Episode 5 The Flash Fanfic

Chapter 10

Barry arrived at CCPD to find Eddie Thawne standing in Barry's office, next to the shelf filled with glass beakers. "Hi Barry, I'm glad that Joe gave you my message."

"Yeah, he sounded serious. Is everything okay, Eddie... erm, Malcom?" Barry asked him.
"Just call me Eddie. That is the name that I have grown up with. I want to apologize for the way that I treated you earlier. I spoke to Iris and we both agreed that I was out of line."

Barry nodded in response, though Eddie continued.
"I suppose that when Joe told me that I was adopted, I was angry because it made me realize everything that I missed out on. I mean the fact that you grew up with Joe and Iris. They are such great people!"

"Do you mind..." Barry began. It was evident that he knew nothing about Eddie's upbringing. "...if I ask you what your adopted parents were like."
"That's a fair question." Eddie told him, "The truth is, my parents... the one who raised me from birth, are in jail. They did a lot of bad things and after that I kind of bounced around the foster care system for a little while. When I was 15 years old I moved to Gotham City. My adopted father at that home was a police officer. He was killed in the line of action, but not before setting a good example. From that day I promised to be like him... and here I am."

Barry didn't know what to say. He sat down at his desk and thought hard. "Eddie, I... am sorry."
"Don't be sorry, Barry. You have done nothing wrong. Man! You're my brother... My twin brother, to be exact. I'm just disappointed that I was never able to meet our real mother." Eddie told him, sitting across from Barry. Eddie wiped a stray tear from his cheek.

"She was amazing," Barry told him wistfully, "She was the type of mothers you read about in fairytales. She would read stories, sing songs... and her smile! She could light up a room."

Eddie smiled, as he tried to imagine the sort of mother that she might have been to him. It made him feel envious of Barry.

"You know..." Barry said, changing the subject to a lighter tone, "... My dad...I stand corrected! Our Dad! Is still alive. He is over at Iron He..."
"...Iron Heights, I know. I read up on him." Eddie finished his sentence.
"Would you like to come with me to go see him?" Barry asked, standing up and retrieving his keys.
"...Actually... I would love nothing better!" Eddie replied, ecstatic by the idea. He stood up and followed Barry out of the door, excited to meet his real father for the first time.

Overhearing that Barry and Eddie were on their way to Iron Heights, Joe made his way to Sutherland Labs in search for Astrid and Cisco, he still needed to question them in relation to their kidnapping. Once he had arrived, he found that all the Sutherland Labs employees had been given the week off, with pay, following the fires. All apart from level 97, where he found not only Cisco and Astrid, but also Caitlin, Ronnie Raymond and Dr Stein.

"Astrid. Cisco. I'm glad the two of you are ok. I am going to have to question you in relation to... Who is this?" he asked referring to the older gentleman in the white lab coat.

"I apologize, detective West. Until recently, you and I have only communicated through Mr Raymond over there. Let me formerly introduce myself as Dr Martin Stein, literally in the flesh."

Joe eyed Caitlin, Astrid and Cisco, he was confused and waiting for a response, which Cisco gave. "Did you ever see the Bill and Ted movie?"
Joe stared at him, all the more confused, so Cisco gave up.
"It doesn't matter right now." Joe told them, "Astrid, when you and Leonard Snart went to Mercury Labs, did you happen to see what he took."

Astrid shook her head slowly, "No I didn't. Whatever it was, he must have done it when I was distracted."

"Distracted?" Joe asked her suspiciously.
"I tried to fight him. But for some reason he had pretty good fighting skills."

Joe nodded and then continued, "Well, according to the reports, Leonard Snart stole some sort of totem necklace. The scientists who were working on it said it was ancient and originated from Africa. They didn't give me a lot of information, but apparently it's a big deal."

Dr Stein approached Joe. Over his years of work he had heard the tails of an African totem necklace that was said to give the wearer amazing abilities, such as the speed of a cheater and the flight of a bird.

Cisco pulled Astrid aside and spoke under his breath so only she could hear him.
"You tried to fight Snart at Mercury Labs? Can you tell me exactly what happened?" He was thinking back on his vision of her in combat with Captain Cold.

"It was nothing, really. I picked up a blade and tried to use it on him. He pulled out a gun and aimed it at my head. We fought. The end!"

It was exactly as Cisco had envisioned. But how was this possible? It couldn't have been possible. There was no way that Cisco had been affected by the meteor shower. Or was there?