Accelerate

Chapter 1

16 years later

3rd May, 2016

Central City Airport

Dan's PoV

"Dad!" I exclaimed, waving as he manoeuvred through the crowded airport with the ease of an experienced cop who had to deal with chasing down perps through crowded places.

"Dan!" He said as we met in the middle of the crowd, hugging briefly before moving quickly to the car park.

"How was your gap year?" Dad asked as I smiled a bit, recalling all the places I visited.

"It was...crazy, to say the least," I said, observing that Barry was not in the car and that Iris and two strangers were taking up the vacant spots..

They were both my age, a dark skinned boy with low cut fade, and a brunette girl with brown eyes and short hair.

"Hey Iris," I said, "Where's Barry?" hopping into the backseat.

"Who's this?" The boy asked.

"Dan, meet my brother Wally, and a...friend of ours, Jesse," Iris said as she turned around to face us.

"Guys, meet Barry's brother, Dan," Iris finished.

"Nice to meet you," Jesse said with a smile as we took a different turn, heading towards the damaged S.T.A.R labs building, which was definitely not on the way home.

"Where we headed?" I asked.

"S.T.A.R Labs" Joe said as I raised an eyebrow.

"Why?"

"It's complicated. Remember the particle accelerator explosion 2 years ago? And the black hole a year back?"

"How could I not, when that's the reason Barry's been weirder than normal?" I asked sarcastically. To be fair, Central City has gone to shit everywhere since then, with the Flash barely holding it together. After the black hole last year, I decided to take a break from the weirdness. Turns out, you really can't run from it forever, and after my third run-in with demons and John-fucking-Constantine, I decided Central City was safer.

"Well the black hole lead to a different Earth-"

"So the multiverse theory is real?" I asked in shock.

"Yeah, yeah," Joe said as he waved his hand, "point is, some evil speedster came through, and he's rounding up all the metas and going on a rampage, so we need to get you three somewhere safe while the Flash handles it."

"So you're just going to lock us up somewhere?" I asked as Joe shrugged.

"I'm not gonna win if we keep arguing, right?" I asked, already knowing how pointless it was to argue with Dad, especially when he's entered 'Papa Bear' mode.

"And I mean, we've had a giant shark attack the house already, so it's not exactly safe at home either," Wally added as I blinked.

"Yeah, you've got a lot to catch up on..." Iris said with a sigh.
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S.T.A.R Labs

"What the fuck is he doing here?!" I yelled as Barry and Joe held me back, but all I could see was red as I struggled to break the hold and give the man who had taken so much from my family a taste of his own medicine.

"Calm down Dan" Iris said as she stood in front of me.

"What did I do to him?" He asked as another surge of anger gave me the strength to break Joe's hold on me.

"He's my brother, soo..." Barry said as Harrison Wells nodded in understanding.

"I don't understand, what's going on?" I heard Jesse ask as both Joe and Wally grabbed my newly freed hand.