Mirage

CHAPTER TWO

Alex faced the rest of her friends and began explaining what she knew of in the past six months. There wasn't much to tell, in fact the only thing that there was to say was that she couldn't remember the accident, just from what she got from Barry's memories. She was missing quite a large gap even before the accident.

If the last thing that she remembered was capturing Wells and Barry making the choice to go back in time then she had missed the wormhole that he had created. She didn't remember Ronnie dying or the city nearly being destroyed. She only knew what Barry knew during that time.

"When you woke up you ran around the city spelling a word," Cisco spoke up after she was done telling her story. "Zoom. Mean anything to you?" Alex shook her head, she assumed that it was a name but didn't know anyone that went by it. The only thing that would make sense is a speedster.

Barry perked up at the name, it was the same word that Atom Smasher used just before his death. The name of the person that was trying to kill him. Before he could say anything, an unfamiliar voice had cut him off.

"It means something to me."

Immediately, the team rushed into protective mode. Joe raised his gun at the strange man while the two meta's stepped between the mystery man and the rest of the team. Alex's fists her tight at her side, she stood just barely in front of Barry, a subtle act that she wished to protect him. They had no idea who this man was, or what he wanted.

"Who the hell are you?" Barry snapped.  All Alex wanted was a day that she could spend with her friends, trying to catch up on the time that she had missed, however as per usual, things never seemed to go her way. Even if she was missing a few memories, she was sure that she didn't remember this guy.

"You don't know me, but I know you," he paused for a moment, stepping into the light so that they could see his face. The man was handsome, but there was something off about him that made Alex weary - besides the fact that he seemed to know all of them. "Barry Allen."

"Take one more step and it'll be the last one you ever take," Alex nearly growled. She did not like the idea of someone waltzing into their lives. After the betrayal of Wells, none of them were accepting new applicants into their circle. "Who are you?"

"My name is Jay Garrick, and your world is in danger," his hands were raised in the air, though that didn't stop the team from being tense. "Please, just let me explain. I mean you no harm."

"How do you know my name," Barry asked. He slowly stepped in front of Alex, he had just gotten her back he wasn't about to lose her again after all this time. Her hand rested on the lower part of his back, a reminder that she was at his side. Jay noticed the small interaction while Joe noticed him looking. His gun was raised higher than before.

"I know all of your names Caitlin Snow, Cisco Ramon, Detective Joe West..." He trailed off as he looked at Alex. With the lack of name, it was obvious to the team that he wasn't aware of the girl in the room, or what her powers were. Barry cut him off, telling Jay that he needed to explain his presence. "This world is in danger."

Barry glanced back at his girlfriend - at least he assumed that was still the proper title to use, "Check the building, make sure there's no one else here," he instructed. Alex nodded and sped out of the room. She ran through every room in the building, including all around the pipeline - twice. She even ran outside the building and throughout the streets that surrounded the building. There was nothing.

She was gone for no more than five minutes checking every inch of STAR labs to make sure there was no threats in the building. A blast of wind notified the return of the speedster. She gave a single nod towards Barry, there was no one else in the building. Her head spun as she came to a stop. It had been a while since she used her powers - besides the day before.