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Joe knocked on Hal Jordan's door. There, a woman in her late twenties with brown hair showed up.

"Yes? Who are you?"

"...I believe you are Jessica Jordan? Hal Jordan's mom?"

"This is her.... Did my son do something wrong?"

"No! No!.... It's about MY son...." Joe said.

Jessica eyed Joe suspiciously.

"Um.... As I said. You are....?" Jessica asked.

"Oh. I am the Police Chief of Central City. Joe West." Joe introduced himself. Come to think of it. Jessica never saw Joe. Jessica smiled.

"Ah! You must be Francine West's husband! Your wife visits me here frequently when it comes to playdates. That means its about Barry Allen?" Jessica realized.

"Yes! Can I talk to your son? It's urgent..."

"Sure! Come in." Jessica and Joe walked into the house.

Joe looked around. He saw two boys, one taller than the other, with same brown hair.

"Wow! I didn't know you were a mother of three..." Joe said. Jessica rubbed a hand behind the back of her hand.

"Yeah... It is tough after losing my husband..." Jessica said.

"I heard from your son. He was in a terrible plane crash... Hal saw the whole thing." Joe had a sad face.

"Yes... Hal! Come down here!" Jessica yelled to the upstairs floor.

"Coming!" A muffled voice of a young boy screamed.

There, Hal came downstairs in a fast second and saw Joe.

"Hello Mr. West! How do you do?" Hal smiled.

"Hey Hal! It's about your buddy..." Joe said. Hal frowned.

"Why? What's wrong with Barry?"

"Barry is missing. He ran away."

"What!? Barry never does that!" Hal cried.

"Yes. I was wondering if you might know something about Barry before something happened..." Joe said.

"How long was he gone?"

"Since last night."

"Oh no!"

"Do you know something Hal?"

Hal was thinking for a moment.

"Well..... Barry told me about his bullies in school."

"Okay-Wait. Bullies? Barry was bullied in school!? How bad?"

"Let's just say.... it was coming to the point that his own teachers started bullying him...."

Joe was horrified.

"What!? That's horrible! Why did you not tell Barry's dad!?" Jessica cried.

"Barry told me not to tell him! I'm sorry Mr. West!" Hal cried.

Joe felt anger rising up in his body. However, Joe suddenly got a call from his police department.

"Joe!" Doyle cried.

"This better be good Doyle..."

"No! It's not! You know those policemen that were hit in the head? (Author's Note: At Chapter 3: When?) They woke up! Worse, they said that before they were beaten up, the assaulter demanded about Barry Allen's location!!"

"OH NO..." Joe felt dread. Hal felt worried.

However, Joe got another call. It was from Francine.

"Francine?" Joe picked up.

"Oh Joe!! What is going on!?" Francine cried.

"Woah. Calm down! What's wrong honey!?"

"Why are Child Protective Services going inside our house!?"

"Child Protective Services!? What the hell are you talking about!?"

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Two Weeks Ago

Barry Allen still felt sick about Jimmy's suicide. Ever since the announcement in the school, everyone hated Barry even more. Even the teachers felt like calling the police about Barry. The beatings were worse, everyone calling him a 'true murderer', and no one trying to help him.

His only comfort was Iris and Hal. Since Barry doesn't want to cause more trouble for the Wests, he sometimes go to Hal's house to talk to him.

Hal usually rubs his back as Barry cried on his shoulder.

One day in school, Barry was hit in the locker by the students who wanted revenge on him. The metal rapidly hit his head. Suddenly, Barry saw black.

Barry woke up to find himself on the bed in the nurse's office. The nurse was relieved when Barry woke up.

"Oh thank god! You almost suffered a seizure!" The nurse cried.

Barry was shocked but was also relieved to.

"But... Your bruises... Those bruises on your body....." The nurse was horrified.

Barry panicked and ran away. The nurse felt it was the right thing to call CPS.

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