Rapids (AU) [Completed]

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Hey everyone, I so sorry for putting the story on hold, I had an enormous writer's block, but now it's over, so I'm going to try to make this part really long, and try to end this around chapter thirty. So, let's dive into this. 

P.O.V. > Chris

We arrived back at S.T.A.R. Labs, Barry nursing his wrist, and within a few hours, it had healed.

"Looks like you had a distal radius fracture." Caitlin explains, showing Barry the x-ray on the tablet in her hands. 

"Had?" Barry says, confused. 

"It's healed." Caitlin swipes up on the device, showing Barry the current x-ray of his wrist. "In three hours."

"How is that even possible?"

"We don't know." Caitlin pauses. "Yet." She walks off to her computer, and Cisco comes up to Barry, holding the now cracked red helmet.

"You really need to learn how to stop." Cisco says with a quick smirk, before he tosses the helmet to me, and Dr. Wells rolls up to Barry.

I leave the Cortex, just needing to get away, and put the helmet in Cisco's workshop, and slowly walk back.

As I walk in, Barry's already gone, so I give a wave to Caitlin, and a nod to Cisco, before spinning on my heel to face what I thought was an empty hallway.

"Leaving so soon?" Wells asks me, his head cocked a little to the left,a smile broad across his face. 

I give a quick nod. "I figure I should get going. I'll se-"

He cuts me off. "Then I'll see you to the door." 

I try to protest, but it's no use. When we get there, Wells stops.

"You know Chris, I though I'd need you. I didn't think Barry would ever wake up. But, he did."

I turn to look at him, confused. "What do y-" My mouth falls open, in shock. Wells is standing, towering over me. "You can-"

"Walk, yes I know. It's not easy, faking it." He notices my quick glance at the security camera. "Oh, they won't notice anything. I set it up, they don't even know that we're here. You see Chris, now that you know my dirty little secret, I'm going to have to kill you."

I take several steps backwards, reaching for the door. 

"You see, while you were dropping Mr. Allen's helmet off in Mr. Ramon's workshop, he told us a little story. His mom was killed, when he was eleven. By me. Of course, he doesn't know I did it, just some scary yellow blur." He takes another step closer to me, and his hand starts to vibrate at incredible speeds. Faster than I could ever go. "You know, I'm not feeling any pain in this. To me, you'll always be that thorn in my side. That annoying little kid."

I stare at him in horror. Then, I turn and run. Wells, if that's who he really is, follows me. I speed past the doors, and run through the city, taking sharp turns every chance I get, hoping to lose him. Eventually, I do. I run back to the apartment, rushing to find my dad. 

As I enter the living room, a voice calls out to me.

"Looking for someone, Mr. Rapids?" It's Wells. I see him, holding my dad hostage with a knife.

"Let. Him. Go." I say through gritted teeth.

"See, that's where you're wrong. You're going to watch him die, then I'm going to kill you. Simple. The police will come sometime, and think there was a robber, and nobody will ever know it was me. Say good bye to your father, Christopher."

It all unfolds in slow motion. I see Wells pull the knife across my dad's neck, leaving a deep, red, mark. My dad starts to fall, his knees giving out as blood starts to leave his body. He crumples, instantly staining the white carpet below him.

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I was saved by one thing and one thing alone. 

Timing. The second after my father was murdered, police sirens could be heard pulling into our parking lot. Wells gave me a quirky smile, and said "Saved by the bell." before rushing out in a red flash. I stood there, not knowing what to do, as cops swarmed the apartment that used to belong to Dad and I. 

The cops surrounded the building, and I was taken out of the apartment by a man named Joe, whom I had recognized from his many visits to S.T.A.R. Labs.

"Hey. Hey. Chris, it's gonna be okay,  it'll all be okay." He tries to pull me in tight, but I shove him away, and speed to S.T.A.R. Labs. There, I search the entire building for him, but he isn't there. I collapse in the entrance to the Cortex, drained, mentally, and physically.