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S I X T Y - T H R E E:
finding wells
"No!" Bibiana yelled. She held on tight to Jade's body with a horrified expression on her face. "I won't let you take her!"
"Bibiana, let my child go," Monica told Bibiana. The girl simply held onto Jade tighter. She had a blast hanging out with Jade and Rai. It was hard to see them leave.
"Hey, you'll see them again," Barry informed his girlfriend. He carefully removed Bibiana from Jade and took her backward.
"Thanks, Barry," Ross thanked him. "We could've been here for an hour if it wasn't for you."
"All in a days work," Barry replied with a smile. His phone beeped causing him to check it. "And I'm late."
"Flash!" Rai screamed. The color drained out of Bibiana's face from horror.
"Awee, he said his third word," Monica noted. She started to tickle Rai's chin. "I know, aunt Bibiana gave you a new Flash costume."
"No!" Rai yelled. He pointed at Barry. "Flash!"
Everyone turned to look at Barry. He was wearing a Flash shirt that they made. They didn't know when Rai was going to scream again so they had to take precautions.
"Yes. Barry is wearing a Flash shirt," Ross noted. He turned to Barry and gave him a bro hug. "See you next time."
"Bye. See you all another time," said Barry, before he left.
"I'm going to go and pack up the rest of the kid's things," Monica announced. She took Jade and Rai with her leaving the siblings alone.
"So how was the mission?" Bibiana asked. She went into her kitchen and took out a water bottle.
"Other than the fact that we almost lost our lives, multiple times. I would say really good," Ross replied with a huge grin. "Hey, what do you think of the name Bibiana or Calum?"
"Monica is pregnant?" Bibiana yelled. Her mind raced with different thoughts.
"With twins," Ross added. Bibiana looked at him with wide eyes. "The twin gene is strong in our family."
"How long have you kept this?" Bibiana asked. "And none of us are twins."
"Three months now?" Ross questioned. "And we have cousins who are twins."
Monica walked back into the general area that they were at. Bibiana stared at her stomach and noticed the pregnancy bump under the baggy shirt. She felt the need to get pregnant.
"I want kids," Bibiana commented.
"No you don't," Monica replied. She opened Bibiana's fridge and took out Nutella and a pickle. The pregnant lady went back into the room to finish packing.
"Have you done it with Barry?" Ross asked. Bibiana wanted to gasp for air and cough.
"No," Bibiana answered. They were close to doing it once before Firestorm happened. The two haven't come close to that moment since then.
"Are you still a virgin? Are you a twenty-five-year-old virgin?" Ross teased.
"Please, I lost that back in college," Bibiana answered. Her phone started to beep with a text from Cisco. She quickly glanced at it and looked back up. "Okay, I need you to lock the apartment after you leave. There's a small emergency at work that needs my attention."
Ross hugged his sister.
"Bye. I'll see you on our trip to yeye and nai nai's house," Ross replied. He used the terms that they called their grandparents in China. Bibiana smiled at the thought of returning to her grandparents home.
"Bye. Tell Jade and Rai that I love them," Bibiana said.
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"I kept asking myself, why would Wells pretend to need a wheelchair?" Cisco asked. They were all standing around the cortex with Wells wheelchair in the middle.
"Sympathy, I suppose," Caitlin answered.
"To try and take him off the table as a possible Reverse-Flash suspect?" Bibiana suggested.
"That's what I thought at first. But he's the Man In Yellow, the Reverse Flash. He's much smarter than that," Cisco replied. "Sympathy can't be the only reason."
Yeah, it's just what Bibiana said. It's a misdirect, like everything else Wells has done," responded Joe. "I mean, who would suspect a man in a wheelchair to be the Man In Yellow."
"Thanks for backing me up," Bibiana thanked Joe.
"Exactly right," Cisco replied. "Which is why I started messing around with the wheelchair." Cisco flipped the chair over. "And that's when I found this." He opened something that was on the wheel. It looked like advanced technology, like really advanced. Future tech.
"Damn. You can't get that at RadioShack," Joe commented.
"Or the Black Market," Bibiana added, taking a closer look.
"It looks like the tech inside Gideon," Barry noted.
"I measured the output and this thing is kicking off serious juice," Cisco informed them. "I mean, enough to power all of Central City."
"Seriously?" Joe asked.
"Oh, yeah," answered Cisco.
"What do you think Wells was using it for?" Barry asked.
"I think this thing is some kind of battery," explained Cisco.
"Battery?" questioned Joe.
"As in Wells was using it to power himself," Cisco responded. "To gain more speed. And that's why he's so much faster than you." He pointed at Barry.
"It isn't the craziest thing we heard of," Bibiana replied.
The cortex computer soon started to go off with an alert. Caitlin, Cisco, and Bibiana ran over to it and to see what was wrong. Bibiana's eyes scanned the screen and saw that the accelerator was switched back on.
"The accelerator, it's been reactivated," Cisco announced.
"It can't be," Caitlin replied.
"That can't be right," Bibiana muttered.
"How is that possible? It blew up," Joe asked.
"It had to have been rebuilt," Cisco answered.
"Wells," Barry replied with a dark look on his face.
"Even if he did rebuild it, how did Dr. Wells turn the particle accelerator on?" Caitlin asked.
"He's here," answered Barry. "That's why we couldn't find him. He's been inside S.T.A.R. Labs the whole time."
"Stay here," Cisco told Caitlin.
"Stay safe," Bibiana added. She followed Joe, Barry, and Cisco down towards the pipeline.
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"Cisco, what'd you bring the orange soda for?" Joe asked.
"Whenever something happens with the Reverse-Flash, the liquid starts to floats in the air," Cisco replied. "You know, Barry's fish tank, Well's champagne, Lance's coffee. Remember that? If this does the same thing, we'll know that Wells is in there."
Bibiana nervously glanced at the soda and hoped for the best. She didn't have cheerful reunions with the Reverse-Flash. They mostly ended up with her being badly injured or dead.
"Do it," Barry told Cisco.
The long-haired boy opened up the pipeline. They slowly walked into the accelerator, where they could see all of their cells. As a precaution, Bibiana glanced at the soda again. She witnessed Cisco's panic face when the soda started to float.
"Oh, we are gonna die," Bibiana whimpered.
"Guys," Cisco said, trying to get the rest of the group's attention. The Reverse-Flash ran pass them and pushed Bibiana out of the way. She fell on the floor with a strong impact but she managed to see Barry go after Wells.
"Barry!" Joe yelled.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa. What do we do now?" Cisco asked. The two men, helped Bibiana back up when they heard a voice.
"Prisoner release protocol initiate," the computer voice announced.
"Oh, no, no, no, no," said Cisco.
They watched as the doors open and Peek-a-Boo teleported. Before anyone could do anything, Shawna took Joe's gun. She hit all three of them really hard, causing them to fall onto the floor of the accelerator.
There was a sound of a gunshot, a yell, and doors closing. Cisco turned around to see that there was blood in Bibiana's hair. He rushed to her side along with Joe. The boy pushed aside Bibiana's hair to see the wound. It appeared to be slowly closing up. They both watched as it completely healed.
"We got to wake her up," Joe said. A small groan called their attention.
Bibiana slowly pushed herself up and felt a killer headache.
"Why does my head hurt so much?" Bibiana asked. She touched her head and felt the wet stickiness of the blood. Slowly, she pulled her hand back and saw blood. "Why does this not surprise me?"
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"Are you okay?" Cisco asked Caitlin. They had already established that Bibiana was okay, especially after locking up Shawna again.
"Yeah, I will be thanks to Iris," Caitlin replied. "I'm glad you showed up."
"How do you think she got out of there?" Iris asked, referring to Shawna.
"One person," Bibiana answered.
"Wells must have released her," Cisco added.
"Help!" yelled a distant voice.
"Wait a sec. Did you hear that?" Joe asked.
"Yeah, it sounded like a cry for help," Bibiana answered. "Or a cow."
"I checked all the containment cells. Everyone's accounted for," Caitlin replied.
"No, no. Listen," Joe told them. They all stayed silent.
"Help! Down here!" was all Bibiana managed to make out.
"I think we found out missing person," muttered Bibiana.
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"Your vitals are normal, but you're just a little dehydrated," Caitlin explained to Eddie. Joe and Iris had taken him out of an underground lair. "The IV should help with that, but drink some fluids and stay off your feet. Okay, Eddie?"
"Thanks, Caitlin," Eddie replied. A streak of red entered the cortex, signaling that Barry had arrived.
"Wells got away. Ah. He was too fast," Barry informed them. Bibiana looked up from drying her hair to see Barry catching his breath. "He's always too fast. Eddie."
"We found him under that hatch in the pipeline," Cisco explained.
"It's always an underground lair or a high up place," Bibiana added. "You learn that after so many comics."
"I'm so sorry. I thought I looked everywhere for you," Barry told Eddie.
"It's not your fault. Sometimes you just can't see the clues even if they're right in front of you," Eddie said. He looked at Bibiana and Iris, which was strange.
"Or they can be under your nose," Bibiana joke during a serious matter.
"Um, well, you know, all that's important is that we're all safe and back together, right?" Iris asked.
"Eddie, why'd he take you?" Joe asked.
"I don't know," Eddie replied. "He said that we're family. Said his name was Eobard Thawne."
"Eobard Thawne. It's just like in my dream," said Cisco.
"Did he say anything else?" Joe asked. "I mean, anything that could help us figure out what he's really after?"
"World domination, murdering Barry, murdering me, take control over Central City, or you know, rule the galaxy," Bibiana suggested. She was trying to help Eddie jog his memory.
"He didn't say much. Just kept working on some tube," Eddie replied.
"A tube? What did it look like?" Cisco asked.
"Metallic and futuristic. He said it was the key to him getting back everything that was taken from him," Eddie explained.
"The key? I don't understand. What--?" Barry rumbled off.
"I don't know. Look, I just wanna go home," Eddie responded. "Is that okay?"
"Yes. Of course," Catlin answered.
"I'll make sure he gets some rest," Iris said.
"What happened to your head?" Eddie asked Bibiana before he was taken out of the cortex. Bibiana removed the towel from her hair to reveal the dried blood.
"What did happen to your head?" Barry asked, worried.
"I fell down twice," Bibiana answered. She threw the towel on the bed and crossed her arms. "We got other things to worry about than my healed head."
"What di you think Wells was talking about? I mean-" Barry was cut off by the computer beeping. Cisco ran over to check what happened.
"Oh, no, no, no," Cisco said.
"What?" Barry asked. Cisco ran out of the cortex, confusing everyone. "What now?"
"Um, are you seeing this?" Cisco asked from the computer. He was recording himself and a blue cylinder thing. "That's the tube Eddie was talking about. It's some sort of power source. That's what's charging the accelerator."
"Can you shut it down?" Barry asked.
"Do you see a power button anywhere on this thing?" Cisco asked. "Dude, this thing is from the future. It's beyond me. I press or touch or cut the wrong thing I could bring the building down."
"Okay, how long until it's fully functional?" Barry asked.
"Best I can tell, thirty-six hours," Cisco answered. "Bibiana?"
The girl stared at the screen and did the math in her head. "Thirty-five to thirty-seven hours."
"That's when Wells will be back," Barry replied.
"Why would Wells want the particle accelerator to work again?" Joe asked.
"I don't know. It's not like it was a success the first time," Cisco answered.
"It made the Flash and Electric Storm," Barry added.
"That's not all it did," Caitlin said.
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I'm home alone, chilling in my living room. so I guess I'll write until my family gets back home.
ALSO! I HAVE PUBLISHED THE FIRST CHAPTER TO MY LEGENDS OF TOMORROW FANFICTION! I have two more books on the way that will be over the Arrow and Supergirl. So when the crossovers happen, you'll see Bibiana, Lace, Eliza, and Rae. :)
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