Episode 30 - Flash Fanfiction - Dr Psycho

Chapter 10

Back at STAR Labs, Astrid and Harry had begun their chess tournament, with Barry, Caitlin and Cisco keenly anticipating the winner. In all fairness Astrid had refrained from using her powers.

"Check!" Harry said, with a smug look upon his face. "Astrid, you really need to learn to read your opponents."

"You never did say how you guys found Iris and I." Astrid said not making her move just yet, and keeping a straight face.

"Oh, this story you really need to hear, Jedi!" Cisco said with a grin.

"I'm all ears..." Astrid said, looking at them all.

"So, do you remember that PI from CCPD a few years back? Ralph Dibny?" Barry asked her.

"Yeah, didn't that guy get fired or something? Really? How does Harry know that guy?" she asked them puzzled.

"I helped him get his job back..." Harry said, "The guy was innocent."

"That's not an exciting story." She replied.

"Ralph may have had a few changes in the past few years... thanks to the meteor shower." Barry replied.

"He could stretch his limbs to unbelievable lengths." Caitlin said, "It was a little... sickening... to say the least."

"Yeah... that guy brought elongated to new meaning!" Cisco exclaimed, he had that excited look on his face, "...such a perfect name... elongated man!"

"Not your finest, Cisco." Caitlin replied, "What about stretch? Or..."

"Rubber man?" Astrid asked. Then she remembered something clearly, "Oh my god! He was in Gotham! He lost weight! I barely recognized him back then... Wow!"

"Astrid! Are you forgetting that we were in the middle of a chess game?" Harry snapped, "I'm going to defeat you in one move!"

"Oh, yeah... my bad!" Astrid moved her pawn, getting Harry into checkmate immediately. "I bet you didn't see that coming! How does it go? Harry, you really need to learn to read your opponents." She mocked with a smile.

"Oh yeah! That's how my baby does it!" Cisco said with a smirk.

"Dr Wells. Do you need to accompany me to the medical bay?" Caitlin asked him.

"Why?" Harry asked her, a little irritated.

"Because you just got burned! Oh yeah!" Caitlin said giving Astrid a high five.

"Nice one, Caitlin!" Cisco said.

"Harry... Did you forget? Astrid was a criminal psychologist before she got her powers and took over the position here!" Barry said.

"So, I'm guessing that we could recruit this... elongated man... Yes, Cisco, you can have that one... We need a new hero in our fold." Astrid said, "I mean, he did help you guys and he always struck me as a loner. Do you want to call him, Harry?"

"I'll get right on it." Dr Wells said as he entered his office and closed the door behind him.

"My daughter got you good." Kent's voice said from inside Harry's office. He wasn't wearing his helmet.

"Did she pass the god's test?" Harry asked him.

"I'm not sure, but knowing that she was going through that, and that I couldn't help... That was the worst battle that I have ever had to go through."

"What are you saying, Kent?" Dr Wells asked him.

"I want to see her." Kent replied. "...and I want her to really see me."