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CHAPTER 46- RIGHTING THE WRONGS

"It's so peaceful here, isn't it?" The man asked and turned towards Barry.

"Dad?" Barry asked with a confused look.

"Do you remember you asked us to bring you here for your 11th Birthday?"

"I do, but.." Barry was cut

"But we couldn't take you because I had an emergency that day"

"I remember that.." Barry replied.

"There was a huge accident that day near Luke's diner. 22 members died and 43 were severely injured.… I was in the hospital the whole day" Henry Allen started arranging the stones as a pile. "You were pretty angry that I missed your birthday and you couldn't get here" Barry just kept staring at Henry.

"Do you know what I thought that night?" Henry asked.

"What?"

"I promised myself to bring you here every birthday after that… which I never lived up to because 4 days later I was arrested for your mom's murder" Henry told looking at Barry. "When I got out, I wanted to spend all the lost time with you here…but when I saw what you were to the city… as The Flash, risking your life every time to save the people... I knew that asking you to abandon that would be selfish. You were their hero Barry"

"All these years, I've been trying to live my life as you and mom would have wanted. Righting the wrongs.. Trying to save the people…but I failed… Eddie, Ronnie, Oliver, Kara, Alexandra… they had to pay the price for that.. Flash was never real…just a guy who was struck by lightning." With that Barry shuffled up and turned back and started walking away.

"That lightning is all some people want in their lives!" Henry said which made Barry stop and turn around again. "It's all that gives them hope… I've seen that hope in their eyes… In Joe, Jessie, Caitlin, Cisco…Every time you save a guy from a crashing car, every time you stop a bad guy, I've seen it… you are a hero son… you always were"

"At what cost Dad??" Barry asked angrily. "What am I supposed to do? Just let them die??"

"You didn't kill them Barry"

"Didn't I??...Don't you see the blood on my hands???" Barry shouted, showing his hands.

"I know how you feel son…" Henry Trailed.

"Do you dad?" Barry asked with tears about to roll out.

"I've seen a lot of deaths Barry… A lot of people died in my ER… Every time I couldn't save someone…I felt like their death was because of me….I used to hear them wailing in my sleep" Henry said.

"Did the nightmares ever stop?" Barry asked slowly, his angriness slowly wearing off.

"Yeah, it was because of your mother.. she gave me faith that there's good in this world… She was my Home….my beacon through darkness." Henry replied as a tear fell from Barry's eyes. "You take a job like this Barry, you figure, Here's my chance to right the wrongs but you shake the apple tree, you never know who's gonna fall."

"Thank You dad…" Barry said with tears.

"I miss you, Son…" Henry said.

"I miss you too, Dad" Barry replied, closing his eyes trying to stop the tears. After a minute Barry opened his eyes to find his dad gone.

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"Knock knock" A voice said as Jessie lifted her head from the pile of work.

"Caitlin?" Jessie asked as Caitlin walked into the office. "What are you still doing here? It's 2.30 AM"

"Exactly my point, Jessie…. What are you still doing here?" Caitlin asked, sitting across the CEO of the star labs.

"I have a lot of pending work to do…" Jessie trailed.

"Jess… when was the last time you went back to your loft?" Caitlin asked as Jessie gave a huff.

"What kind of question is that? I live there" Jessie laughed.

"You haven't gone to your loft for 10 days, Jessie" Caitlin stressed. "You've been busting your ass off ever since Barry left"

"What? No… why would you assume so??? I'm just doing my work" Jessie faked a laugh.

"You know, Barry's not the only one who cares about you…" Caitlin said and started walking back when Jessie stopped her.

"Caitlin, wait!!" Jessie ran to her "I know… I know… I'm sorry!" They both walked to the lounge area and made themselves a drink and crashed down.

"So tell me What's going on Jess?" Caitlin asked.

"Honestly.. I don't know Caitlin…" Jessie took a sip of her drink. "That place doesn't feel the same anymore… It just feels so empty now… You and Barry were the reason I got convinced to come to Star labs… you guys gave me something I was searching for my whole life…. A Family!" A tear fell from Jessie's eye as Caitlin listened to her. "Now, to see that it's torn apart… I just don't feel…." Tears broke from Jessie as Caitlin moved forward and engraved into a hug. "I already lost mom & dad without knowing them… I don't want to lose you guys too…"

"Hey, it's okay…You're not going to lose us. we're not leaving you" Caitlin said holding Jessie. "I'm right here…"

"But Barry isn't.." Jessie hissed.

"I know, right now he isn't with us… but he will come back… I know it, he will!" Caitlin rubbed Jessie's back. "You know… Barry called me"

"What?? He called you? How is he?? .. Why haven't you told any of us? Where is he?? Why are we still waiting??... Let's get him back…" Jessie said excitedly.

"Relax Jessie…. I..I don't know where he is or how he is…" Caitlin said as Jessie looked puzzled. "He didn't talk to me.. it was an unknown number"

"Then how do you know it was Barry?" Jessie asked.

"I just know…" Caitlin said with a small smile.

"Okay, we can still track him with what he got and bring him back!!" Jessie stood and took out her phone.

"Jessie, wait… what are you doing?" Caitlin asked, standing up.

"I'm calling in Felicity so that she can track Barry from your call records…" Jessie said and Caitlin could see the desperation clearly.

"And then what?... You bring him back… and then??" Caitlin asked as Jessie looked blankly towards her. "Finding Barry was never a problem… It is Barry finding himself… He needs to overcome all the pain he's going through to get back to us."

"Don't you think, You should be with him while he goes through this?" Jessie asked.

"I wish… I want to help him… to assure him that he's not alone in this…. He's got me, you, Joe, Felicity, Cisco….But he's gotta want it too" A tear fell from Caitlin as well. They both hugged each other, it was the CEO this time who embraced it.

"So… what are you going to do?" Jessie asked after coming off.

"I'm gonna wait for him…" Caitlin said.

"Always?" Jessie asked.

"Always!" was Caitlin's reply.

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"So you're leaving?" J'onn asked.

"I had my time here these months… but my people need me…" The Queen of Themyscira replied.

"This world needs you too…" J'onn trailed.

"What this world needs is a hero, not a soldier!" Diana replied.

"You better than me know that wasn't the last we'll hear about the Apokoliptians"

"I know…. And I will be back then and this time I won't be late…" Diana stated firmly and J'onn nodded.

"Take care Diana…"

"You too…" Diana replied and started walking off.

"Shouldn't you be going the other way?" J'onn asked.

"There's something I need to do before I leave…" With that Diana rose to air.

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Caitlin was in the cortex when suddenly alarms started to blaze alerting about an intruder. Caitlin immediately ducked under the counter to pick up the Emergency Stun Guns they have put in recently.

"Thank Felicity…" Caitlin murmured as it was the Hacker's idea to put emergency weapons in every part of the building. Caitlin was about to initiate Lockdown protocol when She heard footsteps near her and she turned around to see Diana Prince staring at the door frame. "You know we pay thousands of dollars for this building's security."

"You got your money's worth… took me almost a minute to disable it" Diana said.

"Hi…." Caitlin trailed dropping off the gun.

"New toy?" Diana asked, looking past Caitlin at the screens which had a flight design on it.

"Prototype Troop Carrier.." Caitlin said, looking at the designs which Cisco and Ray had been working on.

"I once knew a man who would have loved to fly it" Diana sighed. "I'm sorry we never got introduced… I am Diana" The Queen forwarded her hand.

"Caitlin…Caitlin Snow…" Caitlin said, shaking Diana's hand. "It's a pleasure meeting you… I've heard a lot about you when I was a kid but never thought you were real…"

"I get that a lot…" Diana gave a small smile. They both started walking to the lounge area. "I'm sorry about breaking in though…"

"It's okay… Cisco will put up a new enhanced thing… he loves the challenge anyway" Caitlin laughed. Caitlin poured a cup of coffee and passed it over to Diana.

"I'm going back to my people… but I wanted to come here before I leave" Diana said as Caitlin gave a weak smile. They both could feel the awkwardness.

"Was it because of him that you left?" Caitlin asked.

"What?" Diana asked.

"You said you once knew someone who would have loved to fly that troop carrier… was it because of him that you left?" Caitlin asked hesitantly.

"His name was Steve…. I met him when he accidentally crashed into our island's shore… I could say it was an impossible thing that brought him to me" Diana said "But I lost him… He died saving the world."

"I'm sorry.." Caitlin said.

"I couldn't say how much I loved him… how I wanted to spend my rest of life with him… "

"Does it hurt?" Caitlin asked.

"It does.. The fact that I couldn't do anything to stop him… the thought that maybe I was responsible for his death… yeah it does…" Diana said, circling the top of the coffee mug with her fingers. "I knew him for only a short period of time…but not a day goes by where it doesn't haunt me… A part of me died along with him"

"Do you...do you think Barry feels the same now?" Caitlin asked with a tear in her eye.

"Maybe.."

"How did you…" Caitlin was cut by Diana.

"Move on?" Diana asked and Caitlin nodded. "I never really didn't. I just accepted it as a failure in my life. but I don't want Barry to go through the same… He has you… someone to love.. someone to come back to…" Diana said, holding Caitlin's hand. "You know there's a saying where I come from, None are taken back from darkness… Not giving one in return." Caitlin just held her head down. "Take care Caitlin… this world needs as many heroes as it can." The Queen stood.

"I will make sure Barry is alright" Caitlin gave a smile at that.

"I meant it about you.." With that Diana walked off.

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