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Leonard and Mick stared at the news in disbelief. Barry had dragged Zoom's corpse into the Central City Picture News, and was holding him up like a trophy he had won.
"This is the monster that nearly killed me. This is what happens when you kill my family. If you don't want to be next, then I advise you to leave me, and my family alone." Barry smirks. Leonard felt sick when he read the words: The Flash kills the monster that broke his back. Witnesses are calling him the next Zoom. For your own safety, stay away from the fallen hero, and if you see him, call the police.
"We need to take him down, before he kills anyone else." Mick insists.
"No. He's hurting Mick. I refuse to believe that he's too far gone. We're not killing him." Leonard protests.
"Then what? He'll kill us before we can even take a step." Mick asks.
"It's a risk I'm willing to take. Even when he first snapped, he never killed me. He could have, but he didn't. That's why I believe that there's some part of him, that's still in there." Leonard says. Mick sighs.
"Then let's find him." He insists. It was about a week later before they finally found Barry in some old hide out just outside of town. He'd put Zoom's cowl on the walls like a trophy.
"Scarlet?" Leonard asks. Barry slowly looks at him, and snarls. Don't come near me.
"Red. Come on, stop this." Mick pleads. Barry runs over to him and pins him against the wall.
"Don't fucking move." Barry snarls. He puts his hands under the man's neck, threatening him, but not actually killing him.
"Look, kid, this revenge thing you had going on? I totally get it, but he's dead now. You can stop." Mick says, trying to get through to him. Barry just laughs.
"I could, but here's the thing: I don't want to. This is so much more gratifying." Barry smirks. Leonard sighs. This wasn't the Barry that he knew.
"This isn't you, Barry." He says, trying to get through to the speedster. Barry just laughs.
"Oh, I'm more me than I ever have been." Barry laughs.
"Red, listen to me. You're not in your right mind right now. Not with your grief. You're not seeing clearly." Mick says as Barry lets him go.
"Oh, I see clearly. I see how foolish I've been. Trusting every little newcomer with a story that just so happens to check out. I see how everyone fears me. They didn't want me to come out as The Flash, because they didn't want me to own my powers." Barry spats.
"I can run, I can catch bullets with my bare hands, I can vibrate my hand right through someone's chest, and that makes me a God." He smirks.
"No, it doesn't make you a God." Leonard protests.
"And then when they couldn't stop me from being The Flash, they got me to work for them. To make sure they have some control over me." He adds. He scoffs.
"Those days are so over. I am finally free of them." He growls. He opens a window.
"And I'm ready to be a God." He says as he looks outside.
"Look at this city. They worship me, and those that don't, die." He laughs.
"Scarlet, just listen to yourself." Leonard says with concern.
"Oh, cut the friend act! We have never been friends. We don't hang out, and you know what the sad truth is? Without me, you have no game, and that scares you! Deep down, you love me, and that's why you haven't laid a hand on me." He smirks. Leonard and Mick's jaws dropped to the floor. Was Barry actually flirting with them right now? Barry smirks as he grabs Mick by the arm, and runs him to the top of a building.
"True power Mick, is deciding who will live, and who will die." He smirks, and that's when he pushed him. Barry smirks as Mick starts screaming at the top of his lungs. Before his body smacked against the ground, he ran against the building, scooping him up to safety as he puts him safely back on the ground.
"Don't worry, I wouldn't actually kill you." Barry smirks, and that's when he pulls Mick in for a kiss. Mick stares at Barry in shock. He'd had a crush on the Flash since he showed up, but this, this wasn't right. Barry wasn't in his right mind. Mick pushes him back.
"No." He protests.
"No?" Barry asks incredulously. Did he really think that he didn't notice the looks he'd been giving him?
"You're not you right now. It's not right." He protests. Barry groans.
"Oh my God! Not that again! When are you going to get the hint that this is who I am now?" Barry complains. Before he knew it, Leonard had hit him with a tranq dart, which knocked him out instantly. Mick catches the speedster in his arms, and that's when he looks at Leonard.
"The hell did you do that for?" He asks.
"We need to get him to Star Labs, so they can snap him out of this shit." Leonard insists. Mick sighs. He hated doing this to Barry, but it was obvious that he was too far gone at this point. After safely strapping him to one of the motorcycles they stole, they drove him to Star Labs, slowly carrying him inside.
When Leonard and Mick brought Barry inside, Team Flash sighed as they were forced to put him back in the pipeline. The pipeline was the reason that he had gone so far off the deep end in the first place, and now here they were having to put him there, again. They all felt sick. Leonard and Mick had left after that, knowing that there wasn't much they could do from here.
"I hate having to put him in here again." Cisco sighs.
"I know, but he's too far gone at this point. We don't have a choice." Joe sighs.