Speed Demons |Flash Fanfiction|

Chapter 22 Barry? Slow?

I changed my mind. THIS is Skye's theme song! Cause I keep RUNNING RUNNING RUNNING RUNNING!

You know how you put a song in the start of your chapter and, even though you just listened to it three times over, you need to make sure it works? Yeah. That's this song.

And then after this song there was "Drive it Like You Stole it"-Glitch Mob XD

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   I tried to drink my hot chocolate slow, but I was so cold by the time Buck and I sat down that my hot chocolate was gone almost instantly.

   "You need more?" Buck asked, giving me an amused smile.

   I shook my head. "Once I get running I'll be fine."

   "It's Christmas day Skye! For goodness sake just take a break for a day!"

   "Only if the meta-humans take a break." I started to take another sip of hot chocolate before I remembered it was gone."

   Buck rolled his eyes. "One day. Just the one. Everyone has the day off today."

   I hesitated. "Well... Usually nothing happens until night anyway..."

   "Exactly!"

   I spun my cup around on the table. I thought about that. The most I'd gotten off was the couple months when we thought all of the meta-humans had been taken care of.

   "Hey Skye!" Iris said. 

   I looked up at her. She wasn't wearing her Jitters apron like she had previous Christmas's. "Hey! No work today?"

   She grinned. "No, I got a job at Picture News!"

   "Congratulations!" I said with a smile. "Anything on the City Speedsters yet?"

   Iris pulled out the last chair and sat down. "No, nothing in quite a while."

   "Something's bound to happen soon," Buck said casually. "The enemy almost never takes a day off. I hope they both have a calm Christmas." He gave me a sharp, pointed look that Iris apparently missed.

   Iris nodded. "I hope that for them too. Who are you?"

   "Call me Bucky," Buck said, he gave her a small smile and pulled on his left sleeve.

   "Nice to meet you Bucky," Iris held out a hand to shake. "I'm Iris."

   Buck shook her hand and I knew we were both grateful it wasn't his other hand.

   Iris looked back at me. "I haven't seen you in a while. How are things at S.T.A.R.?"

   I sighed. "Cisco's building more drones, droids, and robots than I've ever seen him build before. He's had me do all the programming."

   "What are they for?" Iris asked curiously.

   "Seeing if he can get anything that can move as fast as The Flash and The Spark to try and get a picture." It wasn't a complete lie, Cisco really wanted a supersonic robot.

   Iris suddenly looked like she was thinking a little too much.

   "Iris?" Buck asked. "Why are you looking like that?"

   "What's his gauge? How does he know when it's fast enough?"

   Uh oh, I thought. I took a deep breath. "Trial and error."

   Iris looked at Buck. "Do you know Flash or Spark?"

   Buck hesitated. "Uh... no."

   Iris narrowed her eyes at him. "You're sure?"