Mariana walked into CCPD and headed over towards her desk. She had always tried to get to work on time, but it always caught up to her. As she sat down on her chair, Detective West walked over to her and greeted her.

"Hi Mariana."

"Hey Detective."

"So, we have another case. Victim came in contact with the killer. Could you analyze the skin samples?"

Mariana nodded and went upstairs, to the office her and Barry Allen shared. Once she walked up, she noticed he was already at work, analyzing the samples before she could eve knock.

"Hey! That was my project!" she pouted as he walked over and smiled.

"Sorry, but you were a couple minutes late so I decided to take over."

"Allen, c'mon, you can't claim that I am a couple minutes late when, sometimes, YOU are half and hour late!"

The test beeped and both Mariana and Barry looked at each other, before running over to the computer.

"I got it!"

Both of them stumbled on each other's footsteps and fell on the floor, Mariana over Barry.

"How come you are always there to catch me?" she whispers as she gazes into his hazel-green eyes.

"Maybe because I  am supposed to be there.."

Both Barry and Mariana heard footsteps nearing their lab and she immediately stood up, grabbing Barry's hand and hauling him up. They bent over the computer console and Joe immediately walked in.

"Hey, are you guys working?" he smiled.

"Uh, yes.."

"Alright.."

"Are you guys going to the Particle Accelerator grant opening, tonight, right?" Joe asked and both Mariana and Barry perked up, smiling and nodding.

"Of course! It's only the best thing that will ever happen to the world with physics!"

"Alright.. Iris is coming by later to pick you guys up." Joe said as he smiled at us.

"Ok. Bye, Joe!"

He walked off and both Barry and Marianna smiled at each other, and turned towards the computer once more.

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"Mariana, Barry, it's nice to be able to go out all of us together like old times.." Iris sighed as she walked with Mariana on one side and Barry on the other.

Walking inside S.T.A.R. Labs was Mariana and Barry's dream. Iris, on the other hand, needed an article for her "blog." So instead of actually understanding the Physics, she was getting Barry's thoughts and "translation" for her blog. Mariana, was kind of just invited by Barry, and Iris went along..

"Hello. My name is Harrison Wells. Tonight, the future begins." Harrison Wells, proudly spoke into the microphone as Barry and Mariana's eyes glowed, pulling all the physics from his words into their brains.

Suddenly, Iris felt a pull on her bag and turned around, her bag disappearing and someone running away.

"No! Hey@! He's got my laptop, it's got my dissertation on it!" Iris yelled as Mariana ran for the bag, Barry following close behind.

They ran through the crowd, out the doors and towards the back of the building. Following Mariana close behind, Barry saw the boy who took Iris' bag and pulled Mariana behind, causing Barry to get hit by the bag, right in the nose and fall on his back.

"Alright, kid, you don't have to do this, alright? Just give me back my friend's bag and we'll call it even. Okay?" Mariana said, inching closer to the kid as he debated whether or not to hand it over.

He, chose not to, and instead, shoved the corner into her stomach, making her back into the wall in pain and Barry holding on to her while the kid ran away with Iris' laptop.

"You alright?" Mariana nodded and Barry helped Mariana walk towards Iris' car at the front.

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Back at the station, Barry was holding a tissue to his nose, stopping the bleeding from the laptop hit to his face. Mariana, seated next to him, was holding an ice pack on her left rib. She flinched as she moved towards where Iris was walking over to them.

"Who is that guy, and what is he so proud of?" Iris sat down in front of Mariana and Barry as she rolled her eyes towards the new detective, "So he caught a mugger."

"He's a transfer from Keystone. Started a few weeks ago. Eddie Thawne." Barry nodded towards him as Iris turned in her chair, admiring Eddie from afar.

"Oh. So that's detective Pretty Boy." Iris received many raised eyebrows from Barry and Mariana as she made her words clear, "That's what my dad calls him. He says he actually keeps score when it comes to arrests."

"He is pretty though."

Barry rolled his eyes to the ground, completely unaware that Mariana could sense his feelings from a far.

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"Barry, you sure you'll be okay?" Mariana asked him as he started walking up the stairs towards his lab, well, their lab.

"Yes. I'm sure."

"Alright. I'll be down here if you need me."

Barry gave Mariana a last hug before disappearing upstairs without another word.

As he opened the metallic door, he glanced around and headed towards the window, where he turned on his computer monitor, projecting the latest news on the Particle Accelerator he was currently missing.

"I'm Linda Parks and we're live outside S.T.A.R. Labs, despite the weather, which will only get worse. The torrential downpour has in no way affected the particle accelerator, which is running smoothly, according to S.T.A.R. Labs CEO, Dr. Harrison Wells."

The news keep rolling as Barry reaches for a piece of paper, and turns towards his board, revealing a map of the murder of his own mother; Nora Allen. Everything needed to know about that night, connected. Strands of red yarn going from one pin to the other. Barry connected the piece of paper in his hand and stared at the board. Sighing, he frowned.

"Wait, we are now being told to evacuate the facility. The storm may have caused a malfunction to the primary cooling system. Officials are now trying to shut down the particle accelerator, but so far have been unable to do so-"

Barry, in front of the monitor, suddenly stared at a blank screen. He heard an explosion and looked up, seeing an explosion come directly from S.T.A.R. Labs. He gasped as the top of the building exploded, causing a wave to disperse throughout the city. Barry turned, looking at the chain which connected the roof and walked over.

He grabbed onto the chain, wanting to close the celling, and realized that all the chemicals around him, were levitating in the air. He turned, looking at the skylight and saw a lightning bolt crash through and strike him, throwing him to the closest wall of chemicals and onto the ground. The chemicals collided with him and the lightning as well. Unconscious, he was unaware of how the lightning had changed him.

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Mariana heard a crash from the lab upstairs as she ran up and found Barry unconscious, on a shelf of chemicals. His forehead bleeding and almost dead. She kneeled to him and grabbed a hold of his head, shaking his body and continuously talking to him.

"Barry? Barry, are you okay? Please, open your eyes! Don't go, please! I need you! Wake up, Barry! Please! Help! Someone help!"

Mariana shouted and officers ran inside, and immediately dialing the ambulance. Barry, unconscious, was laying on Mariana's lap as she shook and sobbed, holding his body, not knowing what to do.

The only thoughts running through her mind were, 'i hope barry is alive.'