Barry Allen may have been the fastest man alive but he still enjoyed a nice casual stroll every now and then, making his way down a hall of Star Labs with a coffee in hand. As he got closer to the main lab, he could hear tinkering sounds, followed by the occasional grunt or groan that he quickly recognized as his buddy Cisco’s. By the time he entered the lab he found Cisco standing on a step ladder trying to fix a lightbulb in the ceiling, “How’s it going?” Barry asked with a humored smirk at how much trouble it looked like he was having. “Just peachy” Cisco answered with another grunt of frustration as he struggled to install the new light.

“Ya know, for a science genius, it looks like that light bulb is really kicking your butt” Barry teased. “I’m glad you’re enjoying the show” Cisco volleyed back without ever even looking back at Barry, too focused on the surprisingly challenging task. Barry watched Cisco fiddle with the light for another 10 seconds or so, noticing his t-shirt riding up every time he’d reach up and the flash of his belly and sides was enough to entice the off-duty superhero. Before Cisco could even hear Barry put his coffee down, he was suddenly being attacked by 10 super-charged fingers poking into his stomach and sides from all angles. “AhAohANnNoOO! AohAOhABbAARRyYY!!” Cisco couldn’t help but fall apart and become a giggly mess on the small ladder, unable to block or get away from Barry’s tickle assault.

The Flash zipped around Cisco in a circle like a tornado, landing blow after blow with just his pointer fingers into his soft belly and tender sides through the thin t-shirt. “AhoAsSTTohHOHOPp!! AOhaCCoOmmMEEOOnNN!!” Cisco shouted while hilariously trying to defend himself from the speedster attack but it quickly got worse when Barry pulled his shirt over his head and went after his bare upper body, wiggling all over his belly, sides, and ribs while Cisco tried to pull his shirt back down and escape the mischievous speedster. A sudden swirl into his belly button and squeeze into his flanks caught Cisco off guard and forced out an explosive laugh, making him lose his footing on the ladder but Barry caught him and set him on his feet.

“You’ve gotta be more careful next time, Cisco, I might not always be here to catch you” Barry teased with a pearly smile but Cisco just pulled his shirt down and gave him a dirty look. “I swear there’s an evil Flash in there somewhere that just likes torturing me” Cisco added. “It’s not my fault you’re so ticklish” Barry insisted. “You’re ticklish too, man…I can always return the favor” Cisco pointed out with a taste for revenge and lunged at Barry, though not fast enough to get him before he zipped away. “You’d have to catch me first” Barry reminded with a cocky grin. “Your day is coming, just wait” Cisco warned, getting another laugh from Barry before he used his speed to install the pesky light and ran off to meet Iris for lunch. “Show off…”

Later that day Ralph and Barry were in the lab while Cisco manned the controls behind the desk, eager to test their friend's new ability to super stretch. "Alright, Ralph, do you have any idea how far you can actually stretch yourself?" Cisco asked. "Not really; I usually just try to do something and it happens in the moment. I've never pushed myself that much" he explained. "I'm still hoping we can do that human slingshot trick we talked about; that'd be sick" Barry added. "Totally!" Ralph agreed at the idea while Cisco set everything up.

"Go ahead and grab the handles out to your sides; they're going to lock around your wrists. Then we'll see how close to laughy taffy you can get" Cisco offered and Ralph obliged, leaving him in a T shape. "Ready?" "Ready" Ralph assured and the metal attachments started pulling him in both directions like silly putty. "I still can't believe we have our own Reed Richards" Cisco smiled. "Who's that?" Barry asked. "From the Fantastic Four?? Barry, you're a superhero; you should at least know other heroes" "Looks like you have that covered" Barry laughed at Cisco's outstanding knowledge of geek lore.

"How long is that?" Ralph asked as he became thinner and thinner. "20 feet; we're gonna keep going. Just let me know if it starts hurting or anything" Cisco answered. "It feels great actually" Ralph added while Barry stood by watching him stretch. "Hey, Cisco how strong is Ralph's suit?" Barry asked. "I mean it's main function is to grow as his body does, similar to how yours accommodates for friction. Why?" "So what if we face a meta who knows Ralph's weakness?" Barry asked as he moved around to stand behind Ralph. "What?" Ralph asked with a confused face but Cisco was already onto him.

"You never know what's gonna happen out there in the field" Barry added before reaching out and fluttering along Ralph's expanded armpits. "NnO! WWhaATaARREyYyoOuDDoOIInNGG?!" "See? No defense at all" Barry added with a playfully evil smile as Ralph shook in place like a giant rubber band with bubbly laughter. "SsttoHOHOHOPP! CCoOOmMmEEooONN!! NNoOoTTFFAaaiIIRRAhAhA!!" Ralph protested while trying to pull his arms back and protect himself but they were locked to the metal attachments testing his stretchiness. "Better hope none of Central City's criminals find out how ticklish our new team member is" Barry taunted while moving around to his neck and ears, spiking Ralph's laughter into embarrassing shrieks.

Cisco watched Barry toy with Ralph, recognizing the same devious look on his face he'd seen so many times before while the new hero struggled to endure the surprise tickling. As Cisco watched Ralph suffer Barry’s playfully evil fingers, he decided this was the perfect time to turn the tables on him, releasing Ralph’s arms from the attachments, “Ralph - grab him!” Cisco shouted as Ralph’s arms retracted. “Shit!” Barry let out at the realization just as Ralph’s arms went to envelop him, proving too fast for Elongated Man, instead grabbing Ralph’s arms and running around to wrap up Cisco and Ralph together. “You guys really thought you could double-team me?” Barry taunted as his buddies squirmed against each other to get loose, unable to break free with Ralph’s arms tied like a big bow.

“Come on, Barry! Let us go!” Cisco argued. “A man shouldn’t be tied up in his own appendages!” Ralph added before Barry tipped them over and made quick work of their shoes and socks, surprising both heroes as they felt the fresh air on their bare feet. “Oh no…” was all Cisco could say before Barry’s rapid-fire fingers went after all four helpless feet. “AAhAoNNOO!! AohAOhADDAaMMmiIiTTbBBAARRyY!!” Cisco roared with obvious frustration on his face as his tan toes wiggled in objection and Ralph’s lean, paler feet suffered the same unparalleled wrath. “NnOoOTthHEEFFFEEET!!” Ralph cried out with boyish, wild laughter while Barry scratched all over his pretty pink soles and Cisco’s meatier feet tried to protect each other only to miserably fail each time.

“This is what you guys get for trying to turn it on me” Barry rubbed in as if he hadn’t earned some revenge. “AAhoAOhOOKOOK!! JJjuUUSstTSsTTOoOPP!!” Cisco tried to appease, knowing Barry’s fingers weren’t going anywhere near as fast as they could. “Are you guys sorry?” Barry questioned as he gradually moved up to their toes. “YYeESS!! YyYeESS!! WWEEE’RReEsSSOOoRrRYY!!” Ralph gave in right away but Cisco hated the idea of submitting to Barry. “Come on, Cisco…” Barry pressed before landing on the fresh toes and spidering up and down all four rows, spiking their laughter up several notches.

“AAAhAOOKOok!! IimMMSSOOoRRRyY!!” “For what?” “FFoOoRRTTRryYYIiinNNGG TToOoTTIIiCCkKlLlEEyYYoOUUU NnoOOoWWsSSTTHohOPP!!” Cisco had to force out to save his butterscotch toes from the brutal friendly fire. Barry knew he’d gotten what he’d wanted but kept tickling anyway, unable to pull himself away from torturing his friends’ wonderfully soft, hilariously sensitive toes for several minutes, even convincing Cisco and Ralph to apologize again unprompted just to make sure their surrender was heard. “Ok, I guess you guys have had enough” Barry announced and untied Ralph’s arms, letting them fall onto the floor before returning to normal size. Cisco sat up and grabbed his footwear out of fear of a surprise encore attack, “I think I’d take Reverse Flash over Barry the tickle monster…”, making Barry laugh again and wiggle his fingers in the air toward him like he enjoyed the nickname.

The next day Barry, Ralph, and Cisco were sitting around eating lunch when the alarm went off on the control panel, notifying them of a meta attack on Central City. "I guess that's my cue" Barry announced before zooming off to handle the new situation. "Go with him; he might could use the backup" Cisco suggested. "Good idea" Ralph agreed and suited up before heading out to join the scarlet speedster. The Flash was confused once he found the new threat on a rooftop, realizing how similar the man looked to his fellow hero, Green Arrow. "Who are you? Why are you attacking the city? That pile up you caused could've killed people" Flash pointed out before the figure turned around to face him. "The name is Dark Arrow...and yeah, that was kind of the point" the black suited man answered before firing an arrow toward Flash but Barry dodged it. Ralph was scaling the building one long stretch at a time until he joined them on the roof to find Barry facing off against the barrage of trick arrows coming his way.

"Woah!" Ralph let out as small explosions, ice bombs, and electric arrows among other kinds aimed to take Flash out hit the roof. But as skilled as the archer was, Dark Arrow's draw wasn't nearly fast enough to out-maneuver The Flash, allowing Barry to subdue him with a quick-release cord that wrapped around most of his body in a few seconds. "This cord thing really works, Cisco; good work" Barry added. "Told ya" Cisco answered in the ear piece. "Flash, watch out!" Ralph shouted as the last arrow that Dark Arrow had managed to fire off finally came back down from the sky but Barry was too distracted to realize he should move, allowing the last trick arrow to cover most of him in some kind of glue, cementing him to the rooftop.

"Gross! What is this stuff?" Barry asked as he struggled to get loose. "Not so fast after all, Flash" Dark Arrow gloated. "That's enough out of you, Black Arrow" Ralph shut down. "It's Dark Arrow!" "Whatever..." Ralph dismissed as he tried to figure out how to help Barry get out. "Cisco, what should we do here?" Ralph asked as the gloop refused to budge from Barry's stomach to his knees. "Barry, try moving your arms fast enough to break through it" "Yeah, I'm already trying that but I can't move them at all!" Barry explained, too busy trying to escape to see the smirk growing on Ralph's face.

"Well, I guess we don't have to rush getting back, right? I mean Emo Arrow over there isn't going anywhere" Ralph pointed out. "What are you talking about?" Barry questioned. "I'm talking about getting a little revenge on the fastest man alive" Ralph answered before his arms extended out and snuck between Barry's arms and sides to infiltrate his pits. "NO! Don't! I'm serRIiIOoOhOhAoUuAhAOhSSSOHAOHA!!" Barry erupted with heavier laughter than Ralph expected, unsure until this moment if he was even ticklish. "Oh that's cold, man haha" Cisco laughed as he pieced together what was happening.

"Just returning the favor" Ralph assured as his elastic fingers proved excellent for really wiggling around in the small opening to his underarms. "TThHiiiSSIiiSScCRRAAZZyYY!! SSTTooOPPPTTTiIiCCkKLLlIinnNGGmMmEE!!" Barry protested, surprised at Ralph's retaliation and a bit embarrassed to be getting tickled in front of a criminal he’d just defeated. "You must really not be able to get out of that stuff..." Ralph taunted while Barry's head bobbed around and waves of hardy, uncontrollable laughter poured out. "TThhIiiSsIiiSsnNNTT FFuUNnyYyAhAHA JjuUuSSSTTHhEElLPpPMmmEEoOOUUuTT!!" "I don't know; it looks pretty funny to me" Ralph teased before letting his thumbs slip out of the pits and go after his neck at the same time.

"AAHAHANnOOO!!! CCoOmMMEEOOONNn!! NnOOoTTCCcoOOOLLL!" Flash objected through the megawatt smile that refused to die down as Elongated Man multitasked his tickle attack without missing a beat. "CCIIISsCScCoOO mMMAAAkKkEEhHIIIMmSSToOHOOPPP!" "Sorry, man...can't really hear you" Cisco lied, enjoying hearing Barry get some payback over the earpiece as Ralph continued wiggling into his pits and along his neck while Dark Arrow watched from the sidelines in amused awe. “Hm, I’ve never thought about it until now but are your boots a part of your suit or do they come off?” Ralph soon asked after noticing the red feet kicking around.

“No they don’t come off! It’s all one piece, now help me out of this!!” “Maybe I’ll just check and see for myself” Ralph decided and tugged on the boots to see them start to slip off. “Dammit, Ra- I mean, Elongated Man! Don’t mess with my boots! Seriously!” Barry objected with obvious frustration but Ralph was too enticed to listen as he pulled the boots the rest of the way off and quickly ripped off the white Hanes socks. “You really shouldn’t lie to your teammates, Flash” Ralph pointed out before turning his fingers elastic and wiggling all over his buddy’s incredibly fresh soles. “AAhAOohSstTToHoHoOOPppIIITT!!” Barry burst with a second round of gushing laughter, more thunderous than before as Ralph’s enthusiastic fingers moved like tentacles teasing every inch of his painfully vulnerable feet. “I think your feet are worse than your pits!” Ralph teased as he and Dark Arrow watched The Flash flounder in place under the goopy glue with an almost boyish tone to his howling laughter.

Ralph loved how ridiculously easy it was to get Barry going and the way his picturesque pink soles wrinkled and flexed to try and counteract the unwanted attention but seeing his toes wiggle around soon intrigued the new hero as well. “CCuUUTTiIIITToOUuuTT!! WWeEEhHHAAAVVeETTOoO DDOOoOuUURRRJJOoOBBB!!” “We already did” Ralph corrected before using his index fingers to start slinking back and forth along all 10 of Barry’s irresistible toes like two cartoonish tongues. “AAAHAOhAOHA!! AhoAHANNOO!! GGeETToOoFFmMyYyTTOoOOEESSMmMAANN!!” Flash erupted with a new urgency to his voice but Ralph couldn’t have asked for a better reaction, motivating his flexible fingers to run down his toes over and over while his other fingers overwhelmed Barry’s baby soft soles. Ralph didn't stop until he saw Dark Arrow try to escape by jumping off the side of the building several minutes later, forcing him to use one of his arms to grab him before he could get away, giving Flash some relief.

"Really? Right now??" Barry argued once Ralph had stopped Dark Arrow. "You'd already beaten the bad guy; why not have a little fun while I can?" Ralph answered before grabbing one of the ice arrows from the nearby quiver and letting it freeze the glue on Barry before breaking it into a thousand pieces. "If you tell anybody about this, having a rip-off name and outfit will be the least of your problems" Flash warned Dark Arrow as he put on his boots before Ralph got them all down from the roof and they sent the new criminal off to jail.

Barry walked into the main part of Star Labs hours later to find Cisco working on something, not even looking up to greet him until Barry announced himself. “Whatcha working on?” “Well it’s kind of a surprise but since you’re already here, I guess I can go ahead and show you” Cisco answered before showing him the flute. “I don’t get it…are you learning to play?” Barry asked. “You remember our friend Pied Piper?” “Yeah” “Well, this flute belongs to a version of him from a different earth” Cisco explained. “How do you have that then?” “Wouldn’t you like to know” Cisco answered with a smirk, intriguing Barry further. “Alright so what’s the big deal; it is just a flute isn’t it? It doesn’t shoot lasers or something?” “No, it’s something of a mind control device, a damaged mind control device until I worked on it. But now…it should work just fine” Cisco enlightened before bringing the flute to his lips and playing it in front of Barry.

“Is that how it works…you just play it? Did it come with a manual or something?” Barry teased before the flute began to work, suddenly taking hold of his body and telling him what to do. “Cisco, what are you doing?!” Barry tried to figure out as toed off his sneakers, then reached down and peeled off his crew socks, and sat on the curved desk. “Cisco, come on! Stop it!” Barry protested as he grew more concerned, realizing he couldn’t run away or fight back. “Damn, this thing does work!” Cisco announced with excitement as he admired his handiwork. “What is this?? You into feet now?” “No, just some well-deserved payback…” Cisco informed with a scheming smile before wrapping the ankles up in his arm and Barry’s eyes flared with panic, “NO! Cisco, stop! AhAohAohOhOhANnNOOhAohA!!!”

“You might be the fastest and most ticklish man alive, Barry” Cisco teased as he scribbled all over the trapped feet, hitting them at their softest and most sensitive fresh out of the shoes. “AAhAOCCiiSSCcOOoOSSTtohohOHPPP!!” Barry howled while trying to pry him off or escape the hold but the flute kept him from pulling his feet away or removing himself from the situation; he was completely stuck. Every scratch of Cisco’s fingers told Barry how happy he was to give him a taste of his own medicine, clawing with vicious enthusiasm to wreck his buddy’s velvety smooth feet better than he’d ever had a chance to before.

Barry even tried to turn it on Cisco and drill into his sides but couldn’t, the flute having blocked him from retaliating per Cisco’s instruction, forcing him to take the focused attack and writhe on the desk in ticklish misery. “Yeah, how’s that feel, huh? Not so fast now” Cisco taunted with a sweet taste of revenge as he worked over the arches and pink balls of both feet without a moment’s rest. “AAhAOhooKOOK!! AOhAOhAYyOOOUuGGoOTTmMMEEBbBAACCkKK!! AOhAOHAEEnNOouUUGGHH!!” “No way!” Cisco rejected like he was loving this far too much to show Barry any mercy. “What about your toes? They look pretty ticklish to me” Cisco suggested, making Barry’s stomach drop again. “NNnoOOH!! TThHEEYYRREENNNOOOoTT!!” “Oh yeah?” Cisco challenged before making his way past the balls of the right foot and scratching along the plush undersides of the long, creamy toes.

“AAAHAhAHCCiiiSSCCcoOOHAOhA!!” Barry squealed, nearly falling off the desk as he floundered in place and put his hand over his mouth to muffle his embarrassing reaction but he couldn’t even do that for more than a few seconds, instead pounding into the desk like he couldn’t take it. “Oh man, I guess super heroes get super ticklish toes” Cisco happily rubbed in as his short nails kept Barry roaring behind him, laughing harder than Cisco had ever seen him. He’d never actually tickled Barry before other than a jab in the ribs once or twice when they were messing around; he’d seen Joe get him better than anyone so this was Cisco’s first real chance to see how ticklish his friend was and Barry’s first time not being able to fight back or run away since becoming The Flash.

“DuuUDdeE!!! AohASSTTohhOHOPP!! IImMMSSsoOoRRyyY!!” “That’s good and all but there’s still a whole other set of toes over here, man” Cisco pointed out to warn Barry what was coming and the speedster tried to crunch his toes in defense but he couldn’t even do that, allowing Cisco unchallenged access to the long, horribly ticklish toes. “AAohAOhaoNnOoOOhAoAH!!” Barry nearly flew off the desk once Cisco was ravaging his other poor toes, scratching along the bottoms at first and then sneaking in a single finger between them to wiggle around, shooting Barry’s laughter up tenfold. “AAOhAOhAOhWWhhAATTThHhEEHHEElLL!? DDOONNnTTDDOOOOTTThhAAATT!!” “What, this?” Cisco teased before slipping between the next two toes and hearing Barry shriek again with high-pitched hysteria. “AAAHoAYYYYEESSS!!” he confirmed and Cisco returned to the normal scratching, only to sneak between his toes again at random to torture him a little more whenever he felt like it.

Cisco could’ve kept going for another couple hours but the alarm for trouble in the city soon went off on the desk, pulling his attention from Barry’s humiliatingly ticklish feet. “You lucked up; looks like there’s a bank robbery happening downtown” Cisco explained as Barry caught his breath and got off the desk. “Who ever thought I’d be happy about a robbery?” Barry asked before zooming off to intervene, leaving Cisco to watch the lab footage back and see just how crazy Barry had gotten, “I’m definitely sending a copy of this to Oliver…”

The following day Cisco was hard at work on Ralph’s new suit in the lab when a knock on the wall pulled his attention away from his station, “Anybody home?” “Ray! Just the man I wanted to see” Cisco greeted as Ray Palmer walked closer and they shook hands. “It’s always nice to visit Star Labs” “Well I’m glad you could make it; I’m hoping you can help me crack Ralph’s new suit. The makeup of it is proving a bit tricky to accommodate for his powers” Cisco explained as Ray aka The Atom checked out the suit.

“Have you tested how much you’ll need it to stretch?” Ray asked. “Well we tested the other day how far Ralph himself could stretch, well we tried anyway until Barry screwed up my readings” Cisco explained. “What do you mean?” “Barry the tickle monster couldn’t help but go after Ralph’s pits when his arms were stretched out and of course Ralph couldn’t not react” “Man, I hope Barry never becomes a bad guy or we’re all screwed. He loves to get me too when he can” Ray added with a light laugh. “Oh yeah? I’m glad Ralph and I aren’t the only ones” “No way; he’s got a real mischievous side to him” Ray admitted. “Ya know, while you’re here…we could put the suit on the back burner and teach Barry a lesson” Cisco proposed with a skewed eyebrow. “What kind of lesson?” “Barry may be a serious tickler but he’s also ridiculously ticklish” “Revenge, huh? I think I could help out with that” Ray agreed just before Ralph joined them to see about his suit but instead quickly became part of their plot.

“Hey, Ray, long time no see” Ralph greeted. “Speak of the devil” Ray laughed. “All good I hope” “"I was just telling Ray about Barry tickling you yesterday when we were testing you out" Cisco explained. "Yeah, I almost forgot how brutal my pits are" Ralph admitted. "Don't worry; Barry's got a knack for finding your worst spots. One time I was on a mission with The Legends and I wound up hanging upside down in this medieval dungeon. It's a long story...but Barry happened to be assisting us on that mission and instead of helping me down, he borrowed some guys quill and ink and wrote all over my bare feet before finally getting me down" Ray enlightened. "Damn haha" Ralph laughed. "Turns out they should've been using feathers for torture, not writing" Ray added.

“There was another time when I was still figuring out how to use my powers and I accidentally got stuck in one of my portals. My upper half was in the portal but my bottom half was sticking out in Star Labs” Cisco explained. “I think I know where this is going” Ralph chimed in. “Yeah, instead of pulling me out, Barry pulls up a chair, takes my shoes and socks off, and interrogates me about eating his leftover Chinese food” Cisco recalled, making the others laugh and confirming that The Flash was indeed due for some serious payback.

Like clockwork, Barry came walking into the main lab only 20 minutes later, fresh off a high-speed car chase. “Ray! I didn’t know you were coming by” Barry greeted with a hug. “Yeah, Cisco wanted my help on something so I figured I’d pay you guys a visit” “We should all go get dinner or something before you leave” Barry suggested with a charming smile, reminding everyone how damn likable he could be when he wasn’t a tickle terrorist. “Yeah, I think I’d like that but first, would you mind testing out this collar Cisco and I have been working on?” Ray asked while Cisco and Ralph watched. “What does it do?” “It’s supposed to energize the wearer; you know, fight that superhero fatigue while you’re in the field” Ray explained as Barry slowly agreed, his face showing his mild hesitation.

“Alright, and it should click in just like that” Ray added as he secured the collar around Barry’s neck. “I don’t feel anything” “Try to run for us” Cisco suggested and Barry started to dart off only to move at a normal speed. “Hey…I’m not fast anymore” Barry explained with a confused worry on his face. “Great” Cisco answered with a devious smirk before Ralph sprang into action, wrapping himself around Barry from the shoulders to his ankles. “Hey! What are you doing?! Let me go, man!” Barry protested as he struggled to get free and Elongated Man positioned himself so Barry was horizontal, with only his high-topped feet and his head moving around. “What is this?? Some kind of prank?!” “Not exactly” Ralph answered before Barry looked down at his shoes in panic as he felt them being unlaced and tugged off. “Guys! Come on!! This isn’t funny!” “Not yet it’s not” Cisco informed as Barry’s shoes hit the floor and Ray slipped his socks right off, leaving his handsome 10 ½s fully exposed.

“NO! Guys, seriously! Let me go! We can go get dinner!” “I think dinner can wait” Cisco answered before launching onto Barry’s pristine soles, dragging all the way down from his toes to his supple heels. “AAHAHAOhSSHhiiIITT!!” Barry shrieked into the lab with wide eyes, putting a smile on Ray’s face at the lively reaction. “Oh man, you weren’t kidding” Ray added as he watched Cisco claw down his feet again while they writhed in place next to each other. “CCiiISsCCOOOOoHAASSTTohOhOOOpPP!!” “You’ve had this coming for a long time, man” Cisco assured while Ralph held their now powerless friend in place. “Ya know, I did bring my suit…I could put it to use” Ray suggested as a wicked idea came to his brilliant head. “That’d be awesome!” Cisco encouraged and Ray quickly slipped into his Atom suit before shrinking down to a fraction of his size and flying onto Barry’s feet.

“WWhoAaATTAarREEyYYooUuDDoOiiNnGG?!” Barry demanded to know as he felt the ant-size version of Ray walking across the balls of his right foot. “Don’t worry, Ray’s just gonna check out your toes” “AAOHWWHAAT?!” Barry couldn’t believe his ears but was quickly shown what Cisco meant when he felt tiny fingers wiggling between his two smallest toes, shocking the speedster and instantly multiplying his laughter. “AAAHaohAOhANNoONOOO!! aohAOHAGGETTOoUUuTTOoOFFTTHhEeRREE! AohARRAAYYY!!” Barry howled with sharp squeals escaping every few seconds, making Cisco and Ralph laugh as they listened to their friend freak out.

“How did I not know Barry was this ticklish?” Ralph asked. “It’s not really public knowledge; we can’t let all the meta villains around find out his weakness, can we?” Cisco answered as he started focusing on the smooth arches just begging for some real attention. Barry was already struggling to endure the gang tickling but really crumbled when he felt Cisco using his powers to vibe along his feet, adding a vibrating touch to his relentless fingers. “AAAhAOhANNOOOnNOO!! YYyoOuuCCAAnNNTTDDoOOoTTTHhHAATT!! CCiiISSCCooOAHoACCOMmEEOoOoNNN!!” “Why can’t I? You use your speed to tickle us” Cisco countered as his own tickle monster side came out, fueled by Barry’s thunderous, overwhelmed laughter.

Ray was soon tickling between his big and second toe of the right foot and Ralph immediately noticed a difference once Barry nearly screamed into the air, “Keep going, Ray!” Ralph laughingly encouraged to Barry’s horror and the pint-size hero did just that, wiggling and fluttering his tiny fingers between the fleshy toes to keep Barry going crazy. “NO!! nNOOO!! AOhAOHAOApPLlLeEEAASSEe!! AOhAASSTTohOhOpPPP!!” Barry cried out through the giant forced smile. “Stop what?” Cisco asked. “SSTTTohOHOoPPPTTiIiCCkKKllLIiInNnGGmMMEE!!” Barry sputtered out as if he could hardly control his mouth. “You’re not very convincing, Barry; I mean, I’m having a blast” Cisco taunted as his buzzing fingertips started moving faster, dancing up and down the pale arches to orchestrate a more distressed reaction.

“AAHOPPLlLEEAASSEE!! AOHOHAASSTTToHoHOOOPPpTTiIICCkKllLiiINNgGMmMEE!!” Barry begged as genuinely as he could like he had to fight to even get the words out through the insane laughter. “Come on, you can do better than that” Ralph teased close to Barry’s ear but before the fastest man alive could try and appease his friends again, he felt a prickly, obscenely ticklish sensation between the same neighboring toes where Ray was. “AAAHAAOHAWWHAATTThHEEFFuUuUCCKK?!?! NNOoNnOOO!! AOhAOHAAOHAMMmAAKKEEiIiTSSTTohHOOPP!! AahAhAOhAOHAOhaA!!” Cisco couldn’t help but smile with a flare of sinister pleasure at Barry’s sudden outburst, persuading him to figure out what had him going so bonkers.

“Ray, is that you?” Cisco asked. “Yeah! I forgot I had my lucky comb in my pocket and it shrunk too so I figured I’d use it” Ray answered. “That’s genius, man” Cisco assured and Ray continued dragging the miniature black comb along the sides of Barry’s buttery toes and absolutely wrecking The Flash. “AAHAOHAOhAOHAOHARRRAaayYY!!! YYYOOUUUVVEEgGGoOOTTAAssSSTTOhhHOOAOHPPP!!” Barry pleaded with a red face and panicked eyes, unable to process such intense tickling. “What’s wrong, Barry? You can dish it out so you’re gonna have to take it” Cisco rubbed in like a sadistic brother as Ray dodged Barry’s frantic wiggling toes and Cisco started vibing along the edges of both feet.

“Hey, Ralph, do you think you could do something with Barry’s toes? I don’t want them knocking Ray out down here” Cisco suggested and Ralph obliged, using one of his hands to stretch down and extend his fingers to lasso around the big and pinky toes of both feet so they were more restrained. “Perfect, thanks man!” “No problem” Ralph answered as Barry realized how much more trouble he was in. “RRAAAlLLLPphhHHhNnoOOoO!! HHhEeEElLLPPMMEEOOuUUTT!!” “No can do, buddy…you did tickle me too” Ralph pointed out just before Ray jumped to the left foot and started running along the undersides of all five toes with his comb. “AAAAAHAHAOHAOhAohA!! NNOoOAHAOhA!!” Barry screamed into the lab before falling back into his normal marathon of raging laughter as Ray let the collection of plastic bristles brush the tenderest, silkiest part of Barry’s beautiful toes, just above where they met the balls. Barry’s helpless toes desperately tried to wiggle or protect themselves from the unbearable back and forth of the comb but Ralph made it nearly impossible, leaving only Barry’s head to bob around as he roared with tortured laughter, better than Cisco had ever imagined when he’d thought up this idea.

The fact that he could’ve normally freed himself and have gotten back at his friends by now made the whole thing even worse for Barry, kicking himself for not realizing it was a power dampening collar that Ray had tricked into putting on. He tried to squirm out of Ralph’s hold but his elastic body just shifted to combat his movement, preventing Barry from escaping or even tickling Ralph back to force his way out as Cisco and Ray tickled his speedy feet worse than he ever knew possible.

Ray eventually picked two of the middle toes of the left foot and started combing again, this time sawing back and forth. “AHAHAAOhAOHAOOhhmMMYyGGoOoDD!! AOhAOhAEENnNOOuuUGGHHH!!” “I’ve been working with you for years now and after all the times you’ve tickled me; I can confirm you’ve definitely not had enough” Cisco answered before dividing his attention between Barry’s abandoned right toes and his left sole. With his fingers still vibing, he started scribbling all over the left foot and twisting his index finger between the right, immobile toes in a cruel technique even Ray was impressed by. “NNOOOHAohAAOhAOhAOAOHA!!! CCiIISSCCoOOAOhASSTTHohHOOPPP!! aohAOhAOHAIiIiCCAaAnNNNTTT!! AohAOhAOhAOhAPPLLlLLEEAASSEEE!!” Barry lost his mind as Ralph watched his face contort and ticklish desperation fill his eyes, never having seen him lose his cool like this but Cisco and Ray refused to give him anything but their worst.

“You’re telling me you can take on King Shark…Reverse Flash…and aliens but you can’t handle tickling?” Cisco taunted while twisting through the next set of soft toes and dominating the opposite sole to make Barry regret every tickle attack he’d dished out over the years. Ralph soon got in on the action as well, using his free finger to start teasing the tops of Barry’s feet just out of curiosity but they proved super ticklish too. “Oh man! You’ve got it bad haha” Ralph laughed as his extended finger ran back and forth between both tops and tears welled in Barry’s eyes from the extreme, concentrated tickling. “AAHAOhAOokOOK!! AOhAHAYyYOoUUUGGUUyYySSWWWWIIIINN!!” “What do we win?” Cisco asked. “AAHoAOHAIIiGGiIIVVEEuUuPPP!!” “That’s not really a prize, Barry” Cisco answered as he slipped between the next two toes and forced out another wave of explosive laughter.

“PPLLLEEAASEEE!! AohOAhAIIiiWWwoOnnNTTTiiiCCkKLLLEEyYYyyOoUU AANNnyYmMMOOORREE!!” Barry assured like he’d do anything to make them leave his feet alone. “Promise?” Ralph challenged as he danced across both feet and Ray started working on his big left toe. “AAHAYyYYEESSS!! YYYEESSiIIPPPRRoOmMiiISSEE!! PPLLlEEAASSEE!!” Barry begged with everything he had as Cisco’s vibrating fingers, Ray’s unrelenting comb, and Ralph’s teasing finger pushed him to the edge. “You guys willing to accept those terms?” Cisco checked without stopping. “Yeah, I guess so” Ralph agreed. “Seems fair to me” Ray answered.

“Alright but if you tickle us again, it’ll be twice as bad next time - got it?” Cisco warned. “AAHAAHAIIIiGGoOOOTTIiIITT!!” “Can’t hear you” Cisco lied before unleashing onto both soles as fast as he could. “AAAAHAAOhAOHAOHAOHAAIIiIIGGGOOOoOTTTIIIITT!!” Barry could hardly get out as fresh hysterics took over. “Alright, deal” Cisco finally agreed and Ralph uncoiled himself to release Barry and Ray grew back to his normal size. He practically melted onto the floor with exhaustion, panting and sweaty from the ticklish nightmare, “You can take off the collar now…” “Oh, right” Ray answered, forgetting it was still on before using his remote to deactivate it. “...you guys are dead” Barry announced only seconds later to their surprise as he sat up and ran around the room in a passing blur.

But before he could get his revenge, Ray turned the collar on just in time to find his boots discarded and his socks on the floor, looking down at his own bare feet prepared to feel Barry’s wrath. He saw Ralph’s sneakers and socks had also been stolen and Barry was just about to pounce on Cisco’s equally naked feet, “Woah…that was close” Ray pointed out with a relieved face as Barry realized he was powerless again, deflating his ambush plan. Cisco used his powers to force Barry off him and Ralph quickly jumped in, this time leaving Barry in a hogtie position.

“Ugh! Come on!!” “Oh you’re really in for it now” Cisco assured as he powered up his hands and Ray whipped out his now regular sized comb as they eyed his still naked feet. “NO! I’m sorry! I was just kidding!!” Barry tried to convince as he jerked in place. “We told you it’d be twice as bad next time; I guess we’ll have to prove it” Cisco added before launching onto the upturned soles on full blast. Ray started sawing his comb between the terribly ticklish toes, and Ralph went after his sides with both hands. “AHAOhAOHANNoOO!! NNOooMmMOoOOrRREETTiIICCkKLlLLiinnNGGG!!” Barry erupted once again with heavier laughter and even less energy to fight it than before. “Good thing I don’t have to be back home for a few days; we could keep going until the next meta attacks Central City” Ray pointed out as the stiff teeth destroyed his perfect toes, Cisco worked over his upturned soles, and Ralph dug into his sides to help teach The Flash a lesson that he wouldn’t soon forget.