Running Out of Time {Barry Allen/The Flash}

I take a few turns, racing down the street.

This rush going through me. It's like waiting in line for the biggest rollercoaster and finally getting to the front.

I know I can't wait but I really need a coffee. I just am craving a coffee. I quickly take a left, and pull into Jitters. That's the only place I get my coffee. That's like some girls only buying their coffee from Starbucks. It's an addiction.

I slip off my helmet, and run inside.

"... Yeah, I saw-" I cut off a boy who was talking to a girl, both blocking my way into the line.

"Things to do! People to see! No time for talking young sir!" I says shoving them apart, and rushing up to the counter.

"The normal... Oh, you're new. Umm, just plain, black coffee for now please. Sorry, just my usual is really complicated." I babble on.

"Okay. Coming right up." They say. A minute later my coffee is ready. I mumble a 'thank you' before paying him. I pour it into my heat safe water bottle. I take a few gulps before running back out to my bike.

I pull my helmet back on, again, and race off.

***

Soon I pull up in front of STAR Labs.

I pull off my helmet, debating whether I should go in there, or turn my back now. I honestly don't know if I should go in there now. What if- who am I kidding? What bad could happen?

I take a chance, and walk right up to the door. I knock twice, and wait. I almost give up and walk away, until someone answers. The door is opened to me, and a man in a wheelchair sits there.

"Hey... I'm-"

"I know exactly who you are, Katheryn. I'm Harrison Wells." He says holding out his hand. I hesitantly shake his hand. "Please, come in. We have some catching up to do."

***

I slowly follow him inside. Then I see two people standing there. A man with long, dark hair, and a woman dressed nicely with brown hair.

"Normally people just walk in. I'm Cisco." The long haired man says. I nod.

"I'm Kat-"

"We all know who you are." Cisco says.

"Anyways, I'm Caitlin. It's finally a pleasure to meet you, while you're awake, I mean."

"Yeah, you all looked very familiar." I turn around to point at Harrison Wells. "I crashed into you, Harrison Wells."

"Please, just call me Dr.Wells." He says, then a good looking man walks into the room.

"I got the- who's this?" The man asks.

"Umm, I'm Katheryn. I was asleep here for nine months. Yeah..." I say trailing off. I don't know if I should tell him or any of them about my powers. Then I look closer at his face. He looks familiar, but I don't know where I have seen him. I can't put my finger on it.

Those eyes.

I've seen those eyes. Where, though?

I shake the thought and jump back into the conversation.

"She was? I didn't know that. Why did nobody tell me that?" The boy asks. He pauses then looks at me. "What's your name?"

"Katheryn."

"Hi, I'm Barry." He says quite proudly. I almost scoff at his cockiness.

I was the one who bragged about myself at school, and that's one thing I hated doing. I was so popular. I had many boyfriends, I was friends with everybody. I was the person everybody wanted to be by, and be friends with.

Then I see this nerd thinking that he is top shit.

I ignore him, and his hand he held out for me to shake.

"I kinda know what's going on, but then again I kinda don't. What are these metahumans?" I ask.

"A metahuman is an individual who acquired superhuman abilities through a certain means. Most obtained their powers after surviving an explosion caused by a malfunction of the S.T.A.R. Labs particle accelerator on December 11, 2013. They were exposed to particles and dark matter that altered their genetic structure, or even atomic structure, giving them a variety of abilities. These abilities seem to often relate to what energy or matter they were directly in contact with at the time of exposure." Dr.Wells says.

"Examples are: Barry-" Caitlin gets cut off.

"You just told her I'm a- !" Barry exclaims before getting cut off.

"And you." She finishes.

"What?" Barry asks in shock. I take a step back.

"No. I'm not. I knew I had special powers from the explosion, but I'm not a metahuman."

"But you are." Cisco says.