Episode 32 - Flash Fanfiction - Dracula

Chapter 1

Team Flash sauntered into the cortex in a slow and saddened manner. It had been a week since the Cadre had been defeated. A week since Harry had been murdered, and a week since Astrid had met her real father. Kent Nelson.

While Caitlin and Barry were living together, they had barely seen Astrid or Cisco in the past few days. But they had all agreed to meet up that day and get STAR Labs back into business.

Caitlin, Barry and Astrid stood in the cortex looking around at the disarray that had become their second home.

"Have you seen your father..." Barry asked Astrid.

She took a breath as if to be choosing her words wisely. "Kent's been around. It's just weird!" she said softly. They noticed as Cisco breached into the cortex and took a seat quietly, at what was left of his desk. The death of Dr Wells had been hitting him hard. Astrid shook her head softly and approached him. She hugged him from behind sending happy thoughts into his mind, using her telepathy. He leant back and nuzzled into her, grateful for her support.

Barry, spoke quietly to Caitlin "Let's just hope that we can all move forward from here. That was one rough night... but at least, Ralph managed to track down the rest of the meta-humans that were missing."

"I'm sure everything will be fine if we think of it as ripping off a band aid. It's going to be hard without Wells, though." Caitlin replied.

"Yeah, poor Cisco." Barry said with empathy.

Caitlin nodded and nuzzled her head into Barry's shoulder. "Those two certainly argued like father and son. It was a big difference from the way he was with Dr Sutherland, which is why he kept pushing Harry away. But, the two of them really bonded, despite the odds."

Barry nodded in agreement, "Singh wanted me to return to work today. I'm already running late. Keep an eye on them for me." Barry said, planting a kiss on her forehead.

"I always do, Barry." Caitlin replied. She continued to watch their friends as Barry took his leave.

Astrid rubbed Cisco's shoulders and the two remained silent. Despite all that had happened, there was something special between them. They were thinking back to that night in which they had managed to survive. Before they had lost Harry and had met Kent Nelson, they had vowed to get married.

Cisco lifted his head up and stared up into her eyes. "I'm not going to hold you to what you said." He told her, hoping that she could remember.

"There's no need to. I meant it." she said, with a vague hint of a smile. "I want to marry you, Cisco Ramon. I love you."

He didn't breathe another word. Instead, he smiled up at her, so she leant down and kissed him. He pulled her onto his lap and embraced her, returning the kiss. Everything would be fine provided they had each other.

Barry arrived at CCPD, relieved that they had power. "Allen, it's great to see you. It's been one hell of a week. Rob and I even managed to get married, thanks to the Flash and his friends." Singh said, oddly cheery, when the two of them were in his office.

"Mazel tov!" Barry said with a smile.

"Thanks. I actually have an interesting case for you and Joe when he arrives."

"Where is he? Is he actually late?" Barry asked surprised.

"Of course not, that man hasn't been late a day in his life. He's been going over our latest case..." Singh was interrupted as Joe entered the office. "Speak of the devil!"

"For someone who has seen a lot of crazy stuff in this town... this takes the cake!" Joe said, still reading over the files.

"What are we looking at?" Barry asked, reading over Joe's shoulder. His eyes opened wide as he saw the photographs.

"What does that look like to you, Barry?" Joe asked.

"These two ligature marks to the neck? ...What the hell? Cisco is going to have a field day with this one." He was dumbfounded.

"That's what I was referring to," Captain Singh said, still sitting at his desk. "I've gone through the crimes extensively... It could be a copycat... or we could be dealing with vampires."

"Woah, Dracula!" Cisco said with an excited grin, when Barry had shown him the files back at the cortex.

"It's good to see that you're in a better mood." Barry said happily.

"Well, we need to be in top shape if we're dealing with vampires. Believe it or not, I've been ready for this day since I was a kid! I'll be back!" Cisco said as he left the cortex through a breach, making his way for home.

Astrid and Caitlin arrived with coffees in hand, surprised to see Barry there and Cisco gone. "Where's Cisco?" Caitlin asked.

"Have a look at these, and you'll have your answers..." Barry said with a grin.

Caitlin and Astrid read over the notes. "Death by puncture marks to the neck? Bodies disappearing the next day..." Caitlin read out loud.

"He's getting his vampire kit!" Astrid said, "How is this even real?"

"I agree," Caitlin replied, "Sorry to play the cynic... But vampires, Barry? Really? It's probably someone a little too obsessed with Twilight."

"Why, Caitlin!" Cisco snapped as he breached back into the cortex angrily, "Why would you even say Twilight! Pfft! That movie is an insult to vampire folklore. Vampires don't sparkle. You have seen a real vampire movie, haven't you?" He put down a large old wooden chest and opened it. He pulled out a stake.

"I am going to educate the lot of you in real vampire movies... We need to be prepared to take down Dracula!" Cisco announced holding the stake in his hand.

"We don't know if it's really a vampire." Barry said, "Or if he's even male."

"He's biting necks and the dead bodies are disappearing, if we find that it's actually a female, we'll call her Selene... But until then... we're going with Dracula!" Cisco replied adamantly.

Astrid took the stake from him, "Put Mr Pointy away until we know for sure, Cisco." She said.

"MR Pointy?" Barry asked them puzzled.

"You never saw Buffy the Vampire Slayer?" Astrid asked him, as she thumbed the stake in her hands, checking how sharp it was, "It was the name of her stake."

"Okay... that's a relief... I thought it was a nickname for... something else..." Barry replied with a grin.

"Just no, Barry!" Cisco replied, "Just no!"