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“You were in contact with the Speedforce, I’m sure of it.” Iris waved her hand in Jays direction, dismissing his comment, as they sat across from each other in the small rundown office space he was renting as their ‘HQ’. Despite the return of Harrison Wells to Central City, and the fact Jay had lost his powers when Zoom had ripped the Speedforce from his body Iris found herself more comfortable around Jay, found his input more helpful. Whereas Wells focused on how her powers could be used to ‘One day bring a better quality of life to mankind’ Jay helped her for the here and now, how to use her abilities to save people. He was also far more pleasant company than Wells was.
“Yeah right, okay Jay.” Iris stretched, her ribs still stiff from the week before. The fight with Heatwave, then the subsequent fight with the Surfer. It hadn’t exactly been a good couple of months for her, despite her best efforts CCTV footage had finally made its way into the press revealing the identity of Henry Allen, the fact he was killed by Barry and their subsequent death. Ofcourse the footage didn’t include audio so thankfully her secret was safe, but her editor had put her on a leave of absence to get through the difficult times. Iris had insisted that work was the best thing for her. Sadly he didn’t agree. It had given her more time to work on her superheroing though, turns out she had the ability to cram her short term memory full of information for a short period of time. This meant that she had singlehandedly repaired the damage done by Heatwave during his little rampage. She had considered going to New York city to do the same, but Iris couldn’t clean up after everyone and the situation in New York wasn’t exactly stable.
“I was spoken to, by a force of nature. The very force that grants me my speed, that happened to take the form of you, albeit a version of you that didn’t like to speak a lot of sense.”
“You don’t believe in the Speedforce do you?” Iris groaned in frustration as she stood up. She was fed up of having this discussion, he was determined to make her believe that the Universe had some great scheme in mind for her.
“I know I get my power from somewhere, do I believe that the somewhere has a consciousness and can say that it chose me? No.” Iris raised her hand to stop him from talking as he went to begin again. “Listen. I’m the Flash, I’m the Fastest Woman alive, not that any man comes close. It doesn’t matter how I gained my powers anymore, what matters is that I bear the mantle. A mantle you created, and a legacy I intend to live up to.” A smile crossed Jays face. “What?”
“I just know that you’ve been plagued by self doubts for so long. It’s nice to here you finally accepting who you are.” Iris shrugged as she walked over to the closet that held her uniform, it hung on a mannequin that had been in the space when they first rented it out for some reason. Jay had wanted to throw it out, but there were uses for it. There was something she liked about flicking on a light and seeing her suit lit up. It was like something out of movie, or perhaps a TV show.
Turning back she looked at Jay. “It helps to know that you once had similar doubts, and that you don’t speak like the hallucination I had.” She disappeared in a blur as she put her outfit on, she didn’t need to worry about changing in front of someone else, not anymore when all they would see was a blur. Iris stood before Jay in her full costume, the burn marks repaired. The suit red and yellow, it still retained many of the design elements that Barry had put onto the first suit. She felt that Barry wanted to keep some sense of familiarity to the suit, while the cowl was replaced for the mask and she now wore an emblem.
While the memories of the other timeline were fading, she knew that the emblem was that of the Flash of other worlds. A symbol of hope to the people of Central City and beyond. There was no hope in hell, that she was going to let that legacy down. She cast a playful smirk in Jays direction. “I’ll be back in a Flash.”
Iris turned and sped out the door, letting the air flow past her as the energy crackled through her limbs. It may be that Eobard Thawne had been the one to give her these powers, intending them for Barry. It may be that in some future, some life she had not been struck by lightning. Despite all this, there was one thing she knew above all else. Iris West was, THE FLASH!
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Guards tended to be on edge when transporting an individual who had single handedly burnt through several blocks of a city. With the Raft out of commission, and no sign that Mick Rory - who called himself Heatwave, retained his powers it had been decided that he would be interned at Iron Heights. One of the most secure Prisons in the United States, one that was rapidly trying to come up with technology to contain metahumans. Mick grunted as the van came to a sudden stop, finding himself buffeted against the wall of the van. He rattled his chains against the wall. “Hey! Watch it, you clowns!”
He heard the doors of the drivers cabin open, followed by muffled shouting and screaming. He was hit by a blast of cool air as the door was blown open. Raising his hands to cover his face from the light and possible attack. He felt the temperature drop as the chains around his wrist froze and became brittle. He looked at the figure in the doorway, blue jacket, white glasses and a smirk he recognised all too well who just nodded. Pulling his wrists apart the chain broke with relative ease. Walking to the door he reached out for the weapon that was being offered to him. “Good to see you Snart.”
Leonard Snart turned his head to his former friend and practically sneered. “You still owe me a favour Mick. Now it’s two.”
Before Rory could respond a police car pulled out, the two officers hopping out. Guns raised in their direction. Mick braced himself to jump for cover. That wasn’t Snarts style however, who simply jumped off the truck and started walking towards the police cruiser. “Stop right there!”
Snart shook his head. “That’s not the word.”
“Halt, stay where you are!.”
“Mm, not that one either.”
“Freeze!”
A smile crossed his face. “Exactly.”
THE FLASH WILL RETURN IN SEASON 2
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