Hey y'all I'm back with a new one!

Kinda been losing motivation for this recently, not gonna lie. Might have to take a break later but hopefully not. If I decide to, I'll let y'all know. I'm not going to be stupid and start on a new story tho, lol. I'm more looking forward to writing my own story, and with the back and forth watching of the Crisis ep and writing the chapter, it's getting a bit boring. It's almost done, though, so we can get to the plot points I have planned soon :)

BUT back to the topic at hand, the group's reaction to episode 4 of Crisis. Should be fun. Also, thanks for over 5000 views! That's so amazing. Big shoutout to my readers in the UK, I just checked the traffic stats and there's a bunch of you there, hi from over here in the middle of the Pacific Ocean :)

OK enough rambling on with teh story.

"The portal is engaging. Next stop, the dawn of time."

Mar Novu stands before the portal in front of him, relishing his moment of glory. All his dreams and ambitions were moments away from fruition, and he was about to travel to the dawn of time. His life's work was about to be completed. With bated breath, he walks through.

The portal transports him to the Temporal Zone. He looks around in wonder. "I am in the Temporal Zone," he says, bewildered. He smiles in wonder. "Oh, I wish you could see this, Xneen," he says through his com. Back on his home planet of Maltus, his wife Xneen smiles, hearing her husband's joy. "The birthplace of all creation," Novu continues, "and it's beautiful!"

Xneen is distracted from her husband's joy as a red light starts flashing on the screens in front of her and an alarm begins to sound. She walks over to them. "Mar, I'm getting readings here I don't understand," she says worriedly. "Your presence has corrupted the Zone somehow, it's releasing radiation I've never seen before. This might be antimatter, you have to get out of there."

The Temporal Zone begins to turn red and crumble around Novu. He looks around in panic. "Get out of there right now!" his wife shouts in his ear before a flash of light transports him to a new universe, one of antimatter. "Xneen? Xneen, can you hear me?" he yells. "Something went wrong. I do not think this is the dawn of time."

"No, it is," his wife replies. "It just isn't the dawn of time of our universe."

"What?"

"You breached the wall between our universe and it's opposite."

"An anti-universe."

"Wait, you're telling me that this Monitor caused all of this?" Oliver says incredulously.

"Don't look at me, man, I'm clueless from here on out," Christian replies. Sara merely nods her response to Oliver, who sits back in his seat in contemplation.

"So if he caused it, why can't he un-cause it?" Barry asks, turning to Sara.

"Beats me," Sara answers, shrugging. "Maybe he can't."

"I mean, if he could, this wouldn't have happened," Christian deadpans.

"That is true," Sara nods. "But what else wouldn't have happened?" This thought silences the room.

"As for Barry Allen, a.k.a. The Flash, a.k.a. The Paragon of Love, he's just gone. Missing," Ryan Choi says, writing his final thought on the team's status in the Vanishing Point.

"I'm missing?" Barry asks, shooting up. "How?"

"You're fine," Sara says loosely, waving her hand dismissively at him. "Nothing major."

"You sure?"

"If I wasn't, I wouldn't be here," Sara says bluntly, causing Barry to open his mouth to reply, but close it and sit down, unable to.

Barry shoots out of nowhere and slams into a wall, the other Paragons running to him. He starts getting up, panicked. "Where am I?"

"The Vanishing Point," Kara replies.

"You've been gone for months," Kate says.

"What are you talking about? I just left, two seconds ago," Barry says, sitting up in confusion.

"To go where?" Sara asks.

"The Speed Force, th-...I couldn't… it was like...it was like running into a mountain in Montana, I couldn't…" Barry trails off, shaking his head and staring up at the others. "There's no way out of here."

"Wait, the Speed Force!" Barry yells, shooting up to his feet. "Why haven't I tried that?"

"Barry, what are you talking about?" Kara asks.

"The Speed Force!" Barry says excitedly. "M-maybe it doesn't work in the Vanishing Point, but maybe I can use it here to get us back home!" Quietly, Christian pauses the TV as Barry rambles on excitedly. "I mean, if I can get us all into the Speed Force, theoretically, I could use it to run us back home, I mean the Speed Force isn't bound by time or space, I mean-"

"Barry," Oliver says strongly. "What are you saying?"

Barry takes a breath and looks at Oliver. "Maybe I can get us home. Using the Speed Force."

"How?" Sara asks. "None of us are speedsters."

"But if I can hold on to all of you, maybe I can take you into the Speed Force with me."

"You're going to need a big boost for that, aren't you?" Christian asks.

"Yeah, well Kara's fast," Barry answers, turning to her. "Aren't you?"

"I mean, yeah, but-"

"So this could work!" Barry says excitedly, looking to everyone else for affirmation.

"Are you sure?" Sara asks, standing.

"Pretty sure, I mean I ended up on Kara's earth accidentally because of the Speed Force," Barry answers.

"Huh," Oliver grunts, looking up at the ceiling in thought.

"But if Charlie's right, then this earth is another dimension, not another earth," Christian says.

"Maybe it works the same way," Barry says, not giving it much thought. "Come on, guys, this could work! We could all get back, save our friends, save Iris-"

"Barry, I don't think this is a good idea," Oliver says.

"Why not?"

"You don't know what you're running into," Oliver answers, standing and walking over to Barry.

"I know the Speed Force," Barry counters. "And I know my speed."

"But you don't know how this world works," Oliver argues as Barry steps closer to him. "You'd be running in blind."

"It's better than doing nothing," Barry says. The two are standing nearly nose-to-nose at this point, the other three silent in anticipation.

"It's too dangerous," Oliver says.

"I have to try," Barry whispers, balling up his fists.

"And what if you get hurt? Huh? What then?" Oliver yells.

"I don't know!" Barry shouts back, looking down and running his hands through his hair. "But what else can we do?"

"Not this. Not now," Oliver says bluntly.

"Yes, this," Barry says, meeting Oliver's eyes.

"I can't let you," Oliver says, balling up his fists.

"Try me," Barry scoffs. The two stare angrily at each other, inches apart.

"Now kiss," Christian calls from across the room. The tension in the room is momentarily lifted as everyone turns to look at him incredulously. "What?" he asks sarcastically. "They're basically asking for it. Kiss and make up, you two."

Sara walks over to him and slaps him on the head. "Shut up," she says, trying to be intimidating but failing to hold back a smirk of her own. Kara looks down at the floor, chuckling quietly. Within seconds, the tension returns as Oliver and Barry turn back to each other. And not that kind of tension.

"If you do this and you get hurt, then what?" Oliver asks. "And what if you get stuck in there for months or even years? What then?"

"I don't know," Barry shouts. "But I have to try," he says quietly.

"No you don't," Oliver replies.

Barry glares at him with determination. "Yes, I do."

With that, Barry shoves Oliver out of the way with his speed and runs out of the room through the window and onto the grass outside. He starts running in circles to generate speed to get into the Speed Force, but Kara runs into him and holds him down. "Barry, stop!" she yells at him.

Barry refuses to listen, phasing through her and continuing to build up momentum, evading attacks from Sara, Oliver, Kara, and even Christian, who throws himself at the blur of light that Flash had become. It's a wonder that none of Christian's neighbors were woken up, as the heroes try to stop Barry from entering the Speed Force. Their efforts turn out to be fruitless, however, as Barry opens a portal and jumps in, too quick to be followed. Oliver, Kara, Sara, and Christian stand stock still in a mixture of anxiety, shock, and disbelief.

"Barry."

Barry turns around to see the Speed Force's doppelganger of his mom. "We need to get back home," Barry says, walking towards her.

"We can take you home, but you only," she replies.

Barry stops. "Why?" he asks incredulously. "Isn't the Speed Force supposed to protect the timeline?"

"We cannot allow non-speedsters to enter the Speed Force," she replies stoically. "Can you imagine the chaos that would bring?"

"Couldn't you make an exception?" Barry pleads. "There must be something."

"There is always a way, you are correct, Barry Allen," the Speed Force replies. "But that way is not here."

"Why not?"

"We have already explained it to you."

"But why?" Barry presses. "Why can't you make an exception? The timeline is at- the whole world is at stake! My earth is at stake, can't you see that?"

"Of course we see it, Barry," she replies. "And had we the power to fix it, we would in a heartbeat. But this is beyond our control. Your friends must find another way. We may take you back to your earth."

"No," Barry says, gritting his teeth. "I'm not leaving without my friends."

Speed Force Nora nods. "Then you shall remain." With that, she vanishes, and a Time Wraith appears, flying towards Barry and screaming.

"What?" Barry yells in confusion as he turns and runs away. He is quickly outmatched, as the Time Wraith knocks him down. He tries to stand but is held down by the Wraith, who screams in his faith before punching him hard in the chest, sending him tumbling out of the speedforce into his friends below, still standing in shock.

"Barry, what the hell?" Sara demands as they all get back to their feet, Christian and Kara brushing themselves off.

"The Speed Force isn't going to work," Barry says dejectedly.

"Well, thanks for wasting time and being an absolute douche to us for the past few minutes," Christian deadpans.

"How long were you in there, anyway?" Kara asks.

"Only a few minutes, how long was I gone?"

"You weren't," Oliver replies. "You were back as soon as you were gone. We didn't even have the chance to move."

"Huh," Barry nods. "I guess that worked out well."

"Yeah, but it could have gone horribly, horribly wrong," Sara says, slapping Barry's head for effect.

"Oww!"

"Nah, man, you got your back broken, you don't get to say 'ow' to that," Christian interjects. As everyone looks at him, confused, he sighs. "Just don't question it at this point."

Barry shrugs. "So, uh, should we...go back inside?"

"Oh, you don't say?" Sara says sarcastically.

"Maybe try not to be a hero for the next hour or so," Christian jokes.

Barry laughs, and soon the laughter spreads to the rest of the group, even to Oliver. Their noise wakes up one of the neighbors, who flips on a light and opens his window. "Quiet down there! We're trying to sleep!"

"Sorry, chief," Christian apologizes half-heartedly, throwing up a mock salute. The man returns to his room. "Let's get back inside before we wake anyone else up," Christian suggests.