Author's Note: This was created from am idea I got when watching the Flash episode where Barry stops the tsunami by going back in time. Thinking about this with the whole season 3 explanation of time travel creating alternate timelines wouldn't it mean Central City was destroyed by the tsunami and now they also don't have a Flash/Barry Allen. The prologue for this story is Clone's Farewell.
Disclaimer: I don't own Flash or Danny Phantom
Chapter One: First steps in a new world
Danny stepped out of the portal and as he stepped on the sand of what must have been a beach he focused inwards. Searching his mind for the memories he had of this world.
Apparently he was in Central City a place that had been getting weirder and stranger since a particle accelerator exploded a liitle close to a year ago.
Wondering why no one had screamed at the sight of a man stepping out of a black hole Danny opened his eyes and saw the reason why. Everything was frozen.
The people running in terror, the birds floating in the sky, the man with the lightning trailing behind him running into a portal, and the giant tsunami about to crash into the city.
"What in the world is going on?" Danny asked himself. He had not been expecting to be answered.
"A calamity of endless potential." a voice answered behind him. Turning around Danny found Clockwork standing there. His adult form in a frown looking at the scene.
"Hello there. Mind explaining the situation for me?" Danny asked as he looked at what might be the destruction of this city.
"Very well." Clockwork said and then went on to tell Danny that this was happening because of a metahuman named Mark Mardon created by the particle accelerator explosion was getting revenge on the city for killing his brother.
"That him?" Danny asked pointing at the frozen man in the red suit.
"No that is Barry Allen the Falsh." Clockwork answered
"So is he some kind of superhero?" Danny asked
"Yes. He is the fastest man alive." Clockwork said. Danny had to admit that it was a very cool title.
"So he is going to save everyone?" Danny asked wondering why he was dropped off here at this moment and time. He knew that the deal was that he would be splintered across worlds and realities but he wondered why he was here.
"No he is not." Clockwork answered. Danny was starting to get why he was here now. If this Flash guy wasn't going to save the city then they were doomed.
"Why isn't he going to save them?" Danny asked. The answer was apparently moving so fast that he was going to travel in time. He was going to create a new timeline and leave this one behind and that meant the city was still going to be destroyed.
It was unintentional but it was still going to happen.
"Guess I have to help." Danny said and out of the corner of his eyes he could see that Clockwork was smirking and nodding. He probably already knew what choice that Danny would make.
"Time in." Clockwork said and turned invisible.
Seeing the streak of yellow disappear into a blue portal was Danny's signal. Flying to end of the beach and facing the huge tidal wave Danny ignored all the screaming people running for their lives and focused on the problem.
Hoping this twenty-three year old body was stronger then his original Danny created a ghost shield but instead of the normal circle he created a square version that extended from one end of the beach to the other. A solid wall of green ghost energy versus roaring waves.
His stamina outlasted the ferocity of the waves. Now that the city was safe Danny turned his attention towards the sea. There was a boat rocking on the waves. It had been out of the way of the waves and Danny found that very suspicious.
"That is Mark's boat. He is holding a police officer hostage." Clockwork said as he appeared besides him.
"Than that is where I neeed to go." Danny said as he lifted off the ground and began to fly to the boat that was holding his target.
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Danny got closer to the boat and now he could hear shouting.
"Mark give it up. It's over!" Someone was shouting. That was probably the police offficer that was a hostage.
"Fine I may have not destroyed the city but I can still kill you." Mark said and that was Danny clue that he needed to intervene right here and right now.
"I don't think that is a good idea." Danny said interrupting the two of them and taking a look at the situation.
Beat down and bleeding the African-American cop had his hand bound to a pipe to prevent him from struggling and or attempting to escape and that knee injury probably wasn't going to help the situation.
The criminal Mark Mardon was staring at him in a long coat and angry eyes.
"Who are you supposed to be?" Mark said staring at him.
"I'm Phantom. Hero, traveler, and all around badass." Danny said looking at the man who according to Clockwork was given the alias Weather Wizard. Danny was confused on where the guy's wand was.
"Well hero take this." Weather Wizard said pointing on of his hand towards him and created shards of sharp and jagged ice that he sent at Danny.
Danny turned intangible and the ice went right through him.
"That the best you got?" he taunted him and then when he got angry Danny hit him with a blast of his own ice powers.
It was very little force as he was still adjusting to his adult body with his adult powers but it sent Marden flying and he crashed at the back of the boat.
"Don't go anywhere." Danny said as he used ectoplasm to bind Mardon. Going to the police officer Danny saw that he was not in life threatening danger.
"Daniel we have one more place to go." Clockwork said as he appeared behind him.
"Fine. Lead the way." Danny said as he created a duplicate that flew Joe off to a hospital.
"What do I do with him?" He asked Clockwork. His memories that were given to him for this timeline didn't mention what people did with superhuman criminals.
"Bring him with us." Clockwork said and off they went. They were flying high above the city that he had just saved. Weather Wizard tried struggling but he wasn't stronger than Danny and all it took was him asking what would Mardon do to land safely after he escaped him and that shut him up. It also helped that he was bound in ectoplasm and was unable to move his limbs.
"Where are we going?" Danny asked as he and Clockwork kept flying moving.
"S.T.A.R. Labs." Clockwork answered him and he looked very angry. so whatever was happening at this Laboratory was dangerous enough to make this universe's version of Clockwork mad.
"Who are we going after?" Danny asked
"Eobard Thawne, The Reverse Flash." Clockwork said
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Landing on the ground Danny took a look around. As far as laboratories went this one didn't look that special.
"Are we going in?" Danny asked Clockwork but he did not get an answer to his question because a scream came from the building. It was loud and shocking. It was a scream of pain and with that Danny flew right through the building searching for where the sound came from. he could hear that it was coming from below him.
Going down to the basement by foot would take to long so he phased through the ground with Weather Wizard and Clockwork was not far behind.
Landing on the ground he ignored the big machine that took up most of the space in the room and focused on the two people that were here before he was. The woman in the lab coat was the one who had been screaming. In her hands was a body. Given the way that she was rocking the body and crying telling him to wake up.
Apparently his name was Cisco.
"What happened?" Danny asked and watched as she raised her head up. Her beautiful face was messed up by her crying. Her mascara smudging and covering her eyes so much that they looked similar to the eyes of a raccoon.
"Who are you?" she asked clearly nervous at the sight of him with his bound prisoner.
"I am Phantom. A superhero looking for Eobard Thawne." Danny said kneeling down to her face and using his gloves to wipe her eyes as best as he could. she flinched in fear at first.
"I'm not going to hurt you." he said.
"No but I am." A weird voice said from behind him. turning around he saw that the speaker was a man in a yellow suit. it completely covered his body except for his mouth. The man's eyes were glowing red.
"Doctor Wells." she stuttered out.
"My real name is Eobard Thawne. I am the Reverse Flash." Reverse Flash said as he stopped vibrating and pulled down his hood to reveal a man with thick black hair.
"Thawne? Like Eddie?" she asked him and he shook his head with a smile on his face.
"You know Cisco asked that same question. You could say he is a distant relative of mine." he said not even caring about the guy he killed.
"Why are you doing this?" she questioned him. Danny could hear the betrayal she felt in her voice.
"Poor Caitlin. I had no choice. This was the only way to get what I wanted." he said in a tone of voice that said he had no choice about what he was going to do next and that told Danny that it was very likely that it was going to be violent. Then he became a blur to Danny.
"Time out." Clockwork said and Danny blinked as the medallion was placed on him and let him see what was happening.
The Reverse Flash was holding Caitlin by her throat and his hands was blurring and looking like it was going to stab her in the chest.
"Thanks." he said grabbing the frozen man with super speed by the throat and throwing him a far distance from Caitlin.
"Can you unfreeze only a part of him?" Danny asked Clockwork and gestured towards the speedster when Clockwork nodded.
"What is going on?" Reverse Flash asked as he tried moving only to find out that the only part of him that could move was his head.
"Who are you? What do you want?" Reverse Flash growled at them his grunts being the only way they knew he was trying to move his body.
"No point in trying time traveler. Your lower body is still frozen in time. The speed force cannot help you now." Clockwork said. There was a lot of anger in Clockwork's voice and this was the first time he had ever heard it. Even the original Danny had not heard Clockwork angry.
"What do you want?" Reverse Flash asked Clockwork since he was the one with time powers and keeping him frozen.
"I want you to suffer. I want you to know that your plan has failed." Clockwork said. Danny was shocked. whatever this guy had done it was enough to make Clockwork enjoy his suffering. He hadn't even do that to Dan Phantom.
Going off what he had learned so far he is guessing this is because the man is a time traveler and killing before their time. To the Master of Time that offense must be something that he could not accept. Clockwork was so mad he hadn't even changed forms while speaking like he was known to do.
"What are you talking about?" Reverse Flash asked glaring at them.
"Barry Allen is gone. He is in a new timeline and you cannot follow. you and he are forever separated. Your race is over." Clockwork finished and going by by Reverse Flash's expression he did not like it.
"Here." Clockwork said handing him a note that he accepted while waiting for Clockwork to calm down but apparently he was so angry he just resumed time and left through a Ghost Portal.
"Tell me he was lying!" Reverse Flash demanded holding him by the neck. His red eyes raging.
"Two things. One I doubt it. he isn't the type to lie. Two. Get your hands off of me." Danny said blasting him with a two handed ice ray.
"Oh that hurt?" Danny asked as he watched the Reverse Flash crash against the wall and hold his stomach.
"There's more where that came from." he said and prepared to blast him again but the Reverse Flash took off in a streak of red lightning.
"I'll catch him later." Danny said and turned towards the woman frozen on the floor holding the dead body of her friend close to her.
"Great." Danny said sarcastically as he approached those two again and ignoring Weather Wizards pointless efforts to break out
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Danny was standing in the hidden room in S.T.A.R. labs and looking at the empty room that was hidden in the wall. He didn't really understand why Eobard Thawne built this secret room in his laboratory where other people worked instead of his house.
Vlad at least kept his evil lair underneath his house and the button that led to his secret room was hidden and not a panel on the wall.
Eobard Thawne really took a lot of risks for whatever his plan was and now that he was stuck here and could not return to his time he was probably thinking going to go into hiding for a while.
"Where is he?" Caitlin asked from down the hallway as she turned the corner and came closer to him.
She had cleaned her face up but Danny could still see that she was shaken up over what happened.
"He's gone. With his speed he managed to empty his secret room and leave by the time we left the basement." Danny told Caitlin and watched as she nodded and looked downwards with a frown on her face.
"How am I going to tell Barry?" Caitlin muttered to herself clearly not thinking he could hear her. He clenched his hands into fists wondering how he was going to tell her and all his friends about their friend's disappearance especially after they just lost Cisco and learned their boss was evil.
"About that…" Danny began but paused as she looked up at him. He powered through it though and told her what he was told from Clockwork of what happened to Barry and watched as she slid down to her knees clearly at a loss.
Danny really wanted to help her but he also wanted to figure out what was going on with his backstory in this universe so he left a duplicate to help her out and flew through the building and stopped on the roof.
Opening the letter he saw that written on it was apparently the address where he was living and underneath it was written that there were folders that would hold everything he needed to know about this universe.
Without any other problem that required his attention given that his duplicate was dealing with Caitlin and Weather Wizard it seemed like a good idea to check out the place he was staying in.
With that decision made he flew away from S.T.A.R. labs.
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The place he was living was a penthouse apartment. It was huge and offered a great view of the city below. There were four bedrooms. One for him and three for any guests he might have had. A big bathroom and an even bigger kitchen.
On the table in front of the living room television there was a folder, a flash drive, and a silver laptop with a black logo with an uppercase letter D under an uppercase letter M.
The alien he made a deal with really went far in forming a backstory for him.
Opening the folder he found out that the memories implanted into his head by it matched with what was put in the folder. In this reality he was the son of Vlad Masters and Penelope Spectra. The thing was in this universe they were both fully human. They were very much still the picture perfect example of horrible people but they did not have ghost powers.
Vlad was still as determined and creative. He was the C.E.O. of Dalv Enterprises a technology empire that in his words 'exceeded the impossible' and 'pushed the limits of the unknown'.
Spectra was still a psychologist like the version of her from the original universe but here she was also a teacher and that fact just made him feel sad for all the people she was responsible for.
The memories in his mind told him that as parents they weren't that concerned over him and that he had spent more time on his own than with his parents.
However he was doing quite well on his own. He had created his own company. Master's Industries. It was not as big as Dalv Enterprises, Queen Industries, or Wayne tech. but it did alright.
It was more focused on helping people and it was based right there in Central City. His powers still came from being a half ghost but the origin story for him in this universe was different in a few ways.
There was no ghost portal accident in this universe. Instead apparently several months back when the particle accelerator exploded and created all of those metahumans a breach was created between this world and the ghost zone.
The portal had exposed this universe's version of him with ectoplasm and after a week of ecto acne his skin had fixed itself but it had left him with ghost powers. He was glad that he was not poor in this reality.
Looking at a mirror he took a look at what he looked like at twenty three and hoped his skin was not blue or that he had fire for hair. That image would probably scare the people he was trying to save more than the danger they were already in.
Looking in the mirror he saw his snow white hair was longer than before. His costume had changed. The white of his collar extended all the way to his shoulders. His gloves and boots had black circles going around them. He had a black belt that glowed green in the middle.
Taking a deep breath he turned himself back human and saw that he still looked the same just with black hair and blue eyes. He had been worried that time would have had changed what he looked like.
Vlad was a perfect example of a half ghost's two forms looking completely different.
Laying down on the couch he looked at the laptop and the flash drive he plugged it in to see what was so important.
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(Duplicate Danny)
Looking at Detective Joe West lying on a hospital bed he could feel the awkward atmosphere surrounding him. Surrounding the detective was Caitlin, his daughter Iris, and his partner Eddie Thawne.
When Danny met him he had wondered how ironic it was for a cop to have a relative that was a supervillain. They were all angry but since the doctors had said that Joe would recover they weren't feeling completely depressed. Well besides Caitlin who was just sitting in a chair completely still. She had been completely calm while he was bringing her here but now that she knew the city was safe and Joe was going to be fine she just went into her own world.
"Who are you?" Eddie asked him. He was wondering who was going to ask him.
"I"m Phantom." he introduced himself and gave Eddie a handshake.
"Phantom? What kind of name is that?" Iris asked him from besides her father's bed.
"Hey you guys had a superhero named the Flash. None of you can judge me on my name." he told them before he remembered that Caitlin was in the room. Taking a glance at her he found that she was still in her own world.
"The Flash." Iris said getting her attention before digging her phone and gaining all of their attention.
"Who are you calling?" Eddie asked. Apparently from the memories he was gaining from the original he was her fiance.
"Barry." Iris answered and he took a glance at Caitlin and knew that she was not in a good enough place to explain. So he would have to do it.
"Iris. Barry Allen is gone." he told her and watched her head raise to him along with Eddie.
"What are you talking about?" she questioned him. Apparently Barry was raised by her father after the Reverse Flash killed his mom and framed his dad for it.
He had to admit Thawne was a lot more vengeful and thorough than Vlad in his revenge schemes.
"So you know Barry Allen is the Flash right?" he questioned her and while Eddie snapped his head towards them he watched as Iris nodded at him.
"The thing is when the wave hit Barry started running trying to counter it. However he went too fast." he told her and watched as she started crying. He could see she was beginning to imagine the worst.
"What happened to him?" Eddie asked as he held her and they looked at him while Iris wiped up her tears.
"The speed force took him back to the past." he answered way they raised their heads up in shock.
"How is that possible?" Eddie asked him. Part of him wondered if it was a good idea to tell her or not. Eobard Thawne was a time traveler so he was not sure what the relationship between the two of them was but telling them what he learned of the speed force might not be a good idea.
However the part of him that was from Danny Fenton told him that the future was not set in stone.
"He generated enough speed force energy to travel to the past." he told them.
"What is the speed force?" Eddie asked him. He could see Iris wanted to know as well.
"It's like this extradimensional energy source speedsters or more plainly people with superspeed tap into when they run." he made the explanation as simple as possible as their files had told the original who told him that they did not have an extensive background in advanced science.
"So it took him?" Iris asked him.
"No he ran too fast and created a breach in time." he did not want to be mean but he needed to have her understand exactly where he went and why it meant he wasn't coming back.
"So when will we see him again?" Iris asked him. She was determined to make this as difficult as possible for him apparently.
"He isn't coming back. Think of it like back to the future. You travel back in time and change something and you create a new timeline." he told her. He knew that Barry was going to end up doing that as the last thing he saw before he traveled back was his city being wiped out by a tidal wave.
He was a hero and that meant he was going to change things but because of that it meant he was not able to come back to this timeline. That was the reason the Reverse Flash was stuck here after all. He had traveled to the past and changed the future and because of that he could not return to his original timeline.
S.T.A.R. labs was designed for the exact purpose of getting Thawne back to the future and illegally holding Metahumans. He would have to deal with that when he got back to S.T.A.R. labs.
He was so glad his backstory included buying that place. Due to damage it and the metahumans created from the place the price to buy it was very low.
"So Barry is gone forever?" Iris asked him. He took a deep breath before he nodded and that sent her into another crying spree.
"Yes." he said and then the crying started even more.
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He cut the connection with his clone when Iris had started crying. He had other things to focus on. Like freeing all the people imprisoned inside S.T.A.R. labs. The files off all the metahumans currently in the pipeline of the building told him they were being held illegally. He was glad he had come and saved this town otherwise their deaths wouldn't have been found out unless someone had checked out the building.
He could understand how the Reverse Flash could do this to people. He was a super-villain after all but Caitlin, Cisco, Joe, and Barry should have thought something was wrong with this especially Joe and Barry since they worked for the police.
"I'm letting you all go." he said with his voice carrying down the pipeline. They were all imprisoned without trial and so they should be set free. If they returned to the city to cause trouble then he would arrest them and hand them to the police. Iron-Hights had been modified for that exact purpose according to the files. Weather Wizard would be enjoying a nice trip there right now given that he just tried destroying the city.
The others however deserved a second chance. After all he wouldn't be here if Clockwork hadn't decided to save him and if an alien with the ability to manipulate space and time hadn't gotten bored.
He watched as the all left. His eyes glowing at each of them. They understood that this was the only second chance that they were getting and if they decided to come back to the city to cause problems he would not be going easy on them.
The other reason he was doing this is because he wanted to avoid telling the last two people in Barry's life that he was gone. Linda Park Barry's current ex-girlfriend and Barry Allen's father Henry. Those kind of conversations would be best left to friends and family.
It also gave him a good amount of time for him to come up with a story for the city on why the Flash was no longer around. He was planning on telling the news to the city at city hall because of two reasons. One it would make it that much harder for Eobard Thawne to hide if the entire world knew about him and secondly he needed city approval.
He could do the whole superhero thing on his own but he did not need anyone coming after him and hunting him down. The guys in white did not exist here hopefully and he wanted it to stay that way. He didn't want to deal with the guys in white, the men in black, or the ghost busters. He just wanted to be a superhero and save people.
When the alarms from upstairs began to ring he turned invisible and floated through the floor to the main room with all the monitors. Looking on the screen he could see that a ghost wolf was attacking the city.
He had been wanting to stretch his legs for a while. He turned intangible and flew through the roof off to fight a ghost wolf. He wondered if all the other versions of him were dealing with something this complicated and weird already or if he was the weird one.
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Danny flew to the center of the city and could see the damage that the wolf had caused. Buildings had holes blasted through them, Cars were laying sideways on the street, and people were running in fright.
He couldn't help but wonder how many times he would have to save this city in a single day. First from a tidal wave that was going to wipe it out and now a ghost wolf.
He deserved a key to the city for this. Or several medals. He was fine with either of those outcomes.
"Alright I think this city has suffered enough damage for one day." landing in front of the wolf with both his hands glowing.
He wondered how cool he looked to the people looking at him.
This ghost wolf actually looked the part. It moved on four legs. It had green fur and glowing red eyes. It growled at him as he began to walk closer to it.
"We can both be reasonable and calm ghosts right?" Apparently the answer was a no. As he had approached the wolf it opened its mouth and a blue ghost ray began to appear.
He tilted his head and let the ghost ray miss him completely.
"That the best you got?" he taunted the wolf even though he was unsure if it could understand him. IT turns out the wolf did understand him somehow as just as the wolf's eyes narrowed at him that above the wolf's head five ghost rays formed.
The problem was that they weren't aimed at him.
The ghost rays shot at angles that would have their destinations be completely random. He had to create clones to take the hit so that the original targets wouldn't get destroyed. Most of the targets were people.
"Okay it seems that I will have to take you seriously." He formed a shield around the wolf. There was no way it could blast its way out now.
What it did do was shoot sharp needles at the shield until it stabbed its way through. Then it took of into the sky.
"You aren't escaping me." He flew right after it. It became a chase around the city. They flew through and over buildings. Through the sewers and clouds.
If the wolf wasn't so dangerous he would thank it for giving him such a complete tour of the city.
"I think our little tour is over." He began shooting ghost ray after ghost ray but the animal instincts that the wolf had were top notch. It was zigging left and zagging right.
The wolf landed back on the streets and headed straight for a little kid playing with a truck on the side of the road. The wolf overshadowed him.
"Woah kid what shiny red eyes you have." the kid's head snapped up to him. He was wearing a blue shorts and a red shirt that matched the same color as his overshadowed eyes. The kid looked to be about twelve.
"Let the kid go." This had become more troublesome than he had originally expected.
"NO. He is a perfect host body." the wolf said through the body of the boy.
"So you can speak. Why didn't you do so earlier." It was very rude to not respond especially to his witty remarks. They at least deserved a laugh.
"Traitor. You hunt your own kind to protect these people." seriously that deep voice coming out of a kid that young was creepy and should be done only in horror movies.
"You are supposed to eat the grandma not body snatch a child." this wolf really needed to read more fairy tales.
"Enough jokes." the wolf boy growled at me before charging. Danny had been unprepared and got a punch in the face for my efforts. Whatever this ghost was it was clearly strong and fast.
"Sorry kid. This is going to leave a bruise in the morning." Danny fired a ghost ray that the kid jumped up to dodge and he formed a ghost disk in each hand and threw them at me.
Creating a shield he protected himself and watched as they bounced off and flew into the sky.
He had to hold back because otherwise if he wasn't careful when he freed the kid it would not be a pleasant experience for him when he got control of his body back.
The kid charged at me again and gave me five punches to the face. He let it happen because while the wolf boy was concentrating on punching him he decided to free the boy.
Turning his hand intangible he stabbed it through the kid's stomach grabbed the wolf and sent them both out through the boy's back.
"How did you like that?" Going by the growl he got it wasn't much of a fan. The wolf charged right at him opening its mouth to take a bite out of either his arm or his face.
"I don't think so." Danny said opening a ghost portal in front of him and closed it the moment the wolf was on the other side.
"You okay kid?" Was Danny's question as he knelt beside the kid that was laying in the street. He guessed the fight and exorcism took more out of the kid then he thought.
"Hands up freak." Turning to look behind him he found a cop pointing a gun at him.
"Officer do you mind? I just saved the city twice and now I am trying to make sure this kid is okay." The officer put down his gun after he took a look around and saw that the people on the streets were nodding and telling the officer that he had saved the kid.
"What is wrong with him?" the officer asked him as he went on his radio and called for an ambulance.
"He was overshadowed by a powerful wolf ghost." Well that made the officer clearly confused going by the glance he sent at him.
It was a mix between confusion and wondering if the superhero was insane.
"Who are you again? Invis-o Bill" the officer asked him and he was very tempted to blast the man there and then on the spot. The part of him that was more Vlad overall agreed with that decision. However he knew if he listened to it his plans on being a hero was going to fail before he knew it.
"My name is Phantom." Danny said. This was why he needed a meeting with the mayor. He was sure he could figure a way to get announced as the official hero of the city. The problem was on being able to work as Phantom and live as Daniel Masters.
When he got back home he was going to think on a way to solve his problem. This would require cunning and deception. Original Danny had skill in the first but not the second. Vlad however crazy he was had skill in both categories.
To figure this out he would need to think like Vlad no matter how uncomfortable that made him.
Author's Note: This chapter is completed and with it the end of episode 1 of Phantom of central City. Wondering if I should just combine all three previous chapters into one or leave as it is. Leave a review along with your your opinion.