I'm back with another chapter.

First off, I wanted to address something. I keep getting reviews asking where Oliver is, and when I'm going to bring him into this story.

I've made it clear several times, both in the story of Chapter 1 and in several Authors Notes since, that Oliver was sent to Sakaar months before Thor's arrival. He will not be in this story at all. I will be doing a separate story about Oliver meeting Thor on Sakaar and taking part in the events of the second half of Thor:Ragnarok. He will eventually come to Earth during my sequel covering Infinity War. But not before. And no, I'm not changing my mind on this.

And now, on to the chapter.

Chapter 13- Explanations and Preparations

"Okay, explain this again."

Barry looks at Steve, who's looking at Barry with concern.

"How could Savitar be you?" Sam asks.

"He's not me. Not really," Barry explains.

"What do you mean he's not really you?" Rhodey asks.

"Do you remember me telling you about time remnants?" Barry asks the team.

Tony nods and says, "Yeah. It's where you run back a few seconds and pretty much create a duplicate of yourself."

"Yeah. So, apparently, in the future, I create a time remnant to stop Savitar, but Savitar lets that time remnant live. When he did, after I trapped Savitar in the Speed Force, me and my team shunned the time remnant, causing him to get bitter. He then travelled back in time and became Savitar. He travelled throughout time and between worlds, gathering worshippers."

"This doesn't make any sense to me. Which came first? Savitar or the time remnant?" Rhodey asks.

"As I understand it, it is a closed loop. It has no beginning or end. It is just one endless loop," Vision explains.

"So, why exactly does he want to kill you?" Natasha asks, wanting a better idea of Savitar's motivation.

"Well, in part because of me shunning him when he was just a time remnant. Also, because I imprisoned him for am eternity in the Speed Force. Plus, I'm the only obstacle between him and his ascension, as he put it," Barry explains.

"So, you mentioned he needs two things," Natasha states.

"Yes. Right before the Dominators invaded, I accidently travelled forward in time, and saw Savitar murder Iris. When he mentioned the two things he needed, one was for me to watch Iris die so that, in his words, I'm 'driven so far into the dark' that Savitar is able to be born. I'm guessing that Savitar killing Iris caused my future self to go down a dark path, which caused him to create the time remnant that became Savitar," Barry says.

"So, we need to beat him before he can get you to your Earth-1," Steve says determinedly, then asks, "What was the other thing?"

"He didn't say," Barry says earning a sigh from Steve.

"So what do we do now?" Sam asks.

"We need to figure out how to stop Savitar. We can't let him take Barry back to Earth-1, and we need to try and figure out what else he needs to complete his 'ascension'. Then we need to find him and stop him," Steve says. He then looks at Barry and says, "Barry, you do realize we're probably gonna have to kill Savitar in order to stop him. Are you gonna have a problem with that?"

Barry looks at Steve, then shakes his head. "No. He's done too much, and is threatening to do too much. And he's put my family and friends in danger. And the woman I love. If we need to kill him, I won't have any problem with it," Barry says.

Steve nods, understanding passing between the two.

"Alright, everyone. We need to get to work. And we need to prepare. This may be the hardest fight we've ever faced. And I want to make sure we're ready for it," Steve says.

Steve stands and walks out of the room, the rest of the team slowly following him. Barry notices a strange look on Wanda's face. Almost sadness. But before he can place it, she's gone.

Soon, only Tony is left in the room with Barry. He looks Barry right in the eyes before he asks, "I have one question for you. Since he's a duplicate of you, does he have your memories?"

Barry looks at Tony for a moment before he nods and simply says, "Yes, he does."

Tony sighs. "So, that means he now knows about my plan for the magnetic trap. And he'll probably make countermeasures to stop it. So, that's one plan down the drain," he says.

Barry just kinda nods. He looks at Tony and says, "Any real plan you make to try and stop Savitar, you can't tell it to me. Otherwise, Savitar will know about it."

Tony nods, then smiles a bit. "Well, there's one thing I can show you that ought to help beat Savitar," he says. He then leaves the room, beckoning Barry to follow him.

Barry follows him into the equipment room. Tony leads him to a section of the wall with a single button. Tony presses the button, and the wall slides aside, revealing a metal mannequin, and a new suit on it.

Barry stares in amazement at the suit. It's amazing. It seems to be made of a metal similar to Tony's suit. It's mostly a hotrod red of a slightly darker shade than Tony's armor, but is also colored black on the lower torso and waist. The belt is in the shape of 2 large lightning bolts. Two lightning bolts rest of the sides of the head, slightly larger than on his past suits. The lightning symbol on the chest is a bit bigger and bulkier as well, with a slight glow underneath. There are also lightning bolts circling around his lower arms. There's thin gold colored glass over the eyes. And, he notices these black circles in the palms.

Barry just stands there in amazement. Finally, he says, "Wow. This...this is amazing, Tony."

Tony grins. "I used some of the tech from my suit designs to build this suit. I included some of the compound used to protect the space shuttle during re-entry, and melded it with the alloy I used in my armor. It not only protects you even better from heat, but also against explosions and physical attacks. I also added in a feature after studying about your ability to throw lightning, and based off my experience fighting Thor. This suit will allow you to absorb lightning bolts, particularly those thrown by speedsters, and to discharge it back out at any target you choose."

"There are also a few smaller features. The lightning bolts on the side of your head contain laser targeting systems. They can work with mine and Rhodey's laser guided weapons. They are even powerful enough to guide Paveway series laser guided bombs. Those things over the eyes are the similar to the Helmet Mounted Display they use on the F-22. It gives you the ability to track any target within visual range, and even enables you to switch infrared viewing. It shows you any helpful information, similarly to the display in my suit. They also work with your laser targeting system. That benefits the miniature repulsors I built into the hands, which the laser targeting systems help you aim. The repulsors aren't as strong as mine, but they give you an additional weapon to fall back on besides your lightning. That symbol in the chest contains a miniature arc reactor, which power the repulsors and all the other systems in the suit. It also powers a system that I designed that should boost your top speed. I designed it to amplify the Speed Force in your cells with the power generated by the reactor. It should boost it at least 1,000 miles per hour, to almost Mach 15. That should get you at least close to Savitar's speed."

Barry stares at Tony, then at the suit. "Tony...I don't even know what to say. This suit... It's more than I ever would've been able to make on my Earth."

"I thought it would give you a distinct advantage against Savitar. Plus, there's one further advantage. I uploaded one of my old AIs into the suit. She's called Jocasta. She's programmed to interface with the HMD, and keep it updated. She can analyze the surrounding environment, and provide you with that analysis. She operates much like F.R.I.D.A.Y., and can function just like your team at S.T.A.R. Labs to support you in the field. And, she's completely EMP resistant. And, she's locked into the suit. So, even if you if get cut off from your team, Jocasta can continue to assist you. And, she can respond even faster than any human."

Barry smiles. "Thank you so much, Tony," he says. He then flashes forward, taking the suit off it's mannequin and phasing into it.

He flexes his arms, getting used to the suit. Despite being more armor-like than his last suits, it's still very comfortable. And sure enough, the display is showing a complete readout of everything around him, like Tony's display in his armor.

"Jocasta?" Barry asks to open air.

"Hello, Mr. Allen. I am online and ready," a female voice responds.

Barry grins. "Oh, this is gonna be good."

And, I'll end there. I know this was a short chapter, but it was mainly meant to have Barry explain Savitar to the team, and introduce Barry's new suit. The next fight with Savitar will take place next chapter, and feature a turning point in the conflict with Savitar.

Barry's new suit is a combination of his old suit, the Iron Man armor, and the Flash's suit from Justice League. I imagined it looking like the suit from Justice League, but with the red being more the shade of the red on Tony's suit than on the Flash's suit from Justice League, and the surface of the suit being more smooth, like Tony's armor, with the lightning bolt symbols and belt from Barry's season 4 suit, but with the chest piece being bulkier, with the addition of smaller repulsors in the hand and the HMD. I had planned on having Tony give him an AI, like he did for Peter Parker, and decided to just go ahead and use Jocasta, since we only got a two second view of her program chip in Age of Ultron.

Alright. Please keep those reviews coming. I promise to have the next chapter up soon, but only after I get at least 4 more reviews.

Authors Note: I updated this chapter to boost Barry's speed to be correspond to what official sources say about his speed.