Iridescent - Prologue

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Little reminder, "+ + +" means flashback, and "* * *" means just a normal break in the story.

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"Tell me what happened," Nora Allen coaxed her son, Barry Allen, as she dabbed at his black eye with a washcloth.

"Those guys were picking on kids just 'cause they thought they weren't cool. It wasn't right," Barry insisted.

"I know."

"I guess I wasn't fast enough," he sighed.

"But you're super fast!" Barry's four year old sister, Elizabeth, squealed.

"Those kids were faster than me," he said, smiling at her. Yeah, most brothers hated their sisters, she may be a pain sometimes, but she's still family.

Nora smiled at her children. "No, you have such a good heart, Barry. And it's better to have a good heart than fast legs."

"Hello. I'm home." Henry Allen said as he walked through the door.

"Daddy!" Elizabeth shrieked, jumping into her fathers arms.

Henry caught her, hoisting her up. "Hey, baby girl! How was your day?"

"Good! I played princess!"

"Did you now?" Henry asked.

"Mhm! I ran my kingdom and stopped the next kingdom from taking over!" she squealed.

Henry looked at Nora, who nodded.

"Yes she did, and she did a wonderful job of protecting it," Nora chuckled. "Also, Barry got into a fight."

"Oh, yeah?" He asked, putting Elizabeth down.

"And he won."

"Ah, way to go, Slugger." Nora gave Henry a stern look. "Oh, and uh, no more fighting."

Barry gave a slight smile.

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Barry had been asleep in his bedroom when he was woken up . . . by . . . something.

The water in his water glass was floating, as was the water in his fish tank.

Then his mother's voice broke through.

"Henry! Henry!" Nora shouted.

Barry creeped down the stairs.

"Help!"

"Mom! Mom!" Barry screamed, rushing to the living room where there was a red and yellow blur surrounding his crying mother.

"Barry, don't!" she warned.

"Mom!" he shouted again.

"Don't let him touch you!" she sobbed.

"Mom!" Barry briefly saw the shape of a yellow man amidst the red and yellow lightening.

"Nora!" Henry cut in.

"Stay back!" Nora warned.

"Nora, hold on!" Henry screamed. He then turned to Barry. "Go get your sister, and run, Barry, run!"

Next thing Barry knew, he was holding Elizabeth and they were on the street, a few blocks from their house.

Elizabeth looked sleepily up at Barry, rubbing her eyes, clutching her security blanket. "What's wrong? Where are we, Bar-Bar?"

Barry hugged Elizabeth. "I don't know, Lizzy . . . I don't know. C'mon, let's go." Barry put her down and turned around and bent down. Putting Elizabeth on his back, he took off running back towards his home.

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⏰ Last updated: Jul 21, 2017 ⏰

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