In A Matter Of Seconds [Under Editing]

Chapter 24

"Let's let Barry do his thing. Emely will stay here with him in case he needs anything." Joe and Eddie walked out, leaving Emely alone with Barry.

"Okay, show me what you got, big boy." Barry smiled at her before speeding through all the cabinets. 

Barry finally found the file and turned to Emely. Emely smiled as he held up the empty folder. Barry grabbed Emely's hand and left the room. They collected more evidence before heading to CCCPD

They got to the poloce station and saw the Army in the facility. 

"Joe, what's going on?" Joe turned to face Barry and Emely.

"General Eiling is relieving us from this case. Give these men everything that's relevant to it." Barry nodded. 

"Sure thing." Barry handed the man with the uniform the box he was holding. 

Before he left, Barry had used his speed to take the V.A file from the box. 

"You, Emely and a few civilians from S.T.A.R Labs might wanna check into that." Emely nodded.

"We probably will." Barry and Emely then headed over to S.T.A.R Labs.

"A V.A file is all you got about the bomber?" Emely shrugged.

"The Army relieved us from the case. That's what Joe said. Wasn't his name General Eiling?" Barry nodded.

"Generel Wade Eiling." Barry and Emely looked at Dr. Wells. 

"You know him?" Dr. Wells nodded. 

"About 10 years ago, Eiling contracted S.T.A.R Labs to develop ehanced gene therapies for soldiers. I was interested in the medical benefits for civilians. Eiling really wanted to develop mind reading capabilities for interrogation purposes. I ended the study when I saw his techniques, but our split was less than amicable." 

"Why does this sound like a break up?" Emely mumbled, which Barry heard and tried his best not to smile.

"He took the evidence that Emely and I collected from the bombing. Everything but the folder." Emely handed the file to Dr. Wells. 

"Well, lucky for us, the V.A finally joined the new millenium and and digitized their records. A lot of redacted info, but our girl's name os Bette Sans Souci, an EOD specialist for the Army." 

"EOD?" Emely looked at Cailtin.

"Bombs." Caitlin nodded.

"Is there an address?" Cisco looked through the records. 

"Hold on. Here we go. One person in case of emergency. Cameron Scott, Anglewood." Barry nodded and sped into his suit before taking Emely with him. 

They stopped in an alleyway where Emely saw a woman with red hair.

"Bette Sans Souci?" She started to run away, so Barry sped him and Emely after him.

"I need you to come with me." Barry tried to grab her.

"Don't touch me. Please." Barry grabbed her, regardless of her warning, and she touched his emblem, which Emely noticed it was turning purple.

"Get whatever your wearing off of you. Hurry." Barry sped Emely away from Bette and stopped her away from where there was an explosion. 

Emely looked at Barry and noticed that his suit was gone and was left in only his boxers. Emely blushed as she saw that Barry wasn't that bad looking. He was really hot. And that made Emely blush even more. 

Barry and Emely raced back to S.T.A.R Labs and Barry put on some clothes. 

"I saw Barry with only some boxers on." Emely whispered in Caitlin's ear. 

Barry came out with pangts as he was putting on a shirt. Cailtin looked at Emely with an eyebrow raised. 

"Don't ask." 

"I'm gunna ask. Where's my suit?" Barry looked at Emely.

"It's...gone?" Cisco looked at Emely.

"What do you mean gone? What did you do with my suit?" Emely sighed.

"Bette told Barry not to touch her. Barry, being the stubborn man child that he is, grabbed her and she touched the emblem. She told Barry to take whatever he was wearing off and he sped away and the suit went kaboom." 

"My suit went kaboom?" Emely nodded. 

"She doesn't carry any bombs. She's a meta-human." 

"With the ability to cause spontaneous combustion upon tactile impact." Emely looked at Dr. Wells who was rolling in.

"She lew up my suit." Emely rolled her eyes

"You have more, don't you?" 

"He has like 3 more." Emely shook her head.

"Okay, I have like 2. And I loved that one." Emely giggled. 

"Alright, what else do we know about her?" 

"Oh, I don't know, she's pure evil? We're gunna find her and send her butt into the pipeline. No one blows up my tech to smithereens and gets away with it." Emely tried her hardest not to laugh at Cisco.

"Unless she looks like that." Cisco sat down in the chair and stared at her picture. 

"I don't think she meant to hurt Barry."

"Or her being a meta explains Eiling's interest in her." Emely saw Joe walking in.

"And why he stole the case from us." 

"He didn't want anyone knowing what she could do." Dr. Wells gave Joe a nod.

"Detective." 

"Doctor. So, human bomb. Must be a Tuesday in Central City." 

"Yes, and Eiling's not one to give up a pontential asset without a fight." Emely nodded.

"So it's simple." Everyone looked at her.

"We find her before he does."  

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