D.K.- Part 2

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Diane spent a lot of time in the hospital, recovering. She was visited by Barry Allen often, the two bonded through science and a similar sense of humor and grew to be friends. He kept an eye on her making sure she was safe. After about two weeks of her being conscious her seizures began to grow more frequent but sporadic, and when the nurses came to help they would fall: dizzy and nauseous. However, the strange aura emitted from Diane during the seizures had the opposite effect on Barry, giving him a sort of adrenaline like rush. He also noticed as Diane was suffering from the seizure red glowing embers flickered under her skin, resemblant of patterns like burn edges of paper. As if something beneath her skin was being charred and then reforming. After further testing at Star Labs it was discovered that Diane was, in fact, radioactive. Under moment of high pressure, pain or emotion she would emit extreme radiation causing targets to crumble and decay, also causing life threatening radiation sickness and poisoning to humans nearby. However, because Barry Allen had been introduced to this radioactivity in small increments his superhuman DNA was able to grow not only immune to the downsides but use the radiation as a sort of charge. Being in proximity to The Flash when using his abilities had the same effect on Diane, they were each other personal redbulls. 
Diane didn't spend a lot of time being a hero, only when it was necessary, taking down a villain that Barry couldn't face on his own. Diane didn't like to use her powers since she didn't have much control. In the meantime she spent a lot of time at Star Labs and bonded with Cisco, who tried to name her "Rad" but she gave herself her own superhero name, Her initials, "D.K." for Diane Katherine, pronounced like, "Decay" as in radioactive decay referring both to what she studies and what she is able to do. She spent lots of time with Barry, nerding out and wingmaning him with Iris, they often danced together like idiots to a playlist she made with songs like "Grease Lightning" just for the irony. 
But good things don't last and after a few months of personal peace Diane began to face a new problem similar to, but much worse than the seizures. Every once in a while she'd feel faint and collapse, as she did so her body would produce a radioactive explosion. Over time, these grew more, frequent and stronger. She became a danger to the city and Barry decided to rent a small house with her out in the middle of nowhere, but they both knew what was coming. Every time, the explosion would get larger and it would wreak havok on Diane physically but she could heal. However, as the explosions got worse, she grew weaker her body beginning to decay with the radiation growing to strong. The final explosion strecthed four miles and Barry barely out ran it. He came back to find Diane's body reduces to ashes. 
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I'm sorry, please excuse me as I cry in a corner, I won't be long