Brains over Brawn [ A Cisco Ramon Romance Novel ]

004

Charging

"I MEAN IT - I'M -I'M NOT FUCKING BLUFFING! "

Reyna felt her windpipe begin to collapse as the threatening stranger continued to hold her against his chest. He pushed his forearm tighter and tighter against her throat to the point where Reyna wasn't sure if she was going to be able to take another breath.

The Meta held her tightly and pushed an open palm against her cheek and temple. Reyna's skin began to tingle as the Meta began to threaten further, this time to try to make his threat viable.

Everything seemed to be moving slowly, as Cisco, Barry and Caitlin's movements seemed to lag. Reyna's instincts went into overdrive as her senses intensified, she knew she absolutely had to get away from him.

Reyna's dirty blonde hair was pulled up into a messy, collapsing bun, and her fair skin was beginning to flush as the static from his Meta's body and hands began to graze and agitate her skin. She knew she needed to get away from him before a stray charge sent her body into shock, or worse, stopped her heart.

She still wasn't sure how far her ability went. She knew she could come back from the brink of death, and that she could restore her health at a very rapid pace, but how much was too much?

She didn't care to find out.

The hair on her arms and neck were completely on end, and Reyna's extreme discomfort was quickly changing into pain. The Meta had gotten sick of waiting and was prepared to make an attempt at her life.

She could see them yelling and moving,, but their voices were lost in the white hit atmosphere around her and the meta Human. Cisco and Barry were especially intent on getting her attention, but Barry was careful not to let anyone get too close to the electric man.

Reyna felt a low jolt of electricity pulse through her, and for a moment, her entire body gave out.

A dull, numb pain hung onto her limbs as she remained in his grasp, and Reyna could feel her head begin to spin. The spot where his palm touched her face began to burn and peel and Reyna was beginning to think her body had forgotten how to heal.

She couldn't tell what they were saying, but Reyna could see her other friends speaking and looking her way, and she couldn't stand being a pawn in some Static Douchebag's mental games.

Reyna could feel her stomach turning, and she knew she had to do something, anything, to get away from her captor and help the people she'd learn to rely on.

Reyna pulled up her hands and tried to fidget her way out of the meta's grip, but his arms only tightened and his attitude worsened.

A familiar feeling took over her, as everything seemed to slow down yet again, but this time she knew what was happening.

Reyna brought up her hands again, and again the Meta began to feed electricity into her body, screaming at her as he did so. Violently urging her to 'stop fucking moving around,' but Reyna could feel her body evolving and growing, she wasn't afraid anymore.

There was a slight tremble in her hands, as they pressed against his forearm, but the moment he tried to push his electricity into her body, she knew she was going to be able to pull this off. All she needed to do, was breathe and concentrate.

Instead of her body burning and tearing with the high voltage electricity, she began to heal. The more power he pumped into her, the faster her body began to recover, and within seconds of his electric glow fading, a soft, crackling glow was visible to be seen emitting from her body.

He moaned and screamed, but the longer his skin touched hers, and the longer he came into contact with her directly, the more she began to drain him.

And-It-Was-Exhilarating.

The only way she could describe it was, almost, euphoric. The feeling she got from draining his energy, his own life from him, was incredible. The glow that seemed to be only slightly visible from her skin brightened, as she drew more and more from him, she knew she couldn't stop.

" REYNA! "

A warped, low sound echoed from around her, but she easily tuned it out. She continued to drain from him, too distracted by the feeling of consuming, to notice the Meta's blood-curdling screams.

Without notice she was thrown, her body rolling sloppily against the City streets. Upon coming to a complete stop, she couldn't help but grin from ear to ear.

The Meta was still screaming as she laid yards from him, her body completely sprawled out, not a scratch on her.

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" You almost killed him! "

Caitlin spoke hastily, as she paced around the lab, continuing to talk about how reckless everyone had been.

Reyna couldn't help but smile as everyone around her panicked and spoke. She, by all standards of being a Meta Human, was learning how to control her powers faster than most of the other superhumans in the City. Not everyone was as excited as she was.

" You're such a hardass. "

Reyna's lack of decently and respect had put the room on edge, and both Barry and Wells were at their wit's end. It was almost three in the morning, and Reyna was sitting on a medical table, still in her street clothes, with an IV in her arm.

" You're not taking in the gravity of the situation, you almost killed him. "

Wells monotone voice was beginning to agitate her, but she stayed quiet and listened as everyone went off.

" So, what was it like? Don't spare any details."

Cisco stood next to her at the edge of the bed, he adjusted the IV in her arm, and Reyna flashed him a bright smile.

" It was incredible! I could literally feel his energy being pulled from his body and into mine. "

She briefly spoke about the feeling of the electricity going into her and her body absorbing it, as one of his fingers poked into a hole that was in the arm of her shirt. There was still some blood on the shirt, but the skin below was perfectly intact and healed.

" Im pretty cool, right? "

Reyna spoke quieter this time, and Cisco looked back up at her with a smile.

" Very.. "

" Don't egg on her behavior Cisco, she could have killed him.. "

Reyna felt Cisco's bare hands leave her skin the moment Wells retaliated, which furthered her disinterest in him being around her.

She knew being polite and submissive here would be the right thing to do, but something in her wouldn't allow it. She knew being quiet and at least pretending to be sorry, would be the right thing to do, but she wasn't sorry at all.

" He tried to kill me, I feel like thats what's more important.. "

She almost sounded ironic, and Wells took her backlash as a sign of insubordination.

" Of course, but you went too far. "

The momentum in the room had shifted, and the fact that she was alive was becoming less important than the fact that she'd almost permanently put him into the ground.

Without notice, a beautiful blonde woman rushed into STAR labs unannounced. She nearly fell while coming to an abrupt stop, the sound of her heels skidding access the floor, causes everyone to look up.

" I'm sorry for coming in so early, but Barry I need your help.. It's Oliver.. "