Dɪғғᴇʀᴇɴᴛ ғᴀᴛᴇ - Tʜᴇ Fʟᴀsʜ✔︎

Chapter Thirteen

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Barry had ran out to get the meta, who just killed a judge in an elevator. I was outside the cortex, about to call my mom when my phone flew out of my hands do you the whoosh of Barry running in.

"Barry?!" Caitlin yelled as my eyes widened. I disregarded my fallen phone as I sprinted into the Cortex to see Barry on a crash cart.

"Holy shit! Barry!" I yelled, running over to see him gasping for air.

"C-cut me open! It's still in me!" Barry gasped as I looked at Caitlin.

"He brought us a sample." She mumbled as I rummaged through a drawer, pulling out a tube with a large needle, gulping.

"This- it's a small needle Barry! It will me lie a mosquito bite!" I said with a nervous laugh as Caitlin snatched it from my hands.

"This will be much worse than a mosquito bite." She said before stabbing it into his chest.

"Jesus! Talk about no hesitation!?" I yelled as Barry gasped before passing out. Caitlin got the sample of gas, which would hopefully make it so we could get an antidote in case anything bad happens.

After a few hours of me patching Barry up, he woke up with a loud groan, coughing.

"How do you feel?" I asked as he slowly sat up.

"Like that one time I had a cigarette." He said as I chuckled, raising a brow as everyone frowned.

"Yeah. Teenage me lived for danger."

"The Streak lives." Cisco said with a chuckle as Barry barely rolled his eyes.

"You'd be dead if your lung cells didn't regenerate so quickly." Caitlin said as I sighed, looking at her.

"He's fine, Cait. We got the sample, and now we can stop this guy... whoever he is." I said as she pressed her lips together.

"This isn't funny. He could have-"

"I didn't." Barry interrupted as Caitlin looked at him, a sad look in her eyes. I had the feeling Barry reminded Caitlin of Ronnie, and it hurt me to see her get upset about it.

"Now that we have a sample, we'll get to work analyzing it, figure out the makeup of the poison, maybe get a clue as to his human identity. Or at least a way to stop him from turning into-"

"THE MIST!" I yelled, startling everyone as I butted into Dr. Wells short speech. "Sorry. But that's his name." I said as Cisco's terrified look turned into the biggest grin as he held his fist to his mouth.

"Cora. You are literally my favorite person to exist." He said as I gave him a 'why thank you' look, bowing as he laughed.

"My work her today is done. I need to head to CCPD. Joe says I gotta help him with something."  I said as I waved everyone off, heading to the department.

By the time I got there and talked to Joe, I was informed that he'd be bringing me to Iron Heights to visit Barry's dad.

I felt kind of bad, because meeting Henry was something I would have liked to do with Barry, seeing as he is his father, and it would have been a good bonding time.

From the stories Barry has told me, I got the idea that Henry was such a lovable man, so it was hard for me to see him hurting someone he loved as much as Nora, a woman I would have loved to meet.

It was getting late, and Barry had called to say that they they were still working on the antidote for the gas, and they found out that the meta's name was Kyle Nimbus. I had actually laughed at the name, seeing as he was a meta who could transform himself into a gas, and you know..

Clouds.

Joe and I signed into iron heights. I could hear my phone along with Joe's going absolutely nuts as we stepped into the phone room to see a man with thin hair that had turned grey, the nervous look on his face turning to confusion when he spotted me an Joe.

I could only assume he was the one and only Henry Allen.

"What are you doing here? And um... who is this young lady?" Henry asked with a small smile as I gave him a welcoming one, to with his small one turned into a slightly bigger one. "Is Barry okay?"

"Yes. He's fine.. this is Cora Agápi, our newest forensic scientist." Joe answered as I gave him a small hello.

"It's nice to meet you, Cora. And to what do I owe this visit?" Henry said turning to Joe.

"I know I should have come to see you sooner." Joe said apologetically.

"You just weren't up for a little chitchat with a man who murdered his wife in front of his own son?" Henry said blatantly.

Well, that was a turn of events. I said to myself as I looked back at the security guard, who didn't take his eyes off the wall.

"Except now I know you didn't kill your wife." Joe started as Henry's eyes turned curious. "And we want to help get you out of here."

"Look, the important thing is, I'm reopening the case. We're gonna find out who really killed Nora, and I promise you, Henry, we are going to get you out of here. I am so sorry." Joe said as I gave Henry a warm smile.

"It doesn't matter that you didn't believe in me... Because you always believed in my son." Henry said. I smiled once more before it completely faded.

I heard the security worker choking, turning to see green gas surrounding him.

"Oh no." I said. For an odd reason, I found myself standing in front of Joe, rather than behind him as Kyle Nimbus appeared from the gas.

"Nimbus." Joe said quietly.

"You're supposed to be dead." I added as the bald crest dude looked down at me, a crazy smile on his face.

"You look new. Won't forget long, though." He said. I frowned before my eyes widened, watching as Nimbus turned into a cloud of gas.

Before I had the chance to shut my mouth, the gas entered my lungs, causing me to choke and gasp for oxygen as Joe yelled my name.

I felt my body spasm as I collapsed to the ground, coughing for air as Nimbus simply disappeared.  I could hear Henry yelling for someone to help, but no one came.

Nimbus was going to go after Joe. And I risked my life for a man I've known for a month.

"J-Joe." I gasped as Joe knelt in front of me, holding my shoulders down as he attempted to stop the spasms.

A gust of wind, and The Flash was kneeling down, terror stuck in his face as I looked I to his green eyes.

"B-" before I could finish my sentence, I felt a needle jab my neck, stopping the spasms as I finally relaxed, gasping for air.

"Thank you, Flash." Joe said as Barry nodded. He looked up to his dad, his face now a blur before he sped off.

"I need to get you back to S.T.A.R. Labs." Joe said as he swiftly picked me up. He turned his head, giving Henry a single look before carrying me to the car.

And at that point, I blacked out.