Nate’s voice was heard from the distance, causing Vin to turn his head in that direction, watching as the kid strolled up to Jennifer and wrapped an arm around her. As usual, Nate had his signature -I know something you don’t know- expression while exchanging dialogue with her, although the fact that he liked to touch her as much as he did made Vincent uncomfortable enough.

“Hey numbnuts!” He blurted out in their direction, his voice echoing off the nearby trees and wooden shack.

“Do you happen to have a plan at this point, or are you just feeling up on my girl?”

It’s as though, at that moment, time froze enough for him to fully reflect on what the hell just happened.

Was this high school all over again?

He’d never really been the kind of guy who kept his feelings bottled up, at least not for long. If an issue arose that bothered him enough, he’d address it, whether or not anyone else cared to hear his opinion. In his own mind, he mattered, probably more so than he actually did, but the one thing he never owned up to was considering Jennifer his possession. Women had come and gone over the years: the users and abusers, rich and wanting, or those who were simply along for the wild ride that he and his philandering lifestyle would take them on day after day. And from what Vincent surmised of Jennifer's over life, she wanted it all, but not at the expense of herself or her pride. He wasn’t the one who should take that away from her.

Vin winced and turned his attention back to Christy, his face washed over with a bit of embarrassment.

“Shit. I probably shouldn’t have said that.”

His finger raised to head level and his mouth opened to reply to JJ but Vin's sudden outburst surprised Nate into a moment of silence. Only a brief moment though.

Nate furrowed his brow at Vin in confusion, glanced at JJ and then back at Vin. "Can't I do both?" he asked, only half joking. "The plan, Vincent is to wander into that there mine, check all the nooks and crannies and make sure there are no snakes or bad guys or fiery bears with machete claws that can kill is in our sleep. I went to a lot of trouble to secure the area around here and I don't want to not check the other end of our new digs and regret it when something creeps out on us from the shadows."

He started to move away from JJ towards the mine but half turned around to her and said. "And Jennifer, don't worry about it. This isn't going to be like that movie." He turned his back to her again and muttered "Because we're not friends."

As he passed Eric, Nate suddenly spun around to the kid and put his fingers to his temple as his face scrunched up.
"EW!" reacted Eric with a look of disgust on his face as he recoiled from Nate.
"Sorry." apologised Nate as he put a hand up. "My mind drifted. You stay out here and keep the entrance safe. If Eli comes back, let him know where we are."

He spun around to the rest of the group and yelled "The rest of you. Get in the hole."

Joseph had being running for far too long. He must have over shot the mine at some point and was now in a clump of bushes. He stuck his foot out in front of him and skidded to a halt. He brushed the dirt off of his legs and placed his hands on his knees.

He moved a strand of hair away from his face and looked around. He could see nothing even related to a path or a mineshaft. He reached into his pocket and pulled out his phone. 9 missed calls. He sighed and placed it back in his pocket. He'd supposed he'd been gone a while and his aunt was just worried.

He was far too fatigued for another run, so he started to walk through the trampled bushes, hoping to at least find a path.

Violet watched as a blur passed underneath her and seemed to come to a stop in the bushes a short ways off. She quickly stood up on the branch she had been sitting in, grabbed the iron bar that had several backpacks and a guitar case attached to it, and jumped across the treetops until she was standing above the mystery... thing. The thing she now could see was a human boy who seemed to be lost, and had apparently been running at some ludicrous speed. She quickly placed the bar on the back of her neck, just under her sweatshirt's hood and just above her shoulders, letting her power keep it in place in case she needed both of her hands for what she was about to do.

Violet turned around to face away from the boy and quickly did a short semi-flip that resulted in her hanging upside down from the branch by the tops of her feet. "Yo." She said flatly.

Joseph was really not expecting a girl to be hanging from a tree branch. He was startled to say the least. "Uh, hello?" She seemed fairly young, 15 or 16 if he had to guess. Then it hit him, he looked at the trampled bushes behind him, then back at the girl. He pointed his thumb over his shoulder. "I'm guessing you saw all of that." He sighed and placed his hands in his hoodie pockets.

He glanced at his feet momentarily then back up at the girl. He curled his mouth into a half smile. "I'm Joseph. Nice to meet you, I guess." He stuck out his hand awkwardly for her to shake.

She stared at his hand for a moment before holding her own hand out and shaking his surprisingly well considering she was upside down. She then gestured to herself and that she was hanging upside down. "I'm Batman." she said nonchalantly. "Do you have any idea how fast you were going back there, sir?"

He smiled, deciding to play along. "Sorry sir, my wife just went into labour, I have to get her to the hospital. Please don't take me to GCPD." He looked at his feet and chuckled at his joke, then back up at Violet. "So, Are you gonna tell me your secret identity?"

"What a terrible political decision, you're better off going to a psych ward." she replied, doubting Joseph would understand her British humor. "I'll tell you who I am when you tell me what the rush was for. And why you're able to break the speed limit like that." Violet used her power to let her feet slide off the branch and flipped to land on her feet before turning back to face him again.

Joseph laughed awkwardly. "Well, you see, the thing is... I actually have no idea. It just kind of... Happened." He rubbed the back of his neck. "I was at this gala in Atlanta and I tried to run back into the building, and, BOOM! I'm the Flash all of a sudden."

The girl stared at him for a few moments. "Violet." she finally said. "What are you doing way out here? Not exactly a sightseeing hotspot..."

He smiled, she seemed like a nice enough girl, Joseph couldn't see a reason why not to tell her, he pointed over to Nobles. "I got told about some people that were by some mineshaft this way. There's a kid in town with some serious wounds and I need medical supplies to patch him up. You wouldn't happen to know where they are would you?"

Thoughts began flashing through Violet's mind. People moved into the mine? Suspicious. They must have just come in today... A group would imply that that they're led by someone local, information about the town doesn't specify whether the mine is worthwhile to hide in. Legal trouble? Did someone track me and sneak in to try to jump me? Well, a smart rat could steal the cheese without getting killed, but... Now there's a bystander. I could use him to try to spring it, but he's more useful as a subject alive. And if they're after me specifically, then that would just risk him in crossfire. Besides, armed enemies could be a good test after the last few days...

After a couple of seconds she decided on an approach. "Yeah, follow me. I'd give you some of the supplies I have, but I might need them later." Violet began leading him towards the mine.

Joseph was slightly taken a back. He managed to keep it hidden but his mind was racing. Some random girl shows up, see's him doing his Flash thing and then suddenly wants to help him. She seemed legit, but he had his suspicions about Violet. He nodded and readjusted his back pack, he looked down at his shoes and sighed at the frictions marks on the soles. This was not going to be easy to explain to his Aunt Carla. He could picture it now. 'Joseph, are these burn marks?'. He smiled to himself and jogged to catch up with Violet, careful not to activate his powers. He did not need to trip on any more rocks.

"And what a relief that is," she added with somewhat of a sour tone. Jennifer could be around "that guy" for an hour or two at most, but a couple of days? It was more than enough to drive her crazy. She walked towards Vin before Nate so kindly ordered everyone to go back inside the mineshaft.

"You know what'd be nice right about now?" Jennifer whispered to Vin, "If there was actually some sort of killer beast in there who had an appetite for egotistical golden boys. I wouldn't miss him at all, especially if we're left with one of the nice clones, you know, the one I actually like."

Jennifer grabbed Vin's hand and pulled him towards the entrance to the mineshaft. "Come on, let's get inside before sergeant wise-ass has the chance to gross out someone else.