The Empath Metahuman

002. FLASH OF TWO WORLDS

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SEEING AS THERE WAS A RANDOM STRANGER AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE CORTEX, PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT ROOM IN ALL OF S.T.A.R LABS, ALL BELLA COULD THINK ABOUT IS HOW IF THIS YEAR CONTINUED TO BE THIS WAY THERE WOULD BE NO PURPOSE IN HER FATHER HAVING A MASK AT ALL. Not if people were just going to come waltzing in like nothing into the same room that Team Flash had it's most important and secret conversations. Especially since its the same room where the scarlet suit was in full display for everyone in the room to see.

"Please," The blonde man said with his hands up in the air in surrender, "just let me explain. I mean you no harm."

No one made a move to attack, but no one made a move to calm down either. Joe was still pointing his gun at the stranger, Bella still had her hand under the desk, her fingers twitching in case she needed to pull out the object. Meanwhile, Cisco, Caitlin, and Iris stared at the man while their bodies tensed up, and Barry didn't signal for anyone to calm down. Instead, he took a single step closer, "How do you know my name?"

"I know all your names." The man, who declared that his name was Jay Garrick, added in. His eyes turning to look at people, "Caitlin Snow, Cisco Ramon, Detective Joe West-"

"Enough." Joe cut in, only finding more reasons to keep his gun up, "That part about explaining needs to happen right about now."

With a slight nod of understanding, Jay switched his focus from one person to the other, "This world is in danger."

The sentence seemed to spark an interest in their friend Cisco as he took a step closer, "What other worlds are there?"

Jay turned to Cisco for his question, his demeanor extra calm for a person who had a gun pointed at his head, "When you created the singularity above Central City, you also created a breach between my world and yours."

"I'm sorry," Iris spoke up, stepping a step closer and blocking Bella's view, "a breach?"

"Yes," Jay nodded with his hands still in the air, "a portal connecting our two Earths."

"And what precisely is your concern?" Dr. Stein asked from his place in front of the computer desk.

"A few days ago," Jay answered, Bella only being able to hear his voice, "you found a dead man named Al Rothstein at the nuclear plant. But then a different Al Rothstein tried to kill you."

"Atom Smasher." Cisco filled in with a low whisper that if the room wasn't deadly quiet Bella wouldn't have been able to hear him.

"That man was from my world." Jay explained, "If he got through the breach, I suspect there'll be more to follow."

"Okay, so, Jay," Bella's father spoke up with hesitation, "how exactly do you know all of this?"

"Where I came from," Jay answered, Bella leaning to the side to get a good look at the man as he lowered his hands cautiously, "I was a speedster like you. They called me The Flash."

Bella's hands slipped from the object under the table, her focus going to the man on the entrance as he continued talking, "Before I arrived on your Earth, I was in a fight with a man named Zoom."

"Zoom?" Barry asked. His gaze going from his team to make himself sure that he didn't hear wrong before he looked over to Jay, "I've heard that name before. Atom Smasher, he said Zoom sent him here to kill me. Who is this guy?"

"He's a speedster, like you and me." Jay answered, his eyes catching sight of Bella as she stepped to the side and stared at him. His eyes quickly moving to the rest of the group, "And fast. Maybe the fastest of all. But evil. He is an unstoppable demon with the face of death. We were engaged in our fiercest battle ever, racing throughout my city. But I wasn't fast enough to stop him. Zoom had me beaten. He was about to kill me when suddenly there was a blinding light and the sky split open. A breach, between my world and yours, caused from the singularity. It pulled me in and I somehow ended up in your world. Powerless. Unable to return home."