It was seven o'clock and the alarm ticked. Explain the sound of soft water waves rushing down the shore to wake its owner. A hand pressed the button on it which made it to stop playing the sound. Barry Allen woke up on his bed.

He yawned once and slowly started walking towards the bathroom. He got onto his bathroom slippers and stepped inside. He picked up his toothbrush, and applied toothpaste on it. He placed it on his teeth, so that he could just wash his mouth is ten quick seconds. He tried to do it, but could not see his hand move fast enough to do the action.

He stared at his toothbrush, then at himself through the mirror. He tried it once more, to brush his teeth in a very fast way. He placed his toothbrush again on his teeth, and moved the brush quickly, closed his eyes. When he opened his eyes, he couldn't see him brushing fast enough like he did before. Giving up, he slowly brushed his teeth, which cost him five minutes. Barry considered this a mere waste of time.

Then he went to the kitchen to cook breakfast. He put a vessel on the kitchen stove. He planned to prepare tomato soup; he thought it would be enough for the morning. He did all the making, when finally the puree was in the vessel. He took a spoon and planned to stir the mixture, and so went for it. Again, he observed him not being fast.

He could not do it fast. Barry left the spoon there, went to the bathroom. He sprinkled water on his face, washed it, looked at himself in the mirror. What the hell has happened to me? Why amn't I fast? Why is this happening?

He went back, slowly prepared the soup, had it, placed the empty bowl in the dishwasher. He decided to meet his friends – Cisco Roman, Caitlin Snow and Harrison Wells. Together, they all worked at S.T.A.R Laboratories, where they tracked and gathered information about and defeated criminals of Central City, the city in which they lived.

Barry picked his coat and wore it, going for the door, stepping out and locking it. He decided to walk to S.T.A.R Labs, not run as he didn't want to have a headache early in the morning. After a peaceful five-minute walk, he came to the location where he earlier used to. But, there was no S.T.A.R Labs here.

Barry was shocked. He knew this was the right location, he had come here many times. He checked his surroundings. Everything was in its place, but S.T.A.R Labs. In its place stood a hospital. Barry walked over to the guard who was standing there with a gun in his hands.

"Excuse me, there must be a Star Labs building here, where is it" said Barry, with a strong tone of confidence.

"I'm sorry, this is not the place you're looking for" he replied.

"But there must be Star Labs here!" Barry cried.

"The only Star Labs I know is in Detroit, and Silas Stone is it's head" he said.

Barry was taken aback. First, he couldn't do things fast. Now, there was no Star Labs. He started walking back home. Amidst the walk, an idea hit his brain – he could call his mates. He opened his contact book in his phone and searched for the contacts Cisco, Caitlin and Harrison. On scrolling down and down, at last, he found none.

Barry was going mad. He did not know what to do. He took his phone and searched for a contact beginning with W, when he finally found it and pressed on it – Wally West. Wally West was the Kid Flash, and he too could run at high speeds, like Barry. Finally, he got a receiver on the other end.

"Hello? Hello? Wally, is that you?" asked Barry.

"Yes, Barry. What do you want?" said Wally.

"Thank God! Can you please meet me?"

"Alright, where should I come?"

"Café Lounge"

In about five minutes Wally arrived in his superhuman speed to Central City. He went to the Café Lounge, where he could see Barry seated at a window. He went inside, and met Barry.

"Hey!" said Wally, going over to him and shaking hands with him. "So, why'd you ask me to meet you?"

"Just sit down" said Barry, and so did he. He took a deep breath. "From when I woke up today, I observed I'm not fast anymore!"

Wally stared at him with horror. "Are my ears alright?"

"If you don't believe me" said Barry, looking around for a waiter. "Excuse me, can you please bring a cup of coffee?"

"How can you say that?" said Wally. "The fastest man alive is not fast?"

"That is what I'm thinking"

The coffee arrived.

Barry picked the spoon provided. "Watch me" he said. He added a sugar cube into the coffee and started to stir it. He tried harder and harder, but was not superhuman fast. Wally could see the pressure he was applying, and finally accepted the situation.

"Okay, I believe you" said Wally. "Now what is it?"

"Apart from this, there is no Star Labs here anywhere" Barry said, with a confused look on his face.

"How's that possible?"

Then they heard applauding cheers from the street. Barry and Wally got up to see what it was, and saw more and more crowd gathering. They went out and started walking over there. As they came nearer, they forced their way between the crowd and looked forward at the celebrity – Captain Cold.

Barry knew Captain Cold as Leonard Snart, his enemy. They used to battle several times, when it came to saving the city.

Barry shouted, "Hey! Central City! He's not the man who you all are thinking. He's a killer. He even tried to freeze the city once!"

"What shit is this, boy?" said a familiar voice.

From behind Snart, came a man in his early fifties. Harrison Wells.

"Dr. Wells, why are you with this man? Don't you recognise me?"

"Who're you, my father?" said Harrison. "Just get lost"

"What is this?" said Barry. He looked around to see people abusing him with several ugly words.

Wally quickly caught hold of Barry and took him far away from the crowd.

"Wally, what was that?" asked Barry.

"I don't know, Barry"

Barry looked around to see a masked man walking on the pathway. He observed his moves. One hand in the pocket, another eager to do something. It caught a nearby woman's purse and then the man started running.

"Let me do this" said Barry.

He started running. He looked at his surroundings, everything was going slow. He wasn't running fast. But Wally West ran faster than him and caught the man. Barry stopped. The purse was returned to its owner. Wally came back to talk to Barry.

"What happened" asked Wally.

"Wally, I don't understand. Harrison Wells is alive, but Star Labs is not established. Which means Cisco and Caitlin must be alive"

"Hey, Barry!" said a voice.

Barry looked around and saw Caitlin Snow coming running towards him. She arrived and kissed Barry on the lip.

"What the hell was that?" asked Barry, pushing Caitlin away from him.

"Don't act, Allen" she said, coming closer to him. "Maybe we can go to a date today evening"

"Look, Caitlin" said Barry. "We shouldn't do this"

"Why are you behaving strange? What happened to you"?

"Well," said Wally. "I've never seen you both together"

"Shut up, Wally" said Barry. "I was never –"

Barry sighed.

"Give me some time, Caitlin" he said. "How's Cisco?"

"Cisco? Who's he now?" asked Caitlin.

"Screw this" said Barry. "Perhaps we could go out tomorrow"

"Fine" she said, leaving them alone.

"What will you do now?" asked Wally

"Meet the Justice League"

Barry Allen took a train to Gotham City. He knew the secret passage to the Batcave, so he followed the path. He finally came through a waterfall and went through it, and there he could see the Batcave.

He went inside and sat on one of the chairs. He waited for Bruce Wayne to come. After waiting a long way, he heard the sound of the elevator. It came down, when he could see Batman coming forward.

"Mr. Wayne! Mr. Wayne!" he cried.

"Who're you?" he asked.

"I'm Barry Allen, from Central City, and now I'm meeting Mr. Bruce Wayne here in the Batcave"

"Bruce Wayne is dead" he said.

Barry stared at him in shock. Then who the hell are you, he thought. In response to his thought, Batman removed his mask and Barry could see inside it Thomas Wayne.

"Mr. Thomas Wayne! You're alive, how?"

"Of course I'm alive" he said.

"What happened to Bruce?"

"He died" said Thomas, looking down. "When he was six, he, his mother and I had gone to watch a movie. As soon as we came out of the hall, a bloody son of a bitch appeared out of nowhere and just… shot him" he said. "Then, angered, I just killed him"

"And Mrs. Wayne?"

"She was so mad at the incident that now is the situation where I have to fight her. She is now the Harley Quinn"

"What about the others?"

"Who others?"

"The Justice League"

"Justice League? I haven't heard of anything like that"

"I'm sorry to bother you" said Barry and left the room by the same way he had come in.

Barry went to Detroit to visit Victor Stone, the Cyborg. His father Silas Stone was the head of Detroit S.T.A.R Labs. He reached his destination and went inside the laboratories. He found Silas Stone there.

"Hello, Mr. Stone" he said.

"Hello" said Stone, turning to see his visitor. "What do you want?"

"Can I see Victor Stone?"

"Wait a sec" said Stone and he called for Victor, and left room for Barry. Soon after a minute, came a man wearing a white hoodie, playing with a football.

"Yes?" he said.

"I'm sorry can I speak to Victor Stone?" said Barry.

"Victor Stone, this is him" the man said.

"Oh my god!" Barry exclaimed "Victor! You're normal! You're not a cyborg! That's amazing, dude!"

"I'm sorry, do I know you?" Victor asked.

"It's me, Barry, your partner"

"I don't know you" said Victor. "Please" he said, addressing a hand which meant to the exit.

Barry returned to Central City and met Wally at his house.

"Hey, you have my house keys?" asked Barry.

"Yes, you did give me one" said Wally. "So, where've you been?"

"I've met Batman, but it's not him, his father. I've met Victor, he's not yet a cyborg. And the most hilarious one. I've meet Lois Lane, and when I questioned about her having an affair with Superman, she slapped me on my cheek. Here" he said, pointing to a small red mark on his left cheek. "And there was no Justice League ever formed"

"This is unbelievable" said Wally. "How come's everything's changed? No Justice League, no Bruce Wayne, no Superman, no Cisco and no Flash!"

"We have to do something" said Barry, with a suspicious look. "I think someone did this to stop the formation of the Justice League"

"What?"

"He took my powers"

"Okay, what about Batman? He killed Bruce Wayne and brought Thomas Wayne back from the dead?" said Wally.

"That makes sense" Barry said. "I have to ask Caitlin"

"Where do we find her?" asked Wally.

"On my phone" said Barry and picked his phone. On scrolling down the contact book, he came through a contact – My Love. "This is it" he said. He dialled it.

"You seem to be a playboy" Wally said.

He phoned Caitlin and heard her phone ring. At the other end, answered a sweet and melodious voice.

"Hello, Barry!" she said. "What's up?"

"Nothing, just wanted to talk to you" said Barry.

"Of course" she replied.

"Caitlin, can you tell me for how many years you've been my girlfriend?"

"Why do you ask me that?" she asked.

"Just trying to make a talk" said Barry.

"Two years" she replied.

"Did I mention anything about Star Labs?"

"I think so, when you told me that you wanted to visit the Star Labs in Detroit"

"Anything about Cisco? Dr. Wells?"

"I don't even know the crap of these people"

"Am I fast? Do I have powers?"

"Shut up, Barry. You're just an ordinary boy"

"Did I tell you anything about my father?"

"Barry, you're father's dead. He died three years back due to heart failure"

"What?!" Barry exclaimed.

"Why're you so weird today?" said Caitlin.

"Nothing. Just got a small injury on my head"

"Is it hurting?"

"No, I'm good" said Barry.

Barry cut the phone and Wally stood beside him in the room.

"What happened?" said Wally.

"How can she say my father is dead?" said Barry. "I visit him frequently, I spoke to him until yesterday, and now dead? I would have received a note or something"

"Something is wrong" said Wally.

"No. Something has happened. Something has happened that has changed time. Now I have to find how it has happened and why. I will bring back everything that's been altered and I will unite with my friends, and I will become the fastest man alive. I promise"