The Shock Freak

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Damon smiled at the guard, then walked toward Cisco Ramon and Caitlin Snow as they chatted on their way out.

"Excuse me."

Damon stopped in front of them and spoke with a smile.

The two of them paused, puzzled.

Cisco Ramon looked at him and asked, "Can I help you?"

"I want you to make something for me."

"What?"

Cisco blinked, then laughed.

"Sorry. I don't know you."

"That does not matter. I want a portable sonic device, necklace-shaped if possible. I do not have materials, and I do not have payment, so you will have to figure that out yourself. Also, it would be best if you finished it within half an hour."

Damon kept smiling as he laid out his request.

Cisco frowned.

Had he just run into a crazy person?

"I'm not making you anything. Please move."

"You really won't?"

Damon asked again.

"Please move."

Cisco's tone stayed firm.

"All right."

Damon sighed in disappointment and slowly raised his hand.

Crackle.

Electricity sprang to life, racing over his palm. Blue light reflected across Cisco's and Caitlin's shocked faces.

As if unwilling to give up, Damon asked one more time.

"Now can you make it?"

Cisco stared blankly at Damon's crackling hand.

Superpowers.

Those were superpowers.

Superpowers really existed.

After his brain caught up, Cisco did not retreat. He stepped closer instead, shock turning into excitement, and questions tumbled out of him at high speed.

"How are you doing that? Can you generate electricity whenever you want? What's your maximum output? Does it not shock you too?"

Seeing Cisco look excited enough to reach out and test it, Damon pointed at the security guard drawing a gun nearby.

The lightning struck instantly.

The guard screamed, convulsed, then slowly collapsed unconscious.

"Ah..."

Cisco finally reacted. He instinctively stepped in front of Caitlin.

"What are you doing? Don't do anything crazy, or I... we'll call the police."

"I really did not want to make the atmosphere this tense. I only wanted you to make me a piece of sonic gear."

Damon saw Caitlin trembling as she pulled a phone from her bag. He shook his head helplessly and released another stream of electricity.

"Ahhh!"

Caitlin screamed as the current hit her.

The electricity passed through her into Cisco, making him shake as well.

Thud.

The current vanished. Caitlin fainted and fell to the ground. Cisco's legs went weak, and he stumbled back several steps before dropping onto his backside.

"Half an hour. I want to see what I asked for."

Damon walked over, hoisted the unconscious Caitlin over his shoulder, spoke to Cisco, and turned away.

"Caitlin!"

Cisco came to his senses and tried, still twitching, to grab his phone and call the police. Someone stopped him and helped him up.

"Professor Wells."

Cisco looked at his mentor, Harrison Wells, owner of S.T.A.R. Labs, and shouted in panic.

"Caitlin! Caitlin was taken by the Shock Freak."

Shock Freak.

Cisco's habit of naming people was written deep into his soul.

Harrison Wells' face twitched slightly, but his expression was grave.

"I know. I saw it. Why did he come after you?"

"I don't know. I've never seen him before. He came out of nowhere and told me to make him a sonic device. No materials, no payment, and he said I only had half an hour."

"He came for the sonic gear, so Caitlin should not be in danger for the moment. Do not call the police yet. Make the device. I will see if I can find him."

Harrison placed a steadying hand on Cisco's shoulder.

"Caitlin will be fine. Trust me."

Cisco let out a long breath and nodded hard.

"I'll get started."

Back inside S.T.A.R. Labs, Cisco began making the sonic device.

Harrison Wells, his expression dark and unreadable, searched for Caitlin's location on a computer.

Meanwhile, on the roof of an apartment building near S.T.A.R. Labs, Caitlin slowly woke up from the shock.

The first thing she saw when she opened her eyes was Damon, close enough to touch.

She screamed, then scrambled backward on hands and feet.

Damon did not approach. Looking at the terrified Caitlin Snow, he sounded a little apologetic.

"Maybe it is because I only got this ability recently and it still feels new, but I have been enjoying shocking people lately. So, sorry for knocking you out."

"Don't come near me. Don't come near me."

Caitlin sat collapsed on the rooftop, waving her hands wildly as if she had not heard a word.

"I'm not coming over. I only..."

"Stay back. Don't come near me."

"..."

Damon exhaled. Electricity instantly lit his hand, and his eyes swept coldly over her.

"Shut up, or I'll shock you to death."

Caitlin Snow went rigid with fear and clamped her lips shut.

"Don't come near me, don't come near me. Tell me, did I move?"

Damon looked at Caitlin with irritation.

"Are all of you people like this? Do you have a problem, or are you just conditioned to only listen when someone gets nasty? I speak nicely, and nobody hears a word. The moment I turn hostile, suddenly everyone understands."

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