
Children = annoyance
"Hey, Mr Flash..." A young child whispered, pulling at Barry's hand.
"Yes?" Barry asked as he crouched down to face them. The child had to be no older than twelve.
"You look like the Seductive Demon of Ohio and Paris, but my parents say that silly - that the bad man is gone," the child said in an almost meek voice.
Barry's mind was in overdrive. 'How could this child figure it out?!' "Well, I'm sure that the bad man won't be appearing again. But if he does, I promise to protect you," Barry said to the young child, holding his hand out fully to the child.
The child's face lit up as they took Barry's hand in full, "thank you, Mr Flash!" They exclaimed happily.
"Now, let's get you back to your parents, I am sure that they are worried for you," Barry smiled to the child.
"Alright," the child said.
Barry gripped onto the child until he came across a pair of adults that he briefly remembered having seen the child with. He stopped in front of them, lowering the child slowly to their feet. "I believe this is yours?" He asked with a smile.
"Yes he is, I hope he didn't bother you too much," the father said as the child ran over to the pair.
"He just asked an honest question," Barry laughed before nodding his head and flashing off again.
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"Felicity, can you look up a name for me? You might have greater luck," Cisco asked Felicity over the phone.
"Yeah, give me the name," Felicity said as she settled in front of her computer.
"Seductive Demon."
"I don't even need to look that up to know who that is," Felicity said, "Oliver's been hunting the guy since he stole from him in 2014."
"Barry got told he looked like him by a child, his suit picked up an increase of heart rate common with panic," Cisco explained.
"Now that I think about it, Barry does look like the man," Felicity said, "I'll tell Oliver about it. Try and keep Barry at the labs for the next few hours."
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Oliver arrived in full Arrow gear an hour later, a meta dampener arrow at the stand by. He was not going to take any risks.
"Oh, hey Oliver," Barry said as he noticed him walk into the cortex.
"What does the Seductive Demon mean to you," Oliver growled.
'This is all that child's fault!' Barry growled internally. "Don't know," Barry shrugged.
Out of the corner of Oliver's eye, he saw the readings of Barry's suit fluctuate. Cisco must have also, as he distracted Barry enough for Oliver to turn on the meta blocker arrow and shoot it into Barry's leg.
He was still screaming when Oliver clipped the meta blocker around his injured leg.
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To say that the CCPD was in shock was an understatement. Their hero was just brought in, cuffed, with a blocker as well as an arrow in one of his legs. No one knew how to take it, especially when they were informed that he was, in fact, a villain in hiding.
Two officers removed the main part of the shaft of the arrow, wincing at the scream that came from the once hero's lips. Without much medical care, he was stripped of his logo and mask before being thrown into an overnight cell, ready to be taken into jail the next day.
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Barry's leg was on fire, he couldn't put any weight onto it when they lifted him to his feet.
In the back or the transport truck was one guard - apparently, in case he really needs medical attention. He could easily be won over if Barry played his game right.
It started with the whimpers then eventually moved onto tears. That when it seemed like the patients of the guard broke. He approached Barry, asking if he was alright. The next scream that left Barry's lips he couldn't help, the van hit a bump at high speed causing everyone to lift slightly from their seats before hitting down hard.
The guard panicked, the first thing that went through his mind was that if the meta blocker wasn't on him for a second then he would heal enough but still be unable to move. He undid the clasp of the meta blocker, not realising until too late that seconds work differently to a speedster.
The moment the final click went, Barry vibrate out of the cuffs before grabbing the man by the neck. He stared down the eyes of the man as a short smirk came over his face, "thanks, amigo."
Then the guard was left, Barry having vibrated out of the doors of the van.
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Snart swore aloud as he felt a scarlet shape crash into him at high speed. He was knocked onto his back, only just missing the table to his left. Looking down he could see that it was Barry.
A scream left Barry's mouth again, the running had jolted the head of the arrow, further damaging his leg. Tears streamed down his face, continuously coming like raging rivers.
"Scarlet!" Snart shouted when he took in the extent of the situation, behind him, the Rogues gathered after hearing their bosses shout.
"Arrow shot me... Meta blocker arrow... Faded... Mostly," Barry whimpered.
"Lisa, get you sweet (candy) and energy bar collection, Mick turn up the temperature," Snart ordered. When they did not do as they were told, he turned and almost barked at them, "now!" Satisfied when the pair scampered off,
"The only way I can heal is if that arrow is out of my leg," Barry whimpered as Snart moved him to the floor.
"Alright, I'll give you something to eat first though," Snart said as Lisa deposited the required food next to him. Snart slowly passed an energy bar over for Barry to quickly eat before passing the sleeve of his parka for him to bite as he removed the arrowhead.
Barry bit down hard on the sleeve as Snart took the arrowhead out with as much care as he could. He was shocked when he briefly lost consciousness before returning to have a worried Snart looking over the top of him.
"Here, eat these, they will raise your sugar levels to increase your healing effectivity," Snart said as he handed him some energy bars and chocolate bars.
Barry quickly ate the bars before jokingly stating, "last time I woke up to some like this when they were treating me they told me to urinate in a cup."
There was a chorus of 'eww' around the room from the Rogues while Snart chuckled, "welcome back."
"Boss, why is the speedster here?" One of the Rogues asked.
"I just escaped being sent to prison," Barry chuckled as he tried to sit up. He sighed before accepting Snart's mothering and allowed him to help him up and hand him more food. "If you keep this up I will eat you out of house and safe home," Barry warned.
"Don't worry, we are top-end thieves. We can steal more," Snart reassured.
"Why were you having to escape from going to the cellar?" Another Rogue asked.
"Because they found out that while currently, I am - used to be - the hero, I was a villain and well-known crime boss before then," Barry sighed.
The room was silent as they took in the information given to them.
"2013, young and foolish I came out to the world as the Seductive Demon... It kicked off. It travelled both from my high school to my modelling career in Paris," Barry explained, not caring if anyone was listening. He needed it off his chest.
The others were listening, they all were listening to the words that left his mouth.
"Then others joined in with me, we formed the Sexy Villains... Took control of Ohio, well-known in Paris because of me being their leader, their boss," Barry finished.
"Alright and your idea for... Medical help? Was to come here?" Snart questioned him.
"I trusted you but not the others," Barry whispered while he turned his head to face the floor.
"That's... Touching, Scarlet," Snart said, honestly.
"I was wondering whether I would be able to join the Rogues?" Barry whispered sheepishly as he turned to face Snart.
"Well, we already know you have powerful powers as well as the morals needed," Snart commented. "If you do something for us, without question, then you can."
"Alright," Barry said, his eyes sparkling.
"You recently sent four Rogues into prison. Your task is to get them out," Snart said with crossed hands.
Barry's eyes flooded with lightning before he shot off, with the speed that almost all the Rogues were pulled from their feet by the wind created.
"How long do you think he will take, Lenny?" Lisa asked Snart.
"Under five minutes," Snart said as he got to his feet.
"But there is meta blockers there?" She questioned.
"That he designed," Snart pointed out. "He is smarter than we can comprehend even without his powers."
"I believe you think too highly of me," Barry said, appearing behind Snart with all the previously captured Rogues.
"Well, your back in under three minutes so I don't think I was far off," Snart said, turning back to face him.
"Well, I did stop off for food halfway," Barry shrugged with a childish smile.
"Well done, now we need to get everyone back to what they are normally doing," Snart sighed, almost patronizingly at the beginning, as he signalled for Lisa, Mick and Barry to follow him.
"Snart, we don't have any spare sleepers or partly full sleepers for the speedster," Mick pointed out.
"There is the sofa in the storage room," Lisa offered.
"And put a speedster in arms reach of all our food? Bad idea 101," Snart stated with a raised eyebrow.
"Hey!" Barry exclaimed, "I do have self-control!"
Snart only needed to raise a single eyebrow.
"Most of the time..." Barry mumbled.
"Exactly," Snart stated before, briefly thinking and saying, "he can double in my room, for now, his healing means he can sleep on the floor and not feel in a few minutes later."
"It might work," Mick grunted.
"Are you sure you want your once sworn enemy doubling with you while you sleep, Lenny?" Lisa worriedly asked her brother. Although she was not sure who she was worried about.
"What could go wrong?" Snart shrugged.
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"SCARLET!!!" Snart's shout echoed through the whole warehouse.
That was the Rogues first warning.
The second was when a red streak of lightning came running down the hallway suspiciously away from the shout. Each then had what seemed to be one of Snart's sacred parkers in their hands.
Their third was when there was the sound of the cold gun powering up. They took that as their time to evacuate the area. The parkers were left dumped where they stood as they made a break for the nearest exit - even Mick and Lisa were not going to be staying near for the eruption.
The sight that met their eyes when they entered again when everything went quiet was strange.
Snart was slowly walking as he looked at the floor before approaching a wall. He seemed to look at it for a while before shoving the butt of his gun through the wall. "Come out Scarlet, I know you there." He called after he pulled the gun back out.
To the amazement of those watching, they watched Barry faze through the wall and be standing next to Snart with a sheepish smile across his face.
"Where are they?" Snart growled, his grip on the still powered up gun not slackening.
"Last time I checked, they were in the rest of the Rogues hands," Barry smirked, feeling Bassy begin to rise.
Snart's head turned slightly to look at the sheepish looks on the faces of the rest. "Well, Scarlet, go get them back and put them where they are meant to be," Snart said as he rested his gun on his shoulder.
Barry smiled before he flashed away. The room was filled with his lightning for a moment before he was back in front of Snart as the lightning faded away.
"Is that all?" He asked cheekily.
"No, you need to get the food again," Snart said as he pulled out the daily shopping list.
"On it," Bassy smirked before he shot off again.
Snart pinched his nose as he saw the food start to pile up in front of him. Quickly, it formed into four walls. He waited until he heard the speedster stop before one of the walls before firing his cold gun into the air.
Barry took that as his final warning before he took down the walls and put the food where its meant to be. "Oops?" He tried to say innocently as he was glared at by Snart.
All it took was Snart raising his cold gun towards where Barry was before Barry flashed off and truly left the man alone. That's when all the rest of the Rogues decided that they needed to something in the other warehouse.
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Oliver felt like his whole year had gone from bad to worse. First finding out that a fellow hero was actually a villain that he had been hunting really hit a sore spot. Then to have that same villain tease him daily for the next nine months really dug deep.
No matter what he did, he could not stop the irritating speedster. He was stuck using his original mask - made by the speedster - he only had three bows and all his gear was constantly being dyed a different colour.
One time he was midway through a fight that he found himself looking like a Batman superfan. The person he was fighting found it hilarious and he still gets different teases from that villain to do with Batman.
The Legends seemed to have also heard about it - especially seems as when the eventually pick up Leonard Snart, one Bassy Allen-Smythe tags along - and forever tease him. He now does have actual Bat-a-rangs that he may or may not have displayed at his house away from prying eyes.
- Barry found this out. Apparently, this was why he continued to tease him -
Then Queen Industries now has three million less in its bank thanks to all the parts they are having to replace.
Luckily, the Speedster seems to have taken a liken still to the city and is leaving that alone. Maybe villains are territorial and he doesn't want to start a fight he knows he can win?
All that Oliver knows is that child never said anything in the first place - because if he never did, then he would be blissfully unaware of who Bartholomew Henry Sebastian Smythe Allen truly was.
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