Going Rogue

Going Rogue was a roleplay that results in the Debut of The Flash. He is the main hero of Central City, with his introduction we also get introduced to the Rogues, The villains of this roleplay.

Story
= Synopsis = Going Rogue storyline that introduces Barry Allen|The Flash and a part of his rogues gallery. It is written as apart of Phase One, following the timeline reboot in Darkseids Reign. It establishes The Flash's position in the new continuity.

Running Late
Barry Allen wakes up 17 minutes late to work. Trying to rush his morning routine as fast as possible, which includes getting dressed and getting breakfast from jitters. While Barry does that Director Singh is at the central city bank waiting on Barry to get here to work on the crime scene. He finally arrives trying to give Singh an excuse but it doesn't get a reaction from the director. Singh tells him to get to work as Barry rushes to the crime scene. He gets to the crime scene examining the scene, discovering that they used a cooling agent to bust open the vault. They then used a nearby van to be the escape vehicle. Singh 'congratulates' him on his work, he then tells him to get back to the precinct so he can catch up on all of his late work.

The Rogues
Somewhere else, the Rogues are in a warehouse and Leonard Snart is scolding the others for taking too long, nearly resulting in them being caught. Mick Rory and Digger Harkness just scuff it off as they got rich so Leonard just explains how they'll be robbing a S.T.A.R Labs convoy before it can begin its journey. They'll detonate the nearby security vans using already planted explosives, instantly knocking out the security and giving them free time to steal as many cases as they can. A few hours later, they commit their plan to detail and the Rogues reach the convoy van and try to grab as many cases as possible. Mick opens one to reveal an experimental flamethrower but Leonard reminds him they're here to collect tech to pay off their debt, not collect weapons.

Information
The Rogues were in their warehouse, where Leonard is at the main table trying to think of their next heist. Meanwhile, the other rogues are examining the tech they stole and Mick picks up the Heat Gun and tries using it. Leonard scolds him for messing around but instead of complying he just keeps his focus on the flames. Leonard is about to force him but Mick reminds him they're only paying off their debt so they don't get killed, and so should use the weapons to pull off even more heists or even kill the people that are threatening them. Leonard thinks about it and decides to use an interesting piece of tech, which appears to be a cold gun. He then takes it back to the desk and tells the Rogues he has an idea.

Struggle
Somewhere else, Barry is in his apartment getting ready for his date with Iris West. He arrives at Jitters to see her already sitting at a table, he was late after all, and then enters the building. He sits down and apologizes for being late but, a few seconds later he feels a vibration from his phone. There's an ongoing robbery at Central City Fine Jewelry. He immediately looks up and says he has to go, resulting in Iris trying to demand an explanation as to why he's always bailing on her as if she doesn't matter. He just says sorry and runs out of the building, and as Iris tries to catch up by the moment she's left Jitters he's already gone.

Face To Face
The Flash arrives at the Jewelers but the floor is covered in golden ice and many of the gems are missing. He sees the Rogues at the back of the store and before he can even try to react he is hit by a blast of fire from Mick's heat gun. He phases off the flames and tries to run forwards but slips on the golden ice and runs into a wall of ice created by the cold gun. The Flash stares in awe as he runs back to the door to stop them but Digger throws an explosive boomerang at him, throwing him out of the building badly injured and letting the Rogues escape.

Meeting New People
Barry returns to his base texting Iris asking for forgiveness. He stares at his phone before deciding to head to S.T.A.R. Labs to gain information on the weapons used against him from his first interaction with them. Once he arrives he is met by Cisco Ramon, the engineer who designed some of the tech used in the devices. He introduces himself as Barry Allen and says he's there to gain information for the CCPD's case file, which was only half the truth. Cisco explains how they were built as tools, not weapons, and their conversation went from a formal tone to more of a casual conversation. Eventually, Barry describes that 'footage' from Fine Jewelry shows golden ice across the floor and a gun that created a wall of ice out of thin air, as well as a flamethrower and exploding boomerangs. Cisco laughs as he's excited that someone modified his tech to be cool gadgets, asking if Barry believes in Batman. Barry shrugs and asks for a way to track them and Cisco explains the cold/heat guns cause fluctuations in air temperature when used and so Barry used a nearby computer to track them to a warehouse in Lawrence Hill. He starts leaving S.T.A.R. Labs and tells Cisco he's been a good friend and so should hang out sometime.

Loss
The Flash runs into the warehouse, to be met with the floor covered in golden ice and the Rogues aiming their weapons at him. He must have triggered some sensors placed around the location in case they got caught. Acknowledging his disadvantage of not knowing the extent of their weapons, he makes witty remarks and tries to convince them to hand themselves in. Rory being the hotheaded one becomes impatient and begins the fight by shooting flames. Barry narrowly tries avoiding them and so tries taking the rogues one on one. This ends up not working as the rogues kept hitting him every time he got close to one of them. Digger eventually throws an explosive boomerang at him, throwing the Flash out of the warehouse and onto the ground outside. Flash barely picks himself up and looks back at the warehouse to see the Rogues outside and tries running around them, creating a vortex to render them unconscious, but Mick uses the Heat Gun to blast fire at the Flash, canceling the vortex. As he is on the ground barely conscious, the Rogues walk up to him ready to finish him off but the Flash runs away and arrives at his base before falling unconscious.

Making Amends
Barry meets up with Iris at Jitters as he tries to convince her to give him another chance in exchange for information on the Rogues case that she's trying to write an article on. She agrees and he tells her about their weapons and their looks. She asks for their names but Barry admits he doesn't even know which gives him the idea to try to match their identities, further admitting that he was slow to think of using their identities to stop them. She writes the information down in a notepad and says that she will give him another chance in exchange for something nice. Barry gets a notification from his phone and awkwardly says he has to go to work and leaves Jitters.

Getting Back To Work
Barry arrives at a nearby alley at CCPD and runs into the building and into the crime lab. Singh is standing by his desk and says he's late, again. He tells him to get to work then heads back into his office. Barry sits down and notices the pile of files on his desk and Singhs until he notices a figure standing behind him. It was his old friend, August Heart. August asks about his day and Barry says it's a welcome surprise to see his friend in the crime lab of all places. Heart asks Barry about Iris and says that he might pull another Patty but Barry just says it's not like that. August notices the pile of files and says he'll leave Barry alone for now, since he doesn't want to be blamed for Barry being even more late, and leaves the lab. Barry looks back at the computer and decides to leave the crime lab and head straight to his base. He uses the computers to run facial recognition software and manages to find the identities of all 4 rogues; Leonard Snart, Mick Rory, Lisa Snart, and Digger Harkness. He notes down as much information as possible about each person, including details about their lives before crime, and heads back to CCPD where he hands Singh the case file and says they must investigate the Rogues further, but Singh reminds him of his Quantity > Quality policy and informs Barry that Captain Frye wants him on this new homicide case anyways. Barry disagrees but realizes it's no use and just storms out of his office. Barry then heads to the West Residence. He rings the doorbell and a second later he gets a notification, it was the Rogues and they were targeting the Central City Casino. Iris West opens the door and looks down to see a bunch of flowers on her doormat.

Final Brawl
The Rogues were at the Casino vault, grabbing as much cash as possible, while Golden Glider is skating across the floor and covering it with golden ice. Flash phases into the building and introduces himself as the fastest man alive and so they won't be escaping this time. Digger and Lisa take on the Flash while Leonard and Mick continue grabbing the money but Flash came prepared and uses the Rogues weapons against each other, causing Digger to throw an explosive boomerang towards Lisa, knocking her out allowing Flash to run at Digger to knock him out. He enters the vault and tries taking on the remaining 2 rogues before luring them outside the vault. Rory tries to burn the speedster but he throws lightning at him, frying the gun and rendering it useless. As he ties up the 3 rogues, he notices Leonard had escaped leaving them behind and we see Leonard enter a van loaded with the cash. He begins to turn on the engine but Flash runs up in front of the van. Leonard hops out and Flash explains he knows who they are and how Lisa was trained by Roscoe Dillon, the Top who was Central City's first villain. He tells them that he knows about their debt and that CCPD can help them but Leonard refuses as they have no idea who's behind it all. As a result, Barry fights him too and knocks him unconscious. He takes Leonard back to the Casino and leaves the Rogues there as the police arrive. They aim their guns at the scarlet speedster who decides to publicly introduce himself as The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive and he's here to be Central City's hero.

Conclusion
Barry is in Iris' residence where the two are watching the news report on the Rogues arrest and this causes Barry to ask about her article. She says it was a success, especially their new popular nicknames; Captain Cold, Heatwave, Golden Glider and Captain Boomerang. He calls them 'catchy' and says he was surprised it wasn't more Metahumans as the Metahuman Thesis has become a more mainstream idea across the globe due to the exponentially increasing amount of Metahuman activity. Iris reminds him there hasn't been a Metahuman sighting in Central City since Girder but Barry gets a notification from his phone, telling him to go to his base or else. He stares in fear as he believes his identity was somehow already at risk. He apologizes about having to go and leaves in a hurry, leaving Iris speechless. He enters the base seconds later and looks around only to see a note pinned to his desk by a batarang. He stares in confusion as he takes off his cowl and approaches the note. As he gets close he reads the note and realizes it says "I'll be in touch."