The Cruise (PK Universe {Completed})

Chapter 9

As he ran, Len could feel his heart pounding and his thoughts racing.

Who was she? What had happened to her parents? And why was she creepy as shit?

But as his thoughts started to wander, they slowly made their way to Barry.

He doesn't want me. I could save myself so much pain. I just need to leave.

He shook his head rapidly. Maybe Barry didn't want him. He shouldn't give up, though. His life didn't depend on anyone but himself and he wasn't going to give up because Barry might not want him.

Slowly, the thoughts dismissed themselves. But Len had a feeling they would be back, and although he didn't know where they had come from, he had a feeling it had to do with the creepy child.

...

She didn't remember anything.

Her name, her family, nada. She remembered bits, sure, but not enough to make sense of the mysterious puzzle.

One thing that was stuck in her head was Particle Accelerator, though she didn't know what that was or why she cared. Once she had tried to get up and look it up, but she had quickly been overrun by the darkness.

That's what she called it. The darkness. It took over everything. Her heart, her thoughts, her body. She couldn't remember anything or anyone when it was around.

It scared her.

She couldn't remember the last time she could remember anything.

Her thoughts seemed to play like a merry go round, replaying and rarely changing.

She was so sick of it. She wanted to be normal, whatever that meant.

She liked to name her thoughts.

Anything with what she assumed where her parents were the pandas since both had been so kind.

Anything with her brother was a tiger. He abused her a lot. She only remembered him because of the scars she had.

Anything that happened during her darkness was a zebra. The darkness was manipulative, sometimes seen as dark, others as light. The colors of a zebra.

Sure, she had some random memories, as any human did. She didn't name those.

Her life was complicated, and she hated it. She didn't understand it.

But something told her the green-eyed man could help her. She just had to keep the darkness at bay long enough to find him.

So she sat up and grabbed the glass at her side. She carried it in her hand in hopes of using it to ward off the darkness. She walked inside the stairwell and up the first few stairs.

She didn't remember anything else.

...

When Barry got out of the shower and changed into some tight skinny jeans and a red T-shirt. By then, both Lily and JJ had eaten and were ready. Just to show off, Barry ate at super speed.

"You know, we should make a group name," JJ mused. Barry laughed. "Leave that to Cisco."

Lily and JJ gave him a confused look before he realized. They had no idea who Cisco was.

"Cisco's one of my closest friends," Barry explained. At Lily's jealous look, he couldn't help but laugh. "He cared for me during my coma."

At their shocked looks, Barry remembered he hadn't told them about it.

"Oh, yeah. I was struck by lightning. It was what made me The Flash."

Lily's jaw was in danger of hitting the floor (literally. She was falling over). JJ was struck speechless... until she saw Lily. Then she was laughing again.