Dashing {The Flash/Barry Allen fanfic}

Chapter 20

I recommend listening to Guillotine by Jon Bellion while reading this.

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"Bethany?"

Images flashed over the blonde's blank eyes.

It was her father walking threateningly towards her, her body wanting to retract in fear, but she was frozen in thought. Jonas' kind but smug smile when she had first woken up after being taken. The visions of Barry being killed in her head and how she had run over to him sobbing.

"Bethany?"

The way her fingers curled perfectly around the gun as she pointed the barrel towards Douglas, all of the anger she had build up towards him finally being released as she pulled the trigger.

"Bethany!"

Finally, she glanced up, inhaling oxygen as though she had been deprived.  Since she had killed Douglas everything had become foggy.

Looking around, worried expressions were sent her way, but she seemed oblivious when her eyes landing on Barry.

His arms were crossed over his scarlet leather as he watched curiously, his green eyes wide with concern.

Bethany sat on a cot in the medical room, not sure what medical care she needed, but Caitlyn seemed to know what she was doing.

"Bethany, what happened?" It was Caitlyn talking, but the blonde could hardly tell.

"Yeah, where were you? Seriously, the whole time you were missing Barry would not-"

Barry loudly cleared his throat, indirectly telling Cisco to be quiet, which, to his liking, he listened.

"Eh, well, um," she shifted while she sat, blinking rapidly to force herself into reality. "Basically, my father abducted me, made me do a lot of his dirty work, tried to rob the celebration for Ava Jones, and I killed him."

Her voice held no emotion as everyone looked back and forth at each other having no idea what to say. Eventually, when no one spoke, Bethany did again.

"The bastard even took Jonas and I...," her eyes widened. "Jonas!"

Within seconds, Bethany had tried to run out the door using her speed but Barry caught her, tightly wrapping his arms around her in a protective and comforting way. She struggled against his grip.

"Hey, hey Bethany!" He tried to calm her down and eventually she did. "Who's Jonas?" He almost sounded jealous.

"H-he got everyone out. Where did he go?" She pushed against Barry, but he stood his ground and maintained his grip on her waist. "We have to find him!"

"You can't go anywhere. When we left everyone was gone. No one was there."

"I know where he is. Douglas is gone and if I don't find him he'll have no one."

Finally, she got out of Barry's grip, backing away so that she wasn't within his arms length.

"It seems as though Ms.Howard isn't in a great state of mind," Dr.Wells commented off to the side.