Chapter 44

It took five days for team A (that being Kara, Cisco, Zatanna, Mon-El and the Firestorm duo) to prepare to leave for wherever the hell this Orion persona lived. That was because both Cisco and Jax had to run multiple virtual exercises in order to learn how to pilot and operate the spaceship. Their training had taken place at the D.E.O and very discreetly as to not raise much suspicion. J'onn had told his agents that Supergirl was to leave for an out-of-planet mission and that the rest would be her crew. It also explained Frost's sudden arrival at the agency.

The spaceship was smaller than the other one Supergirl had stopped. It barely left any room for all of them to fit. But they did, Kara just hoped that none of her friends was afraid of small spaces. Cisco moved to the pilot's chair and addressed the others.

"Everybody buckle up. Zatanna, do your thing."

Cisco ignored the noise around him. He turned in his chair and faced outside grasping the handler tightly. His stomach was sick from excitement and fear and Cisco couldn't decide which feeling surpassed the other. He heard Zatanna cast the spell and then saw Orion's shiny helmet being lifted in the air.

"I hope everyone has fastened their seatbelts." He turned his head to the inside the spacecraft. Pleased when he saw all of his friends safely tied in their seats, he faced forward again and brought the engine to life. "Winn, do you copy?" he spoke on the comm.

"Loud and clear." Winn responded from inside the D.E.O.

"Are we clear to go?"

"Everything looks fine on my end. But there might be a chance that we'll lose contact, so you'll be on your own."

"Alright! Falcon is ready for takeoff."

"You don't have to name everything, Cisco." Jax groaned.

"I liked the Star Wars reference." Kara pouted making Cisco smirk.

"That's what it was?" Zatanna asked.

"Kara is probably as big Star Wars fan as Cisco." Mon-El told them.

Before they could continue Winn's voice came through. "May we meet again."

"May we meet again." Cisco echoed and pushed the handler forward.

The spaceship started moving, gaining speed by the second. Before anyone knew it, they had reached the Stratosphere following the floating object.

"I think I'm going to be sick." Jax groaned.

"Don't you dare throw up, Jefferson." Stein warned. "I'm sitting right in front of you."

He didn't see Jax roll his eyes. "I'll try, but no promises."

Cisco felt his stomach twist. His adrenalin rose and he wondered if the numbing feeling on his mouth was real. "We're almost there guys." He said loudly. "We're about to leave Earth's atmosphere."

"I don't know how I'm supposed to feel about that." He thought he heard Zatanna mumble.

And then that was it. Their surrounding turned black and the gravity around them changed. Their stomachs didn't feel like they were going to spill all their contents and neither could they feel the speed they were traveling at.

"Wow!" everyone voice at the same time.

"It's beautiful!" Cisco added. "Terrifying! But beautiful."

"I haven't been inside a spaceship ever since I left Krypton." Kara said looking out of the window. "I thought I'd be more afraid but I'm not."

Mon-El looked at his girlfriend. "I don't remember anything from my trip. As soon as the pod reached the middle of Daxam's atmosphere I went into hypersleep."

Kara spared him a sad look. "You were lucky."

"What was it like?" Zatanna asked softly.

Kara froze. Images and memories and feelings from witnessing her planet's death filled her mind. The dread almost made her shudder.

"You don't have to talk about it, dear." Stein tried to comfort the frightened girl.

But Kara shook her head. "No, I...I'm okay. I've only told Alex about that day."

She felt everyone's eyes on her – including Cisco's. The engineer/metahuman/pilot had turned from piloting the ship and was looking at her with compassion. Kara wasn't the only one who saw that Cisco wasn't driving any longer.

"Aren't you worried that we're going to lose the helmet?" Jax asked frowning.

Cisco didn't appear to be worried. "I've locked our course on it."

Apparently, Cisco had thought about everything.

"It was awful." Kara started with a small voice while looking outside. "The most horrifying thing I've ever felt was leaving Krypton and watching as yellow and red flames swallowed him and everyone on it, including my parents. And being trapped inside the small pod that barely fit me. I felt it as it shook reaching space. I remember being torn between watching my baby cousin flying ahead of me or my parents I left behind." She continued trying not to let her voice tremble. "I remember having a panic attach seeing nothing in front of me. Space was dark and wild and I was just a thirteen-year-old girl who had just lost everything and had the burden of raising Kal-El on a planet I knew nothing about. I could feel my pod floating, nothing underneath my feet. Nothing in front or around me. Just black darkness. But what frightened me most of all was how alone I felt." She stopped to take a breath. "The other most terrifying thing that happened to me was landing on Earth. I watched as this big planet came fast towards me. I remember crying, fearing it would crush me. And I was alone yet again. After the Danvers took me in I would have nightmares about Krypton's destruction and being stuck into space for months."

Even with her super hearing, Kara couldn't hear any noise coming from her friends. It was like they weren't even breathing. She turned away from the window to look at them. Each had a different kind of emotion written all over their faces. They all had the same base, though. Sorrow. Cisco couldn't look at her. He had his face to the floor, but the tears were evident on his face. Mon-El had a mortified expression, while Zatanna looked guilty that she had asked the question in the first place.

"My dear child..." Stein began but he found that he had no words.

"Kara, I'm so sorry." Zatanna gasped.

But the Kryptonian shook her head. "It's okay." She reassured them. "They say that you must face your fears if you want to..." but she didn't continue her sentence as her eye caught something. "What is that?" she pointed out to the green light that came fast towards them.

Everyone gaped in astonishment as they stared outside. "I've no idea." Cisco said for all.
As the green light approached closer and stopped right in front of their spaceship, they realized that it was a person.

"This is Green Lantern of Space Sector 2814. State the planet you're from and your purpose."

Cisco, Kara, Jax, Zatanna, Stein, and Mon-El stared at each other. Confused was an understatement. They looked at the Lantern again and at each other. The green dressed man looked like a human and he spoke English. But the green outfit and aura around him –including the fact that he was floating in space – had them concerned and confused.

"He is who and wants us to do what?" Mon-El spoke up.

Cisco pushed a button the others didn't know what it did. Kara hoped it wasn't the weapon's activation.

"Look, pal, I don't know who you're supposed to be, but-"

"I am the Green Lantern of this Space Sector."

"Yea, we have no idea what that is. But we really should be going."

"Not before you state your species and what you want." The Green Lantern responded.

"Our species?" Zatanna looked around if anyone had a clue.

"Wait, does he look familiar to you?" Jax asked all of a sudden.

Stein gave him an unimpressed look. "I don't think either of us knows other aliens besides Supergirl and Mon-El."

"We don't have to tell you anything, green alien." Cisco shot back at the Lantern.

"But I'm sure he looks familiar." Jax insisted on the background.

"That is absurd, Jefferson."

"Well, since I'm responsible for maintaining the peace in this Sector, you have to."

Cisco frowned. "So, you're like a space cop?"

"You could say that." Green Lantern responded skeptically.

"Wait a second." Jax gasped loudly. His eyes had gone wide with realization. "Aren't you that test pilot from Coast City that went missing like five years ago?"

At one all eyes turned on him. "Wait, you guys are from Earth?"

"Yes and now that Jax mentioned it, he does look familiar." Cisco said. "Jordan...something, right?"

"Yes," he said somewhat happy to encounter people from his home planet. "Hal Jordan. And I didn't go missing. I was recruited to become a space guardian. What are you guys doing so far away from Earth?"

"It's a long story. We're looking for someone named Orion."

Hal Jordan sneered at that. And if the nonchalant look on his face was anything to go by, he knew who they were looking for. The six people inside the spaceship looked at each other.

"I think we should let him in." Kara said.

Everybody agreed with her. Hal Jordan removed the mask from his face as soon as he stepped inside. In five minutes they had told him who they were and what they did –being Superheroes that is. And why they wanted to find Orion.

"Something tells me that you know him." Kara fixed him with a look.

Hal smiled charmingly despite being unpleased. He sighed.

"I met him once. He was a pain in the butt, tried to interfere with my mission." He explained. "I don't know anything about Darkseid, but if you think Orion has the answers I wish you good luck. Though, if Darkseid is as big of a threat as you suggest my corps might be sent to assist."

"That would be so great you can't even imagine." Cisco chuckled.

"Oh, and... at the speed you're traveling you'll reach New Genesis in about ten years."

A series of "What!" gasps echoed in the ship.

Hal chuckled. "Yea, the New Gods travel to their planet through portals because it's located towards the edge of the universe. So without a portal, I'm afraid you're out of luck."

"Or not." Kara said to herself. "Cisco can open breaches, but he has to be touching the object that belongs there."

"Well, I can't fly or breathe in space."

However, Hal grinned. "That's not a problem. I can take you with me out. The ring will protect you."

Cisco looked uneasy at the Green Lantern. But the metahuman didn't have much of a choice as Zatanna practically shoved him out of the ship with Hal. With Green Lantern's help, Cisco was able to open the breach. When he went back inside, Hal waved them goodbye and flew away. When the others asked him what it was like, Cisco refused to answer, his legs still shaking from being traumatized. Instead, he marched the ship in the breach.

New Genesis was not like anything they had ever seen. For one, it was gold. So much gold everywhere. Cisco idly thought that this would be Snart's paradise. And then they heard it.

"Invaders surrender or we'll shoot you down."

Underneath them, soldiers with weird looking weapons pointed at them. Cisco paled at the sight and looked nervously at the others.

"Uh, should we raise a white flag?"

#

Friday afternoon and Iris West-Allen opened the door to the loft welcoming in Samantha and William. It had been four days since Jay and Jesse had arrived on Earth-1 and they had been training Bart along with Barry and Wally. It hadn't been until today that the Flash had managed to convince his grandson to take a break from training and have some fun. That's how Bart found himself stuck with Iris, who had the brilliant idea of inviting William –and in extension Samantha- over.

"Hey, you two!" she greeted them with an excited smile on her face.

"Hi, Iris. Thanks for having us over."

"Don't mention it." Iris waved dismissingly. "Come on in. Bart is in the living room."

William smiled at that. "Thanks, miss Iris." And with that, he moved past the women and went to find the other boy.

"He's such a polite kid."Iris complimented letting Samantha in the loft and closing the door behind her.

Samantha was beaming at the compliment. She could never get enough from hearing others say good words about William. Her son was the best thing that happened to her, so to hear good compliments also meant that she had done a good job as a mother – she hadn't failed him.

"Here, do you want something to drink?"

Samantha followed Iris into the kitchen, where the other woman turned on the coffee maker. It was a very strategic space. It allowed them to watch over the kids, while not being directly close to them. It gave Bart and William a false sense of freedom to enjoy themselves like they weren't being watched like the hawks by their mothers.

"Whatever you're having." She smiled kindly looking around. "Barry is not here?"

"Nope. Just us." She poured reach, black coffee on a cup and offered it to Samantha. "He's at work."

"Thank you." Samantha took the offered mug and brought it to her lips.

"Careful, it's still hot!" Iris warned just in time.

William had brought his action figures this time. He had the Flash, of course, and the Green Arrow –those two went always together-, Supergirl, Firestorm, and Vibe. And for the villains his favorite Captain Cold, Mirror Master, Top, and Zoom.

"Do you want one of us to be the good and the other the bad guy and then trade?" William asked Bart skeptically.

William had picked up on Bart's awkwardness at the park. But the older boy didn't know if it was from being around him or if he was just as awkward as Barry was in general. He had been surprised to see the resemblance between the two people. He was more surprised when he found out that they were not related –something that he didn't one hundred present believed to be true due to Barry's extra weird behavior when the subject arose.

Bart shrugged but beamed at the same time. "Sure. Or we could have one of both each. Play the hero and the villain." He said at a fast rate.

William almost didn't understand what the kid had said. The expression on William's face alerted Bart. It was hard for him to not forget himself and start speed talking. Bart cringed. If he had Barry would be so disappointed in him. But William smiled and shook his head.

"Sure." He agreed. "Here, you want to be the Flash or the Green Arrow?" he offered his toys.

Bart felt an emotion he couldn't quite put a word on. He chewed guiltily his lower lip. He wanted to be the Flash. He was his grandfather after all and he idolized him. And he dreamed that one day he'll be just as a great hero as he was. But at the same time, he didn't want to seem too giddy. But William decided to end his dilemma.

"Here, you can be the Flash this time." He shoved the action figure in Bart's hands.

"But isn't he like your favorite Superhero?"

"He is." William shrugged. "I'll be the Flash next time."

Bart snickered. "Crush!"

Samantha and Iris smiled adoringly at the two kids playing.

"They seem to be having fun."

"I know and that's so great." Samantha agreed. "William doesn't have that many friends at school anymore. Ever since people found out that he is Oliver's son the other kids treat William differently."

Iris eyed her with a sad look. "Are they bullying him?"

"No, no." she shook her head. "They are just more distant."

"It's tough to be going through this at his age. I remember how bad it was when Barry was being bullied at our school. Kids can be very cruel."

"I know." Samantha agreed. "And that's why I'm so glad William isn't going through that."

"I know what you mean."

"Anyway, you three seem to be doing fine too." She pointed with her eyes at Bart. "What you and Barry are doing for Bart is remarkable."

Iris let out a chuckle. "We are handling things. I like to think about it as practice for when Barry and I decide to have kids of our own."

"I heard my name." Both women turn to see Barry entering. "And I see we have guests. What a lovely surprise."

"Hello, Barry!" the four greeted him excitedly, even Bart who almost messed up and called him grandpa but managed to save himself last minute.

"You are home early. And I hope you don't mind." Iris came up to her husband and gave him a peck on the lips. "I felt like Bart could use a change in company than the grown-ups he had been spending all his time with."

Barry gave his wife a charming smile. "No, not at all. And I just finished early. Not much to do at the lab."

That wasn't true.

The lab was pretty packed with cases and reports to be filled. But Barry, being a speedster and all, had decided to cheat a little and finished all of his workload at super speed. Okay, that wasn't true either. Ever since he got his powers Barry cheated a lot at his work. Only this time, when he knocked on Captain Singh's office to give him his reports the man had looked at him suspiciously, but in the end, he grumbled that he could go home but not turn off his phone in case they needed him to come down.

Barry's green eyes shined suddenly. "Hey, I got an idea. How about William stays over tonight? Boys' sleepover." But the excited look on his face faded as he turned alarmed to Samantha like he had messed up. "Do boys have sleepovers?"

"Please, mom! Can I stay?" William begged before Samantha could answer.

But whatever the woman was going to say was interrupted yet again when one of the windows shuttered and a blur came in. The Reverse Flash griped tightly Bart's neck and stared with an evil smirk at the Flash. Barry's ears buzzed from the horrific sight in front of him that he didn't even hear the gasps from Iris, William, and Samantha.

"Let's see how much you love your grandson, Flash." And before Barry could yell at him to let Bart go, Thawne sped out of the window taking Bart with him.

The panicked look on Iris' face rivaled his own. This was it them. Without wasting time Barry sped after him not caring that he had just revealed his secret identity to two more people. But not before he said to Iris: "Take them and go."

Flash could see Thawne running ahead of him. His enemy had a decent head start, but Barry was determined to catch up to him. His hand moved to his comm.

"Jay, Wally, Jesse, he's here."

"Already?" he heard Jesse ask.

"And he has Bart."

He didn't have to say anything else. The comms went dead and he knew that his fellow Flashes had already suited up and were running in his direction. The Reverse Flash took a sharp turn making Barry almost crash into a wall. He heard him snicker with malice. Thawne was taunting him. They raced on the side of Mercury labs, jumped on the next one and then back on the streets. The Flash was gaining ground. Thawne took another sharp turn wanting to lose Barry. Then something crushed onto him making him lose his footing and spun on the hard asphalt. Bart slippt from his grasp and fell the other direction. Eobard put his weight on one knee and looked up. Jesse Quick smirked at him as she helped Bart get on his feet.

"You're not taking Bart." She told him strongly.

The next moment Barry, Wally and Jay flashed by her side. "We're not going to let you."

Eobard seemed unfazed at the prospect of facing four speedsters. He just smirked even more. "I see you brought reinforcements." He chuckled darkly.

Four more speedsters appeared out of nowhere. One of them was Savitar. The others were a smaller kid –Inertia most likely-, and two they had never seen before. One with white and gold suit and the other blue with the philosopher's stone on his chest.

"I have too."

#

MadaunRussia

Oliver landed the helicopter just out of the Russian village. It had taken the trio almost as long as the others to leave because they all had responsibilities to tie before the trip. Oliver had to make room from his responsibilities as Mayor of Star City, Sara had to give the ins and outs of being the head of the security guard at Smoak Technologies to Carter and Alex waited to get the green light from J'onn at the D.E.O. In the meantime, they considered the way of transportation. Of course, either Cisco or Zatanna could teleport them up there, but with both gone into space that would leave them without a way to return home. Besides, they all agreed that it was not the best idea in case CADMUS could detect the energy output from their arrival. And then their surprise visit wouldn't be much of a secret. That only left them with traveling the old-fashioned way. Oliver had asked Lyla to lend them one of A.R.G.U.S helicopters and the head of the organization had delivered without much questioning. That's how team B got here. Cocooned with warm, heavy clothes, beanies and scarves, the three street fighters looked at each other and gave a knowing nod. Then they exited the helicopter. Immediately, strong, cold wind hit their faces and their legs were swallowed in the tall snow. It was cold. Too cold, even from Oliver's memories. The Green Arrow turned to the ladies and saw them curling their arms around them to protect themselves from the cold.

"According to the coordinates Lena gave Kara, CADMUS is about ten miles north from here." He yelled loudly so that they could hear him. "We'll continue on foot. I had to land here so we could be barely out of their radar."

Alex and Sara nodded and moved to follow him. "As long as we don't turn into popsicles until we reach the facility." Sara said sarcastically.

Alex chuckled but didn't add anything.

They walked as fast as the environment allowed them to. The snow came up to their knees and the cold wind was so strong it almost pushed them backward. When they reached the forest with the fir trees it provided them some cover from the wind. Just a little, though.

"Why would you ever come here?" Alex asked Oliver.

The man replied while continuing straight ahead. "When I was a member, the Bratva had a secret lab here that made drugs. They were suspecting that there was a mole inside so they send me to find out."

Alex's skin had frozen so much from the cold that she couldn't even frown. It was a wonder how they could talk still. "How come you were Bratva?"

"I owed someone." Was all Oliver offered as a reply.

Alex knew that was all she would get, so she didn't press any further. She knew from her own experience that everyone had a past and that no one was the same person they used to be. She knew and trusted the now Oliver, that's all that mattered.

"Guys, I think that's it." Sara spoke up quietly.

And sure enough, behind the tall trees both Alex and Oliver could make put parts of a building. All of them trained for this type of situation, they quickly hid behind the closest trees. Three sets of eyes canvassed the area.

"How many guards do you see?" Oliver asked in hushed voice.

"I count four." Alex said.

"Me too." Sara agreed. "It'll be easy to take them."

"We can't." Alex disagreed quickly. "We're here for recon, not a raid. The guards need to report every five minutes. If we knock them out and don't report they'll know something is up."

"It's not just them."

Both women looked up at what Oliver was pointing. A machine gun on the roof.

"Even if we take out the guards, we don't have cover for that."

Sighing with frustration, Alex shook her head. "The front door seems to be the only way in or out. How are we supposed to get inside?"

"From the roof." Sara said after a while. "The machine gun is up there and they need to make sure that it's working right. So there should be a way."

Alex nodded pleased. "Great! We just need to find a way up there. Oliver-" she turned to the Green Arrow, but he was already gone. Alex's eyes widened in shock. "Where is he?" she asked Sara.

The former assassin being used to Oliver's disappearing acts tried to relax Alex. She waved for her to follow her to where Oliver was hidden and from that position they looked around for any sign of him. And sure enough, they spotted him.

Oliver had sneaked to the side wall, away from the guards' view. As soon as he saw the women he extended his hand to stop them from following him. Sara and Alex looked at each other confused.

"What is he doing?" Alex asked confused and a little frustrated.

Sara sighed. "I have no idea.

But they soon found out. Oliver aimed his bow and arrow at the top. An iron lasso flew along with it and nailed itself. Oliver grabbed it tightly and started climbing.

"He wants us to climb to the top?"

"If it's the only way."

The salmon ladder had nothing on the wall-climbing Oliver was doing at the moment. As much as he had trained in his life, the muscles on his arms still ached until he reached to the top. Breathing heavily, Oliver reached one foot on the concrete and used it to push the rest of his body up. He rolled on top of the building and stayed there. He took deep breaths and waited a few moments to regain his strength. Then, he got up and looked at the direction his teammates were hidden. He raised one finger in their direction, hoping they got the message.

"We have to go one at a time." Sara understood.

Alex nodded her head. "Go first."

Sara didn't wait long. She looked at the guards and when she saw that they weren't looking she ran as fast as she could to the rope and started climbing the same way Oliver had. When she was on top too, Alex followed.

"Let's find the way in."

Sara had been right. There was a small steel door just behind the machine gun. Sara went to open it but it didn't budge.

"It's locked."

"Allow me." Alex smirked bringing out her favorite laser gun.

She pointed it at the lock and fired making a small hole. She pushed the door and this time it opened without much effort.

"Eyes sharp." She told them. "CADMUS agents are everywhere."

She didn't need to warn them, though. Both had gone secret assassin mode as soon as they were inside. They maneuvered their way inside walking soundlessly, like cats. No one could hear their footsteps and they hid when an agent walked by. That was until they heard Lillian Luthor's voice talk to one of the scientists.

"I expect you to have made progress in two days time. Otherwise, you know what will happen." She threatened.

"She is blackmailing people to do as she asks. Why am I not surprised?" Sara whispered distastefully.

"That is Lillian's style." Alex responded.

They heard Lillian walking away leaving the poor scientist alone.

"Now is the time." Oliver said. "We tranquilize the scientist so Alex can look at his computer.

But Alex was already peaking from their corner. Her eyes widened at what she saw. Before either Sara or Oliver could stop her, she moved from behind the wall and pointed her gun at the man. The man widened his eyes in shock.

"Alex?"

"Dad?"

#

"Come on, let's go!" Iris yelled urgently.

But the other two stayed frozen from the sock. William was blinking not believing what he just saw. Part of him was terrified for what happened to Bart, while the other was still coming to terms with the fact that he had met the Fl... HOLYSHIT! He had met the Flash. And then he felt guilty for even thinking about that when his new friend was just abducted by an evil speedster and was more likely in grave danger.

Samantha, on the other hand, was too overwhelmed she couldn't even comprehend what had happened. William was the first one to jump out of it.

"Come on, mom." He grabbed his mother's hand and rushed to follow Iris.

"Where are we going?" she asked freaking out.

Iris didn't look behind her, just continued walking fast towards her car. "STAR labs." She said abruptly. "Thawne can't get us in the time vault."

They took the stairs three at a time. The elevator seemed too slow and Iris needed to keep moving. They reached the car in a blur and neither of them knew how much time it took to get there. Iris brought the engine to life as soon as she heard William shut the door. She didn't even fasten her seatbelt.

"So, Barry is the Flash?" William asked shyly just to make sure that he had witnessed the scarlet speedster himself and not just another person with super speed.

"Yes. Guys, I'm sorry this happened today." Iris sighed. "You shouldn't have been involved."

"Well, we are now." Samantha replied coming out of her shock.

Iris' feet guided their own as soon as they reached STAR labs. She could hear the footsteps behind her, so she knew that Samantha and William were following her, and didn't slow down. It was the second time William had been inside the lab but it wasn't as exciting (and frightening) as last time. Not that it seemed less like a maze. The halls looked identical wherever they were going and William would have wondered if they were going in circles if he didn't trust that iris knew where they were headed.

Both were confused when Iris stopped in the middle of the hall. She pressed her hand on the wall and a part of it disappeared. William's eyes widened and he almost gasped. Samantha was more unnerved.

"Get in!" she urged them.

Neither hesitated but entered the weird futuristic looking room. The wall reappeared when Iris entered. That's when they finally stopped and collected their breaths.

"So, that speedster won't be able to get to us here?" Samantha hugged her son worriedly.

Iris shook her head. "No, only the people from the League can.

William was in astonishment once more. He was in the Leagues headquarters. How cool was that?! Yourfriendwasjustabducted, William. Okay, so the situation was not cool. But everything else was.

"So, should I ask if Bart is really a kid you and Barry are fostering?"

Samantha wasn't sure if she had the right to ask. Part of her believed that she deserved an explanation. They had just been attacked by a metahuman supervillain. Iris just thought to hell with it. They had already been exposed to their lives.

"He is mine and Barry's grandson from the future." She explained as she walked further inside the time vault. "Gideon, show me visual from the speedsters."

"Are you saying time travel is real?" Samantha frowned. "That's impossible."

Gideon's virtual head appeared in front of Iris. "Certainly, Iris West-Allen."

"Or not?" Samantha frowned, even more, seeing the AI.

Gideon accessed the live feed from the cameras around the area and the street image appeared in front of them. Iris looked anxious at the virtual screen that showed the two opposing teams. William and Samantha walked to her side.

"I hope they'll be okay." She whispered just loud enough for them to hear.

Barry didn't pale as much as he would have at the sight of Thawne's partners. He would have if he didn't know that this was coming.

"Run!" he yelled at Bart.

Impulse as his nickname suggested wanted to 'impulsively' stay and fight alongside the other Flashes. But in a rush moment of wisdom, he decided to listen to his grandfather and run away as fast as he could. He only looked behind him to see the other speedsters storming on each other.

The Flash managed to get three strong punches on Eobard before the Reverse Flash knocked his foot on his stomach sending him crashing on the traffic lights. Barry felt his back complain from the impact. He didn't let the pain slow him down, though. He got right back on his feet and attacked Thawne again. Eobard took the coward way and sped away turning the fight into a racing contest.

Jesse Quick tried taking on Savitar. She attacked him with fury, only for the other speedster to get out of the way.

"Stay out of it, Jesse." Savitar warned.

Jesse glared at him. "Not a chance." She yelled back. "I'm not sure how you're even here, but it doesn't matter. I'm not letting you get away."

She attacked him again. Savitar blocked her attempts easily. It only frustrated Jesse even more. He waved his arms in circles blowing the girl away, but not hurting her. Jesse got up thew a lightning bolt at him. It hit Savitar right in the chest. He fell back and hard on the ground. Jesse took her advantage and flashed to him throwing a speed punch to his face. Savitar turned in the last second and Jesse's fist crushed hard on the road. Pain spread on her entire arm and before she knew what was happening, Savitar wrapped his arms around her holding her in place. Jesse bit her lip hard willing herself to push through the pain. Then she vibrated out of his grasp and a few feet away from him.

"That was clever, Jesse Quick." Savitar appraised her.

"Smarter than you." She spat at him.

Savitar only smirked.

On the parallel street Kid Flash was fighting Godspeed. Okay, fighting wasn't the exact word for it. Wally was getting the crap beaten out of him. The white and gold speedster had an unusual power he had never seen before. Godspeed had managed to split his self into two separate speedsters. And no, it wasn't a speed mirage. They were two people. And yes, maybe splitting himself into two had also split his speed in half, but it was still a lot for Wally to fight. Kid Flash was getting attacked from two different directions. So you see the problem.

Jay chased after the other speedster. He had never encountered him before either. He must be a new one. And most likely manipulated by Thawne. That was his specialty. The Flash from Earth-3 and the other speedster raced through the streets, circled around the passing cars and phased through buildings until they had circled around to where they started. It was only a matter of time before Jay caught up to him. That was until he felt all of his speed leave his body and fell head first on the road. Jay was more dumbstruck to consider the burns of his wounds. His eyes were immediately glued on the stone on his chest that glowed. Realization hit him. That was the Philosopher's stone. The fact that it was glowing meant that this was had stolen his speed. But how, he couldn't tell. There wasn't much known about the stone that was made out of pure Speedforce. The other speedster towered threateningly over Jay.

"Nowhere to run now." He said with masked voice.

His hand vibrated. Jay was almost too afraid to close his eyes. He knew that this was it. Without his speed, he was dead for sure.

Jesse Quick was surrounded by a dozen Savitar mirages. And she had no way to know which one was the real one. She took a deep breath and started spinning around herself like a ballerina. Faster and faster Jesse created a wind wheel that threw away all of Savitar's images. The real Savitar fell on top of the other speedster only moments before he could end Jay's life. Jay felt his speed coming to him once again, so he got quickly on his feet and raced to Jesse's side. Savitar groaned as he got up. Jesse was a tough opponent. But he wasn't trying to fight her. With one quick movement, he ripped the stone from the speedster's chest and held it in his palm.

"This belongs to me." he said to no one in particular.

The others stared at him in shock. What had he just done? Wasn't he supposed to be on the villain's side?

Wally had a sprained ankle by this time. Godspeed let him fall and raced towards Savitar.

"What are you doing?" he roared. "This wasn't part of the plan."

Savitar smirked back at him. "It was part of mine." He said simply. "Flash and I had a deal."

Jesse, Jay, and Wally looked confused at each other. The look on Godspeed's face was comical –if you could see it.

"What the hell is going on?" Jesse demanded.

He had made a deal? With Barry? That was what everybody thinking right now.

"Time for the truth."

"The truth is that we should be stopping the Flash from destroying my chances at getting justice for my brother's murder." Godspeed yelled angrily.

Savitar stared calmly at him. "No, the truth is that Thawne has been manipulating you. Flash did stop you from killing your brother's murderer..."

"Then-"

"But only because you were after the wrong person. And not for the first time."

August took off his mask and everyone could see the emotion written on his face. "What are you talking about?"

"What I'm talking about." Savitar turned his entire body facing August. "Is that you went a little crazy with this revenge of yours and started killing everyone that pointed even remotely in the direction of being guilty. You were wrong every time. And that's why Flash stopped you." He revealed the ugly truth. "You became too impatient to follow the trail correctly and when Flash tried talking some sense into you, you fought him. So, he stopped you."

"No, that..." August shook his head not wanting to believe what he was hearing. "That can't be true."

"I'm from the future. So I know that it is."

August was opening and closing his mouth and a desperate look took over his features. "I killed those people." He gasped. "I sacrificed them."

"You did."

"Oh, my God!" he breathed, realizing for the first time what he had done. He had killed innocent people. "I should be locked up."

Barry and Eobard raced throughout Central City. They run around cars and on top of them. They exchanged blows as they run on the side of buildings. And the more they fought, the fiercest their attacks became. They were back on the street and up a building again and back on the ground. Barry hit Eobard on his nose sending him down. And Eobard kicked him on the chest making Barry fall. The yellow speedster sped after him for another round, but he got up and rushed away in the traffic. Thawne ran on top of a car and jumped on his back. Flash fell again spinning. When he stopped he saw Eobard coming after him, so he got up and pushed him to the side of a car before the other could reach him. The window broke from the impact. But Barry didn't stop there. He delivered a handful of speed punches on his enemy until the Reverse Flash pushed him away and he crushed on the opposite car. He nearly saw stars when Thawne punched him under his jaw. The Flash vibrated through Eobard but before he could turn around Thawne caught him by the arm and threw him on top of the car. Barry spun in the air and landed firmly on his feet. And then he took off. The Reverse Flash sped after him. They now run in a straight line. Each of them run on the side of opposite buildings and then jumped to fight in mid-air. The earth around them spun it became dizzy. And somehow Barry gained the upper hand. They crushed on the wall and began sliding down fast. Flash held his enemy in place. It looked as if he was using Eobard as a human surfboard. Not long after they reached the ground. Maintaining his grip on him, he threw him on the opposite wall and sped to him again and held him trapped against it.

Barry vibrated his hand. "Why, Thawne?" he growled. "Why do you keep ruining my life?" he demanded gasping for breath.

To his amazement, he saw a tear slipping drown Eobard's face. "Because it's the only time you'll spend with me."

That...wasn't what he expected to hear. "What?" he frowned.

"I idolized you. I loved you. So after I met you –future you- and I let you down, I did everything you told me to become a better hero and person." He confessed and then his face turned into hatred. "And you treated me like EVERYBODY ELSE!" he growled loudly.

"I treat everybody equally."

"EXACTLY! You treated me like you treat everyone in your life when I was supposed to be BETTER than them. I was supposed to be your equal, above everyone. But no, it was too much to ask from you."

"You sound insane."

"No!" Eobard yelled. "You should have loved me more. You should have paid me more attention. And if I couldn't have that as your partner, I'll have that as your worst enemy." He laughed with malice. "And I was right. When you look at me now, when you hear my name. All your focus is on me now."

Barry couldn't breathe. That wasn't logic. That was insanity. No, Eobard couldn't be just a desperate fanboy that acted like an attention-hungry brat.

"You said that you are brilliant where you come from, but your logic is far from it."

Eobard glared at him. "I'm going to take away everyone you ever loved, Flash. And when you are all alone, you'll see that only I deserve a place in your life."

A loud bang interrupted the conversation. Barry watched in horror as Inertia drugged Bart's body and shoved him down. For a dead-silent moment, Barry feared that his grandson was already dead. He hadn't gotten away. His evil clone had caught him. But then Bart's limbs moved slightly. And Barry felt like he could breathe again. But he was paralyzed, holding Eobard trapped.

Inertia got down on his knees and clenched Impulse's suit. "I have waited a very long time to get rid of you." He spat on his face. "And now your dearest grandpa is going to watch you die. How do you think he's going to feel that he failed to save you?" he laughed sardonically.

Thaddeus raised his hand, vibrating it. There was no time. Barry couldn't possibly race over to stop him from killing Bart in time. His green eyes widened. A cry tore from his throat. But Thaddeus never pushed his hand in Bart's chest. Inertia felt his chest tighten. His mouth opened agape and his eyes rolled on the back of his head. Then he fell on top of Bart –dead.

In front of Bart's scared eyes stood Savitar holding Thaddeus' heart in his hand. Barry knocked Eobard out with a strong punch and sped to the two speedsters. He kneeled down to make sure that Bart was alright and then he turned his face upwards to Savitar.

"What did you do?" he asked horrified.

Savitar looked back at him with no emotion. "He was about to kill Bart. I killed him first. You're welcome."

"What happened?" Wally, Jesse, and Jay run to them.

Barry didn't know how to start. But he never got the chance, as a portal opened and five figures stepped out. And the leader looked very similar to Captain Cold.

"We are the Renegades and we're here to take Eobard Thawne to the future to pay for his crimes."

Fffttt! This chapter was so looong guys. Some questions about the mystery speedster will e answered in the next chapter and what happened to Godspeed. We'll also find out more about the Renegades and Savitar's future.

And to give you a hint the next chapter will be called ''Monsters''. Just to tease something.

I hope you enjoyed it and especially the fight between all the speedster. It's something I hope they do on the TV show.

See you next time. And as always I appreciate the responses. Comment me your thoughts!