36 New Addition and Savitar
It's been a few weeks since HR showed up, and after the formation of the Justice League nothing of interests has happened as of late besides everyone finding out that HR wasn't a genius like he claimed after he failed to properly use a computer, when a kid had used his programing skills to make everyone think a large monster was attacking the city
Recently Caitlin has been having nightmares of another life, and Naruto was growing worried as she said the dreams were of her as Killer Frost, she hasn't been hearing any voices which was good but with her in the later stages of her pregnancy Naruto feared the stress may cause complications
Knockout had left to visit her sister Barda after years apart now that Darkseid was gone,
Currently Naruto had clones under Uzumaki Labs where Gideon's brain was being installed while Cisco was working on a new way for the team to help in the field with a Holographic computer that linked to his suit
Caitlin was with another clone of Naruto helping it with a new security system that not only took fingerprints but small blood samples as well thanks to the blood seals that Naruto added
The original Naruto was out on patrol with Whitney racing through the city when they saw an apartment complex on fire, "Get the people out first!" Naruto said getting a nod before the two raced into the burning building and the spectators watched in surprise as the occupants began to appear on the street as the fire department arrived and as the last family was brought out the white and purple blurs of lightning raced back up the building and ran around the flames and gradually the flames were snuffed out and everyone cheered when they saw Flash and Impulse arrive
"Is everyone alright?" Flash asked walking forward getting nods from the families before Flash noticed a young boy sniffling and knelt down, "Hey, your not hurt are you?"
The boy shook his head, "W-where will we go?" he asked looking to the burnt building as Flash frowned
"Some of our entire lives were in that building, Flash." a woman said frowning
"I see." Flash said before he sped off and returned with multiple boxes of Pizza and handed them to Impulse, "Pass these around please."
Impulse nodded and took the boxes before walking to the people as they noticed Flash now had a tool belt around his waist, "Ok." Flash said before he sped forward and everyone watched in shock as the apartment began to get fixed up as the sound of tools being used was heard and in no time at all the complex was fixed
Suddenly the Flash sped out and away multiple times before he stopped in front of everyone who saw that the sleeves of his suit was gone showing his sweaty ripped arms as he clapped the dirt from his hands
"Okay, let's get the power and water back on." Flash said
"I got it" Impulse said before she sped into the building and after a moment everyone cheered when lights appeared in the windows as Impulse came out, and the two speedster sped off
Uzumaki Labs
Naruto entered the cortex and put his suit up, as Cisco walked in behind him
"How's it going?' Naruto asked
"Done, with the new holographic computer we can be of much better help when your in the field." Cisco said walking over after putting his tools away, "Whats with the alchemy circle?"
"It's a blood seal. It'll help us with the extra security we need around here now that Alchemy may be targeting Caitlin." Naruto frowned
"We don't know that." Caitlin said as the clone continued working
"Your right, but I will not loose anyone else. If we have to step up security here to obscene levels then we will."
"Define obscene." Caitlin said as Naruto took out a notebook
"Electrified land mines," Naruto began to read off his ideas
"No." Caitlin said immediately snatching the book, "Look I'm happy your going above and beyond with the baby and my safety but please don't get to crazy." Caitlin said getting a nod from Naruto who sighed, "Um can you go get me something to eat?'
"Sure what you want?" Naruto asked
"A Sausage egg biscuit, large curly fries, a chocalate sundae and a strawberry shake." Caitlin said as Naruto and Cisco looked at her, "I'm pregnant."
"Right." Naruto nodded before he sped off
"We have a problem." HR said entering the room with a board causing the two to look up
"Yeah, we do. He's still here." Cisco muttered to Caitlin who smiled
"Cisco, comedy of the obvious. I made a pact to justify my presence on your Earth and I think I got something."
"We're all ears." Caitlin said m
"Okay. I read every news report I can get my hands on. And I have come to a wonderful conclusion."
"And what is this conclusion?" Cisco asked
"Well Uzumaki Lab is a technological marvel, and has been helping the world in all, but it used to be S.T.A.R. Labs, and it's not gonna be long before people start putting the pieces together and figure out what else you're doing here. You're working with The Flash."
"Okay, so what's your idea?" Cisco asked
"Another disguise." Harry said as Naruto sped back in with Caitlin's food, "Oh N.A just in time, so how about we reopen this laboratory and I become the face of the new Uzumaki Labs, S.T.A.R. Labs Museum."
Naruto raised an eyebrow, "Have we not told him what happened to our Harrison?" he asked looking to Caitlin and Cisco who looked thoughtful
"No." Cisco and Caitlin said shaking their heads
"What, what happened?' HR asked
"Okay well a simple version. Your counterpart and his wife Tess were murdered by a evil speedster from a alternate future that took on Harrison's identity and years later confessed that he Harrison Wells murdered my family." Naruto said
"So basically, if you step foot outside this lab, you'll be arrested." Cisco added
"What? You're just telling me this now, you three rascals? What about the cryptogram? What about the message? Come to this Earth. Get a fresh start."
"Well, what about your résumé as a world-renowned genius scientist?" Naruto asked
"That's a good point. I guess we're even. If a string is in a knot, patience will untie it. Patience can do lots of things. Have you ever tried it?"
"What?" Cisco and Naruto, and the clone asked
"My dear ma used to say that to me all the time any time I had a problem. Now I have a problem. I guess I'm gonna use that adage to figure it out. S.T.A.R. Labs Museum, think about it." HR said leaving the room
"You think everyone on Earth-19 is missing crayons in the box, or just him?" Cisco asked
"Pretty sure that it's just him." Naruto said as Caitlin began eating her food before his phone rung
"Hello?..Hey Judge Hankerson, its been a while...Can't complain what can I do for you?...You want Uzumaki Labs to be involved with all Metahuman related crime scenes?...No of course me and my colleagues would be happy to do it...Thank you." Naruto hung up and looked to Caitlin who was looking at him still eating, "I'll let you finish that."
Later
Linda and Naruto walked up over as Julian was looking over a corpse, "Julian what do you got?" Linda asked
"Petechiae around the eye, the crushed larynx. This poor chap has got fingerprints all round his neck. He's clearly been strangled." Julian said
"I heard multiple witnesses said the man was attacked by a shadow." Naruto spoke up causing Julian to look up and see him
"Goodie. So a meta from Neverland's made the trip to Central City Fabulous. So far there's no forensic evidence that there was an assailant. No laceration marks. No fingernail marks."
"No DNA evidence underneath the fingernails?" Naruto asked
"Nothing yet, we'll have to wait and see. There's always something. Your turn." Julian said packing up his things before walking away
Linda slapped Naruto's arm and pointed to Julian, "Alright. Hey Julian, um," Naruto calls out causing Julian to turn to him, "Look we got off on the wrong foot, and I'm sorry about that, as a way of making it up I was wondering if you'd join us and our friends at that movie in the park thing. Uh, if you felt like going, it starts at 8:00. Our friends all are a bunch of nerds, so you'll fit right in."
"Well, that's a very enticing offer, Allen, but I'm actually seeing my girlfriend tonight, so."
"Say no more. Have a good time." Naruto said turning away while Julian walked off, "I tried." he told Linda who shrugged
Later, Uzumaki Labs
Naruto, Caitlin, and Cisco were in the cortex, overlooking the data Naruto got from the crime scene, "Killed by a shadow?" Caitlin asked getting a nod from Naruto, "That's a new one.".
"Do we know if this shadow meta is from the particle accelerator explosion or from Dr. Alchemy?" Cisco asked
"Not yet, no. We actually haven't found any evidence to process."
"If only we had a way, Francisco, to see what happened." HR said
"Oh yes. Where was the crime scene located?" Cisco asked
"In Chubbuck, uh, Palmer and Racine, around 11 last night." Naruto said
Quickly Cisco began to type on he keyboard and suddenly the lights went out and suddenly everyone found themselves at the crime scene
"Woah." Caitlin smiled looking around at the 3D hologram images before the victim appeared on his phone
"It works." Cisco laughed when suddenly a large shadow in the shape of a man appeared and grabbed the man before it snapped his neck, and the footage paused there, "That's gonna give me night terrors." Cisco said
"Shade." HR suddenly said looking at the meta while sipping his coffee
"What?" Naruto asked
"We had a meta-hominid on my planet who could do virtually the same thing, called himself "Shade." HR explained
"What did he do, throw his side-eye at his enemies?" Cisco asked
"No, I know, it's a terrible nickname, right? But what Shade could do was vibrate at such a high frequency he created the illusion that he was a shadow." HR explained
"That's how I phase." Naruto said
"Do you think he's doing the same thing?" Caitlin asked
"He has to be." Cisco said grabbing his tablet, and bringing up a UV scan, "Heat signature's fluctuating. Red shift is ridiculous."
"He must be slowing down his molecules whenever he attacks. So we just have to figure out a way to keep them slowed down, and that should be enough to grab him." Caitlin said
"All right, can you get started?" Naruto asked Cisco
"Okay, but, like, right this minute?" Cisco asked
"Yeah, I'm sorry but with Cait so close to her due date, and her having dreams of being Killer Frost I'm not comfortable with a meta being out and about, I want to be focusing on Alchemy."
"You got it." Cisco nodded getting to work as the 3D holograms disappeared and the lights of the cortex came back on
"How're you feeling?" Naruto asked
"Fine can't wait to meet little Nora." Caitlin smiled
"It could be a boy." Naruto smiled
"Still haven't thought of a name?"
"I'm partial to Dashiell Henry Allen."
"And let me guess. He'll be called Dash for short?" Caitlin asked
"Naturally." Naruto smiled causing Caitlin to giggle before she looked at her belly bump
Caitlin rubbed her belly before she looked to Naruto, "Promise me that if I ever come close to hurting our child that you'll do what's necessary." she said causing Naruto to frown
"You won't hurt the baby." Naruto stated before he took Caitlin's cheek in his palm, "Have faith in yourself. You'll get your powers back under control."
Caitlin nodded before the two shared a kiss, before she pulled back grunting, "Oh my god."
"What?" Naruto asked
"My water broke."
"W-what right now?" Naruto asked
"Yes, the baby is coming."
"Oh my god." Naruto said before he grabbed his phone, and called Linda, "Yeah, hello, Linda the baby is coming!"
Immediately Linda skidded to a stop in the cortex, "Get her to the medical room." she ordered as Naruto nodded and was about to make a move but Linda grabbed his arm, "Under no circunstance do you use your super speed "
"Okay." Naruto nodded as he picked up Caitlin and carried her to the medical wing and laid her on the bed, and he sped around the room and grabbed a chair and pulled it to the bedside before he sat and took her hand in his own, "Okay deep breaths. Squeeze my hand as hard as you need to, okay."
"Okay." Caitlin said as Linda, followed by Iris walked in and began to fulfill their duties as the midwives
9 Hours of Hard Labor Later
Naruto's entire arm was frozen solid as Caitlin continued to push while she squeezing his hand, Cisco, Whitney, and HR stood outside the room looking in through the window, when the sound of a babies cry was heard
"I got it!" Linda said taking the infant to the sink and cleaning it with the warm water they prepared, wrapping the infant in a towel, Linda walked to the parents smiling, "Congratulations, it's a boy."
Naruto vibrated his arm causing the ice to evaporate and he flexed his fingers and muscles before he reached forward, tears in his eyes as he accepted his son,
Sobbing laughter left Naruto as he looked at his child, "Hi." he greeted as the baby's matching blue eyes looked up at him, "I'm your daddy."
Naruto turned to Caitlin and handed her the baby, "Ooh, he's beautiful." Caitlin said
Everyone smiled watching the new parents with their son, before am alert went off
"The metahuman app!" Cisco said rushing to the cortex, "Shade is back!"
"Alright," Naruto sighed about to stand back up
"Don't worry about it, Whitney, and I'll take care of it." Linda said
"Yeah, stay here." Whitney said before she and Linda nodded to one another and sped off
Hofherr Park
The day had been going well, everyone was enjoying themselves, when the shadow meta appeared and began to toss around chairs and as everyone ran, Shade stopped in front of two kids looking up at him in fear, before he took a swipe at them, but a purple streak of lightning saved them, and Lady Flash stopped in front of Shade
Meanwhile
Naruto left Caitlin in the medical room to rest, as he took the baby to a room they prepared, as Cisco, and HR monitored the situation at Hoffer Park
Caitlin sat up, as she heard a voice, "Caitlin. Congratulations on the baby. The time has come to set you free. Find me. And I will release you from all of this. I can make you whole."
Cisco and HR used the holographic tech to look around and they saw Lady Flash and Impulse in front of Shade, when they saw Caitlin enter, "Hey, you should be resting."
Caitlin remained silent before a she waved her hand and cold mist shot at Cisco and Hr, pinning them to the wall in a sheet of ice, before Caitlin walked away
Hofher Park
"I came for the Flash, not little girls."
"Wow." Lady Flash said
"This ass kicking your about to get from these little girls will be all the more sweeter." Impulse said cracking her knuckles
"I kill you, maybe the Flash will come out to play." Shade said before he enlarged his fist and punched at the duo who sped out of the way, but he dived underground and came up swiping at the two but Impulse ducked and punched at Shade only to go through him,
Lady Flash saw this as she gained an idea, "He's a shadow right? Well let's shine a little light on him." she said before she suddenly began to glow brightly causing Shade to scream and cover his eyes as he began to shrink, and returned to his human form, and immediately Impulse arrived with a punch to the jaw sending him stumbling before she turned again and punched his stumbling form again, and jumped in the air with a 360 spinning kick to the face, knocking Shade unconscious
"Nice." Lady Flash said as she stopped glowing and metahuman handcuffs were put on Shade
"Thanks." Impulse said as she and Lady Flash fist bumped and looked up as the police arrived and took Shade off their hands before the two sped off
Uzumaki Labs
Naruto entered the cortex to check on the progress of the Shade situation, when he saw HR, and Cisco frozen, "Guys!" Naruto yelled rushing over and placing a hand on the ice before he went about melting it, just as the girls returned
"What happened?' Linda asked
"I don't know." Naruto said as the ice collapsed into water, and HR, and Cisco collapsed shivering, "What happened."
"C-C-C-Cait-Lin." Cisco said shivering
Naruto sped to the medical room and found the be empty, "Gideon!" he screamed and over the computer console Gideon appeared, "Where is Caitlin?'
"She has left the property."
"Locate the tracer in her necklace."
"You out a tracer on her?" Linda asked
"Alchemy is going after my until recently pregnant girlfriend, of course I put a tracer in her necklace." Naruto said and upon getting the location, he sped off after yelling, "Stay here with Dash!"
With Caitlin,
Alchemy stood in his base, an abandoned subway station as Caitlin entered while the Rival, and 3 men in robes kneeled in front of Alchemy, "Hello, Caitlin."
"Are you him? Are you the voice I've been hearing inside my head?" Caitlin asked
"I am Alchemy.
"What did you do to me?'
"Months ago, I came across your counterpart from Earth-2, Killer Frost. She had just lost everything and was on the run from Zoom. I gave her a place to hide, using the device her beloved Deathstorm, and my Brahmastra we fused her with you, when you were leaving the doctors office."
Caitlin had wide eyes, "What?"
"Time to wake her up." Alchemy said holding up the Brahmastra that glowed before a white streak of lightning appeared and punched Alchemy into a wall, the Brahmastra hit Caitlin as it flew out of Alchemy's hand and a cocoon surrounded Caitlin causing Flash's eyes to widen, and before he could do anything The Rival slammed him into a wall
"She's one of us now." The Rival smirked
Flash smirked, "Don't be so sure." he said as Cisco who had been watching appeared from a breech, and opened one under the cocoon and jumped into the breech after it
"No!" Clariss hissed but he looked to Naruto who was looking around as a white flash was speeding around the room, and once Clariss saw it he released Naruto and bowed beside Alchemy
Naruto went wide eyed as Savitar appeared, "Oh you have got to be kidding me." he said
"Bow to your god." Savitar ordered towering over Naruto who flexed his fingers and balled his hands into fists
"Make me." Naruto said
"That is doable." Savitar said as Clariss tried a sneak Naruto but Naruto performed a super speed backstop, and a backhand sent Clariss through the wall, and Naruto was punched by Savitar into the wall, and ducked when a retractable blade was tabbed at his shoulder before he sped off with Savitar in pursuit
2 streaks of white lightning sped through the city and out of it, around the world, Naruto parried a punch and elbowed Savitar in the ribs but was annoyed at the armor, and grunted when he was punched in the temple and quickly grabbed Savitar's arm and slammed him into the ground and spun at high speeds causing a small tornado to form before he tossed Savitar away, before armored speedster ran around Naruto and sped in punching Naruto in the gut sending him off his feet before another punch to the face sent him flying further up but jis ankles were grabbed and he was slammed face first into the ground before sent flying at a tree
Naruto grabbed the tree, and spun around it, before he kicked off it and was sent rocketing at Savitar, who moved out of the way, but Naruto's arm closedline him in the gut, that Naruto turned into, grabbing his own hand that was holding onto Savitsr's armor, and a suplex sent Savitar headfirst into the ground
Savitar was about to sped to his feet, but Naruto had beat him to it and kicked him in the gut sending him flying back through a few trees, speeding forward Naruto put up his hands in an x pattern as Savitar snacked him with three sending him flying back, before Savitar tackled him through it into the hard rock of a mountain,
Grasping Naruto's left shoulder, Savitar punched him in the gut, then the face, and tried again but Naruto ducked and got from between Savitar and the mountain, and once Savitar turned around, 3 quick jabs to the armored speedster gut dented the armor causing grunts to be heard
Naruto gave two more jabs to Savitar's torso, before a right hook to the head causing Savitar to shout, as the right hook struck again before the left sent him reeling, Naruto saw the sloppy hook coming and sped back slightly out of reach, and sped forward slamming his shoulder into Savitar sending him flying through the mountain
"You may be fast, but you can't fight worth a damn." Naruto said before he suddenly ducked as Savitar swiped at him with his arm blade, and quickly Naruto placed a foot behind Savitar's and grabbed him by the armored face and slammed his head into the ground before Naruto grabbed his foot and tossed Savitar back at the mountain before a kicked to the face caused a large dent and cracks to form in the mountain
Naruto pulled Savitar to his feet, and slammed him up against the mountain twice, before punching him in the gut with a left haymaker, before a right hook turned Savitar's helmeted head, followed by a left hook, before a left uppercut to Savitar's armored chest put a new dent in the armor, before sped jabs, and a right uppercut sent Saivtar into the air
Savitar latched his blade into the mountain stopping his momentum, and reached the peak of the mountain before he jumped off into the distance into the forest and landed on a tree before he sped back to Naruto who was looking around and punched him in the back sending him flying into the mountain
Savitar was about to attack, but heard, "Gott'em!" and turned to eat a basketball sized Rasengan to the face
With an power explosion Savitar was sent spiralling back as Naruto panted, "Now let's see that face." Naruto said as he began to walk forward but Savitar was pulled up and blinked out of existence with a white snap of electricity, looking around to make sure he was coming back, Naruto gasped, "Caitlin!"
With repeated sonic booms from breaking the sound barrier repeatedly, Naruto sped away back to Central City into the cortex of the lab and saw the cocoon on a bed in the medical room,
"You okay?" Linda asked
"Later. How she doing?" Naruto asked
"We don't know. Caitlin is alive in there, but her vitals are really subdued. Her brain function is low. Something like you'd see in a coma patient." Cisco said
"Can we take him out?"
"When a caterpillar is in its chrysalis, it literally breaks its body down into enzyme soup before rebuilding as a butterfly. If this cocoon is doing the same thing to Caitlin, I just I don't know." Cisco sighed
"So if we take her out, she could die." Whitney frowned
"Yeah." Cisco said causing Naruto frown
"Today is our sons first brithday, I will not lose his mother on what should be the happiest day of my life." Naruto said
"So what do we do?" Iris asked
"We wait." Naruto nodded
"And hope that she is still the Caitlin we know and love, when she emerges." Linda said
Everyone sighed looking at the cocoon.
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AN: There will be no Ralph Dibney, but there will be Helen Parr.
When Caitlin uses her powers think of Frozone.
