User blog:DemonGirl123/Drakonia One-Shot: Gem of Friendship

"Gem of Friendship" A Drakonia, Mysticverse One-Shot set in between 3x13 and 3x14.

"Following her friends' adventure in Gorilla City, Claire just wants a quiet day to enjoy her birthday with them. But when a meta-human who can turn into water terrorizes Central City, Barry must save the day with his team before he can throw his best friend a party. Elizabeth tries to get Harry to contact Theo at Checkmate so he can spend time with his sister for her birthday as Iris and Joe try to get her busy father to come to S.T.A.R. Labs."

Main Pairing: Clarry (Barry Allen/Claire Daniels; friendship/crush)

Other Pairings: HRBeth (Harrison Wells [Earth-19] x Elizabeth Mendel)

Minor/One-Off/Hinted Pairings: PrismPiper (Rainbow Sparks x Hartley Rathaway), BunWest (Bianca Wells x Wally West), HarryBeth (Harrison Wells [Earth-2] x Elizabeth Mendel), {mention}Clarian (Julian Albert x Claire Daniels), IceVibe (Cisco Ramon x Lorelai Snart), Biris (Barry Allen x Iris West)

= Gem of Friendship = It's another winter morning in Central City during the month of February and the team at S.T.A.R. Labs took down Gorilla Grodd on Earth-2 the previous day, preventing him from invading Earth-1. Claire sat in the Cortex, mindlessly scrolling through Cisco's Meta-human Encyclopedia as she waited for everyone to arrive.

"Nathan Bliss and the Central City Circus," Claire read on the screen, "Lorelai sure had a hell of a birthday last year."

"Coffee, Pinkie?" HR offered the young doctor, holding a fresh cup he brewed.

"Pinkie?" Claire repeated and then looked at the hot pink dress she wore decorated with rhinestones under a mimi pink sweater covered in silver sparkles, "Oh, because of my outfit. I can't have caffeine until I gain control of my powers."

"Ah, more for me then," the Earth-19 doppelgänger of Harrison Wells chuckled before downing the beverage himself, "Don't you have work?"

"I'm on call," Claire replied.

"Ah, so tell me, since you work with Lizard's recently-brought-back-from-the-dead father, how do you propose I get his approval?" HR asked, scratching the back of his neck.

"You can't," the blonde told him, bluntly, "No man will ever be enough for her to him, especially a man with your face, no offense. Just be yourself."

"I guess it's a good thing I'm not easily deterred," the older man chortled, proudly.

"To be fair, you are the best guy she's been with and she's been with a lot," Claire smiled at him with her chin in her hand, glancing at what he was wearing, "You and El wearing matching shirts now?"

"Hmm?" HR remembered the dark blue t-shirt he was wearing with 'Player 2' in green text above an 8-bit picture of Luigi from Super Mario Bros, "Ah, yeah, she insisted on me wearing it. I bought these as a birthday gift while she was on Earth-2."

"Oh, that's right, hers is a day before mine," Claire sighed, narrowing her eyes towards the desktop.

"Yeah, before...Oh!" HR gasped, excitedly, "Why didn't you say anything?"

"It's not like it's an important one. I'm only turning 26," the blonde shrugged.

"Everyone of your birthdays is special, Gemstone!" HR exclaimed, slapping both of his hands onto her shoulders from behind, startling her.

"OK, no more coffee for you, mister," Claire laughed.

"Happy Birthday, Claire-Bear!" Elizabeth casually strolled into the hub, donning a medium blue shirt with 'Player 1' in red text over an 8-bit art of Mario, and softly placed a pink cone hat with black diamonds onto her head, "There you go. Now, you look pretty today, prettier than normal. Prepare for birthday hugs."

"Huh?" Claire couldn't react before Elizabeth's twins bombarded her with cuddles, "Oh, that's what you meant," she giggled.

"Happy Birthday, Auntie Claire!" MJ and BJ cried, the latter louder than his older sister.

"Thank you," she returned the draglets' hugs.

"Here's a pretty, pink flower," May Jasmine handed her a calla lily she manifested with her powers.

"It's beautiful like you, Little Flower," Claire accepted her gift, kissing the little redhead's forehead.

"And I have a song for you," Bronte Josh inhaled, preparing to sing, but his mother covered his mouth.

"No, no, we don't need you breaking any glass, honey," Elizabeth told him as she signed, quickly.

"Thanks again, Ellie," Claire smiled at her friend.

"Just because most of my birthday this year was crap, doesn't mean yours has to be," Elizabeth grinned, patting her son's auburn hair.

"Most of it?" Claire raised an eyebrow.

HR cleared his throat as Elizabeth approached him.

"Yeah, I made sure it wasn't completely ruined because of those mean gorillas," he pulled her into a tight embrace.

"You sure did, schmoopie, and I hope to have my day made again tonight," the Drakonian licked her front fangs before kissing him.

"Ahem!" Claire covered MJ's ears, "You're lucky one of your kids is deaf."

"Sorry," Elizabeth pulled away in embarrassment, leaving her boyfriend disappointed, "Speaking of, is Hartley here yet?"

"Nope," Claire responded, shaking her head.

"OK, I'll wait for him in Cisco's workshop," Elizabeth took her kids' hands and started to make her way to the room.

"I think Harry's in there," Claire noted.

"And I will just move to the lounge," Elizabeth suddenly turned around and headed for the aforementioned area, twirling around as quickly as possible for her.

After the three were gone, Claire shook her head again.

"She still didn't tell him?" HR asked her.

"Nope and I really think she should before he finds out from someone else," Claire turned to him but noticed his crestfallen expression, "What?"

"You just had to ruin our moment," HR crossed his arms and pouted.

"Oh, dear God!" Claire groaned, spinning the chair around so her back was facing him, "I swear, you two are worse than rabbits." Elizabeth entered the lounge and was surprised to see Rainbow and Hartley making out on the sofa.

"You gotta be kidding me," Elizabeth exhaled, crossing her arms.

The two stopped what they were doing and looked at her, flushed.

"Um, heh, hey, Lizzie," Rainbow laughed, nervously.

"Shit," Hartley cursed under his breath.

"Uncle Rainbow!" MJ ran up to the fairy and jumped onto his lap when he shifted positions, "I wanna play too."

"That's not really the type of game you'd be into, sweetie," Hartley told her as BJ hopped onto his thighs.

"You two were here the whole time?" Elizabeth asked, tapping her foot.

"We might have snuck in," Rainbow stated, widely smiling.

"Sure, dude," Elizabeth gave her best friend a dirty look.

"OK, how about we just get class started before a fight breaks out?" Hartley suggested, caressing the blond's shoulder.

"Good idea, I have to talk to Barry about Claire's birthday present," Elizabeth turned to leave.

"Oh, yeah, it's Claire-Bear's birthday today," Rainbow admonished, happily.

"She's not interested, Bo," the sound-powered meta-human clarified.

"I can dream, right?" Rainbow lowered his head.

"You're worse than Elizabeth when it comes to your love life," Hartley mentioned, getting up to collect everything for the kids' ASL class.

"Who says anything about love?" Rainbow questioned, smirking at him as he set up the little desks.

"Well, me for one thing," Hartley glared at him, "I am the type of guy who wants commitment."

"Sorry, Rathaway," Rainbow walked up to him and handed him his glasses he had off while they were together, "Lovey-dovey relationships are too complicated for me."

Barry and Lorelai walked into the main room of the labs along with Cisco who was holding party supplies.

"Is this a yearly thing for you?" Lorelai asked, noticing her boyfriend place the bag on the control desk.

"Babe, I love when we have a chance to celebrate a birthday," Cisco answered, slapping HR's hand, "Hey, wait for everyone else to get here."

"Sorry, Francisco, I love to decorate," HR rubbed the back of his hand.

"The only ones who aren't here are the Wests," Elizabeth stomped into the room in a bad mood.

"What's wrong?" Barry asked.

"I'm just stressed," the redhead sighed.

"Oh, come here, Princess," HR stood behind her, massaging her clavicles, "There you go, feel better?"

Elizabeth gazed straight ahead with a mopey look, "No, honey."

"You don't mind this, do you, Claire?" Cisco asked.

"Of course not, as long as there's no interruptions," she said.

"Yeah, that reminds me," Barry chimed in, "The reason we're late, we might have a meta-human on the loose."

"Why?" Cisco inquired, sitting at the desk, typing at the computer.

"At the crime scene we came from, someone drowned but there's no evidence of where the water came from," Lorelai patted his arm.

"I took a sample of the water and think we can find out more about-"

"I'll take that," Rainbow, unexpectedly appearing in the room, snatched the tube from Barry.

"Oh, Bare, I wanted to ask you something," Elizabeth remembered, pulling away from HR.

"OK, let's go into Cisco's worksh-"

"No, I'd prefer somewhere else," Elizabeth dragged the speedster into a med-room.

"What's wrong with her?" Lorelai reasked Barry's question.

"Harry," HR and Claire said in unison.

"She still didn't tell him about the future," Claire added.

"Seriously?" The brunette cop rolled her eyes, "When does she expect him to find out? When it happens?"

"What's he doing in my workshop anyway?" Cisco wondered.

"Checkmate stuff, I think," Claire guessed, glancing at the paper bag, "Can we decorate now?"

"Oooh, me, me!" HR held up his hand, eagerly. "So, what did you want to talk to me about?" Barry asked, sitting on one of the beds.

"I drew ideas for gifts you can make quickly for Claire since she's your best friend and everything," Elizabeth took out a purple tablet she kept in the violet backpack she wore, flipping through the apps with her tongue sticking out to the side.

"Um, when did you do that?" Barry asked, watching her search.

"I worked on these all night," Elizabeth wiped the drool from the side of her mouth, left from her taste muscle hanging out, with her single, dragon claw-like hand before turning her device to show the brond her designs.

"Damn!" Barry took the electronic notebook and examined the art.

On page one, was a black rabbit with long ears and pink inside them and a red gemstone on its forehead; the second page depicted a magenta, feline-like carbuncle with black inner ears and a green gemstone in between its eyes plus a split tail; The final piece showed a charcoal colored fox with pink inner ears and the tip of its fluffy tail was coral pink topped off with a blue gem on the head.

"Don't you sleep?" Barry enjoined, raising an eyebrow, "These look amazing, but seem like they took a few hours each."

"Well, I had to do something while I waited for HR to rest in between rounds," Elizabeth beamed with her eyes shut tight and her cheeks raised.

"Um, right," the scarlet speedster cringed and then cleared his throat, "I'll choose one of these that I think she'd like and will try to get it done quickly. Hey, didn't Harry make those stuffed dragon dolls for the twins last year? Maybe he can help with the material."

"If you wanna ask him," Elizabeth scratched her head, sighing while staring at the floor.

"Theo works with him at Checkmate now, right?" Barry questioned.

"Yeah?" Elizabeth slowly looked at him, "Why?"

"Could you see if he can get him to come here?" He followed up, smiling, "While there, you can ask about helping me with Claire's gift."

"But, you're a speedster. Can't you just quickly stitch the toy together and run to their headquarters in a matter of seconds?" The Drakonian Princess pleaded, batting her eyes while clasping her hands together.

"True, but we have a case to work on," Barry said, running his hand through his hair, "Are you purposely avoiding him?"

"Nooooooo," the redhead arched her eyes, slowly, "I just don't want to accidentally spill the beans about my coming death because, you know me, I can't keep my mouth shut," she peered at her friend with big, puppy dog eyes.

"Are you ever gonna tell him or do you want us to when we fail to save you?" Barry stood up, holding the tablet.

"I'm..." Elizabeth twiddled her fingers, shyly, avoiding his eyes, "Working on it."

Barry sighed, shaking his head, "How about you focus on asking him about Theo while we handle the meta-human?"

"OK," Elizabeth flashed him a half-hearted smile, "Good luck with your Hydro Hunter," she vacated the room.

"Hmm, cool name," Barry affirmed to himself. Claire and HR were busy decorating the Cortex while Rainbow delivered the news about the evidence.

"So, I examined the water Barry took from the crime scene and there's definitely human DNA mixed with it that does not belong to the victim," the Mystic announced, turning to Cisco, "It says there are two distinct strands."

"Who was the vic anyway?" Cisco asked.

"George Grant," Lorelai said as her boyfriend brought up his information on the screen, "He was a utility worker at the Central City Water District," she read the breakdown.

"Why would anybody want to kill someone who works at a water company?" Claire wondered, standing on a chair, holding part of a black and pink banner.

HR tapped her on the head with one of his drumsticks, "Hey, focus on this job, Gemstone."

"I'm not the best person to bonk on the head, dude," she grumbled, rubbing her head.

"Maybe it was a disgruntled employee," Rainbow noted, "Is there a match for the other DNA?"

"No," Cisco stated after running the sample through different databases.

When she hung up a cardboard, pink diamond decoration, Claire lost her footing and fell off the chair, but Barry caught her in his arms, running in from the med-room.

"Nice catch, B.A!" HR exhaled in relief.

"You good?" Barry asked, grinning.

"Y-Yes," Claire stammered, blushing, "I swear, I don't do this on purpose."

"It's OK, I'll always catch you when you fall," the forensic scientist gently placed her feet on the ground.

HR watched them, holding a hand over his mouth to cover up his impish smile. Everyone was focused on Claire, they didn't notice Elizabeth entering Cisco's workshop.

"You should be more careful, klutz," Iris chided, arriving with pink and black balloons in her hands.

"Good thing Barry was there to catch you," Joe added next to his daughter, "What is everyone else doing?"

"Um," HR looked all around, not meeting anyone's eyes, "She slipped."

"Imma hurt you if you pushed me," Claire leered at him.

"I didn't," the writer defended, "I was going for the decorations and besides, the Flash was there, right, B.A?"

The others looked at him with agitated glowers and folded arms, but Barry shook his head.

"Happy Birthday, Claire," Joe hugged her when she approached him.

"Thanks, Joe," Claire giggled, "Iris," she clasped one of her best friends, taking the balloons.

"We're trying to figure out who the meta-human is that killed that man," Lorelai told her partner.

"That's one of the reasons why I'm here," Joe handed a sketch of a man with long hair to Cisco, "We interviewed a witness who saw the murder take place. They saw a man strangle our victim with a hand...made of water."

"Now, that's cool!" Cisco uttered, running the doodle through facial recognition.

"He means awful," Lorelai laughed, nervously.

"There we go!" Cisco pulled up their suspect, "Christopher Splash is your Aquarius."

"Is that what we're calling him?" Iris asked, chuckling.

"Oh boy, there's one problem," Cisco brushed off her question, "It says here he died the night of the particle accelerator explosion. He drowned when a water heater burst during the chaos."

"There is one explanation," Claire lowered her head, "Julian."

"Yeah, he's definitely a phoenix-revived meta-human," Rainbow nodded, but then noticed something, "Hey, Barry, where's Lizzie?"

"Uh," Barry inspected the workshop's door.

"Whoa!" Rainbow blinked, "You threw her into the lion's den?" He whispered.

"Well, no, I just thought..." Barry felt his friends' eyes on him, "I thought that maybe while we focused on Splash, she would, um, tell him."

"We're trying to prevent her death, Bare, not have her friend kill her for keeping a big secret from him," Rainbow sighed, pulling on his hair, "Harry doesn't take bad news well."

"She's fine!" HR waved them off, but then pondered for a moment, "Maybe I'll just go to make sure-"

"No!" The team interjected.

"Oh," HR winced and then frowned from the yelling, "OK, I'll just stay out of everyone's way," he sadly made his way to the nearby med-bay.

Claire grimaced, watching and then following him once he entered the room.

"OK, so let's go get this meta," Joe urged, trying to break the ice.

"So we can have a nice get-together for our friend," Iris added, "I'm gonna see if I can get Matthew to come here for her." Harry was in Cisco's workroom, scribbling some notes and equations on a clear board. He let out a heavy sigh before erasing something he had just written.

"What'cha working on?" Elizabeth asked near the door with her hands swaying behind her back, noticing the chess pieces drawn in black or white ink with information surrounding them.

"A way to help us find Savage and his goons, easily, before they wreak havoc on a specific world or time," Harry replied, dryly.

"What's a Savage?" Elizabeth questioned, standing directly behind him, "And what's Tar...Tar-tah-"

"Tartarus," Harry groaned, slamming the cap back on the marker he held in annoyance, "A dangerous team led by Vandal Savage who is a prehistoric, immortal warrior hellbent on conquering the multiverse."

"Oooooh!" Elizabeth admired, sliding upward against his back, laying her hands on his shoulders and her cheek to his left upper arm.

Harry growled, uncomfortably, "Why are you harassing me?" He hissed as Elizabeth pulled away from him, "Where are your kids?"

"They're in their ALS class," Elizabeth answered, coyly smiling.

"Don't you mean ASL?" Harry scowled, tapping the marker against the glass.

"Yeah, ASL, what did I say?" She wondered, staring up at a ceiling light.

"ALS," Harry spoke.

"Oh," Elizabeth laughed, "Stupid dys...dic...dick-sex-lia," she struggled, lightly punching her head.

Harry snickered but then held his wounded abdomen from Grodd, "Stop making me laugh."

"I didn't think I said something funny," Elizabeth gawked at him in confusion.

"I repeat, what do you want?" The scientist finally turned around to look at her.

"Barry wanted me to ask you if you could get Theo to come here for Claire's birthday since you two work for Waller now," Elizabeth iterated, rubbing her arm.

"He couldn't ask me that himself?"

"They're busy with a meta-human," Elizabeth sighed, "It's not like I'm of any use. I just own the place where the team likes to hang out."

"Oh, please, Little Dragon, you're just as important to the team as anyone else," Harry walked to his computer on a desk, "You just choose to not help out."

"Don't call me that," Elizabeth rumbled, squinting her eyes.

"I can't make any promises that he will be available," Harry said, typing.

After a few seconds of the line ringing, Theo Daniels appeared on-screen.

"Hey, there you are, Hunter, where have you been?" He queried, "We were about to send Ro and As to Earth-2 to fetch ya."

"I'm fine, Daniels, but unfortunately, I wasn't able to apprehend Grodd," Harry acknowledged.

"Oooh, The Wall is gonna kill you, man," Theo laughed, nervously, "Is that why you're still...Where are you?"

"Earth-1, S.T.A.R. Labs, Central City," Harry said, slowly, "It's your sister's birthday."

"Is it already?" Theo asked, surprised, "We can never tell what day it is anymore, or dimension."

"Are you busy?"

"Well, we just bagged ourselves a woman possessed by a sorceress who calls herself The Enchantress," Theo explained.

"A witch, really?" Harry bemoaned, "And I can't even capture a gorilla."

"No, he caught you," Elizabeth popped up next to him in view of the video call.

"Oh, hey, Ellie," Theo greeted.

"Hi, Mr. Daniels," Elizabeth waved, smiling, "And I saved him."

"No, you didn't," Harry narrowed his eyes at her, "Allen, Snart, and Ramon were there too."

"But I beat Solovar," Elizabeth huffed, glaring at him.

"Pfft, yeah right!" The Earth-2 native laughed, sarcastically, turning the chair to face her, "You couldn't stop Hei-Gon by yourself..."

"Don't 'Pfft' me!" The Drakonian snarled.

Theo stared, unamused as the two argued, "God, help me," he then slammed his hands on the station he sat at, "Would you two, shut up!"

They both looked at him in silence, but only Elizabeth apologized after a couple of seconds.

"Sorry," she lowered her head in shame.

"I don't know if I wanna go there if you two are going to fight," Theo said, leaning back in his chair.

"Um, we won't," Elizabeth bit her lip, avoiding his greenish-blue eyes as she scratched her arm.

"I'll probably be too busy," Harry added, facing the opposite direction.

"OK, I'll see what I can do," Theo told them, still feeling uneasy, "If I don't make it, tell my little sis: Happy Birthday for me."

"OK," Elizabeth and Harry answered, still not looking at him or each other.

Theo shook his head before ending the call.

Harry spun around, about to yell at Elizabeth, but saw her absent-mindedly scratching at her arm, her sharp claw making it bleed a little.

"What the hell are you doing?" He grabbed her arm, snapping her out of her thoughts.

"Huh?" The dragon looked at her cuts, "Guess I zoned out again."

"Dammit, get up," Harry dragged her by the arm to another desk, pushing her into the seat as he searched for something to clean her arm.

"Where's Bunny?" Elizabeth asked, brushing off the fact that she was bleeding as her eyes watched him gather cotton balls and bandages.

"She's not here," Harry said, matter-of-factly, "I don't want to freak anyone out so this is the best I can work with in this room.

"Aren't you the overprotective father?" Elizabeth referred to his daughter again, still ignoring the current situation.

"What do you want me to do, keep her on a leash?" Harry retorted, holding her arm and gently dabbing over the claw marks, "I thought you stopped this."

Elizabeth frowned, "I guess I'm stressed."

"Why?" Harry calmly asked, bandaging the limb after cleaning it, "Something wrong with the kids?" He looked at her after finishing, "Or your boyfriend?"

Elizabeth contemplated her answer, fighting the urge to tell him the truth about her fate at the hands of The Future Flash and Zhu-Ku, but ultimately decided to continue lying.

"I was up all night, trying to help Barry with a birthday gift for Claire," she conveyed, cutely, "Not sleeping sucks."

"Uh-huh," Harry agreed, putting the supplies away, tossing the used items in the trash bin, "I'll pretend that's true."

"It is!" Elizabeth jumped out of the chair, "I have the designs I drew on my tablet I gave Barry. Wanna see?"

"Sure, Liz," Harry voiced, not completely buying her story. "Knock-knock," Claire shut the door behind her as HR tapped at one of the mattresses with his drumsticks.

"What are you doing here?" He asked, still rhythmically swatting with his back turned to her.

"I wanted to make sure you were alright," Claire walked up to him, grasping one of the wooden sticks to get his attention, "Are you OK?"

"Yeah," HR snatched the item back from the blonde, "Why wouldn't I be?"

"I don't know," the doctor sat down as HR did, "You looked upset when Barry and the others-"

"Told me off from wanting to check on my girlfriend?" HR looked down as he continued playing with his batons, clanging them against one another.

"I know you're worried about her, but she's gonna be OK," Claire smiled, "Barry and the others won't let her down."

"Yes," HR laughed, "B.A. is always the hero. Isn't that right?" He smirked at her.

"You did make me fall, didn't you?" Claire crossed her arms, swinging her legs back and forth over the bed.

"Don't sweat it, Gemstone, I saw him and knew he wouldn't let you get hurt," he shrugged, "Just my way of playing Cupid."

"What are you talking about?" Claire asked, biting her lip, "Barry is with Iris, our best friend, and the woman he's been in love with since he was 10-years-old."

"True," HR patted her nose, gently, with the wand, "But you obviously like him. Does he know that?"

"No," Claire lowered her head, "And I'd like to keep it that way because Barry is finally happy."

"But you're not," HR noted, "Between watching your crush with another woman and being ashamed of your powers, you really have a lot going on in your heart."

"I'm not ashamed of them," she glared at him, "You saw what I did to them. If it wasn't for this bandana dampening my powers, this monster controlling my mind would kill my friends."

"You only think that way because you're scared," HR sighed, standing up, "You have to be able to fight it, control it. If your brother can do it, so can you."

"Maybe," Claire looked at him, "But how do I do that?"

"It's just like what I tell Lizard," HR cleared his throat and held up a finger, "If you can't accept who you are and embrace your destiny, then you will easily succumb to the darkness that everyone possesses."

"So, what you're saying is, if I accept being a Carbuncle and embrace this Gemma, then I can be the one in control?" Claire guessed, touching her chin.

"Is that what I said?" HR questioned, scratching his head with a drumstick, "I guess so."

"And you tell Elizabeth stuff like this?" Claire asked, smiling.

"She, uh, always needs some encouragement," HR chuckled, "Just, um, just my way of convincing her to be the leader she was always meant to be. She is a princess after all," he accidentally dropped his sticks.

Claire picked them up and handed them to him, noticing a rosy tint on his face, "So, does she know you love her?"

"I haven't told her," HR sat down in a chair nearby, "I like what we have right now and I don't want to ruin it," he leaned back with his arms behind his head, "She's so sweet, so adorable, and funny, and brave..."

Claire laughed, "Of course."

"And she's the first person to accept me for who I am, not what I pretended to be," HR straightened in his seat, sighing, blissfully, "I feel like she's my soulmate. Pfft, sounds stupid for someone my age, huh."

"Of course it doesn't. You're the romance novelist," Claire giggled, getting off the bed, "As for you and Elizabeth, You both are big, lovable idiots. It's like you two were made for each other."

"You think she feels the same?" HR asked with a huge grin.

"Let me put it this way," Claire clasped her hands together, before pulling him to his feet by his arms, "She only gets intimate with a man she really feels strongly for."

"Really?" HR gasped, excitedly.

"Definitely," Claire winked, giggling.

"Thanks, Gemstone," HR pulled her into a sudden hug, "You're the best."

"Anything for a friend," Claire patted his back before pulling away, "And speaking of Gemstone, I'll take everything you've told me to heart."

"Attagirl," HR cheered.

Claire's phone vibrated in her pocket.

"Oh," she frowned, reading the text message she received, "I have to go into work for a few hours."

"Don't worry, we'll have everything ready here for you when you're done," HR reassured with a hand on her shoulder.

"Thanks, HR," Claire smiled again.

The two exited the medical room just as Harry and Elizabeth left the workshop.

"Where are you going?" Barry asked Claire.

"I gotta go to work," she quickly waved at her friends, "I'll try to be back tonight."

When she left, the Happy Birthday banner fell on Elizabeth's face.

"Aww, no party?" She pouted, shaking her head so the streamer would fall to the floor.

"Princess, what happened?" HR hurried to his girlfriend, checking her wrapped arm.

"It was an accident," Elizabeth shrugged.

"Poor baby got a boo-boo," HR massaged the area, gently.

Harry rolled his eyes, "Ugh, I'm gonna be sick," he groaned, returning to the workshop.

"Thanks, babe, he's gone now," Elizabeth laughed.

"Are you sure you're OK, Lizzie?" Rainbow asked.

"I got annoyed while talking to him and absent-mindedly picked at my skin," Elizabeth rolled her shoulders again, "No big deal," she turned to her boyfriend, "Wanna come with me to get supplies for the party?"

"Yeah, we can get the cake too!" HR exclaimed, flicking his wrist on instinct, "Oh, I left my sticks in the room."

"Nope, don't need them," Elizabeth grabbed his hand, "Come on, honey, we'll take one of the vans. You can drive."

The couple left the Cortex as the others wondered what just happened. Iris and Joe walked into the G.E.M. Family Law offices to see Claire's father.

"Can I help you?" The front desk clerk asked as the two approached her.

"Yeah, we're here to see Matt," Joe said, leaning against the desk.

"Do you have an appointment?" The secretary questioned, tapping her nails on the desk while glaring at the detective.

"Mr. Daniels!" Iris called, seeing the lawyer exit his office.

"Joseph and Iris West," he commented, passing them both, "I have meetings I need to attend."

"We're aware of your busy schedule, sir, but were wondering if you can take time out of your day to-"

"You know I can't, Ms. West," Matthew told Iris as she and her father followed him.

"But it's your daughter's birthday and it's been a rough year for her and-"

"Every year is a 'rough year', Detective," Matthew interrupted again when they made it to another room, "I have to go, good day," he slammed the door behind him.

"That went well," Iris sighed, shaking her head.

"Come on, sweetie, let's see if there's any updates on the meta-human," Joe wrapped an arm around his daughter. Hours later, at the clinic, Claire finished stitching up another patient. She removed her gloves with an exhausted sigh.

"Good news, Daniels," Jasper approached her, holding a cupcake, "Your day is almost done, so how about we celebrate your birthday."

"You really didn't have to, Dr. Mendel," Claire gave him a half-hearted smile as she cleaned up her station.

"Well, you kinda get a new perspective on things when your daughter revives you," Jasper placed the chocolate cupcake with frosted, pink icing and red sprinkles on the freshly polished table, "I know you'd rather be with your friends."

"You may be my boss," Claire sat in a chair, "But you're also my friend."

Jasper smiled as he lit the single, purple candle, "Make a wish, Dr. Daniels."

She closed her eyes and knew what she wanted: Her friends and family to be together on her birthday and to be able to control her other half. When she had that wish in mind, she blew out the candle. It was late afternoon and Barry, Lorelai, Joe, and Iris were at their jobs while Cisco, Rainbow, and Hartley were decorating the Cortex at S.T.A.R. Labs for Claire's party that evening.

"Did you find the Aquarius yet?" Rainbow asked, tying party decorations on the main control panel.

"No," Cisco sighed, sitting hunched over at the computer, "Barry searched his last known address and he wasn't there."

"What about Elizabeth and HR?" Hartley asked, re-hanging the banner that fell earlier.

Cisco called Elizabeth's cell from the computer and set it on speakerphone. "Hi, guys!" Elizabeth answered, cheerfully, laying the phone on her shoulder while holding bags of rolled-up fabric.

"Babe, I found these," HR walked up behind her, holding a pair of purple, fuzzy handcuffs.

"HR, no!" Elizabeth hissed, spinning to whack him with the material that was sticking out of the bag she held. Cisco and Rainbow looked at each other, oddly as Hartley listened from the chair he stood.

"What the hell are you two doing?" Rainbow asked. "We're waiting for Claire's cake to get done so we can pick it up," Elizabeth replied on the other end.

HR approached her again and showed her violet lingerie.

"Hey, what about this?" He asked, smirking at her.

Elizabeth growled, dropping the shopping bags, putting the phone facedown on a counter. "OK, babe, what did I tell you? When I'm on the phone with my friends, you don't ask me about sex toys. I don't need everyone to know where we are. Just buy everything. You know we're gonna use it."

Cisco, Rainbow, and Hartley, who was now standing with them, were listening.

"Oh, my god!" Rainbow and Hartley laughed.

"Elizabeth!" Cisco yelled, trying to get her attention on the other end.

"Sorry, bros, we're gonna get the cake now, see you soon! Bye-ee!"

She hung up the phone not giving Cisco or the others a chance to respond.

"That was fun," Hartley deduced, nodding while leaning over the desk.

"I wanted her to buy me some candy," Rainbow tried to control his laughter.

"I hate you guys," Cisco groaned and then his meta-human alert app went off, "Thank, God, Aquarius is attacking the CCPD. I'll alert Barry. Bo, you should go there."

"No way, I can't fight a water meta. He'll mess up my hair," Rainbow whined.

"Seriously?" Hartley raised a brow, "It's not that perfect, dude."

"I'll see if Wally is available too," Cisco bemoaned, aggravated. Outside the police department, Christopher Splash who had long, black hair and was wearing black goggles and a silver, tight-fitted shirt with brown suspenders with pockets, was facing down a squad of cops who shot at him, but the bullets were phasing through his body which liquified on contact with each bullet.

"Captain, clearly this isn't working," Joe told his boss as they held their weapons.

"We're just holding him off until the Flash and the others get here," Captain Singh said.

"You should have brought your swimsuits, coppers!" Splash taunted, lunging his water arms at them, but the Flash scooped them up.

"Hey, Aquarius!" Ice Princess called. He turned to face her as she tried to spray him with ice but it escaped her hands like a sputtering mist, "Shit, my powers still aren't working right."

"Aww, looks like the resident refrigerator isn't running," Splash laughed, striking her with a blast of water.

Barry ran up to him but went right through him. When he realized what happened, he spun his arms around to create a cyclone to knock him back.

"Are you OK?" Barry asked Lorelai.

"I'm fine," Lorelai gritted her teeth.

"Barry, Lorrey, are you two OK?" Cisco asked through their comms.

"Yeah, but we can't touch him and Ice Princess' powers are still malfunctioning," Barry explained.

"Bare, try hitting him with a lightning bolt," Rainbow suggested.

"Won't that kill him?" Lorelai wondered.

"We tried the B.O.O.T but it went right through him too," Joe said from beside the Flash.

"Hee-yah!" White Rabbit somersaulted into the battle and tried to strike him with roundhouse kicks, but he smacked her with his watery arm, "Ugh, that was not fun," she flipped her floppy ears out of her face and spit some water on the ground.

Kid Flash raced around him, preparing to throw a lightning bolt, but Splash extended his liquified arms, grabbing him and Barry by the throats.

"Two Flashes for the price of one!" Splash cackled, constricting them, but dropped the speedsters when someone electrocuted him.

"I'm sorry, you were saying, Hydro Hunter," Elizabeth said, giggling in her Mother Nature attire, standing a few feet away but stopped laughing when she saw he was now just a puddle, "Um, did I kill him?"

"Anybody got a bucket?" Barry scratched his head.

"Oh, Hell no!" Joe turned and walked over to the other cops.

"Where were you guys all day?" Lorelai asked Kid Flash and White Rabbit.

"We just wanted to spend the day together before she returned to Earth-2," Wally said, helping his girlfriend stand.

"Yeah, d-don't tell my dad, please," Bianca begged, pink bunny nose twitching, nervously.

"Don't worry, we won't," Elizabeth wrapped her arms around the couple, pulling them snugly against her as Captain David Singh handed Joe a bucket from one of the cop cars. That night, Jasper returned Claire to S.T.A.R. Labs after a long day of work.

"You gonna be OK, Claire?" Jasper asked as they entered the elevator.

"I'm a little tired, but I'm just going to hang out with my friends before I go to bed," Claire yawned, brushing her ponytail over her shoulder.

The two made their way to the Cortex and were surprised to see all of her friends and a fully decorated room.

"Happy Birthday, Claire!" They all said, blowing their colorful party horns.

Barry zoomed her into the main chair at the console, placing a tiara on her head.

"All hail Queen Daniels!" The speedster stated, laughing now holding a red party bag similar to everyone else.

"I sing now?" Josh exclaimed, once again preparing to sing, but his mother covered his mouth.

"No!" The others interjected.

"Thanks, guys," Claire smiled, forcing back tears, "You're the best friends I could ever have."

Jasmine jumped on her lap, placing another lily in her headband that covered her Zodiac Gem. HR and Rainbow put a large, circular chocolate cake with pink frosting donned with different colored Carbuncle animal figurines that read 'Happy Birthday, Claire Daniels!'

"Make a wish," Iris said, holding her cell to record everything with an indigo-colored bag over her elbow.

Claire readied to blow out the candles.

"Stop!" Harry interrupted, quickly storming into the room from Cisco's workshop.

"Oh, no you didn't," Elizabeth growled, glaring at him from next to HR, "What, dude?"

"We're not all here," Harry turned to a pink breach that suddenly appeared, "OK, now we are."

Theo stepped through the portal, holding a gray bag of his own.

"Am I too late?" He asked, looking at his surroundings.

"Big brother!" Claire rushed over to him and hugged him, tightly.

"Happy Birthday, sis," Theo grinned, patting her back.

"You actually got him to come," Elizabeth slid next to the Earth-2 Wells.

"Yeah, you're welcome," Harry crossed his arms, holding a black bag as he smirked at her.

"Thank you," Elizabeth copied his posture, grumbling under her breath.

"You have a present too, Gem?" Bianca asked, holding a pink bag.

"Oh, yeah," Theo took out a large, sparkling red orb, "This is supposed to be a very rare gemstone I found on Earth-2 thousands of years ago. We're Carbuncles, so, I thought it would be the perfect gift for my lil' sis."

"Thousands of years ago?" Hartley asked with a brown bag in his hand.

"He's part of a multiverse, time-traveling group like Harry," Cisco told him, swinging a green bag.

"And taking that won't mess up the timeline?" Wally wondered with a yellow bag.

"Nope, because people never believed this legendary jewel existed," Theo grinned.

"Oooh, I have an idea!" Elizabeth snatched the gem from the Mystic's hand and laid it on the middle desk. Her hand turned rocky and she slammed it, breaking it into many pieces.

"Why did you do that?" Theo gasped, dramatically.

"Trust me," Elizabeth chided with her tongue sticking out loosely to the side, "Barry?"

Barry took the fragments and everyone's colorful bags and returned them a few seconds later.

"Now the gifts are perfect," Barry said, out of breath.

"Can we give them to her now?" Joe asked with an orange bag.

"Yes," Barry handed Claire his red one while everyone hands her their colorful bags, each one with a different animal Carbuncle plushie with a piece of the gem stitched to their foreheads.

"Aww, thank you, everyone!" Claire gasped, snuggling them all against her when she removed them, "I love them!"

"I designed them while Barry made them with the material I bought," Elizabeth announced with an adorable eye-closed smile, her tongue still to the side.

"Sorry that we couldn't get your father to come," Joe said.

"It's OK," Claire smiled at him as he hugged her, "I have my family right here. Who wants cake?"

"Me!" Elizabeth and HR chimed in as Harry rolled his eyes.

"They're such children," he sighed.

"Are you saying you don't want any?" Claire looked at him, smirking, after cutting some pieces.

Harry squinted a glare as he crossed his arms, "No."

Everyone laughed as they prepared to eat birthday cake. Later that night, at her apartment, Claire placed all her colorful, unique Carbuncle dolls she got from her friends on a nightstand. She smiled at all of the initials of each one of her teammates stitched into the respective colors and species they gave her.

Then, her doorbell rang, but before she could answer it, Barry speeded into her bedroom to her surprise.

"Now, what would you have done if I was getting dressed or in the shower?" She asked, laughing as she cleaned up the papers that flew onto the floor.

"I just had to hope you weren't," Barry chuckled, sitting on a chair, "Did you have a good day, Claire-Bear?"

"I did," Claire smiled, situating herself on her bed, "Thank you, Bare."

"Did you talk to Julian today?" Barry asked, tapping the arm of the chair, "I know you guys went out on a date while we were on Earth-2."

"It wasn't really a date," Claire shrugged her shoulders, "It was just drinks. Oh, but he did wish me Happy Birthday from London."

"That was nice of him," Barry said, smirking at her.

"How are you and Iris?" Claire asked, copying his expression, "I mean, we never really talked about you two finally getting together."

"Pretty good, I think," Barry sighed, standing up, "You know how much I love her."

"Yes, I do," the blonde joined him, "And I believe she loves you too."

"Well, I know we're best friends," Barry nodded, "We've all always been friends since we were kids. I just find it odd that she agreed to date me when she found out I was the Flash instead of when Eddie broke up with her."

"Guess she needed some time," Claire put a hand on his shoulder, "I know she loves Barry Allen, not just the Flash."

"I mean, it's not like I can't blame her loving the Flash," the CSI laughed, "I wasn't anyone special before I got my powers."

"That is not true," Claire shook her head, squeezing his shoulder, "You were always the nicest, smartest guy and would do anything for the people you love. No amount of power or fame as the Flash changed that. You have always been my hero, Barry Allen."

"Wow!" Barry blushed a little, pulling her into a hug, "You too, Dr. Daniels. You're my hero too."

The two pull away and simpered at each other.

The End!