Chapter 18

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I'm spinning around in one of the chairs in the cortex by the computers when Barry speeds in.
"Hey," I greet him.
"Hey, where are the others?" he asks. I shrug.
"I think Cisco and Caitlin are in Cisco's lab and Dylan and the others are in the speedlab training."
He nods.
"And what are you doing?" he asks.
"Being bored."
He chuckles at my answer.
"Maybe you should head to bed? It's already 10 o'clock," he tells me. I sigh.
"That would be a perfect plan if I had anywhere to sleep."
He looks in thought for a moment before grabbing me and speeding away. When he stops I find myself in front of the room I used to stay in when I first got here.
"This used to be… Uh, a friend of ours room. You can sleep here until we find somewhere permanent," he tells me.
I thank him and he speeds away, leaving me alone.
I get changed into my mission suit from black hole and climb into bed fully dressed. Once everyone is asleep, Aaron and I will leave.


Less than thirty minutes later and I am satisfied that everyone has either left for the night or found a room to sleep in. I run to the entrance of S.T.A.R Labs and wait for Aaron to arrive.


A few minutes pass and I see him walking towards me,also dressed in a mission suit similar to mine.
"So, where do we start?" he asks me.
"I was able to hack into security feed and facial recognition all over the city using the S.T.A.R Lab's satellites and I found his location. It's an old abandoned warehouse downtown," I tell him.
"Let's go," he says. I grab him and speed us both outside of the warehouse.


A horrible stench fills the air and both Aaron and I gag.
"What is that?" Aaron squeaks out as he pinches his nose shut.
"This used to be a fish gutting factory," I explain, taking deep breaths to not vomit from the smell.
"It's like a skunk and a stinky sock had a baby who drank sour milk," Aaron says. I would have laughed out loud at that if not for the fact that I totally agree and I'm too scared to open my mouth. I signal that we head inside the building with my hands. We sneak up to the small side door and, as quietly as possible, open it up. It squeaks slightly in protest but finally gives in and pushes open with not much more noise.


We both enter the warehouse and Aaron closes the door behind us. I blink a few times to allow my eyes to adjust to the dim light and take a look around. The warehouse has a two-storey tall roof with metal beams everywhere. There are a few exposed, large air vents and fluorescent lighting littered across the ceiling. There are large shelves stocked with boxes forming isles across the warehouse. I see a small light in the corner of the warehouse and signal for Aaron to follow me as I head towards it.


The source of the light comes from a small desk with papers and a few empty cups of jitters coffee on it. Next to the desk is a small single bed with messily made, floral covers. Aaron walks over to the desk and touches one of the cups.
"It's still hot," he whispers. I hear footsteps behind me and turn around just in time to get punched in the face, hard. I fall to the ground and hit my head. My vision goes blurry.
"Lexi! Are you ok?" Aaron exclaims.
" 'm fine," I mumble. I probably have a concussion. I look up to see who hit me and see none other than Max.
"We were looking for you," I gasp out as I try to stand up, using the wall for support. My speed healing has already started to kick in.
"Yeah? Why?" Max asks.
"We want to know why you attacked the Flash. We're already on a mission to retrieve information on him," Aaron asks. Max sneers.
"No, you were on a mission to gather information on the Arrow. He lives in Starling City by the way, not Central City." Aaron and I both look at each other. We forgot we were supposed to be at the Arrow's base.
"Mrs.McCulloch has already found out instructor Tony helped you to escape," Max says, causing us to swallow hard. Because of us, Tony was punished.
"Ahh, we're going to go now," I quickly say. Using my speed, I run over to Aaron to grab him and run away. Before I can however, I get a sharp sting in my neck. I stop running and touch it to feel a small dart sticking out. Black hole agents step out from the shadows, surrounding us. I fall to the ground as my body starts to go numb and my eyes get heavy. It must have been a tranquilliser dart. Everything starts to spin and in a matter of seconds, I fade out completely.


I groan as I open my eyes. I have a killer headache.
"Lexi, are you OK?" Aaron whispers.
"Yeah just a headache," I tell him. I look around to see we are in a small room with white walls, white floors and a white roof. The only light coming from a small window with bars in the corner. There is a single door leading out but I'm sure it is locked. I try to rub my eyes but I find I have meta cuffs on. I look over at Aaron and see he also has cuffs on.
"Where are we?" I ask him. He swallows hard.
"Black hole."
My whole mind freezes when he says those words. We should have listened to the others. They were right and now, we've been caught.


The jingling of keys in a lock pulls me from my thoughts and I look over to see the door open. Two burly guards walk in. They walk towards us and before we can protest, they each grab Aaron and I, leading us out the room. We are led down a long, plain hallway and upto a large door on our right. The guard holding me quickly knocks.
"Come in," a voice says from inside. I swallow hard, I know that voice.
We enter the small office and the two guards leave, closing the door behind them.
"Now, what are we going to do with you two?" Mrs. McCulloch asks.
"Let us go?" Aaron asks. She smirks.
"And why would I do that? No, I need you two, you will be very useful for my plan."
"What plan?" I ask curiously. She laughs out loud.
"I'm not going to tell you my plan just yet. That would be a very dumb mistake," she says.
"Why do you want us?" Aaron asks.
"You two are going to go back to your little friends at S.T.A.R Labs and give us information on everything about them. What their names are, where they live, even their favourite foods. You will report back to us every day at 6.p.m with updates." I scoff.
"Why would we do that?" I ask. She claps her hands and the two guards step inside, each with a strange syringe on hand. They grab us both by the arms before we can do anything and jam the needle into our upper arms. I gasp in pain. It feels like my whole arm is on fire.
"What was that?" Aaron demands through gritted teeth. Mrs. McCulloch smirks.
"That is exactly why you will do as I say. I just implanted hundreds of micro bombs into you blood streams. There is no way to get them out. If you don't report back to base every day, all I have to do is push this button," she holds up a small remote with a red button, "And you two, will literally explode." Aaron and I both look at each other with wide eyes.
"Oh, and you know how Jax disabled all your trackers? He forgot about the meta proof listening bug. We can hear everything you say, so don't even think about telling your friends other wise," she waves the remote tauntingly.
"Now, you two better get back to your little friends before they start to worry. Remember what you have to do." she claps her hands and the guards enter the room again. She waves to us as we are lead out of the room and down a hallway, we reach another door and are met by the warm sunlight. In the distance I see Central City. The guards chuck us outside and take off our metahuman cuffs before leaving. I grab Aaron and speed us back to S.T.A.R Labs. As we stop outside the building I feel my eyes start to tear up.
"What are we going to do?" I ask Aaron as I start crying. He gently pulls me into a hug as I cry against his chest. He rubs my head.
"Don't worry Lexi, we'll figure something out, we always do," he reassures me. I nod but deep inside, I feel worry boiling. What of this time, we don't?


(1610 words)
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P. S. The next chapter will be Friday the 13th or earlier.

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