were obvious."Hey you know if you wanna look around you can. Barry should be dead to the world for another hour."

"OK," I said already letting my mind wander into the things hidden in the hallways.

"Just don't go in the pipe line" he called, but I was already gone.