Enter the Demon

by TrueHorror88

Seth Rogers, an experimented mutant and the host of a clone Venom symbiote has only experienced pain in his life. His life as an anti-hero prepared for much, but that didn't include being pulled through a wormhole to save his sister from an unknown world. Now in a new world with their own heroes and villains, he continues protecting the innocents and finding his sister.

36. Chapter 36: Out of Time

Time for another bedtime story for you true believers again.

I've been looking forward to writing this chapter for a while, and just as much fun as the other ones.

And hopefully, I'm not the only one out there.

Thanks again for the reviews and PMs guys, you are wonderful people!

Now, without further ado…

ENJOY!

Chapter 36: Out of Time

Morning light shining through his window and shining over the most beautiful sight that Seth was taking in right now through very slow and sensational movements of his eyes.

He woke up half an hour earlier, letting him take in the view of his beautiful girlfriend as she laid curled up into his side. Her golden-brown hair spread around her head and along his shoulder and the pillows they shared. Light rising up and down her chest as she breathed in and out, the only actions she made while she was in a citizen of Dreamland.

Slowly reaching up, his finger gently ran circles on her flawless skin on her cheek, his actions gentle and slow, still afraid of breaking her as though she was made of porcelain. Examining and taking in every curve of her face while he thought about how he was able to meet her… and move on.

And last night was undoubtably amazing, unlike anything he had felt before. His elements roaring and erupting in his body like volcanoes of all elements while he was showering and worshipping Caitlin like a goddess should be. Emotions and feelings coursing through his veins and blasting like speakers on highest volume was overwhelming.

Even in the past, his elements and his emotions, his feelings have never acted like that, so violently but still passionately and lovingly… and it was a lot more than just…it was more than anything they have ever felt in the past.

Seth couldn't explain it… he couldn't even form words to describe it…it unlike anything of this world.

A small stirring got his attention, looking down to Caitlin's stirring eyes behind her closed eyelids. They fluttered only for a moment the most beautiful soft-brown eyes opened up and met the gentlest crystal blue eyes. At the sight of those eyes, she smiled warmly. "Hey." She said softly, barely above a whisper.

"Hey yourself, gorgeous." The elemental said back before leaning his down and captured her lips with his own. "Good night's sleep?"

Her smile widened as the female doctor stretched a bit, while she snuggled her into his shoulder. "The best sleep I've ever had." Her words came out in a happy purr. "You?"

"The most amazing night with the most amazing woman in the entire multiverse, and, woke up, without any clothes," he said in singing voice, getting her to blush in happiness. "and it wasn't a dream. Nothing is going to top that, if ever."

Caitlin laughed lightly, her head lifting up and then saw something emitting from Seth's body. "You're smoking."

Liking her compliment, he said, "Aww thanks. You too."

"No, seriously. You're smoking." She repeated while pointing a finger at his stomach.

Turning his head to his torso, he was flustered in embarrassment when he saw that, indeed he was giving off black smoke from the right side of his body, "Damn it!" He used his hand to whip away the smoke. When it was completely gone, he looked around his room and saw the state of his bedroom.

A couple of his pillows had been thrown to the floor, some of them either partially frozen or burned with holes. His blankets having seared holes from what looked like holes from lightning crackles. And the bedside table on the right side of his bed, had apparently lost its legs. Some sides of his bedframe had been cut somehow. And the headboard had five holes embedded into it… and Seth was pretty sure it was from his adamantium fingers when he accidently thrusted them into it.

"We…broke your bedroom, didn't we?" Caitlin asked slowly and embarrassedly, even though she knew she was incapable of causing this kind of damage.

"Yup." Seth said, equally embarrassed but kept his smile and turned to his surprised mate and gave her a wide smile. "Occasional problem of having sex with an elemental." His expression turned worriedly with a frozen paleness, "Are you hurt in any way? I didn'-"

This time, Caitlin stopped him from continuing, capturing his lips in a quick but passionate kiss. "I'm fine. You could never hurt me Seth. Stop thinking like that, would you?" he nodded while he she sat up, her hands keeping the bedsheet wrapped around her chest. She walked around the floor to find her dress from last night, but she couldn't find it. "Where's my dress?"

"Think it's…out in living room." Seth's face paled again as he remembered an important fact. "Frankie's going to find it. And don't worry, there's a shirt of mine you can wear in the wardrobe."

Her head tilted to the side in confusion and curiosity, "You actually keep clothes here?"

Standing up on his feet, he slithered on a white T-shirt and blue jeans and told Caitlin, "Thought it might be too strange and suspicious if the cops came in one day and saw that I didn't have any clothes in here. I'll get your dress. Though I don't mind the view right now." His words got her to blush again.

Before he did, Caitlin walked over to him and grabbed his hand, and unsurely asked him, "Seth…how's…are we…how am I supposed to be with Frankie? I know she's your daughter after all."

Seth had thought about that before, and he had already prepared an answer for that if the question were to be inquired of him, "I'll talk to her about it. But…I know she trusts you more than anyone else. Properly just as much as she trusts me. So I want her to come to you whenever she's in need of a helping hand, or a woman to talk to."

"Thanks…" She said to his surprise. "I would like that. I like Frankie a lot, she's a sweet and innocent kid, and I know I'll love her." Seth was surprised again as she took on a more of a motherly persona right now. He was sure that something like that might happen in the future, but now… it might happen sooner than he predicted.

"Go and find my dress, would you?"

Seth accepted her request with a bow and allowed her to go through his wardrobe to find something for herself.

When he walked through his bedroom door… he widened his eyes when he saw Matt Stark sitting on his dinner table and eating cereal from his cabinet. After swallowing his mouthful of breakfast, he waved his milk-wet spoon at the elemental and greeted, "Get enough sleep, or where you too busy playing with the other doctor?" his lips formed a knowing smile.

"How'd you know?" Seth asked in query, wondering if he had been here the entire night, which would have been the very definition of creepy in his book.

Matt didn't answer with any words, but he did however point his spoon to the couch, or to the floor area near the couch. And following the direction, Seth found Caitlin's dress right there. "Unless there's something you haven't told me yet, I'm pretty sure that's Caitlin's dress." He drank the milk from his bowl before standing up and emptied it.

"It is." Seth said with a widening smile as he remembered the feeling of that same amazing woman in his hands, helping her off with her dress and carrying her in his arms to the bedroom. While he walked over to it, his body began smoking again, unbeknownst to him again while he picked it up in his hands.

"You're smoking." Matt told his best friend while he placed the bowl and spoon into the dishwasher.

"Damn it!" The elemental said while he whipped the smoke away again with his hands. Thinking of his daughter, he wondered of the nanite mutant, "Where's Frankie? She's here?"

"No, she's with Livia, shopping for some more clothes and other necessities. Don't worry, her young mind wasn't here to be corrupted by your shenanigans." Matt said through a chuckling voice while he saw him still whip the smoke away. "I remember you used to smoke every time you thought of Silver. Even more with Stef, again. The times those smoke detectors went off."

"Handled that." He immediately pointed a finger at a group of ripped off smoke detectors, spread around the floor. "Wasn't going to make that mistake again." He said with a smile. "How long have you been here?"

"Just got here this morning. I flew through the window and get me some breakfast." He pointed at the open window. Curiously gesturing to the bedroom, he asked, "Does this mean Caitlin's going to be Frankie's mom, or something?"

"Maybe in time. But right now…Frankie does trust Caitlin, and Caitlin trusts Frankie, that's important. They like each other as well. I'm gonna talk to Frankie about it." Seth said slowly before his head looked down slowly, "She's been through so much, and I honestly want her to a family that loves and protects her no matter what. I know she can count on you and Liv of course, she's got the best uncle and aunt right now. But… she needs a mother, and I think that's for the best."

Matt tilted his head from side to side and stated, not to discourage him of his choice, but as a reminder, "Talking from experience, sometimes having just one parent is enough. Having two isn't all what it's cracked up to be."

Seth took his words to heart but then reminded him back, "She's not like us, Matt. Your parents didn't want to have a mutant as a child and chose a life without life. Me and Liv have never had parents until after that hellhole, same as you. Frankie went from foster home to foster home, all of them doing nothing to make her feel wanted or loved like she is right now, just treating her like dirt. Unlike us, she didn't have a school full of people like her to go to when she was alone, when she felt like she was cursed. She had no one to turn to, and had to close off herself from others, more or less. That poor girl has a family finally. And she's happy. I want her to have a family, mother and father. The entire package. Either sooner or later in the future. More importantly, she needs to know that she's never going to be left behind again."

"I'm gonna help with that."

The two mutants turned their heads to the bedroom door, and saw Caitlin standing there in one of Seth's shirts. Because of the size, it was able to cover her entire body. She had most likely heard the entire conversation while the two mutants spoke to one another. She stepped out and walked over to the elemental. "I'm gonna help Frankie no matter what. Anything she needs, she can come to me. Whenever she needs to… and with time, if she wants to…she can call me her…Mom." She surprised herself, not to mention the mutants, when she heard herself say that.

"Thanks, Cait." Seth said while he kissed her lips. "Means a lot. And I know she'll love you when that time comes."

"Of course." Caitlin told him lovingly before they shared another kiss.

When he saw the intimate actions between the two, Matt was reminded of a request by a friend. "Oh yeah, Iris and Olivia went out a while ago. They talked about going bowling with us and we said yes. You guys wanna tag along? You know them better than we do after all. It'd be awkward for us, we barely know them."

The two shared a nod of agreement and Seth said, "Sure. Text us the time and address and we'll be there." He nodded and moved out of the loft, leaving the two doctors to talk for themselves. Returning his eyes to Caitlin, who had stepped closer to him with slow step, he wrapped his arms around her and pulled her closer, "You…are amazing."

"I know." She stood on her toes and kissed his lips. "You're not so bad yourself." She cheekily added.

"Cute." He rubbed his nose against hers and kissed her lips again before his phone chimed with a message. Taking hold of it, he saw that it was a message from Olivia who had left Frankie near the building of their loft with her school backpack ready for school, but she had to leave though. The elemental texted his sister, telling her that he'd lead her to her school. "Gotta go and drop off Frankie."

"Okay, you take care of the little one and I'll get ready before leaving."

Looking away from her eyes, Seth said shyly. "You don't have to." She froze in surprise. "I mean, you don't have to leave. You could just stay here, until I come back, of course. Then we could…maybe go out for lunch?" he suggested shyly.

"I'd love that, actually." Caitlin told the man she loves with a smile.

Seth broadened his smile and cupped her face gently and leaned down to her lips again, kissing them passionately.

"By the maker, humans and their make out sessions. DON'T you get tired of licking each other's tongues!"

For that entire morning Seth had forgotten everything about his "other", who had apparently been listening and watching the two, this entire time.

"Still creeping around in your noggin, dumbass."

"Shit."

X

After he had to reluctantly pull away from Caitlin, Seth went out the window and met up with his daughter who had been waiting for him outside of the building. When the pair met up, they chose to use the easy and jumped from rooftop to rooftop to got to her school.

When they got near the school, they landed in an alleyway and walked the rest of the way together. But while they were walking, Seth was having trouble on how to break the news to his daughter. Frankie's a smart girl, she knows that he and Caitlin have feelings for one another and that they have now come together.

But it was an entirely different matter now that Caitlin has agreed that she'd with time, accept the role of Frankie's mother. It had to be done but how was the question.

"You are a doctor! Like a Band Aid, just rip it off quickly!" Venom said, "Frankie's our daughter, Seth. There's never going to be a right time. You just need to tell her."

"I know, it's just… I don't know." Seth thought back.

"Dad?" Frankie's worried voice got him out of his thoughts. "Are you okay? You were spacing out again."

Seth shook his head, and told her, "I'm sorry, honey. It's just I need to tell you something."

Frankie got a knowing smile on her face and stated, to his surprise, "It's about you and Caitlin, right? The two of you are back together again."

Chuckling impressed, he said. "I should have thought that you knew it. My smart little girl, of course. But yeah. It's about Caitlin." He inhaled a few times before saying. "We've agreed that if you need anything, then you can come to her as well. And you don't have to call her "Mom" or anything like that for the time being… but you can still come to her when you had anything you need to talk about with her. She'd like that. She told me so herself."

"I know, Dad. I'm just happy for you and Caitlin, I like you two together." She said with a smile. "And…I don't know. In the future, I might end up calling her "Mom", I'm not sure. But I think I'll love it. I'll the two of you together again. It always felt and looked right when I first met you two together. Even though I thought you two were married already."

"We did both have rings on our fingers, so can't exactly blame you. But thanks honey, for understanding this. It means a lot to me. And I know you'll love Caitlin just as much as I do, and she'll love you back even more."

Shyly twisting her body, she asked back, "You think so?" she had very little doubt that Caitlin wouldn't like her. But parts of her wanted to be sure, it was important to her father, then it's gonna be important to her as well.

Magenta heard her partner's doubts and said assuring, "She's gonna love you, Frankie. Stop doubting, you dummy!"

Crouching down on a knee before her, he told her assuring, "Caitlin's gonna love you, Frankie. And she's gonna love to have you as her baby girl. Don't doubt it, honey. She's gonna be one of the happiest moms to get to know her daughter, Frankie."

An intrigued smile of curiosity came over her face as she asked cheekily, "Does that mean Caitlin's gonna move in with us?"

That was a thought that have come over Seth's mind before. But they had just gotten back together again, and he didn't know if it might be too hasty to rush things like this.

"I'm not sure…I have thought about it, but we just got back together. Might be too hasty." Seth answered.

"Okay. But I hope so, at least." Frankie added happily at the thought of both getting a mother like Caitlin and her moving in with her father and herself.

The two continued on their way to the front entrance of Frankie's school. When they did, Frankie saw some of her girlfriends at a bench. Her friends saw her standing at the entrance and waved at her. The young metahuman waved back with a smile while Seth said, "Your friends are waiting for you."

"Yeah, they're great. Well I gotta go, see you Dad!" she called back before running off to meet her friends.

The moment, she did, Seth saw her smile and hug her friends happily. He showed a fatherly smile when he saw his daughter hug her friends like that as she was able to act like a normal teenage girl again. It was a sweet sight for him to see.

And he loves seeing his child happy and with friends.

X

Later that same day, Seth and Caitlin walked through the entrance of bowling alley and the took in the sight of brightly decorated bowling alley with blue lights shining over the entire internals. Seth couldn't help but be surprised and enchanted as he took in the sight of the entertaining room with pop music blaring out of the speakers.

Frankie had chosen to stay at home, enjoying her time on either a wall or a ceiling with her new transparent phone and learning more and more with Jarvis' help. That and go out swinging by herself above the tall buildings.

And after they got their bowling shoes on, they went to a bowling lane, where they found Eddie and Iris and Matt and Olivia. All four of them ready to get their bowling on. And they were happy to see the two doctors again, and together again.

Iris had heard the news from her father, hearing that Seth and Caitlin were in a rough patch of sorts. And she was worried for them, though she didn't want to speak about to the elemental, worried that it might pour more salt into an open wound. But she was happy to see that the wound had closed up nicely.

Now the group of three couples all sat together on their seats while clapping when Eddie reared up the bowling ball in his hand before launching it. The bowling ball rolled down the lane with great speed and hit the formation of ten bowling pins, knocking away nine out of ten. The detective exclaimed in dismay at the closeness to receive a strike. His girlfriend got up on her feet and gave him a comforting kiss on his lips, which got his personality to spike up in happiness.

Matt and Olivia shared a wink between them before the nanite mutant got up on his feet and took hold of a ball. Getting into position, he stepped back, reeling the ball back before launching it down the lane. Before it could swerve to the side, the psychic used her powers and placed it back in the middle, increasing its acceleration in the process and it crashed against every single one. He thrusted his hands up in the air in triumph as he just got a strike.

However, both Caitlin and Seth saw the psychic use her powers if her fading glowing eyes were any indication. Twirling his feet around, Matt turned to them with triumph, "And that's how you do it, people! Remember, you have to have skills to better than anyone else!"

"Nice job, Babe!" Olivia called out while whistling to her boyfriend in happiness. When he returned to his girlfriend's side, the two kissed each other heartfully.

Shaking his head, the elemental got up next as it was his turn next. He saw Caitlin giving him an air kiss for support. While getting to position, he took a page of out his friend's book, and used…additional help. His partner slithering underneath his clothes and the earth element to strengthen his throw. Reeling it back, he launched it again.

The bowling ball rolled down the line like a speeding bullet and hit the first of the pins and knocked down the rest in the process, granting him a perfectly earned strike.

Turning to the nanite mutant, Seth said. "Sorry Matty, but you still got a long way to go before you can even hope to take down the master himself." He gestured to himself in mock.

"Nice job, Seth!" Caitlin called out to him in happiness as well. And her smile widened when the elemental placed himself beside her and they too shared a kiss like the mutant couple.

Eddie had to chuckle in shock of the two other kissing couples and got their attention with his next words. "I'm gonna get us some more drinks. Iris, mind coming with me?" She nodded her agreement and the two walked over to the bar and get more drinks.

When she was sure that they were out earshot, Caitlin leaned forward and accused the mutants, "You guys used your powers. Don't think about lying to me. I know it."

"How could you say that about us, Caitlin?" Matt said in mock offense.

"Yeah, that's really hurtful." Olivia continued the little charade.

"They're right, we're just really good bowlers." Seth added to the charade.

Caitlin merely rolled her eyes at their weak attempt to cover their use of powers, even though it wasn't even an attempt and more of a joke. She still chuckled and placed her head on Seth's shoulder. And the mutant couple laughed alongside them while Eddie and Iris came back again with a few beer bottles on a tray.

"What are you guys laughing about?" Iris said as she placed the tray on the table.

"Nothing to worry about, guys." Seth said before telling, "Hey, thanks for letting us tag along with you guys tonight. Means a lot."

Caitlin nodded, "He's right, it's nice to do this after everything that's happen lately."

"Yeah, especially after all the crazy that's been happening lately." Eddie agreed with the two doctors. "I mean, a guy who's like a smaller, more violent version of Venom showing up and causing havoc everywhere, it was crazy."

"Yeah, it really was." Iris said before plumping back down in her seat. "And he almost killed Venom. it was impossible and scary."

Matt then stated, "We live in a city of men flying around in white robotic armor, guys who can run faster than the speed of sound, and giant demons with the powers of the elements in his hands who also leaps around the city like a huge-ass toad." Seth glared at him, "Pretty sure impossible is the normal around these parts, Iris."

"If he calls us a toad again, then he's gonna find himself with both of his legs melted off!" Venom said angrily and Olivia could hear the roar from Seth's "other" and chuckled because of it.

"Hey, they're heroes, can't we agree on that?" Olivia said while the others agreed with them. "They're here to protect us all now, and that's what's important right now."

"Yeah, that's right." Iris agreed while her eyes drifted around to the front of the bar. Seth saw her eyes drop and he looked in the same direction. He saw Barry there and alongside him is an attractive woman who looked to be his own age. If he had to take a guess, it must have been Linda, the same girl he must have been dating for a while now.

He saw Barry turn around to face Linda and he looked to be bragging about something. They then watched as the two shared a kiss. When Seth saw that, he was inwardly glad that the speedster have someone who cares for him now, it makes life all the more enjoyable and even more valuable. He knew that whenever he thought of the woman beside him.

But when he saw Iris' eyes drop at the sight of the two, he saw slivers of…jealousy perhaps. Whatever it was, made her look off. And she then called out to them, "Hi, guys!" She waved them over.

"Guys hey." He greeted to them while he and Linda walked over to the powered beings and the others.

"What's up Bar?" Seth said with a hand waving at them. "This must be Linda, right?"

"Yeah. Linda Park." She said, "And you guys. are..."

Olivia chose to take the reins and introduced them, "Friends of Barry's. This here is my boyfriend, Matt Almond." He waved at her. "That cynical guy there is my big brother, Seth." The elemental poked his tongue out at her. "And the lovely lady beside him is Caitlin Snow." She waved at the sports reporter. "And I'm Olivia Rogers."

"Nice to you meet you. What are you guys doing here? A big group." Linda wondered of them.

Iris got up to her feet while her hands gestured to the bowling alley. "We thought it would be fun. And we invited Matt and Olivia with us. Seth and Caitlin tagged along, great additions. And the place's super fun. Barry and I have been bowling here since we were kids." They nodded their understanding, "Why don't you guys join us?"

While Iris' offer seemed to be just innocent and nice, the looks on Eddie and Linda's faces were not thinking along those same lines however. And the three mutants and Caitlin could obviously see it and had a feeling of why.

"Awkward." Olivia said in a sing-songy voice with her thoughts sent out to her brother, Caitlin, and Matt. They all sent out their agreements via out said thoughts.

Eddie then looked to the two males in the other couples for their opinions. Matt started. "I don't mind if they join us. More people for us to beat."

Eddie turned to Seth, who just shrugged, "The more the merrier in my book. As long as they are okay with it, of course, then I'm game."

Chuckling at their answers, the detective told the other pair kindly, "We don't want to interrupt your date."

Linda still wore her feelings on her shoulders, her uncertainty showing itself on her face. She didn't wanna be that girl, the one girl who would not be okay with this situation. The two of them had just been invited to join them, and she didn't want to refuse them, worried that it might come off like jealousy. She then told them concludingly, "No, it's- it's okay."

"Are you sure?" The speedster curiously asked her.

"Of course." Linda said with a lie, from what the others could tell. "It'll be fun."

The group of four couples then began bowling together. However, the mutants were able to catch the sights of more and more feelings that did not resemble enjoyment on Eddie and Linda's faces.

Now Iris fired off his bowling ball, the four remaining pins on their places. And then ball hit them, knocking out the four, earning her a spare. With triumph in her step, the journalist clapped her hands and walked cockily over to Barry. "Do you smell that, Barry? That's defeat."

Both Caitlin and Olivia chose to have some fun of their own and began taking selfies of themselves in funny and silly poses. Seth and Matt kept to themselves and drink their drinks in peace, as much as that was possible in a bowling alley.

Eddie stepped closer to his girlfriend with surprise on his face, "You never told me you were such a big fan of bowling."

"Sure I have." Iris exclaimed to him, "This is one of my favorite places in the world." She with a happy smile while Linda caught it, and a jealous expression came over her face. Subtle, but still visible to various pairs of eyes.

Seth holding one of those pairs and his partner doing the same. "Awkward on a whole new level."

"Considering the kind of company we keep around, it's not that surprising, pal." Replied Seth to his partner.

Now Barry had his turn. Taking hold of his bowling ball before getting into position, and launched the ball down the lane with full speed, taking down all ten pins and receiving a well-earned strike with one shot. His friends behind him wolf whistling while he jumped in victory.

As he ran back to friends, Linda said impressed with fries in a small basket. "I am impressed, Allen."

"I head the owner was thinking of selling. Maybe you could write a piece on the place?" he said before taking a French fry and put into his mouth, a bit of ketchup stuck to the side of his mouth.

Linda then said, "Um, I'm still iffy on whether bowling is an actual sport."

From his seat, Eddie said agreeingly, "I've wondered the same."

"Aww, don't tell me you guys are feeling sore after losing so much." Seth teased them.

Caitlin gave him a dry glare. "Play nice." He merely pouted and she kissed him the lips, lightly biting onto his lower lip teasingly. His cheeks flustered from her action and he responded with a kiss on her neck.

Iris saw their interactions along with the mutant couple and thought it was really beautiful to see them so in love with one another. She then walked over to the others and said, "Well, sport or hobby," She said while wiping away the sauce from Barry's mouth with a finger, in front of Linda, getting jealous looks from both her and Eddie. "I am still better than you."

Barry then returned to his point, "All right, well I'm serious, a little bit of press, the lanes could be designated as, like, a landmark or something."

Iris agreed with him, making Linda smile weakly and Eddie stare at Barry. What he just saw his girlfriend do was mind-twisting to him. And the mutants and Caitlin felt like the odd men out in this group now, seeing the looks on Eddie and Linda's faces were making them want to bail out of here in worry.

The speedster saw that Eddie was looking at him strangely enough and he turned his eyes to the screen and remarked, "Oh, Eddie, you're up, man."

Eddie blinked himself out of his trance-like state. "Oh, right." He got up and went to bowl, walking pat Iris.

"Go get 'em, babe." She cheered him on, clapping on his back supportively.

The detective took to the bowling lane, and as he did, Seth looked to his girlfriend and told her lovingly. "I talked to Frankie about…us and you."

This got her attention, and she asked, "Is she okay with me?"

"Yeah she is." He answered her doubts with a smile. "She said, she'd love it. She would love you when the time comes. And she loves the thought of us together again., it's right and she loves it…and she seems open to the idea of accepting you as a parent."

"You think so?" she leaned closer to his face.

"I know so." he said and leaned closer to her face and kissed her lips. Seth could see that she was feeling guilt, without a doubt feeling guilt from the past, between them at least. "Don't feel sorry anymore okay? The past is the past, the future is what we have to look forward to."

Caitlin smiled. "I know. I love you."

"And I love you." He said back instantly.

While they talked, Eddie walked over to the counter to return his bowling shoes. His phone went off with a message. Opening it up, he saw a message on it with an alert from the morgue. Seth, Matt and Olivia got the same alerts on their phones and checked them. "I got to go. Emergency at the morgue."

Iris heard what he said and replied, "Bye." before moving in to kiss him.

But he took hold of her shoulders and said instead, "See you at home." He moved away before she could comment on his not so subtle choice to not kiss her.

Barry grabbed his jacket and put it on and told Linda. "Hey, Linda, sorry, I should go too. They're going to need someone from the crime lab." He gave her a quick peck on her lips before rushing off to follow the detective.

"Think we might wanna leave too." Olivia and Matt nodded to Seth's question and leaved alongside him and Caitlin. Letting Iris and Linda stand side by side each other… and give each other strange and awkward looks.

X

Barry with his trusty superhuman speed ran to the facility of S.T.A.R. Labs and put on his suit in an instant and ran over to the morgue. He didn't see the need to bring the mutants along this time, seeing it was merely a morgue, and a small one. So Venom might have had problems…"fitting in".

But as he ran…he didn't see it…the light…

A blue-ish light… emitted from behind him as he ran…

And though…he didn't see it…he heard the sound of its…pulse…when it released itself…

Barry turned his head back to look at it… and a shocking sight unlike anything he's seen before…looked back at him…with his own two eyes.

A speeding and blurry… version of himself…right down to the suit and emblem…cloaked in the very same yellow lightning….emitting from his body…ran up to his side….and met his…his…eyes…of the Flash beside him.

And before Barry could look closer-

WHOOSH

The vision sped forward disappearing into thin air and Barry ran after it.

But after turning around dozens of corners and buildings, through various crossed streets and lanes alike, he stopped himself at a point. When he did, he looked around at his surroundings to try find the speeding ad blurry vision of himself.

However, he instead found anything but that.

He saw two the left, a pair of dog owners, walking their dogs for the night. The two dogs arguing with one another with series of series of barks. A street clock above their heads, turning the time from "9:59 PM" to "10:00 PM"

He looked to the middle, in front of him, where he saw a man standing in front of a restaurant with the title "Pizza Pie". The man was spinning around a green sign in his hand, looking pretty ridiculous as he did.

He turned to the right, where he saw a woman with a leopard coat over her body exclaiming and calling out "Taxi! Taxi!" repeatedly to get the vehicle's attention. But when the yellow car did not respond to her calls and drove past her, she let out in anger. "Oh, come on, I'm gonna be late!"

Barry inhaled deeply and ran onwards, temporarily forgetting about the strange vision. But knew that it would be something that had to be brought up to his friends when he gets back to the facility again. Now he had to focus on the emergence at the morgue.

X

(S.T.A.R. Labs)

The next day, everyone had gathered at the facility and heard what had heard what happened at the morgue last night. Frankie joined them as well, her curiosity intrigued as she heard that someone had robbed a morgue. Magenta heard the same and couldn't help but form jokes of why someone would rob a morgue, most of them involving the mentions of…plaything. Bette had turned to visit her family for the time being, thinking that it was time to pay them a visit after invading and battling Eiling's base.

And they heard of who had invaded the morgue and Joe's expression was falling ever so slight with horror while he and the others watched the mugshots of the Mardon Brothers. "So Clyde Mardon has a brother?" Caitlin let out surprised before moving to Seth's side, the elemental watching the detective's expression closely.

While he wheeled himself into the room, Harrison spoke, "And both brothers survived the plane crash, and then the dark matter released from the particle accelerator explosion affects them both in virtually the same way."

Matt looked between them in slight confusion, "There's three of us who have never actually met this Clyde fella before. What was his powers?" Olivia nodding along with that question.

Seth, who read into the files of their encounters before, told them. "Clyde Mardon had the powers of weather manipulation, or "atmokinesis", like Storm back in our world. So he was able to control hurricanes, mists, typhoons and such indoors, exactly like Storm. This one's…just a dude." The mutants nodded their understanding with chuckles.

Barry chuckled as well and added, "Yeah, only Mark's powers seem to be a lot more precise. To be able to control the weather like that, indoors?"

The elemental took his words to heart, wondering briefly if this metahuman would be stronger than Storm herself. The times and times those two fought together so that Seth could perfect his use of elements were incredible and some of the dearest memories in his mind. She was kind of like an older sister to him and Olivia back then.

Cisco then got a proud smile and let out happily and impatiently. "You'd have to be a Weather Wizard." He told the nickname for the metahuman. "Ooh, been waiting since week one to use that one." As a reward to himself, he took a big slurp of his slush drink. "Mmh!" he grunted.

""Trigeminal headache?"" Both Seth and Caitlin stated immediately to Cisco's surprise. The two chuckled at their united question.

Looking between the two doctors in confusion he asked, "What?"

Caitlin answered with a repeat, "Trigeminal headache."

"It means brain freeze." Seth simplified his mate's words. "I really hate that word."

"Why?" Caitlin wondered curiously.

"I don't know, the word just never made sense in my mind, I guess. Your brain doesn't get frozen only just shocked from the coldness of whatever you eat or drink." Seth explained.

While still cringing from the brain freeze, Cisco told them, "Then why don't you guys just call it a brain freeze? And why's there two of you now?" the two merely laughed in response.

But Seth drifted his eyes back to the detective in their group, feeling worried that he might go off the rails considering their past. And knowing a thing or two about revenge himself, he knew that this would definitely go longer and farther than just him. Joe inhaled deeply and got their attention, "So I'm guessing you running around a twister in the opposite direction isn't gonna do the trick this time."

"Does that mean he doesn't have a weakness?" Frankie asked in worry, "That doesn't sound good."

Olivia walked up to her niece and wrapped her arms around her from behind and told her with a soothing voice, "Everyone has a weakness, honey. Something like a physical strain, they are abilities after all. That or you can make a device that can help."

At the mention of a device, Cisco was reminded back to their run-in with Clyde and told his thoughts, "I just remembered. During our run-in with Mardon, Clyde Mardon," he clarified, "I was tinkering with something to help attract unbound atmospheric electrons."

"That sounds like a grounding mechanism." Matt thought out loud.

Cisco nodded, "Yes, 'cause the only way that Mardon can control the weather…"

"…is if he can tap into the atmosphere's natural electrical circuit…" Matt continued before trailing and letting the other engineer continue.

"Yeah, and if we take away that circuit, clear skies."

Harrison wondered of the three mutants, "You mentioned a mutant, I assume, who has the same powers similar to Mark Mardon. Is there any weaknesses that she have, that Mardon might have as well?"

Seth then said, "She was more of a big sister to us all, we never actually fought her like we wanted to kill her. She thought us how to use our powers, especially me because she could use elements in different way. She taught me how to toss lightning. Frigging amazing. She's the one who taught me how to fire off elements in general."

"But she is a good fighter. Maybe that's one of Mardon's weakness." Olivia offered her thoughts.

Matt added, "We are talking about a career criminal here, he might have some skills in hand-to-hand combat, even just a little bit."

Joe's phone began vibrating inside his coat and took out to see a message on it. "Singh's checking in. I gotta go." He told Barry.

"Yeah, I'll meet you at the station." He replied to him.

When he moved into the corridors, Seth followed him and caught up to him, so that the two of them could talk for themselves. "Joe. We'll find Mardon. Don't worry."

"I'm not worried at all." Joe's strong and heartful words touched his heart. It showed real character. Facing against a man who not only seeks vengeance but also holds powers of weather control, and yet he still remans steadfast. One of the things that he admired most about the detective, knowing that he didn't rely on powers, just his sense of protectiveness for his family and his skills as a fighter and a lawman.

A will that's tougher than steel and continues blazing hotter than any flames…the will of a father is not to be messed with.

"I know you aren't." Seth knew that. "But just so we're clear, we're here and ready to fight with you. This isn't just your fight, Joe. You can count on us here as well, old friend. And don't worry about Iris. She's gonna be safe."

"You think he might go after her?" Joe worriedly wondered.

"Not sure, cause I never met this guy before or his brother for that matter. Unlike you, I didn't spend years of career to find him and his brother, but anyone who's looking for revenge for family… they don't just stop at the person who hurt them, it might go further." Joe gritted his teeth at the thought of either Barry or Iris put in a situation that was seeded from his actions. "I'll have Liv and Matt keep an eye on her. Two of strongest mutants standing guard over her, she's gonna feel like she's a criminal put on death row." The detective hit his shoulder at the words. "Yeah, that came out wrong, sorry."

"Ya think?" Joe commented sarcastically. "And there's only three mutants in this world, and they are in this very building."

"Shut up. Move your ass along, old man. And don't die. I'd hate to show up at the bar and drink alone." Both of them laughed before dispersing.

Seth walked back into the Cortex and heard Harrison say, he and the others had heard what the two were discussing. "Well, he's taking being targeted by a revenge-seeking metahuman rather well, I must say." Turning her eyes to both the elemental and the speedster, "Don't worry, Barry, Seth, Joe will be fine, I promise."

Barry seemed to be in another plane of thoughts as he answered, "Yeah, no, I know. I actually wanted to talk to you about something else. Both of you." He shifted his eyes to both Seth and the founder, who hummed their agreements and walked and wheeled closer to him. "Look, last night, on my way to the morgue…I saw something." Hearing the serious tone, the others chose to handle their own assignments.

Seth and his "other" heard the serious tone laced with worry as well, and became slightly worried for the speedster. The founder then asked, "What'd you see?"

He explained his concerns, "I was running and I turned and I saw… myself." The two he spoke to tilted their heads in confusion. "Or I don't know, another Flash running beside me."

"Another speedster? Same exact suit? Same lightning? Same...everything?" Seth asked for clarity, his response was a nod. "Three speedsters? And this one's a copycat? Using your same exact look? That's…new."

"Interesting." Harrison said.

"Yeah. What do you guys think it was?" He directed at the two before him.

"You sure you didn't just…I don't know, maybe run really close to a building with glass wall? A reflection of yourself, maybe?" Seth told his thoughts.

Harrison then added, "Could be an optical illusion, a mirroring effect caused by wind shear and light, a speed mirage, if you will."

"Cool name, Brains." Seth told him.

However, Barry shook his head in disagreement, "It didn't seem like that. It was…He seemed real." That brought a lot worry to wash over the elemental, not looking forward to deal with another speedster, especially if this one would hold ill intentions like the second one.

The founder then said, "I tell you what. Let's focus on finding Mardon, and once he's safely contained in the pipeline, we'll investigate this."

Seth spoke next, "He's right. Let's finish one battle first before starting another." The two natives nodded and went their separate ways. However, the mutant watched the founder who wheeled out slowly with narrowed eyes. "What do you think?"

"Something's not right. We might wanna keep an eye on him." Venom said through a slow voice.

"Deal."

Seth looked into Caitlin's private lab and saw her looking through a microscope to label some of her vials and chemicals and such, making sure that it wouldn't end up causing an explosion in such a tight space. She was in quite a comprising position with her body bending over while looking through the scope.

Silently walking over to her, he wrapped his arms around her from behind and kissed the side of her neck slowly. Caitlin straightened her back, placing against the front of his body, when she felt the lips of her boyfriend surprising her neck with kisses and she looked away from the microscope. Turning her head slightly, she looked back at him. "You know, you're keeping me from doing my work, right?"

"Am I?" he kissed below her earlobe. "I don't see how." He lightly bit her earlobe, and she had to stifle a moan while her hands clenched tightly. "You seem tense. Anything I can do to help you relax?"

"I…I…don't think…" she moaned again, her pleasure reaching new heights again that broke through her will to keep herself from showing signs of pleasure, but that was better said than done with Seth teasing her body with kisses on sensitive areas. "…You're a demon…"

"And you love it." he blew air into her ear before kissing down that side before returning up and kissed her lips. She surprised him when she turned into a make-out session with her tongue shooting into his mouth and fighting against his. They enjoyed the time. Living in the moment with one another, not thinking of anything else or anyone else.

X

After some time now, the group had returned to the facility. Barry had told them all that he and Joe had been discovered by Mark Mardon and were about to receive a lightning bolt from above even though the skies were clear.

The speedster was though on edge as the memory of his and Iris' trip to Jitters were still fresh on his mind. It was the woman's idea to talk about something important and urgent. Which it was kind of was, as it involved Harrison Wells and regarding the strange events of last year, like The Flash, Venom, the Iron Knight, Burning Man and people going missing. She had revealed a picture of the founder when he visited Simon Stagg, CEO of Stagg Industries, the night he went missing.

And though he would always be the shoulder for Iris to lean on, he honestly and wholeheartedly told her that if she was looking for a story, then there wasn't one anywhere near Harrison Wells.

After that, they gathered everyone again in the facility and Cisco along with Matt had prepared a device that looked more or less like a metallic device. The native engineer placed the metallic device in his hands before them all to see. "I call it the Wizard's Wand."

"Subtle." Caitlin spoke with an eye roll. While she tried to keep her eyes away from Seth, afraid of her cheeks blushing up again from their intimate session before. "How does it work?"

Cisco began explaining, "Think of it like an active lightning rod."

Matt then continued, just as excitedly, "Point it up to the sky, and it'll suck up whatever energy's floating around it. Kinda of like a sponge on stick."

"Don't say that to SpongeBob, it'll hurt his feelings." Seth said musingly. His sister chuckling from the joke.

Barry then took hold of it and asked, "And it'll stop Mardon?" he began swinging it around like a saber.

Harrison then said, "It'll certainly slow him down. If there's no atmospheric electrons available to him, there's no way for him to control weather. Good work, Cisco, Mr. Almond, as always." The two engineers smiled happily, "If you excuse me, I'm gonna go stretch my legs."

When the founder had left the building, Seth and Caitlin looked to Barry who looked deep in thoughts. Concerned, he asked, "Something wrong, Barry? Your mind seems to be elsewhere."

"Yeah, you seem a little off." Caitlin added. Frankie stepped around the main console and stood beside her father's girlfriend. The two other mutants chose to step closer themselves to listen in.

He slowly inhaled before confessing, "Yeah, yeah. Uh, somebody at…" Barry made sure Harrison didn't listen. "Somebody at Picture News got it into Iris's head that something suspicious is going on with Dr. Wells."

"Like what?" Caitlin asked defensively of her boss and mentor and calmed down when Seth rubbed her back soothingly.

"That he knows what happened to Simon Stagg."

"That's the guy that was targeted by Danton Black before, right? I remember that was around the same time I revealed myself to the city in here." Seth recalled which made Frankie and Caitlin smile, as they both remembered how it was to meet Venom for the first time ever. Olivia heard their thoughts and smiled herself as she heard those thoughts coming from her brother's family.

Barry nodded before continuing, "Apparently, nobody's heard from him or seen him since the night we stopped Danton Black."

"That seems strange." Matt said.

"Yeah," Olivia agreed, "only reason for that, is they've gone off the grid to disappear. That or they're dead."

"Scary." Frankie said with a scared mutter.

Cisco then asked, "What'd you tell her?"

"That she's wrong." He answered adamant. "And she is." Barry finished off before moving away. Seth briefly told Olivia and Matt to take care of Iris, making sure she's safe and out of Mardon's reach which they accepted and moved away. Frankie and Caitlin walked away together to his surprise and happiness.

Seth then turned to Cisco who remained in his place, standing there like a statue. Worried for his friend, he walked over to him. "Are you okay, Cisco? You're looking a little pale."

He blinked a few times and answered, "Yeah, it's just…Never mind. I gotta go to the police station and show them the wand."

"Okay. Want me to come along?" Seth offered his assistance and hoping that he would be able relieve his friend of some of his thoughts.

"Yeah, sure. Let's go." He accepted the help and walked out alongside him to the police station.

X

(Central City Police Department)

Slowly placing the Wizard's Wand on a stand in front of the large mural in the middle of the lobby of the precinct, Cisco told the detective with Seth beside him. "Keep this handy. It'll protect you from Mardon's powers."

"Yeah, Cisco, I got it." Joe said with a jumpy expression and his voice was the same.

Seth tried to assure his friend, "Joe, calm down. We're going to make sure that you're safe, and the same for everyone else. No one is gonna be hurt. I'm gonna stay here and make sure it stays that way."

Joe nodded and went to move away, but the engineer had other plans and said, "Hey, Joe…I know you got a lot going on right now, but…um…you mention Doctor Wells might have had something to do with Barry's mother's murder." This got the elemental's undivided attention. "Why did you think that?"

Though, the timing to even ask that question was way, way too off. He couldn't get into that right now and instead withheld it the reason, "Oh it doesn't matter. I was wrong."

"He's lying."

"Not lying. Too busy with this battle to even think about the next mystery." Seth corrected his partner's statements after thinking back to their conversation back in Harrison Wells' household.

Cisco though pried a bit, "But you seemed really sure of it."

Joe shook his head, not ready to go into this right now. "Look, Cisco, I can't talk about this right now, okay?" he said before walking away.

Curious of his actions and words, Seth walked over to the mechanical engineer. "You okay, Cisco? You seem a little too stressed out or something."

"Nothing…I think I'm just looking for a job that needs to solved, but not there, I guess." Cisco answered sheepishly.

"You sure about that? You seem just as jumpy as Joe, and unless you also have a revenge-seeking metahuman with weather powers coming after you, then there's something else on your mind. I know there's something more to it." the mutant tried to help his friend again.

Cisco said, "Later, okay." He then walked over to the elevator to exit the building.

Leaving Seth who walked over to the right staircase and walked up the stairs while he thought. "What is it Cisco?"

"His doubts are being aimed at his mentor. Something within him is cracking, slowly. Like a realization piercing through his former beliefs and thoughts of goodness, anything that orbited around Harrison Wells." Venom added his thoughts, slowly.

"We'll talk with him later, get some answers." Seth said while his eyes drifted to the elevator again. The very moment they looked there; he widened his eyes in shock at the sight.

Slowly walking out of the elevator and past the doors was the gruff looking man, his eyes and face devoid of any passionate emotions. Like it was drenched in anger, pain, hatred. But the elemental knew exactly who it was after just a glance.

It was Mark Mardon…looking for Joe's blood with a vengeance.

X

When Mark Mardon saw the detective he was looking for, he called out, "I heard you were looking for me." The sound of that voice got Joe's attention, making him turn to the brother of the man he killed, "Here I am." He said with a cruelly mused smile.

Joe didn't say anything for a few moments, when he did, he let out, "Mardon."

"Hey, Joe." The criminal walked to stand right before the mural pointing into his back. "I can call you Joe, can't I? Figured we don't got to be too formal…seeing as you put two bullets in my brother's chest."

The detective's blood began to boil slightly at his words. "Your brother killed my partner and a whole lot of innocent people, and threatened to kill even more."

"Yeah, Clyde was no saint, but he was family. If you can't protect your family…" his eyes then turned cold again. "…the least you can do is avenge 'em."

Seeing the Wizard's Wand right in front of him, Joe slowly began walking forward, trying to get closer to it and grab it. "This is between us. Nobody else needs to get hurt."

An evil smirk formed Mardon's mouth. "But they are gonna get hurt."

Joe jumped, trying to grab the wand again, but the metahuman used his powers to blast a stream of wind at him, blowing him and the wand away and through a pair of doors behind him. His crash through the doors got the attention of his colleagues.

Eddie saw it and tried to run to him, "Joe!"

"No!" he stopped his partner from continuing with his exclaims.

Walking around the stand where the wand was previously placed, Mark warned. "I'm not gonna be so easy to put down, Joe."

"Good." The sound of the demonic voice got the criminal's attention to point upwards, to see the Lethal Protector looking down on him from the upper level. "We would hate for this to be easy."

"Heard about you. Heard you can do the same." Mardon said impressively like had met his equal. "Didn't think there'd anyone like me."

Venom jumped down to stand before the man, his full height allowing him to tower over the metahuman. "We are nothing like you. And you will not hurt innocents while we are here."

"We'll see about that."

Raising both of his hands, Mardon used his powers to gather wind in front of him. Seth saw the same and did the same, concentrating more and more wind in his hands, enshrouding them both with the element.

Both powered beings let out a cry before thrusting their hands forward, the wind attacks flying forward and colliding against one other. The clash of powerful gusts from both sides caused a crash of gale that blew around them, shattering glasses and blowing the officers away and into their desks immediately, even blowing Mardon back and into the mural.

When he got off the mural, Mark directed his left hand to the windows, to the skies above, dark clouds heeding his command and forming a spiral that followed his control. Shooting out a lightning bolt through it and into his hand, and through his body, and lashed out his right hand, redirecting it through his body and blasting it at the elemental.

Turning his entire body into adamantium, Venom thrusted both of his arms into the ground, shooting out tendrils that dug into the ground. And with his body's skin turned into metal, Seth used himself as a lightning rod.

Opening up his maw, he ignited flames within him and fired off a blast of blaze that was cloaked with the lightning element around it. The lightning enveloped fire attack clashed against the other lightning attack. Two strikes of lightning smashing against one another, and crackles of it scattered around, destroying pieces of floor around them and sent out a shockwave.

A pulse of heated lightning followed from the crash, and hit them both, but because of Venom who was closer to it, he was sent upwards from the higher amount of damage and onto the railing above, and to the upper level.

Mardon was in no better shape as it sent into the stand behind him again, but that was only for a moment. And he re-used his previous attack again, the dark skies hearing his commands and sending out a larger and more powerful bolt of lightning that shot through either side of the building via windows and concentrating them into both of his hands.

Making eye contact with the detective who took his brother's life, he lashed out both of his hands, shooting both bolts out. Both of them, assimilating together into one massive lightning strike that came out and sought out Joe.

But Captain David Singh was not letting that happen anytime soon, or ever. Not while he still around. "Joe!" he jumped and pushed his friend away from the lightning attack. But it then had a new target…

…him…

And he didn't hesitate and took on the full strength of the lightning blast that pushed him all the way to the back of the area with the desks. Knocking him out of his conscious state, and hopefully nothing more than that.

WHOOSH

The Flash had appeared with a trail of yellow lightning following him and found the Wizard's Wand and took it, and ran into the middle of the area with the desks. His hand clutched tightly around the wand before directing it upwards and activating it.

The wand's doing it job and sucking up the energy Mark Mardon was using, much to the opposing metahuman's surprise.

Venom got back on his feet and shook his head, looking around the lobby to find that Mark Mardon had run off while he was down for the count down. "Damn it!" he hissed out in regret as the man had slipped through his fingers.

"Captain!"

Seth heard Joe call out in dismay and jumped over the railing just as Barry turned around to see where the captain was slammed down, with his men around him, watching him with narrowed eyes of concern. Venom and Flash alike, watched the officers and detectives try to desperately wake him up, but to no success at all.

Snapping his head to the speedster, Venom ordered. "Flash! Get him out of here!"

Barry nodded and used his metahuman powers to run his captain out of the building and to the hospital, to check him over.

Letting Venom grit his teeth in anger at the results of him fighting the metahuman with weather powers and hated himself for that.

X

(S.T.A.R. Labs)

At the end of the day, Seth had returned to the facility and told Caitlin and Frankie of what had happened in the precinct. They knew that the elemental was feeling hurt and regret for what happened.

But both Caitlin and his daughter were able to comfort the mutant back to his usual self. He was even more surprised by how the two were willing to do so and how they both seemed to do so in unison for him. It warmed his heart to see the two like that.

However, he was more or less concerned for Cisco who still remained in his own world right now.

Their concern began growing more and more for him, and the three of them walked over to them. "All right, Cisco, I'm heading home, with Seth and Frankie." Caitlin called out to him, but he didn't respond and kept his eyes on the computer.

"Cisco?" Seth tried to get him out of his trance-like state, but he didn't respond and looked to his tablet.

Caitlin then tried a different strategy, "All right, fine, I will watch every episode of The Walking Dead with you." She walked into the lab which he occupied.

That statement peaked Frankie's interest and she asked her dead, "Dad, can I watch it with them?"

"That's not a good idea honey." Seth told her,

"But why?" she pouted.

"Because you do not want to watch a TV show about zombies eating humans while having a cannibalistic symbiote inside of you. Last time I watched that show, it ended up with Venom drooling like a waterfall inside of my head. I could literally hear all that water just splashing around. It was disgusting." Seth explained while cringing at the memory.

"All that delicious meat just going to be fodder for walkers…such a waste." Venom said regrettably.

"Let's watch it, Frankie! Maybe we can watch someone be torn open and see their intestines be pulled before the gnawing beings. So juicy and tender." Magenta said with a mental lick of her tongue slithering over her teeth.

Frankie paled and looked to her father. "You're right, not a good idea." Seth nodded and wrapped an arm around her and hugged her.

Caitlin then walked over to him and placed a hand on his shoulder, getting his attention. "Hey. You couldn't have stopped Mardon from attacking the police station. It's not your fault."

"She's right Cisco. I was there, and I couldn't do much against him. Even with my powers. Then again, I had to hold back since the police officers were right behind me. But don't blame yourself, pal." Seth told him after his girlfriend.

While Cisco was happy to see that the three of them were happy and willing to make him feel better, even going as far as watching The Walking Dead with him, he wasn't feeling guilty for what happened at the police station. "No, that's it. What do you think about Dr. Wells?" he directed at Caitlin, knowing that the others haven't known him that long.

"What do you mean?" she countered in confusion.

"I mean, do you think he's capable of doing something bad?"

This peaked the mutant's interest tenfold, making him listen in closely while holding Frankie tightly but gently enough to make sure she doesn't feel pain.

"Is this because of what Barry said he heard?" she asked. The group walked into the Cortex, while Caitlin spoke, "Ever since the particle accelerator exploded, there's always someone who's got it in for Dr. Wells."

"In their minds, they feel justified, I guess. They lost friends and families, he lost his reputation, his legs, and now crazy people run around with dangerous powers because of the explosion from his building. And not all of them have been as nice as Bette, Barry." Frankie spoke her honest thoughts.

"And yourself, sweetie." Caitlin said sweetly, in a motherly tone, "You're not a crazy person. That might be you Dad's title?"

"Love you too, Cait." Seth replied with a smile. "And she's right, honey. You are not a crazy person." He kissed Frankie's head.

Cisco shook his head rapidly while walking over to the computers, "No, no, it's more than that. Joe said that maybe Dr. Wells was somehow involved in of Barry's mother's death and her murder."

"That's absurd." Caitlin denied it after letting the words set in.

"Speaking from experience, Joe is a father. He might be relating it to the fact that it was his machine that put his son in a 9 months coma." Seth defended his friend.

"Yeah, I know, and that's what I said, and we proved that wasn't the case…but I'm just saying, some things aren't adding up." The mechanical engineer told them.

"Like what?" Frankie brought up in curiosity.

"Come here, look at this." Cisco waved them over, they listened and went to look at the monitors. He brought up the schematics and the statuses of the force field made for Reverse-Flash. "The night we trapped the Reverse-Flash in the force-field, he escaped because the containment system failed, but I checked that data three times, and the super-capacitors were still fully charged when he got out."

Frankie was only following the explanation lightly as she wasn't there that night, but she did recall her father mentioning events of that time when he told some of the adventures that he and the team have been on before she joined them. She was happy to hear about that, but most of the stuff she was hearing now went over her head.

He pulled up the super-capacitor array status report from that night, and spoke, "The numbers don't add up, guys."

Seth then surprisingly said, "Then there'd no reason for the containment system to have failed that night."

"Then what made it fail then?" Frankie followed up.

Caitlin still remained honest, and parts of her defended the founder as well, "I'm sure there's a perfectly good explanation." She didn't want to think that Harrison Wells would do something like this. He was the very same person who brought them all together, guided them through thick and thin, through chaos and disaster, through heartbreak. It didn't make any sense for their hero to do this.

The mechanical engineer then informed, "One perfectly good explanation is that Wells did something to the trap."

Seth crossed his arms over his chest and Frankie got scared and stepped closer to Caitlin, who hugged the younger girl tightly while she said in disbelief. "Are you suggesting that Dr. Wells is in league with The Man in the Yellow Suit? We all saw that thing nearly kill him that night."

"Yeah, nearly." Cisco said, while he couldn't stress the issue enough.

The elemental released a withheld breath, "Cisco, what you're saying right now, it might end up backfiring, big time."

"And what you're saying doesn't make any sense." Caitlin followed up immediately. "That's crazy."

Cisco knew that he would have to convince Caitlin most out of them all in the group, knowing that she and him along with a plethora of other scientists were there since the very beginning with Harrison Wells. And he knew that he was practically asking her to go against her mentor and hero. He shot up to his feet and looked into her eyes while pleading. "Can you keep Wells out of S.T.A.R. Labs tomorrow morning?"

"Okay, I'm gonna stop you right there." Seth stepped forward, "I'm not comfortable with letting Caitlin be alone with him."

"Seth…" she took hold of his hands and looked into his eyes. "…I love you for wanting to keep me safe. I really do. But I…need to do this myself. Dr. Wells were there for me and everyone else in the beginning, I need to do this, please. And you and the others need to take care of Mardon right now. Nothing's going to happen to me. And what if something happens to Iris or the city? They need the Venom."

"I can help with that." Frankie brought up to their surprise. "I can stay with Uncle Matt and Aunt Liv. If something happens to the city, Jarvis will give us an alert and we'll take care of it. I might not be you, Dad. But I got these powers, and I know I can do some good with them."

"You sure about that, honey?" Seth wanted to be sure, while inwardly he dreaded the idea of his daughter fighting as Magenta. No parents would ever see their child go out and fight, it's a parent's worst nightmare…second-worst until the day they are to be married, at least.

"Dad, I know you're worried about me going out there, as Magenta." Frankie started, "But I'll be with Uncle Matt and Aunt Liv, with them around I can fight with them with all of my powers. You don't worry and stay here."

Caitlin however bent down to her level and said, "It's a great Idea Frankie, but even then, it might take both Venom and Magenta for whatever Mark Mardon's got planned. Together you guys can stop him. You are stronger together. And like I told your dad, it's better if the two of us handle this. Don't worry about us okay?"

Frankie stepped forward and hugged Caitlin who accepted it and hugged back, "Don't be hurt and stay safe okay?"

She nodded and said, "I will and same goes for you."

"Listen to your aunt and uncle no matter what, okay, sweetie? Any signs of great danger, you leave it to them, okay?" Seth told her and she nodded with a resolute look on her face. "Proud of you, honey. And I love you."

"Love you too, Daddy." She hugged him as well.

The three got up on their feet again and Seth watched as the others walked out of the Cortex. When they were gone, the elemental heard his partner say, "You thinking what I'm thinking?"

"Yes I am."

X

The next day, in the room of the force field that failed the night where he and the others were supposed to catch the yellow speedster, was Cisco Ramon who took a cable and plugged it into the trap. Pressing a few buttons, turning on the super-capacitors, turning on the entire force field before him.

When he was sure that it was entirely turned on, he said to himself, "Let's see if you can tell me what really went wrong that night." The computer began loading up data, and while it did so, Cisco's mind went to overdrive, worry filling it slowly with each thought. He didn't know what to expect right now, whether it might be a horrifying result or if it might be result that would prove Harrison Wells' innocence.

Or maybe that this nothing more of a wild goose chase that Cisco had formed for himself after rigorous talks with Joe West.

Or maybe parts of him was even trying to force Dr. Wells into The Man in the Yellow Suit, into Barry's mother's murderer.

Or maybe even it was because of how Seth was finally able to get rid of his demon, Carnage from this world, and get his life back on track, and avenge his son and his fiancée.

A common factor between him and Barry. But that was all.

Cisco shook his head, knowing that thinking more and more on the matter wouldn't prove anything and turned his eyes back to the computer screen in front of him. A bar displaying the words: "Connecting to CONTAINMENT SYSTEM."

The bar was only temporary displayed before the screen turned to show another display with the title: "Containment System Failure" along with various statuses of the supercapacitors from that night, showing a column of them displaying the same result: "100% Capacity".

At the surprising results that completely contradicted everything that happened the night of the Reverse-Flash's return, he let out in shock. "What? I don't understand." His frustration grew and he closed his laptop and walked over to the machine itself.

"This doesn't make any sense." He spoke while messing around with the machine again, turning on the trap again.

A few sparks and flashes emitted from the trap to his side, and he turned to it…..to see the familiar and frightful sight of The Man in the Yellow Suit again, standing right inside of the force field like he didn't have a care in the world, and continued vibrating his body into a blur, just like that night, exactly like that night.

His vibrating red eyes of pure negativity turned to Cisco, and he froze once again…. as he was forced to look into the glowing pits in his head where his eyes hid within.

X

(CC Jitters)

While Cisco was having the shock of his life with his eyes, Caitlin took up on Cisco's request and distracted her boss away from the facility with a fake invitation to Jitters. The female doctor had ordered them coffee before returning to her seat from across Wells.

And honestly, Caitlin did feel anxiety from being alone with him now. Even though it had happened so many times in the past, this time felt different because of how Cisco seemed sure that Harrison Wells was withholding information, holding dark secrets. It made her regret what she told Seth, and know wished for him to come here.

Harrison surprisingly said, "I often forget how important it is to step away from my ever present routine. Thank you, Caitlin. This morning has been a refreshing change of pace."

Caitlin still couldn't believe what she was doing now, and expressed back, "You can have more than two hard-boiled eggs for breakfast, Dr. Wells."

"What can I say? I guess I'm a creature of habit." He said before wondering of his worker, "Where's Mr. Rogers? I assumed he'd be with you."

"Seth is with the others, keeping an eye on Iris with them. "All hands on deck", he said." Caitlin explained with a smile on her face.

Harrison Wells smiled happily for their relationship, but then a waitress came over to their tables and placed down…two mugs of coffees. "Oh, I'm sorry, I believe these were to-go." He told the waitress.

Caitlin then redirected the waitress onwards to the next tables, while she told the founder, "Actually, I thought we could sit here and enjoy them." She looked to her wristwatch under her sleeve secretly, in her opinion.

Without showing even an ounce of emotion, Harrison smiled and said back, "Why not?"

However, Caitlin knew that she had to continue onwards with the conversation between them, and chose to speak, "You know, Dr. Wells, I just…I want to thank you again for all that you've done for Ronnie, even though he and I aren't together anymore, I still appreciate it."

Wells shook his head, waving her concerns off, "One thank you will suffice, I'm sure. However, I do regret how I was unable to provide assistance to Mr. Rogers during his fight with Carnage." She nodded in agreement, knowing that fight was solely placed on Seth's shoulders back then. Taking note of her expression and how she looked to her watch earlier, he took off his glasses suspiciously.

Caitlin inhaled deeply in fear of what might happen next, while Harrison Wells continued speaking, "You know, Caitlin, if Cisco were to adjust the radial velocity parameters on the S.T.A.R. Labs satellite, we might be able to better detect the vortex of a forming storm, as if we could detect those air updrafts, no matter where they originate, no matter how small…" he took his glasses on again, "we might be able to location Mark Mardon."

She smiled thankfully and agreed, "That's a great idea."

"So why don't' we go to S.T.A.R. Labs and alert Cisco? Maybe bring Mr. Almond along for assistance?"

Caitlin twitched her teeth and showed a somewhat forced smile, "Let me just get these to-go." He nodded with a smile and let her take the two mugs and walk over to the counter to put them in cups.

The moment her back was turned to him, his smile faded into a frown.

"Hi, could I get these in to-go cups?" Caitlin asked politely of the barista.

"Sure, just a second." She said to her costumer.

While she waited for them to be given back as to-go cups, Caitlin turned to their table again…all air left her body and so did her soul….when she saw that the paralyzed scientist…Harrison Wells was absent from…his wheelchair and without his glasses.

"Oh no…" she muttered in absolute horror.

X

(Central City Police Department)

"We've seen what Mardon can do, but do not forget, he is not invincible." Eddie told out loud to his fellow lawmen and lawwomen after he brought the news of Joe being kidnapped by the metahuman himself. From the right side of the lobby, there's a desk and there were Matt, Olivia, Frankie, Iris and Barry, who listened in closely to what the senior detective told them. "He is still a man, at best, a criminal." He continued.

While he continued, Iris said in complete disbelief, "I can't believe this is happening." Her father was now in the hands of a revenge-seeking metahuman.

"Uncle, do you think we can find him before Mardon does something?" Frankie asked Matt in concern and in a whisper.

He rubbed her back slowly and gently, "Don't worry, honey. There's a lot of people whose out there looking for Joe right now. He's gonna be safe. Otherwise, we'll take charge."

"We're gonna take charge no matter, babe." Olivia whispered in.

"We're gonna make that bastard pay and destroy him completely!" Magenta said in anger when she felt her host's own anger grow slightly with each word emitting from the detective's mouth while he spoke, causing her eyes to flash between blue and magenta.

"Yeah, we will." Frankie thought back to her "other" in agreement, her partner slithering underneath her clothes, ready to fight and take up arms in a moment's notice.

Barry looked to Iris, "We'll find him." Iris looked to him, but her eyes still held tears of hurt and worry of what might happen to her father. Out of concern, he cupped her face. "Hey, look at me, all right? I promise I will bring him back to you."

Hearing Barry's voice always made her calm down, and she was able to think clearly now again. Making her nod slightly in agreement with his words and she said, "Okay."

"I want you all to scour this city until we find Joe." The group heard Eddie conclude his speech, his eyes taking in the sight of Barry and Iris, how the two were close to each other and he didn't like it one bit. But his feelings were not on the agenda now, now was the safety of his partner, his girlfriend's father who was still in the hands of a metahuman. "Move out!" the officers nodded and took off to their own little assignments.

As they did, Iris' phone began chiming from an unknown caller, curiously she stepped away from her group to answer the call. "Hello?"

"I have your father."

When Iris heard his words, her face paled immediately. Her crestfallen expression was caught by Matt, who whispered out a command to Jarvis who connected his earpiece to her phone.

"He's a little broken, but still alive." The two of them heard Mark Mardon say through the connection. "If you want him to stay that way…come to the Waterfront, south side. Oh, and Iris, you tell the police, your father's dead." The connection was cut off after the sound of a splash followed.

Iris's eyes turned even more saddened and she turned her head to the group behind her. "He has my dad." They listened in closely and their worry grew and grew even more. "He says if I tell anyone, he'll kill him. He wants me to meet at the Waterfront."

"All right, I'm coming with you." Barry said and took a duffel bag with his suit in it from a chair behind him.

"So are we." Matt spoke for himself and the powered females of his family, who nodded along.

"Okay." Iris didn't even hesitate to accept their offers to help her.

"Let's go." Barry said just as they walked together and the elevator chimed.

Opening up, came Linda park out who looked to Barry within the party of five. "Barry." He stepped out of the group, "Can I talk to you for a second?"

"Barry!" Matt whispered loudly through gritted teeth, indicating the speedster of their need for speed right now.

Barry shook his head to Linda, inwardly agreeing with the nanite mutant, "No, Linda, I'm sorry, I can't right now."

Linda saw the others from their time in the bowling alley, and Frankie, who she did not know, but her own eyes were focused on Iris instead. "Of course not."

"Look, it's not like that, it's an emergency." Barry dejected her thoughts, but that did very little to her thoughts.

"Barry, move your ass!" Olivia shouted to him, not wanting to stay and listen to his couple spat right now, cause it was not the time for it.

"I have to go right now." The red speedster said before moving back to his group again, leaving Linda to deal with her own thoughts and feelings for Barry and Iris. Knowing that her relationship with him was hanging by a thin thread.

X

(S.T.A.R. Labs)

"My goals are beyond your understanding."

The unmistakable voice of the vibrating yellow speedster within the force field said in a direction, like he was looking at someone who's wasn't even there.

Cisco out of curiosity began messing around with the keyboard, and like he was using a remote connecting to television and watching DVD movie, he rewound the force field. And he did.

Like a recording of what happened the night of his supposed capture, The Reverse-Flash walked backwards while talking backwards as well. When he continued to a spot where the vibrating speedster remained standing, he pressed a button on it.

And the speedster continued again.

"Dr. Wells, we meet at last." He began walking again as did Cisco who walked closer to the force field. "My goals are beyond your understanding."

When Cisco was able to look directly into the eyes of the speedster with the glowing red eyes, he let out distraughtly "I can't believe this." He knew what this meant and he didn't want to believe it, but it was right before his eyes. The very same result that Joe was looking for, that he was that one undeniably person who have done nothing but torment the lives of everyone in this city and destroyed Barry's life.

"Oh, I'm not like The Flash at all." The vibrating speedster continued just like he said that night…just like he said that night.

"Some would say, I'm the Reverse."

Cisco froze immediately as he heard those words be spoken. Snapping around to meet the…very same man who swore to use his facility to save the city, but only as a rouse for much grander scheme…to destroy and torture the lives of the city instead…

Harrison Wells…

The force field behind Cisco turning off as he tilted his head to the side with complete horror on his face.

Harrison began clapping his hands as he walked closer and closer to his quivering colleague. "You're incredibly clever, Cisco. I've always said so." he said though a chuckling voice laced with impressiveness.

"You're him." Cisco deduced with a fear-stricken voice. "The Reverse-Flash."

"You and I have never been truly, properly introduced." He said, "I am…Eobard Thawne."

He recognized the last name from somewhere, "Thawne? Like Eddie." He was speaking slowly.

Cryptically, Harr- Eobard Thawne answered back, "Let's call him a distant relative."

The fear within Cisco intensified more and more, emitting out of his body without any signs of slowing down. The surface of his eyes began swelling up with tears, while he pointed backwards at the force field. "The night that we trapped the Reverse-Flash…you almost died." Eobard hummed his agreement, seeming like he was enjoying this right now. "There were two of you."

Eobard held up a finger to halt the sobbing engineer from forming more questions so he could demonstrate his answer. His body blurred from rapidly vibrating as he ran to either side repeatedly, showing off his superhuman speed, and when he was sure it was enough… split off into two Eobard Thawnes.

Cisco looked even more of confused and shocked as he saw that. "It's an after-image…a speed mirage if you will." Eobard explained to him, his after-image slipping back into the original's body.

Shock and fear overwhelming his head, forcing Cisco to hold his head with both hands, working through every and all procession that came to his mind, trying desperately to understand the gravity of what's just been revealed to him. But every single cell of his body was drenched in fear, dipping in the emotion thousand times. "Joe was right. You were there that night, 15 years ago, in Barry's house…You killed Nora Allen."

Pressing a few buttons on the computer, Eobard closed the screen. "It was never my intention to kill Nora. I was there to kill Barry."

"Why? You're his friend." Cisco exclaimed out in sadness and confusion while he began circling around him like a shark watching its prey and cutting off its exit routes. "You've been teaching how to-"

"Go faster, I know. A means to an end." Eobard interrupted him while walking around him. "Because I have been stuck here, marooned here in this place for 15 long years." He said through gritted teeth, out of pure anger. "And The Flash and The Flash's speed is the key… to my returning to my world. To my time. And no one is gonna prevent that from happening."

Cisco's eyes began leaking tears and he said pleadingly with hints of bravery. "I can help you."

"You're smart, Cisco." He admitted to him, his hand pointing upwards and turned into a blur from rapidly vibrating faster and faster. "But you're not that smart." Cisco pointed his head downwards in more sadness. "Do you know…how hard it has been to keep all of this from you, especially from you? Because the truth is, I've grown quite fond of you. And in many ways, you have shown me what it's like to have a son."

His words were sincere, even though they sounded without a hint of an emotion. And Cisco knew that this would be his end. He didn't get the chance to get what he wanted, what he desired of his life, of… following more of his life.

His life was at Death's door… by the man…he saw as his mentor…and…father.

PUNCH

However, at the last possible second, streak of lighting-enveloped flames stroke against Eobard's stomach, sending him flying and into the energy sources for the force field, saving Cisco's life and making him breathe heavily and looked around of the source. But then the voice spoke.

"So that's how it works."

Cisco looked to the left and saw Seth's form slowly appear out of thin air, his form revealing from the symbiote slithering off his form. "Seth…" the mechanical said with tears of relief falling down his face as he saw him appear beside him.

"Are you okay?" Seth asked him out of concern.

"Yeah…Thanks." He hugged the elemental who hugged back with one arm while his other hand was still covered by flames and lightning around it, his hand out in front of him and pointing at the speedster who got up to his feet again.

"Cisco…" the mechanical engineer froze when he heard the cold and soul-chilling tone devoid of emotions in his voice. "Get out of here…I'll take of his guy."

"Seth, it's the Reverse-Flash." He pointed at him. "He's faster than Barry, stronger than Barry."

"And I'm stronger than him. Beside he just made personal." Seth made eye contact with him. "Go!" Cisco didn't know how to run and just let his friend do it alone. Seeing that he wasn't going to move any time soon, he wrapped his body around a tendril and shot it towards to a back door connecting to a room, and threw him it. "Take care of Caitlin and Frankie, and tell them and the others I love them."

"Seth no!"

Unwrapping his tendril from his body, he lashed out a hand and shot burning cyclone that burned melted the metals tightly together, forcing the doors shut…all the while he kept his eyes on the man who had done nothing good for this city. "Eobard Thawne then, huh?"

"Thought it was time to reveal everything. And I should not have been surprised to learn that you have been here the entire time. Your invisibility does make infiltration easy for you." Eobard remarked.

"Drop it." Seth countered back with no emotions at all. "So all this time…you've enjoyed playing around with this entire city, like they're nothing more than chess pieces right? That's all their lives are to you, isn't Thawne?"

"What if they are?" He said back with a quip. "To me…they've all been dead for centuries. All of this to improve Barry Allen as The Flash."

Seth didn't say anything for a while, letting the words set in his mind… and it merely fueled his rage into an uncontrollable inferno that fused all of his elements together.

"…Over a year now…Because of Barry"

"What?" Eobard commented on the mutant's one and only word.

A gale of wind began circulating around Seth's body while his eyes turned lifeless and glared directly into his body. "For over a year, Joe had been fearing nonstop for the safety of his son even after the coma! Worried that he might end up dead!" Lightning shot of his body like turret shots. "Iris had been fearing that she might see Barry again when he was struck by that lightning strike! Thinking that she might never see him ever again!" Water began sipping out of his feet and pooling around his feet. "Barry lost 9 months of his life because of you! He lost his mother, his father's in prison for your crime!" Earth element cracking and strengthening his muscles, digging his feet into the floor. "Cisco and so many had to deal with their careers being suffered because of your quest for good!" Lines of adamantium began forming, following the lines of his veins.

Out of slight fear of what was happening and the elements that were being released from the elemental's body, Eobard stepped back. "So what if I did?"

"My daughter has been dealing with powers that she knew nothing about, because of your pathetic plan to kill Barry! She's been put in danger this entire time because of you!" White mist and black smoke unleashed from both of his hands twirling around each other. "And worse of all, the woman I love… she blamed herself endlessly for what happened that night. She hated herself to the point she didn't even see any point in living anymore! She was put through Hell because of your stupid pathetic plan, you fucking coward!"

"I am no coward!"

While his elements roared around him he said, "You sure about that?! You went after Barry as kid! Are you so desperate, so scared of The Flash? That's wonderful!" his voice still devoid of emotions and feelings while his form began covering with the symbiote. "It's a shame…that I have to break a promise."

"What promise?" He asked the elemental, while red lightning began sparking around his body. Knowing that he will have a fight that end the mutant once and for all, before the future he feared could solidify.

"I promised Barry that I would beat a confession out of your fucking head, so I could get Henry Allen out." His form enlarging with the symbiote, turning black with white veins spreading around his body. The head of his body engulfed with the symbiote and Venom snarled at him while his form enlarged into full height, "But now, you're never gonna get the chance to even speak now. Because We're gonna kill you!"

Shrouding himself with lightning, Venom shot off with enhanced speed and strength. His right hand forming a large ice blade that swung after the speedster, who used his powers to dodge the incoming swing. But that didn't let him escape the blazing adamantium fist that hit the side of his face, collision caused blood to be coughed out of his mouth and landed on his metal hand, evaporating quickly from the immense heat released from his fist, and shot him into a wall.

But his place within the wall was merely short-lived as he used his new placement on the wall to run alongside the walls. Increasing his speed, he ran to the other side of the ground again, charging to meet the elemental head-on with a series of attacks full of velocity to strengthen their force.

However, Venom was used to deal with speedsters, but most of his fighting experience was withheld out of the fact that the founder was acting too suspicious, something that went unnoticed by the natives of this universe. But now was not the time to hold back.

Smashing both of his arms into the ground, he sent out a wave of ice that froze a large area of the floor around him. Eobard thought that it was a poor attempt to get him to slip and hit his head, but he was wrong, even for a guy as smart as him. Blasting out a storm of tendrils out of his back, they reached up for the sky and turned into adamantium before hurling themselves deep into the floor, blasting their way through the floor.

Thawne saw them he stopped himself, standing in the field of iced floor and waited the time when the adamantium tendrils would shoot from the ground to wrap around him.

But he was wrong to assume that, when Venom jumped into the air with a wind-accelerated leap. Twisting his arms around the tendrils on either side, he grabbed them into a pair of ropes. With a warcry roaring from his maw, he violently pulled on the tendrils upwards with the strength of the earth element charging him. Because of their reach, they were deep into the ground and spread around underneath the iced field, large pieces of iced floor pieces were yanked up and turned the entire iced floor into a battlefield of shattered ground.

Eobard began losing his balance because of the tremors that were released from Venom's actions, and he had to constantly move his feet around to escape the cracks that tore up the ground around him. That alone were enough for him to lose focus.

Seth and Venom used that moment to shoot like a speeding bullet and slammed down to the ground, his mouth blasting off a spiraling flame blast of both fire and wind. The addition of the wind element was strong enough to rip through the frozen floor, sending pieces flying through and mixing in the flamethrower.

But Eobard used his powers to dodge the blast by leaning off to the side. However, his left arm was caught in debris, pieces of the frozen floor were sent flying and dug into his skin, making him wince in pain. Venom dug his lightning cloaked claws into the ground, thrusting it forward and sent out a lightning blast through the ground.

Thawne was not going to stand around like this and be used as target practice for the elemental, and sped forward, red lightning cloaking around his entire body and like a comet…shot his body into Venom's torso. The acceleration from the speeding attack, was strong enough to send his body backwards and into a wall, even for a titan of his size.

With his eyes beaming red and his voice vibrating, he said while clutching his bleeding left arm in pain, "You are much stronger than I thought anticipated."

Two clawed black hands gripped the sides of his hole before Venom forced himself out of the hole and he twisted his body around. "A good fighter never shows his entire hand at first fight, because it's only the first of many."

"You continue to impress me, Mr. Rogers. You always have. Ever since I saw you in action, saving that poor girl from a burning building, cleansing that very building of flames with mere motions of your hands. And using all of your elements in a combination that would prove…unlike those of a demon and akin to those to a true warrior god."

"Not often we'd be praised during a battle. Won't change your fate, though." Venom's tongue licked over his teeth again.

With an almost incoherent gulp, Eobard smirked dangerously, "What if I could give you what you want the most? What you desire above all else."

His head tilted to the side in confusion. "What would that be then?"

Eobard Thawne then said cruelly…the words that would be the final piece of smelling cheese in the trap.

"Your late fiancée, Stefanie Panes and your son, Bucky Rogers. I can bring them back."

Seth immediately slithered out his suit, his head pointing downwards in response to the speedster's words.

The yellow speedster knew that there was a very good reason for that, he knew that the gears inside of his mind were working hastily for him to reach a verdict that he would accept, and he knew that for a man like Seth, it would be the result that would lead to his family's return again.

And while he was working through that choice, Eobard's hand began vibrating wildly with red lightning circulating around it. Taking one step closer and closer to him, he said, "Don't you want to see them again? Your son? The woman you love? Back in your arms, hugging them tightly? Don't you miss them? I can give them to again, even bring you and your sister and Mr. Almond back to your world again. You'll be home again."

Without missing a beat, the speedster ran towards the contemplating mutant with his untouched hand vibrating up a storm of lightning. The two powered beings met each other, Seth's head still pointed downwards in deep thoughts and Eobard's head pointed up while he held a sneer on his face.

His hand, like an electrifying sword, swung up in the air and were set to meet Seth's head, cutting right through it…

But it never came to be… as Seth's body sparked up with lightning again, stronger than normal as his element was fueled with the thought of his answer to the metahuman's question, enhancing his speed tenfold and he used his left hand knocked the incoming hand to the side. It, however, still continued downwards… and did indeed, cut something.

SLASH

Seth's face and eyes blinked with more pain…when he felt the speedster's red lightning cloaked hand swing down…cutting through his shoulder…and cutting off his entire left arm…and the sound of his arm hitting the floor echoed throughout the entire room, as were the sounds of his blood dripping down and hitting the floor, mixing in with the water that were near his feet.

However, if Seth was one thing, it would be the fact that he was nothing but a revenger, with a large belief in payback. His adamantium clawed hand lashing out and met its mark.

SLASH

SCREAM

Eobard's scream reached the high heavens while he staggered back while clutching his open wound. His entire left arm laying on the floor and blood sipping out of it, not to mention the blood flowing out of his open wound like an unstoppable waterfall.

When his wide eyes, full of nothing but pain looked at the mutant, he saw him smirking dangerously. "Pain ain't news to me, Thawne. And losing just an arm, is nothing compared to what I've been through as a kid." He began chuckling lightly before evolving it into a dark and hollow laughter after realization hit him.

The sound of the mutant's laughter got the metahuman's attention and he remarked while panting. "W-W-What's funny?"

"Just the comparison between you and Carnage. He's much bigger threat than you." Seth said, while he copied his demon's technique and slithered out tendrils out of his missing arm joint. "Carnage was my greatest threat, the man who hurt my life and destroyed it, getting rid of the most important people in it. But the fact that he only wanted to prove himself to be the superior mutant with symbiote powers was what made him more dangerous. Because he would go to any and all measures, making sure that I would fight him till death and not try to get an easy win like you tried, killing Barry as a kid. That just shows how weak and desperate you are, Thawne, because you were too scared of Barry to take him on equal grounds, forcing you to take underhanded tactics. Quite pathetic. But it's almost ironic that that I have to use his trick now." The tendrils shooting and assimilating into a left arm with claws.

"Oh no."

"Oh yeah!" Tightening his new arm into adamantium, he leaped after him.

Eobard twisted his arm around, the acceleration and the power he used to twist his arm around was strong enough to send out wind in the form of a vacuum. But Seth shot out a tendril to the roof and propelled himself into the air and planted his feet on the ceiling.

Gathering wind his left hand and igniting fire in his right hand, he let out a roar as he slammed them together and sent out a powerful firestorm that were heading right after the metahuman who were able to avoid it. But not avoid the lightning enhanced tendrils stroke him in the stomach with power and speed of a mini gun, the attacks bringing down to the ground and through the floor.

But that was not the end of the tendril's assignments, they wrapped around the metahuman and Seth dislodged himself from the roof, and swung Eobard through the floor, breaking it open like a shark's fin piercing through the water surface. With a mighty pull, the elemental yanked him out of the fissured ground and swung into the air before bringing him down to the platform of the force field. The strength of the slam destroyed the trap into pieces.

He landed down on the floor again and looked at the destroyed force field, his eyes and his senses searching for the metahuman's presence. But he wasn't anywhere to be found, so he sighed and said, "Where are you, Eobard? We both know that you're not dead, yet."

He turned around and found the metahuman standing behind him while vibrating and his eyes glowing red like magma. Somehow he had managed to get behind him, making him wonder what else the speedster was hiding up his sleeve. "You…You never trusted me before did you?"

"Not a single time. As much I showed it, I never actually trusted you. Your mistake was that you never actually showed any form of emotions. Even your smiles were without emotions and feelings. It was pretty obvious to a professional, but to those who have worked alongside you…they didn't seem to notice it." Seth explained while forming ice on his hand into an ice scythe. "And you're gonna regret, abusing and misusing their trust, you fucking bastard!"

Eobard's body began unleashing more red lightning before he charged against the elemental, who circulated lighting around his own body and charged himself and swung his ice scythe after him repeatedly. His first set of swings were dodged, but he were able to wrap water around his foot and he slammed it into his knees with swipe of his liquid covered foot. The foot continued onwards, forcing the speedster to spin in the air and the ice blade reformed into an ice gauntlet with spikes and punched it into the face of the founder.

The force of the abysmal and cold icicle fist sent the generator, the one meant for the trap to capture him. Pieces of sharp metals hitting and embedding into his skin. The short-lived flight didn't end there, he was sent right through the machine and into the wall.

Before the speedster could get himself out of the wall, Seth split his clawed arm into various black tendrils and wrapped around the metahuman again and slammed him into the platform again. And Eobard couldn't get the chance to move when the elemental slammed himself on top of him, his feet pinning him down while lightning shot out of his body, hitting the downed metahuman repeatedly causing his vibrating to stop multiple times. "Time to end this." His arm forming a large spiked ice blade that aimed for his head.

He smirked while blood began spewing out of his mouth, "Agreed."

PIERCE

SHATTER

X

From his room, Cisco began hitting and hitting, slamming his entire body against the door, trying to force his way through the door to go and help Seth who was in a deathmatch with the Reverse-Flash. "Come on! Come on! Come on!" he chanted through each and every attempt that only ended up in failure. But the door's joints were welded thoroughly.

But he didn't stop, even though it was beginning to hurt and cause bruises on his shoulders, knuckles and knees, threatening to break the skin and let the blood sip out of his system. He had to go through the door right now and help Seth no matter what. He had to.

While he tried to pry and force his way out, Caitlin came running down and she had to run along the walls to steady herself as the tremors from the other room were spreading throughout the facility uncontrollably. "Cisco what's going on?"

"It's Seth! He's in the room and fighting against Dr. Wells…the Reverse-Flash." He revealed to her shock. "I'm trying to get through the door, but Seth shut the door, and I'm still trying to get through it, but it's almost impossible to open up."

"What!" Caitlin shouted in surprise while her eyes began shooting tears and she joined in on Cisco's quest to get the door open. Her heart filling with worry and nothing but worry. And when the thoughts of Seth in there alone entered her mind, she felt nothing but fear coming over her.

And this only strengthen her body and she and Cisco both of them together, slammed their bodies multiple times against the door through nothing but sheer will. And Caitlin could hear some slight creaks of the hinges, meaning that they were only slightly burned.

Both she and Cisco heard that same sound, and they both stepped back and charged against the door, their combined strength ripping the door off the lightly melted hinges.

X

When they got through the door, they were shocked to see pieces of ice shattered around the two powered beings and… Harrison Wells' hand stuck… in… Seth's chest.

And Eobard's eyes caught the sight of them and he became shocked for a few moments, which Seth used to his advantage. Opening up his mouth, he blasted out a burst of flames at the downed metahuman's face.

SCREAM

His screams drowning in the array of flames that melted through his skin and connected with his bones, and he couldn't move as the elemental's feet kept him pinned and the lightning pulsing from him kept him from his using his superspeed. And he was forced to feel and smell sizzling feeling of his skin boiling and burning off his bones, even burning his cranium, all the way through the brain.

But his hand was still vibrating and inside of his chest and because of the flames, which made him flail in pain, he swiped it out of his chest, to the right…and in the process, took out a chunk of a vital muscular organ behind the mutant's chest.

His last action before his body stopped vibrating and his last remaining arm placed itself on the side, his hand bloody from its former placement. And his eyes would have glazed over as his soul left his body, but his head was burned off, burning skin pieces still falling off his molten skull.

Seth got to his feet and looked at his work, seeing that he had killed Harrison Wells…Eobard Thawne. Getting revenge for the entire city, getting revenge for Barry, Cisco, Caitlin, Frankie, Joe, Iris, Nora Allen and Henry Allen, and everyone who had suffered or met a fate worse from either the explosion or by the metahumans' hands.

But he began staggering backwards and fell down and placed his back against a spare generator, his eyes looking from the speedster's molten corpse…and shifted them to the right…he chuckled when he saw a piece of his own heart, bleeding on the floor before him…his powers not able to regenerate such an important organ of his body…meaning that once again, his life was…on borrowed time… again.

"Son…of…a…bitch." He said while panting and blood coughed out of his mouth.

"Seth! No!"

"No!"

Caitlin and Cisco rushed out of the room and ran to Seth's body, the woman's eyes full of tears, raining down her face like a waterfall. Her hands went to his head, and cupped it and rubbed his face with her thumps. Even in the situation he was in now, he couldn't help but smile at the sight of his mate in front of him, his eyes gentle blue and swimming in her amber pools.

Cisco was right beside them and cried his eyes out of regret, feeling like this was his fault from what have just transpired.

"Seth…Partner…" Venom said slowly through a pained voice.

"Seth…no…don't leave me….please don't leave me…I can't lose you again…I love you.. Please don't give up." Caitlin said through a pleading voice and tears falling like raindrops down her face.

"Sorry…Cait…" his shaking clawed hand slowly raised itself and held onto her cheek. She accepted the feeling of his hand, even as though it was tendrils formed from his partner's help, but it didn't hinder her in the least. She loves Seth. No matter what. And she accepted his warmth…especially since she knew that it was on short supply now. "…I'm sorry…putting you through this…for the third time…I'm so sorry."

"No don't think like that, Seth." Caitlin denied his thoughts. "I loved everything about it…" her words filled with nothing but true love for the man she loves in his final moments. "…The good were fantastic…the bad were scary, really scary…and the unpredictable…I loved every single second of it…you showed me things that I never thought I could live without. You showed…me how I could help metahumans with their powers…how I could live again…how I could love again…how I could love…to be a parent….and I want to be a parent now, I want to be Frankie's Mom. I do. I really do."

A smile spread over his lips, "You…and Frankie….are the single most important things to me…ever since I dropped into this universe…and I wouldn't trade you two in for anything. And I know…you're gonna be an amazing mother to Frankie... no matter what happens."

Caitlin shook her head, her tears flailing around to the sides. While she slid closer to his body and held his head, "I…want…to be with you, Seth. And don't think like that…please stop talking like that…you're going to be fine…Seth, please. I don't want to lose you again…don't leave me, I beg of you…I love you…don't leave me, stay with me, please."

"I…I was going to ask you something…" Caitlin's tear struck face looked to his face, and even in this situation he grew a smile. "…Move in…with me…and Frankie…live with us…" The amount of tears increased even more and more, forming massive streams of tears pouring down her face as she heard his voice full of honesty and sincerity. "…me and Frankie…want you to…live with us…like a true family…"

"Yes…yes…YES!" She shouted and kissed his face on various places, hoping that her love would be able to anchor him to this realm and keep him here. "I want to live with you and Frankie, I'll move in with you and we can become a family….just please, Seth…don't leave me…"

"Thank you…" Blood coughing out of his mouth. "…Frankie's gonna have the best Mom…one that will love her…unconditionally…because she could love someone…like me…a killer."

"You're a hero, Seth. Not a killer." Cisco joined in and dropped to his knees. "Seth, I'm sorry for what happened. It's my fault, if I didn't-"

"It's not your fault… Cisco…now all of you…can rest…in piece…and move on…and take care of the city…" Seth's eyes went to Caitlin again, his head leaning up and kissing her lips again. "I love you…Caitlin Snow…and I know you're gonna take…care of…Frankie, Matt and Olivia…I love you."

"I love you too…just please hold on for me…Seth…Please."

"I love you." "Take care of her, partner."

"What?! Seth no!"

Shooting his head forward again, he pressed his lips to her again, this time more forcefully while his "other" began screaming. "Seth! Stop it! You'll die! Don't stop it!" Parts of the symbiote began wavering and slithered over his body, and like a bridge, slid over to meet Caitlin's body. It's black mass slithering over his body and going through his mouth and into her. "Seth don't! Stop it!"

"This way…you can…take care…of Magenta…Frankie…Caitlin…and everyone else…do it for me…brother. Protect…our children…our family." He thought back painfully as the pain intensified in his body, the blood shooting out of his open wound when the tendrils slithered out of his open wound and into Caitlin's body.

Pulling away from her body, Seth was no longer the host of Venom. His eyes meeting the current host of his partner, the love of his life. "I love you, Caitlin…Take care." He leaned back against the generator behind again, his lips forming one last smile while his eyes closed shut…

…and behind them…his blue eyes…glazed over…as his soul departed from his body.

Caitlin's eyes began leaking even more tears…and while she did…her clothes began turning black and forming a dark mass out of her clothes…spreading over her entire body. Her feet became enveloped and turned bigger and her nails tuned into talon-sharp claws. Her hands enveloping and morphing into black clawed hands. As the black miasma spread over her body, white veins followed and grew with her body. Her hair turning from light-brown into black with streaks of white in it… after head became enveloped and turned into a head with maw filled with shark teeth while a pair of white pseudo eyes looked down at her mate.

Cisco saw his friend, now standing before him as Venom…

…Caitlin Snow was now… Venom.

And behind her mask, her eyes began tearing up again and opened up her mouth.

SCREAM

X

(Waterfront)

"What do we do?" Iris inquired of Barry as they made their way to the waterfront along with Matt, Olivia and Frankie.

"He'll find us." The secret speedster said.

While they ran, Frankie looked to the skies and saw a dark horizon spreading above their heads. And the skies grew bigger and bigger for some reason and she didn't like it one bit. "That doesn't look good."

"I know, honey. But don't worry. Nothing is going to happen. We're here." Olivia assured her niece. "Your Dad tasked us with this job and we're gonna do it right and then go to your dad."

"With the two of us here, we can stop anything now." Matt said while running.

"Oh my God."

Iris said as she looked in the horizon and she saw crackles of lightning and thunder hiding among the dark clouds, showing signs like bad omens that were the beginning of a disaster. "Frankie!" Matt got down in front of her and said, "You go and get everyone out of here! Even scare them if you have to, we have to get them away from here."

"You sure Uncle? Why?" Frankie asked of him.

"This is Mardon's powers." Olivia deduced while she used her powers to scan for his location, but he was way out of her field, making it impossible to pinpoint his location.

Barry then walked over to Iris. "Iris, you need to get out of here, okay?" he took hold of her shoulders. "You need to get as far away from here as possible."

"I am not leaving you." Iris dejected his plan.

"Iris, please!" Barry pleaded of her urgently.

"Listen to me," Iris demanded his attention while the three other powered beings looked around them and ordered various civilians to safety. "ever since the night that you told me how you felt, I have not been able to stop thinking about you. At first, I was really mad, and then I realized that the reason that I couldn't stop thinking about you was because I didn't want to."

Barry's face broke into a passionate smile at the words that were spoken from the woman he loves. "I've never stopped thinking about you." He said with a voice full of nothing but happiness, he wanted to hear those words for so long. It meant the world to him, even more than him being The Flash as he was finally able to feel her love and he finally knew her feelings for him, and she smiled herself in happiness.

His hands took hold of her head and pulled her closer to meet his incoming his lips, their love for one another flowing through their tight embrace and reaching one another through their passionate kiss. Their devotion for one another, finally becoming clear between the two in a lovingly and affectionate lip-lock. And it was like their love was all that filled the entire world, making them forget everything about them.

Frankie was quite surprised to see the two kissing as were the two mutants who stood on either side of her. They were of course happy that they were finally able to be honest with one another and showed it to each other… through their words and through their love filled actions.

When the two pulled away from each other, they still held each other close and looked to the side as did the other powered beings.

"A…tsunami…" Frankie said slowly as she saw the sight of the humongous tidal wave increasing its size.

"Oh no…" Magenta let out a gasp, while she and her host wished for their fathers to come to their sides.

Olivia widened her eyes as well, "What are we going to do?" she directed at her boyfriend who took in the side as well.

An idea popped into Matt's mind as he ran to the speedster's side who saw him. "Matt, how do I stop it?"

"I have an idea." He started before telling his idea. "Theoretically, if you can create a vortex barrier along the coastline, a wall of wind if you will, that would be able to sap the tidal wave of its energy before it hits the city."

"By running back and forth." The speedster deduced. "How fast?"

"I don't know if you can even reach that speed, frankly." He said bluntly. "But me and Livia will fly forward and try to stop it with our powers, we'll be the first line of defense. Frankie, use your powers to make barricades around populated areas and get people out of here. That's gonna be the second line. Barry…you're final."

Iris then exclaimed at them in confusion and with a need to know the truth. "What are you guys talking about?"

The others directed Barry to take over, this being his field more than theirs. "I am so sorry. I didn't want you to find out this way." Iris didn't understand his words, and she saw it.

WHOOSH

With yellow lightning gathering around his body, Barry began running around in a circle and unzipped his duffel bag and took out his suit. Iris' face fell open in surprise at the revelation of what she was seeing before her. But that wasn't the end of it.

Placing his arc reactor over his chest and pressed the emblem, Matt let the nanites swarm over his entire body and formed his Iron Knight suit. Olivia did the same with her rectangular box and let her nanites swarm over her entire body and her suit equipped onto her body. Frankie let her clothes turn pink and the pinkish miasma spread over her body and formed her suit with black and white veins over it and her mouth opening up to reveal a maw identical to her father's.

Once the four heroes had changed into their individual suit, Iris stood back with wide eyes as she took in their individual forms. And she didn't know what to think of them right now, and they couldn't get to that now as they had a job to do themselves right now. Especially, that she now knew that she known who the Flash was the entire time.

"Go!" the speedster ordered Iris before rushing off.

"We're going as well." Iron Knight said with a nod and Angel Fury and Magenta did the same. The two mutants flew into the air and charged for the tidal wave. The metahuman girl shot out a tendril and swung in the direction of some of the civilians.

Landing on the ground, she directed the civilians away and used her metahuman powers to bend and reform the metal objects around her and form them into various barricades of different sizes. With a swipe of her hand, she placed them in a line of metal that ran along the side of the area. She didn't stop there, using her tendrils to rip off more metal plates around her and to her front to manipulate them again.

Olivia and Matt flew up and into the air before hovering above the oceanic area.

Angel Fury shrouded her entire body with psychic energy, and formed two large energy spheres in her hands. Letting a warcry, she lashed both of her hands forward and blasted the energy at the enlarging tidal wave in the form of an elongated psychic beam. Having experience with dealing with elements, she knew that she could hold them off. And she wasn't alone this time.

Iron Knight launched, not four as he has done in the past, but ten levitating ion cannons from his back. His two arms forming two larger ion cannons and his shoulder pads opening up to reveal a series of small missile launchers. Lighting up all of his cannons, he fired off twelve massive beams of energy from his cannons and launched off his missiles from his shoulders. All of his fired attacks connected to the bottom of the tidal wave, trying to stop it slowly with the powers of repulsor cannon firing and explosions.

The two mutants used their powers to their highest levels and did everything in their power to stop the tidal wave without any hesitation, knowing that if they stopped it would mean the end of the city they have grown to love and the death of their family.

And they weren't the only ones who thought that.

Barry used his powers to the maximum power and then some, running back and forth, dust picking up with superhuman enhanced step he took. His speed increasing with each second and each step he took. As he ran with the powers of his lightning powers, he saw and heard the sound of the inevitable doom of the tsunami nearing him and his city.

His lightning coursing through his entire body, he pushed himself through the limits as he ran back and forth. The water on the shores pushing back into the waters and a wall of wind pushing up and higher up as he ran back and forth. His speed increasing even more when he saw the tsunami coming closer and closer to meet the city shores.

But doubt began forming in his mind as he ran, worried that he might night be able to stop the titan sized wave with his powers alone. Even with the additional help of both flying mutants, he didn't know if it was possible to do so now because of its colossal size.

However, it wasn't time for doubts or worry to form in his head. He had to go and stop the tsunami no matter what! His home, his family, his family and thousands of innocent lives would die if he didn't.

His determination and his will power to defeat the gargantuan tidal wave came out in a roar

ROAR

A flash of blue light emitted around his running form as he did.

X

When he came out of the same blue flash again…and looking around his surroundings…rather than running along the lines of the coast to form a wall of wind…he found himself running down the night streets of his city.

Confusion filled up his mind, but he didn't stop running and continued… his eyes widened when he looked to the left.

…he saw…his own two eyes…looking right back at her.

A familiar…. speeding and blurry… version of himself…right down to the suit and emblem…cloaked in the very same yellow lightning….emitting from his body…ran up to his side….and met his…his…eyes…of the Flash beside him.

And before Barry could look closer with even more confusion in his eyes-

…the blurry speedster disappeared into thin air…like his very existence faded out of existence.

Even as he watched it disappear…he ran ahead anyway.

But after turning around dozens of corners and buildings, through various crossed streets and lanes alike, he stopped himself at a point. When he did, he looked around at his surroundings while breathing heavily and his exhaust, and in even more shock….as he found himself in familiar surroundings…from the previous days?

He saw two the left, a pair of dog owners, walking their dogs for the night. The two dogs arguing with one another with series of series of barks. A street clock above their heads, turning the time from "9:59 PM" to "10:00 PM"

He looked to the middle, in front of him, where he saw a man standing in front of a restaurant with the title "Pizza Pie". The man was spinning around a green sign in his hand, looking pretty ridiculous as he did.

His head began shaking in dismay and disastrous thoughts formed into his mind at the familiarity of the situation he was in.

He turned to the right, where he saw a woman with a leopard coat over her body exclaiming and calling out "Taxi! Taxi!" repeatedly to get the vehicle's attention. But when the yellow car did not respond to her calls and drove past her, she let out in anger. "Oh, come on, I'm gonna be late!"

Right now, Barry was having massive déjà vu…or just vu…as he was reliving the very same events of what had already happened…or…what's happening right now…he knew what had happened right now.

He had travelled…through time…and he could only say…"Oh, boy."

Even though it wasn't his intention to time travel…it must have been a blessing in disguise…as he had unknowingly saved lives…and Seth's own life in the process.

To be continued…

Thanks to Barry's accidental jump in time, he had unknowingly saved lives upon lives, including the lives of his friends and Seth. However, he has also saved the man who killed his mother. That's a bit of a twister on his part.

And now Caitlin never had to suffer the loss of the man she loves, nor be given the mantle of Venom. However, now Seth would have the chance to now ask the woman he loves to live with him and his daughter as a loving offer and not as a last wish before his soul depart to the next world beyond the realm of Earth-1.

The lives of Central City's citizens managed to escape a cruel fate thanks to the efforts and the newfound power of The Flash, thankfully. Now, it's only up to time to counter with another cruel fate to make up for the giant tidal wave.

Stay tuned and until next time, peeps!