The Empath Metahuman

003. FAMILY OF ROGUES

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IT WAS IRONIC HOW THE OLDER YOU GET THE MORE CAREFUL YOU ARE WITH YOUR LIFE, WHILE THE YOUNGER YOU ARE THE MORE IN DANGER YOU PUT YOURSELF IN. Some people do it by not being healthy and risking diabetes, high pressure, or doing stupid things that could get them in danger. Then there was Iris West, the woman who got herself stuck in a situation where she was getting shot at with bullets and walked away happy about it.

"Why, would you do that, Iris?" Bella asked the next day from the shotgun filled the night.

"It was a good story." Iris defended herself as they talked together towards their separate routes: Iris to the city newspaper, Bella to S.T.A.R Labs.

"I get a good enough story to push people out of the way to get to the cash register." Bella admitted, at the back of her mind remembering the time she did that, "But, the whole point of getting a story is so that you can live and spread it."

"It was worth it." Iris defended herself as they came to a stop in a corner and the older woman turned to the younger girl, "Well, this it."

"I know." Bella nodded as she tugged at her messenger bag and pulled her skateboard closer to her chest.

Iris was ready to turn away and walk towards her workplace until she turned back around, "Quick question. Why are we doing this so early in the morning?"

Bella only shrugged her shoulders not really wanting to give the older woman the true reason why she woke up so early. The truth involving the fact that ever since the team discovered a breach in S.T.A.R Labs Cisco and Bella actually played I Spy with the breach. They were constantly looking down into the screen of their respective tablet that detected the anomalies which would pinpoint where the breach was.

Looking up at Iris, Bella smiled to the woman before giving her a hug and they each went their separate ways. Bella actually set down her skateboard and began to roll towards S.T.A.R Labs. The girl hummed to a song in her head that could somewhat match with the bumps of the sidewalks, or just humming a random tune from time to time. The sky was still filled with bright oranges, purples, and reds in the sky from the sunrise. The view was beautiful and Bella grew to love her decision of waking up early in the day. Even if it did mean she was a bit cranky this morning from having fewer hours of sleep.

God, did she love her bed.

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"Pretty amazing, isn't it?" Barry asked as he, Jay, Bella, Caitlin, and Cisco all stood in S.T.A.R Labs basement.

In front of them was the blue unstable breach she and Cisco played with the whole morning until the rest of the team came. The breach actually looked like a portal: An oval shape as tall as seven feet and as thick as an average human head with a bright blue glowing light in the center and in the outer layers it becomes transparent like clear gel in constant movement. It almost reminded her of actual slime where the hands of space were constantly molding it but never really expanding it of shrinking it.

"Still can't believe what I'm looking at," Jay spoke up from the side with arms crossed as he stared at the breach that illuminated his face just the finest shade of blue.

A few steps away from Jay and standing a few meters away from the breach, Barry nodded his head as he too stared at the breach, "Fifty-two breaches in Central City and the biggest one just happens to be in our basement."

"And none of us even realized it," Bella added from her spot between her father and Cisco.

"We need a name for it!" Cisco yelled out looking at it in thought, no doubt already thinking of a name.