Flash Vanishes. Part II.
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
11:54 PM.
Barry and Kara arrived at S.T.A.R Labs where everyone else was, including Oliver and Ray. "Where's—"
"She's on her way." Ray said. "I'll call her in and let her know what is happening."
"He's on his way now guys," Cisco said as he watched the monitor. "Less than six minutes."
Barry nodded. As everyone got ready to take on this battle Barry took Kara aside to another room by themselves. Barry rested his hands on the hip of her jeans and pulled her into a hug. Kara wrapped her arms around Barry. "I love you." He said.
"Don't say that like that. You're coming back." Kara said.
"We don't know what will happen."
"You are coming back. I've been praying since the day we met and you told me about the newspaper you, Cisco and Caitlin discovered in Evil Well's secret closet." Kara smiled. Barry shot up an eyebrow. "What? You think I forgot about this?"
"No." Barry chuckled. "But I didn't think that you started then."
"The very second. And besides even before we started to date, back before when you thought you still marry Iris and me being alone with a hundred cats, I prayed that whatever happened, you'd come running back to her. And I still am. Not in that way obviously anymore, but come running back to her and us," She pulled him closer. "All of us."
Barry nodded. He kissed her temple and rested his head on top of hers, letting her rest against his chest. "Kara, promise me something."
"Barry—"
"Promise me?" He begged.
"Yes?" She looked at him.
His voice had a lump in it but he had to say it. "Kara, promise me that if I vanish and don't come back—"
"Don't say that, Barry."
He ignored her and continued. "Kara, promise me that if I vanish and don't come back you'll be okay."
"I promise."
"And,"
"And?"
"And," He said. "If someone else comes along—"
"No." She said. She knew exactly where he was going. "No. Don't you dare finish that sentence."
Barry spoke again, but quicker so that she wouldn't interrupt them. "Kara if someone else comes along and he loves you just as much as I do and he loves Allie and Nichole as much as I do and he as a ton of respect for all three of you; promise me that you will move on and be with them. Love them, marry them and grow old them."
"No."
"Kara please."
"No." She said, tears falling. "No. I can't do that. You are my only. Not even another Barry from the zillions and zillions of universes is you Barry. You are my only."
Barry looked at the clock. 11:57. "Kara—"
"What if you do vanish, huh? And I follow the promise and you come back?"
"I'll be okay with that, I promise." Barry held her hands with his own. "I will still love you as much as I do know and I will love you more knowing that you were able to move on."
Kara looked and saw the time. 11:57. "Barry," She sobbed.
"Kara, promise me or else I won't go and fight." He stated.
"Ugh! Barry! Don't you do that to me." She said with anger in her voice. "You know that I'd never ask you to stay with me if it meant saving hundred of lives."
Barry just repeated himself. "Promise me, or else I won't go and fight."
Fucking damn it. Fuck you Barry. Kara's throat was closing, she felt her body shake violently and sobbed harder. "OK." She whimpered. "I promise."
Barry and Kara kissed together one last time. They held onto one another tightly and deepened the kiss. The past seven weeks the two of them were like this. Except unlike now with just mere minutes of the battle, the two of them would end up making love. Sometimes all night even, never once sleeping. They had appreciated their alone time together every time. The previous night was one of their all night ones. Whispering sweet nothings to one another.
11:58.
"Barry, Reverse-Flash is coming in!" Cisco shouted over the building intercom.
Barry, Oliver, Ray and Kendra arrived at the scene of the event. Ready to battle.
Kara watched from the S.T.A.R Labs computer screen. Remembering what she read in the newspaper and what Allie had said hours earlier about the nightmare, she watched the scene unfold in front of her. The battle began. Kara kept her eyes glued onto the screen as she watched the battle unfold. After a few minutes of the battle, the sky began to alter color. It brightened but remained dark as well.
Crimson.
Cisco and Caitlin were shouting at Barry about what to do, but Kara wasn't focused on that. She held her hands tight and bit her mouth from screaming. Come on Barry. Come on Oliver. Come on Kendra. Come on Ray. Win! Win! Win! Rao, please let them with the battle. Please! She prayed mentally.
After midnight passed and the battled became more violent, so to say, Kara's mind was losing it. She held herself together for as long as possible but she felt something in her. Energy; love, anger, strength, friend, best friend, wife, mother. Watching Barry being hit every few seconds from the Reverse-Flash's punched her in the guts.
Trucks and cars flipped, the sky boomed as it became more crimson red.
"BARRY RUN!" Cisco shouted into the ear piece. "RUN!"
The screen followed Barry running, but so was the Reverse-Flash's. He was catching up to her husband.
Kara spoke for the first time since the battle started. "Fuck it."
Iris and HR both looked at her at the same time, both confused.
Kara lunged forward between Caitlin and Cisco, pressing a button that Cisco installed, and up came one of the breeches. Cisco and Caitlin noticed this. "Kara?" Cisco said.
Kara felt energy rush in her. She ran to it.
"KARA!" Caitlin and Julian shouted.
Kara ran into the breech. It closed behind her.
Within the breech as she ran to where she saw the other breech, the one to Barry, Kara felt her inner strength rise up. Just as when she and Winn saved James from the elevator death, her energy increased. Her running increased. She wished she had brought her suit, but her jeans, t-shirt and sneakers would have to do.
Kara jumped through the breech and saw the battle up close. Lightening was flaring everywhere around everyone. Barry and the Reverse-Flash were hand-to-hand battling now. Quickly. The blood red tone of the sky turned brighter with the bolts and boomed loudly.
"Barry!" Kara shouted.
Kara watched as the two speedsters twirl in the fight, their colors mashing together. Kara floated and flew towards the two of them.
Right before she got them, they vanished.
Kara stopped and turned around and saw nothing. Nobody. She turned around and looked for any sign that Barry was still here. She stood on the ground. "Barry?" She called out.
Nothing.
"Barry?"
Nothing.
"BARRY!" She screamed loudly. "BARRY!" She screamed.
He was gone.
Kara fell to her knees and cried.
