Second Chances: Stargirl

Chapter 24

While Henry was looking Courtney over in the med bay, Pat had taken charge of the JSA and he'd even let Mike sit in since if the ISA had found out Courtney's identity, then they were all at risk.

"Tell me again why Cindy is allowed to sit in on this meeting?" Rick asked, still annoyed that he wasn't allowed to use his father's hourglass.

"Because she's the only person here who has actual information on the ISA." Pat said, getting real tired of Rick's attitude, since it had been weeks and he still had not shown any improvement.

"Including their real names. Should we start with the one who nearly killed Courtney tonight?" Cindy asked.

"Brainwave." Pat said.

"Better known in this town as Dr. Henry King Sr, father of my now ex-boyfriend Henry King Jr and one of the top brain doctors in the country." Cindy said.

"That explains so much about his son." Yolanda said.

"Henry doesn't know that his father's a villain, though he does know that he's a jerk." Cindy said.

"Does he have his father's powers?" Pat asked.

"If he does I haven't seen any proof of it, which is actually why I had to start dating him in the first place. Our fathers wanted me to keep tabs on him in case there was any trace of him developing his powers." Cindy said.

"How do you know he wasn't just hiding them?" Yolanda asked.

"Do I want to know what's happening between Yolanda and Henry?" Chloe asked Jen, since she was the new girl.

"Probably not." Jen confirmed.

"Got it." Chloe said as they returned to the primary conversation.

"Anyways, next up would be an old playmate of Chloe's dad, the Rival, also known as Edward Clarriss." Cindy said.

"Seriously, who came up with that name?" Chloe asked.

"He named himself that since he was your dad's rival. Not one for imagination, but he was the only person who could give your dad a run for his money in the speed department." Cindy said.

"Fair point. And I guess I can't really talk since my dad named himself the Flash." Chloe said.

"That's still better than the Rival and that's coming from me." Cindy said.

"True." Chloe agreed.

"Okay, back on topic, the reason your father hated the Rival so much is because of one of his worst crimes. He killed your dad's sidekick, the original Silverbolt." Pat said as he pulled up a picture of the first person to wear the Silverbolt mantle.

"Dad told me her name was Eliza Harmon. Was she a member of the JSA too?" Chloe asked.

"No, sidekicks weren't allowed in until they graduated to full hero status." Pat said, since he hadn't been a member of the JSA until now.

"Wow. So what happened. I've asked mom and dad about what happened to her and they never answer." Chloe asked, hoping to finally get an answer about it.

"It happened before the massacre. Your dad and Silverbolt were engaging the Rival in one of their worst battles ever. The ISA had the rest of the JSA scattered across the country to prevent us from helping them. The Rival was putting up one hell of a fight and he had your dad at his mercy and he was preparing to put his hand through his heart, but Eliza decided that the world needed the Flash more than Silver Bolt, since she saved your father's life, but ended up taking the attack meant for him. She died in your father's arms. Jay never forgave the Rival for doing that." Pat said.