T H I R T Y - F I V E:
dick of the year

Electric Storm appeared at the intersection and looked at the Flash. She was trying her best to try and not over locate herself. It would've been bad if she ended up a street ahead.

"Guys, which way?" the Flash asked. Bibiana turned on her earpiece and listened for the voice of her friends.

"Left. Right."

"Right. Left," Cisco and Caitlin said at the same time.

"I'll try and get Queen," Electric Strom said. She turned into pure purple energy and left. The girl appeared at the edge of the street and heard Dr. Wells voice.

"Make a detour." Bibiana summoned a large purple shield and blocked the road. It caused Queen to take a different route.

Electric Storm turned back into energy and left to go to the next intersection. She arrived just in time to see Barry taking away the keys from the three motorcycles. The girl in purple was taken away by the Flash.

She stumbled a few steps when being set down. That was one thing Bibiana didn't miss ever since she could turn into pure energy.

"Give me some. Ha, ha," Barry said. Bibiana gave him a high five before she powered down her mask.

"I need some coffee," Bibiana commented. She was tired from a day of fighting crime and working in the lab. After being kidnapped, she spent most of her time looking for a new apartment. She desperately needed it.

"Yo," Cisco said, walking towards Barry. He gave Barry a high five before handing Bibiana a cup of coffee.

"Efficiently done, Mr. Allen, Ms. Solace," Dr. Wells said.

"We need a picture," Cisco said, leaving the cortex to get his phone.

"I'm pretty sure rule number one of having a secret identity is not taking pictures in your super suit without a mask on," Barry said.

"I hope you remember what I got you for Christmas," Bibiana reminded him with a smirk. In a folder in the picture frame, Bibiana got him, there were pictures of them all.

"Oh, come on," Cisco said, walking back in. "Please? This is just for us. Just to document all this."

"Who knows?" Dr. Wells said. "Maybe people in the future will wanna know how all this happened."

"Can the people in the future be aware of the dangers of the past?" Bibiana mumbled while taking a sip of her coffee.

"All right, if you want the future to have the whole story," Barry said. "We all need to be in it."

"First let me put on some makeup," Caitlin said.

"I also need to pee," Bibiana added. Having powers doesn't mean that she doesn't need to go to the loo anymore.

"The future does not care about your makeup," Cisco said. He turned to Bibiana. "We'll take the picture really quick so you don't get a bladder infection."

"Mm-mm," Barry said. Bibiana joined her friends and boss to take a picture. Her coffee mug in her hands. "Okay. Big smiles."

Bibiana put a smile on her face while holding on tight to her coffee cup.

"Three, two, one." Barry snapped the picture, ran into it, then went back to holding the camera.

"Does that count as a selfie?" Caitlin asked.

"Well, he did take a picture of himself," Bibiana replied, taking a sip of her coffee. "Which is the definition of it according to Google when I searched it up during my late night thoughts."

"Absolutely," Barry said.

"Sick," Cisco said, grabbing the phone from Barry. "Damn, I look good."

"Send it to me," Bibiana said, rushing to Cisco's side. She took a look at the picture and saw that Barry gave her the bunny ears. "Isn't he just funny? Okay, restroom time."

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"Yeah," Bibiana said, over the phone while she looked for apartments over the Internet. All of her things were already packed and ready to be moved. "I have all of my information, credit scores, history records. I even checked the apartment out a few days ago."

The girl scrolled through the pictures of the new apartment. It seemed like a place she wanted to stay at.

"Great," Bibiana said. "So I can move in tomorrow? Thank you! I promise you that I will pay rent and everything on time."

The girl hung up on the phone. She switched from apartment searching to Netflix searching.

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"Nope, wrong turn," Bibiana mumbled to herself. She was trying to locate Dr. Wells house but had instead found herself in the middle of nowhere. "Why couldn't you live in a normal apartment, Harrison Wells."

Bibiana backed out of the wrong driveway and kept searching. Soon she parked in front of a mansion with police cruisers everywhere.

"I found it," Bibiana mumbled to herself. She parked her car before she got out. The girl ran into the house with a bag of Big Belly Burger in her hands. She soon implanted herself in with her group of friends.

"Okay, so on my way here. I accidentally found myself at a Big Belly Burger, a stranger home, and a carnival," Bibiana summed up her morning. "I couldn't resist the Big Belly Burger."

"None of you ever been here?" Barry asked, surprised. "Really, never?"

"He tends to keep his private life private," Caitlin answered.

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The young twenty-three-year-old of was typing away on her tablet, while walking through the hallway. She was working hard on S.T.A.R. Labs current project. The particle accelerator. Bibiana Solace looked up and saw a boy around her age. He wore a shirt that read: Keep Calm and Han Shot First.

"I like your shirt," Bibiana told him. "Totally agree."

"Thanks," Cisco replied. Bibiana tucked the tablet between her left arm and armpit and stretched out her right hand.

"Bibiana Solace," Bibiana introduced herself. "Are you going to be apart of Hartley's team?"

"Cisco Ramon," Cisco replied, shaking Bibiana's hand. "That's what I'm hoping for. I am a mechanical engineer."

"Officially, I'm the IT but unofficially I do more here at S.T.A.R. Labs," Bibiana said. Her voice dropped to a whisper. "Just so you know. Hartley is a dick so watch out for him."

"I don't think I made an impression on him with my shirt," Cisco said, motioning to his shirt. Bibiana let out a scoff.

"You should hear about my first day here," Bibiana said. "Fresh out of college. The first day on the job, I came in a Big Bang Theory t-shirt and ripped jeans. It was also the day I annoyed Hartley to bits."

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"Hartley Rathaway possesses one of the finest scientific minds I've ever encountered," Dr. Wells said. Bibiana stared at the picture of Hartley, wishing she had darts. He annoyed Bibiana so much when they worked together.

"Any ties to Rathaway Industries?" Joe asked.

"His grandfather founded it, his father expanded it," Dr. Wells explained. "Hartley here was set to inherit the throne."

"What happened?" Barry asked. Bibiana let out a small growl.

"He came out to his parents," Caitlin said. "Old money, old values."

"Before I even found that bit out, I was always under the influence he was gay," Bibiana said. She had no problem with Hartley being gay since she was bisexual. The girl was all about the LGBTQ+ community, but Hartley always knew how to get under her skin.

"They were estranged when we met but brilliant," Dr. Wells said. "I couldn't have built the accelerator without him."

"You guys have never even mentioned his name," Barry said. He looked over at his friends and girlfriend.

"That's because Hartley had a challenging personality," Caitlin said, scratching the back of her neck.

"What she means is he was mostly a jerk," Cisco translated.

"Jerk? I called him a dick," Bibiana said out loud.

"BUT every once in a while he could be a dick," Cisco said. Joe chuckled at their words. It was always entertaining to see Bibiana and Cisco hating someone.

"Let's just say that Hartley, like many outliers, had trouble relating to his peers," Dr. Wells suggested.

"Yes, but he was always your favorite," Caitlin commented.

"The one you picked over many others," Bibiana said, she grabbed a water bottle. Instead of doing any throwing, she took a sip of it.

"The chosen one," Cisco said. "He referred to himself like that."

"It always made me want to punch him in the throat," Bibiana added. "Like who made him Harry Potter?"

"So if you two were so close, why would he target you?" Joe asked.

"Hartley left S.T.A.R. Labs about a year ago after we had..." Dr. Wells trailed off. "... a disagreement."

"About what?" Joe asked.

"Look, don't worry. We'll stop him," Barry interrupted. "I won't let him hurt you, any of you. Let's get back to my lab."

Joe and Barry left the cortex, leaving certain individuals. Alone with a common hatred.

"I could have gone my whole life without seeing that jerk again," Cisco said.

"I would say the same," Bibiana agreed. She looked down at her phone and saw it was time. "I have to go now and move all of my things into my new apartment."

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