Rocky Raymond //Book Five// - COMPLETED

Chapter 24 - Goldfaced

MacKenzie's POV

I sit on the couch in Iris' office, my feet crossed under me as I do my math homework

Iris is typing on her computer at her desk

Barry is speeding around and rearranging the room around us

"Well, what do you think?" Barry asks

"Looks great." Iris says, looking up for a second

"I mean, I can move the couch against the wall, if that'll help." Barry says, speeding the couch I'm sitting on across the room...again

"Barry, if you superspeed this couch one more time I'm gonna quake you." I tell him, putting my pencil down and looking at him

"Sorry." Barry says. "Iris, it's just couch in the corner or against the wall is pretty much the extent of my interior design knowledge."

"I'm sorry, babe." Iris sighs. "It's... it's just, it's been a week since I launched the Central City Citizen, and I am still struggling to gain readers, and I think I just figured out why."

Iris turns her computer around

I look over

"Iris West-Allen's first published articles as an aspiring online news maven bring one word to mind: 'boring.'" Barry reads. "Her stories lack the edgy content made popular by sites such as Spencer Young's game-changing Spyn Zone. In short, Iris West-Allen plays it safe. Iris, come on. You can't listen to this. You're a real journalist. You don't want to write like Spencer Young. She didn't care about facts."

"Yeah, but at least she wrote about things that people cared about, like I did when I was writing about DeVoe." Iris says

"You wanna write about Cicada." Barry says

Iris nods

"Fine. Call me if you need me." Barry says. "I'll be at S.T.A.R. Labs."

"Yes, of course!" Iris says, springing up and grabbing her bag. "I've got a lot of digging to do, and I think I have a hunch where to start."

I put my notebook in my backpack and zip it up, standing up and shouldering my bag

"Alright, honey, let's go." Iris tells me

Barry gives me a hug, kissing the top of my head

Iris and I walk out and we head to school

***

"All right, we're approaching the position." Barry says through the comms

Caitlin had picked me up after school

We're staking out in the van while Ralph and Barry go in

"Copy." Caitlin says. "These are the coordinates of the black market. Team Snow, Frost, and Tremors are standing by for backup."

They stop

"Okay. What do we do now?" Barry asks

"I guess we say the magic words." Ralph shrugs. "The streets are paved with gold."

Nothing

"Maybe you didn't say it loud enough." Barry says

They both scream and disappear

Their tracker disappears from the computer screen

Caitlin and I share a look

I pull out my laptop and start hacking, trying to find a back connection to find out what happened to them