New Beginnings

Chapter 5

Chapter 5:

It had been almost two weeks since Barry had fallen into his coma and he showed little signs of regaining consciousness with his wounds only healing at a normal, human speed. Oliver had barely left his side, and the other members of team arrow had also been around more often than not with Felicity there almost permanently to make sure Barry was medically ok and that Oliver was fine given he had been acting off since the incident in Central.

In the middle of the cave on the monitors was the news that had been going on constantly and hadn't let up an inch since the big battle of Central City. The media had been going wild with all that had happened, and many began labelling The Flash as a terrorist due to the damage that was done whilst others fought for him saying that he had been fighting Zoom and protecting them as he had always done. Many were in frantic search for their beloved hero that had only appeared after a long absence from the city, through the debacle the police had taken the Flash sides labelling him as a protector but due to the damage it was a federal matter and many politicians were calling it a terrorist act and that the Flash had to be brought in. If the fight wasn't enough the fight for the Flash as a hero or villain had thrown Central as well as many other places across America into vicious arguments and feuding. During all this the repairs had begun on the city and many people who had their buildings damaged were standing against the Flash although there was still some preaching what could have been if Barry hadn't saved them.

Oliver cared little for this debate, he was angered by how the people were turning against Barry and blaming this on him but with Barry in the state he was, this was of little concern. The steady beep of the heart monitor that was attached to Barry was what had all of Oliver's attention, and now the beeping had suddenly sped up to a rapid pace as a loud blaring sound came from the machine as it flashed red saying that Barry was in cardiac arrest. Felicity raced over and checked over the monitor and Barry before typing into the monitor causing the beeping to quieten and the blaring to stop although the beeps were still at a high speed.

"Aren't you going to do something? He's in cardiac arrest!" Oliver exclaimed as he saw Felicity calm down and turn the alarm off.

"It's fine Oliver." Felicity said placatingly, "It's good news actually, it seems his speed has returned and is relatively similar to Caitlin's data that I collected off STAR's servers but has increased slightly but that would seem consistent with his obviously increased speed. Don't worry Oliver, I'm now sure that he will recover, and it shouldn't be too much longer. You should probably do something about your disappearance given you are the mayor of Star City, remember?"

"You're right but first I owe you all an explanation." Oliver responded, soon Diggle and Thea had arrived from wherever they had been and sat around the table in the cave.

Once they were all together Oliver explained to all of them what had happened; to Barry, when Barry came to him, the training they went and did and how the fight had been his last stand against Zolomon who had of destroyed the universe and then gone onto others had he been victorious.

By the end of the explanation the three were shocked to say the least, they had all been close to Barry and had tears in their eyes upon hearing all that he had been through and were proud of what he had done, knowing that whatever damage had been done to Central was a speck of dust compared to what he had prevented.

"Oliver, I'm sure you've heard the fighting in the press over the actions of Barry, I believe that the least he deserves is to be recognised as the hero rather than go down a villain and as the mayor of Star City you could do something to change the story." Felicity spoke up after a few minutes of silence after the story had finished and brought forth the agreement of both Thea and Diggle.