Return of the Flash

2. Escalated

"Ok. Now we know his plan doesn't end here, what do we do?" Alex asked.

"Can't you see through his mind?" Clark asked J'onn, who shook his head, "I scanned through his brain. He's working with someone. But this being must have protected his head from being read further."

"Is it possible that the mastermind is a Martian?" Bruce asked.

"No. Martians may be able to read minds but they cannot shield another being's." J'onn said.

"What about Savitar? He mentioned about him before. Could he be the one who shielded his mind?" Alex asked.

"He's a speedster. Like me. He doesn't have any other powers." I clarified.

"I appreciate all of your assists today. Now that we know Lex Luthor's plan is still going on, all I can say is that we need to be alarmed. Should anything happen again we will be gathered." J'onn concluded.

"Can the DEO make an inter-communication system for us? No offense, but I'm pretty sure calling all of us here one by one is a bit clumsy." Cisco said. Alex looked at J'onn, who nodded.

"Yeah, I can arrange that. If there's no question then meeting adjourned. The communication system will be set up within a week."

Hal and Diana left the meeting immediately the moment it ended, saying that they have other matters to pay attention too. I looked at Cisco, "Now what?"

"I don't know man. I mean Kara asked us to come here because of this Doomsday. But now that it's gone, we should probably return. But..."

"But at the same time, this fight hasn't ended yet." I finished. He nodded. I still need to figure out why Kara asked us to come to Earth-38. "Look, Bar. I know you and Kara have some kind of..."

"Cisco?"

"Yeah?"

"Shut up!" I said. He grinned like crazy kids, "Anyway, while you two do your thing, I'm gonna take my time to explore this city. Then we'll go home. Probably. "

"Yep." I agreed. I do need to talk to Kara. But certainly not the talk Cisco thought.

~~~~~~~Line Break~~~~~~

"Hey Kara, do you have a minute?" She turned around, staring at me with her brown eyes.

"Yea. Of course." She replied, "What do you want to talk about?"

"Maybe somewhere private?"

"Race you to my apartment?" She grinned.

"I'm gonna beat you, Girl of Steel."

"Just you watch, Scarlet Speedster." Immediately, I rushed away from the DEO and headed towards her apartment. From the shadow on the ground, I could see she's catching me up. Even after a year of not using my speed, I could still reach Mach 5. But for the sake of the people, I decided to run in Mach 2 to prevent breaking their windows. Just for a moment, I felt good. No responsibility. No stress.

I saw the street lights flickered. Not one, but all the street lights. I shrugged, thinking probably some electrical anomaly at the generator.

Unlike Kara who'd flew into her apartment through her window, I arrived at her door and phased through it. But...I forgot how to phase.

I sighed and waited for Kara to come to the doors. Waiting is the eternal suffering for a speedster. I heard Kara flew into her apartment and knocked the door.

She instantly opened the door, "Did you forget how to phase?" I embarrassingly nodded. I entered her apartment and sat on the couch.

"Well, if you could phase again then you'll probably get here first." She mumbled.