Episode 10 The Flash Fanfic

Chapter 2

"Barry, he has been a while." Astrid said, referring to Francisco, with her eyes steadily on the television, waiting for the next news report. The two of them were highly interested in the STAR Labs Particle Accelerator being switched on. Maybe it was because it was STAR Labs without either one of them affiliated with it, while their two best friends were... Well their doubles were.

"Yeah I was thinking the same thing. I think it might have to do with that." Barry replied.
Astrid got to her feet and made her way to the door. "Where are you going?" he asked her.

"I'm not waiting another damn minute. I need to find Cisco! Before that guy comes back," she told him. As Barry got to his feet, the two of them were suddenly overcome with darkness. The television and all the lights had gone out.

They both pulled out their phones and used the light to look around. "Maybe they didn't pay the bill? I suppose that means we're both going!" Barry suggested.

Using their phones, the two of them made their way outside and out into the dark street.

"It looks like it's the entire town. It must have something to do with STAR Labs." Astrid told him.
"You're really keen on going aren't you?" Barry asked, poking fun.
"A little bit... but also I know Cisco too well. He has to be connected to it in some way."

Barry took hold of her and sped through the city, in search for STAR Labs.

They found their selves amidst a crowd of people, frantically looking to find their way, using only their phone lights. Astrid thought she had seen Cisco running with someone to hide behind a few buildings. Though it was just too dark to make out. She nudged Barry, but he had his eyes fixed on someone else. It was Iris.

"She's so beautiful, isn't she?" he asked his friend.

"Um, Barry. As relieved as I am that you are back in love with Iris and not following me around like a love sick puppy with flowers... we have a task at hand... and look, your other self is right there, with her!" Astrid told him.

Barry noticed the dorky forensic scientist beside Iris. "Do I really dress like that?" he asked Astrid.
"Not really... you dress dorkier." She teased, then pulled his arm to follow her in the direction that she had sworn she had seen Cisco leave in.

"I do not dress dorky!" Barry said boldly, "I dress with style and class."
"You dress like the kid that would get straight A's in school." Astrid told him as she led him toward a darkened alleyway. It felt as if someone had brushed past her. But it was too fast to see. Barry's eyes were fixed on his clothes. "What's wrong with receiving straight A's in school?" he asked her.
"Nothing, but I was a B-C student... Shhh!" she whispered. She immediately pulled him next to her as they stood behind the corner of the building and peered around.

"It's Cisco." She whispered to Barry.
"Is that our Cisco, or another Cisco?" Barry asked her. Astrid knew that she shouldn't, but she probed Cisco's mind. She immediately ended the link after she had got what she had needed.

"It's our Cisco. Don't ask me how I know, he will kill me if he finds out." She told Barry.

"You read his mind?" Barry asked her.
"I read his mind." She admitted and the two of them watched as Cisco seemed to being threatened by a figure. They could only see the man from behind.

Barry went to help their friend, but Astrid pulled him back. "Barry, he's a speedster. I can't read his mind." She told him.

The man who was threatening their friend fired a gun, fortunately it didn't hit Cisco. But there was a blood curdling scream that belonged to what must have been an invisible girl in the darkness beside their friend.

Astrid gasped and was concerned that they might have heard her. Barry instantly pulled her out of sight and the other speedster took their friend and his acquaintance and were gone in a heartbeat.

"Great!" Astrid said with pure sarcasm. "We've lost him again, and we're dealing with another speedster... I'm beginning to hate those guys!"

"Hey!" Barry exclaimed.
"You know I didn't mean you!" she shot at him.
"I know you didn't. But that guy was DR Wells. He is the speedster on this earth. So chances are he took them inside STAR Labs. We will find them. I can deal with him, you can slip in and find Cisco." Barry instructed.

"The two of you are trying to find Cisco?" a stranger's voice interrupted their conversation and made them both jump.
"Whose asking?" Astrid said standing in front of Barry and immediately probing the guy's mind. She saw no threat in him.
"My name is Reyes. I'm here to help... and I also know of someone who can help us hack into the system to find out where they are being held captive. Her name is Felicity."

Astrid and Barry looked over at each other. They were actually in luck!