Flash Vanishes. Part I.


Wednesday, April 24, 2024

11:40 PM.

Barry passed the girls bedroom and peered in. Inside of the room Kara sat on Allie's bed with both girls under each arm singing to them. Neither girl was asleep though. The four, nearly five, year old girls spotted him and instantly reacted. Nichole reached out to Barry sobbing, prompting Barry to flash over and hold her and Allie sat up. "Daddy!" She cried.

"Hey girls," Barry said and sat on the bed, bouncing his blonde daughter softly as she cried onto his shoulder. "What's wrong?"

"They had a nightmare about you." Kara said with wide blue eyes. "You went bye-bye."

"Bye-bye?"

Before Kara could explain, Allie shouted out. "Der big boom! Lot of dis!" She pointed her two index fingers to one another and created a small jolt of electricity hitting both ends of her fingers. "But bigger and bigger and bigger and bigger wit more boom! You der and so was dat Robin Hood boy and, and bird girl and dis other boy dat look like dat robot in dat movie with da boy. Da big robot! Der dis bigger boy running really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really fast like dat spot big kitty in Afica mommy read in book." The brunette explained. "Da sky turn red and lotta cars and bigger cars flip on streets and der lot more of dis too," She showed her electrical example again. "You caught in middle of that bigger boy running and another boy running fast. He look like sky color. Both the bigger boy running dat fast and dat boy dat look like sky run in you and push you really, really, really, really hard in spinny thingy."

"Daddy bye-bye!" Nichole shouted.

Barry hugged the two of them as he looked back at Kara. Unfortunately the look on her face wasn't that good.

Both Kara and Barry knew what today was. They also knew for a facy neither girl could know this either.

"Daddy no bye-bye."

"I'm not going bye-bye," Barry comforted both girls gently. "That was just a nightmare."

"Dat what mommy said."

"And she's right Kiki." Barry told them. "I'm not going anywhere."

Kara had a thought, an idea, in her head. "Girls, can I tell you a secret?" Both girls and Barry looked at her. "Did you know that daddy is already around, even when he's not?" She smiled. Barry smiled.

"Like Nikki when she go bye-bye?"

"No, not exactly." Kara answered. "Nikki is still in the room, just invisible, but she can turn herself visible again. Sometimes daddy's—"

"And mommy's." Barry added.

"They appear to go away, but they're not really away." She put each hand over their heart. "They're in here all the time. Even when you girls are one million years old and daddy is ninety-nine million years old; he's in here."

Both of the twins nodded in understanding.

"OK. Time for bed." Barry said and began to put Allie back on her bed, but the blonde in his arms shook her head. "Yes, bed time."

"No. Share bed." Nichole pointed to the bed. Allie nodded. "Share bed."

"Okay." Barry said as both him and Kara each placed the girl on a pillow of Allie's bed and covered them. "Goodnight Nichole," Barry kissed her forehead. "I love you."

"Love you daddy."

"Goodnight Allie," Barry kissed her forehead too. "I love you."

"Love you daddy."


When both girls were settled in Barry and Kara sneaked out of the room and downstairs to the kitchen. Upon walking in they found Eliza, who was visiting this week, in the kitchen. "Did the girls wake you?" Kara asked her.

"No. I was having trouble falling asleep anyways," Eliza answered. "How are you two doing?"

"Good. The girls had a nightmare."

"What about?"

"The newspaper." Barry said as he sat down.

"How do they know?"

"They don't. It's just timing." Kara said. "And of course tonight of all nights to have that nightmare." She said. "Stupid Rex Ray alien guy."

"Kara, it's just a small cold. It'll come back. Like the last time." Eliza said.

"I know but I freaking hate it!" She whined. "What time is it?"

"Eleven fifty."

Barry and Kara looked at one another. Ten minutes until the big event. Team Flash had done everything in their power to prepare for the battle. Team Flash has already met with Reverse-Flash and have battle with him five times already; each time learning better how to defeat him. Tonight was the test of those battles results plus what they've already been training with. Team Supergirl had even helped train Barry in practice with having him fight Kara, Kassie, Clark, J'onn, a Valerina friend named Lyra, Rebecca and Violet too. Aliens equal speed, so why not?

"Barry, I'm not the one who'd like to mess with time but is it possible to have someone else fight with you?" Eliza asked. "Such as Kassie or Clark or J'onn? I know the three of them would be there in a heartbeat."

"Trust me the more the better for me. But I can't mess up the time line again." Barry said. "I mean I don't want to vanish but if it happens it happens. But with so much training between learning about the even years ago and the training these days with Team Flash and Team Supergirl; there's a chance it won't happen tonight. The fight will be good."

"But this is another reason why we asked you to be here." Kara said. "Not just because we missed you."

"Oh sure." Eliza chuckled. "I'm just the babysitter."

"No."

"I know." Eliza said. "You wanna be there in case your powers come back and can help, even though Barry doesn't want it to happen."

Barry's phone rang. It was 11:53. "Hello?"

"Dude! Showtime!" Cisco shouted.

Barry nodded. "OK. Be there soon."

"Time to go?" Eliza asked.

Barry nodded as he and Kara stood up. Within seconds he was suited up and back in front of Eliza. Barry looked at his mother-in-law once more. He didn't want too because it just showed that he might not be coming back, but he had too. Barry hugged her firmly. "I love you." He said in a hush whisper.

"I love you Barry." She said back. "You're coming back. I feel it in me. But I love you," She said and placed a motherly kiss on his unmasked cheek.

Barry turned to Kara picked her up bridal style. "You ready?"

She nodded. "Yeah."