What Brings Us Together (A Ralph Dibny/ The Flash Fan-Fiction)

Chapter Eight: Did I Miss Something?

I sat in the passenger seat, with Joe in the driver's seat, while Wally placed the listening devices in Sheila Agnani's house. He sped back into the car, leaning up between the seats.

"All the listening devices are in place." He said.

"Keep your ears open. Gotta make sure she's safe." Joe stated.

"I think I'm gonna go up. Keep an eye on the perimeter." I suggested, getting out of the car and putting my mask on, kicking off the ground to fly above the house. First I noticed Tim Kwon go into the house. I furrowed my eyebrows.

That's not good. The last two remaining people on Deacon's hit list are in one place. I sped down, landing on the roof and laying on my stomach, hanging my head down to get a look into the house, only to find that Sheila was lying on the ground and Tim Kwon was gone.

"What the..." I flew down into the house to find Sheila gasping. "GUYS GET IN HERE NOW!" I shouted. I looked down to see a computer controlled insulin pump attached to her side. Wally sped into the room wearing his costume and Joe wasn't far behind him. "He put her in insulin shock." I explained. Wally ran off and then came back with a syringe.

"Glucose." He said before stabbing it into her leg. Her breathing stabilized and I let out a sigh of relief.

"Deacon took him. He took Tim." She told us.

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"No sign of Deacon or Kwon on facial recognition, traffic cameras, anything." Caitlin told us.

"We don't even know if Kwon's still alive." I shook my head.

"How did I not freaking see him?! I was flying above the house, I could see everything, how did I miss him?!"  I asked.

"You can't blame yourself, Laura. He could've been in there while you were still sitting in the car." Joe suggested.

"I saw Kwon go in." I tugged at my hair. "I'm just..." I didn't finish my sentence, I just walked out of the Cortex and to the Pipeline, sitting down on the edge. I somehow missed him, and a guy might've died because of it. I heard footsteps and looked up to see Barry. He sat down beside me and I scoffed.

"What's up?" He asked. I sighed, closing my eyes.

"I just...I thought me being a crappy superhero would stop once you were back. I chalked my shortcomings up to depression and lack of sleep but it looks like it was just me. And now a man is probably dead."

"Laura...you are not a crappy superhero." He assured me.

"Really? Because the evidence is pointing to it. I couldn't be the freaking leader that I was supposed to be, being the most experienced superhero here. No, it took Iris who has been here a heck of a lot longer than me to keep the team on track. Cisco managed to bring you back, Caitlin's the Doctor, Wally's the speed, Joe brings the firepower to the table. Before, the only thing I contributed to the team was being able to see things that others couldn't, and now I clearly can't do that, so what am I doing here?"

"Are you kidding?" He asked. "Just because of one slip up, you're questioning if you belong here?"

"Oh no Barry, I've been questioning that for a long time. This was just the final proof." I buried my head in my hands. 

"Laura...when we first got our powers and we discovered that Mardon was a Metahuman, who convinced me to come back to STAR Labs and let them help us understand our powers?" I looked up at him.

"Me..." He nodded.

"Mhm."

"And what about after Ronnie died and the team split up? Who was it that sat me down, told me that I was an idiot, and made me see that I needed Team Flash." I nodded, biting my lip.