Jasmine
Laying on the bed after a long day at the lab, I put on some quiet music and just relax, scrolling through my phone and answering texts. Texting Felicity, I tell her about work, and about how everything is going good, and how I do actually have something of a social life, along with an apology about sucky communication and how I haven't had a chance to go visit everyone. My phone buzzes and my heart skips a beat at the name.
Ollie: Hey, hows Central City? Missing us yet ;)
I laugh a little at his text and type a reply.
Central City is fine. How's everyone doing? And of course I'm missing everyone.
I hit send, and get a text from Felicity in the split second afterward.
Felicity: Jasmine! You are alive! Haha. We are seeing news reports of all the robberies and weird weather, we wanted to make sure you were okay!
I laugh and type back my response;
Yea I'm fine. I'll try and come visit soon, promise. <3
Then switch to the message from Oliver.
Ollie: Good thing, cause that means you have to come back and visit. I always have a place for you to stay.
I smile and set my phone down, ignoring the messages, for now, mostly Felicity spamming messages and articles about the robberies and such, and I roll and glance at the recent article from CCPD to see a photo.
Clyde Mardon comes back from the dead?
I freeze.
Wasn't he the one that killed the officer just before the explosion?
I dig in a little deeper and research the Mardon brothers.
Makes sense he would continue, but could he really be like Barry?
I write a few notes before crawling into bed, the clock reading past midnight. Closing my eyes, I let the sounds of the rain pattering against my window lull me to sleep.
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The Next Morning
Once I arrive at the lab the next morning, Caitlin, Cisco, and Dr. Wells have smiles on their faces.
"Good moods?" I ask, draping my purse over one of the chairs at the main console desks. Cisco's smile is the largest, and he practically hugs me.
"Absolutely! Barry's suit works!" He exclaims, and I stand there, confusion blatantly showing.
"What do you mean, Barry's suit?" I ask, and Caitlin grabs a tablet full of data, probably from either earlier today or late last night.
"Barry went after Clyde Mardon last night..." She starts, and I just stare.
"What do you mean, went after? I thought he was being studied for a chance to help others due to his DNA and such?" I interrupt, and partially recite what I was told. Caitlin nods.
"He was, and still is. But there are others like him, sort of." She starts to explain when Cisco jumps in.
"There are more metahumans than just Barry and he kicks ass!" Cisco exclaims, and a laughing Barry joins in.
"Damn right I do!" I hear Barry's voice from the door, and I look over Cisco's shoulder to see him standing there, looking a little tired and eating a protein bar we keep in one of the cupboards.
"Alright, so where is Clyde Mardon?" I look around, not seeing anyone new around.
"He's dead..." Barry says after a moment of silence. I sigh and grab a bottle of water out of the fridge.
"At least he can't hurt anyone anymore," I say, and the silence sits heavily until the ringing of a phone breaks the silence.
"Crap. Day job. Gotta run." He says with a cheeky smile and vanishes in a gust of wind and a flash.
A/N
SUPER SHORT CHAPTER
Holy crap, I'm like a month late on when I said I would have the chapter out. I AM SO SORRY!
Schoolwork is piling up, and I haven't had much of a chance to log into Wattpad even. I'll do the best I can, and maybe over my break I can get some writing done. I'm still going to stick to my goal to finish one project before the end of this year, and I'm hoping it's this one. I've kept you all waiting so much, you deserve for it to come to a close.
I love you all for sticking with me, and being patient. And honestly, do NOT be afraid to private message me on here, it WILL give me a notification on my phone (I'll make sure of it)
You are free to ask any questions, and remind me to update if I say it'll be out and I'm slacking again.
Love you all <3
-Allie<3

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