Dɪғғᴇʀᴇɴᴛ ғᴀᴛᴇ - Tʜᴇ Fʟᴀsʜ✔︎

Chapter Two

"Can't believe I think someone is breaking in. First day here, and what do ya know? You're already having to threaten someone with a large knife!" I rambled to myself quietly and slowly made my way down the hallway.

"Alright, tough guy. You think you can go against me? I have a knife... well... a machete! It's just— it's a big knife, buckaroo!" I yelled as the noise continued.

I stopped, feeling a dark, cold shiver run up my spine. With no warning, I was being slammed against the wall, the machete dropping as something held me by the neck.

Well, someone.

They were faster than light, their yellow suit radiating with red electricity. I stared in fear at his red glowing eyes, which showed nothing but pure anger.

It sounded like a vibrating noise as the person spoke in a hushed but angered voice. "S.T.A.R." He bellowed as I gripped onto his wrist which held me by the throat. I tried to breathe, or at least hit him, but my hand merely phased through his head.

What the hell?

I frowned in confusion, not knowing what he meant. The man ran off, and I collapsed to my knees, coughing as I gasped for air, holding my neck.

I looked around, frowning at the machete that strayed a few feet away. "Some hell you are." I complained to the inanimate object and crawled over, grabbing it and setting the machete on the kitchen table.

I looked to see if anything had been stolen, thankfully no, but a glass had shattered. I scratched my head in concentration as I tried to come up with a reason as to why the man broke in, stole nothing, held me by the throat, said a single word then left.

More importantly, how did my hand phase through him but he could hurt me? And how was he faster than the speed of light?

I walked slowly back into my bedroom, rubbing my neck as I sat down at my desk, opening my computer.

"Startling City... no. Stars and constellations? Obviously not." I continued to scroll through the web browser before my eyes caught something.

"S.T.A.R. Labs." I muttered, clicking on the link. There wasn't much to it. The webpage had been deleted after the particle accelerator explosion, but someone had started it back up. Only a few things were written on the page.

"Yeah this is definitely what that guy was talking about." I said quietly as I shut my computer, going back to bed as I thought about how I'd get into a hazardous location.

I kept my eyes wide open in case the man came back, quickly running back into the kitchen to grab the machete before booking it to my room.

I don't think I fell asleep u til it was 4 in the morning.

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I woke up, a groan escaping my lips as I rubbed my eyes, falling out of bed. I stretched, hearing my back crack a few times as I walked to my bathroom, taking a quick shower.

I stepped out, wrapped in a towel around my curvy figure as I wiped the fog off the mirror. I brushed my hair, letting it air dry as I brushed my teeth next.

I changed into some high waisted jeans, slipping on my socks and converse while multitasking and putting on a crop top.

Setting my hair up into a ponytail, I pulled a few strange out so they fell around my face. I slipped my phone into my back pocket, a determined smirk on my face and I walked out of my apartment, locking it behind me.

"Oh. I'm sorry." I said as I bumped into a tall, blonde haired man. Yeah he definitely looks like a drug dealer. I thought as he looked me up and down.

"No worries." The man, who I would soon find out is Clyde Mardon, grumbled before taking off. I had thought nothing of it as I walked out of the apartment building, making my way to S.T.A.R. Labs.

Maybe I should have gone for the better apartment.

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I managed to find an opening in the fence that was surrounding S.T.A.R. Labs. I walked into an elevator, the only place it led me to was a really high level.

I walked in, making my way down the long hallway slowly, were I started to hear other people talking.

The voices were inaudible, even after I stepped into the Cortex. The voices then stopped, everyone turning to me.

"U-uh... How did you get in here?!" A dark skinned male said as I looked around.

"There was... an opening in the fence." I said as he ran over, pressing a button.

"Barry I need you to come to the cortex now. But don't use your-" in the blink of an eye, there was a gust of wind, followed by a tall, dark haired man standing next to the one that told him to come in.

I stared in shock as he looked around before his eyes widened, landing on me. I let out a scream, hiding behind the woman and pointing at him accusingly.

"Holy shit you're the Streak I saw last night! Oh my god are you guys like his henchmen or something?! Dude you owe me a new cup!" I snapped as everyone looked at me in confusion.

"What?" The man, Barry, asked.

"You broke into my house last night! Well... I think you did. You were wearing a yellow suit last night and... well I don't see anywhere you could put a suit in here." I answered as Barry seemed to stop, his brows raising in panic as the three looked behind me. I frowned, turning around to see none other than-

"Harrison Wells." I mumbled, staring at the man in the wheel chair.

"Who is this?" He asked, gesturing to me.

"Oh right. I'm Uh.. Cora. Cora Agápi." I smiled as everyone raised their brows at me. So they were just as confused as I was.

"Greek." The girl said as I turned to face her. "Agápi means love in Greek." She said as I smiled, nodding.

"Well, that's a lovely name you have, Miss Agápi. But, I am afraid you must leave-" Dr. Wells said as Barry shook his head.

"She can't leave." The male by the computers said as Wells frowned.

"And why is that?" Dr. Wells asked, Barry clearing his throat.

"Because she knows I'm the Streak."

Edited July 27th 2021