The Empath Metahuman

005. THE DARKNESS AND THE LIGHT

Author's Note:

This chapter is going to be suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuper long. To make up for me being suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuper late.

Enjoy!

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IT WAS CRAZY HOW AT ONE POINT IN YOUR PAST, YOUR BEST FRIEND, YOUR WORST ENEMY, EVEN YOUR PARENTS WERE COMPLETE STRANGERS. Not even three years ago Bella's family was a group of complete strangers in her eyes. They could've walked past each other, heck, they could've even sat next to each other on a train and she would never know that the person next to her was her father, her genius doctor degree friend, or her geek best friend.

Then, there was this.

Having been woken up in the morning by an emergency meeting being called, landing face-first on the floor from her bed, and rushing through the sidewalks in her skateboard while she constantly threw an apology over her shoulder. Pretty sure she might have caused a car crash or two with how many times she crossed the road without looking sideways. Now, she stood in the middle of the S.T.A.R Labs cortex with Cisco, Caitlin, and her father, staring at the man in front of them.

The man stood straight a couple of feet away from them, in his hands the autobiography book that Bella had read once, a long time ago, to get some inner knowledge about Harrison Wells. The book cover was of Harrison Wells, his blue eyes popping out in color against his pale skin and white background. His glasses creating a shadow around his eyes, the left side of his face in a shadow while the right was brightly lit.

Just then, the man put the book down, his face matching the one in the cover in eyes, facial expression, but no glasses. The same blue eyes looked down at the words before looking up at the team that had been staring at him for the last fifteen minutes, "Very strange to be holding your autobiography, especially when you didn't write it and it's not about you."

At those words, Bella had to hold herself back from visibly shaking at the goosebumps that ran down her back from listening to that voice. It had been so long, and the last time she heard that voice was the day two of her friends died and she had a panic attack. Her thumb rubbed against the rough layer of her skateboard as she stared at the man in front of them.

Barry, on the other hand, walked forward to stand between the man and the team and casually introduced them, "Dr. Caitlin Snow, Cisco Ramon, Isabella De La Cruz, meet Dr. Harrison Wells from Earth-Two."

A small silent moment passed by between the group, no one saying anything. From Bella's left, Cisco squinted at the man and dryly replied, "Hi."

"Hi." The man with the face of Harrison Wells replied equally as dryly.

"So let me get this straight." Cisco dragged out, pointing to the man in front of them, "You're the doppelganger of the man who murdered his mom,"

Cisco pointed to Barry before pointing to Bella beside him, "caused the car crash that killed her mom,"

He then tucked his pointer finger away and crossed his arms, his eyes trained on the man in front of them, "and is responsible for both Ronnie and Eddie's deaths?"

"And Tony's," Bella added from her spot, her eyes never tearing away from the man in front of her.

"Yeah, but he's not even the doppelganger of the Dr. Wells that we knew," Caitlin stepped in, playing with her hands in a nervous state, her explanation being quick, "because that Dr. Wells' body had been taken over by the Reverse-Flash, who was really Eobard Thawne and Eddie's distant relative from the future."