Rocky Raymond//Book Three\\ COMPLETED

Chapter 7- Monster

MacKenzie's POV

"I'll be back later, Mack." Caitlin tells me, grabbing her bag.

"Okay." I say as she leaves.

Now, I'm sitting in the cortex when HR comes in, or dances in, carrying a tray of food and coffee.

"Um, what're you doing?" I ask him.

"I got food for the team." HR simply says, putting the trays down on the desk and I jump off and sit in one of the chairs.

Cisco, Wally, Barry, and Iris are now in the cortex as music plays. I stand next to Cisco as HR reveals the food.

"Sumptuous day." HR says. "Oh, no, on this Earth, I believe you say..."

"Good morning." Cisco helps him.

"Good morning." HR says. "And it is, isn't it? I mean..." He taps musically on the desk. "The music on your Earth, well, it strikes a chord, no pun intended. Please, help yourself. I find a crew works best when it's well-fed and well-rested."

"Are those coffees for us too?" Iris asks.

"Yes indeed, Miss West." HR says. "I took the liberty of reading through your ledgers last night. A lot of information to absorb, but let's see how I did. Skim milk chai latte." He hands a cup to Iris and bows.

"Okay." Iris says, impressed.

"Okay." Harry says. "And an iced Americano with two... no, three shots of espresso."

"Boom." Wally says.

"That happened, Walter." HR says.

"Wally." Wally says.

"Wally." HR says. "Now, for my fleet-of-foot friend... oh, you'd best stick to decaf."

"Probably for the best, yeah." Barry says.

"San Francisco." HR says, going into a french accents. "I have "prepar-e"" a French roast with a touch of creamer."

"Thank you so much." Cisco says.

"You're welcome." HR says. "And don't worry, little Mack-Attack over there, I got you something too." He says, walking over with a cup.

"Mack-Attack?" I ask, looking at Cisco who shrugs.

"Wait." Barry says. "You're gonna give her coffee?"

"Hot chocolate." HR says, handing me the cup. Barry, Cisco, Iris and I all look at each other. "Anyway, did you know, on my Earth, coffee crop was wiped out by blight? I mean, that's one more reason to stay on this Earth, for the coffee alone."

"Yeah, though that's if you stay." Cisco says.

"If I stay. Time is of the essence." HR says. "Here's what I propose, a series of team-building exercises. Now, I've hidden a series of clues all around the facility. What I propose is, we break into two groups, all right, and you can pick a partner; you're--"

"Okay, okay." Cisco says, stopping him. "I have to stop you, H.R. I am not feeling this."

"It's the roast, isn't it? I should have gone with a dark..." HR starts.

"No, it's not the roast. The roast is fine." Cisco says. "Our trust isn't something that you can just build with games. Okay?"

"No." HR says.

"This is something that goes back three years." Cisco says, walking over to the desk as he talks. "It's something that's been forged in fire, sometimes literally, so maybe you should just step back and observe, see what we do here, how we operate. Did you get that?"