Flashpoint Mayhem

by TrueHorror88

Another victory for the team, yet someone was unable to celebrate that and chose to make a world-shaking decision. Barry saved his mother from death, changing his past and his present, but it also affected others without him knowing. Seth and his family are just as affected, maybe more. The team faces newer threats, but they're not new to the Lethal Protector. They're threats.

1. Chapter 1

Hiya ladies and gentlemen, it's your dear old boy, Tony here again.

As promised, here's a Season Three of Enter The Demon, the continuation to Chaos on Earth-2, with a new title for this entire season:

Flashpoint Mayhem.

I've been having ideas for a season 3 for a while now since midway through Chaos on Earth-2, so I've been anxious to write this one. Hopefully, I'm not the only one's been waiting.

Now like the last two stories, Enter the Demon and Chaos on Earth-2, this story will follow the storyline of Flash Season 3. But there will be more changes to this one and also changes to the main characters' personalities and feelings and such. Some of those changes will be completely different than those of the original plot.

Not to spoil too much, but there's a reason why I've chosen this specific title.

And to any new readers, don't read this story unless you have read Enter the Demon first and it's continuation, Chaos on Earth-2. This is a sequel to those two, and without reading those two first, it might be confusing otherwise.

Sorry for the long wait, guys, hope you can bear with me.

And very big thanks to those readers who've read the first two stories and are continuing to read this new one. Means a lot and I'm very thankful for the messages I've received.

They mean the world to me.

As mentioned already, there will be some more characters and also changes to various people's personalities. And this will be darker than the actual Flash Season 3 story.

So be ready for that.

Also, this first chapter will focus a bit on Barry, but don't worry. Our favorite elemental is still with us… for now ?

So, without further ado… ENJOY SEASON 3!

Chapter 1: Flashpoint

Delightful…

The delightful mixture of two smells filled the air… Coffee beans and steaming hot milk filled the air… Everyone in the popular coffee shop, Jitters, loved the mixture of these two smells. They truly went hand in hand, and made everyone smile happily. Staff members and customers alike smiled and laughed as they enjoyed their business.

The staff members, despite being on the clock, laughed happily as they served the customers. The baristas walked around the coffee shop counter to serve the various customers their beverages. While handing out beverages, the baristas also serve food items.

One of the baristas, Stacy, gave her customer a lingering look and a flirty smile while handing him his order of two chocolate-glazed muffins and piping hot black coffee. Stacy blushed when she received a smile of gratitude from the young man with forest-green eyes.

Coughing to herself, mainly to snap herself out of whatever trance she might just found herself in, Stacy turned around and walked back to the counter. As she walked towards the counter again, she stopped when hearing someone muttering under their voice.

"Today's the day… Today's the day…"

Stacy slowly turned around and faced a tall young man with brown hair, not much older than herself. He was sitting in a recliner and he hadn't even touched the black coffee that her colleague Jess made him. She saw him mutter something to himself while checking his watch for some reason. "Um… Sorry, pal." She got his attention. "Is something wrong with your coffee?" She referred to his untouched mug.

Shaking his head, The Flash… or rather, Barry Allen assured her. "No, nothing. Just… Um." He coughed sheepishly. "I'm just waiting for someone, is all."

The man with the forest-green eyes, straightened his flannel shirt as he sipped on his coffee. While doing so, he listened to the secret speedster talk to the attractive barista, but made sure to keep his eyes on the two chocolatey muffins in front of him.

The barista looked skeptical, but she finalized. "Alright, if you say so. If there's anything wrong with the coffee, we can make you a new one." She politely offered.

"No, no, no. It's perfect." Barry promised the barista. To empathize his point, he took a slurp from his beverage. He had to hold back a cough because it burned his tongue. "Really, really good."

"Okay…" She skeptically said, while also considering calling CCPD in case. This guy seemed like a weirdo. Stacy returned to the counter to serve another customer.

Turning his green eyes to the door, the man in the red flannel shirt, while biting into one of his muffins, saw a familiar face walking into Jitters. That same face is familiar to Barry too, making him perk up and almost get up from his chair to meet her.

Both of them saw the familiar form of Iris West walking towards the counter. She is clad in a white shirt under a light brown jacket. Her left hand's clad around her phone and a computer bag hanging off her right shoulder.

"Okay, just do it." Barry stood up from his chair. Rubbing his hands nervously, and also to prepare himself, he told himself. "Gonna do it. You've talked to her a million times." He walked closer to her from behind. "Say something clever." He spoke under his breath.

The man in the red flannel straightened his cap, discreetly turning an eye to see the secret speedster move to engage Iris. He clenched his hands, the palms of both turning into a type of metal that's not native to this universe.

WHOOSH

A mixture of two flashing lights shone outside of the coffee shop, everyone facing the direction of the lights. Everyone recognized them as two opposing lightning.

The TV on the wall turned on, showing Channel 52. "Channel 52 Breaking News." An automated voice spoke.

Half a second later, the screen turned to a female reporter. The headline reading. "The Rival vs Kid Flash."

The man in the flannel heard a voice sighing in his head before saying. "Great more awful names."

Smirkingly, he said back in a thought. "That's the default setting around here, brother." He told his "other."

Like everyone else, they turned to the news footage. "The latest from Central City, where the mysterious metahuman criminal, known as The Rival is once again terrorizing the populous with his incredible speed." Iris turned around, quickly typing away on her phone.

Barry sighed and moved slowly away from her. But a smile formed on his face, happy as he knew that he'd be able to talk to her again and finally… be with her.

He sped out of the coffee shop, everyone, staff and customers turning shocked by the sudden gust of wind hitting their faces.

Exhaling heavily, and taking off his black cap, the young man with green eyes leant against the back of his chair. Running a hand through his dirty blonde hair, he let out. "That idiot hasn't changed a single bit in three months." Seth Fury admitted while biting into the rest of his muffin.

But as he ate his chocolate-glazed pastry, he couldn't help but bite into it with reddening teeth from the fire he put into his jaw. These three months were hell for him…

He had to watch Barry from afar… and to do it without being noticed, Seth had to adapt to this… this new timeline and change everything about himself. To keep Barry from recognizing him, the elemental stayed out of his way but hid in plain sight with a disguise.

Changing his hair, he dyed his hair dirty blonde from its usual and natural brown hair. He stopped wearing his trenchcoat that he got from Iris-2 from Earth-2 and put on a dirt flannel shirt that kept open and over his yellow shirt. He also donned ripped blue pants and kept wearing a black cap over his head, using it to cover his eyes when facing Barry from afar. Thankfully, even if the speedster met him, he wouldn't recognize him as he also put on contact lenses to keep his blue eyes hidden, displaying forest-green eyes for three months now.

He really, really hated hiding who he is. And he wasn't a particular fan of wearing disguises…

Hearing his host's thoughts, the Klyntar suggested. "Now that he's been stalking someone, he cares about… How about you stalk the one you care about?" Venom teased.

"She doesn't recognize me, Venom." Seth reminded him while standing up after finishing both his coffee and his pastries. "But… Let's go and check out what she's doing. See if she's okay."

"You mean, stalking her?" Venom chortled darkly.

Seth didn't have to say anything… cause the host knew that right now this was the only way he could be close to someone who's family now… In this place

X

As that happened, Barry came to a stop in a street alleyway. He looked around and saw the two speedsters running on the walls and buildings around them. On the other end of the alleyway, three police cars barricaded the way and officers came out of them all. They swung their firearms left and right, trying to aim them at the evil metahuman.

WHOOSH

The two speedsters came to a stop, standing in front of each other. Kid Flash, while vibrating his face to keep his identity secret, is donning a yellow suit with red gloves and red lines around the shoulder parts. The bottom of his suit is also completely red. He also has a red lightning bolt emblem on the center of his chest.

His identity is hidden by vibrating his face, but it was clear that he's wearing a cowl. But it's leaving his eyes, his mouth and his hair exposed.

The opposing speedster is made of a leather-like material, making use of both orange and obsidian-like black. The lightning bolt symbol on The Rival's chest is very prominent. Unlike most speedsters', his mask resembles a horned demon-like figure's head and also exposes his mouth.

The two speedsters glared at each other, neither one seeming to notice that Barry was standing behind them.

"Need our help, Flash?" An officer asked the speedster.

"Nah." The Flash confidently assured the officer with a vibrating voice. "When I'm done with this fool, he might." The opposing speedster cracked his neck. "What have you got against my city?"

"The city's just fine." The Rival assured him. "It's the people in it who need to be educated that I have no rival!" He released a booming voice, echoing in the alleyway. Barry feared that the entire city could hear him. "Especially not you."

The Rival smirked, chuckling even before speeding around in a circle. He gathered up kinetic energy, his red lightning crackling violently as he increased his momentum. Shots of red lightning, akin to bullets, fired from around the vortex he's making and shot various places around him.

One blast of red lightning came towards The Flash and he dodged it, bending out of the way. Various red lightning bolts flew towards the barricade of cars and they connected with the fronts of the police vehicles and the doors. The officers hid behind the cars and their open doors. More lightning bolts connected with the cars and surrounding buildings.

Barry noticed a red lightning bolt coming his way, his eyes expanding to new limits.

The Flash sped towards him, plucking Barry out of the lightning bolt's path, making it connect with a parked car. The hood flew off the vehicle as the yellow speedster placed Barry on the ground. "You okay, man?"

"Yeah, thanks." Barry smiled.

The speedster turned towards the police cars, seeing the red lightning running up a building. In frustration The Flash stated. "Guy is really becoming a pain in my ass."

"Don't worry about it." Barry started as The Flash ran after the evil speedster. "You'll get him next him, Flash." He smiled at the speedster who wears the mantle he once wore.

X

Mark didn't know how to feel right now, the only thing he could feel was worry and concern for his daughter. He tapped the floor rapidly as he waited in the clinic for the doctor to come back with his daughter, Joslyn. He tried to distract himself by looking around, taking in the various white chairs that're around him in the waiting area of the clinic. He saw dozens of parents with their children of various ages…

Though he did, for some reason, see more parents than children.

Normally people would hate a visit to the doctor, or a clinic…

But everyone here loved the same thing, they'd get to see that beautiful pediatric ophthalmologist.

"Mr. Mardon?"

Mark Mardon looked up and saw his daughter Joslyn, while rubbing her eyes, being escorted to him by a very beautiful woman. Under her white lab coat, she's wearing a light blue blouse and a black pencil skirt. Her long chestnut brown hair shining beautifully as light from the lamps touched her hair. She faced the male parent with her brown eyes pointing directly at him.

Mark cough sheepishly to himself. "Um. Hiya, Doc." He reached out for his teenage daughter, pulling her close. "How're you doing, Joslyn?"

"Feels like my eyes were gouged out." The teenage girl complained while rubbing her eyes.

Doctor Caitlin Snow laughed and ruffled her hair. "Sorry, but it had to happen." Turning professional, she faced the single parent. "Joslyn's eyes are fine. But she might wanna stay away from the computer screens." She reached into her pocket and pulled out a prescription. "She does need to take eye drops though. Both eyes, two drops, every night before sleep. Here's the prescription for it."

"Thanks, Doc." Mark accepted the piece of paper. "Any chance I could…" He shrugged unsurely. "Maybe thank you with a cup of coffee?"

"Oh." Caitlin let out. "That's really sweet… But…" She sheepishly pulled her hair behind her ear with her right hand.

Mark's face fell when he noticed the shining engagement ring on her right finger. He paled in embarrassment. "Oh, that's okay. But thanks anyway. Come on, Jos. We're getting home." He tried to make a clean getaway as quick as possible.

Caitlin barely got the chance to talk further, the Mardons were already out the door. She chuckled and turned around to walk towards the door, leading deeper into the clinic. She stopped when and turned to another patient. "Mr. Rory, Dr. Harmon's gonna come and get you and Lita in a few minutes. She's just finishing up training our intern."

"Alright, Doc." Mick Rory nodded with a gruff voice.

Smiling back, Caitlin walked through the doors to the side and walked deeper into the clinic. Walking through the hallway, she saw her colleague talking with their intern. "Hey Eliza. Hey Allegra."

"Hey Caitlin." Eliza Harmon greeted her colleague.

"Hi Dr. Snow." Allegra Garcia said back with a smile.

Chuckling at that greeting, Caitlin reminded their intern. "Allegra, we've been over this, you can call me Caitlin, like Eliza does." She gestured to her colleague.

"And be like Griffin? No way." Allegra adamantly replied.

Eliza chortled. "Okay, Garcia, how about you just go and sort those files I asked?" Allegra smiled and walked over to the room with the files. She turned and faced her colleague. "So did Mark try and ask you out like the others?"

Ever since the two of them started working at this clinic, both of them have been repeatedly approached by parents of children, all of them trying to ask them out.

"That's the third one this week." Caitlin laughed. "Pretty hard."

"Dr. Snow?" The ophthalmologists turned around, seeing their other intern Griffin Grey standing by the doorframe. "That guy… He's out there again." He pointed to the entrance of the building.

"Oh yeah…" Eliza let out. "That cute stalker you got now, Caitlin."

"Stop it." Caitlin said in mock stern. Even though she had a stalker… she couldn't but smile warmly, a similar warmth embracing her heart.

X

On the other side of the street, Seth watched the eye clinic from afar but remained as discreet as he possibly could. He continued to wear his disguise to make sure she didn't recognize him…

But chances are in this world, she wouldn't even have an idea of who he is. She'd probably be concerned about having this random man watching her from afar. By all definitions he is a stalker… The thought of him actually scaring her made him clench his hands in a mixture of anger and frustration.

"Stop being so worried, dumbass." Venom told his host while sending out emotions to try and soothe his current state of mind.

Seth's worries and frustration canceled out the waves from his "other" and he sighed. "The one person in this world I care about… She doesn't remember me."

"…. You can't blame yourself for that." Venom told his host when feeling guilt simmer inside of his core. "This isn't on you… This is that moronic immature child's fault!"

This time Seth had to send out some emotions of his own to help calm down his partner from Klyntar. Because of that moron's immaturity…

It felt like they lost their family… Their treasured family.

"Found something better to look at?"

Snapping his head around, so fast it would have broken a normal person's neck, Seth paled when he saw the smirking face of Caitlin Snow close to him again for the first time in three months. All the confident composure of an experienced agent on a mission he possessed faded into nothingness at the first sight of her.

"W- Wh- What?"

And without it now, he was a stuttering mess.

"Wow." Caitlin acted in surprise as she took a seat in front of him. "For a while now, you've been confident and pretty cool, when you've been watching me. But now that you're found, you're not that much cool and confident up close." She faked a sad pout.

"Sorry… and- Wait?" He stopped himself in realization. "You knew I was watching you?"

"Wow, no denial." Caitlin chuckled amusedly much to his surprise. "But yeah, I knew that." Seth scratched the back of his head embarrassedly. "You've been watching for a while, but never once came up to talk to me. Why's that?"

"… I don't know…" He couldn't tell her the real reason. "But I'm sorry if I creeped you out or something."

"If that was the case, I would have called the cops on you, not sit in front of you and have a conversation." Caitlin chuckled.

"So…" Seth smiled. "I didn't creep you out."

"Nope." Caitlin assured him. "But before I might consider leaving," She saw the man turn in fear as though his insides twisted and turned in pain. "how about you give your name before reaching a verdict?"

Seth had thought long and hard about what name to give her if he was given the opportunity to meet her again. Thankfully, he reached one. Though it was a weird choice of his. "Logan. Logan Howlett."

"Still think you should have gone with Dean Winchester." Venom voiced his opinion again.

"Logan?" Caitlin narrowed her eyes.

"Something wrong with my name?" He asked with a raised eyebrow.

Shrugging her shoulders unsurely, Caitlin confessed. "No, it's just…" She shook her head and examined him with her eyes running up and down his body. "It's just your name… even your style and your hair… Something about it doesn't seem right."

Seth couldn't help but smile warmly at that… Something about him being near her again, awoke some sort of familiarity in her when they were together as a family. With all of his heart, he wanted to talk to her and confess the truth, but he couldn't. "Sorry about that."

"No, I'm sorry." Caitlin shook her heads, realizing what she said. "It sounded harsh. I'm so sorry for saying that."

"It's alright… Trust me, sometimes I don't even like my own name." He admitted truthfully.

"I'm Caitlin Snow, nice to finally meet you." She reached out and shook hands with him.

"Likewise, Dr. Snow." Seth smiled. But it fell and his face was covered with despair when he saw the engagement ring on her ring finger. "Oh."

"Something wrong?" Caitlin asked in concern by his sudden change in demeanor.

"Aw, nothing. Just…" Seth coughed to himself, further confusing the pediatric ophthalmologist. "I guess congratulations are in order?"

Caitlin narrowed her eyes in confusion and Seth saw it. He nodded to the engagement ring she wears, and she faced it. "Oh this?"

"Yeah. Who's the lucky guy?" Seth expected that Ronnie Raymond would be the one to propose to her. He imagined that in a world like this, without the particle accelerator explosion, there'd be no metahumans and no Singularity so there wouldn't be any reason for him to sacrifice himself.

"My mother." This time Caitlin confused the mutant. "It's my mother's. I wear it so my patients' parents don't hit on me all the time. You wouldn't believe how many of them ask me out."

This piece of information alone made Seth smile widely and he was showered with a humongous amount of relief. "Must be hard being popular, huh?"

"You have no idea." She played along and laughed. "… But popular enough to have a stalker like you, Logan… Might be worth it." Caitlin admitted with a blush.

"…." Seth hadn't felt this nervous in a long time, not since the first time he met Caitlin Snow. "Would you… Would you like to go out, Caitlin?" He didn't realize what he did until the words themselves left his mouth. "With me, that is."

Caitlin mulled it over. She struggled to keep up appearances and finally cracked, bursting into laughter. "Yeah… I'd like that, actually."

"You mean it?" He had to ask.

"I do… But no more stalking me. Next time, just come and talk to me, promise?" She gave her terms.

"Promise." Seth laughed.

Getting up from her chair, she said. "My shift ends in two hours, so be back by then, then we can go out." She smiled flirtatiously at him.

"I'll be here." He nodded.

"I'm gonna hold you to that, Logan." Caitlin said and walked across the street and over to the clinic.

"… I missed her." The elemental stated with a warm look on his face.

This world is wrong in every sense of the word, but he'd be okay with that.

X

(CC Jitters)

After witnessing the fight between the Flash of this world and the Rival, Barry returned to his original mission to finally ask Iris out. He returned to Jitters and found her writing articles on her laptop. He ran his hands through his hair and straightened his shirt before exhaling deeply.

Today's the day he finally asks Iris out.

As he moved towards her, Barry saw her wallet on a chair beside her as she continued to write. Using his superspeed, making sure not to spark any lightning, he plucked the wallet away and now… He had a good reason to approach her.

"Excuse me." Iris turned to him, giving a strange look as he is a complete stranger. Holding the wallet, he asked. "Hi. Sorry, is this yours? I think maybe you dropped-" He pointed to the ground. "It was just right- I don't know what happened, but-"

"Oh my gosh." Iris smiled after gasping. "Yeah, I didn't even realize I dropped it." Barry handed her wallet. "Thank you so much."

"Yeah? Yeah, it's okay." Barry told her. He gave a wide smile and slowly walked around the table.

Iris examined him closely. A lightbulb of realization appeared over her head. "Wait, I've seen you before, haven't I?" She asked to make sure she's not wrong.

"Uh…" He stood in front of her on the other side of the table. "We actually went to elementary school together." Barry saw that she's still drawing a blank look. "You don't remember me? PS 23?"

"Oh my gosh! Right." Realization dawned on Iris.

"Yeah!" Barry enthusiastically let out.

"Yes, I remember! Gary, right?" Iris said.

Barry's smile for a second as he corrected her. "Uh, Barry."

"Barry. Right." Iris remembered, shaking her head apologetically.

"Barry Allen." Barry continued.

"Sorry." She apologized.

"It's fine." Barry assured her.

Iris remembered him and also their class. "Yeah, yeah. No, we had mister…" She struggled to recall the name of the teacher.

"Mr. Hinkley!" Barry remembered their old teacher. "Yeah, for Math." Iris laughed. "Yeah, he used to always hit the chalkboard with his-"

"With his fists!" Iris remembered with a chortle. "And all the dust would come flying off. He looked just like Pigpen from Peanuts!"

"Pigpen from Peanuts!" Barry said the same time as Iris. "Yeah, that's…" He trailed off as the two of them laughed together.

"Yes. How are you?" Iris asked the secret speedster.

"I'm… really good." Barry answered. He had to act like this is the first time they meet. Even though he already knew her pretty well, a lifetime ago. "Yeah, I'm, uh, CSI. I work over at, uh, CCPD."

That answer made Iris stop in her tracks. "Yeah, my dad works there, too. He's a detective."

"Yeah, I see him sometimes. I don't really know him, but I, you know, see him in passing." Barry quickly added.

"Cool. Yeah." Iris smiled. "Uh, well, thanks again. I guess you're my hero again."

Barry smiled. "Glad I could be there for you." He walked past her, seemingly intent on exiting the coffee shop. He snapped back to her while she packed her stuff. "You know what? Uh, would you wanna get a coffee?" Iris faced her. "I mean, I know you're having a coffee right now. I meant, like, you know, at a different time. With me. Or it doesn't even have to be a coffee. It could be any kind of beverage, like a wine or a beer, or- Not that I wanna get you drunk." He realized what those beverages are. "We could get iced tea. Do you like iced tea? Would you wanna get an iced tea with me?"

Even Barry couldn't believe how much he fumbled his words as he tried to ask Iris out.

Iris laughed when he finished talking, or crashing through his attempt to talk to her. "Yes. Yes." Barry turned shocked by her answer. "Yes, I would like to get an iced tea with you."

"Okay." Barry smiled happily.

"Barry Allen, you're very cute, you know that?" Iris started; Barry chuckled in response. "Yeah, but you should try talking just a little bit slower." She empathized her point with two fingers pressing against each other.

"Speed… has always been my problem." Barry quipped.

X

Seth still had an hour till he had to meet up with Caitlin and he used the previous hour for something practical. Running on the rooftop, clad in symbiotic mass that clings to Seth's body, with smaller versions of his skeletal extensions, like a skull-like mask over his face and spinal extensions spiraled around his arms.

Normally the sight of someone with a demon-like appearance would have scared the living soul out of anyone who saw him like this, but Seth made sure to keep his invisibility enabled to make sure no one saw him. He ran towards a place close to the docks where there are various storage areas.

He came to a stop and crouched down, still invisible and locked at eyes with an abandoned warehouse. To the outside this was nothing more than an abandoned building. But both him and the speedster who'd show up soon enough, knew better than that.

WHOOSH

As if on cue Barry Allen sped to the abandoned warehouse, holding a bag of food from Big Belly Burger.

"Useless, pathetic bastard." Venom growled in rage inside of his host's mind.

"… What I wouldn't give to just attack that bastard once and for all, end him…" Seth thought to himself, following the same path of thoughts as his partner, while gritting his teeth and his symbiotic skin quivering in rage. Shaking his head, trying to shake off the murderous thoughts erupting in his head, he returned to the mission. "Reconnaissance now."

He returned his attention to the warehouse that Barry's slowly walking towards. For the last three months, Barry's been visiting this place periodically after purchasing junk food. Seth knew why he brought food…

… To feed an old friend… One that had he put in this place after stopping him from killing his mother…

Checking his watch, Seth still had about fifty minutes before he had to meet Caitlin. In the meantime, he'd check on Barry's old friend without either of them knowing he's watching.

Crawling above the speedster, who opened the slide door, allowing Seth to crawl in without Barry noticing him. While crawling on the ceiling, he looked in the same direction as Barry, facing a bearded version of Eobard Thawne in his Reverse-Flash suit. Much like Zoom used on Barry and Jay Garrick of Earth-2, the Scarlet Speedster had the evil speedster locked in a speed-proof cell.

Underneath him, Seth saw Barry swing the bag of fast food while announcing. "Dinner."

"There better be curly fries in there." Eobard stated.

Barry smirked. "You know, human beings can go almost three weeks without food, so I'd sound a little bit more grateful if I were you."

"That doesn't apply to speedsters, I'm guessing." Seth thought to himself. He knew that speedsters of this world are like black pits of hunger, always needing to consume food to function properly.

Eobard stood up, standing in front of the door to his cell. "You wouldn't do that to me, Barry. After all, you're the hero. Or did you forget that? Too busy leading your reverse It's a Wonderful Life?" He chuckled at his own pun, pointing a finger at Barry. "Reverse, huh? That's irony for you."

Barry hollowly chuckled. Eobard continued. "So… What should we call this, uh, brave new world that you've whipped up for us? I was thinking "Flashpoint."" He dramatically announced, holding up his hands.

Holding up the bag of food again, Barry asked. "So, you don't want this?"

The Reverse-Flash scoffed. "You may have figured out a way to dampen my speed with this glass cage, but I will get out of here and I will destroy your life, Flash. One way or the other."

From the ceiling, Seth could see that Barry confidently shook his head. He's probably feeling invincible after finally capturing the metahuman who ruined his life in one timeline.

Barry turned to face Eobard. "No. You won't." He took hold of an old wheel with rope, using it as a seat. "You're never getting out of here. And you're never gonna hurt anybody ever again." He took a seat, looking at the evil speedster with a smug look. "I have everything back that you took from me. I have everything Zoom took… I'm finally free. I'm home."

Seth knew better than that.

As does Reverse-Flash. "This isn't your home, Barry. This is a mirage, a fiction that will end us both… Unless you let me the hell out of this thing!" He angrily punched a wall.

"Wow." Barry faked surprise. "You're not listening, Thawne. Why would I wanna get out of here?" He gestured to his surroundings, to the world he made. "I'm whole here."

Seth clenched his hands at the speedster's words… Barry Allen had completely and utterly forgotten about him and his family… His family and himself… were nothing more than fading thoughts... A distant memory that didn't have any merit…

To him…

"There's even a "Flash" so I don't have to be." Barry chuckle.

"Yeah, and who is this dashing young speedster, huh? Do you know? You even care?" Eobard inquired. As the Scarlet Speedster didn't answer, he walked closer to the door in his cell and stated. "While you sit around and hide like a lost, lonely little boy, letting someone else risk their life to protect this city, our common enemy is coming for us both."

"What common enemy is that?" Barry asked.

Seth listened closely.

"Time." Eobard revealed. "It's already screwing you and everyone you love, and pretty soon, it's gonna take me right down along with you."

"Wow." Barry struggled, trying not to laugh out loud. "Wow." He got up from his seat. "You know, you've got some nerve. I'll give you that." He put the wheel back to its original place. "Warning me about messing with other people's lives. You know the whole reason I did this is because of what you did to my life. To my family. To my mother."

"Yeah, and one day soon, Barry… You'll be begging me to kill her again." Eobard foresaw.

The elemental hiding in secret wondered if that was possible. Barry is living his perfect life right now, and he doubted if he'd actually just let go of it so easily.

In Barry's mind, he didn't lose anything… He gained everything he ever wanted by creating Flashpoint.

X

As her shift reached an end, Caitlin bid her final patients farewell before getting her coat in the locker room, where she took off her lab coat and took out her red coat. "What's with that smile?" She heard Eliza Harmon ask her from behind.

Turning around to face her colleague, who bears a teasing smile, Caitlin answered. "I got a date."

"Really?" Eliza turned surprised. "With whom?" Thinking back to men who've gotten close to her before, she realized with even more surprise coating her face. "Oh my gosh, your stalker asked you out, didn't he?"

"He did!" Caitlin squealed like a schoolgirl at a sleepover with her friends. "And yeah, I said yes."

"Oh…" Eliza smiled teasingly. "You at least get a name from your secret admirer?"

"Logan. Logan Howlett." Even as Caitlin answered and stated his name, she really didn't feel like that name suited him. She felt like something else suited. Like there was a better name for him out there.

Eliza stroked her chin in thought. "Logan Howlett… Don't think I've ever heard anyone with that name. Must be new to the city then." Caitlin could see that Eliza still prided herself as a city explorer and knowing a lot of people in her hometown of Central City. "But I'm still surprised you'd go out with a guy who stalked you from afar."

"Something about him… I don't know, but something about him calms me down and…" She giggled at her own words. "God, it must be weird that I'm saying this about a guy I just met today."

"Hells yeah." Eliza nodded following her immediate response. She formed a smile as she stated. "But he's probably the first guy who ever made you smile this much, Caitlin. So, if you're sure about him, then go for it."

"Thanks." Caitlin was thankful that she had her friend's blessing to date Logan. "Maybe I can get some more information about him now…" She mentally giggled to herself. "Wish me luck." She put on her coat.

Eliza crossed her index and middle fingers on her right hand, wishing her luck as her colleague walked past her. Caitlin entered the waiting room and she saw "Logan" sitting in one of the chairs. "Hey you."

"H-Hey." He nervously stammered, it's like their first date all over again. She remained in her same clothes as before, but now had a red coat over it and that was enough for his jaw to drop to the floor. He tried to pick his mouth up from the floor after what felt like eternity, and told her. "You look great."

"Thanks… so do you." Caitlin nodded to his current attire, which, like hers, remained the same as before when she met him. But she did see him have a hand behind his back. "What are you hiding behind your back?" She gestured to the hand behind him.

Seth smiled and revealed his hand, showing a white rose in his hand. That single flower made Caitlin blush up a storm and she smiled widely. "I didn't know if it's your favorite or not… But thought it was the least I could do after all my…" He struggled to find the right word.

Caitlin narrowed her eyes. "Stalking?" Seth paled in fear which made the ophthalmologist laugh. She took the flower and smelled it. "Thank you for the rose. And yes, it's my favorite."

"Phew." He dramatically exhaled. "Thanks, Cait. You just saved my life right there."

"Cait?" Caitlin asked with a tilted head. "No one's ever called me that before."

"Really?" Seth thought that was surprising. Then again, in the original timeline before Flashpoint, he was the only one to ever call her that. "Sorry, I just-"

Caitlin placed a finger over his mouth, interrupting him. "It's fine… It sounds good." She placed the flower over her left ear. That alone made the mutant gape his mouth. She faced him. "How do I look?"

"Beautiful." The word just left Seth's mouth without him even thinking about it. Caitlin reddened, giving a ripe tomato a run for its money. Smilingly he held out his arm for her. "Shall we?"

She wrapped her arm around his. "Let's go."

X

The two of them… they spent a wonderful time together walking down the streets of the city. The two laughed and enjoyed small-talk. They passed by stores and food booths and also street musicians with different instruments.

"So…" Seth purposely trailed off as the two continued walking, both holding ice creams.

"So…?" Caitlin mimicked his sentence after she licked her ice cream.

Seth curiously asked. "You're a pediatric ophthalmologist? What made you wanna take that path?"

Twirling her head around, unsure of how to answer that question, she responded. "Think it's because of my parents."

"What do you mean?" "Logan" asked, though he already had a feeling he knew the answer.

"Both of my parents are doctors, scientists… It's all I ever wanted to be." She chuckled. "Growing up, I used to practice the Hippocratic Oath. I was obsessed with it. It's practically built into my DNA."

"They're eye doctors too?" Caitlin shook her head. "What made you deter from that path? Be something different?"

Caitlin shrugs her shoulders. "I don't know… I guess I just always liked kids and always wanted to help them."

The Caitlin Snow of Flashpoint wasn't that much different from the timeline before. She's still passionate about helping people and wants to make sure they're safe and healthy. And now in this timeline, she's devoting all of that passion into treating children.

The thought of that made him smile because he already knew that she's great with children and is easily the most lovable and approachable person in the entire universe.

"You ever thought of having kids yourself?" Seth asked, even though it's a pretty big one to start off with.

"… I have, but there's no rush after all, so I'm taking my time… waiting for the right person to take that step with." Caitlin revealed with a beaming smile.

… But in this timeline… she didn't have children and didn't get to have the joy of raising children.

That alone causes his heart to ache in pain.

"So, what about you Logan Howlett?" Caitlin asked.

Seth noted hints of skepticism in her voice, like she didn't even trust his name. He brushed off any feelings he had about her skepticism, as few as they are though, and asked. "What about me?"

"How do you spend your time when you're not stalking beautiful ophthalmologists?" She cheekily asked.

"Really not gonna let that go, are you?" Seth asked and she immediately answered with a shaking head while eating her ice cream. He chuckled. "Well, I'm a teacher when I'm not. I'm gonna start my new job as a biology teacher at Central City High School next week." He hated lying to her like this, but he had no idea what else to say.

"A teacher huh?" Caitlin made no attempt whatsoever to hide her eyes that ran up and down his form, taking in every inch of his appearance. "I would have thought a trucker or hunter maybe, but never a teacher."

"Sounds like you need to be educated, Dr. Snow." Seth quipped and Caitlin laughed at his lame pun.

"That's a terrible pun…" Venom announced his thoughts to the mutant.

"Keep your comments to yourself, Slither." The host thought back. He returned his attention to Caitlin who actually had to wipe away tears from laughing too hard. "Aww…"

Hearing his coo, Caitlin turned to him. "What is it?"

"You have a very cute laugh." Seth admitted and Caitlin's face turned into a tomato, her face is completely red now. "… It's nice being with you, Caitlin. I mean, being out here with you." He stammered in his attempt to correct himself, which made the beautiful eye doctor laugh.

"Well, for what it's worth, you're very cute yourself." Caitlin said, leaning close to his face.

Seth gulped loudly, his own face matching that of Caitlin's and turning bright red. To keep his true identity safe, he had the Klyntar clone inside of him look around to make sure that he didn't release smoke from embarrassment.

His version of blushing really is a pain in the ass…

"Um, um, thanks for that, but I think we can both agree that you're the cuter one of the two of us." Seth smirked.

Caitlin turned her head away from him, her hair falling down the side of her face to try and cover up her blush. "Thanks for that." She muttered under her breath. She's never felt this way before with anyone else.

She froze when she felt a hand touch her cheek, pulling her hair back behind her ear. Caitlin turned, facing "Logan" as he pulled her hair behind her ear. She found herself looking into his forest-green eyes… even examining them.

As she examined his eyes, Seth's eyes were solely locked onto hers.

Looking into each other's eyes, his fake green eyes staring into the orbs of cocoa-like brown that are her eyes. It was like déjà vu; it was like the moments before they shared their first kiss in the other timeline. Seth found himself enthralled by her eyes, her hair, her lips… her everything, actually. She was still… to put it simply, beyond enchanting.

And it like they did in their original timeline before Flashpoint, her eyes captivated him the most and he couldn't divert his attention no matter what. Not that he ever would. Her eyes showed everything. Her emotions shined through them.

He couldn't help but smile… He remembered the eyes of his girlfriend and the mother of their daughters.

"You seem… happy, Logan?" Caitlin noted at his smile.

"I'm with one of the most beautiful women in the city, and she's really great, in every sense of the word." He admitted.

"You think that just from one meeting… Pretty impressive." She quipped. Caitlin raised a hand, grazing the side of his face, making it redden. "You… You're wearing contacts, aren't you?"

"You can see that?" Seth asked in surprise.

"Well, I do see and treat people's eyes on a daily basis, you know." Caitlin bragged, pretending to dust off her shoulders.

Seth laughed briefly before explaining. "My eyes were hurt a while back, probably spent too much time playing Fruit Ninja. A friend of mine, a doctor, suggested I wore these protective eye contacts to lessen the stress and pain on my eyes."

"They chose colorized lenses for you?" She asked him and he nodded. "Don't know why though… But green doesn't suit you that well."

"Gee thanks, other bombshells you wanna drop on me?" He chuckled.

"Maybe tomorrow… On another date." Caitlin said.

The secret mutant widened his mouth in shock. "You- You wanna go out on another date?"

"Definitely." Caitlin nodded. "But without the stalking." She finalized with a demand.

"Pinky swear." Seth held up his little finger.

Caitlin wrapped her own pinky finger around his and they shook on it. "It's a promise."

Seth smiled again… Even in this hellish timeline that Barry created for them… The elemental is still able to enjoy a relationship with the woman of his life.

X

To say the next day was weird would be an understatement.

Barry met up with his parents, waking up in the morning and joined them for breakfast in the dining room. He gave his mother, Nora Allen a big hug and a kiss on the cheek, something that she noted he did every morning as though it was the first time he's seen her in months.

How right she'd be if she knew the truth.

As they enjoyed their morning breakfast, Nora told her son of a house she sold to a nice, older couple a few weeks ago. She included the information that the older couple wanted to rent their basement apartment out, very reasonably so.

The secret speedster pieced everything together instantly: His parents wanted him to move out.

Henry Allen assured his son that wasn't the case. Merely that it was a possibility if he ever thought about dating. Barry interrupted his father, saying that he finally asked out Iris, the girl he's been stalking for the last three months. Both of his parents were thrilled at the news…

Mostly because it'd finally get their son out of their house…

Later, things remained weird when Barry got to work where he met with Captain Julio Mendez, the police captain of the department in Flashpoint. The captain asked the CSI scientist if he had seen Detective Joseph West, who hadn't shown up for work two days in a row. Julio reminded Barry that if he didn't see the detective, he'd be facing a 10-day suspension.

Barry tried to cover for him, but it didn't work. So, he tried a different tactic, he sped to Joe's house and found the detective sleeping on his couch. Empty and half-empty bottles of whiskey scattered on the table along with both empty and open boxes of half-eaten takeout food. Joe himself wore a white tank top food stains all over it and pants from yesterday, also stained with condiments.

The speedster used his speed for probably the weirdest thing he's ever done, he bathed his father from another timeline and cleaned him up before bringing him to the precinct. Joe treated Barry like a stranger, very much unlike how he treated him in the other timeline.

But Joe was interested and confused because of the CSI scientist's sudden interest in his life and him keeping his job as a detective on the force. As he demanded an answer from him, he also reminded Barry that he's hungover and has a gun.

Barry didn't have to answer as his date, in the form of Joe's daughter, came walking through the door. The detective pieced everything together and he immediately stated his disapproval of this budding of what might be a relationship.

But Iris didn't care about her father's opinion on the matter and chose to go forward with her agreed lunch with Barry. Now the two of them are walking through the streets of Central City. As they're walking, Iris thinks back to her and her father's meeting and apologizes to Barry.

"I'm sorry about that mini-scene with my dad earlier." She stated.

"Oh, yeah." Barry brushed it off. "I just feel bad for him… and you."

Inwardly Iris thought that was strange to hear from someone she just met yesterday. "You barely even know us."

Smiling at those words, Barry shrugged his shoulders. "Feels like I do." He felt Iris' eyes on him. "Is that weird? Is that a weird thing to say?"

"No." Iris assured him. "No, I mean, strangely, I know what you mean." She clarified. "I never say yes to guys asking me out like that, yet I said yes to you." They walked across the streets. "Why did I do that?"

Barry smiled. "I don't know. Some people are just meant to be in your life, I guess."

They continued walking across the lanes, walking towards the other side of the road. "So, tell me about you." Iris said.

"Yeah." Barry nodded.

"Mom and Dad?" She asked.

"Uh, alive and well." The speedster told her gleefully.

"That's nice. Are you guys close?" Iris inquired as they reached the other side of the road.

The speedster hummed agreeingly. "We are, yeah, very. I couldn't imagine life without them." That was a lie. He didn't have to imagine anything; he lived a life without Henry and Nora Allen. He continued. "They're, like, stupid in love. I hope I have what they have some day."

They walked past a parking meter and Iris asked. "You just haven't met the right girl yet, is that it?"

"That's the thing about the right girl. She's out there, waiting." Barry vaguely said, he's looking at the right girl who's in front of him. "Just have to be lucky enough to find her."

Iris formed a beaming happy smile, facing the CSI scientist deeply. "Where'd you come from, Barry Allen?"

"I've always been here, Iris." Barry admitted with a smile… But it suddenly ended when he felt what could only be described as a stabbing headache. In his mind, he saw flashes of memories from the previous timeline...

Moments… Memories… of him and Iris together fading away from his mind, like they're leaves burning to ash from exposure to an intense flame. And their ashes blew away, and they completely vanished from his mind.

He staggered on his feet, worrying Iris and she caught him before he fell. "Are you okay?" She expressed her concern.

Shaking off whatever feeling he experienced, he assured her. "Uh, sorry, yeah. That… I was just thinking of something, and I lost it." It was more than just simply losing something.

Police sirens blared on the streets and policemen rushed to their vehicles on the street. "What's going on?" Barry asked a nearby officer.

Coming to a stop, the policewoman answered. "The Flash and The Rival are going at it in the Werther building. Everybody needs to evacuate this area." She entered the car and her partner and her drove to the site of the fight.

Iris snapped her attention back to her date. "I am so sorry; I have to go."

Looking confusedly between her and the wailing police cars, Barry asked. "Really? What-"

"Yeah." Iris slowly walked backwards while looking at the cars. "Yeah, there's something that I have to do. This was… Rain check, okay?" She walked into the road.

"Anytime." Barry agreed with her as she ran away.

Barry turned around, facing the opposite direction before speeding away, intent on finding the scene of the speedsters' fight.

X

Barry wasn't the only one to hear of the speedsters' fight, which led to Seth running across the rooftops of the tall buildings. He was acting more enthusiastic than yesterday, more energetic even. This was due to the fact that he has another date with Caitlin Snow. This one would be later than the one from yesterday as she has a longer shift.

As he waited for Caitlin's shift to end, which would take a while, the elemental returned to his initial mission and followed and watched Barry from afar. He saw the speedster walking exiting the police precinct before, with Iris West.

Neither Seth nor Venom were surprised to find that Barry had finally asked out the reporter. Heck, the speedster's been pining for her the entire time in the other timeline.

"You mean his sister, right?" Venom noted… multiple times.

But when he noticed the police cars driving away, Seth rushed in the same direction as them and closed in on the fighting scene. Making sure to put some distance between himself and the fight, Venom watched as the two unmistakable forms of different lightnings clashed against one another on an office building that appeared to be the Werther building.

From his vantage point, Seth noticed in the corner of his eye that Barry Allen appeared close to the building, standing on the streets. Both turned their attention back to the building where they saw the two speedsters speed into the insides of the building.

Not even a second later, they see The Flash flying out a window and free falling, quickly making his way to the asphalt.

Whilst he did consider coming to the rescue, Seth saw that he didn't have to worry about that as Barry lashed out his arms and rotated them both, creating wind funnels that connected with the yellow speedster's body.

Seth jumped closer to the alleyway, where Barry's wind gave out and The Flash of Flashpoint fell into a trash container, falling with decreased momentum. As his invisibility turned on, the elemental watched from the adjacent building, looking down on Barry who walked over to the container to check the other speedster's condition.

Narrowing his eyes, Seth noticed that Barry was more than just concerned for the speedster's condition. He's apparently curious as well, which became clear as day when he pulled his cowl up and revealed the face…

Of Wallace West… as The Flash…

"What…?" Seth thought to himself.

"Wally?" He heard Barry call out in surprise at the speedster's real identity.

The sound of his name being called out loud, Wally awakened and was met with an unfamiliar face. "Who the hell are you?"

"Another mess…" Seth thought to himself.

X

Wally, after fully waking up, brought Barry to his base of operations, his apartment. Unbeknownst to them both, the elemental from Earth-616 followed them and listened through the windows from the outside of the building.

To help him eavesdrop on their conversation, Seth used tendrils and opened a window.

Barry entered the apartment and examined it in surprise. "So, this is your base of operations, huh?" He grazed a nearby treadmill.

"Yeah." Wally noticed his tone, recalling the surprise in it. "What were you expecting, a fortress?"

"Uh, no." He faced the speedster of Flashpoint. "You know… Just something a little more secure. I mean, you never know who's gonna come walking through that door."

Seth wondered if he truly forgot how strangers would literally walk into S.T.A.R. Labs in the other timeline like they owned the place.

"Yeah, I was just about to say the same thing." Barry turned surprised, spinning around to meet Iris West again, to his surprise.

Staggering back in shock, he exclaimed. "Iris! Hi!"

"Hi." Iris greeted her date again. "What are you doing here?"

"I'm not, I'm-" Barry pointed a finger to the speedster.

"He showed up when I was fighting The Rival, and he already knew who I was." Wally chimed in.

Iris narrowed her eyes suspiciously. "Is that why you asked me out? Because my brother is The Flash?"

Chuckling nervously, Barry sheepishly said. "No, no, this is a complete coincidence."

Wally narrowed his eyes, turning to the CSI scientist. "Okay, how'd you know who I was under the mask?"

"Uh…" Barry stammered. "I'm CSI, you know? So, I just put it together." Wally took a seat in his recliner as the CSI scientist continued with his questions. "So, what I don't know is how you got your speed."

The speedster explained. "Oh, okay, so before I went on the straight and narrow, I used to drive illegal cars." That sounded familiar to Barry and Seth who listened closely and in secret. As Barry took a seat, he continued his story. "I was messing around with a new nitro formula to get my engine revving faster. Then, one night, I'm racing in a thunderstorm, my car gets struck by lightning! And then, it must have mixed with the formula, because, boom!" He imitated an explosion. "I was in a coma for nine months. Then when I woke up, I was the fastest man alive. The Flash."

Barry chuckles, twisting his head around and voices his opinion. "More like Kid Flash."

Chuckling hollowly, Wally countered. "Don't call me that."

"I call you that." Iris chimed in with a smirk. She shared a smile with Barry.

"Okay, how about no one calls me that?" Wally stood up.

Another question popped into Barry's mind. "So, how did you get involved?" He directed to Iris.

"I'm a reporter for CCPN." Iris started. "Instead of just reporting on crimes that are happening in the city, I decided to do something about it."

Wally raised his arms. "Brother-sister crime-fighting unit."

Raising to his full height, Barry asked. "So, does your dad know about you two?"

After sharing a look with her brother, Iris states sarcastically. "You work with the guy, what do you think?"

"I think…" Barry slowly said. "That we need to stop The Rival."

Iris agreed with a nod. "Well, we're open to suggestions." Wally conveyed. "I've been trying to run him down for months. No luck. He's fast. Maybe faster than me."

"Well, if you're willing, I think maybe I could help." Barry offered.

Iris stated. "There's only one man who can help us now." She locked eyes with her little brother. "Cisco Ramon." Wally agreed.

Barry smiled, glad to see his best friend is still here in this universe.

Outside the apartment, Seth wondered if Flashpoint Cisco has an arsenal of movies in his head as well. Or if he's still goofy…

That last one's Venom's query though.

X

(Ramon Industries)

In Flashpoint, S.T.A.R. Labs doesn't exist… Instead, Ramon Industries exists in its place and is wealthy beyond expectations. Barry entered the facility with the West siblings, and couldn't believe the dozens of employees they passed by. He also saw a lot of what appeared to be wealthy businessmen and businesswomen and also investors in the lobby in front of the elevator.

There was also a businessman in a black suit with tinted glasses and spikey dirty blonde hair who spoke with other investors whilst also drinking champagne as they waited for the man of the hour, the face of Ramon Industries itself.

"Didn't this used to be S.T.A.R. Labs?" Barry asked, still in awe of this facility in this timeline.

Both the Wests faced him with strange looks, like he had two heads or something. Iris said. "Where have you been the past few years?"

"Running around." Barry answered vaguely.

Wally explained. "Cisco Ramon made billions with his tech apps. Bought the building."

The businessman with spiky hair listened closely as they talked, not that they were at all discreet. But he would do the opposite, listening discreetly and watching without being noticed.

"Billions?" Barry asked in surprise.

"Yeah." Iris nodded as though it was obvious. "Cisco Ramon is the richest man in America."

"Goofy is popular?! And rich?!" Venom exclaimed in his host's head.

While he made sure not to attract any attention from those close by, Seth told his "other" via his thoughts. "Cisco was already a genius on the team, Venom. This could have easily become his life if there were no particle accelerator, no Flash… No need for him to rise up to become a hero."

"…Ever wonder what your life would have been, hadn't you met us?" Venom asked.

Seth couldn't honestly imagine his life as a normal human being. He's been a mutant for so long it's only been the only possibility for him. "No, never. Not once… Only imagined how my life with the girls and Caitlin would be…"

"We keep going at this pace, we're gonna see our daughters again, brother. Stay strong and stay on mission." Like his host, Venom hoped he's gonna see his daughter Magenta again. But they had to trust the mission and the reward that followed it's accomplishment…

They had to trust the one who gave them this mission… and that they'd protect those they care the most about.

"Oh!" Hearing that exclaim, Seth turned his attention to the elevator that revealed Cisco Ramon, donning a stylish, fancy dark-blue suit with a checkered tie and pocket square. His usual long hair pulled into a bun and his eyes adoring glasses. Beside him is a very attractive woman. They walked into the lobby and Cisco sarcastically asked. "Is there any better way to get to work than by helicopter? Let me answer that. Capital "N," little "O.""

A male employee nearby agreed. "Quite right, Mr. Ramon. As for LogicFrame, it's a relatively small start-up." He held out a tablet for the owner. "The IP's expected to be in the low teens."

As he chuckled and giggled with his girlfriend, he tapped away on the tablet. He then told his employee. "Offer them 20 mil." Cisco walked forward with his girlfriend, but he came to a stop at the familiar faces of Iris and Wally West and some nobody he's never seen before. "Huh." He let out, the Wests chuckled and gave a look. Waving his girlfriend over, he told her. "Babe. I, um, have some business to attend to, so we'll get on that other matter later?"

His girlfriend gave him a flirty smirk. "Not if I get on it first, huh?" The two then share a big kiss, moaning and hissing in between when they separated to take in air.

"Looks like they're trying to eat each other." Venom admitted.

They separated and Cisco hissed, inhaling sharply. "Independent woman. I like it. I like it!" His girlfriend walked away, leaving the billionaire to face the Wests and company. "Huh. Well. I told you never to come back here." He pointed a finger at the siblings.

"Well…" Wally trailed off unsurely, turning to his sister for guidance.

"We need your help again, Mr. Ramon." Iris added.

He sighed annoyingly before pointing a finger behind them. "Let's move this to a separate office, so I can properly scold you for wasting my time, again." Cisco stated and walked past the group, walking towards another room. The group followed him.

Seth lowered his champagne glass, placing it on a nearby table before stealthily following them. Once again, he relied on his invisibility to conceal his presence. The group entered the room that was once the Cortex of S.T.A.R. Labs, and the elemental soundlessly crawled up a wall as they spoke. He listened from the ceiling that he stuck himself to. But he also examined the room, seeing that it was vastly different from the Cortex he knows.

One similarity it had with the one he knew had was that it had various computers on desks around the room. Many more. Unlike the one in the other timeline, this one has way more shelves and displays various items of different variations. In the middle of the room is a long table with ten seats in total. In the corner of the room, he had what seemed like a snack station with fruit and juice pressers.

Cisco reminded them angrily. "I make you a friction-proof suit, so your clothes don't explode at Mach 2," He picked up a small basketball toy he bought. "and you leave me out of your brother-sister war on crime. That was the deal."

"Okay, listen to me." Iris started. Cisco threw the ball into a basket, but it rolled off the rims. "Mr. Ramon, we need your help!" The reporter impatiently stated. "I'm sure you've seen The Rival on TV. He is terrorizing the city to prove that he's the fastest. I mean, God only knows what he's gonna do next." She walked closer to the billionaire who placed a box of carrots on the table, opening it. "We have to stop him."

"Okay, so stop him." Cisco faced the reporter. "Please, go with God, have fun. But you know what? You know what happens when you mess with a speedster?" He raised a hand, shaking it before thrusting into Iris's shoulder like it's a sword. "That! That's what happens. You get a vibrating hand going right through your rib cage, or even your heart. No, thanks." He shook his head adamantly. "My money needs me."

"So, the Cisco Ramon who went and made a name for himself…" Seth took in the facility again. "He's a bit selfish… Very much different from the Cisco we know… From Vibe."

Barry was shocked by that confession. "Wait, Cisco, you're not gonna help us?"

From his snack station, Cisco faced him. "Oh. That reminds me. Who the hell is this? Huh?" He directed to the siblings while pointing a finger to the stranger that is Barry Allen. "You brought some stranger into my lab and told him I helped The Flash?"

"Cisco." Barry walked closer to him.

"Uh-uh." Cisco hummed disapprovingly. "I don't know you, string bean."

"String…" Barry was sure this was the first time he's been insulted by someone he considered a best friend. "Mr. Ramon."

"Oh, yes?" Cisco asked while chewing on celery.

"I do know what kind of person you are." Barry confessed. "Deep down you care about helping other people."

Seth had a feeling about where the speedster's going with this, and he didn't like it that much. It'd be very, very bad if Barry suddenly chose to influence this timeline with his knowledge of another timeline.

"Please, tell me more." Cisco crossed his arms.

Thinking back to what he learned from Cisco Ramon in the other timeline, Barry stated. "I heard a story about how when you were 15, your brother, Dante, owed a bookie and he couldn't pay back what he owed, so you gave him all the money you earned that summer delivering pizzas to help him."

The elemental figured out that this story was used to sway Cisco, trying to get him to help them out against The Rival.

Cisco turned shocked that a stranger like Barry knew something so personal about his life and his relationship. The West siblings turned just as shocked as the CEO of the facility when hearing someone who didn't know about Ramon Industries know such an intimate piece of Cisco's personal history.

"How do you know that?" Cisco asked.

Barry smirked. "I have a feeling that we would work really well together as partners. Taking down metahumans together, I mean, it's what we're supposed to do. We're a team. We're friends."

The way Barry sounded so sure and confident about it confused Iris, making her tilt her head in confusion.

Suddenly Barry sniffed and gasped sharply… when another stabbing headache erupted inside of his head. in his mind, he saw flashes of memories from the previous timeline again…

This time… Their… Moments… Memories… of him and Cisco together fading away from his mind, another collection of leaves burning to ashes from exposure to an intense and invisible flame. Like before, the ashes blew away, and they completely vanished without a trace.

"It's happening again." Seth realized. He knew what's happening to Barry. The one who gave him this mission told him of the consequences that Barry would experience an aftermath of changing the timeline. It was kind of fitting actually… A speedster so determined to gain everything he wanted… would now lose everything else he got.

Everything he's been blessed with will disappear….

"Hey." Cisco asked when he saw Barry struggle to stay up. Iris saw the same and rushed to his side, Cisco stopped her.

Composing himself, Barry assured them. "Yeah, I'm okay. I'm okay, I was just…" He took a seat in a nearby chair and looked at the others in confusion. "What was I... What was I just saying?"

Iris recalled something similar happening earlier on their date before it was interrupted. "What is going on with you?"

This time… Barry spoke honestly. "I'm not sure."

He had to ask an expert… even though it's still the last person he wants to accept help from.

X

Barry angrily slams the door shut behind him when he enters the abandoned warehouse that is used to hold Eobard Thawne.

While sitting on the floor and leaning against the glass cell behind him, the caged speedster faced the other speedster with a quippy look. "And here I was starting to think you'd forgotten about me." He knowingly jokes.

"But I am forgetting. What's happening to me?" Barry demanded to know as he strode to the cage.

"I was wondering when you'd notice." Eobard noted.

"It's like I'll be thinking of a moment from my past and then it vanishes." Barry explained, Eobard smiled and was unsurprised by the revelation of his memory loss. "I can't get it back. Why?"

"Flashpoint, it's a side effect." Eobard said. "See, I told you before you don't know what you're doing. This new reality you've created is starting to overwrite the reality that you and I know." Barry scoffed his disbelief. "So, your original life, your friends, your family… Pretty soon, all of that will just fade away."

"Why isn't it happening to you?" Barry inquired of the evil speedster.

"Not sure." Eobard answered… But then his mind went to work, and he looked around, taking in the walls of his confinement that also prevented him from using his speed. "Unless…"

"What?" Barry pointed his eyes at him, but Eobard continued to take in his surroundings. "What?" Suddenly the future speedster laughed out loud, which only angered Barry. "What the hell is so funny?!" He shouted, grabbing onto the bars.

"Your speed!" Eobard announced in a shout, he continued to laugh at the situation. Noticing Barry's confusion, he continued his explanation. "The more you use it, the faster you'll use your memories." He continued to laugh.

"No. No, you're lying." Barry didn't believe him. He released his hands from the bars. "You just want me to let you of here. That's never gonna happen."

Gesturing to the speedster, Eobard admitted. "The you I know from the future, he's not this stupid." He got up from the ground. "Pretty soon, you won't even remember that you're The Flash, and when that happens, this world will become permanent. Time will set like concrete and nothing will be able to change it back to the way it was."

Barry shook his head. "That's fine by me." He turned around, walking towards the exit.

"You know what you have to do." Eobard walked forward, up close to the cell door. "You have to take me back to that night and let me finish what I started."

Snapping around, Barry countered in rage. "You go to hell!"

"You're taking both of us there!" Eobard countered. Barry scoffed, resuming his walk to the exit. "Now who's the villain, Flash?! Now who's the villain?!"

That was truly the question in this timeline… Who's the real villain?

X

Seth waited inside of the waiting room of the eye clinic. Unlike yesterday, it was empty. He walked around in the room, impatiently twiddling his thumbs as he hoped he'd get to see Caitlin right now. After seeing what happened to Barry, questions began popping up in Seth's mind.

Barry kept losing his memory, but Seth didn't. Why?

Is it because of one being a speedster and the other being a mutant elemental?

Must because of that last one.

He listened to what Eobard told Barry, and unlike the Scarlet Speedster, Seth chose to trust his words, his experience as a speedster and knowledge from the future, where probably temporal manipulation and its cons is a topic in high school.

… Honestly, Seth Fury really didn't have a reason to even trust Barry… Not now… Perhaps, not ever again...

"Logan?"

Hearing the name of his Flashpoint identity, Seth perked his head up and looked up to see Caitlin looking at him with a concerned look. She's wearing her lab coat over her clothes which consisted of a dark-blue skirt and a light-red blouse. Her hair was flowing down her back. In her hands she holds a clipboard. "Are you okay? You look troubled."

He knew that even though she's not like the Caitlin Snow he fell in love with in the other timeline, as this one never met him as either Venom or Seth, he just couldn't stop himself from unloading to her. "Just… Just got a lot on my mind, I guess. Sorry, Cait."

In concern, she dropped her clipboard on a nearby table and took a seat next to him. "Anything I can help you with?"

"I don't know, really." He admitted.

Caitlin cupped his hand, unbeknownst to her bringing him a sense of calmness and warmth he hadn't felt in months. "You won't know without trying, Logan. Try me."

The elemental chuckled, turning to her and started. "Something's happening to someone I once knew; I'm worried the same is gonna happen to me."

"This "someone you once knew?" They a friend of yours?" Caitlin asked.

"…Once upon a time, yeah. Now, I don't want anything to do with him." Seth stated adamantly.

"You sure about that?" Seth looked confused by her words. Caitlin continued. "If you didn't want anything to do with him, why does it sound like you're worried about him?"

He chuckled hollowly. "Maybe it's the teacher part of me that's worrying. But honestly speaking, I don't think I can or want to be his friend ever again."

"He did something wrong to you?" Caitlin asked.

"Yeah…" He clenched his hands tightly. "I can't forgive him for that."

"What did he do…" Caitlin asked slowly, fearing she might cross a line. She saw that he wasn't willing to say anything, perhaps too hard for him to disclose. Her hand left his hand, traveling up his arm. Her touch alone made his body heat up and he stiffened, fearing to make another motion.

His eyes expanded, growing to the sizes of planets when her hand touched his cheek. Slowly turning his head, he was dumbstruck to see that Caitlin had moved closer to his face. Their faces mere inches apart from one another. "Cait…"

"Sorry… I…" Caitlin looked deep into his eyes, he did the same and looked deep into hers. "Something about you feels right, Logan…"

"What do you mean?" He asked while fighting the urge to just kiss her.

"I have a good life." Caitlin started, her hand never leaving his face. "I have a good job; I love everyone here." She added an unsure shrug. "But something has been off, something has been missing. Like this world… It wasn't complete." Her other hand lifted up, cupping the other side of his face. "That feeling… That strange feeling, I couldn't shake off no matter what, that something wasn't right with my life, that went away the moment I walked up to you."

"… I felt the same…" Seth admitted. He truly, truly wanted to open up his heart and tell her of the other timeline, the one where he's from. Where he meets her, falls in love with her and they adopt three wonderful daughters together and become a family.

But he didn't know if he could do so, on the off-chance he might ruin any chance he might have of ever seeing his family again.

"I always felt like I was missing something too in my life, Cait." Seth raised a hand to her face, stroking it gently. "Guess you make my life whole, Caitlin Snow."

"Same goes for you, Logan Howlett… If that's your real name." Caitlin smirked.

"You still don't believe me, huh?" Seth asked.

Caitlin shook her head. "How about I go finish locking up the place and when I come back, we go out for that date?" She suggested.

"I'd like that." Seth smiled.

"And…" Caitlin added. "How about you start telling me everything about you? The real stuff…" She got up to her full height.

"Sure." Seth agreed, although he might have to invent another story for him to tell her to avert the truth about his life.

"Good…" Caitlin trailed off with another wide smile, walking through the door and back into the clinic.

"God, I love her…" Seth admitted.

Venom mentally rolled his eyes. "Like that's something new."

"Are you hangry?" He asked his "other" out loud when noticing the Klyntar's angry tone. When he didn't get a response, he assumed he was right. Reaching into his inner pocket he took out a spare chocolate bar and took it out of the pack. He placed it inside of his pocket.

Fortunately, and unfortunately, Seth heard his partner mentally devour the chocolate bar loudly.

WHOOSH

Seth's attention was snapped back towards the clinic when his ears perked up at the sound of crackling lightning and a gust of wind that blew objects to the floor. Glass shattered upon impact, echoing throughout the building. "Cait?!" He rushed into the clinic, kicking the door open.

He saw glass shattered around the floor along with scattered photos. "What was that? A thunderbolt? Or was that Rival guy?" Venom worriedly asked.

"Worse…" Seth gritted his teeth, when he saw residual sparks of yellow lightning on machines around them. "That was Barry Allen…"

One of these days… In this timeline or another, he'd actually kill this annoying speedster.

x

(Ramon Industries, Several Minutes Earlier)

Several minutes earlier before Caitlin was suddenly abducted by a speeding flash of lightning, Cisco Ramon was inside of his office where he conversed with the West siblings and Barry. He was inside of the room, testing out the latest tech an employee of his made.

Cisco told his employee to take the rest of the day off and he'd test it out for them instead. And he was very impressed with the VR tech they've constructed. It felt like he's been using it for hours now just by testing it. He hasn't taken the VR headset off once. "Unbelievable. It's like I'm really there."

WHOOSH

A burst of wind blew into the room along with immense lightning crackling. Cisco recognized it and turned around in his chair, turning to face Wally who stood shocked on the floor with papers scattered around his feet. "Don't do that! I told you it freaks me out." He reminded the speedster annoyingly.

Wally was just as confused. One second, he's in his apartment place and is just chilling in his chair. And then the very next second, he's suddenly snatched and finds himself inside of Ramon Industries again. While his confusion remained strong, he corrected the CEO. "It wasn't me."

WHOOSH

Half a second later, the same crackling lighting and gust of air that brought him here returned, with his sister. Iris, Cisco and Wally turned and saw that a speedster brought the siblings here, one in a scarlet red suit with golden linings. In the middle of his chest is a white emblem with a golden lightning bolt on it.

While putting on his glasses Cisco examined it from his position, instantly realizing that the suit is resistant against intense temperature, the kind that speedsters emit when they're running like lightning-infused bats out of hell.

The reporter from CCPN turned and faced the foreign speedster. "Who are you?"

The Flash pulled his cowl off, showing the face of Barry Allen to them. "The man who's gonna help you stop The Rival."

"Barry?" Iris asked.

Cisco threw his hands up in the air. "Great, string bean's a speedster too. What's next? Roadrunner gonna make an appearance?"

X

The next few minutes… Barry spent explaining everything about his life to them, his real life to the three of them. He also explained Flashpoint to the three, which led to their current expressions. The West siblings gave the Scarlet Speedster disbelieving looks. Cisco joined them giving one of his own.

Barry looked between everyone. "Okay, so, I can tell from the "I don't believe you" looks on your faces that you don't believe me."

Wally stated. "We believe you're a speedster but you're gonna have to explain that part about Flashpoint again."

"Alright, look." Barry took a marker from the table. "This is as simple as I can put it." He walked over to a glass wall. "I'm gonna use this glass, Mr. Ramon, okay?"

"What?" Cisco declared his disbelief and he really didn't like that guy's audacity.

Barry then started his explanation. "Imagine that this line…" He drew a line on the glass. "… Is time, okay?" He drew a dot, making a curved line from it to the other end of the first line he drew. "I went back in time, stopped the Reverse Flash from killing my mom." He drew another straight line from the position of his mother's death. "In doing so, I created an alternative timeline, a whole new existence where you're Kid Flash-" He gestured to Wally.

"The Flash." Wally corrected him.

"Kid Flash/ Kid Flash." Both Cisco and Iris argued in unison.

Wally really wasn't a fan of his sister's right now.

"And Cisco's a billionaire." Barry pointed at the CEO of this facility.

Cisco turned in disbelief. "So, you're saying there's a timeline out there where I'm not rich? Boy, that's a glitch in the universe."

Wally scoffed. "No, not buying it. Um, my life is my life." He gestured to himself. "Didn't just start three months ago, okay? I've always been me." He really wasn't a fan of Barry's insinuations.

"Yeah, I don't know what to tell you, Wally, it's complicated." Barry explained.

Iris leant forward in her chair. "Okay, look. Even if we did believe you, why are you telling us this now?"

In honesty, Barry answered. "Because…. I've been hiding here for too long. The Rival needs to be stopped. I stop the bad guys, and we can all take him down together."

"I can get him myself." Wally countered.

Barry gave him a dry look. "Then why haven't you?" Wally was flabbergasted, unable to find words.

"Well, I'm not interested." Cisco turned in his chair before getting up slowly. "I don't know how many times I gotta tell you freaks, I already did my bit for queen and country."

As he looked around, Barry realized something. "Wait, we're missing something… Some people, actually." He muttered his clarification under his breath. Looking past Cisco and seeing the computer he said. "Excuse me." He walked past him.

"What're you doing?" Cisco demanded to know. But Barry went to the computer. "Hey, don't touch that." He said when he went to work on the computer, typing away at superspeed. "What are you doing?" He asked again when a series of rapidly appearing databases with locations showed up on the monitor.

He found the location of the person, who'd definitely know of the person he's searching for. "Got it…" He sped away.

Returning in a moment, he dropped off Caitlin Snow who gasped. "Oh!" She gathered her bearings, finding herself in a new location that is definitely not her clinic. "What just happened?"

Cisco faced the speedster. "Stop bringing strangers into my lab! Who is this?" He pointed at the female doctor.

Gesturing to her, Barry answered. "This is Dr. Caitlin Snow. In my timeline, she's a part of our team."

Caitlin was all the more confused about this. She's looking forward to going out on another date with Logan and instead she's kidnapped?!

"Did you- You just kidnapped this woman." Cisco stated while pointing a finger at the doctor.

"No, I didn't- Well, yeah, I guess, I…" Barry trailed off, nearing a rabbit hole. "She's a scientist, we need her. And she's got a boyfriend just as powerful as me, we need him too."

As she was fully in possession of her gatherings again, Caitlin corrected the speedster. "I'm not a scientist."

"You're not a scientist?" Barry asked.

"I'm an ophthalmologist." She answered.

"An eye doctor?" Barry asked in shock.

"A pediatric eye doctor." Caitlin clarified.

"And we're done." Cisco chuckled hollowly, not finding this useful. "And what's this about your boyfriend being powerful as him?" He directed to Caitlin while pointing a finger at Barry.

Caitlin was confused and before she could even respond, Barry jumped in. "She's got a boyfriend, Seth whose way more experienced than me and Wally combined, and he's a fighter too. He helped out a lot in the other timeline and he's a hero too."

"Another Flash?" Wally asked, thinking that a third speedster with the same name might be too much for Central City.

"No, not a speedster. He's an elemental mutant, a whole different story, with an alien inside of him. His name's Venom." Barry hastily replied.

"A hero… With a name like "Venom"?" Cisco scoffed. "Your heroes need new names, man. They sound whack and like they're made for villains."

"It was his idea…" Barry stated. He faced Caitlin. "Caitlin, where's Seth? We could really use his help in this fight against The Rival."

Now that she finally has the chance to speak, Caitlin answered shakily. "Who's Seth? I don't have a boyfriend by that name, or any boyfriend for that matter."

Barry's face fell, almost like a curtain of despair came over him. "You're serious? You don't know Seth?" Cisco, Wally and Iris saw his face lose color when Caitlin shook her head in response. "Wait. Seth Fury? Maybe even Seth Rogers? He had that name once."

"I don't know anyone with that name, I'm sorry." Caitlin slowly answered… But she felt a certain level of warmth and love come over her heart at the mention of those names. Or just at the name "Seth." She couldn't explain it, but she formed a wide smile at the name alone.

Barry tried another strategy. "Caitlin… What about Ruby?" Caitlin narrowed her eyes at that name. "Evelyn? Frankie? Doesn't any of these names mean anything or something to you?!" He hoped that the names of their daughters would try and awaken something in her.

"I…" Caitlin suddenly felt both a warmth and a void in her heart at those names. A spark of warmth and love at the mention of those names. But they were quickly drained, disintegrating into nothingness and a bottomless void took their place, almost like it was shrouding her entire heart. It darkened her heart, leaving her feeling utterly empty. "Who… Who are those people?"

That question alone… It practically hollowed her out and made her feel even more empty than a second ago.

"What?" Barry widened his eyes in shock and horror. "It can't be…" He placed his hands on the sides of his head, grabbing onto his hair.

Did Barry really commit a heinous crime… The same one that Eobard Thawne tried to do…?

"Barry?" Iris got up from her chair, rushing to his side and holding him up.

"You doing okay there, string bean?" Cisco asked. It looked like Barry was gonna throw up in disgust.

"You kinda look like you need a bucket, pal." Wally added.

Iris looked between them all before returning her attention to Barry. "Can I talk to you in private?"

Swallowing loudly, Barry nodded shakily. "Yeah. Yeah." The two moved into the corridor to talk between themselves.

Caitlin turned to Wally. "Excuse me?" The speedster looked at her. "Have I been kidnapped?"

"Unclear." He shrugged his shoulders with that answer.

"Oh…." Caitlin's attention was then drawn to the glass board behind her. "And what is that?"

"Well, that's another story." Cisco started before explaining what Barry just told them.

X

Iris and Barry walked into the corridor. The speedster followed the reporter and admitted. "Look, I'm sorry, I know that this is hard to believe." He suppressed his feelings of dread as best as possible.

Snapping around, Iris said. "No, that's just it, Barry, I do believe you."

Her answer made Barry blink rapidly in surprise. "You do? You believe me?"

She confessed, unloading the weight on her heart. "I have a good life. I have a good job; I love my brother… But something has been off, something has been missing. And that feeling that something is not right with my life, that went away the moment that I met you."

Barry listened closely to her words.

She walked closer to him. "We're something else to each other where you come from, aren't we?"

"Yes." Barry told her.

"What?" Iris asked for clarification.

"It's…" Barry tried to find the right words. "It's escaped definition."

"But it's love?" Iris asked. "Because this is what love feels like."

The speedster formed a smile. "Since the day that I made you."

Iris wanted to address that love that he's speaking so fondly and caringly of. But she saw the dread and self-hate inside of him and chose to meet it with him. "Barry, who's that Seth guy you mentioned? A friend? Brother? Who is he? And those girls, who're they?"

"In my timeline, the one before Flashpoint…" Barry gulped. "I fought alongside another hero, Venom… His real name is Seth Fury. In that timeline, Caitlin isn't alone, she's with Seth and they have adopted three daughters together…"

Connecting the dots together, she gasped. "Him… Their daughters… They're-"

"They're not here… And I really think they're not here." Barry slowly stated in horror. "I think they're… They're gone…"

"But you don't know?" She asked.

"I don't." Barry confessed. "But I don't…" He really didn't want to end that sentence.

"Hey." Cisco got their attention with a snap of his fingers. The speedster thanked fate for intervening like this. "We got something." He waved them over before walking back into the room.

"We'll continue later." Iris told the speedster who nodded his acceptance. Both walked after the CEO, entering the room.

As they did, Cisco pointed a finger at Caitlin who sat by a computer, showing a 3D map of the entire city. "Turns out kiddie eye doc here actually had a good idea."

After having shaken off some of the shock of hearing about Flashpoint, and suppressing some of the strange eerie feelings inside of her, Caitlin managed to explain her idea. "I have always wondered why no one turned the speed cameras in the city to register near-sonic velocities. Seems like a ready-built early warning system."

Cisco added. "So, I reprogrammed the cameras." He pressed a few keys, the monitor zooming in on one location in the city. "Babadook, there's your rival. The old sawmill out by Williamson."

"All right." Barry nodded, facing Wally who looked at the screen too. "Follow my lead?"

Wally gave him a dry look. "The Flash doesn't follow anyone."

Iris, being the big sister, disciplined her brother. "Listen to him, Wally. He's The Flash."

Caitlin examined Cisco's eyes and stated. "You know, you would be an excellent candidate for Lasik."

Cisco gave the eye doctor a strange look. "Hey, Doctor Quinn, didn't you mention a date or something before?"

"I did… But I don't know how to get a hold of him…" Caitlin admitted slowly, almost like it pained her heart.

And it did so greatly.

X

(Prescott Sawmill)

Barry sped to the old sawmill, arriving as the first one. Wally appeared next, arriving in his own Flash suit. Although he looked around and saw that they're alone, he felt as though another set of eyes were watching them.

Shaking off that strange feeling, he asked Wally. "You know how to flank?"

Facing in his direction Wally stated. "People always say that in the movies. Is that like a thing, "flanking"?"

Barry faced him with an incredulous look, like he was talking with a newbie. "What're you talking about, flanking- Yes, flanking's a thing. All right, look." He started his explanation. "I'm gonna go at him head-on. You attack at a 90-degree angle. When he turns to fight you, leaves him vulnerable to me. When he turns to fight me-"

"I get him. Exactly how it should be." Wally confidently stated after cutting Barry off.

WHOOSH

Their attention was turned to the sound of crackling lightning. The Rival inquired. "How'd you find this place, Flash?"

Kid Flash stepped forward. "I'm so gonna kick your ass."

The Rival laughed at the sight of two speedsters. "There's two of you now?" He gestured to Barry. "Okay, is that supposed to scare me?" He wasn't afraid of this sight at all. Instead, it excited him, and he was willing to rise to the challenge.

"Little quaking in your boots wouldn't be inappropriate." Wally gleefully said.

"Well, here's how scared I am of you." The evil speedster showed his determination, pulling off his mask and showed the face of a Caucasian male with blonde hair and crazed blue eyes. "My name is Edward Clariss. Rivals should know each other's names." He spoke in his normal voice, not hiding his voice this time.

Edward looked between the other speedsters. "I mean, you might as well tell me since neither of you are leaving this place alive." He pointed a finger at Barry. "Who are you?"

"Me?" Barry gestured to his lightning bolt emblem. "I'm The Flash. That's all you need to know."

Laughing he humorously said. "Well, after I rip that cowl off your corpse, I'll know who you are." He shifted his gaze between the speedsters. "Just another pretender who thought they could take me on." Edward pulled his mask on again. "So, who wants to meet the Speed Force first?"

Barry looked behind, seeing Wally step forward with a smirk. "Hey, stay in position." He ordered Kid Flash.

But Wally had other plans. "I can take him. I got this." Kid Flash sped forward to meet The Rival who rushed forward.

Time slowed to a crawl as the two speedsters engaged in combat. Edward thrusts his arm, but Wally crouches and dodges the fist. Spinning around to standing behind the evil speedster, he rapidly thrusts his fists into his back in rapid succession.

The Rival turned around, launching his fist for him. Wally dodged it, counteracting with a fist of his own slamming into his opponent's stomach. The blow to his stomach made the evil speedster groan in pain, leaving him disoriented and open for another fist to his face.

Edward jumped back, before quickly speeding forward again, his fist thrusting for Kid Flash's face. But it was the other speedster who managed to land a blow. The evil speedster went for an uppercut, but it was dodged.

Kid Flash countered, punching him in the face again. The force of his blow made him spin, which Edward took advantage of to strengthen his own fist. Wally leant back, avoiding the attack before countering with another one of his lightning-cloaked fists.

The Rival bent over, coughing up bile from the various blows. Seeing this as an opening, Wally went for it and grabbed the evil speedster by his collar and threw him into the air. Gravity did its work and Edward fell to the ground again with a thud.

Wally boasted, facing Barry with a victorious smirk which Barry returned.

PIERCE

Gasping and groaning in sudden pain, Kid Flash felt something pierce through his back and sticking out the front of his stomach. He looked down and saw a pipe sticking out of his guts.

Barry stood paralyzed at the sight of him getting pierced. The Rival showed a sick smile before yanking out the pipe, the yellow speedster falling to the ground, groaning in pain upon impact with the asphalt. "Wally!" The Flash was finally able to move, speeding to his side.

"Wally!" Iris released in shock through the comms.

"Telemetry from the suit says he's still alive." Cisco followed up.

"Barely." Caitlin grimly added

Crouching down beside the hurt speedster, Barry told him. "Hey, hey, hey. You're gonna be okay, all right? You're gonna be okay, I'm gonna get you out of here." He assured him.

"That one was never my rival." Barry heard Edward admitting to them. "You could be, though. You wanna find out?" He threw the pipe away. "Defeat me, and I'll let you take your little friend for help." He gestured to the paining speedster on the ground.

The Scarlet Speedster returned to his full height with gritted teeth. "No, you're the one who's gonna need help."

Standing on the elevated sawmill iron bridge, looking down on the three speedsters, Seth stood as Venom with his invisibility activated. He heard and saw everything. Hearing The Flash's words, he said to himself. "Don't get cocky, Barry…"

"Otherwise, we're gonna have two hurt speedsters on our hands." His "other" told his host in agreement. "One's fueled by rage, which led to him fighting The Rival now…" The Klyntar noted as the two speedsters began fighting all over the abandoned sawmill.

The elemental continued those thoughts, pointing his eyes at Kid Flash who's groaning on the ground. "The other overestimated himself and his powers, which led to his downfall."

As a doctor, Seth felt like he had to go down and help him, try and patch up the wound. But he couldn't even if he wanted to. The crystal sword inside of his body, inside of his symbiotic partner's pocket dimension, kept him bound to his spot. Preventing him from intervening with Flashpoint, or rather preventing him from helping Barry.

He was really becoming a servant to that multiversal element that gave Barry his powers.

He hated it.

Seth jumped off the bridge, shooting out a tendril and swung onto the side of a wall, looking down on the fight that continued.

He watched as Barry and Edward came to a stop, the former throwing the latter into a bunch of wooden crates. All of them shattered upon collision. The Flash walked down from where he stood, standing before the evil speedster, about to deliver a final blow.

But suddenly Barry stopped, hesitating and lost his balance. Seth recognized these symptoms; the speedster is experiencing another loss of memories. The mutant wondered what memories he would lose this time.

One thing's for sure, he didn't believe that he himself or his family would be erased… Seeing as Barry never even cared about them to begin with…

The Rival saw the other speedster breathing heavily in pain from the memory loss. Seeing it as an opening, he got up and delivered a powerful uppercut. The blow sent Barry into the air and the evil speedster thrusted his fist into Barry's stomach, hurling him back away from him.

After colliding with the ground, The Rival smirked. "Goodbye, Flash." Edward showed his superior speed, running around in a circle, gathering up immense momentum. The force of his speed drew various objects to him, dust being the most gathered element.

The Flash got up and watched as the dust and air combined, forming into a huge tornado before his eyes. And before he knew it, The Rival inside of it sped out and quickly made another huge tornado right beside it.

The wind from both cyclones was incredibly strong, making Barry shield his eyes with his arms to try and block out dust clouds that he felt gathering. He embedded his feet into the ground when feeling he felt the pull of both twisters attracting him to them both.

Even Seth had to change his entire body into adamantium to increase his density and use tendrils to anchor him to both the wall and ground to keep him from being pulled into either of the twisters. "Pretty impressive for a villain." Both Venom and Seth admitted.

"Oh, my God." Cisco said from his facility. "It's like Twister in there. The movie, not the game." He took a look at the satellite images. "Satellite's picking up two distinct funnel patterns. Tornados measuring F3 on the Fujita scale. This guy's like a weather wizard or something."

Both twisters continued to roar and howl. The ground itself rumbles at the power of both tornados. Barry lost his footing, falling to the asphalt and rolling backwards. He braced himself against another crater. The Rival sped out of the twister, standing behind the cyclones and watched as the other speedster struggled in the presence of his aerokinetic powers.

"Guys, I can't stop him!" Barry shouted to the team back at Ramon Industries.

Iris didn't believe that, she just had to make Barry realize the same. "Listen to me, Barry. You said we love each other in that other life. If I were your Iris from over there, I am sure I would know exactly what to say but I don't. All I can say is I believe in you, and you can stop this guy." The speedster listened to Iris's words. "Be The Flash, Barry, because that's who you are. You're The Flash."

Her words did more than just reassure Barry… It somehow brought back memories of him fighting as The Flash in the other timeline. He recalled the numerous fights he had in the timeline. The battles that The Flash had to fight to save his city.

"I'm The Flash." He determinedly said, crackles of lightning sparked in his eyes. Having dealt with another metahuman who relied on a tornado before, Barry knew how to stop the two in front of him. He rushed towards one, running into it and ran around inside of it with incredible speed.

Seth watched from a nearby rooftop. He recalled the Flash's first ever fight with a metahuman, Clyde Mardon, who used his atmokinetic powers to birth a tornado himself. Caitlin told him that the speedster used his speed to unravel that tornado from the inside.

That same method is applied here and is gonna be used on both cyclones now. The mutant watched as Barry's method worked on the first tornado, making it disperse. He jumped into the other one.

"That's impossible." The Rival watched in disbelief.

The second twister dispersed, and Barry jumped out of it, landing a single blow on the evil speedster. It sent him to the ground. As he groaned on the ground, he took off his mask and looked at The Flash who walked closer to him. "You really are the fastest man alive." Edward told his rival.

The Flash pressed on his earpiece. "It's over." Edward sneered in anger at those words. Barry turned around, walking towards Wally.

Edward didn't like that his rival just turned his back on him without finishing him. It enraged him, making him snap back up to his feet and vibrated his hand like a sword, intent on ramming it through Barry's chest from behind.

GUNSHOT

But the sound of a gunshot made Barry snap around, making spin around to find Edward Clariss falling to the ground. Looking ahead, the speedster saw Joe West holding up his firearm, smoke emanating from the end of the barrel.

Feeling at ease, Barry pulled off his cowl and made eye contact with the surprised detective. "Joe, it's Wally, he needs help."

"Wally?" Joe asked, slightly shocked by Barry's identity. "Wally!" Both he and Barry rushed down to the downed speedster. "Son!" The detective tried to get his son to wake up with his voice. "Son, can you hear me?" He started breathing heavily.

Seth watched everything unfolding from the roof…

He hated that he had to be sidelined like this…

X

(Ramon Industries)

Barry sped Wally back to Ramon Industries, where Caitlin, with her medical experience short as it may be, helped Wally as best as she could. She patched him up to various machines to monitor her health after he was placed on a gurney.

And as the one with the medical degree, Caitlin shared the bad news with the others. "Wally's vitals are low, and he's lost a lot of blood."

Iris, who's seated beside her brother's gurney, stated. "He should be rapidly healing."

Barry added. "It's one of the gifts of being a speedster."

Confusedly Caitlin turned her eyes to her patient. "He's not. I'm sorry." She directed to Iris who shared a horrified look with her father who's incredibly horrified by the news. Joe walked away. The eye doctor turned her attention to the exit and walked towards it.

Cisco looked at her. "Not much else you can do, huh?"

"Unfortunately, no." Caitlin replied. Her thoughts went back to Logan… To Seth. "I'm going, I need to handle something."

"Sure thing, kiddie eye doctor." Cisco quipped and watched as the eye doctor walked away. With a sigh the CEO turned his attention to the gurney again. "This is why I didn't wanna get involved. Crime-fighting sucks."

Barry sighed heavily and in regret. "I thought I could just make things better, but everybody's been paying for my happiness." He turned his eyes to meet Iris's. "Will you help me?" He asked for her aid.

Iris removed her eyes from her hospitalized brother's form. "Do what?"

Parts of him couldn't believe that he's actually doing this, even considering this, but a single look at Wally made him adamant in his decision. "Make things right." He finalized.

X

Seth remains sitting in the waiting room of the clinic. He really didn't know what to do, other than wait for Caitlin to come back from the facility that is known as Ramon Industries in this timeline. But in secret he listened to everything that they spoke of in the facility before the two speedsters went off to face off against The Rival.

He… also heard the CEO explain Flashpoint to Caitlin while Barry and Iris talked.

And to his horror, he watched as Barry tried to force Caitlin to remember him. Seth had to fight back tears as his most beloved says she doesn't recognize the names of their daughters…

But according to Venom, she was feeling pain and emptiness at those names… Which didn't ease the pain that Seth felt.

"What are we gonna do now?" Seth asked himself.

"What you promised her, telling her the truth." Seth heard his "other" instruct him.

"Think that's a good idea?" He asked.

Venom chuckled at that question. "You miss your Caitlin, and you want to tell this Caitlin everything as she is… So, tell her everything. She deserves that much, doesn't she?"

"Logan?" The mutant lifted his eyes off the floor, turning them to the entrance of the clinic. He saw Caitlin standing there, her lab coat in her arms. "… Or should I say Seth Fury?" She knowingly said.

He didn't deny it, he gave her a smile. "You figured it out, huh?"

"I did." Caitlin nodded, walking over to him. She took a seat right beside him. "You're not gonna ask how?"

"I know the how." Seth demonstrated his power. The eye doctor of this timeline watched as he raised his hand, which quickly became enveloped by black symbiotic matter. His fingertips elongated into black claws with white veins traveling across his hand. He showed his invisibility, the hand itself slowly disappearing as it became one with its environment. To Caitlin it looked like his hand had disappeared altogether. "I can turn invisible."

"You listened in on our conversations back at Ramon Industries." Caitlin deduced. As his hand revealed itself again, she asked. "Why didn't you just show yourself, join the conversation? Help the team?"

"I couldn't interfere." Seth announced. "Not if it meant losing… what's important to me… and you."

"Our daughters?" Caitlin asked with teary eyes. "They're names… What are they?" She heard them before, from Barry. But she wanted to hear them from the man she loves.

"Frankie Fury, our first daughter together." Seth started with the name of their first child. "She was in foster care before, they were awful to her. She never had a good home. But the two of us changed that for her." He smiled widely. "Then, our next daughters, they arrived at the same time. Ruby Fury and Evelyn Fury. Ruby's from the same world as me, bit of a violent oddball to be honest, Evelyn's from a whole other one, she's got a strange case of kleptomania."

"Other worlds exist…" Caitlin couldn't believe the multiverse is real and actually exists.

"Yeah… But they weren't good to our daughters… and we changed that…" Seth's hand intertwined with hers. "Together."

"We have a family… Can't believe it." Caitlin said with tears rolling down her face. The elemental wiped her tears away with his clawed hand. "What… What do we have? You and me?"

That was possibly the hardest question Seth had ever been asked. The two of them, what do they have? It was a truly hard question for him to answer. What they have, he couldn't possibly put it all into one sentence. What they have makes his heart beat so much it's akin to the rapid actions of a jackhammer. What they have would make his eyes telescope on her alone and the rest of the world fade away into nothingness. What they have would erase any and all worries he has.

What they have… together is what drives him.

"What we have Caitlin… It transcends time and space itself. Words wouldn't even do it justice." Seth stated with a warm and loving smile on his face.

"And we're a family, too?" She asked, further and really interested in the life she had in the other timeline with Seth Fury.

"Yeah, we are." Seth nodded.

Caitlin didn't notice it till now, but she just realized she's been subconsciously moving closer and closer to his face. Like before, their faces are mere inches apart. Their breaths touching one another, their lips closer even. Seth realized the same and couldn't stop himself from glowing completely red, so red that smoke emits from all over his body.

The eye doctor noticed it and giggled, finding it really cute. "We're something special, aren't we?"

"Like I said, words wouldn't do it justice." Seth recited.

"Good…" Caitlin trailed off, leaning forward.

As though a force of attraction was at work, the two of them leant forward, both closing their eyes. A static-like electricity sparked between them when their lips met, and they kissed one another. Both tilted their heads, deepening the kiss they shared.

Seth's hand reached up to her face, stroking her cheek and pushed her hair out of the way. His other hand came up, cupping her face and stroked her face from both sides while his "other" sent out soothing emotions into her. The feelings and emotions he sent out in waves amplified the sensations of their kiss by tenfold. Caitlin's hands traveled up the sides of his arms, they tightened their grip on the shoulders of his shirt. Unbeknownst to her, she pulled on his shirt and pulled him closer into the kiss. It was her way of assuring herself he wouldn't go away…

She wanted him here.

After what felt like a blissful eternity, the two separated from one another. Their eyes opened, looking into each other as they breathed heavily.

"You have no idea how long I wanted to do that." Seth smiled, gently caressing her cheeks.

"Trust me, I needed that myself." Caitlin confessed. The hollowness she felt before when she spoke with the speedster at Ramon Industries…

It felt like it was filled up with some of his love… the care that he has for his family.

"How long are you gonna be staying?" Caitlin asked, hoping for an answer where they'd stay together forever.

Opening his mouth, Seth was intent on answering. But no words came out when suddenly multicolored lightning sparked in his eyes. "Seth?" Caitlin called out to him when she saw different colored lightning sparking inside of his eyes. "Are you okay?"

Every other day, he'd love to hear her voice like it's the only sound in the universe. But this time it fell on deaf ears and he gaped his mouth as a message delivered to him… via multiversal means.

"Argh!" He groaned when he finally received the message with his orders. "Damn it." Seth held both of his eyes with both hands. Removing them both, he saw blood in both of his palms.

At the sight of both his eyes bleeding, Caitlin's eyes widened in fear. "Seth, your eyes, they're bleeding. What happened? You…" She watched him casually wipe away blood. "Seth, that's ocular discharge. Chances are you have an infection in your eyes-"

But the mutant stopped her, cupping her hands. "It's not that, trust me." Seth stood up, much to her shock. "It's my answer to your question, Cait. I can't stay any longer."

"Why not?" Caitlin stood up so fast it was she leaped from the seat.

"The guy who made this timeline… Who made Flashpoint… He's gonna try and fix everything and if I'm here when that happens, it's not gonna end well for me." Seth confessed.

"You have to leave to save yourself?" Caitlin asked.

"To be precise, I'm ordered to leave." He clarified in annoyance. "Bit of a drag, but the same thing that's keeping me and our daughters safe is also the same thing giving me orders."

"Our daughters…" Caitlin liked the sound of that. "Go." Seth turned shocked. "Go and be safe, get our daughters back. Give them a kiss for me, okay?"

"Promise." Seth gave her a kiss on the lips. "Gonna miss you, Cait."

"You too." Caitlin chuckled sheepishly. "Seems really weird to wish you good travels."

"No kidding." The two shared a laugh. "Sorry I have to leave like this."

"It's alright." Caitlin kissed him. "Will I know when things change back?" She asked after separating from him. "Will I feel it?"

Shrugging his shoulders, Seth answered unsurely. "Bit of uncharted territory for me, but from what I can gather, it'll be like it never even happened to begin with."

"Sounds good and painless…" Caitlin smiled. "See you soon hopefully, Seth."

"You too, Cait." Seth never thought he'd have to say goodbye to her again. Last time he had to bid his farewells to her was right before he sacrificed his life to destroy the Singularity to save his city, the home of his family.

It was starting to become a bad and horrible habit of his to always say goodbye to the person he loves most of all.

The two shared a hand hold… But it briefly ended when Seth had to let go and he walked towards the exit. Stopping briefly, he turned his head and looked over his shoulder to meet Caitlin's eyes again. "I love you, Caitlin Snow."

"I love you too, Seth Fury." Caitlin said with a wide loving smile and tears rolling down her face.

The elemental resumed his walk, walking out of the clinic.

"You okay, Seth?" Venom asked his partner.

"Hate leaving her like this…." Seth admitted with a groan. "But for our daughters, I'm gonna have to suck it up." He walked into an alleyway. Closing his eyes but only for a brief moment. When they opened up again, they were riddled with lightning of different colors.

"Let's go." He formed a small ice blade on the tip of his left thumb and cut it the palm of his left hand. A small wound opened up, blood streaking out of it. Pointing his eyes ahead of him, Seth lifted his bleeding left hand and aimed it in the direction he's face. "Let's see if I can do this."

Veins popped all over his face and his left arm, his muscles bulging as Seth used all of his concentration. The multicolored lightning in his eyes increased in intensity, sparking and crackling outside of his eye sockets. Devoting all his focus into the lightning, he called the lightning, making it travel over his left arm and towards his palm.

He gritted in pain when he felt the lightning connected with his blood, causing it to boil on his skin. But that boiling sensation ended after a second, before the multicolored lightning burst from his palm, now having a crimson-red color mixed in with the otherwise brightly streak of colored lightning, and hit the open air in the middle of the alleyway.

The lighting sparked in the middle of the alleyway as though it hit a wall. The lightning began to spiral into the middle, forming into a portal of pure lightning in front of his eyes. Seth lowered his hand, the symbiotic mass covering his wound and healing it instantly. Clenching it he walked forward, towards the portal.

"Let's go…" Seth said, while mentally thanking everything that led him to fall in love once again with Caitlin Snow. The elemental walked into the portal, which projected a series of reddish pulses as soon as he entered the swirling gateway.

The portal closed down behind him… Seth Fury walking away from Flashpoint… and to a better time…

X

Iris had to practically carry Barry into the abandoned warehouse that he used to hold Eobard Thawne as prisoner after what happened.

The two moved out of Ramon Industries and together they walked back to the Allen Residence to talk with Henry And Nora Allen. Or rather, it was so Barry could say goodbye to them both. It was also the first time the reporter was introduced to the parents of Barry Allen.

The father noticed a strange look on his son's face and asked if he was okay, but the speedster assured him that he just wanted to see them both one more time. That statement worried both parents, making them hold hands together and face their child with concern.

Barry confessed that the last three months together with them have been the best. Just getting to spend time with them again. He confessed how grateful he was to be their son.

Nora turned scared by her son's words, but Barry promised them there was nothing to be afraid of, finalizing with a hug to them both and telling them both he loves them. Iris and Barry walked out of the Allen household, but as they walked down the small staircase on the porch…

Barry experienced another vicious memory loss, this time losing memories of moments spent with his parents from the other timeline.

Iris hurriedly followed Barry's directions back to the warehouse. As soon as they entered, Eobard quipped mockingly. "Having a bad day, Barr?" His eyes caught sight of the reporter. "Well, if it isn't the future Mrs. Allen."

Lowering Barry to the ground, Iris said. "Barry told me not to listen to anything you say."

"That's just bad advice." Eobard said. "Cause I'm the answer man." Barry shook his head at the evil speedster's words. "I am the answer to all your prayers. All you need to do is ask me, Barry."

Barry didn't look him in the eyes, he didn't want to admit or accept that Eobard is the solution to the web of problems he weaved. "We need to go back in time, to that night."

"To do what?" Eobard wanted him to say it.

"You know what I need you to do." Barry said in frustration.

"Yeah." The evil speedster nodded. "But I wanna hear you say it."

The hardest and unbearable sentence that he's ever thought about… Barry opened his mouth and gave him the instructions. "I need you to kill my mother."

With a grin, Eobard agreed. "With pleasure."

"I hate you." Barry sneered.

"And I hate you." Eobard said back. "And I sometimes wonder which of us is right." He added as Barry opened his cell. The door opened and the other speedster handed him his ring as he exited the cell.

Iris walked closed to Barry, admitting wholeheartedly. "It seems weird to wish you good luck."

"I'm so sorry about all this." Barry apologized to her.

The reporter didn't know what to say to that and sighed. "Will I know when things change back? Will I feel it?"

"It'll be like it never happened." Barry assured her.

Iris stepped forward, pressing her lips to his and the two shared their first kiss in this timeline. Separating from one another, the reporter told him. "I'll see you soon."

Barry smiled and walked over to the evil speedster. He readied himself, about to run with the Reverse-Flash. But as soon as he increased his momentum, he experienced another stabbing headache and he fell to the ground.

"Barry!"

"Get back!" Eobard prevented Iris from coming closer to them. He walked over to the other speedster who began gasping. He realized he was experiencing another sensation of memory loss. "God, I wish I could kill you." He sighed and grabbed Barry by the back of his jacket. "But today, I get to be the hero."

WHOOSH

He sped away to finish his mission.

X

By finally killing Nora Allen as he intended to without interference, Eobard Thawne helped Barry Allen reset the timeline and also erase Flashpoint. The evil speedster helped Barry correct the timeline and returned him to the West household.

Barry gasped in pain and shock of being another speedster's luggage through time itself. As he tried to reorganize himself, he heard a clean-shaven Eobard say. "There we go. Things are back to how they should be." He slyly added. "Well, for me, anyway. For you…."

Raising his head, the Scarlet Speedster turned his head to face the evil speedster who smirked. "Well, I guess you'll just have to wait and find out."

"What? What does that mean?" Barry asked.

That was a surprise for The Flash alone to enjoy. "See you sometime soon, Flash." Eobard bid his farewells, speeding away.

His sentence confused Barry greatly, but another pressing matter took precedence in his mind. He turned his attention to the door, looking through the small window in the door and saw, to his fortune, both Joe and Wally sharing a pair of beers.

He opened the door, rushing in and ran towards Wally and hugged him. The former racer looked shocked as he was suddenly embraced like this. "What's this for?" He asked Barry.

"Just glad you're here." Barry explained as he unwrapped from the hug. He looked around, taking in the house he grew up in after Joe took him in.

Joe turned to him with worry in his eyes. "Are you okay?" That question alone proved that Joe was his former self and not that angry drunkard he was in Flashpoint.

"Whoa…" Barry was in awe. "Yeah, I am now. Yeah." He took a seat on the couch.

"You just lost your father, Barry, you don't have to be okay." Joe told him.

"Actually, I feel closer to my parents than I ever have." The speedster admitted with a smile.

"Well, good, son." Joe handed him a beer.

"To your pops." Wally said.

"To Henry." Joe followed up.

"To my Dad." Barry joined the toast and drank from the beer. "Think Seth's gonna join us?" Wally and Joe shared a confused look. The speedster looked around in search. "Where's Iris?"

Joe lowered his beer, getting a serious look on his face. "That ain't funny." Barry looked confused. The detective placed his beer on the table. "I'm gonna chalk that up to grief. I'll see you both in the morning." He walked towards the staircase.

"What was that about?" Barry directed to Wally for answers.

"Are you kidding me? You know Iris isn't here." Wally lowered his bottle.

"What?" Barry asked in confusion.

Wally reminded him. "They don't talk, Barry. You know that." Before he chose to walk away, he asked him. "Also… Who the hell's Seth?" With that question he walked away.

"Oh God, what did I do?" Barry fell back into the couch, both hands running down his face…

In his attempt to rectify everything…. Did he make everything even worse…?

And he really wanted to know what happened to Seth Fury and his family…?

X

Seth Fury definitely wasn't much better off…

After walking through the portal, he found himself on yet another Earth. And for some reason, this world was nothing like Earth-1, Earth-2 or even Earth-616 for that matter. This world had zeppelins flying around in the sky.

Seth could clearly see the airships all as he stood on the rooftop of the ever tall building that is alone on the island in the nearest body of water. He looked up and saw those blimps over his head. "Metallic blimps..." He noted out loud as those airborne vehicles appeared more akin to machinery than anything else.

"Pretty impressive…" Venom noted.

"But why are we here?" Seth asked through gritted teeth.

The same thing that gave Barry his speed, allowing him to play god to escape pain… is also the same thing that kidnapped his daughters, himself, forcing him to be their servant again, and also now… lead him to another Earth.

A question kept appearing in his mind.

"Why?"

WHOOSH

"Seth?"

The elemental from Earth-616 perked his head up at the sound of a familiar voice. Turning around to face the voice, Seth came face to face with a familiar face.

Standing in a suit with a light red jacket with a golden lightning bolt on the center of with blue at the waist, his pants blue as the darkened seas at night, red boots and a familiar buckle, was Jay Garrick. Like he promised to do on Earth-1, after his rescue, he wears a silver kettle helmet with golden wings that once belonged to Hunter Zolomon's father.

"Jay?" Seth faced him. "Long time no see."

"Likewise, old friend." Jay took off his helmet and walked closer to the mutant. "But what brings you here?"

"Long story…" Seth knew he'd understand, hopefully.

He had to tell someone, or he'd actually go insane from being the Speed Force's servant.

To be continued…

And that's a start, peeps!

Seth is certainly pissed. For months now, he's been forced to just watch Barry frolicking through his reverse It's A Wonderful Life and he couldn't do anything. Most of all… He had to listen to the others of another one and watch over the speedster who doesn't care about anyone but himself and his own life.

The elemental would want nothing more than to just kill him.

But he couldn't, he was restrained to his orders. He watched as Barry looked for a chance to ask Iris out, but also watch him never retake his mantle as the Flash, cowardly and uncaringly let Kid Flash take over as the protector of Central City. The yellow speedster later revealed to be Wally West, son of Joe West and brother to Iris West.

All hope wasn't lost for Seth. He took up stalking himself, watching Caitlin Snow from afar. In Flashpoint, she's an eye doctor. But that didn't change his feelings for her whatsoever. He was just happy he'd be able to see her again, even if in this idiotic timeline that Barry created to escape his pain.

And more than that, he hated lying to the woman he loves, even though in this timeline she has no idea about him. This was the only comfort he could find in Flashpoint as he continued to follow his orders.

But everything good about this timeline came to an end when Barry started losing precious memories of his time together with Iris, Cisco and as The Flash, he had to reset the timeline to fix his mistakes…

And hopefully bring back the elemental he once fought alongside with, and his family… Otherwise, he'd really be no better… No, he'd be worse than Eobard Thawne.

Seth talked with Caitlin, sharing his first kiss with Caitlin Snow of Flashpoint. But as he did so, he got his latest orders via bleeding eyes and a message to his mind. And he was allowed to use the little Speed Force energy he was granted, using it to open a portal and walk into it before Barry had Eobard kill his mother again to reset the timeline.

Barry returned to the world he thought was his own, but it was still different because Iris doesn't talk with her father and Wally is alive and well.

Meanwhile… Seth is on Earth-3 and meets Jay Garrick.

Stay tuned and until next time, peeps!