After losing the man she loved to the Speed Force and her powers to the Lazarus Pit, Delaney West spent six months controlling her bloodlust and trying to keep her team together. She's taken over the role of team leader before but now she doesn't ha...
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Cecile has become further along in her pregnancy and apparently she read Dad's mind this morning. Caitlyn turned to her after doing an ultrasound, "Heartrate's 170 BPM and there's no sign of dark matter in the amniotic fluid", she said and Cecile sighed in relief that the baby was okay. Dad looked at her confused, "So the baby's not a meta?", he asked, clarifying. She shook her head, "Nope, it's a perfectly normal baby...",
"Girl?", Cecile asked her sitting up, "You were gonna say baby girl", she said, reading her mind and we all knew she was correct when Caitlyn gave us a smile. Dad looked at her shocked, "I'm having another daughter?", he asked.
I smiled, excited for my new baby sister, "I'm going to have another sister?", I asked as Iris and I smiled at each other. Cecile shrugged, "I guess we can cancel the announcement party", she said. Cisco turned in his chair to face us, "Ha! Boy, girl, that's 50-50. Let's test your skills for real. What number am I thinking of?", he asked.
Cecile stared at him, "Three. 11. 25. Three again. Bulbasaur", she said and he almost fell out of his chair because he was so surprised, "What the hell is a Bulbasaur?", she asked confused. Cisco laughed nervously, "That's so weird. Why would I be thinking about Pokémon at a time like this?", he asked to no one in particular. Iris nodded, "Yup, definitely a telepath", she confirmed.
Cecile looked at us confused, "But how? If the baby is not a meta, then where did these powers come from?", she asked. Caitlyn was about to say something but Cecile cut her off, "No, I wasn't on the bus", she said looking at her, "No I wasn't abducted by aliens", she looked at dad. I was looking at what she was wearing to see if she had any new jewelry thinking maybe it's like an Amaya and Mari situation, "No, I didn't inherit a mystical totem from my grandmother. Really, guys?". She then turned to Cisco, "Why are you still thinking about Bulbasaur?", she asked him.
"He's the cutest one of all", he defended himself. Caitlyn stood up, "Okay, my best hypothesis is that is actually triggered by your latest phase of pregnancy and it's actually latent dark matter that's been in your brain since maybe the first particle accelerator explosion. Think of it like gestational diabetes", she explained.
Dad shook his head, "But it's not. You can fix that with insulin", he said. She nodded, "Right, but it's temporary. I mean, the symptoms should recede after childbirth", she said. Dad and Cecile looked at each other and I knew they needed to talk about everything, "Okay, we'll give you guys a minute", I said and herded everyone out of the room.
The four of us went back out to the cortex and explained what was happening to Harry and Ralph, "Cecile is a telepath? Well that's way more important than getting Allen out of prison!", he yelled at us. Ralph reached his hand out for a fist bump, "Sick burn, Hare", he said but soon retracted it when he realized that he wasn't getting one. Harry looked at us, "As a former prisoner, I can tell you--", he started.
I scoffed, "You were in a gorilla prison. I got trapped in a Russian Gulag in the 1980's", I reminded him. He looked at me, "Well, did you get scat thrown at you?", he asked. I glared at him, "I almost died, Harry", I said narrowing my eyes at him. He shook off my comment and continued, "I can tell you that Barry is in his cell suffering, while this guy", he said pointing to the picture of DeVoe, "DeVoe, continues his plan unabated", he said.
