Chapter Three:
"I have to admit, you really got my interest. Just when I think that I'm out forever, I get dragged back back in. It's insane I swear you."
A more sober and some what back to form Felicity takes a deep breath and tries to reign in her excitement about the mysterious happenings which were going on. She cannot help and receive a piqued sense of excitement.
"What did you find out?"
Felicity decides to jump in and answer Iris's questions. "The official government word is that it's a rogue weather balloon. But obviously, if people buy that one, I have some ocean front property in Kansas to sell you. Common excuse for something the government does not want the people to know. Hell, they pulled that one back at Roswell."
Iris makes a signal for Felicity to continue.
"So, anyway, I dug just a little bit deeper and I found that ARGUS is investigating it as well. Which means they weren't involved with the moving of the whatever, but someone high up was. Of course Waller being interested in it is rarely good."
Barry cannot help himself. "Waller? She's still...well she's still around?"
Felicity raises her eyebrow for a brief second.
"Well, she's still running ARGUS with an iron fist. I've run into a brick wall with her, no pun intended. And I'm not referring to her mother either, who really is the size of the wall. And also runs Blackgate with an iron fist. Then again, you have to have nerves of steel to step one foot in Gotham City these days. Especially with the...well never mind."
Iris clears her throat. "Felicity, information, please."
"Sorry. Just thinking out loud. Not that hasn't gotten me in trouble. Anyway, there's evidence that it was picked up under the orders of General Michael Hardcastle. And to put things bluntly, he's a bit of a dick. And he's claimed that aliens will be coming someday and humans to be be prepared for the incoming invasion. He's one of those people who believes that there's lizard people in the government. And also the Earth is hollow and that's their base of operations. Or some other nonsense."
Felicity brings it back around from nutball conspiracy theories.
"There's enough of a case to put him on the scene on that night because...well there's our man right there."
Some very dim security images appear of Hardcastle and a small group of men. Iris frowns.
"That's the exact corner where the lights were seen."
Felicity nods. "Yeah, they just happen to cut between 10:17 PM and 10:28 PM. Between the first sighting and when these pictures are taken. Just a coincidence, I'm sure.
She decides to drop the bad news while Barry and Iris are here.
"The All New Royal Flush Gang's also been sprung from the holding facility on orders of the President. Or at least someone who claims they're acting on the President's behalf. I don't know, there's a lot going on here which makes me think there's some kind of deeper involvement from someone."
Barry decides its best to reign Felicity in before they go into deep state conspiracy territory. "So this Hardcastle is our man?"
A nod confirms Barry's questions. "Yeah. Good luck in finding him. On the record, the government doesn't acknowledge him or his operations. But he's shown up in several places. Like in that meteor shower in Kansas about fifteen years ago. He's been hunting his little alien conspiracy theories for a long time."
Barry and Iris nod and realize that finding Hardcastle might be the key. Whether he's willing to talk to anyone is another matter entirely.
"I'll keep digging, but the heat's on and the deeper I get the more trouble I could get in. But I'll do my best to keep you out of it. Because quite frankly I can't get into too much trouble than I already have. I'm surprised I haven't been shipped off to the Suicide Squad by now."
An encouraging smile comes from Iris. "Well, thanks, we got more of a name to go off of now, and...I think we're closer to finding this out than before. I really appreciate it. Thanks."
"We both do."
"I'm glad I can help someone."
To be honest, Felicity's interest increases with each bit of research she does, the deeper she digs. An alien ship cannot just simply vanish. Hardcastle and his people hold it somewhere, the question is where.
Iris and Barry arrive outside of Sapphire's charity benefit. Iris smiles when clutching onto Barry's arm. The material of the red dress she wears snugly fits her body.
"Did I mention how gorgeous you look?"
Iris smiles. "Not in the last five minutes, but really thank you. Of course, I think this dress would look a whole lot better on the floor when we're in bed today. Don't you agree?"
The dress suggestively hugging Iris and showing off her dazzling legs brings Barry's mind elsewhere. They turn around just in time to come across Caitlin. Caitlin looks equally stunning wearing her tight little black dress which makes Barry's mind wander between both of the beautiful women.
"Caitlin, that dress looks nice," Iris says before nudging Barry. "Don't you agree, Barry? It looks pretty nice. She looks pretty good in it."
Barry answers with a nod and Caitlin leans over to smile at Barry. "You look...you look great."
A grin follows from Caitlin after giving him a once over.
"Thanks, you don't look bad yourself. And don't worry, if Iris got on you, I'm pretty sure she wouldn't have any room to talk given where her eyes were a minute ago."
Iris gives Caitlin a mock glare and a pout. Caitlin just breaks out with a smile and switches to professional mode. "I'm running some tests on your blood to test a theory that I have. Don't worry, it's nothing fatal, but I want to be sure that everything is alright."
Barry nods and trusts Caitlin with his life. He leads them into the party. A hand behind him brushes against his ass and Barry isn't quite sure where it came from. No time to answer the mystery now as Sapphire greets them with a smile and also a sequin dress which likely costs more money than Barry ever saw in his life and shoes to match. She looks pretty good in them, especially with her hair down.
"Mr. Allen, Ms. West, Doctor Snow, welcome, I'm so glad to see that you're here, and...you can make it to my party. You can come in, have a drink."
Barry wonders if Sapphire expects them to blow off the party. The three of them make their way inside the party. Iris gives Barry a grin.
"What?"
"It appears that Ms. Stagg was eating up the eye candy when you walked into the party."
"Iris, are you sure? I mean, she's...well you could be seeing things that aren't there."
Caitlin pipes in with a smile. "I can't fault her or anything. I mean who wouldn't want to curl up next to you on a cold night to keep warm?"
Barry shifts with Iris holding onto his hand and giving him a squeeze. "Relax, Barry. There's nothing that's going to happen unless everyone agrees with it."
"Are you okay with other women checking me out?"
"Just a reminder of how lucky I am and besides...nothing's going to happen unless everyone involved agrees on it. Okay, baby?"
Barry still is not sure what she's driving out. He feels a bit hot under the collar and decides to take a deep breath. "I'll be right back. I need some fresh air."
Caitlin struggles to keep a straight face and even Iris's lip quivers slightly when Barry decides to take an exit stage right. The two women move over to get a drink of water.
"This is really going to help the families of the people who were victimized by the Particle Accelerator explosion and also the Trickster...don't worry, the Flash will get him now that he's back!"
The two ladies move away ever so slightly from Sapphire's spiel. Iris puts a hand on Caitlin's shoulder and causes her to turn around.
"You're going to have to tell him sooner or later."
Caitlin bites down on her lip. "Once I finish running the final test, I'll tell him. We'll both tell him, together. Once I'm sure my theory is right. Without a doubt."
Another sigh.
"Sure beyond a doubt."
"You're not seeing what's going on, how he affects you, how he affects me, and how he affects every woman in his proximity?"
An argument forms which Caitlin thinks is pretty logical. "Well, I should hope he affects you. You're his girlfriend..."
"And you're his friend, who just happens to have a crush on him."
Caitlin's mouth hangs open for a second and there's protest forming. But she just can't muster the words to argue Iris's point.
"My point is, we both care about Barry and we would hate to see what would happen if someone if this gets out of control."
Deep sighing shows Caitlin conceding to Iris's point. "You're right...I should go out and...make sure everything's okay. I don't want to think I made him uncomfortable or anything."
Iris allows Caitlin to do go out to Barry she's pretty sure she spies one of her contacts in the party. Whether or not he has anything is another matter entirely.
Several thoughts enter Barry's mind. The classic cartoon scenario of the angel on one shoulder and the devil on the other shoulder plays out in Barry's head. He tries to fight a deep impulse which is not as strong after his trip through the timeline.
His feelings for Iris remain strong as ever. Barry knows about as much. Yet, he holds a strong desire for others, and it causes Barry some mental strife.
'Did I just get a super hormone boost when I return? It has to wear off...it's just...I'm sure if there's something wrong, Caitlin would have found it.'
"Barry?"
Barry whips around to see the one of the objects of his affection walking her way out. She gives him a warm smile which helps very little to squash the very improper thoughts entering his mind.
"Nice night. Really nice view up here."
His gaze locks onto Caitlin's legs. Barry pushes his eyes up to look at her face. Which is just as beautiful in its own right and still does not help. Barry tries to look at the gargoyle sculpture on the wall instead, but his eyes keep returning back to where they should be. A warm tingle in the pit of his stomach rise which is also strong whenever he's with Iris, the love of his life.
"Yeah. The view's pretty nice up here."
Caitlin smiles and walks over towards him. She reaches in and places a hand on Barry's cheek. The touch causes Barry to close his eyes and take a deep breath.
"You know I won't let anything happen to you."
"I think there's something different about me...I don't understand."
She steps a little bit closer towards Barry. They come about face to face with each other.
"Maybe you're not meant to understand. Maybe for once in your life, you shouldn't overthink things. You do have that problem. I have that problem. Maybe you should just go with your gut and do what feels right."
"Iris..."
Caitlin just smiles at Barry's word and puts her hand onto his arm. She gives him a light squeeze.
"It's going to be okay, Barry. Iris knows I'm out here. She's okay with both of us being out here, because she knows I'm just trying to help you be the best you can be. And that's what we all want. We don't want anything to happen to you, okay?"
A slight closer of her eyes and Caitlin sighs before she continues talking.
"The truth is, you're really one of the only constants in my life over the past couple of years. I'm glad you're here. And I'm glad you found your way back. Because...I don't think that I could live with myself if...well I almost went to a dark place."
Barry realizes Caitlin's so close that her legs touch his. The tantalizing bare flesh brushing up against his legs makes Barry's blood pressure reach a new level.
"Remember when I said that I wouldn't mind if you took a peek when I was drunk a couple years ago?"
A small swallow follows and Barry nods.
"Yeah. I remember."
Caitlin grins at him and leans just a little bit closer. Her mouth closes in on his ear.
"A drunk person's words are a sober person's thoughts."
Her arms now wrap around his waist and she clings tightly onto them.
"We should be able to trust each other, shouldn't we? Trust that anything that we can do, it will because we've formed a deep relationship with each other. I know it's strange, and...I've been trying to fight what I feel for a long time. After Ronnie, I thought that my life was broken. But...Ronnie would have wanted me to find happiness if he wasn't around. I know I would have wanted the same thing for him if our situation was reversed."
Caitlin's eyes lock onto Barry's. Barry's head starts pounding and his body muscles tense up. She stands right there, practically offering herself to him and Barry wonders how to gently turn her down and remind her that he's in a relationship without breaking her heart.
No matter how tempting this one is.
"Iris and I have been talking, Barry. And you know, some people, they can be in a relationship which society will never understand. Because they are so rooted in their blind devotion for monogamy. But, if all are consenting adults, then why should we allow society to tell us what to do? Nature should trump norms."
Barry pieces together what she's getting out. He opens his mouth for a second and closes it. Caitlin is practically on top of him and pushing Barry almost over the balcony. The scent of her perfume overwhelms Barry and he realizes his hands slip around her waist.
"Caitlin, I don't think..."
She raises a hand and smiles at him.
"Don't think, then."
A loud explosion comes to break the two of them. Barry almost breathes a sigh of relief until he realizes that there's trouble.
Caitlin gives Barry the room he wants to break free and check things out. And it's trouble, trouble with a Capital T, which spells Trickster.
Screams follow from the room with Trickster entering the room. Several armed men hold guns. One of the security guards rushing in pays for his heroism with a nice stun gun to the back of the neck.
"Hello people of Central City. How are you all doing? I love what you've done tonight. Bringing so many people here. And some of you might live to tell your grandchildren of the night that you met Central City's most notorious criminal. I mean you got your Captain Colds, your Heatwaves, your Weather Wizards, your Reverse-Flashes, your Zooms, but you know something? I top them all!"
Trickster puts a hand over his heart and smiles.
"And now, Central City has made me their number one most wanted criminal. I'm touched. And not in the Catholic Priest way either."
Loud laughter follows as Trickster's men patrol the party. And then as soon as they start patrolling, a blur takes them out one at a time. Trickster raises his hand and pushes a button which causes one of the sculptures in the party to explode in a shower of confetti and streamers.
Flash stops in front of Trickster. Trickster breaks out into a grin.
"Finally! Finally! What took you so long? I thought I was going to grow older waiting for you. I mean, these are supposed to be the golden years, but it isn't so golden when you're number one sparring partner is down."
Veering left and veering right gives Flash a good view of the room. Trickster holds onto him.
"Come at me, then. I'm ready for you. Right here, you're not so bad, Flashie."
Flash pauses and wonders why Trickster eggs him on.
"Right, perhaps I should warn you of this little thing."
Trickster pulls open his vest to reveal a black box. He straps it to his chest.
"You see if my heart rate or blood pressure elevates, by a certain Scarlet Speedster grabbing me, then boom goes the ballroom! Because, I planted bombs underneath the dance floor and up there in the chandelier."
"You're bluffing."
Trickster just smiles and Flash moves over underneath the table. He pries open the dance floor and reveals a bomb underneath it.
"Ta-Ta for now!"
Trickster stops short and grabs Sapphire Stagg around the arm. She jumps up and Trickster puts a gun to her head.
"I never liked your Dad much anyway."
Flash realizes Sapphire's being taken up the steps by the Trickster. Three waiters roll carts in and Flash moves in to take them out one at a time to knock them out. He jumps into the air and opens up the bomb hanging in the chandelier before opening it up. He moves through and disables it at the speed of right.
"And time for me to leave my parting gift."
Trickster pushes a button to release the balloons from the carts. Flash realizes something about those balloons, especially when one of them pops when it hits a sharp fixture on the wall and starts releasing gas.
"Everyone hang on!"
Flash finishes clearing everyone out of the ball room after Trickster takes Sapphire up the steps. He stops and realizes that Iris is not among the people in the ballroom.
"Iris!"
Barry hopes she's not inside somewhere. He returns to the ballroom as it fills up with gas and looks it over. Barry runs around and shuts the windows to prevent the spread. The cloud's not dispersing any time soon and in fact starts eating through the wall.
"Okay, let's see, the composition of this means that the only way to stop the further spread of a chemical is to..."
"You have to freeze it!"
Barry turns around and Caitlin walks into the room with her arms swinging alongside her.
"Stand back!"
Confusion reigns in Barry's eyes as Caitlin's eyes glaze over and her hands rise up. The air fills with mist and then spreads to cool the chemicals to a level where they no longer spread.
Barry decides to stop the question and move to analyze the chemical composition in his suit's built in tracker.
"Everything is back to normal."
He turns to Caitlin and her hair lightens and her eyes glow. Caitlin breaths in and drops to her knees, with a cold snap appearing through her body. Deep breathing returns her back to her normal self. Barry navigates through the ice on the floor and to his friend.
Caitlin shakes her head.
"I'm fine! Go get Sapphire!"
"Are you sure?"
Her eyes flash with her nails digging into her arm.
"Run!"
Any questions wait until later as Barry rushes up the stairs to the rooftop.
The helicopter rises up off of the rooftop with some of Trickster's men on the roof. They point their guns in wait.
A figure shoots out and disarms the men in a blink of an eye. Flash punches them out and secures them to make sure they cannot get back up and cause him any trouble.
"Oh, you just won't give up, will you?"
Trickster dangles Sapphire out from underneath the helicopter. He finishes strapping a vest onto her body for a little added trouble.
"All I have to do is pull the pin and I paint the town red with the little trust fund baby's blood. And I'll do it too. You know that..."
Something flies out of the corner of Barry's eye and runs up to the helicopter. One second, Sapphire's in Trickster's hands and the next second, she rips from his grip. Sapphire collapses down on the roof with the vest lying dismantled next to her.
Now, Flash gains the necessary momentum and rushes up. He lands the helicopter and pulls Trickster out of it in a blink of an eye. Trickster skids all the way across the rooftop.
"Hang on, you won't hit a man with glasses? Would you?"
Trickster wears a pair of those gag glasses which the fake eyes which spring out. Flash snatches it off of his face and punches Trickster completely out. Trickster rolls over, as Barry pulls him up and slams him against the wall before running him down to the ground right into the waiting arms of the Central City Police Department.
"Fun's over, Jesse."
Trickster finds himself surrounded by some of Central City's finest and realizes that the ride's over, for now. Although he would return for more later.
Joe arrives on the scene to see Central City's finest having nabbed the Trickster and cannot help to feel a huge weight leaving his heart. He turns around to see Barry stepping out of the shadows.
"We can sleep a bit better tonight knowing he's off the street. Good work."
Trickster's secure and ready to go. Caitlin walks out and joins Barry outside. Joe looks around, knowing full well his daughter is at the party.
"Have either of you seen Iris?"
"Not until I went outside to get some fresh air."
Speaking of Iris, she comes running down the alleyway at the moment. She greets Barry with a warm hug and turns her attention to her father.
"Hey, Dad."
"Where were you?"
Iris just shakes her head.
"I heard the Trickster's here. I guess I just must have missed him. I was following up on a lead, dead end by the way. But it sure beats being in the middle of that insanity."
Joe nods, relief hitting him that Iris was not in the middle of the insanity. He moves over to help talk to some witnesses along with a couple of the employees who the Trickster blackmailed into helping him.
The moment Iris turns around she gives Barry a smile.
"So, you finally caught the bastard, didn't you? Good, I'm glad. After all of the people that he's harmed, he should be locked away for a long time. And hopefully this time he stays that way."
Iris throws her arms around Barry and gives him a long kiss which is not long enough. The two pull away from each other.
"Glad to see you're alright. And you too, Caitlin."
Iris pulls away from Barry and gives Caitlin a very long and friendly hug. For one wide second, Barry thinks the two come close to kissing. However, Iris pulls away from Caitlin after the hug lingers for a long moment.
"I'm going to go over and see if Patty needs any help."
Iris smiles at Barry.
"Tell her I said hi. I always liked her."
Barry steps over where Patty bends over on the ground. His focus diverts from business at hand when he gets a look at one of Patty's best assets in full view in the tight pants she's wearing. He spends time shaking him off and reprimanding himself for checking out his ex-girlfriend when his current girlfriend and a woman who has a crush on him are about thirty feet away.
"Hey, Barry!"
Patty turns around with a sunny smile on her face.
"I'm glad that you're here. You can make sure I do this right...after all, who better to learn from the master?"
"You've done a good job. Those reports were pretty complete. They got me up to speed."
Patty gives Barry a smile. He's a good guy and while their breakup was friendly, it still stings her deep down it happens. She decides to remain professional.
"If I need any help, you can hold my hand and you know, lead me through. But, it's pretty cut and dry who did this. And who saved the day...although these trails...maybe I'm looking at this wrong. But, it can't have been done by one speedster."
This statement causes Barry's suspicions to come to light.
Caitlin and Iris return to Star Labs as Barry returns back to the Central City Police Department to help Patty with the wrap up for the investigation. Caitlin decides to come out of the blue and say what's on her mind.
"Okay, we're dropping all of these hints left and right, but maybe it's best if we just tell him straight up. Because right now, we aren't on the same page and Barry's a chapter behind. And I'm not sure how much more I can hold back."
Iris sighs and shakes her head.
"I really thought that you wanted to wait until the blood tests were confirmed."
"All they've confirmed is Barry's biology is changing after his trip through the timeline. He's not just tapping into the speed force any more. There's nothing scientific to explain it. It's completely supernatural, almost like Tantric energy, and I don't like using that term because...well I don't like to use that term."
Iris pats Caitlin on the shoulder in understanding and smiles at her.
"And we aren't even talking about the other elephant in the room."
A sigh follows with Caitlin closing her eyes. She's in control at the moment but during moments of high stress, her control slips. She's actually able to access her abilities without going complete Frost so it's a good thing.
"Yeah, Barry's a bit...well he didn't say anything, but you can tell that alarm bells rang in his head. And after what happened with the other me, you know I really can't blame him I'm not as in control as I want to be and...I just hope that I can find a way."
"Well...maybe if you have a reason to stay in control, it would be a lot easier. You know, the proper incentive."
A second passes with Iris scooting a bit closer to Caitlin. Their bare legs brush together as both women wrap their heads around what's going to happen.
"Barry's starting spill this energy, and it's going to attract women, especially when they are in proximity to him. A lot of unsavory women, who might not have his best interests in mind and could...coerce him."
Caitlin sighs long and hard before adding onto her statement.
"Not to mention women who are attached and who could have men in their life who might take offense to them gravitating towards another man. Got to look out for that too."
"What's your theory on how to stop this?"
Pinching the bridge of her nose gives Caitlin time to think.
"Sex, constant sex, to taper Barry's urges and prevent the spread of the energy. Of course, women who already have feelings for him, whether conscious or not, it's already hitting them. But, we can keep the circle down to a manageable number of people we trust."
"Right. But, we might want to talk to Barry before we start planning out his sex life."
Both women look at each other. Suddenly, Iris darts forward and gives Caitlin a long and passionate kiss on the mouth. Caitlin's eyes widen, but she returns the kiss for a good minute until Iris pulls away.
"We both thought about it. Now that it's done, we can focus on the task at hand. And I'm going to tell Barry, and you can explain the results of the test to him."
"Good. Sapphire's right because secrets do suck."
"Hey, Cisco, it's me, Barry. I just wanted to call and let you know that I'm back, if you didn't already know. And I'm really sorry about what happened. And I understand if you don't want anything to do with me. But, if you just want to tell me to screw off and get out of your life, I'd really appreciate if you tell me straight up and not ignore me. Hope to hear from you. Okay, thanks, bye."
All Barry can do is wait. He receives a phone call on the other end. He picks up.
"What did you need?"
The voice of Oliver Queen comes out on the other side of the phone.
"Felicity's closer to her old self again. I guess you must have really snapped her out of it. It's progress, even though she's a bit formal with me and really doesn't talk to me any more than she has to. But, it's given me a lot of time to think, I guess, and figure out where we stand. If we stand anywhere."
"Glad to hear she's doing better."
"Yeah, even if it's not with me. We might be better off in the long run"
Barry decides there's really no way to answer this question so he goes forward.
"So, how are you feeling?"
"I'm fine. Well, there's been a lot going on and I'm still trying to find a way to wrap my head around this missing month."
"Maybe you got bumped forward by something and time passed and you didn't?"
Contemplating his thoughts, Barry sighs. This fact might very well be the case. It still unnerves him. Three timelines shift together and the memories of what was before start fading into Barry's subconscious.
"Hang on, got something I need to take care of. Talk to you later, Barry."
"Right, bye."
Barry is about to hang up when another call comes through.
"Iris?"
"Barry, we really need to talk about us. It's important. Could you be over at my place?"
Several questions enter Barry's mind without the answers to go with them.
"I'll be there."
Chapter Four:
Barry arrives to just in time to bare witness to the delicious and very heart stopping sight before him. Iris stands right in his line of sight, wearing a see through white nightdress which does an amazing job of showing her assets. The lacy black panties sticking to her body causes Barry's entire mind to wander.
"We were..."
"We have some unfinished business from earlier."
She crosses the room and ensnares Barry in a very intense kiss. Barry wraps his arms around the love of his life and kisses Iris back with as much passion and energy as she gives him. Barry puts a hand on the back of her head and Iris grabs his arm before giving it a squeeze. She guides Barry in the general direction of the bed and nudges him down.
A small beat of Barry's heart follows with Iris stepping back. She stands over him and then moves in to straddle his lap. The kisses get heated and more intense. Iris works off Barry's shirt and runs her hands over his muscular chest. She worships his body with kisses and makes him heat up with pleasure. The friction of her hips rubbing against his makes Barry's grow and stretch his pants out.
"This looks promising."
Iris frees Barry from his containment. His manhood brushes against her toned, tight stomach, which causes a pleasurable shudder to rise through the speedster. Iris wraps her hand around the base of his cock and starts to rise up and down on it.
"Iris, this..."
"It feels good, doesn't it, baby? Good. I want you to feel good. I want you to feel nice and relaxed."
A soft smile pops over Iris as she strokes his cock some more and uses both hands to make him rise. The very act of seeing his cock rise and fall makes Iris's body warm up and moisture to pool between her legs. She takes a deep breath and smiles the second Barry takes the clasp of her nightdress and pulls it open to reveal the treasure inside.
Two round breasts pop out for Barry. They stand high and firm, perky as ever. And her dark nipples grow erect just begging for attention. Barry allows instinct to take over and kisses a peak. Iris closes her eyes as Barry alternates his mouth between one standing nipple and the other. She brushes a hand over his scalp and encourages Barry's movements to alternate.
Barry's entire body flares up with the desire and the need to let off some aggression with his beautiful and willing girlfriend. Iris's ass cups nicely in his hands as he sucks her breasts. The soft and hungry moans coming from Iris makes her breath.
"Don't you dare stop!"
He has no intention to stop. His cock traps between their bodies and keeps brushing Iris's stomach. It's so deliciously toned it feels good to have his cock bump up against it. It shifts and Barry's cock brushes against her nice leg.
"I just want to see having all of those women look at you tonight like you're a piece of meat, it really turns me on. And I know that I can make you feel good...but I'm a giving girlfriend. I can give you so much more, if you just open your mind a little bit."
Barry springs up and Iris kisses him hard on the lips. The fingers dance against the back of his neck. She relieves him of his clothes completely and he quickly yanks the rest of Iris's clothes off.
Iris lays firmly on top of Barry with breasts pressing down on his chest. Barry loops around to her waist and runs the hands down her firm body. Iris moans in his ear and encourages Barry to encourage his exploration of every inch of her delightful and sexy flesh. Barry grows a bit firmer against Iris's body the more she shifts over him. The two lovers move ever so closer to having that one perfect meeting.
"You're perfect."
The two jockey for position on the bed. Barry turns Iris over and pins her on the bed. He worships her body with hands and mouth. Her gorgeous face, firm breasts, toned stomach, and long luscious legs, every corner of Iris's body becomes a canvas for Barry to paint on with mouth and hands. Iris encourages him to go on.
"Baby, you missed a spot."
Iris's legs spread apart to reveal her pussy in all of it's glory. Dripping, wet, and with only a tiny landing strip of pubic hair on it. Barry holds his finger against her slit and brushes against it. He feels the tightness and warmth of the folds of the young woman underneath him.
"Let me correct that now."
He gives Iris a long kiss between her thighs. Iris lets out a huge and throaty moan from Barry's measured attack to her pussy. Iris holds down on the bed, fingers curling against the sheet. Barry's tongue vibrates at a faster speed than most would and she loves him.
Iris clutches down on the back of Barry's head and drives her hands against his scalp to encourage him to eat her pussy. Barry is more than up for the task of eating her out and driving Iris over the edge.
"Get me...nice and wet...so you can...mmmmm!"
Barry is fully aware of Iris's legs kicking up and brushing his back. He enjoys the feeling of her soft legs pushing up and down against his body. Her toes curl against him and only make Barry go down deeper on Iris until the point where she loses it completely.
Iris glazes over with Barry finishing her off with a few more swipes of his tongue. She enjoys the electricity building between both of them. She wants more though, she wants more.
The very second Barry releases Iris, Iris pounces him on the bed. The two enter another steamy lip-lock as Barry pushes Iris back on the sheets. Barry holds Iris's hips as she grabs ahold of his cock and lines it up with her entrance. He twitches at the thought of finally sliding inside and feeling the pleasure.
"Finally! You don't know how long I've waited for this."
"Not as long as I have."
Iris gives him a seductive smile while teasing both Barry and herself by rubbing his cock head against her slit. The glowing energy he emits intoxicates her and makes her want to do all matter of naughty things. Then again, it only inflames the attraction which is already there.
The sinking of Iris down onto him wraps Barry's cock in her warm sheath. He closes his eyes and mentally adjusts to the tightness of her pussy. Iris holds down on his chest, nails scrapping down onto his chest. She rocks down on his body, adjusting just as much as he is.
It takes little time flat before Iris rides Barry like a pony. Their bodies become one as Iris works herself up and down. She looks down at Barry and smiles while cupping her breasts.
"Don't just stare at them. Don't let me have all of the fun!"
Barry's hands move fast and vibrate against Iris's chest. She moans loudly the deeper that Iris buries herself down onto his hard cock. Iris slides up and down on him and brings more of his length deep inside of her. His hand moves down her body and makes her breath heavily.
The sensations build between the two lovers and it's just beyond anything ever. Iris drips with arousal when driving herself deep into Barry. She leans down and pushes him back down onto the bed. Nails sink into Barry's face the second they enter an aggressive kiss. Iris keeps working herself down onto Barry.
Barry holds his hand over Iris and feels every inch of her body. He spends an ample amount of time stroking her legs and ass. An action Iris appreciates if the moans coming from his beautiful girlfriend have anything to say about it and he thinks it has a lot to say of it.
"I think you're going to drive me mad, Barry! And drive yourself a little deeper...just like that! LIKE THAT!"
Iris springs down onto Barry's throbbing rod and takes about as much of it inside of her body as can fit. She grips him and releases him with a fluid of bounces.
"Good! I'm going to ride you all night until we both can't take anymore! You'd like that though. I bet you thought about me doing this for a long time!"
"A very long time!"
She rises up and balances on Barry's chest. She bounces on him a little bit to work up to a very intense orgasm. Their flesh smacking together makes things sizzle.
The beautiful vision of Iris rising and falling upon Barry makes him long for just that much more of her. He wonders what may have happened if they got together sooner. Then he realizes things may not have been as wonderful as this. Iris drops down and slides most of his manhood inside of her warm body. Barry's muscles tense up until Iris's ministrations and massages work their magic.
Iris tilts her head back and allows a moan to come out without inhibition. Barry's hands drift precisely where they need to be and most importantly she wants them to add to the increasing pleasure mounting over her body. Iris chews her lip and lets out a moan.
"Baby, I'm close."
She lets down onto him and closes around him. Barry holds onto her and allows Iris to ride her orgasm out on him. She bounces up and down on Barry like a prized stallion. Each ripple of flesh coming down more enticing than the last one. Iris's dark curls bounce around on her face with a simmering expression of lust burning in her eyes.
"I'm close..."
"Not yet, sweetie."
Iris pulls away from him and leaves Barry aching and needing for release. She grasps the base of his cock and squeezes it. Barry groans with Iris holding herself firmly onto him. She tastes the juices on Barry's manhood and feels they are up to her standards.
"Sit up."
Barry sits up just in time to get a view of Iris's tight ass in his face. She works out and it shows with how toned it is. Barry finds his hands on her and strokes her ass.
"Oh, you're an ass man, aren't you, Barry?"
"Well, I've been called, an ass, man."
Iris just smiles at Barry's attempts to lighten the mood. Those fast fingers strike all of the right cords. Iris thinks about inviting Barry in the back door, but is not quite ready for that just yet. She does allow him to play with her ass and this makes Iris rethink her hesitation.
Another time, maybe, as her pussy hungers for Barry to be inside of her. Her lips grind against the edge of Barry's cock and plants on him very softly. It is almost like greeting an old friend.
The beautiful sight of Iris West dropping down on his cock and beginning to ride him reverse cowgirl style entices Barry. Barry holds his hands against her back and starts feeling her bouncing body. Iris rises up and down on Barry with her body shining in sweat.
"That's so hot."
"Thank you."
Iris's face contorts into a moan while bouncing up and down on Barry's tool. She continues her actions of rising up and dropping down onto her. She feels another orgasm passing over. Iris slows down to appreciate the build up. Barry flies to her hips and strokes her legs and ass to make her really bubble with excitement.
A thrust up on the bed buries Barry deep inside of Iris. She smacks down with a solid motion. Barry enjoys the feeling of her going down onto him. She keeps striking his balls at all of the right points. The build up in him only grows and makes him enjoy what's going on.
The next thing Barry knows, Iris clamps down on his cock. She bends back and touches her hands to Barry on the bed. She tightens the grip around them while moaning. Iris slides around the base and milks him with her orgasm.
"Getting close, are we?"
"Yes!"
Iris pulls away from Barry and leaves his cock throbbing. A devilish smile crosses Iris's face. Barry sits up with Iris rubbing her leg against his cock and teasing him a little bit more. His hands wrap around her back and the two sit face to face.
The intimate face to face look between the two of them allow them both to gaze into each other's eyes the second Iris drops down onto Barry and fills herself up with him. She closes her eyes and enjoys the feeling the man she loves filling her up completely.
The twice denial makes Barry just long for Iris even more. Breasts brush against his chest with those nipples just poking him. Iris rubs her legs against Barry's waist and practically purrs in pleasure. She keeps driving up and down against him with a couple more pushes down onto him.
"We get close...closer...I want to go together Barry."
"Iris! What about?"
"Shh...it's okay, baby. Cum with me...I want you inside me, it's fine!"
Iris rises up and down onto Barry. Their hands grab onto all of the flesh as the ride skids out to a collision. Every ripple of flesh brings more passion between the lovers.
She tightens around on him and holds Barry firmly inside of her to make sure they both finish on time this time. Barry grabs onto her and their hips turn into a blur when moving against her.
Had Barry not been so distracted by his coming orgasm, he may question why Iris is able to match his speed. As of right now, the pleasure blinds him way too much.
The two lovers join each other with Barry pushing himself deeper between Iris's waiting thighs. She closes down onto him with a soft moan entering his ear. Her nails brush against his shoulder with the deep groan rising even further. Iris wiggles her hips up and down to take more of Barry inside of her.
"Together!"
Together, as it always intends to be. Iris spurts all over Barry's cock with juices staining the sheets underneath them. Iris keeps rocking up and down his tool until she's sure he's almost done.
Barry pushes in and lets the floodgates open. He releases several years of pent up energy into Iris. He wants to do this so long, to fill the beautiful woman riding him with as much cum as possible. He grabs onto her ass as her legs grab onto his waist. He pushes deep inside and keeps spilling with his balls discharging their fluids into her body.
The joining of both of them show how much they long for what's going to happen. Iris grabs onto Barry's shoulder and rolls a finger down his arm. She breaths into his ear and keeps bouncing until both of them are down.
They pull apart from their entanglement. Barry casts one look upon Iris. Thick ropes of cum spill down Iris's pussy. The white fluids contrast beautifully to Iris's darker skin tone. She reaches down and puts her fingers to grab a strand which starts to break out. She tastes it.
"We make a good mix."
A smile crosses Iris's face when she sees Barry's almost hard again. She lazily stretches across the bed and runs her foot down the base of Barry's cock. Her legs spread as a very obvious invitation.
Barry dives on top of Iris, their bodies pushing together. They join together and not for the last time this evening as well.
Iris holds on tight to taste the fruits of Barry's accelerating libido. Every touch, every thrust, it brings Iris more passion and she keeps up with it as long as possible. Determination to show her man all the love possible is the fuel that brings Iris along for this evening.
The second round is even more intense than the first round. Barry holds Iris down on the bed and drives himself inside of her. She grips onto him very tightly and moans in his ear. Her nails dig into his back and his thrusts reduce Iris to nothing more than a mewling animal.
"Oh, baby! It gets me so hot when you take charge!"
"You mean like this?"
Barry plunges deep inside of Iris and makes her moan out loud. He holds her legs up over his shoulders and keeps driving it into her. An entirely new force eggs Barry on and eggs him to make sure Iris gets all of the love she deserves and then some extra.
There's a huge part of Iris who did not honestly think Barry has it in him. Hell, she has a sneaky suspicion Barry does not know she has it in. Kisses and grabs attack her legs, which is a constant target for Barry tonight. His cock slides out of her and rubs all over her legs as Barry holds them into the air. He then plunges into her tight pussy one more time.
Iris grabs onto him and starts breathing deeply. She enters an entirely new world of pleasure and is glad she shares this exploration with Barry, at least just the two of them this first time.
Barry increases the control of his body and keeps driving down into Iris. He's more able to know when his orgasm approaches the further he goes. Knowing when to slow down his functions and also able to measure when Iris is about ready to start gushing underneath him.
Sweat stains the bed sheets where Iris lays. She clutches the bed with Barry pumping into her. Iris tries to count the number of orgasms, but it's folly. She recharges just as much underneath him and pushes just a little bit closer to the brink.
Energy surrounds Barry as he feels a bit more confident and a bit more clearer of mind now. He pushes Iris's leg into position and kisses the long limb, driving himself a bit deeper inside of her.
"Barry! Honey...I want you! I want you to cum! Please! You're driving me insane."
Two swollen balls hit Iris at all of the right points and make her hunger for his seed to bury inside of her. Caitlin never did bring up how much seed his balls will hold because of this power shift. It's something Iris is going to have to bring up tomorrow.
If she's coherent enough tomorrow.
"I want you to feel good, Iris. For being there for me."
"I do feel good! It makes me feel good...for you to feel good. And you need your release. It must hurt to be that swollen."
Closing on him tries to encourage Barry to lose it. Barry grabs onto her hips and spears down into her. Their bodies keep meeting together with Barry getting ever so closer to losing his load inside of her.
The burning look of passion in Iris's eyes only cause Barry to drive deeper. Deep as possible to stuff her pussy full. His swollen head kisses Iris's womb and goes deeper inside of her. Iris grabs onto him and moans as they hold together until Barry loses himself as well.
Barry plants his seed into Iris. She collapses down on the bed from Barry holding onto her and pumping as much as he can. It takes several minutes and two more burning hot orgasms on Iris's part before Barry completes.
A deep breath and sigh comes from Iris. She rolls off of the bed and collapses against the dresser. She feels like she ran a marathon without any prep time.
And now, Barry loops his hands behind her against the dresser.
"You're hard again?"
Iris does not really mean to frame this as a complaint. Barry starts to attack her body.
"Are you up for it? I can always..."
"No, Barry, I just...need a minute. Just give me a minute."
Exactly sixty seconds later Iris reaches behind her and grabs Barry's still hard cock. It sinks into her as Iris holds onto the edge of her dresser for dear life. He's fucking her in a flash.
From the bed, to the dresser to the stairs to the kitchen table. And the kitchen counter, and against the refrigerator. And the hallway leading to the bathroom. And the shower. All through the night and into the early Sunday morning hours.
Needless to say, Iris West got her cardio for the week and then some more.
Chapter Five:
A content smile spreads over the face of Iris as she pushes up against Barry in bed. She breathes in and out while drapping herself over his chest. It must be getting close to the afternoon by now. Most certainly morning by the time they woke up.
"Hey."
Iris smiles and runs a finger down Barry's chest. His eyes open up with a smile and he turns around to join her in the land of the awake. The two of them sit up in bed and sit face to face.
"Hey, yourself."
They join in the middle with a very long and intense good morning kiss. Iris breaks the kiss off in a matter of seconds with a smile on her face.
"We should likely eat some actual breakfast."
Barry finds his clothes in a matter of minutes and goes to fix a breakfast. The food still needs time to cook even though the preparation time for it cuts down severely. Iris pushes herself back against the seat, palms resting on the table, and fingers tapping with a frustrated grimace going over her face.
She turns to the left and all the way to the right until Barry wraps up the dinner. Several plates of pancakes come on the table, dribbling with an excessive amount of syrup. Iris crosses the room with a smile and snatches a huge plate and starts shoveling it into her mouth.
Barry watches Iris with a slightly raised eyebrow.
"I wanted that."
The woman smirks when she realizes she finishes about three plates.
"Last night...well I need my energy after last night. I swear I burned so many calories I feel absolutely famished. And no, there's no need to apologize."
Her hand rests in his inner thigh underneath the table and squeezes it. Barry just smiles at her before acquiring a plate of pancakes of his own. Best to really eat it before Iris consumes everything at the table. Her appetite throws Barry off for a second.
Then again, they did have a lot of sex. Barry's curious about something. His food consumption is normally at a much stronger level, necessary to replenish his powers. He shovels a couple more of the pancake stack in his mouth entering a deep line of thoughts.
One of the things he intends to bring up to Caitlin when he gets to work.
A box of donuts come out on the table. Iris and Barry tear through them together. Their hands lock onto the last donut and a smile crosses their face. Iris concedes defeat.
"You can have it."
Barry snatches the donut and decides to indulge in its glazed sensation. He's satisfied, at least for the meantime. Perhaps not in some ways as Iris sitting at the table wearing absolutely nothing and licking syrup from her fingers stirs thoughts into his mind.
On the counter, Barry's phone goes off. Barry zips over to the counter and answers it.
"Hey, Barry, it's me. Your bloodwork came back and it's...well can you and Iris get over to Star Labs now? I know she was supposed to talk to you about something."
Barry takes a moment to give a sheepish smile.
"There's not that much talking between the two of us."
One can almost hear the sigh passing over Caitlin in her expressiveness.
"Yeah, I figured as much. Still, get over here, and we can have a discussion about it. Things are...well they're kind of interesting in many ways."
Barry turns around to see Iris wearing her usual clothes. She already has Barry's set out on the table.
"You're amazing."
Iris just smiles and gives Barry a kiss. Then, it's off to Star Labs, with Iris traveling in Barry's arms.
They did not have the conversation she really intended to. Iris shakes her head. Guess she better break the news to him at another time.
"So what is it you want to talk about?"
Caitlin bites down on her lip in deep contemplation and gives Barry one of those long and searching looks before she decides to break the news for him.
"You may have noticed that your sex drive is stronger."
The blunt way she says this makes Barry raise an eyebrow. Okay, sure, Iris and he spent the better part of seven or eight hours indulging in each other. And they may explore further possibilities on this slow Sunday if nothing Caitlin does not call.
"I...yeah...is there...is this a problem?"
"Depends."
This statement from Caitlin raises an entire mass of questions, some of them Barry really has no idea how to deal with. There's a few seconds where Caitlin taps the bridge of her nose and consults an entire set of notes she makes on the entire thing.
"It's nothing fatal, although it can cause problems if you don't have the support to harness property. Tantric energy is a very sketchy branch given it's closer to sorcery than science and thus a bit out of my comfort zone. And I'm not sure if that's exactly what you tapped into, but you did tap into something that's causing you to give off certain blasts of energy which are causing many more women to be attracted to you."
Barry notices it and also notices Caitlin's professional demeanor struggling to keep into place. Iris decides to put a hand on Barry's shoulder.
"The good news is, you can stabilize this energy before every woman who finds you attractive tries to jump you and every man who they are attached to tries to off you for reasons that have nothing to do with you being the Flash for once."
The entire load drops onto Barry's shoulders. He takes a look into Caitlin's eyes.
"Thankfully, there's a way to stabilize what's going on."
"Great! Anything! What does it involve? We'll find a way to do it."
Caitlin takes a second to uncross her legs and cross them over the other direction. The skirt she's wearing allows Barry a tantalizing glimpse of them before she sighs.
"Well, you're going to need to perform an activity which is as old as time itself. To put things in laymens terms, you're going to need to have sex, and you're going to need to have lots of it if you want to stabilize this energy spill."
Iris grabs Barry and squeezes his hand. Barry takes a second to take this all in before looking down at Caitlin.
"We just did that."
A soft sigh passes over Caitlin. She bites down on her lip and shows just how nervous and agitating this entire situation makes her. She pushes a lock of brown hair away from her eye and goes back to focus on the matter at hand.
"It might not be that simple. It might not be that simple with just having sex with one woman. Okay, it can help stave it off in the short time, but there's a chance that eventually, the bubble will burst again. And to stave off the spread, you're going to need multiple anchors, multiple fixed points."
Barry wonders about this. Caitlin pushes out a sheet with some calculations on it. It seems utterly absurd something like this could be going on, and yet, Barry trusts Caitlin and her work more than anything else. He knows she will never do anything to hurt him.
"So multiple anchors? Exactly how many of them?"
She rocks back in consideration.
"I don't know. We're going into some uncharted territory. There's no precedence for this. Obviously, we're not trying to pressure you. No one is going to want you to do something you're not entirely comfortable with."
Barry blinks and decides to come back to the conversation.
"I'm sensing there's a but here. There always is one, isn't there?"
They sit into the room with silence. Iris runs her hand up Barry's arm and squeezes his biceps. Barry's attention turns to his loving and extremely understanding girlfriend sitting across from him.
The truth is, Iris's connection to Barry causes the same compulsion to rise into her. It's going to be a problem for her just as much as it is him due to certain changes in his life.
"There are those who don't have your best interests in mind. There are a lot of women who would take advantage of this situation to try and get their way with you. You don't need the headache. Therefore...I want you to seriously think about this."
"It's...you're okay with this?"
"If it's for your best interests, I have to do. And besides...after all you've been through, you truly deserve to be happy. I'm not a scientist...but I think that you could be miserable."
"I can be happy with you."
She smiles and kisses Barry on the lips.
"I know, sweetie, and that's why you deserve it. But, there are several other possibilities that I just want you to think about. The last thing we want is this interfering with you saving the world as Flash. Do what you need to do."
A lot of thoughts enters Barry's mind about what he wants to do. The thought of some kind of sex force and him tapping into it, well it seems like a depraved notion from the mind of a fan fiction writer with a sick sense of wish-fulfillment. But it's actually happening.
"Try and give it some thought. Try and think it of. If not for your sake, for mine. Okay. For me?"
Barry swallows and nods. There's a few seconds which pauses. Caitlin wraps her pen down on the sheet. What's is going to be said next loses itself to reality. There's a rumble and the sound of a breach opening up.
They most certainly have company in the form of Harrison Wells of Earth Two, and his lovely young daughter, Jesse Chambers Wells.
"For the record, I didn't expect to be back so soon. But, just a few weeks ago, Jesse started exhibited her powers. And I feel that you would be the best to teach her how to properly reign them in."
Wells looks Barry directly in the eye when he says this after taking him off to the side. Coming face to face with the man this soon after their parting, it throws him completely off guard. Granted, he has a fair amount on his mind right away.
"So, you want me to help her learn to be a hero?"
"Not necessarily, just make sure her powers don't overwhelm her ability to have a normal life."
Barry wonders how much Jesse had to say about this. She is currently in an animated conversation with Iris and Caitlin on the other side of the room. Jesse turns around to see Barry re-entering the room with her father. Her face lights up when coming across Barry coming around the corner.
"Hey!"
She flies across the room and wraps Barry up into a hug. Barry's hands hold onto her waist and returns the hug. Jesse pushes her hand against Barry and not so casually feels his arm over.
"Have you been working out, Mr. Allen?"
"I've gotten that a lot lately, and no..."
A clearing of the throat causes Jesse's Dad-alert alarm to hit in her mind. She pushes away from Barry with a smile, accidentally on purpose brushing her breasts against his arm when pulling out.
"If we could begin establishing the baseline for your powers, then we can figure out what Mr. Allen needs to do to help you control them."
Jesse smiles. She thinks her father worries to much. She has things under control, well mostly. Well kind of, well not really. She takes a deep breath as Caitlin prepares the course for usage. Jesse stretches her calves and bends down. Iris takes a step closer towards her.
"So, how have you been?"
"Oh, you know, trying to enjoy my freedom after returning to my Earth. Of course, Dad checking in every half hour on the dot makes you wonder how much freedom I even had, ever since I escaped Zoom. I don't think that he's fully grasped the concept of me being an adult."
"Hey, he's going to have to come to terms with that sooner or later, unless he wants to lose you. Maybe you should talk to him about it, before it gets out of control."
Jesse shakes her head. Talking to her father, when he has his mind made up about something, that will be the day. She moves over and takes a deep breath. The course is about ready to be run.
"So, how's Wally doing?"
"Fine. He's moved over to San Francisco, to room with some friends, going to college over there. He stops by when he has a chance, but he's got his own set of priorities now. I think he also is seeing someone over there...sorry if..."
"Hey, that's fine. We were just friends, kind of, maybe. And besides, I prefer my men a little bit mature. Well older, not that I say your brother is immature."
A knowing smile crosses Iris's face when she pats Jesse on the shoulder. She gets into position to run the course. Iris takes a place beside Barry while Jesse runs the course.
The entire group whistles when Jesse makes a pretty good time going around the field. Her heart races at the thrill of the speed pulsing through her body. She cannot wait to actually use this to bust bad guys. Although the overprotective Dad problem is something she has to work out.
She makes her way at the end of the course. Barry smiles and pats her on the back which sends butterflies with really big wings flapping about in her stomach.
"You're pretty damn quick."
Caitlin smiles at her.
"That's what we should call you, Jesse Quick."
A smile passes over Barry's face.
"And that's why we really leave the naming to Cisco."
A light swat over Barry's shoulder shows Caitlin's mock indignation. The fond smile going over her face cuts it back. Jesse looks very thoughtful at the statement Caitlin just gives.
"I don't know. I kind of like it. It rolls off the tongue and gives that nice little snap..."
Wells clears his throat and gives his daughter a stern glare.
"We've had this discussion."
"No, you've had this discussion. I just humored you."
Wells turns his attention to Barry. He decides when Jesse's like this just to give her the space. She can be as stubborn as her mother sometimes.
"So, Ramon's out for some reason. I notice he's conspicuous by his absence. The amount of flippancy around here's gone down."
Barry sighs and turns towards Wells. Although despite his abrasive demeanor, Barry senses there's a part of Wells who is disappointed that Cisco's not there.
"He's dealing with a lot of things, and...well I think he might be upset how I upped and disappeared after a month, after what happened with Zoom...it's a long story here."
Wells raises his eyebrow of a moment of mild curiosity. The sound of someone coming up the steps puts their attention forward. Caitlin's mouth widens open.
"Shit, there's something we should have told you..."
"WELLS!"
The scream of Sapphire Stagg comes from the doorway. The cup of coffee in her hand starts flying out. Jesse rushes over and snatches it from Sapphire's hand right before it crashes down onto the ground. She reaches into her coat for something, and Barry grabs her hand.
"There's no need to pull a gun."
"It's just a cell phone, I swear. To call the police to arrest this murdering son of a bitch."
Wells sighs in frustration. One evil speedster wears the face of your Earth-One doppelganger and suddenly, it just causes a whole lot of problems.
"Chill, boss. It's not that Wells, it's another Wells, from another Earth...and you know, that Wells wasn't even Wells to begin with, I mean our Wells, I mean the fake Wells, this Wells is not an Evil Wells, more like a Jerk Wells."
"Thanks for that, Allen."
"Only some of the time."
The trio of Caitlin, Iris, and Barry launch into a very intense explanation, throwing a lot of information at Sapphire about time traveling speedsters impersonating scientists and inter-dimensional dopplegangers.
"So you see, The Wells that killed your father wasn't Wells at all, but rather a time-traveling speedster named Eobard Thawne. And this Wells, is not the Wells from this Earth, rather one from Earth Two. And he's not a murdering psychopath."
Sapphire blinks for the good while. She finally comes out of her trance with only one thing to say.
"I need a drink."
The dripping of pipes introduces Iris to a very shady back alleyway. She walks around and stares over her shoulder. Being an investigative journalist means entering places which do not attract people who are exactly salt of the Earth. She shifts a tiny bit over her shoulder and turns her attention back across the alleyway.
"I swear, I might have graduated from the Vicki Vale school of journalism going into a place like this."
A gentleman exits the alleyway. He looks cold, clammy, and also looking over his shoulder. The gentleman steps over.
"You Iris West?"
"Yeah."
He nods and scratches the side of his neck. The gentleman gives another look over his shoulder and then pulls Iris into the side entrance of a building. He bends down and flips underneath the wrong.
"You can never been too careful. If the government wants to get you, they'd get you. They'd send you something in the mail, put something on the door handle of your car which makes you sick, or ends up crashing your car. Or make it look like a drunk driver ran you over."
Iris shifts a bit over to the left and slightly a couple of inches in the right.
"I worked over there...down the street, where it showed up. At least until those men in suits told my boss to clear out. It's just as well, a whole lot of us got sick. A few got super powers out of the deal, but not everyone."
The man itches himself and staggers. Iris thinks he might fall over.
"Are you okay?"
"No, I'm not okay. Not everyone gets super powers because of things like this. Some of us get tumors and some of us get other problems."
His skin scratches off in flakes. He opens his shirt to reveal a disgusting looking rash on his skin. Iris pulls back and is pulsed. On his back, several burns cover it and likely she figures there are burns on other parts of his body.
"I saw some strange things over the past couple of years, just being in Central City. But nothing is stranger than those lights coming up in the sky. I don't know what the hell was going on. I thought at first they want to shut us up, anyone who saw it. But, I'm not sure they know exactly what they're covering up."
He scratches the side of his face and more of the disgusting flakes scrap off.
"I'm not sure what they hauled in that night as well. But it's no weather balloon. And they brought a bunch of us in for questioning that were there. It was hard to keep my mouth shut. They kept us in separate cells, with no food, no water, no sunlight. It must have been thirty-six hours. I saw...I saw it right there. In fact, I saw them move it before I was picked up the next day. Thankfully, they didn't find my camera."
"Did you get a picture of it?"
The gentleman swallows and hands Iris a photograph of the object. It is a circular sphere like object. The most distinct markings is three points on it. She never seen anything like it ever in her life.
"They put it on a back of the truck and the next thing I know, the boss and a bunch of us, we were brought in. They released us, although I have a strange feeling they're waiting for one of us to slip up. And if they figure out what I saw in there, I'll be dead before you can blink."
Iris's curiosity gets hit.
"What did you see?"
The gentleman breaths in and breathes out heavily to answer her.
"I saw one of the scientists attack his co-workers. That was coming out of the room where I'm pretty sure that put that weird thing. He slaughtered strangled him to death. One minute he was fine and the next minute, it was like some switch got pulled. Boom, you know what I mean."
Iris swallows and understands what this gentleman means. She has a few thoughts just brushing over her mind.
"I got...I got my hands on a security photo...snatched it off of the table when they weren't looking. If they knew this got out, well we wouldn't be having this conversation."
The picture of the man in the tank. His eyes fix in a permanent state of rage and symbols of some kind of strange writing barely show themselves to be visible all over his face and neck.
"It's dangerous. It's really dangerous out there. And I'm showing you these to warn you to drop this story. Because, they'll get you. They'll find a way to get you, or they'll get you through your family, if you have any. They don't care about anything other than making sure Joe and Jane public don't find out what's truly out there. And there's something out there."
"Thank you for everything."
"Kid, you better drop it. I'm serious. Don't mess with this...and you better get out of here...now...I have nothing else to tell you and don't be snooping around anymore! You have your entire life ahead of you. Mine's almost over...I should have...I'm sorry if something happens."
Iris leaves the area after the man shoes her out. She wonders how founded his paranoia is.
The gentleman leaves to move his way through the back alleyway. He quickens the pace and suddenly runs into a group of uniformed officers wearing black.
"Going somewhere, Mr. Jones."
These offers point their weapons at the gentleman, Jones.
"You stole that photograph. We can make this nice or we can make this easy."
"Photo...I don't know what you're talking about. I told Hardcastle everything at least twice. That bastard...if someone finds out what he does to people...he says he's a Patriot..."
A stun gun sticks into the back of Jones and drops him down to the ground. One of them puts a hand on his head.
"We'll see how much you know, Mr. Jones."
A splitting headache causes Jones to shift and grumble the further his fingers shift into his hand. The officer's eyes glow.
The government agent drops to the ground at the speed of light from a figure swooping into the air. A mysterious blur shoots from the right side and takes out the guns of two of them.
"She's one of them! Prepare to contain!"
Another speedster shows up off to the side. Flash rips the gun out of the hand of the man. He turns to the second speedster who takes down the remaining government agent. Said government agent bursts into a puddle of goo. Barry's eyes widen when he notices several nano-bots crawling inside the puddle the agent leaves behind. In a slight of hand slips some of the goo into the vial for later.
The other government agents on the ground evaporate around which just adds to the oddness. And speaking of oddness, Flash turns to his new partner. Something is not quite right.
Flash realizes there's another one and he chases the speedster halfway across Central City. He clips a bit faster than the speedster and makes this mysterious speedster skid to a complete stop.
Face to face, Flash comes to a figure who dresses in a somewhat darker version of his costume minus the Flash symbol on it. The dark skin in the open part of the mask and the very familiar feel of the speedster's body, not to mention the heartbeat causes Barry to be taken aback.
"Iris?"
Deep thought enters Caitlin's mind when she works over the calculations. Tests will need to be run further. She almost slips out of control the other night.
"Caitlin?"
Caitlin almost jumps up. Her eyes shift into a starling blue shade and takes a deep breath. Caitlin drops down onto the chair and takes several more deep breathing exercises.
"Don't do that."
"Wait, you...you're meta-gene has been activated hasn't it? And that means..."
Jesse's mind flashes back to one of Zoom's key minions, Killer Frost, the Earth-Two version of Caitlin Snow. While Frost was not nasty towards her, she really had a cold personality and did not help Jesse's plight any. She takes a deep breath.
"I know what you're thinking and I swear that I'm fine. I swear that I'm in control. I know that I'm in control, I swear that I am."
The next few seconds spend towards Jesse looking at the older girl. A smile crossing over her face and Jesse's hand pushing on Caitlin's shoulder.
"Who exactly are you trying to convince? Me or you?"
Jesse's curiosity cannot help, but get the better of her. Several notes come across the table regarding Caitlin and her powers. Jesse spends some time reading them over.
"You're not in control as you would like to be. Why do you think that anchoring yourself to Barry could potentially cause control?"
She flips through the notes and processes them at a speed much powerful than anyone else. Jesse stops with one particular set of notes in her hands.
"What is the Sex Force?"
A flustered Caitlin snatches the notes away from the younger girl.
"You're much too young to be reading that."
"I'm nineteen. That's an adult on both of Earths, you know. Granted, Dad enjoys acting like the helicopter parent from hell, but still! Adult! Old enough to legally consent! Old enough to do what I want to do! Not old enough to legally buy alcohol, but I can vote! You know, adult!"
Caitlin smiles and allows Jesse to sit down. She takes deep breaths to calm down.
"Sorry, it's just...well I want to do something productive with my powers. And Dad just wants me to know enough to keep them under control."
"Well, did you look your father in the eye and tell him what you're going to do? Tell him that you appreciate his concern, but you're an adult like you said. Because, I'm with you. If you want to do something productive, then you should be able to do whatever you want."
Jesse just smiles.
"It would be something though, to bust the bad guys, save the day, and rescue damsels in distress!"
Caitlin chuckles and moves her hand up to place it on Jesse's shoulder. She squeezes it and gets Jesse's attention.
"Slow up there, cowgirl. Before you learn to run, you need to get a better control of your powers. And Barry didn't come out of the box as the Flash right away. We're still learning here."
"I'm a quick learner though. I have five doctorates! Five!"
"Which makes me think I really need to step up my game with my measly three. But never mind that...just relax and you'll get the hang of it."
"What about your powers? You really think that you can anchor yourself to Barry. Although, I don't think you'd mind. Anyone with eyes can see you have the hots for me. Good taste, but..."
The door opens to save Caitlin from responding and Wells sticks his head in before the conversation can go much further. Jesse swings herself out of the chair and stands up to face her father.
"Yes?"
"There's something you might want to take a look at."
"So, when were you going to tell me about this?"
Iris very much wishes Barry shouts out her for keeping this secret. The sound of calm disappointment which is his voice makes Iris feel more like shit than anyone screaming her.
"Twice I was about to. First time, we got sidetracked the other night. And the second time...well we had our visitors from Earth Two. Tonight, I was going to tell you...after I got my story. I didn't expect it to get blown open. I swear, I didn't mean to keep it from you for so long."
She grabs Barry and squeezes him on the hand.
"You seem so..."
"Well, I've been watching you for years, so I'm competent enough. I haven't ran into any real problem threats, just thugs and muggers. That stunt with the Trickster is the most elaborate thing I pulled up and I thought I did okay. Maybe I should have been a bit quicker, but I did okay."
"You did great. You really are something...what are you calling yourself?"
"Well, I don't know. I mean, you are the Flash, so that's your thing. I'll think about it. I really did this all on an impulse when I went jogging one morning after I saw the lights and I sped up."
"It happened after...after the lights, didn't it?"
"That's why I'm curious about it. Do you really blame me? I want to know what caused my powers...I feel fine, better than ever, but it's just that state of mystery. I really have to know."
"This really is happening. You really have a speedster."
"Yes, Barry, and it's me. I'm not some kind of doppelganger, or Thawne's twin sister looking for revenge. Or Thawne himself looking for revenge while wearing my face."
Barry shivers and Iris puts a hand on his.
"Good thing after what we got up to last night. Then again, that might be some people's cup of tea."
"Well, it depends on where you go on the Internet."
Yeah, that's for sure. Barry moves a bit closer to Iris. This conversation cannot go much further when Wells decides to stick his head into the lab. Jesse and Caitlin join him outside.
"There's something going on. You should take a look at this."
Barry and Iris join the rest of the group. They take a look at the goo which Barry took from the scene of the crime. It shifts and molds, almost going to a fist to try and break out of the glass. Unfortunately for it, it's not strong enough to break out.
Wells scratches his chin in thought.
"This is nothing like I've ever seen before my life. This material is some kind of synthetic, almost symbiotic form of life. And it's growing, evolving, and learning."
Jesse leans over and decides to add onto what her father is saying.
"And it's almost like it's fighting a way to replicate organic life...and there's a strange energy emitting from it as well..the signal's weak, but..."
Caitlin picks up where Jesse leaves off.
"It can activate dormant meta genes."