A few days later, Barry wanted to turn himself over to the Dominators. Oliver stood there with everyone else listening to Barry as he said goodbye. He couldn't let it happen and it appeared that no one else was going to stop him and this made him angry. Why were they going to let him do this?
"Barry, I'm not letting you leave."
"No offense, Oliver but you and what army?"
Oliver proceeded to walk over to Barry and grab his arm. Barry tried to get loose, but found he couldn't so he just stood there. Oliver looked him dead in the eyes, as if trying to stare him down. Finally, he took a calming breath.
"I don't care what I have to do, he growled. You are not going to do this. I care too much to let you go."
He continued holding Barry's arm, as if he was scared Barry would try to make a run for it. All the while, turning to look at the rest of team.
"Everyone, excluding Supergirl who has tried to support Barry, listen up," he said with a tight controlled voice.
"Barry may have made some mistakes, but get this we all have. We have all lost someone and I can bet that each and every one of you has wanted to bring that person back. I know that if I could- I would have done the same thing as Barry."
They all stood there in shock, thinking about the words Oliver spoke.
Oliver turned back to Barry and Barry knowing what he was going to ask, nodded. After that, Oliver continued.
"Do any of you know what Barry had just seen before he went back in time?"
No one answered, as it appeared to be a rhetorical question anyway.
No- well let me enlighten you. Barry had just watched his father being murdered by a psychopath, whose only goal was to make Barry think he was exactly like him. Given that, I think you can understand why he did what he did. Now, let's see do any of you know the price he had to pay to restore the timeline?"
Oliver waited, but again no one answered him.
"Barry had to get The Reverse Flash to murder his Mother. He had to beg him to kill her. Do any of you know just how badly he feels over this whole mess? You probably do, but you don't care or if you do you haven't shown it. If you had, you would have been able to see that something is going on with Barry."
They all stood there speechless, as no one had known that Barry had had to go through any of that. Finally, they all started nodded agreeing with Oliver and decided to forgive Barry. Barry, being the good person, he was forgave them. It was after this, that the Dominators decided to start attacking again and they all had to leave to defeat them.
