𝐿𝑖𝑓𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒 - 𝙱𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚢 𝙰𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚗

Part 4

Previously on 𝐿𝑖𝑓𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒...
After I changed in a separate room I came back out to the main lab, and back to the room with the bed, looking for my bag. I got it and grabbed my phone out of the bag and was about to call my landlord when I was interrupted by someone tapping on my shoulder

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I turned around and saw Barry. "Hey Juliet, can we talk really quick? I know that we literally just met a few minutes ago, and you are probably very skeptical about all of us, but I want to change your mind as well as talk to you about what you did in the Alleyway." Alleyway? Nobody else saw me but that man in the red suit. "Are you that man in the weird red suit that tried to take me?" I asked harshly, trying to piece things together after I passed out.

His eyebrows quickly raised up and he put his hands up as if signifying that it wasn't him, "no no no, that wasn't me, that was, uh, that was the other guy on our team, he just told me what happened," he rushed out. My eyes widened, and I backed away, "you're on the same team freaky speed boy??" I exclaimed. "Ok 1, he is not a "freaky speed boy", and 2, It's not what you think! He wasn't there to harm you, he just wanted to help!" Barry quickly stated. "If he wanted to help so bad, then why didn't he say so??" I questioned angrily. "Because you didn't let me!!" he shouted. We both went silent.

My face grew red with anger. "It was you. This whole time, and you lied to me about it on top of that. You wanted to gain my trust, and you thought it was best to lie to me about who you were? How can I trust someone who lies to easily to another, especially a stranger at that..."? Barry looked down with a guilt-ridden face. I tried to storm out of the room, but he ran (at a normal pace) after me and stood in front of me, blocking my route to the building I have no idea how to navigate. "I'm sorry Juliet, but I can't let you leave. You don't have a control on your powers, and you could seriously hurt someone, like you hurt those security guards back at the hospital...". My mind flashes back to the security guards I knocked out. A wave of guilt washes over me, and I start to head back into the lab and sit defeatedly back down in a chair.

After the war of words, and Barry stopping me from leaving, he continued to talk. "So do you know what you did back there in the alleyway, and at the hospital with the security guards?" He asked.

My brain flashed memories of the incident at the hospital and then in the Alleyway, "I don't know what happened, at the hospital, I tried to leave but they wouldn't let me, and the next thing I knew I was surrounded by guards trying to stop me from leaving the hospital. I started to panic and that's when I saw it," I said, lost in the memories of the hospital. "Saw what?" Barry asked.

"The fog. It was sparkling like it was alive and had a mind of its own, it flooded the area around me, and the security guards and it felt like I was draining them of energy. If I didn't know any better, I'd say that it was draining them of life. I didn't know what to do after that, so I ran. I ran as fast as I could away from the hospital, into the city where I ran into you, the man with the red suit. You told me to go with you, and I said no. I tried to run but when I turned around, you were right in front of me again, you weren't letting me leave. You put your arms on me, grabbing me, and then the fog came back, but this time it felt like you were draining me, or... like I was giving you my energy." I spoke.

After I spilled my story, we were just sitting there in a semi-awkward silence, so I started to tap my foot out of habit. I finally mustered up the courage to stand, walking out of the room to call my landlord for the directions to my apartment (I'm new in town, how am I supposed to know where it is), Barry's head perked up, but I assured him I wasn't trying to escape again. Barry relaxed, and I stepped out of the room, leaving him with his thoughts.

Barry's POV:

I was deep in thought when I heard the chair next to me squeak as the weight had been lifted off of it. I look up to see Juliet leaving the room, typing something on her phone as she walks out. I look next to where she was walking to see Cisco walking in with a shocked but energetic look on his face. "How much of that did you hear?" I say putting my hands over my face. "All of it, '' he replied in a slightly excited tone. I peeked my face out from the shelter of my hands, and looked at him, wanting him to explain why he was excited. As if he read my mind, he sat down in the chair that Juliet previously sat in and started his spiel.

To be continued...

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