Believe in the Impossible ϟ The Flash

Chapter 23: Thank You for Flying Air Rogue

Secrets. I've been dealing with secrets it seems from the moment I was born. From not knowing who my birth parents were to hiding my powers from my family. But I never thought it would get this bad. That I couldn't even look at my own photo albums, which I flipped through the night everything finally started to change, without thinking of secrets I was hiding or being hidden from. Tonight, that was all going to change with one phone call. My phone buzzed next to me as I came across the last page of my photo album. A picture of a couple in a hospital, holding what my mother claimed to be the newborn me. The couple was smiling at the camera, the man holding me had bright blue eyes that looked like the sun was shining brighter that day because of me. My fingers traced over the photo as I picked up the phone.

"Hello?"

"Rose," Cisco's voice spoke quickly. "You need to get to S.T.A.R. Labs now. I found something." I slipped the picture of my birth family back into its slot in the album before closing it.

"On my way."

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"I kept asking myself," Cisco said to the group as he spun around Wells' wheelchair. "Why would Wells pretend to need a wheelchair?"

Caitlin had her hands on her hips, "Sympathy, I suppose."

"That's what I thought at first," agreed Cisco. "But he's the Man in Yellow. He's the Reverse-Flash. He's much smarter than that. Sympathy can't be the only reason." Joe joined in next.

"Yeah, it was a misdirect. Just like everything else Wells has done. I mean, the last person we'd suspect to be the Man in Yellow is someone who lost the use of their legs."

Cisco grinned as he set down his cup and flipped the chair onto its side, "That's exactly right, Joe. Which is why I started messing around with the wheelchair. And that's when I found this." He pulled open the battery compartment on the bottom of the chair. A glowing piece of tech revealed itself.

"Damn," Joe looked on, impressed. "You can't get that at Radioshack."

"They still have those?" I questioned before I bent down to get a closer look, Barry coming down by my side. "It looks like the tech we saw in the time vault with Gideon."

"I measured the output," Cisco pointed down at the chair. "and this thing is kicking off serious juice. I mean, we're talking enough to power all of Central City."

"Seriously?" Joe questioned. Cisco nodded.

I got back up from my crouching position, "What do you think Wells was using it for?"

"I think this thing is some kind of battery. As in, Wells was using it to power himself. To gain more speed. And that's why he's so much faster than you," Cisco ended by pointing at Barry. Barry got up from the ground as the computer frantically beeped. Cisco ran over to the computer. "The accelerator, it's been reactivated."

"It can't be," said Caitlin.

"How is that possible?" Joe questioned. "It blew up."

"Shit," I muttered, capturing everyone's attention. "What is the one place none of us thought to check for Wells. He's in S.T.A.R. Labs. Let's go."

We tiptoed quietly down the hall as we got closer to the entrance of the Pipeline. I looked back on the boys as Joe was in front, gun raised. I whispered, "Cisco, what did you bring in that orange soda for?"

"Whenever something happens with the Reverse-Flash, liquid floats in the air. You know, Barry's fish tank, Wells's champagne, Lance's coffee, remember that? If this does the same thing, we'll know that Wells is in there." We all nodded at Cisco when were all standing by the door. He put his fingers on the screen and opened the door.