Waking up in Central City

"What am I looking for?" said the Flash.

"I don't know Barry. We just got some massive energy spike in that area and you should check it out," Cisco replied from S.T.A.R. Labs.

"Got it," Barry said as he was investigating around south Central City.

Suddenly, there was a loud crash a couple of blocks away from him. Thinking that it could be connected to the energy spike, he sped over to an alleyway where the crash came from and found an unconscious man in a ditch that seemed to be made from him.

"Hey Cisco, I have an unconscious man here that's radiating some kind of energy. I'm gonna bring him in."

"Got it. We can set him up on a bed and watch his condition."

Walking closer to the man on the ground, Barry took a closer look. The man seemed to be in his mid-30s and had a muscular build and had long, brown hair and a thick beard reaching the bottom of his neck. He was wearing a black and white shirt and black pants. His left arm was covered in a metal gauntlet which had a green hourglass symbol near the wrist.

Shaking his head, Barry grabbed the man and sped over to S.T.A.R. Labs. When he got there, he went to the medical bay and placed the man on a bed.

"So this is the man with the energy match," Cisco walked over and scanned the man's body with an energy reader. The reader brightly lit up when he hovered it over the gauntlet.

"Seems like this gauntlet holds most of whatever kind of energy this is," Cisco said, his eyes knitting together in confusion.

Before they could say anything else, they heard a groan from the man on the table.

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The last thing Ben remembered was experimenting on the null void projector because it was having issues. He was lost in his work and hasn't left his house in a while. He and Kai broke up because she was overwhelmed with the whole "destiny" thing where they get married and have Ken. That was about a year ago and Ben was searching for an escape.

Lost in his thoughts, the projector unknowingly started and dragged him in. Before he could gather his bearings, a wave of cosmic energy hit him, knocking him out.

The cosmic wave carried him through many dimensions before dropping him on the Earth where the Flash found him.

Feeling a headache and a bed under him, Ben groggily opened his eyes to see a man in a scarlet red suit with lightning on his chest and a short man with long black hair standing next to the bed he was on.

"Um, where am I?" Ben asked.

"Do you know who I am?" Barry asked.

"Uh, a cosplayer?"

The short man snorted while Barry frowned.

"So you're not from Central City?" He asked.

"Central City? I've never heard of it," Ben scratched his beard as he thought about what happened with the null void projector.

"So where are you from?"

"Bellwood"

Barry and Cisco looked at each other before Cisco searched for it online. He looked at Barry and shook his head.

"It appears that there's no Bellwood on this Earth Mr.…?" Barry inquired.

"Tennyson, Ben Tennyson. Huh, it looks like I'm on a different Earth. Haven't done this in awhile," He mumbled while swinging his legs over the side of the bed.

"You've been to other Earths?" Barry asked.

"Yeah, before we continue, could I get your names?" Ben asked.

"Well, I don't have a secret identity so I'm Cisco and the man in red is the Flash," said the short man.

"Ha, secret identity? So I'm guessing with the getup, you have powers?"

The Flash used his powers and suddenly appeared across the room and sped back next to the bed.

"Interesting, a speedster," Ben hummed.

"You don't look that surprised," Barry said.

"Well, how about I just show you," He said before using XLR8's power to speed over to the other side of the room.

The two men looked at each other in surprise before Cisco spoke.

"So you're also a speedster?" He asked.

"Before that, I'm guessing you're a hero? I don't want to get chummy with some villains," He directed the question towards the Flash.

"Haha, I get that and yeah, I'm a hero. Let's show you around here so we can talk more," Barry laughed.

Barry and Cisco showed him to the common area of the Labs where a T.V. was showing a news broadcast of how the Flash saved people from a villain called Captain Cold.

"Captain Cold?" Ben asked.

"A guy with an ice gun. He was trying to rob a bank and was holding hostages so I got there and took care of it," Barry explained.

"Nice," Ben replied.

"So are you a hero on your Earth?" Cisco asked.

"Yeah, I saved the Earth and universe a couple of times," Ben said offhandedly as he looked around the room.

"The universe? How'd you manage that?"

"I'm not just a speedster, Cisco," Ben laughed, "this gauntlet allows me to use a huge variety of powers."

"And you're just telling that to us? What if we tried to hack it? It looks like technology," Cisco asked with a smirk.

Returning his smirk, Ben replied.

"You can try but I wouldn't advise it," Ben said with a smile.

Barry noticed a stare match about to start so he interrupted and asked if Ben wanted to get coffee with them.

"Sure, but...are you going like that?" Ben asked, looking at the suit he was wearing.

"Nah, I'll change into civilian clothes," Barry replied.

In a flash, a tall, blond haired man stood in front of him.

"Hello, I'm Barry Allen," He said, extending his hand.

Grasping his hand, Ben shook it.

"Are you sure you should've done that?" Cisco asked Barry.

"Why not? Ben's a hero from another Earth and had no qualms sharing his identity," He said.

"True, and I don't use a secret identity where I'm from," Ben said.

"Really? Nice. Most heroes here use disguises," Said Cisco.

Before they could continue, a red flashing light appeared on the T.V. and the speakers said *Metahuman attack near Jitters Coffee*.

The three men looked at each other before Barry sped away towards the coffee shop.

"I want to help. Can you tell me where this coffee shop is?" Ben asked Cisco.

"Um, sure. Are you sure you don't want to use a secret identity?" Cisco said while tossing a small earpiece to Ben.

"Nah, it's not my style," He said before speeding away.