Hellfire (The Flash - Book 2) [RE-UPLOAD]

Chapter 10 - Standstill

Barry and I were in his lab at CCPD, making out.

"You know, we should really be more professional," I told him, breaking the kiss.

"You do realize you initiated that," Barry replied.

I chuckled. "Yes and I'm fully prepared to reprimand myself then. I'm just saying, you know, anyone could walk in like Joe or Singh . . ."

Iris walked in.

Barry and I turned to face her, embarrassed that we had been caught.

"Hey," I chuckled, awkwardly, stepping away from Barry. "You know, I, uh, I should go. I'm sure the Fire Chief is looking for me. I should head back to work."

Barry nodded. "Yep."

"But I'll call . . . I'll see you later," I told Barry, starting to walk away.

"All right," Barry said.

"Bye." I headed towards the door.

"Hey, Zoe?" Iris called out.

I turned around to face her.

"I'm so happy for you," Iris said, looking from me to Barry. "Both of you. Truly."

I nodded. "Thank you. It means a lot."

"I'll see you at Christmas" Iris told me.

"Yeah," I turned around and left the lab.

When I walked outside, it started to snow.

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The sudden blizzard last night wasn't natural, it was courtesy of Mark Mardon. He used his powers to break Snart and James Jesse out of Iron Heights Prison.

Joe and Barry told me that because of her dad, Patty wasn't thinking clearly and they asked me to talk to her.

I went to CCPD and saw Patty walking down the stairs.

I walked closer. "Hey, Patty."

"I can't talk right now, Zoe," Patty told me.

"Look, Barry told me what happened at Iron Heights," I said.

Patty scoffed, walking past me. "I can't talk to you about this."

I followed her. "Look, I understand what you must be feeling right now. Especially after what happened to your dad--"

"Zoe, I know that we were close when we were kids," Patty cut me off. "But you have no idea what's really going on in this city. I mean, you don't even know that Harrison Well--" Patty stopped and turned to face me. "I'm sorry. I don't have time to bring you up to speed."

"That's ironic," I muttered. "Patty. Patty, look, I care about you a lot. I don't want to see you do anything reckless."

"I'm a cop," Patty told me. "Going after criminals is in my job description. It's not reckless. And powers or not, Mardon's gonna answer for what he's done."

Patty walked away.

"Patty . . ." I trialed off, sighing in frustration.

Seeing her like this reminded me of how I was nine months ago, after the Reverse-Flash killed Zach.

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Everyone was in the Cortex.

Cisco chuckled, sarcastically. "Oh, yeah. Weather Wizard, Captain Cold and the Trickster."

"There's three of them of two of you," Caitlin told us. "I do not like those odds."