Time waits for no one. We've arrived at another Friday, which means it's time to give your weekly dose of story time. Thanks to everyone who reviewed, favourite, or followed this the past week. I wouldn't be able to do this without my co-authors Brightburn1985 and Bartholomew Henry Allen.

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Barry was running on the cosmic treadmill, training to get faster than Zoom. Than Jay. He was training nonstop for the last week, making him faster than ever before but not fast enough.

"Allen, I think I found something." Harry's voice echoed in the room.

He walked outside to his team, sweat covering his forehead from the extensive training.

"You, Zoom, and Reverse Flash are all moving your legs at the same speed." Harry pulled up a simulation to prove his point.

"Then why are they faster than me?"

"They're not. With each step they take, their feet spend less time on the ground, propelling themselves harder." Cisco continued.

"By nearly 30 percent," Barry grumbled angrily to himself as he looked over the numbers. "Well I need to make up that difference somehow."

"What are you going to do? You're not taking V9, even if you wanted to, we would stop you." Cisco said, lightly threatening him if he ever considered sullying his body like before.

Harry had informed the rest of the team about Barry's momentary lapse in judgement. They needed to make sure he wouldn't be tempted again.

"What about The Reverse Flash? He managed it without any V9?" Barry asked.

"That was due to tachyon enhancements and there isn't exactly a large supply at the moment," Cisco said.

"Then what would you suggest?" Barry asked.

The Cortex at the moment only housed the three of them. Joe and Iris were at work and nobody had seen Caitlin since the day Jay was revealed to be Zoom. But Killer Frost had been making headlines recently, but nobody dared to approach her. Although Iris had finally officially supplied the name of the ice heroine.

Barry couldn't help but remember the Caitlin he'd met on Earth-2 when seeing her on a TV screen. He often wondered what was happening with his counterparts, which is one of the reasons spurring him to take on Zoom.

"You want my advice Allen? Forget about Earth-2. Forget about Zoom. Focus on your own world. You don't need to worry yourself with matters that don't concern you," Harry voiced his opinion on Barry's desire to return to Earth-2.

"Hey! No! I'm not leaving an entire world at the mercy of Zoom. That's your world. Your people. I'm not going to abandon them." Barry shouted.

Cisco tentatively raised a hand in the air. "I hate to agree with dark and moody over there, but he has a point. We barely got out of there alive last time. Not very keen on going back."

"Thank you Ramon. Zoom is already dying. Just leave it alone. Those people you're so concerned about? They don't exist, at least not to you." Harry silently gazed at Barry, examining him. "Tell us what this is really about."

Barry shrugged. "What are you talking about?"

"Don't pretend. You want to get to Zoom for some reason."

"It's nothing." Barry shrugged once again.

"Don't say it's nothing. You are willing to risk yourself, your own Earth just to get back at Zoom for some reason. I think we're all entitled to know that reason Allen,"

"Because he hurt Caitlin!" Barry blurted out. "I want him to pay for what he's done. He manipulated all of us but especially Caitlin. He toyed with her heart and threw it away like it was nothing! And now I want to go back and make him regret ever meeting us!"

"So this isn't about you. This is about Caitlin," Harry said. That wasn't what he was expecting.

"No! I-I don't know. All I know is that he hurt Caitlin badly and I want him to pay for that." Barry hung his head in defeat.

The moment was ruined by Barry's phone chiming, breaking the silence. Barry pulled it out and checked it. It was a text from Joe.

"It's Joe. He wants to have lunch with Iris, Wally and I back at the house. See you guys later." Barry didn't wait for a response before speeding away.

When he returned to STAR Labs the next day, he didn't expect to see Caitlin to be on the med bay, cleaning her equipment.

"When did she get here?" Barry whispered to Cisco.

"Just this morning, she hasn't talked to anybody since then." Cisco not-so-subtly replied.

"You know I can hear you two, right?" She looked at them with a tired face.

"Oh, so you're talking to us again Ms. Frosty? What are you even doing here?" Barry eyed her suspiciously.

"I still work here. Am I not allowed to enter my place of work? Or am I fired, Fleet Feet?" Caitlin retorted.

"Nobody has seen you for weeks and all of a sudden you show up. What's going on Caitlin?"

Caitlin shrugged. "You tell me. I got a text from Harry saying to come down to STAR Labs right now."

"Hey Snow, glad you could make it. Now, since we're all here, can you please talk Mr. Allen out of his plan since you're his reason why he's doing it?" Harry said, entering the room.

"What do you mean?" Caitlin asked, confused.

"I have no idea what he's talking about," Barry denied, shaking his head no. He didn't want Caitlin to know his reasons. That was his business.

"Just tell her already. It'll save us all a big headache."

"Tell me what? What are you talking about me being the reason you're doing this?" Caitlin asked, utterly confused.

"Ignore him. We've been talking about ways to get me faster and he thinks you're my inspiration or something." Barry played it off as nothing.

"What is your plan to get faster then?" Caitlin asked instead. If Barry won't tell her, she'll just have to get the information from someone else, namely Cisco.

"I think it's time I take a page out of Thawne's book. Tachyon enhancements." Barry revealed.

"I thought we already ruled that out? Where are we gonna get enough tachyons for this to work?" Cisco asked.

"We'll make them. We have the funding now that STAR is an operational company. Shouldn't take more than a few weeks." Barry said. "What's the point of having millions of dollars if we're not going to use it for our own gains?"

Everybody took a moment to think it over. He had a point. This was the entire reason Barry reopened STAR to the public. So they could continue their own research with a solid backing behind their plans. It wasn't the old days when they were working with the barest essentials.

Soon everybody nodded their heads in agreement. At least, Cisco and Caitlin were. Harry was still reluctant to assist in returning to Earth-2, but he would help to improve Barry's speed.

"Last minute thing. I'm going on a conference trip to Coast City tomorrow. I think I mentioned it?" Barry asked.

"Yeah, you did," Caitlin confirmed.

"You guys okay with covering for me for the next few days?"

"We've got it covered. Just leave the city in our capable hands," said Cisco.

Barry sped off to pack his things before he forgot, leaving the rest of them in the Cortex.

The next day, Barry had already left with promises to return within the next couple days but to call him if anything were to go wrong.

Barry had already spent the money that would be more than enough to cover their expenses for the tachyons. With all the advancements in the scientific field these days, it shouldn't take them more than a few weeks with no interruptions.

Of course, things always have to go wrong when things are needed to remain calm.

They had gotten a visit from John and Lyla about a meta captive Argus was containing. King Shark had escaped and he was making a course to Central City.

"He would only ever say one thing. 'Zoom wants The Flash dead.'" Lyla informed them.

"Well unfortunately for him, he's not gonna get The Flash. Barry's on a business trip to Coast City. He won't be back for a couple days." Cisco told them.

"That's both good and bad. While it means Barry is out of danger, we were kinda hoping he would be able to help us. We're not exactly equipped to take down a giant walking shark." John said.

"Not to worry. You have us. Caitlin and I are both metas. We'll be able to take down this walking fish stick for you,"

Diggle and Lyla looked at him in concern. "Are you sure? I mean, Caitlin I can understand, but I thought you've only discovered your powers a few months ago?"

"Hurtful!" Cisco gasped. "I will have you know I've been a big help in taking down our criminals. Barry trusts me. He left me in charge,"

"Well he left me in charge and said you could help," Caitlin corrected him.

"Why do you gotta do me like that?" Cisco asked in betrayal.

"So, will you help?" Lyla asked.

"You can count on us," Caitlin assured them.

While King Shark could travel on foot, he still required water to survive. That meant he would most likely be travelling through the ocean.

Several units were displaced to keep an eye on the pier. Caitlin was waiting. With her powers and a shark's biology, she'd be able to put him down before anyone got hurt.

Cisco was on standby in case he was needed. Mostly to help the normal humans get out of the way with his breaches. His vibe blasts were still not fully functional, but he would make for a good escape plan.

It took all day, but there was movement in the water. At once, their guns were locked in on the giant body.

A geyser shot up and King Shark landed on the pier. He was exactly how he was described. A great white shark with legs and a pair of pants.

Everyone fired, but the aquatic beast didn't seem to notice. It didn't even seem like he knew they were there.

The bullets either bounced off him, or they were lucky enough to break through the scales, but were healed instantly. His regeneration abilities were even faster than Barry's. Caitlin wasn't sure how that would work, but there wasn't time to think about it.

Caitlin took a deep breath and blew out her cold breath onto the giant shark.

The temperature instantly shot down and King Shark began to wobble due to the sudden drop in temperature. His body couldn't handle sudden changes. It just wasn't what they were designed for and the same held true for walking meta sharks apparently.

Using the last vestiges of his strength, King Shark jumped back into the water to return to a more comfortable setting. In the water, he had the advantage. He could move freely and travel anywhere he pleased.

Caitlin had to follow him. With more inspiration that she was reluctant to admit came from her Disney knowledge, she let her powers seep through her feet instead of her hands and tentatively stepped on the water.

Just like she predicted, it turned into solid ice. Thick enough to support her weight. The freezing effect spread through the water to create a larger area for her to walk.

Setting her eyes on the horizon where King Shark would be, Caitlin ran forward, not even daring to look if her powers continued to work and froze the water under her feet.

Behind her, agents walked onto the ice as well to follow her.

The drop in temperatures in the water caused King Shark to slow down considerably. That with the fact that he wouldn't leave Central City without killing The Flash made it so Caitlin could catch up to where he was.

Caitlin rapidly began using her powers on the water. The faster the temperature dropped, the faster King Shark would be put out of commission and safe to transport back to his holding cell in Argus.

King Shark tried to swim away from the spreading ice but eventually, it caught up to him, encasing him in ice.

Killer Frost smirked to herself before turning to the ARGUS agents.

"You're welcome." She said before skating away, leaving Lyla, Diggle and the agents.

Once King Shark was secured and on his way back to Argus, everybody was thanking Caitlin for what she'd done.

"I want to thank you Caitlin. I got to see you freeze an entire ocean and you got Lyla her first win as director of Argus," Diggle thanked her.

"It was no problem. I would have done the same for anyone," Caitlin said.

"Call us when Barry gets back alright? This could have been easier if we stay in contact more often." Diggle suggested.

"Will do," Caitlin agreed.

"And I know Barry would kill me for saying this, but try to understand that he does care for you and wants you to be happy. In his own way,"

"Believe me, I know," Caitlin said, thinking about what was said before Barry left on his trip. Something about her being the reason for his plans. She still didn't understand what they were talking about, but she would let it go for now.

"I care about him as well. It's just so hard to show it sometimes. I know I'm partly at fault for that, but I do care about him and I value his opinion. He's a good person."

"Alright, that's all we can ask. I'll catch you some other time Caitlin." Diggle said.

"Say hi to Felicity for me and I'll make sure Barry calls you guys when he returns,"

It took weeks, but it was finally ready. The tachyon enhancement was ready for testing. Now it was time to see how Barry would react to it.

"You guys ready?" Barry asked through his comms. He was at the border of Central City and waiting for the team to run through their standard checking.

"Bring it. Let's see how much of an improvement we're working here." Cisco commented.

Taking a deep breath, Barry activated the tachyon enhancer and placed it over his symbol. Immediately, he felt a rush of energy through his body. He felt like he could do anything. "Oh yeah. I feel that."

"That is the tachyon enhancer boosting your body like a quick charge battery. How do you feel?" Caitlin asked.

"Different," was the only word Barry could use to describe what he was feeling. There was no way to put into words what this device was doing to him.

"Whenever you're ready. We are good to go," Cisco said.

Taking a runner's stance, Barry readied himself for his newest test to see how much faster he could go. Letting the energy flow in his body, he let the lightning emit from his body and he charged through the field back to Central City.

Already he could feel the difference. Everything was a blur. Just to have some fun, he took the longest path from where he was to return to STAR Labs. He even circled around the area sometimes just because he could and he couldn't even feel a strain on his body. If he just pushed a little more, he could move even faster.

Letting his instincts take over, Barry pushed himself beyond his limits and could just feel the energy around him.

"Guys! I can go faster!" Barry yelled out with a smirk on his face, just waiting for their go-ahead.

Cisco smiled in anticipation. "Do it."

Barry barely heard him over the rush of wind and the slowness of the world around him, but Barry continued increasing his speed. Every step pushed him faster and he only had a vague sense of where he was going anymore. And the next second he was on a completely different street.

He saw a vague figure falling from a skyscraper. He ran up the building and caught the figure before running her back to the ground. While he was catching the figure, he saw that she was a girl with blonde hair and glasses. She kinda reminded him of Patty.

Stopping in his tracks, he saw they were no longer in the city but instead in a dessert. He gently put down the girl before realizing her shirt was on fire.

"Oh my god, you're on fire." Barry reacted and tried to put out the flames before realizing where they were. "I- Nope!"

The woman didn't seem perturbed as she calmly patted out the flames on her sweater. If anything, she just seemed like she had no idea where she was. Which actually made much sense.

"You don't seem bothered by the fact that you were on fire."

"I didn't need you to save me." The girl said, looking around to figure out where they are.

Barry just scoffed at her statement. "You fell out of a building and if I hadn't caught you, you would've gone splat, so…"

"I need to get back to the city," The girl said, taking off into the air, leaving her charred clothes behind.

"I-what the? That's a new one and here I thought I was the impossible." Barry said, catching her clothes from the air before running after the flying girl.

The woman in the sky was starting to descend when she noticed the streak of lightning on the ground following her. She was now fitted in a blue and red outfit with an emblem in the shape of an S on her chest.

"How did you do that?!" The girl asked, shocked at Barry's powers.

"I'm The Flash." He proudly said, puffing out his chest.

"You're who now?" The blonde woman raised an eyebrow in doubt at him, clearly having no idea what he was saying.

"The Flash? Have you never heard of me?"

The girl simply shook her head as Barry grew anxious.

"What about the Green Arrow? Black Canary? Killer Frost? A.T.O.M.? Zoom?"

"Sorry," The girl shrugged her shoulders apologetically.

"Oh, not as sorry as I am." Barry said before taking off his cowl. "Hi, my name is Barry Allen. I'm the fastest man alive and I also think I'm on the wrong Earth, I'm gonna need your help."

"Well Barry Allen, fastest man alive, you're going to need to provide a more solid explanation than that." The woman said. "I'm Kara Danvers. Also known as Supergirl."

"Can we go somewhere more discreet? What I'm about to tell you needs to stay secret." Kara nodded her head before motioning Barry to follow her.

The two of them arrived at a building where Kara explained that it was her day job. They went into a secret room that appeared to be under renovations so it was mostly unused.

"You have your secret base in the same building that you work for? That's a new one." Barry offhandedly commented before sitting on a chair in front of a computer.

"So explain this to me? You come from a different dimension? An entirely different universe with different people? How many Earths are there? I mean we're… Earth?" Kara asked.

Barry was about to answer her when two men burst into the room, asking Kara a lot of questions, not noticing his presence.

"Um...Kara? Why is there a stranger in the Superbase? Also that's me trying to give this little dull room a name." One of the men asked.

"This is your base of operations? Seems a little tacky if you don't mind me saying," Barry took another look around. This couldn't be their entire base of operations. Even Oliver's first base was better than this.

"Hey! I picked this room out, okay?!" The same guy exclaimed.

"Just saying. You're working with a superhero. I just thought a hero would have nicer digs."

"He knows your secret already? You know Kara, even only a handful of people know who Clark really is up until now." The other guy said, scowling at Kara.

"You guys, I don't know how to tell you this." Kara didn't know why she was nervous about saying this. "Well, I do know how to tell you I just…"

"Kara."

"Barry is from another universe," Kara just came out and said it, gesturing to the man behind her.

"Wait, so the multiverse theory is true?" The lanky, white guy said excitedly, already forgetting about Barry's comment earlier.

"Not so much theory anymore. More like fact." Barry confirmed.

"Yeah, I'm having a hard time believing it and I'm from another planet," Kara mentioned.

Barry stopped in his tracks and looked at her with his mouth wide agape. "You're an alien?"

Kara nodded, a barely contained smile overtaking her features as she reveled in the attention. His expression was funny, so sue her.

"So, is aliens a regular thing here?" Barry asked, still shocked.

"Bro, we get alien attacks like once every week. This is a normal day for us."

"Attacks on Tuesdays?" Barry asked, seeming like he knew what they were talking about.

"No, Mondays." The shorter man corrected him

"Criminals have schedules on your Earth too?" Kara asked.

"Yeah, it's weird right? And I know the problem sometimes takes a few days, but really it just feels like an hour." Barry said.

"Does someone give you a pep talk every week?" Kara asked once again.

"If I'm not the one giving it," Barry said.

"That is so cool! It's like we're on a CW superhero drama show."

"So our life is 'The Truman Show'?" Barry joked.

"What is 'The Truman Show'? We only have 'The Wiseguys'." Winn asked, joining in on the conversation.

"It's this movie we have in my universe about a guy who doesn't know is on a TV show." Barry briefly explained.

"Basically the same plot then. I'm Winn. That's James," Winn introduced himself as well as James.

"So you're from a different universe? I find that slightly hard to believe," James said, eyeing Barry suspiciously.

"Okay, I'll just explain it. My friend did this once for me." Barry said, going to the whiteboard with a marker in his hand, drawing several circles. "So imagine that this circle is us. But there are other worlds existing in the same place vibrating at different frequencies so they can't see each other. One where the Nazis won WWII. One where Kennedy was never assassinated."

"One where we're all evil." Winn suggested excitedly.

"Been there, it sucks. So I was able to create a breach and found myself here on your Earth."

"But that would mean that you would need to be able to at least break the sound barrier a couple of times to create a stable breach."

"Well I have a friend back home who literally breaks the time and space barrier by waving his hands, but yeah. That's how I did it." Barry nodded his head in agreement.

"I still don't understand what's going on." James crossed his arms, still scowling at Barry. "How could you travel that fast?"

Barry smirked before disappearing in a gust of wind. Not a second after, they found themselves holding a cone of ice cream with Barry in front of them.

"YES!" Kara exclaimed happily, licking the ice cream.

"There was a particle accelerator accident back on my Earth, which unleashed dark matter and other theoretical elements that affected all of Central City, including me. I was at my crime lab when a bolt of lightning struck me and next thing I know I woke up from my nine months coma with superspeed." Barry tried to briefly explain what happened to him.

Kara was just happily licking her ice cream and taking in Barry's explanation. Her sweet tooth was satisfied and her face showed it as she gave him a big smile.

"That's cool, I guess." James awkwardly replied but neither Kara or Barry paid attention to his reply but Winn did, he was silently laughing to himself.

"So, until I'm fast enough to open breaches on command, I'm stuck here with you guys."

"Well don't worry. Don't worry at all because we are going to help you," Kara grabbed his shoulder, but Barry flinched at her strength, which caused her to let go.

"Sorry." She sheepishly apologized.

"It's okay, didn't really hurt. But first things first, food. I kinda need to consume ten thousand calories a day." Barry said, rubbing the back of his neck while he did.

"Yep, you definitely met the right girl." Winn pointed at Kara before resuming to eat his ice cream.

"You like donuts?" Kara flashed him a smile, teasing him with her eyes with the promise of the sugary sweets.

"Who doesn't like donuts?" He said, already dreaming to eat one.

"I know a place. Want to go?" Kara offered as she finished off her cone.

"Let's go. I'll see you guys later." Barry said, grabbing his jacket before walking out with Kara with large smiles on their faces.

"I like donuts too." James said to no one in particular.

Winn lightly laughed as he turned his face away from James. But James managed to hear him. "What's so funny?"

"Nothing, I just think it's interesting that Kara's hanging out with her cool new world travelling superhero friend. I never knew your facial muscles could make that face."

"What face? There's no face." James denied, turning his head away.

"Jealousy, thy name is Olsen," Winn said dramatically.

Welcome to Earth-38. Home of the extraterrestrial. I know there was a comment about whether I was going to do World's Finest, and obviously I am. To be honest, this was one of the more fun chapters I've written in awhile. I hope you all like it. I've made a little crack in the fourth wall that I thought was funny.

Tell me what you thought, something I should be working on. Ask me any questions and I will try to answer them as soon as possible. Alright, I'll see you all next week.