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[color=f7976a][h3]T H E    F L A S H[/h3]
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[sup][i]NOT FAST ENOUGH[/i][/sup][/color]
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Something clicked for Iris when Jay said he had been following her.“That was you, at City Hall. The one I got the shock from.” Jay nodded.

“Yeah that was me. The thing is, I’ve felt it every time you’ve been in trouble. I have a sense for these things, this force that helps us run it connects us and you-” He shook his head slightly “-you have the potential to be far faster than I ever was.”
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There was a lull and a pause in the conversation. “I want to train you.” Iris arched an eyebrow. It was all a little too convenient for her. She’s almost killed by a speedster and then a couple of days later the ‘Original’ Flash appears and offers to train her? When nobody had ever heard of a Flash before her other than those that existed in comic books. “I know it’s a lot to take in at once, the existence of other speedsters-”

“I’ve actually met one.” She stood up, unable to stand near him with the conversation that was about to take. “He called himself Professor Zoom, he was looking for you I think. Called me a fake and a fraud, that he created the Flash and that it was meant to be some guy instead of me.” She turned back to face him. “Said he was the Flashes opposite, and that the history books would forget me in lieu of this male Flash. Know anything about that?”

A look of concern crossed Jays face. “No. I once had this Rival, but he’s the only other Speedster I’ve ever met and he’s long gone. At least I’m pretty sure he is, I thought Mota was gone for good too and that he’d never show his face again. It seems that an old dog can’t learn any new tricks.” A sad smile crossed his face in a brief flash of vulnerability. “I don’t know who this [i]Zoom[/i] character is, or this supposed male Flash is supposed to be. As far as I know I’ve been the only Flash before you and there isn’t another one out there.”

“Well. I guess not everything is as it seems then.” She sighed, covering her eyes with her hands before running them back over her head. “Things were a lot simpler a couple of months ago.” Iris let loose a small nervous chuckle. “I can’t accept your offer to train me. I’m sorry it’s just-”

“You don’t trust me.” He hung his head for a second before raising it, shaking it. “Don’t feel bad, if I was in your shoes I’d find it hard to trust too. You have to know though kid, things are changing fast. They changed for me back in the day and I barely managed to keep up, you’ve got more threats rising up and more to deal with than I ever had. You may not want me to train you, yet, but I’ll stick around for awhile longer.” Jay shrugged. “You never know, you might change your mind.” He stood up and walked towards her, she recoiled slightly by the movement and he stopped sensing her discomfort. “I did have an idea for how you can stop Hydro though. If you’re interested.”

She turned to face him, suddenly his whole body went out of focus as he walked right up to the wall, and then through it. Then he must have turned back around and came through it again. “Phasing. He’s made of water, electricity and water don’t tend to mix. If you phase through him, while running, you’re lightning trail should incapacitate him. In theory.”  Iris was speechless however, she had seen phasing once before. When Zoom used it to stick his hand into her chest. 

“I’ve got to go.”

“But-”

“Thanks for all the help, I mean it Jay. I’ll let you know how it works out.”

With that she turned, and ran. Closing her eyes for a brief second she took a deep breath before opening them again, rushing her way back across into Central City. 

[i]”Help! Help!”[/i] Turning off her course she followed the high pitched voice of a woman in distress, running into a car park she saw a man approaching her with a knife. Grabbing the knife, she threw it in a nearby trashcan before giving the perp a punch in the stomach. Not as fast as she usually would, as that’d cause havoc on a regular human, but hard enough to dissuade him trying to continue his advance without his knife. Moving on, her brain was in overdrive.  Possibilities, what to do. She’d have to consult Barry but not right now. She had other she needed to speak to.

As she approached a crossroads she turned to look down the street, when she noticed a familiar face blending in with the crowd. 

[i]Hydro[/i]. She had him now.