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Chapter 1
It was a bright day in Central City, spring was in the air and atmospheres were running high. Even the ruined building of STAR Labs seemed to still shine as morale rose inside. The whole team was there including Joe West, laughing and joking away; even Harrison Wells had a big smile on his face. Initially, Harrison had thought the whole thing was silly and didn’t want to take part in the whole charade, but seeing Caitlin smile changed his mind. Changing his mind had cost him twenty dollars to Joe and Cisco who were both laughing at the amount of money they had won. One bet to guess whether Caitlin Snow was having a little girl or a little boy. Harrison had guessed girl mainly because he really would have liked to have a daughter, so that she would hopefully be more like Caitlin. The ultrasound revealed that they were having a son, still Harrison didn’t mind, it was his and Caitlin’s child and that’s all that mattered to him. She had joined him after he handed the money over to Cisco and he instinctively drew Caitlin close to him wrapping an arm round her waist, and placed a small kiss on her forehead. Caitlin smiled as she looked up at him.
Of course, Joe had to be brought up to speed on why Harrison was up and walking around. When he found out that Harrison was there at Nora's death, punches were thrown; but after some explaining, patching up from Caitlin and Joe finally calmed enough to accept Harrison wasn’t the bad guy. Harrison had tried to help but in the end he could only save one life which was Barry’s.
The rest of the day had gone by without a meta-human incident and the team went home in high spirits. Caitlin found Harrison’s house a surprise. She had expected the stone floors to be cold when she first actually took in the whole place rather than as a potential enemy house, but instead they were warm from under floor heating. And the glass walls were also warm and the one fireplace was enough to warm up the essential area of the house if need be. Caitlin took a little while to get to sleep, mainly trying to find a comfortable position to sleep in with a baby bump, she was just glad Harrison was being supportive and would wait till she was comfy before snuggled up behind her, an arm protectively around his growing child.
It was late in the night when Harrison suddenly woke up. In no time at all he had changed and raced out of the house and down into the sewers. Once there he suddenly shook his head and looked around wondering what he doing and how he had gotten here. Looking around he could see scratchings on the wall and as his eyes adjusted to the dark he could see the words GRODD scrawled all over the walls. Once he realised what it meant, a huge powerful furry hand wrapped itself round his throat and slammed his back into the wall. Harrison tried to scream in pain but couldn’t as he faced his old friend and experiment, Grodd.
In his mind, Harrison can hear laughter and he knows that this is no joke. He tries to vibrate his body in an attempt to get free but Grodd just slams him back into the wall, momentary stunning him from head to toe. Grodd’s laugh could be heard in his mind once more.
Your mind is mine….
Harrison looks wide eyed as Grodd opens his mouth, exposing his fearsome canines, but he doesn’t bite or roar at Harrison, what he does stuns the scientist, he speaks.
“Harry. Son.” Grodd says slowly with a breath in between.
Clearly speaking words is new to him and he has to break Harrison’s name down. But Harrison isn’t given enough time to wonder how and when or how to escape when Grodd fills his mind with darkness. Harrison is screaming at the nightmare unfolding in his mind as somewhere in mind he knows in reality he has no clue what Grodd is making him do until he releases his mind.