Speed Demons |Flash Fanfiction|

Chapter 3 Dizzy (and hungry)

   "Gizmo! You got any other colors besides blue and red?" I asked when we returned to S.T.A.R. Labs.

   Cisco, not surprisingly, was sitting at his computer with a sucker in his mouth even though we'd just gotten back. I walked up behind him and tapped his shoulder. "Earth to Gizmo. You got any other colored suits?"

   Cisco looked up and pulled the sucker out of his mouth. "So I'm Gizmo now huh?"

   I rolled my eyes. "Just answer the question."

   "Sure," he stood up and led me to his storage room. "I've got black, purple, or another red one."

   I smiled. "How about black?"

   Cisco stuck the sucker back into his mouth and pulled out the black friction-proof suit. "Sthere you go," he said around his sucker, handing me the folded material. "Thry that on."

   I took the suit. "It's easier to understand you without a sucker in your mouth."

   Cisco grinned. "Yesh, it ish. But thish ish more fun."

   He gave his sucker a loud slurp and sat down at his computer again. I shook my head and grabbed one of the extra bags by the door, shoving the black suit into it. I almost crashed into Barry when I stepped out the door. He was still wearing his red suit, reminding me that I needed to change back into my gray t-shirt and jeans.

   "Going somewhere?" he asked with a smile.

   "Yes actually," I said. "For one, I'm hungry, and for another, I need to change."

   "Don't let me stop you."

   I started to walk away and stopped. "Oh, by the way, Cisco's got a sucker so he's kind of hard to understand."

   Barry gave me the thumbs up and grinned. "Consider me warned."

   I smiled and ran to an empty room. I changed as fast as I could, which was probably less than three seconds. I wanted to go to Jitters for dinner. Simply because it was cheap and I could say hello to Iris.

   I'd been awake and super fast for three hours, give or take a couple minutes, and I was already using my speed more. I ran full throttle all the way to Jitters, and was stopped in the alley right next to it by a moment of dizziness. I pressed a hand against the wall for support and waited for the dizzy feeling to go away. As soon as it did, I stepped out of the alley and opened the door to Jitters.

   It was much less busy than it had been when Barry and I had first come. Iris was standing behind the counter.

   "Hey Iris," I said, leaning on the counter. "Got any good food here?"

   Iris smiled. "Sandwich?"

   I nodded. "A gigantic one."

   Iris laughed and started making the sandwich. "So why did you and Barry need to leave so soon?"

   "One of the people from S.T.A.R. Labs wanted to talk to us," I said, telling half of the truth. "They thought the lightning might have done something to us. It didn't though."

   "That makes sense," Iris handed me the mountainous sandwich. "It's on me."

   "Thanks," I squished the sandwich down so I could fit it in my mouth. "I haven't eaten all day."

   "Surely they gave you the IV food?" Iris pointed out.

   I took a huge bite out of the sandwich. "Thatsh not the shame." I swallowed. "Gosh I sound like Cisco."