The Flash Beginnings

Soul

"You got anything Bear?" Joe asked as he walked around the room, scanning for any evidence any of the workers might've missed.

Aside from two other CCPD personnel and body, Barry and Joe were alone in the room.

"Uh all I know is that there are similar records to this person. All suffered from blunt force trauma to the head, and several lacerations to the chest. What I did notice though is that these patterns aren't random. These are symbols, I'm just not sure what they mean. But I think that they were made by the same perpetrator." Barry looked up at Joe before he continued, "But the funny thing is that none of them are dead except for one, the rest are in comas. And the one who died wasn't killed by this. It's because their family members pulled the plug on him, other than that he would still be alive."

"So what do you think it is? Another powered?"

"Maybe. But it could also be some sort of drug or the trauma caused by whatever hit them on the head."

"How can it be drugs? No one's acquired any narcotics. And Julian hasn't found any of them in his analyses."

"I don't know, but there've been drugs detected in the other victims' bodies. And the same conclusion was formed in their scene investigations. No narcotic's found either. I don't know, maybe I can have Caitlin help us on this too," Barry suggested.

"Yeah okay. But I want these in the evidence locker by the time you're done with them. You understand?"

"Yes. Joe. I will put these in the evidence locker after we're finished analyzing them."

"Good, now I gotta go. The newscast will be here soon and I don't wanna be seen on tv. On your way home get me a pack of beers will ya?" Joe left before Barry could answer him.

Since Barry had waken up from his coma, he found out that his adoptive father, Joe, had taken to drinking to cope with the loses of his daughter and adoptive son. He'd tried to stop his drinking, but Joe wouldn't budge. He wouldn't go to the AA meetings that Barry would sign him into, or listen to his reasonings. And he couldn't just make him quit cold turkey. Joe had to do this by his own accord. And he still didn't know what caused Iris to leave her own father during his time in the coma.

Nevertheless Barry would never intend to abandon his father. Especially after losing both his biological parents. He wasn't certain about the predicament of his mother. He'd only been able to piece together some parts of what had happened to his mother thanks to the board of evidence in his lab at CCPD. Barely enough to know how she was murdered and a vague explanation as to who he thought murdered her. He did know what happened to his father unfortunately.

It had been a gruesome scene. His body was discovered in the prison bathroom, gutted and mutilated. Multiple stab wounds covered his torso. He apparently was drugged and lead into the place by one of the Iron heights gang leaders. It was reported that they wanted Henry Allen to join their gang, but he had denied them time and time again, even defying them several times in the process. He slowly even started gaining a following in there. People who believed that he was indeed innocent of the crime that was used to incarcerate him. The gang leader threatened by the power that Henry was gathering, decided to both put an end to him and use him to teach the others a lesson. This was all what inspired Barry to become a Crime Scene investigator. He originally wanted to become a cop, but Joe wouldn't let him. So he ended up going with the next best thing.

Barry looked at the body again. He was disturbed how the first victim was killed because of the mistaken attributions that lead them to believe that he had been killed. The victims at first glance looked dead. Pale skin, blue lips, glossed eyes, even rigor mortis symptoms. But at a closer examination you'd be able to notice the barely noticeable rising and falling of the chest as they struggled to breath. Slow dilations in the eye that made it impossible to detect, unless you had the patience to wait long enough.