The Flash - Fastest Woman Alive!
Chapter Two
by Freya

I woke up the next morning and that itself surprised me. I opened my eyes a crack and saw Iris sitting beside the bed holding my hand. I guess some things never change and I’m glad for that. I hurt all over but seeing her made me feel much better. I smiled and she leaned over and hugged me. “Oh Barry, I’m so glad you’re still alive! When I heard that awful explosion I ran up thinking the worst. I couldn’t bear to lose you.”

Her hug felt odd or maybe I felt odd but there was only one reply to that,”I love you Iris,” I croaked out. My voice sounded rusty and odd. I needed some water or something. I started to reach for the pitcher near the bed but I couldn’t, I was restrained. “What?”

“Oh, sorry dear. She put those on to keep you from injuring yourself. You were thrashing pretty good for awhile. Did you want water?” I nodded, and she poured some into a glass and lifted my head a little to drink. “I’ll go see if I can find her to come release you. If you need anything just call out.”

She went out of the room and I looked around, it didn’t look like a normal hospital. Maybe I was in a special ward for lightning victims? No, that would be silly I told myself. I was still looking around when Iris came back in and with her was the girl that had been on the news lately, Jade.

“I restrained you because at first you were jerking and flailing a lot. I’m not sure if it was the drug or the lightning but I was afraid you’d hurt yourself,” she raised her ring and suddenly I was freed. “Thank you,” I said. My voice still sounded odd so I started rubbing my throat. Then I frowned and rubbed harder, something wasn’t right. My eyes flew wide open and I bolted upright, the sheet fell off me and I stared down at myself. I was female! I had really small breasts, less than an A cup it seemed but they were there. I also had unusually large and sensitive nipples that were eraser pink. I touched them; yep, those are mine alright and very sensitive. I threw off the sheet completely and Jade turned away. I looked down and saw vagina, “I’m a woman?”

“Yes, you’re a girl now but you’re alive. I was flying back from Las Vegas when I saw the explosion of the lab. I zoomed down but by the time I got there Iris had found you. She’s a great spouse Barry.”

“I know,” I said smiling.

"She stood over you and said that if I wanted to do anything to you I had to go through her first.” Jade smiled, “After assuring her I was one of the good guys I took you both back to my spaceship for a high tech medical checkout. Once you’re recovered I’ll tell you the results since you might be able to make more sense of them than I can, but for now I’ll just say that you’re female, stable, and biologically adult. The computer estimates you are about 21 or so now. I can create a whole new identity for you or even both of you someplace else but with a little help I think you can go back to your old job once they rebuild the lab. Either way we can use your expertise and your contacts, they may actually be as much help as your powers. We’ve been tracking the same drug you have and while we do have another PhD on our team we could use someone who is used to forensic chemistry. It’s been used elsewhere than Phoenix and the sooner we stop the supply the better. Will you join our league or whatever and give us the benefit of your expertise?”

I blinked, “Well sure, I’d love to go after those scum with real superheroes at my side. Most of the people dying from it are criminals but they don’t deserve the fate that crud deals out and whoever is bringing it in needs to be stopped.” I shrugged uncomfortably aware of the unfamiliar movement on my chest. Apparently even small ones jiggle, who knew?

Iris smiled, “Back home we used to call those ‘fried eggs sunny side up’ small breasts with large nipples. You make beautiful woman dear.” She hugged me again, “I still consider us married unless you want out?”

“Never! I’ll always love you. But...” I trailed off confused. Iris pulled the sheet back up to my waist, “I thought you knew dear? They didn’t have the L.U.G. pledge when we were in college but if they had I would have taken it. And I would have broken it for you. I’d no intention of romance or marriage until I’d completed my Master’s at least but you changed my mind. I love you Barry Allen regardless of what body you’re in.” She kissed me then and I kissed back. “You can look again Jade,” she called out amused.

Then I remembered Jade said something about going back to my old job. “Jade are you going to change me back with your ring?”

“No, I can’t do that but I can give the illusion of being your old self again. It will hold up to casual touches even. You’ll be able to go back to being a police chemist and continue living in your own home. It’ll be a risk though. So if you’d rather you both disappear and show up elsewhere as a couple let me know and we’ll do it that way. If anyone connects Barry Allen with the new superheroine they may strike at your home or kidnap Iris. You’ll have an excellent disguise but you’ll have to be careful not to be seen leaving the house as your alter ego. However if the A.I in the ring is right,"

She was interrupted by a voice from the ring, “Of course I’m right. Subject’s changes are all of the sort to facilitate great speed of foot and reaction time. She may be the fastest human alive.”

Jade continued, “So assuming that, you should be able to avoid being noticed leaving which will help regardless of what option you take. Once you get the hang of things you won’t even have to worry about being photographed. You’ll be moving faster than any shutter speed.”

My head was spinning with too much new information, “Maybe I can start with breakfast and decide later?”

“Of course! There’s no real hurry. The ring has it set up so that the Phoenix Police have records that you are recuperating in a hospital ICU. No visitors allowed but your wife who is spending all her time there. They even have a recorded phone call from the hospital, or so they think. You can spend the next few days here getting the hang of the new body and when you decide we’ll go from there.”

She created a set of Green sweats with her ring and left while I put them on. I could feel my leg hair brushing the legs of the sweatpants as I put them on. “Wow, I am really hairy.”

Iris giggled, “You should have seen some of the girls back in the dorm. This is at least 3-4 months of non shaving, a winter’s worth in other words. At least you don’t have a mustache or anything. Don’t worry about it, I’ll help you shave later.”

On the way there I walked carefully as I could and still landed on my ass twice. Breakfast was good but messy. Having your reaction times sped up by 10X plays havoc with your muscle memory. Fortunately I’m now a really fast learner so by the end of the meal I was actually getting the hang of things. I managed to get to the shower in Iris’ room without falling once.

Iris grinned, “Do you need help scrubbing anything?”

“Sorry dear, I think I should do it alone until I have better control,” I said then I realized how it sounded. I blushed as she rolled laughing. She started several sex jokes but was laughing too hard to finish them. I took off my sweats and was going to throw them at her but they disappeared as they left my hand, stains and all. The shower was nice and I saw there was a razor so I used it. No cuts so I must be getting better at this body. When I came out of the bathroom Iris stroked my newly shaved thigh, “Are you sure you want to ‘do it alone’?”

“Well I think I’ve got the hang of this body now so ...” Just then Jade knocked and asked if we could meet her outside. “Later dear,” I kissed her and wrapped a towel around my waist. “Come in!” I called out.

Jade sighed, “Don’t you ever wear... Nevermind, not my problem.” She shook her head, “You and Giganta will have a lot in common. Come on we’ve got an appointment to go find out just how fast you can go.”

I grinned, “Once I get a new wardrobe you won’t have to worry about naked women on your spaceship anymore.”

She muttered something I couldn’t catch then said, “First thing is to get you your ring. It won’t be a full ring but it will allow you to communicate with anyone also wearing a ring, will translate for you if necessary, and will allow you to create new clothes for yourself as well as a costume. If you need help designing one GL Zwei can introduce you to someone who designed hers and a few others.” By the time she finished we were in a large room with several pieces of equipment. She walked up to one that looked like a vending machine and put her against the side, out of it came a ring almost like hers but not quite.

She handed it to me and said, “This is the ring I mentioned. Why not try the clothing function now? Unless you want to be known as the Phoenix Flasher?”

I grinned and imagined my old jogging clothes. Suddenly I was wearing a green tank top, green bike shorts and green sneakers. “That’s fine,” she said, “I’ll give you a lift to the testing and pick you up after.” When I walked over to her I noticed I had little traction. When I noticed I started experimenting with different soles but none felt right. I resolved to experiment further on my own. Jade surrounded us both with a green bubble and off we went to some military base in Nevada for testing.