Return of the Flash

5. Black Mercy

3rd POV

"How did this happened?" Alex exclaimed. Barry was transferred to the infirmary of STAR Labs immediately after Kara's discovery. A giant black-tentacles-alien was on top of him. Caitlin quickly placed an oxygen mask on him.

"I...I don't know. After I showered, I found him like this. Oh, my Rao." She cried. Tears were forming in her eyes and she could no longer hold the tears.

"Now that we know it's a Black Mercy, we can get him out the same way we get Kara out." J'onn turned to Kara, "Don't worry, we are gonna get him out of this." She hugged him and sobbed on his shoulder. The Martian patted her back in an attempt to comfort her.

"So...what exactly is this thing?" Cisco asked.

"Black Mercy." Alex said, "An alien parasite from Kara's world. Basically, it feeds the victim with false memory, making them stranded in a Dream World. The longer he's trapped, the harder to get him out."

"So all we need is some kind of Inception tech to get him out, right?" Cisco asked.

"Not just that. He has to reject the Dream World." Kara said.

"We used to have a device that can get him out, but was destroyed during the Myriad." J'onn said.

"Don't worry. This should be similar to Grodd's telepathy. Let me modify the Anti-Telepathy Strip." Cisco said and quickly headed to his workshop.

"What's a Myriad?" HR asked.

"My uncle used a machine to brainwash the entire city." Kara said.

"Oh...that's great..." HR commented.

"So right now, all we can do is to monitor his vitals." Caitlin said.

Barry's POV

I slowly opened my eyes and saw Kara was using my chest as a pillow. I played with her blonde hair a little bit. She snored a little. It was music to my ears.

I remembered I met this girl when I was at work. The CCPD tour. She was the visitor and I was the tour guide of the CSI department. She caught my eyes the moment she stepped on the CSI department. I remembered her brown eyes were sparkling. Her blonde hair was wavelike. It was like I got hit by a lightning.

After the tour, I was scared to ask her out. And I didn't. That night I regretted that I didn't. But fate was by my side. Kara applied for a job for the CSI department a week later. We worked together to solve murders. And eventually, I had the courage to ask her out.

Our first date was magical. It was perfect. We had dinner in the Jitters and talked a lot about our daily life. We didn't leave until the staff member reminded us the time. We then walked in the Allen Park. A park dedicated to my father because of his work for the community. He founded a corporation that designed many kinds of medicines to cure cancers and AIDs. Anyhow, I walked her to her apartment and had our first kiss by her door.

Since then we had introduced each other to both of our parents as boyfriend/girlfriend. It was great that my parents loved her the moment they saw her. Her family was a little bit complicated. Her parents were delighted to see me. But her sister, Alex Danvers, gave me death threats despite her parents' disagreement. Her cousin, Clark, was fond of me being around. During holidays, we would stay at each other's parent's house. And of course, sleep in the same bed. Alex didn't like it at first. But eventually, she accepted me as her sister's boyfriend.

Today was our second anniversary. I looked at Kara. She was still asleep. I kissed her forehead and carefully left the bed, not wanting to wake her up. I headed to the kitchen and looked at the refrigerator. I searched for the ingredients and began making pancakes.