Flashette(Book Three)

4

"Okay.....how about Adam?" Barry asked.
"Adam? That's a boys name. We all know it's gonna be a girl."
"Who says?" Barry asked.
"I do. I know it's a girl. I can feel it," I said patting my stomach. Barry rolled his eyes and grabbed the laptop off my lap. I had gotten up and was on my way downstairs.
"Only a few weeks pregnant and the hormones are already starting to kick in," Barry commented. I had been halfway down the stairs when he said this, but I immediately sped up when he was finished.
"What was that?" I asked.
"Uh...nothing......I was talking about how much I love you!."
       "Mmmhhhmmm," I said before heading downstairs again. This time, Barry followed. Barry and I ate our breakfast while we watched the news. When we finished, we sped upstairs to change and get ready for the day.
"Hey Cisco!" I exclaimed walking into the cortex.
"What's good? I have something for you today. Footage from Iron Heights."
"Clariss...We saw that the other day with Julian. Forensic Analysis cleared it as genuine. No signs of tampering."
"Is Dr Alchemy the culprit?"
"That is the last thing Clariss said before he died."
"Unless we're looking for a meta with cloaking abilities or telekinesis," Harry chimed in.
"Our meta human specialist at CCPD prefers to work alone," Joe said looking at me. "But I'll see if he found something," he said before exiting the cortex.
"So now!" Jessie said clapping her hands together, "Anyone want to train?" She asked eagerly.
"We should focus more on getting back to our earth."
"But.....I do have a lot to learn....." Jessie said walking towards Harry. "You're words.....not mine..."
"Fine...." Harry gave in. Jessie jumped.
"But if you want to train.....let's train......speedster style...." Cisco said spinning in his chair. We all got suited up and headed to the speed lab.
"Damn, she's almost as fast as Chloe and Barry," Wally commented, looking at the computer screen.
"Velocity's almost moch 3, heart rate is 100 bpm, and her vitals are all looking good," Caitlin said.
"Reflexes....can we test her reflexes?..." Harry asked.
"Patience my padawon......patience..." Cisco said. "If anyone's gonna teach the ways of the speed force.....it's them," Cisco said. They must have been hitting the earpiece button because we heard it all. And with that, Barry and I kicked it up a notch. I sped up the side of the track while Barry and I criss-crossed. I then ran on the ceiling and Jessie eventually followed. We sped along the ceiling, and she tripped up a few times, but she still sped into the pipeline after Barry and I.
"That wasn't very heroic," Jessie said.
"It's your first time. There was a lesson in there girl. Just take time with it," I said before we headed to the cortex.
"And what's the lesson?" She asked before I turned around.
"The difference between having powers and precision," I answered.
"What do you mean?" She asked.
"It means that you need to have more than speed to take down somebody," Barry replied. "You have to think. Anticipate......don't run blind.........Oh my god......I've become Oliver," Barry chuckled. I rolled my eyes and we all entered the cortex.
"Maybe we should stay.....it's gonna take a lot longer to manage her powers," Harry said to Cisco.
"Since I'm going to be staying here longer.....do you wanna get out of here?" Jessie asked Wally.
"Where to?" He asked innocently.
"Does it matter?" She asked. She took his hand and before they were off, Harry spoke:
"Hey! No touching!"
"OR BABY MAKING!" I yelled before they left.
"Who are we talking....." I then replied. Barry laughed and we continued on to today's tasks.
"It's a good thing you're staying....the team wouldn't be complete without you," Caitlin said.
"There are a lot of things to fix on my earth b-"
"But you know it's a lot more fun when you fix ours."
"Yes, but you have a whole multiverse full of Harrison Wells' at your fingertips," he replied before we said our goodbyes.
Barry and I decided to go home and relax. What started out as wine, candles, and tv, turned into something more. And it would've been a lot better if Joe hadn't come home.
"Someone's here!" I said after hearing a car door. Barry quickly put everything together while I got a blanket. I covered us up with it and as Joe walked in, Barry blew out the last candle.
"Joe, we didn't think you were gonna be here for a while," Barry said as Joe ran up the stairs in what looked to be anger.
"Have a nice night!" I yelled.
"That was close. He almost sa-"
"Yeah.....don't need to be reminded...." I said before taking the blanket upstairs and leaving Barry on the couch in just his boxers.
I changed, and Barry was changed when I came downstairs. Barry and I then locked up Joe's house and went to our own.
"How about we continue what we started?" Barry asked.
"First off, mood ruined after Joe walked in.....and....I'm already pregnant here. We have to wait. There's a certain point you have to get to before-"
"So no more-"
"Yup. How are you going to survive?" I asked him jokingly. He pulled me down on the bed with him and we snuggled. Eventually we changed into our pajamas and went to bed.
I woke up to the sun beaming on my eyes and I covered my face with the blanket.
"We have to get better curtains," I said before checking my phone.
"Barry, text from Joe. It's urgent. He says to meet him at CCPD," and with that, we were out the door in 5 minutes and at CCPD.
"Sam Scudder, he threw me into a mirror and I fell out a two story window," we overheard from the victim.
"So Sam's going after everyone in Snart's old crew. We have to track him down."
"But he won't be able to find him. Snart's gone," I replied.
"What are you taking about?" Joe asked.
"Yeah, I heard he and some of friends of ours, went on a.....trip...."
"I don't even wanna know. I have some connections at Iron Heights on his crew, so I'll go talk to them," Joe replied before we split up.
"Wait!" I called. Joe turned around and came back to where we were standing.
"We're sorry for the other night.....and I'm sorry that it was awkward-"
"Like this conversation?" Joe asked.
"Yeah, but I just wanted to apologize for that."
"Look, you're both adults and I love you-"
"We love you too!"
"But I don't appreciate walking into my own house and seeing my two....children......making out," Joe said before he walked away.
"OKAY!! GOOD TALK! LOVE YOU!" I called as he walked away. Ignoring it, he continued walking and I turned to Barry. We called our duties done for the day and we headed over to S.T.A.R Labs.
"Good looking guy......" Caitlin said. We all turned our heads to her. "For a criminal."
"Well he's more than just a criminal. He's a meta who can travel through mirrors."
"I got this one!" Cisco said. "He's a-"
"Mirror Master!" Harry exclaimed, interrupting Cisco.
"What the-"
"Boom!" Harry said.
"Good one!" I pointed to him.
"Thanks, we had one on our earth as well. But he had a gun he used. It must have had some inter dimensional warping technology, that changed everything into two dimensions."
"And he's going after Snart's old gang."
"Says here they're either presumed dead or went AWOL......except her....." Cisco said putting a picture on the screen.
"That's her....Rosalind Dillon."
"She has the ability to induce Crippling Vertigo.
"She's a top.....she's like a top.....she wears a top......Top.....that's her name...she's amazing....You wanna go?" Cisco directed at Harry.
"Okay....." Caitlin said. "Do we think she can lead us to Scudder?" She asked.
"We'll see what Joe gets and then we'll come up with something."
"What are you doing here?" I asked Joe as he came into the cortex. "I thought you had the interview."
"I did, but Scudder and Dillon escaped. Scudder and her went through her cell."
"So you're telling us that they escaped through a glass window?" Caitlin asked.
"He grabbed her hand, they walked to the window and.....Poof! They were gone."
"So now it's mirrors, windows..."
"So he can travel through anything that has a reflective surface."
"He must be able to link Einstein-Rosen bridges to anything with high solar reflectance."
"So he creates wormholes....with reflections."
"Exactly."
"And while you're here doing this, I'm gonna go old school and go to the precinct," Joe said before exiting. When he left, a series of beeps went off and Cisco jumped out of his seat.
"Pings....we got pings...some of your doppelgänger's out there cracked your code, Harry."
"Let's go look," Harry said before they went downstairs. Barry and I followed, puzzled behind them.
It was like a game of "Wells' got talent, as they looked for the perfect fit. They flipped through a Country Wells, Nerdy Wells, a French Wells, and lastly, one we all liked.
"Pass!" Harry said as he stood up.
"Why don't you like him? He's everything we're looking for."
"And he's nice and not evil. That's a combination of Wells we haven't had thus far."
"Every person I've ever hired, I trusted my gut. And my gut is telling me this isn't the guy. Keep looking," he said as he went upstairs. We eventually came up when the alarms started blaring.
"Robbery at First National. Suspects match the description of Scudder and Dillon."
"Let me help," Jessie said, standing in the way of the door. "I've been training for a reason right? You gotta let me try."
"Okay.....cool....just follow our lead...." I said before we opened the door and sped to S.T.A.R Labs to suit up.
"We're not gonna let you leave here with that," we said as we walked in on Scudder and Dillon's dancy pants celebration.
"Hello Flashes.....and guest..... I've heard a lot about you. Can't say I've heard the same about your other friend though.....
"The name's Jessie Quick."
"Good for you little girl."
"You're crime reign is over."
"I wouldn't be too sure about that."
"I thought you wanted Snart..."
"Snart is long gone. There's a new king and queen in town. Be sure that gets known," Scudder said before he took Dillon's hand and went through a nearby glass window. We sped around and tried to find them. We eventually made it outside.
"There," I said pointing to a light going up the side of a nearby glass building.
"Stay here," we said before speeding up the building. Jessie didn't listen, and immediately followed. We chased them up the building, until we had to jump over to another. Jessie stopped as we continued to chase Scudder. She was going to face Top alone. I then noticed her limp body falling off a building and I had to go save her. I ram up the building, caught her, and carried her to the ground before placing her down gently.
"I can't get my balance...."
"It's okay, you're gonna be okay."
"But you won't be," Scudder said before he ripped me from Jessie and pushed me into a mirror.
"Good luck getting her out," he said as he disappeared. Barry appeared and had many expressions on his face.
"Chloe!" He exclaimed as I tried banging on the mirror. It was no use.....I was trapped........
"What happened?" The team asked as I was wheeled into the cortex.
"I was....whammied by Dillon, and now Chloe is trapped. It's all my fault. She's in there because of me," Jessie said as she walked out of the room.
"I'll go talk to her," Wally said, exiting the cortex.
I then began to speak. And as I was speaking, everyone looked at me like I was crazy. With a little quick thinking from Cisco, he was able to whip up a plan. He placed a device on the mirror and I was then easily understood.
"Get me out of here!" I exclaimed.
"Have you tried phasing through it?"
"Yes, and it doesn't work. Scudder used this as a wormhole."
"So those molecules are in a hyper state of flux....so all we need is-"
"Something really cold to slow them down...." Caitlin interrupted.
"I can help, let's go! Cisco said, bringing the team upstairs. Barry stayed back while the team was whipping up something.
"Do these pants make my butt look big?" Barry asked jokingly.
"I'm literally stuck in a mirror...."
"Sorry......what's it like in there?" He asked.
"Dark...."
"I bet. And look, I'm sorry this happened. I let Jessie start too early and she wasn't ready. I shouldn't have let her go and-"
"It's okay. You're juggling a lot of things right now. And we have all we've ever wanted. And with this baby, I'm even more nervous than before. I don't want to mess things up again. I don't want things to go wrong. I'm just so nervous because now it's a lot easier to fail, then to succeed. And I want to succeed," I said before Barry started laughing.
"What's so funny," I asked him.
"All of this. I'm talking to my pregnant fiancé through a mirror and a speaker. I want you so bad right now, but you're in there and it's just weird."
"Yeah, it is. It's like I'm here, but I'm not........."
"What?" Barry asked, noticing my changed expression. I perked up:
"I know how to stop Scudder..." I said before the crew came back into the room. They had a device and Harry placed it on the mirror.
"What's that?" Barry asked.
"How we're gonna get her outta here," they said before they hooked it up to the mirror. Ice began to form on the mirror, and it began to crack. I tried to phase my way out, but it wasn't working.
"It's only at -280 degrees Fahrenheit. We have to get it colder somehow....."
"I thought this was supposed to help."
"This is some very state of the art technology, okay? We just improvised in the last 30 minutes, so cut us some slack, okay?" Cisco asked Joe. After Cisco's rant, an alarm rang and the team followed it upstairs.
"Hello?" I asked. "I'm still in here," I said before noticing Caitlin still over by the controls. She clicked a button and the alarm stopped. She then walked over to the side of the mirror.
"Cait? What are you doing?" I asked. She ignored me and my vision quickly became covered by ice. I phased my way out and ran upstairs, ignoring what happened.
"Chloe!" Barry exclaimed, hugging me. "How-"
"Let's figure that out later. We have a robbery to stop."
"How are we gonna do that?" Jessie asked.
"We use mirrors and an old friend," I said before we put our plan into action.
We waited as "Snart" talked with Scudder and Dillon. When it was our cue, we came in:
"Funny thing about holograms.....They're just pale reflections of the real deal," I said. Barry and I ran around the mirrors as Jessie sped to Dillon. Barry and I broke all the mirrors and we caught Scudder in our trap.
"Get this: have you ever heard of the Droste Effect? You've heard of it....right? An infinite loop that you can't even escape...." I said before I handcuffed Scudder.
"Good luck getting out," I said before we took Scudder out of his trap, and met up with Jessie. She had Dillon handcuffed and we let them say their goodbyes before they went their separate ways.
"You're sure he can't get out?" Joe asked as as watched the security camera footage.
"Yup. Every inch has been covered with a non-reflective material. He's even gonna forget what he looks like," I said before Joe got pulled away. He was asked out on a date, but took a rain check.
"What was that about?" I asked. "Why didn't you say yes?"
"I don't know. I'm not the only one who gets nervous around here," Joe said before he walked away.
After our talk, we went went to S.T.A.R Labs. The team was in the basement and Cisco was forming a portal.
"What's going-"
"I've never vibed across 18 dimensions before," Cisco said before someone popped out. Another Wells stood among us.
"Greetings Earthlings......" He said in a Grodd sounding voice. "Just kidding. I don't know anyone who talks like that. I just wanted to say that.....earthlings," Wells said before he laughed. Everyone smiled and Cisco took off his goggles in shock.
"Hey, sharpshooter. You're........handsome..." Wells said to Harry. Harry then introduced the team and us, and Wells introduced himself.
"Call me HR."
"HR it is," I said before we said our goodbyes to Harry and Jessie.
"Before we go, just remember not to-" Harry said before he was sped into the portal. The portal closed and HR spoke.:
"Wow...that was cool....Now, whose up for big Belly Burger? You have those here, right? I'm famished."
"Some things never change...."
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CHAPTER 4!! I hope you enjoyed!! Shorts are on the way and I'll see you in the next chapter!!! -Flashette1

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