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One minute Iris was grabbing Barry's chest deepening their kiss and the next she was thrown to the ground.

A huge man – shark was standing infront of them. He looked from Barry to Iris; they were both laying on the ground staring at him.

"Where is the Flash?" King Shark asked. "I can smell him. Where is he?"

Barry looked around wondering how he could escape and return as the Flash. Quickly chasing that thought was the question…what was King Shark doing in Central City, he'd thought Harry had taken care of him.

"Why do you want the Flash?" Iris asked King Shark.

"Zoom wants the Flash dead," King Shark replied, "I must kill the Flash."

"Why are you talking to him?" Barry asked Iris.

"Don't you want to know why he wants the Flash?" Iris asked Barry. "I thought the Flash was your friend."

Before Iris could reply shots rang out in the air. Cisco, Caitlin and Harry had arrived in a van and were shooting at King Shark. He turned to face them and then walked off. Cisco, Caitlin and Harry got out of the van.

Iris got off the ground and eyed the newcomers in silence.

"These are my friends from S.T.A.R labs," Barry said, "Cisco, Caitlin and Harry. This Is Iris."

The four of them nodded at each other. "We're lucky you showed up when you did," Iris said, "who knows what that shark man would have done to us."

"Killed you probably," Cisco said.

"He wasn't really interested in us," Iris said, "he said he was looking for the Flash."

"That's weird," Caitlin said quickly.

"Yeah," Iris nodded, "he probably knows that Barry," she looked at them, "and I guess you guys know the Flash."

"Yes," Barry agreed, "we've met the Flash."

Cisco and Caitlin exchanged glances. "Yes, we have," Cisco said.

"I think it's time we left this place," Harry had been walking around the area but now he moved closer and joined the group. "Get back to S.T.A.R labs." He opened the van door and sat in the driver's seat. Cisco and Catlin quickly joined him in the van.

"Aren't you coming with us, Allen?" Harry asked.

"No, I'll see Iris home first," Barry replied.

"Are you sure that's wise?" Harry asked him.

"I'm taking Iris home," Barry told him, "and I'll meet you back at the Labs."

Harry drove off muttering to himself.

"Wow," Iris said, "that was weird even for Central City."

"Yes," Barry agreed, "a talking Shark man."

Iris nodded. The talking shark man had been weird, why was he wearing pants? But the thing that Iris found weirder was the fact that he had said he could smell the Flash and that Barry friends from S.T.A.R labs had shown up at that exact time and scared him off. Everybody knew about the particle accelerator explosion at S.T.A.R labs and the emergence of the metahumans thereafter. What was Barry doing working with 'his friends' at S.T.A.R labs? Did they have a metahuman detection app that had led them to the shark man? Why had the shark man attacked her and Barry if he was looking for the Flash? He had said that he could smell him which meant… stop Iris, she told herself, stop right now.

Barry eyed Iris. She had stopped talking and seemed lost in thought. He hoped King Shark hadn't hurt her.

"I'm sorry," he said, "I didn't ask earlier. You're fine, aren't you? He didn't hurt you, did he?"

"I'm fine," Iris assured him. "Are you fine?"

"Yes," Barry replied. He wanted to add something but he wasn't sure what to say.

They reached the West home and he saw her safely inside. "I had a really good time tonight," he said, "I hope the …uhm…incident with King Shark didn't really spoil the evening for you."

"It certainly made it more exciting," Iris told him, "I had a great time."

"I hope we can do it again soon," Barry said, "I'll call you."

"Okay," Iris said. He kissed her cheek and watched as she closed door behind him. He stood on the porch for a little while longer and then sped off to S.T.A.R labs.

Iris closed the door behind her and slowly walked towards the stairs. King Shark? The metahuman that was looking for the Flash was called King Flash? Barry was keeping things from her but she could get it on some level – after all they'd only just met. They barely knew each other. Yet she knew without a doubt that he was lying to her. She didn't know how she knew it but she was sure of it.

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"Great timing guys," Barry told Cisco, "but did you really have to appear all guns blazing?"

"You're just lucky that my new metahuman alert app works, on you anyway," Cisco said, "Otherwise who knows what would have happened?"

"Yes," Caitlin agreed, "what would you have told Iris if King Shark had outed you as the Flash?"

"The truth."

"Allen," Harry said, "your spending time with Iris is a waste of valuable time that we don't have; added to which she's a reporter."

"What's wrong with that?"

"Do you honestly think she can sit on such a story?" Harry asked him. "That she would not give you up for fame and fortune, and to advance her career?"

"She wouldn't," Barry said.

"Maybe she would, maybe she wouldn't," Harry shrugged, "the main thing though is that she's distracting you from your work. You have to stop Zoom. Now. Before he destroys this city instead your head of full of this girl."

"My head is not full of Iris," Barry denied. "I am focused on finding and stopping Zoom."

"Okay, enough guys," Cisco interrupted them, "clearly King Shark is a bigger problem than we thought. We have to find a way of tracking him like he can track you."

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Iris pulled out her laptop, debating with herself whether she should do it or not. She didn't have enough evidence to prove even to herself that Barry was the Flash but just in case he wasn't; wasn't it her duty as his friend to warn him about the danger that he was in?

She got her car keys and drove to Jitters. It was closed, as expected, she let herself in and sat down and opened her laptop. She was crazy, she really was.

Can we meet? she typed. There's something urgent I have to tell you. She hit send and waited.

Our usual place?

I'm waiting for you.

"Are you crazy?" Caitlin almost shouted at Barry. "King Shark is looking for you and he wants to kill you."

"Iris is waiting for me."

Cisco and Caitlin shook their heads but they both knew that there was no way they were going to stop Barry from going to see Iris. They only hoped that they could come up with a way to stop King Shark and soon.

"Maybe King Shark won't show up," Caitlin said.

Cisco didn't bother to reply. He was busy thinking of ways to help his friend.

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