The Speedster and the Telekinetic

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After Barry had talked to Joe, he speeds into his suit, then looks at me as I look at him with a raised brow. "Where are you going?" I ask him as I cross my arms. "Joe needs me to talk to Wally. Turns out, Wally's trying to stop the metas on his own." he says and I sigh. "Well, the kid really does feel sorry for making you give up your powers for him. He just wants to feel like he was worth saving." I tell him. "I know. I'll be back. Call me if anything bad goes down." he says and I nod. He kisses me quickly, then speeds out of the Cortex as Cisco, Caitlin, and Harry walk in. "Where's he going?" Cisco asks, motioning to Barry. "He's gonna talk some sense into Wally about trying to take down these metas on his own." I respond and he nods. Suddenly, we hear the alarm go off and I look at the computer to see that it was a meta-human alert on Fifth and Main. I dash into the suit room and quickly change into my suit, "Call Barry, tell him about the alert." I say as I dash out of the Cortex and head to the garage. I get on my bike, and ride over to the area. When I get there, I skid to a stop as Barry arrives also and I look to see a face that I thought I'd never see ever again. Laurel Lance. "Why is it always so difficult to choose?" she asks as I look at her with a shocked expression. "Guys, what is it?" Cisco asks us over the coms. "It's..." Barry tries to say her name, but it just doesn't come out. "Laurel Lance." I say as I stare at her.

"Laurel." Barry calls her as I hop off my bike and stare at her as she laughs.

"Laurel Lance is dead. On this Earth, anyway. Poor Black Canary. Bye, bye, Birdie." Laurel said.

"So what do we call you?" I ask her as I raise a brow at her.

"You can call me Black Siren. Zoom mentioned that you might show up, Flash. But not you, Hummingbird." she says.

"What can I say, I tend to surprise." 

"If he told you what we can do, you should look more afraid." Barry tells her.

"And so should you." 

I look at her up and down. She had everything of Laurel, obviously 'cause that's her doppelganger, but she didn't have our Laurel's personality. That would make it a bit easier to fight her. "Tell me, why did you take down Mercury Labs?" I ask her as I narrow my eyes. "Because I like to watch things crumble and fall. Guess what? You're next." she says and she screams. Her high pitch screams piercing my eardrums and the wind in the scream blowing me back onto the pavement. Her scream stops for a moment, but the ringing in my ears felt painful and unbearable. She screams again making the ringing in my ears grow louder and as I pull my hand away from my ear, I could see blood. I stay lying on the ground in pain as Barry stands up, only to be beaten up by Black Siren. I roll around, seeing Black Siren kick Barry onto the pavement again. I heard muffling, but I couldn't hear the exact words she was saying. Suddenly, a car hits her, throwing her back, and the doors open to reveal Wally. I hear a muffled scream, but I stay on the ground only to then be swooped up by Barry and brought into Wally's car. Barry gets in the car, placing me on his lap as I burry my head in the nape of his neck. "It hurts." I whisper only to feel him rub my back comfortingly and hear muffles of him saying "I know." 

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Barry sped us out of Wally's car, and back to S.T.A.R. Labs, where he laid me on the bed. My hearing seemed to come back after a few minutes, which was good. Caitlin checked me first, considering that I was the one with no healing abilities, and yet, managed to survive a supersonic scream. She cleaned the blood from my ears, then moved onto Barry, telling me that I should get some rest to heal a bit more. I watch her as she wipes the blood off of Barry's ears with a Q-tip. "Why do so many villains we go up against use sound as a weapon?" I hear Caitlin ask, but it sounded a bit muffled. "What?" Barry and I ask simultaneously and she chuckles. "Nothing. You're gonna be fine, Barry." she says and I lay my head back down and close my eyes. I feel a hand grab mine, and I open my eyes to see Barry hovering over me. "You gonna be alright?" he asks, but it sounds a bit muffled. "What? Why does everything sound muffled?!" I ask annoyed as Barry kisses my temple. "You're fine, Tori. It'll just take a bit longer for you to heal." she says and I sigh. "Get some rest, babe." Barry says and I roll my eyes as place my free arm over my eyes to block the florescent lighting. "So Wally just drove up into the thick of it?" Joe asks and I nod.