25.And Then I Met Her..

Erick still couldn't believe it..he was on a literal floating golden palace in the middle of outer space, he finally met his mother after all of these years and for the first time in what truly felt like ages; Erick Thawne was genuinely happy

Happy to see someone who cared about him for who he is and not for people made him out to be, it was a truly memorable experience for him and now he was being given the tour of his old home by the God of Thunder, Thor Odinson

Thor and Erick walk down the halls as Erick who is still mesmerized by it all just looks around seeing statues and painting, even spotting some people training with each other as he hears something..

"Do you hear that?"

Erick says pointing out that sound as Thor doesn't even seem to notice it

Thor:To what are you referring to Erick?

The sound of singing echoes throughout the halls of the palace as Erick slowly steps away from Thor as the Asgardian watches Erick leave him all by himself as Erick grows closer to the singing

He feels the tingles of lightning in the air as his hand momentarily sparks with a shade of purple lightning

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Inside of an separate room laying all around the ground, instruments are scattered everywhere as Erick steps into the room as he hears the singing grow even louder, it was almost angelic

?:When tomorrow comes I'll be on my own..feeling frightened up

Erick finally finds the source of the singing, all around him were spreadsheets as he kneels down and picks one of them up as he mutters the words to himself

"I got all I need when I have you and I.."

It was almost like an instinct as she turned around to see who was behind her as Erick looked up right as she turned her head, and then it happened..they locked eyes with each other

The air around them became almost electrified as Erick awkwardly waved at her

"Sorry..I just--ahem I heard you singing and I wanted to see who it was..my name is---"

?:Hi..

Erick looked a bit more confused than surprised by this as the long raven haired woman stood up and made her way over to him as they still had their eyes locked onto each other as she looked up at him

?:You look familiar..have we met before?

"I'm sorry..but um no I don't think so"

Erick held out the spreadsheet for her to grab as he felt her finger brush against his skin as they both felt small literal sparks come off each other, one was a small flicker of purple and the other was a faint yellow

These sparks..they felt a connection, it was strong and they both knew it..

"You felt that didn't you?"

She nods her head 'yes' as they both hold up their hands as their palms touch other as small crackles of mixed yellow and purple lightning tingle between them

It was an indescribable feeling..they felt connected to each other yet so distant

?:I'm Katherine..Katherine Foster..but you can call me Kate

She said while looking down at her hand as she smiled at Erick

"Nice to meet you, Kate. I'm Erick Thawne"

That name sounded very familiar to her but she couldn't quite put her finger on it, it was like some kind of hidden memory that had been locked away in her brain

Kate and Erick pulled their hands away as they felt the small tingles in their fingers just vanish just as quickly as they had felt them brush against their skin

Erick stepped back as he looked around the room seeing the spreadsheets scattered everywhere along with some instruments, he looks down at the same spreadsheet in his hand

"Did you write this?"

He holds up the paper and shows it to Kate as she shyly nods 'yes' at this, she felt more embarrassed than proud of herself

"I know this is going to sound creepy without any context but uhh..you sound amazing"

Kate:Wait..really?

"Yeah ive heard some good people sing when your definitely one of them, you have talent"

Kate:Thank you..wow your actually the first person that's ever told me that, I spend most of my time either here or practicing my archery

"Wow you can sing and you do archery, aren't you just full of surprises, is there anything you can't do?"

Kate chuckles as she walks over to a small table and grabs some other spreadsheets as she walks back over to Erick and hands them to him as he begins to go over them

Kate:I've written alot of songs but ive never been able to finish them because I just couldn't find the right beat or..

Erick/Kate:Partner..

They both say at the same time as Erick nervously scratches the back of his neck as his eyes dart back down to the papers in his hand

"I can help you with this if you want me to"

Kate:Really? You'd do that for me? We don't even know each other..

"Well yeah but maybe this could be a way for us to get to know each other..unless you don't want because I can leave--"

Kate:No!

Her sudden outburst startled Erick a bit

Kate:I mean..ahem..yeah I'd like to get to know you, Erick..

They both walk over to some chairs as he sets the papers down as he goes through some of the unfinished songs as he looks for one

"Do you have anything you'd like to start with?"