The Flash

To understand what I'm about to tell you,...

there is something you need to remember.

In every atom, there is a perfect balance of protons...

...and electrons.

But it's those negative particles...

...that let an atom grow.

My name is Dr. Meena Dhawan,

...and for the next three minutes and 52 seconds,

I'm the fastest woman alive.

Oh, my gosh. Did you see that?

I just hit 300 meters per second.

That's your best time yet. Now see if you can keep up.

Come on! Come on, Meena.

I'm so sorry. What just happened?

You created your own lightning bolt again.

Something I couldn't do for months, when I first got my speed.

I didn't mean to do it,

I was just frustrated I couldn't catch up,

...and then it just happened.

I've never seen artificial lightning interact...

...with organic lightning like this before.

Okay.

That's disturbing.

We should go over your biometrics,

...make sure everything else is within normal parameters.

Yeah.

I can't, I have to head back to the lab.

My speed is running out.

Okay, tomorrow. 10:00 a.m.

S08E18 " The Man in The Yellow Tie "

Hi.

I just need to make a little deposit,

it's in here somewhere.

I have this new client who decides to pay me in cash.

What year is it?

Got it. There we go, all right.

Everybody, on the ground!

Get down!

Move!

Get down!

You cash in the bag.

Don't even think about hitting the alarm.

Hey, teacup!

You trying to be a hero?

I...

Are you for real? Get down, lady!

What part of "Get down on the ground"...

...don't you understand? Let's go!

If you don't get on the ground, I swear to God, lady.

Three, two, one.

No.

What am I doing here?

I should have been an engineer.

I just wanna go home. No voodoo. Please, no voodoo.

CCPD! Stay where you are!

Fiery Frances Sumner.

Cecile, according to Gideon, your empathic capacity...

...is up 1,000 percent.

Your brain just got supercharged.

Usually, when I sense a wave of fear and panic,..

...it just hits me like a train.

- Like when we fought Blockbuster? - Exactly,...

Except this time when my powers kicked in,

I barely broke a sweat.

Which is all very badass, but is anyone else...

...wondering how the heck this happened?

I mean, I don't know.

My powers have changed before, like when Jenna was born.

Maybe it's just natural.

It's possible, but let's run some more tests...

...just to make sure.

- Barry? - Hm?

I can feel a massive wave of concern wash over you.

You're worried about something. It's way more than just me.

It's the new speedster I'm training, Meena Dhawan.

During our last training session,

I got struck by her artificial lightning.

Now, it was an accident, but when it hit me,...

...it collided with my lightning and it set off...

...some kind of a biokinetic chemical reaction.

Okay, accidental attacks, artificial speed.

- Is she about to go all Spock Flash? - No,...

I don't think so.

I mean, Meena did find a way to generate...

...her own speed source artificially,

but it's not affecting her like it did me.

But, her emotions seem fine.

So it's just her powers that are funky.

Well, maybe you should throw 'em over...

...to Fast Track Labs, take a peek at the generator?

See how her speed machine really works.

Barry Allen?

- Yeah. - Sorry to keep you waiting.

No.

- How can I help you? - Yeah, actually,

I am here on behalf of a mutual friend...

...who likes to run fast.

- Oh. - Yes.

Our friend was hoping I could take a look...

...at your special project.

He thinks it'd be a good idea to get a second set of eyes...

...on this, just to make sure everything's safe.

I understand.

And he's right.

I could use another scientific eye on all this right now.

- Okay. - Follow me.

Yeah.

There she is, my pride and joy.

Wow.

Is that an oscillation chamber?

It's a biometric lightning...

...oscillation chamber, technically.

We call it the B.L.O.C.

It's built with quantum computing to remotely harness lightning...

...from the Earth's upper atmosphere...

...and turn it into artificial speed.

This equipment is decades ahead of any other lab.

Oh. Including yours, I hope?

I can't take full credit for all this innovation.

Sure, I can handle the physics,...

but my colleague is more familiar with the nuts and bolts.

Ah, there he is.

Barry Allen,...

...meet the man who built this machine.

Eobard Thawne.

Nice to meet you, Barry Allen.

Eobard Thawne.

Nice to meet you, Barry Allen.

Thawne.

I'm Chief of Engineering here at Fast Track Laboratories.

Eobard, here, is our only employee who knows...

...the truth about this project while I'm still perfecting it.

And Barry here is a friend of The Flash.

Really?

Yeah, you know The Flash, don't you?

- No, I... - Do you two...

Have you met before?

- You go to hell! - You're taking both of us there!

Now who's the villain, Flash?

Now who's the villain?

No. I mean, I don't think so.

- But my memory is a little hazy. - Yeah, um,...

...Eobard suffers from a rare form of retrograde amnesia.

- You're kidding. - I just...

I have trouble accessing memories...

...connected to my personal life, you know.

Anything over a year ago, all I get are occasional flashes.

- Excuse me. - Mm-hmm.

Hey, Avery.

I'm supposed to believe you don't remember...

...who you are or where you're from?

What the hell are you doing here?

Why'd you build this thing?

Because Meena asked me to, I...

Her lightning is like nothing I've ever seen before,

I guess that's your doing, isn't it?

I assure you the B.L.O.C. is perfectly safe.

But you aren't.

What the hell do you want from me?

I'm sorry, I have no idea why you're...

- so upset with somebody you just met... - Stop, stop.

I've known you all my life.

You're the Reverse-Flash.

Look, Allen...

I have no idea what you're talking about...

...or why you think I'm a murderous speedster...

- Because you are! - No.

I'm not.

Now, if you don't mind.

I have work to do.

Chester, has A.R.G.U.S. posted any security alerts?

No.

Is everything okay, boss?

- No, I just saw Thawne. - What?

How did he escape?

I don't know. But he's using his original face again,

the one he had before he killed Harrison Wells.

Okay, how is that even possible?

How the frack did he end up working at Fast Track Labs?

I don't know that either, but I'm gonna find out.

I can't hire you, Mr. Thawne.

This resume is a joke.

ONE YEARS AGO - Well, nobody's perfect.

ONE YEARS AGO .

Wow.

You really are something.

After the 11 other interviews I had today,

I'm starting to think all this is just, like,...

...a huge waste of time.

I mean, seriously, you call this a resume?

Am I boring you?

Calculating quantum static in genetic speed,

you have to account for the tachyons.

I have been working on this for months.

No one's even come close.

Well, the other candidates were idiots.

I'm not.

Which is how I can tell, you're trying to create a speedster.

I can help.

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