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Anonymous asked: Thallen - "he was the fastest man alive but he hoped he wasn't too late."
He was the fastest man alive but he hoped he wasn’t too late. He could run in seconds through the whole city but seeing something happen on a monitor and wanting to prevent it on the other side of the city was knew – even for Barry.
Eddie had been missing for two days. He had just vanished and Barry’s team had looked for him ever since, as the whole unit of the CCPD as well.
And now they had found him. With the help of Felicity’s face recognition software they found him, on a surveillance camera of a supermarket. There was he, just as that, and Barry couldn’t believe his eyes but he immediately noticed that something was off. Barry seemed strange. His whole body language was wrong, approaching the two cops who just got out off the car.
Eddie raised his arm with the gun in his hand and Barry ran.
He ran as fast as he could because he didn’t want to be too late. He didn’t know what was wrong with Eddie but it didn’t matter. If Eddie would pull the trigger he would never forgive himself no matter what made him do it.
As Barry reached the scene he stopped abruptly. He didn’t use his superspeed to get a hold of the situation because he couldn’t. He was too shocked by it.
Eddie was lowering his gun and the two officers were lying on the ground. No, Barry was too late. After the first shock moment Barry checked the condition of the two officers. No pulse, both dead. Barry swallowed hard and turned to face Eddie.
He raised his hands a little to signalize that he wouldn’t hurt him. Still – Eddie’s gun was pointed at him.
“Please, Eddie, don’t do this.” Barry was begging because he didn’t want to fight against the detective. They were friends, they were close and Barry couldn’t do it, didn’t want to. “Just calm down.” Barry grabbed his hood and pulled it down. Eddie knew his secret and maybe seeing the face of his friend would change his mind. “I don’t know what happened. I don’t know what’s wrong with you but I can help you. Let me help you.” Carefully he took a step closer but Eddie just straightened his arm.
“Stay out of my way, Allen.”
“Eddie, please-“ The loud bang of a gunshot filled the air and Barry saw in slow motion how the bullet left the gun and was flying straight at him. It was no difficulty to dodge the bullet. He ran and took away the gun from Eddie, grabbed him and ran again – back to S.T.A.R. Labs.
They put him away – in one of the cells and it broke Barry’s heart to see his friend in one of these but first they needed to find out what was wrong with him before they could trust that he wouldn’t kill any of them.
Caitlin put her hand gently on his arm as she exited the room. She always knew when he needed comfort and he smiled at her for that. But Barry stayed behind, watched Eddie in his cell, how he hammered against the glass.
“We will find a way to fix you, Eddie, I’ll promise you that.”