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Full Summary: six months have passed since the defeat of Damien Darhk. Things seemed to be going well for the heroes. Oliver and Nyssa have begun to rebuild the League of Assassins into the League of Heroes, and crime is down in Central City and Star City as Teams Flash and Arrow work around the clock to keep their cities safe. Roy and Thea delight in expectant parenthood as they prepare to welcome their daughter into the world while Oliver and Barry are happy in their relationships with Nyssa and Caitlin. However, peace is disrupted when a face from Ray's past, Lex Luthor, appears and sets his sights on Metahumans. The fight for the future begins as Lex prepares to plunge Metahumans into extinction.

Star Labs, eight years from now

Day

Barry Allen walked into the main room, but it wasn't a Barry Allen that his friends and family would recognize. Nary was a smile on his face, rather a scowl that looked like it belonged on Oliver Queen's face. Rather than the boundless energy he possessed in youth, he seemed tired, weighed down by years of pain and loss. There was a haunted look in his eyes and a scar on his left cheek, like a knife or sword had cut him there long ago.

"Gideon, are we ready?" Barry asked sternly.

"Yes Mr. Allen, we are ready to begin." Gideon's automated voice assured him.

Barry nodded as the video camera went online. Barry straightened up, drawing himself up to his full height as he looked right at the video camera.

"Hello. My name is Barry Allen and I am The Flash. Although, I guess that won't mean much to most of you," Barry sighed tiredly before continuing, "the date is September 26th, 2024 and, if you're seeing this, then I'm probably dead…"

Caitlin Snow's apartment, present day

Morning

Caitlin walked into her kitchen to see Barry speeding around the kitchen as he set the table. For the past five months, they had been pursuing a relationship and it was great. The transition from friends to more went easily enough and things were great. Most nights, Barry stayed over and she had begun thinking of it as THEIR apartment instead of simply hers. Things were better than she'd ever remembered them being.

"Hey, breakfast is ready." Barry said as he caught sight of her.

"I can see that." Caitlin smiled as she walked over to him.

Barry grinned and leaned in for a kiss when his phone went off. Smiling apologetically, Barry took out his phone and answered it.

"Hello?" Barry answered.

"Bar, can you come down to the station?" Joe asked.

"Is something wrong?" Barry asked, concerned by Joe's tone.

"I'm not sure, we need to talk." Joe said and Barry's concern only deepened.

Star City

Same time

Ray was in his office, going over some paper work when his phone rang. Without looking up, Ray put the phone on speaker as he did his paperwork.

"What is it?" Ray asked distractedly.

"There's a Mr. Luthor here to see you Mayor Palmer." His secretary said and Ray's head snapped up.

"I-I see, send him in." Ray said as he put the paperwork aside.

After a few moments, the door to his office opened and a man walked in. he was a Caucasian man with a bald head, no trace of hair on it, dressed in a business suit. He was almost as heavily built as Ray and had brown eyes the color of mud. He smiled in what was obviously an attempt to be charming but Ray felt a chill run down his spine.

"Lex Luthor, as I live and breathe." Ray said though he didn't sound pleased.

"It's been a while since our old Prep school days Ra. Look at you, Mayor of Star City." Lex said as he walked over to Ray's desk.

"What do you want Lex?" Ray asked, in no mood for games.

"Okay, I'll get right to the point. I need your help Ray; the world needs your help in dealing with the Metahuman epidemic." Lex said as he sat down in a chair across from Lex.

"I wouldn't go as far as to call it an epidemic. Yes, there are a lot of Metahumans that are criminals, but we can't judge an entire species for the actions of a few. We'd be no better that the Nazis or the Terrorists if we did that." Ray said not liking where this was going.

"Name one Metahuman that helped someone, one Ray." Lex sneered.

"The Flash." Ray said immediately.

"And how do we know The Flash isn't really helping himself? For all we know, stopping these people is all part of The Flash's plan to make us think he's a hero. Then, once we let our guard down, he'll attack. He and all the Metahumans need to be locked up and I want your help Ray." Lex said sounding crazy.

"Lex…I'm going to have to ask you to leave." Ray said greatly disturbed.

"Excuse me?" Lex stood up, looking like Ray had just insulted him.

"Please leave or I will have to call security." Ray said firmly.

"You'll regret this, you'll see." Lex snarled before standing up and storming out.

The moment the door closed, Ray reached inside his jacket pocket and pulled out a cell phone. Dialing a number, Ray put the phone to his ear and waited.

"Dig? I think we may have a problem." Ray said grimly.

Central City Police Department

Same time

"Hey Joe, what's up? You sounded urgent on the phone." Barry said as he walked up to Joe.

"You see that woman inside Singh's office?" Joe pointed to the black-haired woman talking to Singh through the glass door with her back to them, "that's Mercy Graves; she's a representative from Lexcorp. She's here on behalf of Lex Luthor to make a deal."

"What kind of deal?" Barry asked getting a pit in his stomach.

"Luthor is willing to donate some military grade weapon to the Metahuman task force." Joe said grimly and Barry cocked his head to the side.

"So far, this doesn't exactly sound like a bad fact, it sounds like I'll be getting more help and the police are getting more action." Barry pointed out.

"The condition to all this: the CCPD go after all Metahumans, including the Flash." Joe said grimly and Barry blinked.

"Okay, seeing bad thing now." Barry said lowly as he stared at the back of Mercy.

Nanda Parbat

Same time

Oliver stared out the window of his bedchambers at the rising sun. It seemed like today was going to be a beautiful day, and yet…Oliver stared down at his hand, which was clenched into a white-knuckled fist. Hearing footsteps approaching, Oliver didn't need to look up to see who it was. After six months of living together, he had learned to recognize Nyssa's footstep pattern.

"Something troubles you?" Nyssa asked as she stepped up beside him.

"Maybe it's nothing but…I don't know, I feel like a storm is brewing." Oliver said as he looked at the clear sky.

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