[COLOR=SLATEGRAY][INDENT][B][SUP][SUB][H3]  P R E S E N T[/H3][/SUB][/SUP][/B][/INDENT][hr][/COLOR]
[CENTER][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/4Ed3Q7o.png[/IMG][/CENTER][COLOR=red][INDENT][B][SUP][SUB][H3]C E N T R A L    C I T Y[/H3][/SUB][/SUP][/B][/INDENT][hr][/COLOR][INDENT][sup][color=silver]March 12[sup]th[/sup], 2017 - 3:57 PM | [i]Downtown Central City[/i][/color][/sup][/INDENT]

[color=fff200]"The names Professor Zoom. I'm with the Flash." [/color]

Barrys heart skipped a beat, and for someones who had a heart that beat far faster than the average humans, that was a big deal. He had missed training someone about the Speed Force, not to mention having Wally by his side but this guy said he was [i]with[/i] him. That was a bit of a leap. Before he could say anything though people were accosting the man in yellow with questions.

"Are you the Flash from Keystone?"

"Are you faster?"

"Where did you come from?"

The one Barry honed in on was the last one. "Do you know who the Flash is?"

[color=fff200]"Yes."[/color] [i]Not good.[/i]. Even before he knew Batman he knew that one of the most important secrets he had was his name, not that Batman had ever needed to figure out who he was. At that moment Barry ran up the steps towards him, placing his arm around 'Zooms' shoulder and waving to the crowd. It wouldn't do good to get into a confrontation here, not infront of all these people. 

"Can I have a word, [i]Partner[/i]?" He made sure to put emphasis on the word, to anyone thinking that the two of them actually knew eachother it would possibly seem normal, perhaps even congratulatory. He was hoping that this Zoom character would pick up on it's true intent, it was to show this Zoom character that Barry wasn't impressed, nor happy. If he had been approached beforehand about a possible pairing then that would be a different matter. It was like if the man in yellow had just taken to the streets using his name. No, this needed to get sorted now. He needed to know more before he could be associated with the man in yellow.

[color=fff200]"Sure thing Flash!"[/color] Did he sound, excited? He ran off down the street, turning and looking back he saw that Zoom was keeping pace. He wasn't catching up, but wasn't falling behind either. If Barry were to push it however, would Zoom be able to keep up? If this was Wally he surely would have, though the situation was far too serious. First this individual had turned up out of the blue, running around the city not really doing anything before taking down Trajectory and now he claimed to be Barrys partner? It was all too co-incidental, the CSI in him didn't believe for a moment that that was all there was too it. Was Professor Zoom the 'Doctor Elias' that Ted had told him about? If so, what was his motiviation for becoming a speedster? If he wasn't Elias then who was he?

Too many questions cluttered his brain, and he needed answers. He came to a skidding stop outside of the city limits. "So, just who are you [i]Professor Zoom?[/i] As the man in yellow eyed him up, surprisingly he went to peel back his mask from his forehead.

[color=fff200]"You don't know it yet, though lets just say-"[/color] He pulled the cowl all the way back off his face. [color=fff200]"-Where I come from, we know eachother [i]very[/i] well."[/color] No wonder Ted had found the face so familiar, it was like Barry was staring face to face with a mirror. The man wore [i]his[/i] face. Were they twins? No wait, [i]where I come from[/i]. He knew Time Travel was possible, he had ran back in time by accident on one occasion.

"I don't.." Barry shook his head. "I don't understand."

[color=fff200]"You will Barry, you will. Given time."[/color]

There it was again. [i]Time.[/i] The differences in the suit, the name. The voice even sounded coarser, older. He wasn't ready to jump in head first with the belief that this Zoom character was an older version of himself, though there was certainly some form of connection. He just couldn't see it yet. He could almost hear Bruces voice in his head, erring him on the side of caution. He shook it off. He had spent too much time around the Dark Knight, he was starting to get paranoid. This Zoom character, seemed alright. The fact that he knew Barrys secret identity alone was cause to give him a break.

"So who are you? Really."