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The Flash: Rewriting History
Chapter 20: The Finish Line
Barry and Speedster Caitlin stood in the cortex of STAR Labs across from Iris, Ronnie, Cisco, Professor Stein and Joe.
"So, this Caitlin is actually a speedster from the future just like the other Barry?" Cisco asked still confused with all the time travel that's been happening.
"And the other Barry is gone." Iris stated that as a fact rather than a question.
"Somehow the Barry from this time managed to absorb the Barry from the future healing himself and managing to defeat the Reverse-Flash." Professor Stein was absolutely fascinated with everything that had transpired over the last day. "Fascinating!"
"Well, to be honest I could not have done it without Caitlin."
"So, you're a meta-human now Caitlin?" Ronnie asked his ex-fiancé, he was still confused about where their relationship stood.
"That's all correct." Barry explained. After the events of the previous night Thawne was now locked up in the Pipeline, and after a little team work from Caitlin and Barry, power had been restored to the City and S.T.A.R. Labs. They cleaned up the city as best they could, saving as many people as they could. And Barry had to be honest with himself, he and Caitlin had fallen into a rhythm as if they'd been working together all their lives even though neither of them had.
"With all this time travel mumbo jumbo how are you here, in this time?" Joe asked. Their Caitlin was still unconscious in the hospital. If things were to make sense he'd need a movie reference.
"I'm here like the end of Back to the Future part 2. You know, the part where Marty burns the sports almanac and restores the future?" Caitlin explained gaining and 'Ah-ha' from Joe. "I've already explained this to Barry, but in the Timeline I'm from Dr. Wells, I mean Eobard Thawne, killed Barry. That act caused the Space Time Continuum to tear because without Barry, The Flash, Thawne, The Reverse-Flash, cannot exist without the other. Basically Barry's death was like Gray's Sports Almanac and had to be removed so that time could flow properly."
"But since Barry's alive we're already in an alternate timeline." Cisco added to which Caitlin gave a small pout.
"Technically I'm the only one in the alternate timeline." The female speedster added. "It's still the same time line for all of you."
"What exactly happened in your timeline, after Barry died I mean." Iris asked.
"After killing Barry a singularity formed over the City. Without the Flash a temporal paradox was born, Thawne used it as cover to escape from our time." She turned to Ronnie and the Professor. "Firestorm then flew into the singularity to destroy it barely escaping the event horizon. I was in a coma for Six months after which I woke up with the same powers as Barry."
"And Eddie?"
"Eddie woke up long before me. He continued working for the CCPD until he transfered to Coast City."
"What? Why?" Both Joe and Iris wondered why would Eddie request such a thing as a transfer.
"I really couldn't say." Caitlin looked down at her feet. "Even if I could I won't tell you. I know I shouldn't be the one to preach this but Time needs to be left alone."
Barry listened to Caitlin's words. They were similar to what his Time Remnant told him. He wondered, if he had knowledge about future events as he did should he try and change them or let them happen.
"Could we talk Caitlin?" Ronnie asked changing the conversation. "In private."
Caitlin nodded. "Of course." She proceeded to leave the cortex followed closely by Ronnie.
"This is all heavy." Cisco ran a hand through his thick black hair. "I mean first we had a time traveling Barry, then we found out Dr. Wells is actually a time traveler named Eobard Thawne who killed Barry's mom and tried to kill us all and then another Caitlin shows up…I mean-"
"It's fine Cisco." Barry smirked.
"I'm going to go check on Eddie."
"Yeah, go ahead." Barry let her know he was OK with her checking in on Eddie. Iris gave him a smile before going to check in on her boyfriend.
"Have either of you checked on Caitlin yet?" Joe asked since they were on the topic of injured comrades.
"I haven't been. Ronnie and I were going to head there later today." Cisco pipped up. "How is she?"
"I stopped by this morning." Barry said. "The doctors say she's recovering much faster than they anticipated but they still don't know when she'll wake up."
"Honestly the condition she's in currently is eerily reminiscent of you Barry." Joe said. "Whatever the other you did to her it was nearly the same as that lightning bolt."
"That explains why Future Caitlin has super speed." Cisco ran a hand through his black locks.
"And her electrokinesis."
"Electrokinesis!?" Barry had Cisco's full attention. "Damn, she's more impressive than you!"
"Hey! If I had a decade to hone my powers I bet I could throw lightning as well!"
"Yeah well I'll bet Caitlin is even faster than you! She could probably catch the lightning you throw."
"Well as interesting as debating Dr. Snow's speed I think it would be prudent to focus on our Dr. Snow." Cisco and Barry turned to stein and nodded ending their debate. "Now, according to this Dr. Snow, she'll wake up in about six months." Professor Stein fiddled with his glasses. "Perhaps there is a way to wake her up sooner."
"Six months is still a hell of a lot shorter than Barry's coma." Joe added.
"If there is a way to wake Caitlin up sooner rather than later we'll need to find it, unfortunately bio-chemistry and anything medicine related is Caitlin's area of expertise."
"I can talk to the older Caitlin, see if she can help." Barry said "but then the question isn't if we can wake her up. Rather should we? I don't know why but I feel a connection to Caitlin now. Probably because of the Speed Force. But do we wake her now and change the future again?"
"Technically it wouldn't be changing the future for any of us." Stein interjected grabbing a marker and heading over to the board. "See if we perceive time as a continuous line with us being represented by this dot at the end." He drew a dot at the end of the line. "And this dotted line is our potential future according to Dr. Snow, who comes from here." He drew another dot further along the dashes this time in blue. "Every decision we make solidifies this line." He connected several of the dots. "Now if Dr. Snow were to directly change something" He swapped marker colors. "this happens." He connected the lines using the blue marker.
"So as long as we make the decisions ourselves we're totally fine?" All this time stuff was a little above Joe's pay grade, he tried to make sense of it as best he could.
"If we wake up Caitlin nothing bad should happen." Cisco reiterated.
"I'll be right back…" Barry said suddenly as he left the cortex.
"I've missed you Ronnie." Caitlin gave Ronnie a smile as he sat down next to her at his old desk.
"So, in the future where you're from. Were we…"
"Married? No." Ronnie's head dropped slightly due to disappointment. "I was in a coma for six months and when I woke up I wasn't quite ready to pursue a relationship with anyone, not after Barry died."
"What happened?" Ronnie asked. "After you woke up I mean."
Caitlin became visibly uncomfortable. "At first you and I worked together to protect Central City as the Flash and Firestorm, but once I was able to stand on my own you and the professor went off on a mission with a few of our friends. I never heard from you again."
Ronnie stood up and walked over to Caitlin and placed a reassuring hand onto her shoulder before pulling her into an embrace. "I am so sorry Cait."
"No, I'm the one who should be sorry Ronnie. Even though we never got married and I said I wasn't ready for a relationship…I…I…" Caitlin struggled to find the words. "I fell in love with someone else. With Barry dead and you on your mission I didn't know what I was doing when this guy came into my life and swept me off my feet teaching me all about my new powers." Slowly they broke their embrace. "It didn't last very long, not when he died."
"Do you want to talk about it?"
"No, that was a dark year for me." Caitlin thought back to how her first major enemy, Zoom, had physically, emotionally and psychologically broke her. "Out of all us heroes I had an extremely rough start. It's all in the past and I just don't want to live through that again."
"Ok." Ronnie nodded his head.
Caitlin gave her ex-fiancé a smile. She felt bad about how she was making him feel, but there wasn't anything she could do. "Look Ronnie, I know you're still in love with the me in a coma, but I have to warn you. When she wakes up she won't be the same Caitlin she was before." She took a deep breath. "What I'm saying is if you love her, let her go. If she comes back she's yours if not, she never was."
Ronnie couldn't help but chuckle lightly. "I guess you're right, but I can't just let her go. I mean we're still engaged, I think."
"I don't know what she'll be thinking when she wakes up, but I know she'll need someone to guide her with her powers. And we both know who the only person who can do that is."
"Barry…"
Iris sat next to Eddie who had woken up a short while ago. "How are you feeling?"
Eddie gave Iris a smile. "Aside from the headache I feel fine."
"I'm just glad you are OK. When Cisco told me what happened I feared the worst."
Eddie took Iris' hands in his own. "I'm fine Iris…" small blue wisps of energy formed on Eddie's hands and tickled Iris' hands.
Iris looked down and saw the flames. Her eyes widened in shock. And jumped back startled. "Eddie!?"
Eddie looked down and began to freak out at his flaming hand. "What? What's happening to me?"
"Eddie…I think you're a Meta-Human." Eddie looked up at his girlfriend with fear in his eyes. He didn't want to be a Meta-Human.
"I can't be a Meta-Human! I'm just Eddie! Good old normal Detective Eddie Thawne!"
"Eddie! Calm down!" Eddie was starting to get hysterical and the flames began to crawl all over his body forcing Iris to jump back to avoid the flames.
"Help! Somebody help!" Iris yelled out hoping for someone to hear them.
The doors whooshed open an in rushed Cisco, Ronnie, Joe, Professor Stein and Caitlin.
"What happened?"
"I don't know…" Iris' voice quivered in fright. The energy around Eddie continued to fluctuate, threatening to burn everyone. "He was fine and then suddenly…suddenly…"
Joe embraced his daughter in a tight hug. "It's OK baby girl…It's Ok…"
"Eddie! I need you to listen to me!" Caitlin ordered the panicking detective. "Your powers are connected to your emotions. You have to calm down."
"I can't!" More blue flames flared up forcing everyone to jump back.
"Listen to me Eddie…" Caitlin braved the flames and approached Eddie. "I'm going to teach you something I learned when I first got my powers. Clench your hands into fists." Eddie nodded and complied. "Good, now, release each finger and say something you love as you do it." Caitlin gave Eddie a reassuring smile and everyone else watched in wonder.
"Ok…Ok…My job…This City…Iris…you guys…" each time Eddie released a finger the flames died down a little until they were all released and the blue flames withered away. "It worked?"
"That was all you Eddie." Caitlin reassured the young detective as she stood up allowing Iris to embrace her boyfriend.
"How'd you do that?" Cisco asked. "I mean, just by talking you put out all those crazy blue flames!"
"Most Meta-human abilities are also tied to one's emotions." Caitlin rubbed her arm. "That was something I learned early on in my career, sometimes Science can't solve everything, emotions can provide more answers."
"What do we do now?" Joe asked
"Isn't it obvious?" Everyone turned to Cisco. "We come up with a nickname for Eddie. I was thinking something along the lines of-"
"…Cobalt Blue…" Eddie whispered. Everyone turned their gaze upon Eddie as he made more blue flames appear and dance around his hand before extinguishing them. "I think Dr. Wel- Eobard Thawne called me that just before I lost consciousness the first time…"
"Eddie" Eddie looked up into the eyes of his beautiful girlfriend. "Don't let whatever Dr. Wells said get to you. You are your own person and no time traveling speedster from the future can tell you otherwise." She turned to Caitlin with an apologetic look. "No offense."
"None taken." The female flash gave Iris and Barry a smile.
Barry went down to the pipeline to talk with Dr. Wells.
"What? No Big Belly Burger? It's one of the few perks of being stranded in this time." Thawne said from inside his prison cell. "Where I'm from there aren't any cows. But enough about me. You don't care about that. Go ahead and ask your questions."
"I don't know where to start Thawne. That is you real name correct?"
"Since the day I was born."
"There was never a Harrison Wells?"
"Oh, he was real. Had a wife as well, but I needed him to kick start the particle accelerator. It was easiest for me to replace him as the real Harrison Wells." The Time traveler confessed to murder nonchalantly. "I'm not sure why you're asking that Barry. Go ahead, ask the question you really want answered."
"Why'd you kill my mother?" Barry asked cutting right to the chase.
Eobard smiled. "Because I hate you Barry. Not you now. not even the you you will become. Rather I hated a different version of you."
"In the future."
"In a future, yes. We're enemies, rivals, opposites, reverses of one another." The physicist whispered lightly and sinisterly. "It's what you told me yourself."
"Why?" Barry asked wanting to know. Even though he would deny it Barry had come to see Harrison Wells, or at least the Harrison Wells he thought he knew, as a sort of Father figure alongside Joe and Henry.
"It doesn't really matter anymore. The only thing that mattered was that neither of us could defeat the other. Until I learned your name. See in my time the Flash was just some legend no one believed in but I went out to prove your existence, and I succeeded. I even learned your name eventually. And I finally knew how to defeat you once and for all. Travel back in time, kill you as a child and poof" Wells flicked his hands as if there was a small popping balloon in his hands. "No more Flash."
Barry gritted his teeth. "But you even failed at that."
"Only because future you followed me and got you out of there before I could kill you." Barry could almost see the anger Wells had for him. "I was so angry, but then I thought…what if you were to experience an accident or something so tragic you could never recover? So you would never become the Flash."
"That's when you killed my mother."
Thawne nodded with a smirk. "That's when I stabbed her in the heart." Tears began to well up in Barry's eyes. He could barely hold his emotions together. "And for a moment I was free. It was after that that I realized without you I was stranded in this Neanderthal Time. Your time Remnant told me himself. I need you to become the Flash so that I can be the Reverse-Flash and I need to be the Reverse-Flash so that you can become the Flash." Wells laughed to himself. "Kind of ironic, I wanted to be free of you and yet I need you to be faster so I can return home."
"Well, guess what. You're going to rot away in here. You're going to confess to my mother's murder and exonerate my father." Barry stood directly in front of Eobard Thawne, if the glass wasn't there they would feel each other's breath.
Wells gave Barry a knowing smile. "I think you will let me out of here Barry. Because if you give me what I want I'll help you get what you want. You can go back in time and save your mother. Prevent your father from going to prison. You can reunite your family."
Barry froze once again. Last time Wells mentioned something like this Barry ended up with a hand in his chest. "I don't believe you." Anger swelled up in Barry as he punched the glass separating the speedsters. "I should kill you right now."
"I know that rage you feel Barry." Wells seemed to get lost in thought for a moment. "I used to feel it every time I saw you…but now…when I look at you…I now know what Joe and Henry feel…those looks of pride. Looks of love."
"SHUT UP!" Barry punched the glass again "DON'T YOU EVER COMPARE YOURSELF TO THEM!"
"That anger won't bring mommy and daddy back or wake Dr. Snow from her coma." Thawne was definitely holding all the cards in this exchange. Even while imprisoned he was playing Barry like a fiddle. "Think about it Barry. You can have everything you ever wanted and more."
Barry took a step back and inhaled deeply. He had to calm down before he did anything rash or stupid or both. "I won't do it." Barry said simply which caused Thawne's smile to drop in surprise. "My older Time Remnant or whatever made me promise him not to change history."
"Who's he to preach that? He stole your life and changed things himself!" Wells argued. "You're more powerful than him Barry! Surly you will not be making the same mistakes he made!"
"My mind is made up Wells." Barry turned around and began to leave the pipeline while Thawne angrily hammered at the glass barrier.
"BARRY! BARRY! THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE GIVING UP! YOUR MOTHER! YOUR FATHER! IRIS! YOU'RE GIVING IT ALL UP!"
But Barry ignored his reverse as he hit the buttons to seal the pipeline.
A short while later Barry called everyone into the Cortex to hear what Wells-Thawne had told him. While everything seemed normal Barry noticed Ronnie hesitantly looking at the older Caitlin. Iris's left hand was wrapped up in some gauze while Eddie stood away from the rest of the group like he was afraid.
"This is quite the opportunity Mr. Allen." Stein was always excited when it came to scientific marvels and Time Travel was definitely near the top of that list. "The chance to right a wrong and save your mother's life, it's quite the conundrum."
"What do you guys think?" Barry left the question open for everyone to answer. Sure his Time Remnant made him promise not to change the past but the opportunity was ripe and proving extremely tempting.
"Can we really trust what Wells is saying? He's done nothing but lie to us all from the start." Joe said.
"A chance to be with someone you love seems like a pretty cut and dry answer to me." Ronnie said speaking up first while glancing at Caitlin before giving Barry his full attention.
"But this will change fifteen years." Cisco argued. "If you do this then you might never have met me, Ronnie, Oliver or even Caitlin."
"If I go and save my mom, my dad won't go to prison…but I may not know everyone in this room." Barry turned to the older Caitlin for some sage advice.
"I know this probably doesn't mean much coming from me as a Time Traveler who's changed the past, but as it stands right now the Time Stream is too thin for any form of time travel over a distance of six minutes."
"So if I were to go back and save my mom…"
"You could rip the very fabric of existence asunder. And even if you didn't you cannot return to this time. That mean's-"
"Barry has to choose between the life he has and the life he's always wanted." Iris stated as she gently rubbed her bandaged hand.
"I need some time to think." Barry said
Barry slowly walked into the hospital carrying a bouquet of roses. Somehow through all the commotion Barry's feet carried him to Caitlin, and a flower shop. He didn't even stop at the nurse's station instead he made a beeline to his unconscious friend.
Walking into her room Barry felt like he couldn't look away. She was all hooked up to tubes and wires providing her nutrients and monitoring her breathing and heart rate.
Dawning a smile Barry placed the roses on the table next to her just before sitting down and gently stroking her hand. Even though it had been his Time Remnant that had been 'with' Caitlin those memories were still his own and he felt as though it was him who had been by her side the whole time.
"Hey Cait…" His voice was soft and quiet. "I don't know if you can hear me…they say coma patients can retain their auditory functions, but I just want you to know I'm here…we're all here waiting for you…" he released her hand and lightly patted her thigh. "I hope you wake up soon, I could really use the advice…Wells said I can travel to the past and save my mom, but I don't know if I should." Barry failed to notice someone walk into the room behind him.
"I could use all the advice I can get…" Barry continuously stroked Caitlin's thigh in a soothing manner.
"She's going to wake up Barry." Barry looked over his shoulder to see the Older Caitlin standing there.
"I know, I just wish she'd wake up right now." Caitlin walked right next to him and placed a hand on his shoulder.
"You know I can't wake her up. But that doesn't mean you can't." Barry turned to Caitlin.
"Me? What can I do?"
"You both share a connection to the Speed Force thanks to your older-self." Caitlin explained
"Then how do I do it? How do I wake her up?"
"You already know what you need to do Barry, but I suggest you wait until after the Speed Force is fixed. Even though she's unconscious the Speed Force does not like paradox duplicates occupying the same space and time." Barry nodded in understanding.
"Ok, ok…" Barry removed his hand from Caitlin and stood up. "What do we need to do to fix the Time Stream."
"This is where it gets tricky. In order to patch the Time Stream, we need a create an even that will cause the rip to manifest itself so that way we can close it." Barry nodded in understanding.
"How big of an event are we talking about?"
"Like I said before any time jump over six minutes would rip the Universe apart. So anything farther than six minutes will do the trick."
Barry and Caitlin stood next to each other at the mouth of the pipeline dressed in their respective Flash suits. They knew what they needed to do. Barry knew what he had to do.
"Are you ready?" The female Flash asked turning to Barry
"As ready as I'll ever be."
"Remember, we're going to jump seven minutes into the future. Stay close I'll make sure we get there." Barry nodded.
Watching the two speedsters was Eobard Thawne, high in his personal cell. A smile spread over his face realizing what the two speedsters were up to. If only he could get out of his cell.
Cisco, Ronnie, Iris, Joe and Professor Stein stood up in the cortex watching the two speedsters.
"Dr. Snow said we release the Hydrogen atom when they reach Mach 2." Stein reiterated.
"If they don't run fast enough they'll be squashed like bugs on a windshield." Cisco said.
"Caitlin should create enough drag so Barry can keep pace with her." Ronnie added as hefound himself in Caitlin's usual chair
Iris just silently looked at the screen. Her thoughts were more focused on Eddie and his budding abilities.
"Honey, are you OK?" Joe asked his daughter seeing her obviously upset.
"I'm fine dad, I'm just worried."
"Eddie will be fine baby girl, so will Barry." Iris nodded as she felt a stray tear trickle down her cheek. Joe noticed it and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Why don't you go check on Eddie, he needs you."
"OK…" Iris made her way back to the medical bay to be with her boyfriend just as Barry and Caitlin began to run.
Barry felt the electricity coursing through his body with each and every step he took. More images flashed before his eyes of things he'd seen and some he hadn't before.
"Just focus on me Barry!" He heard Caitlin call out to him. "What you are seeing is your entire life; past present and future! Follow me and we will get through this!"
Barry closed his eyes and just focused on Caitlin, but that's when he heard his voice.
"That's it Barry, focus. Think about that night about your mother!" That's all it took and that was all Barry could focus on as the hydrogen atom came hurtling towards him and Caitlin.
"BARRY! NO!" Caitlin screamed as they both vanished breaking the Time Barrier.
Barry opened his eyes and saw he was in his old room. It was exactly as he remembered it the night his mother was murdered. Before he could process what was happening any further he heard the screaming from down stairs. Barry ran down the stairs and cautiously cracked the door open to see his mother surrounded by a cyclone of yellow and Red lightning.
"MOM!" Little Barry screamed
"BARRY!" Nora Allen yelled to her son in fright
"MOM!" the young Barry continued to yell.
"STAY BACK BARRY DON'T LET HIM TOUCH YOU!"
"NORA HOLD ON!" Henry screamed to his wife before embracing his son. "RUN BARRY RUN!"
As Barry watched the nightmare unfold he saw the Future Flash pause for a brief second and look directly at him and warned him off. Barry froze. He under stood what his future self was telling him. He wasn't supposed to be here. He needed to let go of his mother. An instant later Barry saw his older-self grab his younger-self and flashed him out of the house.
Tears flooded Barry's eyes as he closed the door separating him from his mother leaving him to listen to her screams.
"BARRY? BARRY WHERE ARE YOU? Oh God…NO! PLEASE!" Barry closed his eyes tight as he heard the knife pierce through her.
Barry slid to the floor in agony. Remembering his mother's murder was one thing but being forced to relive it was worse. Barry opened the door to see his mother on the floor, the knife still in her chest as she choked on her own blood. The grisly sight broke him as he moved to cradle her body.
"Hey…" He said through his tears. His mother looked up at him, her eyes were full of fright. On reflex she tried to grab Barry. "No, please don't try to move.
"Please…my husband…my son…"
"They're fine…they're both safe…I promise."
"Who…who are you?"
"I'm…I'm The Flash…"
"I don't understand…"
Barry pulled off his cowl so that his mom could see his face. So she'd know it was Barry. "This isn't going to make much sense, but it's me mom…It's Barry…"
"Barry?" Her fight all but disappeared and was replaced by love. "Oh my beautiful boy…" She reached up to caress her son's cheek. "I love you…" Barry held her tightly praying that this wasn't the end. "Goodbye…"
Barry sat there cradling his mother's body as the life left her.
Caitlin slid to a stop as she left the portal. She whirled around hoping that Barry was behind her and not going to the night of his mother's murder.
"Where's Barry?" Cisco yelled out as he Ronnie and Joe entered into the Particle Accelerator. "You were supposed to only go seven minutes!"
"I don't know!" Caitlin yelled back. "He was supposed to be right behind me but I think he went to the night his mother was murdered!"
"What!? Why would he do that?"
"It wasn't intentional!" Caitlin sent a glare up to Eobard Thawne. "He did it." She looked to the portal which began to fluctuate violently. "We have to close it now!" Caitlin ordered.
"We can't! Not without Barry!" Joe didn't want to close the portal, not without Barry. He'd be damned if he lost his son.
"I don't want to close it either but we have to!"
Up in his cell Thawne was smirking. By making Barry think about his mother he doomed Barry to being trapped in the past, just as he had. He couldn't help it but start laughing manically. This earned him a glares from Caitlin, Joe, Cisco and Ronnie.
In her rage Caitlin ran to the controls opened Thawne's cell and grabbed him by the collar of his shirt. "You! This is all your fault!"
"Oh my dear Dr. Snow…" Thawne smirked. "I didn't do anything. You gave Barry the means and opportunity he needed to save his mother. I only gave him the final nudge."
"CAITLIN! THE PORTAL'S GROWING!" Caitlin looked over her shoulder to see it was true.
"Cisco! Ronnie! Joe! Get out of there!" The men nodded and made a mad dash to escape the worm hole.
Taking advantage of Caitlin's distraction Thawne knocked her out of his way and began to run at high speed around the Particle Accelerator. This was his chance to return to his time and if it meant the destruction of this time then so be it.
"NO!" Caitlin screamed as Thawne jumped for the unstable time portal. If he got away Barry would be devastated.
But just before Thawne escaped she saw him. Barreling out of the portal was Barry fist cocked back just before connecting with the Reverse-Flash's face.
As Wells regained his balance Barry grabbed him and pinned him to the wall of the Particle Accelerator.
"You didn't save her!? Why? You could have had everything you ever wanted!" Wells struggled to breath as Barry began to choke the life out of him.
Barry glanced over to Caitlin then turned back to Thawne. "I almost did save her…but then I realized already have everything I wanted. Except for your confession."
Thawne Smirked. "You'll never get it Barry, not while I'm here."
"Barry! We don't have time for this! The Wormhole is growing unstable!" Caitlin yelled "I know you want him to confess but If you don't let him go then we are all dead!" Barry listened to Caitlin but he couldn't bring himself to release the Reverse-Flash. "Barry! Please!"
Barry closed his eyes and slacked his grip allowing Thawne to slid to the floor. "Ok…" Barry wiped away his hot tears.
Thawne rubbed his throat and smirked as Barry and Caitlin flashed out of the lab. "Heh heh heh…" It was the last thing Thawne saw as he felt the wormhole grab him and pull him towards it.
"No! NO! NO! NOOOOOOO!" Eobard Thawne disappeared into the breech, forever doomed to be lost in time.
Barry and Caitlin wasted no time evacuating everyone out of S.T.A.R. Labs. Soon All of them were outside watching as the Wormhole evolved and grew over S.T.A.R. Labs.
"What's it doing?" Iris asked
"Exactly what we didn't want to happen!" Cisco mumbled.
"It's feeding!" Stein theorized. "It's evolved into a self-sustained Singularity and it won't stop even after it's consumed the world.
"Try all of Existence!" Caitlin yelled over the growing winds. "We need to stabilize and stop it now!"
"How?" Eddie asked
"Barry and I have to disrupt the motion. Much like with Clyde Martin's tornado!"
"Only upside down and in the sky." Barry added sharing a look with Caitlin. "And scarier."
"Anything we can do?" Ronnie asked
"Pray." Caitlin said turning to Barry. "You ready to follow me one more time?"
"Lead the way Dr. Snow."
"Barry…" Barry turned to Iris. "Come back to us." He knew what Iris meant. He leaned in and allowed Iris to kiss his forehead.
With a nod Barry and Caitlin ran up the side of the building and towards the spinning cyclone of temporal death. They continued to run even as aches and pains developed in their bodies.
Barry was impressed by Caitlin's speed, she was easily out pacing him and lapping him
"Keep up Barry!" Caitlin called to him. "We're almost there!"
"I…I don't think I can…" Barry breathed heavily as he struggled to keep up.
Down below the rest of the group watched with batted breaths watching and hoping for the best possible outcome.
"They've stabilized the Singularity!" Stein yelled out
"But they have no way to close it!" Cisco cried back.
"Professor! What if Firestorm were to use our molecular manipulation to close it?"
"In theory it could work, but we'd need to be in the eye of the singularity." Ronnie nodded to the professor. "But Ronald, without the Quantum Splicer forming Firestorm could be permanent or even result in a meltdown."
"We don't have a choice Professor! We have to do it!" They clapped hands together and formed Firestorm before flying off into the breech.
Cisco, Iris, Joe and Eddie watched as another one of their friends headed off into the scary hole in time and space.
He flew right into the eye of the storm and looked to see both Barry and Caitlin staring at him. Their eyes wide with shock and horror.
"Caitlin…I love you…" Firestorm said, clearly it was Ronnie who was talking.
"NO!" Barry screamed. He felt the heat of Firestorm's flames intensify as the nuclear energy built to meltdown levels.
Caitlin shielded her eyes and grabbed Barry before throwing him away from the blast.
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