Chapter 2: The Threat
"Wow, this is amazing!'
HR nodded at the praise from Felicity, as she drank the coffee given to her by him. Everyone else from Star Labs just rolled their eyes.
"How'd you make this?!"
"Amazing story, really. You see, on my Earth, all of the coffee bean plants where wiped out by a terrible-"
"Hey HR. Why don't you go make yourself another cup."
"Yes. Of course. Yes." HR immediately left the room.
Felicity turned towards Cisco, "Hey! Why'd you do that?" Caitlyn stood up from her chair and walked over, putting her hand on Felicity's shoulder. "It's better that you don't get him going, or he really won't stop." Cisco nodded, while Barry snorted from his spot in the corner.
They had all returned from having a late lunch, and were in the Arrow headquarters. Felicity was seated in front of her computers, and Caitlyn was sitting on the other side before she had walked over to Felicity. Cisco was at a table that was cluttered with pieces of technology, and Barry sat down on the steps, watching everyone.
Unluckily, Felicity continuously peeked at him and Cisco, no doubt picking up the dark aura surrounding them. After all, she was the first person Barry had told about Flashpoint. 'Hopefully, she hasn't told anyone else.'
Anyways, sometime in between them coming back and now, Oliver had left to go change into his suit and retrieve something. Barry had also changed into the Flash suit.
After a few more minutes of small talk, Oliver came in holding a small black suitcase. Everyone quickly stood up and followed Oliver to another empty table, where he had set down the case. The five of them gathered around the case.
"We called you guys here to help us capture a man who's been...sending...people over the edge." Caitlyn frowned at Oliver's words, but before she was able to ask for clarification, Cisco piped up. "Sorry, but Team Flash sorta specializes in Metas. What's so special about his guy that makes him so hard for you to catch him?"
Oliver glared a bit, before opening the case. Inside was a flash drive, that he silently handed over to Felicity. It was then that Barry noticed how quiet and solemn she had gotten. They once again followed after here as she put the flash drive into her computer, and pulled up the files.
There were six videos on them.
The first video showed a young man, probably 21, as he walked the street late at night. As he walked, another man in a dark red hoodie popped out of the shadows and stopped in front of them first guy. The guy stopped, and began gesturing with his hands. The video wasn't able to pick up their conversation. After talking for a few minutes, the guy in the hoodie stuck his hand out, and then shook the other's hands. The hooded guy disappeared back into the shadows, while the 21 year old looked around, before continuing his walk. The same video changed locations, but Felicity paused it before it started again. She rewinded the video to the point of where the hooded guy had just appeared.
Oliver turned to them. "This guy-" He pointed to the young man walking. "-Is James Cornell. He's 21 and was ready to be an aspiring engineer. Recently though, he's been slacking off, because his best friend was killed during an attempted robbery of their apartment. Since then, people have said that he's fallen into a somewhat depression. It wasn't until this night, after meeting him-" Oliver moved his finger, and pointed to the mysterious coded man. "-That everything became super serious. The rest of the video takes place about a week later."
Throughout his speech, Team Star Labs had gotten quiet and serious. Oliver nodded at Felicity and she nodded back. She somewhat hesitantly skipped the video back to where she had originally paused it. She then played it.
It was now bright daylight. The video was taken from an downward angle. James was standing on top of a building, which appeared to be his apartment. The man was standing on the edge, and a large crowd of people were clustered around the bottom of the building. You could hear the conversation this time.
"Shut up! I don't care what you people have to say! Let me do what I want! This is my life, and I'll decide where and when it will end." James started hysterically sobbing. "Unlike others who have death shoved down their throats!" Everyone screamed, as he jumped.
Everyone, including Oliver, winced or had to completely turn away to avoid seeing the aftermath.
The video was over, and so the file closed itself out.
Barry cleared his throat. "So, I'm guessing the other videos ended the same way?"
"Actually we were able to save two of them, but they're both hospitalized with critical conditions." Oliver nodded at Felicity's words.
Caitlyn swallowed her spit, and stuttered a bit, before speaking. "Are there any...ummm...things in common with the other...ehh victims?"
Felicity shook her head, as she pulled out the flash dive and handed it back to Oliver. "He's been attacking men and women, all in the age group 20-40." Oliver took over. "And he hasn't been attacking only at night. Some of the victims met him in broad daylight. At one point he was even wearing a suit, and another looking like a college student. He accordingly disguises himself. And, probably the most important, he makes physical contact with each of the victims once. Foe example, like the handshake with James, and another time, he knocked into someone and helped them pick up there stuff. He made contact when he returned the items."
Oliver handed the flash drive to Cisco, who rolled it around in his hand. "But, of course, if you want to watch the rest of the videos, your welcome too." Cisco nodded, before frowning a bit. "If all he's doing is making physical contact, he could be a meta."
Oliver took this as his cue to nod, "Exactly. That's why we brought you, but it's still really unlikely, because a few people who saw him on the street mentioned that he said that he had only moved to Star recently."
Everyone stood around quietly, before Felicity suddenly stood up, brushing imaginary dust of her clothes. She leaned over to take a peak on the computer screen. She straightened herself out, before smiling at the rest of them. "It's getting late. You should probably check into your hotels now! And then afterwards, we could go get a drink." Everyone chorused yes.
"Okay. You guys go ahead. I'll meet you guys at the bar."
Everyone nodded as Oliver took the briefcase and turned to leave. Just as he was leaving, HR came walking in with a platter of coffee cups, one for each of them. While HR took a step back to avoid bumping into him, Oliver just picked up the coffee cup with stopping and took a sip. A few seconds later they could here him faintly say, "Dang, that's good."
"Thank YOU!" HR yelled after him, before looking over at the rest of the team. He held up the coffee tray.
"Coffee anyone?"
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