Daughter of The Flash

014. FALLOUT

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THEY SAY SILENCE CAN SAY A THOUSAND WORDS, RIGHT NOW BELLA DIDN'T LIKE WHAT SHE WAS LISTENING. The explosion of their nuclear man had gone off and silence filled the air as it suffocated Bella's heart not knowing what was going on.

"Barry?" Wells called out into the mic that was connected to Barry's suit, "Barry, what happened out there?"

"Are you guys okay?" Cisco asked from his mic on the other side of the long table.

"Cait? Dad?" Bella also called out beside Cisco, her heart only aching the longer she heard nothing.

They heard a bit of shuffling and static in complete silence before finally, a voice answered, "I think so."

All three of Bella, Wells, and Cisco gave out a sigh of relief at hearing the voice of their friend. They then kept listening and trying to figure out what was going on, "Oh, God. The nuclear explosion. There's no telling how much radiation we were exposed to."

"Wait wait, wait, wait, wait, this can't be. The Geiger counter in the suit it's reading less than one milligram." Cisco protested as he checked the data on the computer.

"But that's normal." They heard Barry say out loud.

"There's no radiation." Wells pointed out.

"Wait," Bella spoke out loud in confusion, "but how can there be no radiation?"

"We still didn't know," Cisco said as they watched a small red dot zoom from one point to the area where the explosion began.

"Did it work? Did you separate them?" Cisco asked from his place as all three of them watched with a diagram and noises to tell them what's going on in the other end.

"I don't know." They heard Barry answer as he breathed a little heavy. Whether from worry or possibly running, none of them knew.

"Ronnie?" Caitlin's voice was heard. Besides Bella, Cisco tensed at the name, "Tell me your name."

"Ronnie Raymond." Another familiar voice said from the speakers, "Cait. It's me."

"Is that?" Bella asked not quite finishing her question as she turned to Cisco who was softly smiling.

"We're coming home." They heard Barry say ever so confidently as the three of them smiled from one another at S.T.A.R Labs, "All of us."

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None of them knew how but in some way all four of their friends came back and were now coming up the elevator. Bella and Cisco were the first to run in the hallway and see the group as the elevator doors opened.

"Ronnie Raymond," Cisco said out loud as he walked at the same pace and went to the now separated Ronnie Raymond.

Meanwhile, Bella had speed up and went to a full sprint before she jumped and wrapped her arms around her father who picked the girl up and spun her around. The rest turned to the father and daughter at hearing the small yelp that had escaped the young girl's mouth not expecting the spin and at the edge of slipping away.