quiver - barry allen

19.

"He cheated on me," she said, finally showing the emotions that she had been fighting. Oliver reached forward and gave his sister a hug as she started sobbing into his chest.

Quiver

Chapter 19; Keeping in Control

"Have you heard of color psychology?" Caitlin asked Charlotte and Felicity once the former blonde came back from her "training" with Oliver and Barry.

"The theory that changes in the color spectrum can affect emotion," Felicity confirmed.

"It is so nice to have another woman to talk to," Caitlin told her. Charlotte gave a not-so-subtle cough in Caitlin's direction to which the brunette added, "besides Charlie. I was thinking that if Bivolo uses color to induce the temporary psychosis, maybe we can use light and color to reverse it."

"Miss Smoak and Miss Queen," a voice called out from the hallway, interrupting the girls. The three of them turned to see Harrison Wells sitting there. "A word, if you please." Charlotte and Felicity shared a look before following the man out into the hallway. 

"Hey, what's up, Doc?" Felicity asked, as the girls jogged to catch up to him. Charlotte rolled her eyes and mentally face-palmed at Felicity's ability to make any situation more awkward or worse with just a few words. "Sorry, that was dumb. Remember, I went to M.I.T."

"Yes, you're smart. Felicity, Charlotte, I like to surround my team with known quantities. That is because I find the unknown to be toxic, dangerous. The Arrow is unknown," Dr. Wells spoke as the three of them came to a stop by the elevator.

"I can assure you, Dr. Wells, he's not dangerous," Charlotte defended. 

"To us," Felicity added. Charlotte gave her a look before returning her attention back to the older man in front of them.

"Well, of that, I have little doubt. And yet, I find myself with a conundrum. How can I completely trust a man when I don't even know his name? And so, I was hoping, Miss Smoak or Miss Queen, that you could help me trust him. Who is he under the hood?"

"That is not our secret to tell, Dr. Wells," Felicity said with a straight face.

"Surely you know how important it is to keep a secret identity?" Charlotte asked, placing a hand on her hip. Dr. Wells looked taken aback for a split second before he chuckled and nodded his head. 

"Of course. I'll figure it out on my own." The two blondes stared at the doctor with skeptical looks as he rode away. A slight 'woosh' sound behind them, and a flash of light, made them snap out of their trance and turn around.

"Hey, how'd it go with Oliver?" Felicity asked. Charlotte rolled her eyes and scoffed. Felicity turned to her and then back to Oliver with a quizzical facial expression. 

"You know, to be honest, not exactly the partnership I thought it would be," Barry responded as they walked over towards the Cortex.

"Oh, did he really do the thing with the arrows?"

"You knew he was going to shoot me?" Barry accused as his voice went up higher than usual.

"Whoa, it is practically impossible to tell when Oliver's making a joke," defended Felicity with her hands raised in mock surrender.

"Hey, we just got a ping from the facial recognition software on Bivolo, aka, Prism," Cisco announced.

"Since when do we have facial recognition software?" Charlotte asked as she stepped further into the room.