"I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death."
- Leonardo da Vinci
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CHAPTER SIXTEEN
>>> Trillium's P.O.V. <<<
"Damn you, she's missing! My sister is fucking missing, so don't you dare tell me to chill out, Bartholomew!"
"You will chill out or I will have to sedate you!"
Needless to say, the short trip to the emergency room in arms of the fastest man alive sucked. Big time. Especially since Barry refused to believe my short-breathed attempts to tell him that I was, indeed, fine.
"You're not fine, Tril. You broke your leg."
"I didn't break it, the little freak Marcus kid did it! Just take me to Caitlin."
"This is above Cait's paygrade."
He refuses to let me go and runs me to the nearest hospital. He checks me in as the Flash, and then runs back through the front entrance as Barry Allen, who just happened to have been "left outside" by the Flash. He's back by my side in seconds, giving me a look of terrified assurance.
As the nurse holds me between her and Barry, all three of us hobbling towards the stretcher in the small hallway, I turn to Barry and growl in a low voice, "My sister is missing. She's the priority, not me. She didn't even see me fall. She doesn't know I'm hurt, and what she doesn't know wont kill her."
Barry lifts me onto the stretcher as the nurse runs off to find a doctor. "Your sister would kill me if I left you to fend for yourself. We'll find Aspen, Tril. I promise."
The doctor rounds the corner, with the nurse, and I nod at the superhero. He gives my hand a squeeze as the doctor looks over my broken appendage that's growing more swollen and bloody by the second. He turns to Barry and I after mere seconds. "We need to operate right now. Her leg is broken in at least three places. What the hell happened?"
"Christmas lights," I quickly reply as Barry stands there sputtering an answer. He's not the best at lying people. "Damn things fell off the roof. I went to try to fix them, but as you can see, I totally Griswold'ed it." I give a half-convincing smile as the nurses, now two of them, start to wheel me to the operating room.
One of them gives me an IV as the other tells Barry he should leave. He turns to me and nods. "Don't worry. We'll find Aspen. I...I can't lose her either."
I grin cheekily as the anesthesia starts to flood my body. "You like my sister, don't you, Sparky?"
Barry chuckles. "Yeah, I guess I do."
"Don't worry. She likes you, too."
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When I start to come out of my anesthesia-induced slumber, the first thing I notice is Julian sleeping in the chair next to me. The lights are dimmed, and I hear the heartbeat monitor singing its song. I move just enough to see the large cast around my upper right leg. I sigh, letting my head fall back against the pillow. "Great."
Julian stirs next to me, seeing me awake. "You're up!"
"Sorta," I mumble, looking over at him. "How long?"
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In Time | The Flash
FanfictionAspen Penrose can't remember what it was like before the Particle Accelerator exploded two years ago. The bright light in the sky, the wave of energy raging towards her, and the pain she felt when knocked unconscious in her home. Every part of her w...
