Adventure in Starling City

Through my random contacts and some chatter I heard there was a strange crime happening in another city.

Strange as in it sounded like a man busted through metal by himself.

So I made up a lie called in sick to work and boarded a train.

Unfortunately it was raining outside and the taxi I was trying to go for left before I could grab the door so I was beyond soaked but that didn't matter I made it to the crime scene before anything really happened.

I walked through the building to get to the labs, so I was behind everyone when they were discussing what happened.

Random police was showing something on a tablet. "The rest of the crew must've came in behind him, he was the only one we caught on camera."

I talk myself up for a moment. "Actually it was only one guy.

Sorry I'm late.

My train was late, well I missed the first one, then I missed the cab then he went the wrong way.

But I'm here now ready to help."

"Great, who the hell are you."

"And does your parents know you're here?"

"Hurtful.. and I'm Barry Allen. I'm from the Central City Police Department, I'm with the crime scene investigation unit.

We are working on a case with some similar peculiar issues as this one so I was sent over by my captain."

"And you think one guy ripped through this door like…. It was tin foil."

"Yes, one very strong guy, one I wouldn't want to mess with but yes all signs lead to it being one.

It takes about 1,250 foot pounds of torque to break someone's neck."

I brought up a picture of the victim on a table and showed it to them.

"As you can see on the guards neck it looks like it only took one hand to break it."

I looked at Mr. Queen. "You look like you don't know how hard it is to break a neck."

He slightly shook his head. "Umm, no, no I don't."

Random guy. "We are going to need a list of the entire inventory here to figure out what was stolen."

"No need, I already know what was taken, a centrifuge, an industrial centrifuge, probably the Cord Enterprises 2BX-900.

I've been reading up on it, its quite an amazing machine if I might."

Everyone was just staring at me.

"Ok, let's move on, it's has a three column base, and if u look over here u can see the three sets of broken bolts were it was just ripped from the ground."

Mr. Lance. "What exactly is a centrifuge?"

Ms. Smoke. "It separates liquids. The centripetal acceleration causes denser substances to separate out along the radial direction."

"And the light objects move to the top."

"What did you say your name was again."

"Barry. Allen. Might I say it's amazing that someone actually speaks English around here."

"Felicity. Smoke. And thank you."

Mr. Lance. "That's was English?"

I was getting stared at by Mr. Queen.

"Um sure, you can see the crack looking like footprints heading towards the door, one guys.

It's just a theory, one with might I say a lot of evidence but a theory nonetheless."

Mr. Lance. "There has to be another theory that makes more sense."

As everyone was leaving the scene Felicity came up to me. "Oliver asked me to come and invite you to do everything in house, he likes it better that way."

Later I stopped by Queens Industries to see where I'd setup my equipment I brought with me, at first it looked like Oliver didn't ask me to be there, but he still agreed so Felicity showed me to a space to setup.

Later me and Felicity went back to the scene and I setup some uv lights around the missing device, I'm trying to catch anything that might of fell off his shoes to help us track where the person came from.

I found a piece of dirt that shouldn't be there and put it in the machine to help tell me what and where it is.

While I was wait I had to ask about the vigilante, in the papers it said she was saved by him so maybe she knows something.

"So, you've had to see him, right? The vigilante. I read that he saved you so, what is he like?"

"Green."

"Green is a good color but in my opinion black would be better if he's trying to be stealthy he would blend into the night sky's better.

I think, no, it has to be that he trained in some forest or jungle environment and the green helped then, and now it's just a nod to his training."

"I don't give the vigilante much thought!"

"Reports show he uses carbon based arrows, if he switched to a aluminum carbon composite he'd get more penetration."

"Maybe he thinks he penetrates just fine."

We started into each other's eyes before we broke away when she coughed.

"Umm….. sorry, do you want to hear another theory I have.

He has partners, at least someone in computer science, it's the only way certain things make sense."

"Yeah…. Why are you so interested in him?"

"When I was young my mother was murdered."

"I'm sorry."

"No need it was a while ago, but besides it being so long ago I could only think, what if someone like the vigilante was around then maybe she would still be here and I'd have both parents."

"Beep, beep"

I looked at the computer screen. "That weird it's sugar."

After we figured that out we did research and found out that a local sugar place had a truck stolen not to long ago."

A while later Oliver and his bodyguard showed up and we explained what we found out and funnily enough, the truck we were taking that was stolen was used to rod some blood as we spoke.

Oliver's guard named Diggle. "Wait, super strength, likes blood, we aren't dealing with vampire?"

"Scientifically impossible, but so should super strength and I'm 99% positive it's what our suspect has."

I just got stares. "He asked first." I mumbled under my breath.

"Besides my thoughts, we should tell the local police."

Oliver. "I'll deal with that, didn't you say you're working a similar case in Central City."

Quickly I thought of a lie that sounds kinda realistic. "Umm yeah. Some similarities, not super strength though, it's someone really quick, yeah."

"Sure, keep up to date on that."

After that Oliver and Diggle left.

Then unfortunately my boss found out that I faked my sickness and told me to come back.

So not to long after me and Felicity left ourselves, but before we separated she invited me to a dance thing the Queens are holding that night.

Of course I agreed so after I went back to my hotel room and packed up I went to the Queens offices to met back up with her.

But because of my luck the night didn't go as I'd hoped.

I was found out, Oliver looked into me and for any investigation like there's currently going on.

So after I had Oliver in my face I simply said sorry uninvited myself to the party and left.

I had to wait a while for my train, but I got on ready to head home and call this a loss of a trip.

Then I felt a prick in my neck I pulled it out and looked at it just long enough to know what was going on.

I suddenly woke up in some type of bunker.

I looked around to see Felicity and Diggle, then Oliver right next to me passed out in a…. Wait isn't that the vigilant outfit.

Felicity looked worried. "Please save my friend."

I was in a daze trying to think until.

Diggle. "He's not going to make it."

Felicity. "Yes he will!"

"Normally my guys are dead, not dying."

"Can you help him."

I thought of possible reasons. "Yes I can, I can think of 4 things that could possibly make him react like this."

I watched him as I walked around him. "Make that three."

I flashed a flashlight into his eyes. "Make that two, start chest compressions."

I went and grabbed a syringe. "Hold him, I need some blood."

I took some blood and it was slightly hard so I had an idea.

I looked at it and was correct. "Got it, he's suffering from intravenous coagulation."

No one understood. "Right, only computers and a buff. His blood is like maple syrup."

"Can you fix him."

I did a quick sweep of the room and found rat poison slightly hidden in a corner.

"You're so lucky you have a rat problem."

Diggle. "That could kill him!"

"And he'll die if I don't use it, at least this way he might live."

"Felicity!"

"Do it!"

I put enough into a syringe to where it wouldn't kill him, but should get his blood flowing again.

"If I put just enough in it should start his blood pumping again!"

"Do it!

He's crashing."

"Hold on, he should stabilize."

"He's stabilizing."

Minutes later we pulled out everything and I was putting a bandage on his neck, when he shot up and held me by the throat.

Diggle got him off.

Oliver. "What's going on?"

Felicity. "You were injected with a strong-acting blood coagulant."

"I'd prefer a thank you instead of trying to chock me out, you would have stroked out of it wasn't for me, but luckily you have a rat problem."

Diggle. "He saved you life Oliver."

Felicity. "This is the point in the life-saving emergency where you thank the person."

"You told him who I am."

"Yeah, I did."

"That's not your secret to tell Felicity.

I decide who finds out my identity."

"We didn't have time to take your vote with you being unconscious and dying."

"What happens if he leaves here and goes right to the police?"

"I wouldn't do that, I like what you do to much but with the way you treat me I."

I seen Diggle shake his head out of the corner of my eye.

Felicity looked at me. "I trust him."

"I don't!"

"What are you going to do, put a arrow in him?"

"I'm considering it."

"I would do that."

"Don't worry, he's kidding."

How's it different then when you recruited me and Diggle."

"I looked into both of you I did my research, I don't just tell people easily."

"As much as I want to right now I'm not going to, but instead of being a massive jerk, you should thank her for saving your life."

She walked up looking menacing.

"Oliver."

His phone went off and he said he had to leave.

"They guy you fought touched your neck so I think I have enough to get a fingerprint."

He said nothing and just left.

Felicity. "Never meet your heroes, right."

"Oh, he's actually lucky, with the way he was acting earlier, for my safety I set up a fail safe."

"Fail safe how?"

"Oh, nothing, just that if I didn't give the cancel comment by the end of the day this location and Oliver's identity would be released.

I hope you understand, I trust you and now Diggle but Oliver has a temper and when I seen who he was I needed to insure my safety."

"You better turn that off."

"Don't tell him so he doesn't kill me and I get away and we'll be fine, I have to recreate this fingerprint."

Later as I was looking at his bow, Oliver showed back up.

"Barry! That rat poison you gave me, did it have any side effects?"

"Um, one second, yeah I'm pretty sure hallucinations, maybe.

I know possible excessive sweating.

You don't look like you're sweating, are your sweating excessively?"

Felicity. "You're hallucinating? What are you seeing?"

Apparently he's seeing dead girls from the island and Felicity doesn't like that, and I'm happy because I was right he trained in a Island.

I drew some blood to try to figure out what's going on with him and I asked another burning question I had.

"Why no mask? Not to tell you have to do your vigilante-ing but the grease paint thing isn't much of a identity concealer."

If you can find me a mask that perfectly conforms to my face and doesn't affect my ability to aim while on the run."

"I already thought of this a compressible micro fabric with do it perfectly."

Felicity. "I found Cyrus Gold!"

"Who's Cyrus Gold?"

Diggle. "The human weapon that nearly left you dead last night, the kid did manage to pull a fingerprint off your neck."

I started to run Oliver's blood and ignore what they are talking about.

Towards the end of the blood being ran Felicity came over and I pretty much called her out on liking Oliver, she still denies it but it's to obvious, which makes me a little sad I was going to try with her but I'm not going to get in the way.

I got a notification that the new was doing a piece on the upcoming partial accelerator so I turned it on and watched it for a few.

Eventually Oliver came back and he asked me and Felicity to leave so we did and then we separated and agreed to meet back in a hour.

I brought my phone out. "Gideon, cancel the countdown, and do we have any compressible micro fabric?"

Roughly a hour later me and Felicity met up and went back down. Diggle showed up while we where gone so all of us was down there.

Oliver's blood was done while we where gone so I looked at it, nothing was wrong with him, I told him but he didn't understand he was seeing thing so I told him the only thing I could think of it was all in his head.

While I looked at my screen Felicity looked at hers and seeing that Mr. Lance got hurt earlier that night.

He went to see him and when he came back he look like he was ready to kill.

When he left that time I left myself to finish a gift for Oliver.

Once I finished the gift I dropped it off and left the train ti head home before I lose my job.