Shift

CHAPTER EIGHT

"You lied to her," Alex was leaning against his desk. She had taken Caitlin's advice to go talk to Barry, unfortunately Iris was there. So, she did what any reasonable person did and turned invisible to hear they're conversation. She had gotten the hang of the trick a week ago and easily switched between the states.

However, she was wasn't expecting the two to have a deep conversation. Eddie figured out the truth about Barry's feelings for Iris. He lied about saying that he didn't have any feelings for her and he probably wouldn't be able to get rid of them even if he could. First loves were always in your heart and they never went away, even Alex knew that.

"Alex what the hell?!" Barry yelled. He had moved over to his desk right when she showed herself. The sudden appearance made him fall out of his chair, but he caught himself with his super speed. Papers flew around and he grabbed all of them while glaring at Alex. "What are you doing here?"

"You lied to her," She repeated. "She's moving in with him, and you don't have the balls to tell her you love her."

"Look, if you came here to insult me, you may as well leave, because I am really not in the mood," Barry scowled. He set the stack of papers back on his desk and busied himself with his work. Alex took that as a sign that he didn't want to talk to her, but she went there to talk and she wasn't going to leave until they did.

"I came here, because I heard about the Man in Yellow being in town, and I want to help," Alex crossed her arms. "You said before if I wanted to gain your trust I have to be with you, and I'm with you. I'm also serious that you have to tell her, because I am willing to tell her and she'll think it's you."

"If you tell her, I swear to god," Barry threatened.

"You'll what? Fight me? Because I think we've established that I'll win." His jaw was set, but he didn't say anything. She was right, she would win against him in a fair game. They glared at each other for several minutes before she signed in defeat. Barry was right it wouldn't be right to tell her if he wasn't okay with it.

"I won't tell her," she promised and quickly changed the subject. "Cisco said he's going to work on something to help me with my migraines, Caitlin came up with an idea and I really think it's going to work."

"That's good," Barry nodded. He opened his mouth to say something else, but something in the back ground caught Alex's attention. The Man in Yellow was standing on top of one of the buildings and staring right at them. Technically they couldn't see his face, but she knew that he was looking at them.

She shifted into Barry, who was really confused until he turned around. The two raced out of CCPD and after the man. They pushed their legs to their limit, but no matter how hard they tried, the Man in the Yellow suit was always ahead of them. The only reason that Alex believed he even existed, was because Barry believed it. Not only did she feel everything physically, she felt everything mentally with him.

That's why when she was running alongside the Flash, she had just as much hatred as he did. All she wanted to do was catch up with that guy and beat the crap out of him. Usually she was pretty good at suppressing the feelings of others, but Barry had so much rage in him that it was impossible.

While Barry wore the clothes he was in previously, Alex was in his suit. Even while running she could see that the yellow suit was very similar to the red one she wore. He stopped suddenly, the two skid across the cement.

"It was you. You were the one in my house that night, you killed my mother! Why?" Barry - the real Barry - yelled. The Man in the Yellow Suit didn't seem shocked at all that there were two of them standing next to each other. It was almost like he knew that there were two, like he expected there to be two Barry Allen's.