Another Speedster//Barry Allen

Speed Mirage

Crunch. I bit into my popcorn,and chuckled along with Dr Wells and Cisco. The three of us were enjoying a classic,black and white film.

"Oh,buster Keaton. That guy was a genius." Cisco laughed,as he devoured his bucket.

"Oh how many times I've heard you say that Cisco" I grinned,turning to him.

"I've made you watch it so much Sam,every moment should be engraved into your mind"

"Even being in a coma for 9 months,can't make you forget that" I smiled to myself,as I thought about the times before the accident. Boy! Times have changed.

"I can't believe you've never seen this movies." Cisco turned to Wells in astonishment.

"Must have been before my time." He sarcastically replied. Us two youngsters,nodded in response.

"I gotta make you a must-see movie list,pronto." Cisco snickered,evilly.

"Please do. While I am more than happy to spend an evening watching old movies with the two of you,Cisco do you not have your brothers dinner to attend?" Dr Wells asked,slowly eating his popcorn.

"Oh,the ghastly dinner,Ciscito won't speak about." I butted in. I tried speaking to him about it,but he always switched the subject.

"Yeah. I was gonna ask Caitlin or Samantha to come with me,but then I got a much better idea." Cisco explained.

"Which was?"

"To not go at all."

"Oh. Things are not any better with your family?" Wells dug deplete into Cisco's case.

"You're missing the movie" Cisco tried to brush Wells off. "Okay,you know what,I'm gonna be honest with you. Things have actually been pretty fantastic...since I stopped seeing them so much."

Before Cisco could continue,the Star Labs alarms began blaring.

"Seriously! I can't enjoy a film" I moaned,as Cisco rushed to see what the emergency was.

"Silent alarm has been tripped at the Central City morgue." Cisco turned,looking confused.

"Why would anyone want to rob a morgue?" Dr Wells glared at the computer screen.

"Call Barry and tell him to get over there!"

And I blared out of Star Labs,of course wearing my suit. My blood began pumping faster. The wind pushing back my hair,as if it wanted me to look fabulous. I felt the adrenaline. Like I was going faster,than I ever have.

Maybe that movie night break,has helped improve my speed.

I looked to my side,as I heard,something that sounded like a crash,and it. Was me. I was running right next to,myself. I came to a completed halt,and I was gone. I twisted my head,all around,to see if I could see where the copy of me had gone,but they were no where to be seen.

I shuck off my nerves,and got back to the task at hand. Going to stop a real life grave robber.

I got there,and Allen was already there,waiting for my arrival. I gestured to him that we should go in,and he lead the way.

"What's going on? What do you see?" Cisco spoke over the coms. The morgue was dimly lit,like someone had taken out the lights. Or the coroner doesn't like looking at dead bodies,while he performs autopsies. But then he wouldn't be doing his job right.

"A dead body." Barry said,a shudder in his speech.

"Barry,you're in a morgue. You're gonna have to be a little more specific than that."

"The coroner" he yelled,as we walked to the other side of the table.

"He's dead." I stared down it his lifeless corpse,and grimaced.

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The next day. Now we have all the facts,on who killed the coroner. Mark Mardon. The brother,of the first meta Barry and I took down. He wanted to know who killed Clyde,and now he's after Joe.

The team is all together now,to discuss this case. We are like a more high tech,more powerful,scooby doo
Gang.

"So Clyde Mardon has a brother?" Caitlin said,staring at their mugshots.

"And both brothers survived the plane crash,and then the dark matter released from the particle accelerator explosion affects them both in virtually the same way." Dr Wells joined all the points together.

"Yeah,only Mark's powers seem to be a lot more precise. To be able to control the weather like that,indoors" Barry said in complete amazement,but also fearful since we are gone have to fight him.

"Like a weather wizard. Ooh,been waiting since week one to use that one. Mm!" Cisco squealed,after slurping his slushy.

"Trigeminal headache." Caitlin said,after Cisco's groan.

"What?" I said,with Cisco.

"Trigeminal headache. Brain freeze."

"The why don't you call it a brain freeze?" Cisco groaned,as he continued to down his slush.

"So I'm guessing the two of you running around a twister in the opposite direction isn't gonna do the trick this time." Joe exclaimed.

"I just remembered. During our run in with Mardon,Clyde Mardon. I was tinkering with something to help attract inbound atmospheric electrons." Cisco said happily.

"Like a grounding mechanism?" Barry dumbed down.

"Yes, 'cause the only way that Mardon can control the weather is if he can tap into the atmospheres natural electrical circuit,and if we take away that circuit,clear skies." Cisco explained,using his drink.

"Singh's checking in. I gotta go." Joe said,showing Barry his phone.

"Joe,we will find Mardon. Don't worry." Dr Wells reassured.

"I'm not worried at all" Joe waltzed out.

"Well,he's taking being targeted by a revenge-seeking met human rather well,I must say, don't worry Barry. Joe will be fine,I promise."

"Yeah,no,I know. I actually wanted to talk to you about something else" Barry scratched the back of his head and sighed. "Look,last night,on my way to the morgue,I sa something."

"What did you see?"

"I was running and I turned and I saw myself. Or I don't know another Flash running beside me." I was shook. That's exactly what happened to me.

"The same thing happened to me. It was if there was another Bolt right next to me"

"Interesting. Wells spoke eerily.

"What do you think it was?" Barry asked,sounding more delusional than before.

"Could be an optical illusion,a mirroring effect caused by wind shear and light,a speed mirage,if you will."

"It didn't seem like that. It was..he seemed real." I nodded,agreeing with Barry" whoever,or whatever she was,I can't help feeling like that was me.

"I tell you what. Let's focus on finding Mardon,and once he's safely contained in the pipeline,we will investigate this" and Wells turned away.

"That was not an optical illusion" I said enraged a the fact he walked away.

I can't accept that,thing I saw,was a mirage. It felt so real.