T H E F L A S H
Revelations:
NOT FAST ENOUGH
There are 1000 nanoseconds in one second, and even to her sometimes they seem slow. There was still a lot Iris couldn’t understand about her powers, and it scared her. As she stood outside city hall amid all the other reporters, behind the police cordon. This time she had her camera with her, snapping photos of the hall and the police presence around it. She could see Barry speaking to her father near the steps, the blonde girl she had saved was already being whisked away by an Ambulance. She’d have to find out who she was, she went through a hell of a lot today and could maybe do with another friend. Especially being that she must be some form of new transfer, as as far as Iris could recall Barry had never introduced her.
She shook her head as everything returned to it’s normal pace, she’d have to be careful. Her abilities let her help people but the last thing she wanted was to speed up and never be able to slow down again. Iris felt someone else elbow her ribs as they tried to push past, some reporter from the Daily Planet. What they didn’t have enough fun claiming Superman that they had to chase after other heroes now too? Getting her head back into a zone Iris realised that someone must be walking towards them, and true enough Mayor Broome was walking over to where the press had gathered themselves. Sticking her elbow out she kept the Planet reporter firmly behind her.
As he got closer the shouting started.
“...Is this connected to the murder that happened here yesterday…”“...who assaulted you…”“...what kind of powers does this individual have…”“...is it true The Flash saved you…”“...what’s Central Cities official stance on the Flash…”How the Mayor would be able to identify anything in the din, Iris didn’t know. She had superspeed and could process information faster and even she struggled to hear each individual question. Letting her camera hang low near her waist on it’s strap she now had her pad and pen in her hand. She was really waiting for LexCorp, Stark or even Kord to come up with a tablet that was easy to use while reporting, or at the very least a stylus that wrote like an actual pen and didn’t make her handwriting look like that of a five year old. The Mayor raised his hands, signalling for everyone to stop talking so that he was actually able release his statement.
“The C.C.P.D are running under the assumption that this individual, who has identified himself as Hydro-man, likely has ties to the murder that occured here yesterday. The name of the victim was Alex Raymond, and anyone who has potential information on this case or knowledge of Hydro-man is urged to contact C.C.P.D on the metahuman hotline. Contact details can be found throughout the city, and online.” One perk of superspeed, during these speeches it was a
lot easier to write everything down.
“In terms of the Flash. I can confirm that the masked Hero-” She looked up at that, pausing. Not many people regarded the masks appearing all over the world as Heroes, most were often regarded as vigilantes. “-Did make an appearance, before saving me and the other hostages of Hydro-man. She quite possibly saved C.C.P.Ds own Patty Spivots life. We owe her a debt of gratitude not just for saving lives today, but for all the small acts of kindness she has been performing all over the city. If she’s listening to this now, I just want to say thank you Flash. Everything you do for us is appreciated, I’ll make sure you go down in the history books and feel free to stop by my office anytime. My door is always open for Central Cities hero.” With that he turned and walked away, all around her reporters shouted more questions in a futile attempt to draw even more information out of the Mayor.
She had been accepted though, the Bat hadn’t. A lot of people had reservations about Superman, Spider-Woman was considered a menace, Wonder Woman people were on the fence with but here she was mere months after her debut appearance and the mayor had called her
Central Cities Hero. Turns out she was going to prove Zoom wrong after all. She took her phone out of her pocket as it started to vibrate, a text from Barry.
[ Meet me at Jitters. Got a lot to talk about. ]Iris was surprised when she looked over to where he had been talking to her father earlier that he was gone. He must have slipped away while she was paying attention to the mayor.
[ Damn right, got to speak to Dad first. Be there soon ] As she finished sending the reply she switched to contacts and hit her Dads number.
“Hey Iris, what’s up?”“Hi Dad, I’m over by the cordone, meet you at the car?”“Sure thing.” She turned around and started heading over to the collection of police cars. Brushing past an older man she recoiled her hand as she felt some form of static shock. Turning to apologise he had his back to her and was walking away. Shrugging it off she decided to push on, it was time to squeeze her source within C.C.P.D for as much information as possible. There was a story here, but more than Iris West reporter for Central City News needed information, the Flash needed information on her latest foe.
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