Barry awoke, completely startled by the mind scream. It was clear that he had been the only one who had heard the blood curdling scream, in his mind. He had been moved to a prison cell with his friends, who were currently all unconscious, where he was currently bound and his powers were dampened… Only Sara Lance was no longer with them, it was clear that she had betrayed them.
She was standing, with a smug smile, on the other side of the bars with… Cisco's doppleganger and what seemed to be the general and head Agent of Chaos. The general was wearing a cloak and a black mask over her face. From her figure, he could tell that it was a woman. There was something about her that was strangely familiar… though that would be impossible.
Cisco's doppleganger seemed to know Barry. Maybe it was Reverb, considering Eobard was also on this earth. The two of them had worked together in betraying he and his friends before.
But Barry's eyes couldn't be moved from the general. He could barely see her eyes, but he knew that she was staring at him with great intent. "Who are you?" he asked the general.
Though she did not answer him. "Is it possible that I know you, from some other time?" he persisted.
The general looked at her second in command and left the prison cells, leaving Cisco's doppleganger and Sara alone with the prisoners.
"You betrayed us, Sara Lance!" Barry told her angrily.
"No, I simply carried out my general's plans… I forgot to mention that I am an assassin. My mission always come first!" she told him.
"The canary could have killed you, Barry." The man that Barry had thought was Reverb, said. "But we simply had her bring you here."
"What do you want with us?" Barry asked him.
"It's not them, that we were after. It was you, Bar… Specifically you!" Cisco said to him menacingly.
"Why are you talking to me as if you were my friend? My best friend wouldn't do this. What happened to you Cisco? And why me specifically, and not some other Barry?" Barry asked him.
Cisco realized that he had tripped up over his words, by calling him 'Bar'. Sara looked at him as a warning to not give up any secrets. "Because you hold the answers, Barry Allen. Because of you The Lords of Chaos were able to step in and take control of the chaos that you caused. It gave them a foot in the war over the Lords of Order. And you are going to continue to help us! You have no choice. You either submit or die. There is no alternative."
"But, why me? Why not some other Barry Allen? I'm certain that I am not the only Flash throughout the multiverse." Barry said.
"There is so much that you still don't know… for a smart man, you clearly aren't all that bright. You created an anomaly, and then you almost destroyed it. That was not the first time that you have gone back through time, Barry." Cisco said.
Sara Lance cleared her throat for Cisco to stop. She stared at him. "The general won't approve if you continue. You should leave."
He knew that she was right. "Canary, you and Thawne need to stay here and guard them. Barry will be planning on a way to get out, as we speak. Don't allow for anyone else to come down here, without the general's or my permission. And if they try to escape… you know what to do, we can't let them foil Mordru's plans."
Sara nodded at Cisco, and pulled out one of her swords. "You know that you can count on me."
This was the first time that Barry had noticed that Eobard Thawne was standing in the room behind Sara. "Thawne, you tricked me!" Barry yelled at him.
Thawne stepped forward, "I did… and it was just so easy, Barry Allen. I just had to pull a couple of strings, free Grodd and dangle the hope that your mother could survive in front of your face and you did as I asked, simply… I suppose it helped that the one person that you listened to above all, lost the love of her life. But there are casualties in every war. Besides you reset that clock backwards."
"You're just a pawn! And you all expect me to join you! I won't do it!" Barry yelled. His friends began to awake in the cell around him.
Sara and Eobard both smiled. "You don't get it, Barry." Sara chimed in. "You really don't have a choice. Mordru has the power to influence emotions… He will make you WANT to do it!"
"Sara! That is enough!" The general demanded as she reentered the room. Barry knew instantly the voice of the woman. His suspicions were confirmed when she removed her cloak and mask and looked at him.
"Hi, Barry. Remember me?" Astrid asked with a side smile, that he had remembered all too well throughout his memories.
"Astrid!" Barry gasped.