27 Years Later:
"Any change on Barry's condition yet?" said an unknown female voice as she walked into the room.
"Not yet" replied a male voice that to Barry sounded like John Diggle.
"If he does not wake up in the next twenty-four hours, I am taking him to the hospital" replied the female voice.
"You do know if you do that, they will discover that he is the … "started Diggle but was interrupted as Barry asked,
"What year is it?" as he sat up.
Everyone look at him confused and then the woman said "2012, what is the last thing you remember, Barry?"
"The last thing that I remember was going to my father's funeral, then waking up here … wait why am I in the Arrow Cave?" Answered Barry.
"Your father died five years ago on the Gambit. We just call it the Lair, I remember you don't like when we call it the Arrow Cave." Said Diggle
'Someone messed with the timeline, they think that I am the Arrow, if I told them otherwise, they might believe but they have the right to know' thought Barry.
"Do you know who we are?" asked Diggle.
"Yeah, you are John Diggle, and I'm sorry but I do not know who you are" said Barry motioning towards the woman.
"Helena Bertinelli" said the woman.
Barry asked, "What vigilantes are there?"
"Just the Hood and the Huntress" Answered Diggle.
"Okay so who is the Hood?" asked Barry.
"You" said Helena.
"This is going to sound crazy, but someone messed with the timeline". Said Barry.
"And how would someone do that?" asked Helena
"By Time Traveling" Supplied Barry
"Um, time travel is impossible" said Diggle.
"It actually is, theoretically if you are fast enough you can run through time." Said Barry.
"And how do you know that?" asked Diggle.
"That is a very long story" Answered Barry.
"Give us the short version" said Helena.
Barry nodded and then said "It all started twelve years ago … ".
Several hours later after explaining Barry's life as the Flash and how he just woke up here. Barry walked over to the computer and started looking at the changes between his timeline and the new one as Helena walked back into the room.
She walked over to the training area and tossed him one of the wooden sparring sticks and said "Come over here, we are going to see what you can do".
After training for several hours with Helena, they stopped training and she gestured for him to sit down.
"It seems you still have all of skills when it comes to fighting" said Helena with a smirk on her face.
"Um, thanks. So how did you join our little vigilante group "asked Barry.
"We met when you went after my Father who was a mob boss, I so badly wanted revenge but you convinced me that there was a better way so after we put my father in prison, I joined your crusade." Said Helena and Barry nodded
"Good, now suit up, let's see how you handle in the field" Said Helena. Barry walked over and put on the costume and took the bow off the rack and followed Helena outside of the Arrow Cave.
After stopping a couple of crimes throughout the city, Barry and Helena got separated somehow. Just as Barry was going to see where Helena went to, he heard a scream and ran towards the noise. He ended up in an alleyway where there was a mugging in progress. The mugger saw him and pointed his gun towards him and Barry was forced to shoot him, he launched the arrow and it hit the mugger in the head, killing him. This is the first person that Barry had to kill directly. He retreated to the Arrow Cave.
."I never killed anyone before" said Barry, it was only him and Helena in the lair.
"I know, and I know you might not like that but sometimes it is necessary" Said Helena.
"I just do not think that I can do that again, I never killed anyone directly before, Atom smasher was an accident" said Barry.
"I know this is hard for you, but when you were ... The Flash right?" and Barry nodded, she continued "you had powers to help you deal with the criminals, but here you do not have such luxuries, you cannot afford to get injured all of the time, like I said such luxuries such as your healing factor are not here for you and if you hesitate you might get injured or worse. You might not remember them right now but there are people who care about you here including your sister, Thea. So you need to stop thinking like the Flash and start thinking like the Hood because if not a lot of people could possibly die." Said Helena.
"I will try "answered Barry.
"Good, now let's go stop the Undertaking" replied Helena.
