The Impossible Flash

Chapter 23: Trickster

AN: Hello everyone! Sorry it's been forever, I've been crazy busy, and when I'm not busy I've been sick. Finally I've gotten behind the keyboard and got out this chapter. I hope to be able to get chapters up sooner so you don't have to wait as long as you did for this one!
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~~~Barry's POV~~~~

I pulled down my research on Harrison Wells, that was covered by the map of the city.

"Aright, this is everything that we know about Harrison Wells, which is actually not a lot," I explained to Joe and Holly.
"Didn't you read a whole book about him?" Joe asked me, pointing with a pen.

"Yeah, 600 pages, and the big takeaway is, he's enigmatic."
"Your mom was killed by a speedster. Wells' machine turned you into a speedster. That's way too many coincidences for this old cop."
"Do you think that he wanted me to become The Flash?"

"Everything he's done since that night you got struck by lightning bringing you to S.T.A.R. Labs, giving you the suit, training you it's all been to keep you safe."
"And to make me faster. Wells once said that he needed more speed from me. Why?"

"I don't know. But he wants something from you, Barry. We just need to figure out what it is."
"Well, let's go get him then. Let's get some answers."
"We can't do that now as much as we might want to."
"Joe, you had your suspicions about Wells from the very beginning. You thought that he might be the man in yellow."
"Except the blood from your house didn't match him."
"All right, so maybe he's not the Reverse-Flash, but you think that he knows what happened that night. He may have the key to getting my dad out of prison."
"Whatever Wells wants from you, it started 15 years ago. He's been patient. Scary patient. You gotta listen to me on this. We have to be just as patient."
"Yeah."
We all then heard a loud noise, making Holly jump, and me and Joe running to the windows. We looked and saw smoke coming from the park. I quickly ran out, probably sending papers flying everywhere.

I ran to the park, seeing a kid reaching for a parachute. I quickly grabbed him and placed him next to his father.
"Henry!"

" Henry? Nice name," I said with a smile, and then quickly ran to S.T.A.R. Labs to find out what was going on.

I had changed and walked into the cortex. Holly and Joe were there, along with everyone else. On the computer was a man, no older then twenty-five, with a mask on.
"Tricked ya. Look who's back. My tricks. My treat. But I'll give you something good to eat. Today's special. A city in ashes. The Trickster proudly welcomes you all to the new disorder," he said.
"Talking in the third person. That's never a good sign," Cisco said.
"You're just mad because he named himself," Caitlin said, raising her eyebrows at him.
"Actually, he didn't," Joe said, "twenty years ago, Central City was hit by a series of terrorist attacks. One man killed at least ten civilians, two cops. That guy called himself The Trickster."

Cisco typed on the computer. "Whoa. Someone was rocking the unitard," he said slouching back into his chair.
"James Jesse?" Caitlin asked as I looked back at the tv screen to see what he looked like.

"Like Jesse James, only more twisted," Joe said.
"Where is this Mr. Jesse now?" Wells asked.

"He's serving several life sentences at Iron Heights. He was just about the most dangerous thing Central City had ever seen."
"You mean until the Particle Accelerator blew up," I said a little jab to Wells. Holly looked at me quickly.
"Um Barry and I will go see this James Jesse at Iron Heights, see if he can give us something that can help us catch his groupie," Joe said and I nodded walking away.