Here's the rewrite of chapter nine, since that's the one that I need to change. Yes, I have decided to give Iris mirror powers. I was already going to do it, but I wanted to see how well received the idea would be first before I did anything.
Cisco was going through the security footage of what happened to confirm what Thawne had said, since while he wasn't surprised that Barry had been pulled into the new speed force, he wanted to be sure that's what happened to Iris and Jesse. What he found surprised him.
"Dr. Wells, you weren't completely right." Cisco said, getting their attention.
"What do you mean?" Joe demanded as he walked up to Cisco.
"This is what little security footage we managed to get as Iris and Jesse left the safe zone and entered the blast radius." Cisco said as he pulled it up on the monitors.
"Okay, what are we looking at?" Joe asked as they watched.
"Watch closely at what happens when the energy wave hits Jesse and Iris." Cisco said and they nodded as he played the footage in super slow motion for them to see.
"It looks like they're being disintegrated." Joe said as he watched the wave consume Jesse.
"No, that was Jesse being sent into the new speed force. But watch what happens when it gets close to Iris." Cisco said as they watched how right before the energy wave hit Iris, her entire body seemed to refract like a diamond before she vanished.
"What was that?" Joe asked and Thawne's lips curled into a smile.
"I think I know what happened. Follow me please." Thawne said as he wheeled down out of the cortex and the rest of them followed him until they were standing in front of a mirror that had been hung up in the hallway that Iris and Jesse had vanished from.
"What are we doing here?" Joe asked.
"Wait for it." Thawne said and Cisco was the first one to figure it out, but before he could say anything, suddenly, Iris appeared in the mirror.
"What hell is going on?" Iris asked.
"Well Iris, it appears that you are a meta." Thawne said.
"Yeah, I guessed that much when I woke up and found myself inside a mirror." Iris said, still trying to get her bearings.
"How did this happen?" Joe asked.
"My best guess is that the adrenaline rush Iris experienced when she was about to be hit with the speed force energy was enough to trigger her dormant meta powers. And her panic caused her powers to instinctively send her into this mirror, the only place where she would be safe from the blast." Thawne said.
"Great, so now that we know how I got in, how the hell do I get out?" Iris asked.
"That is a good question. One that we can figure out while we also try and get Barry and Jesse out of the new speed force." Thawne said.
"Actually, I think we might have let them get themselves out, while we may have created a speed force, none of us really understand what happens next." Cisco said as he and Caitlin shared a smirk, since they, along with Joe and Iris, knew that Thawne had to pretend like there wasn't anything he knew about the speed force in order to keep his cover.
"I just hope that they're okay." Caitlin said.
"I'm sure that they'll be fine." Joe said, since no one besides Thawne knew the speed force as well as Barry.
When Barry came to, he found himself in immense pain.
"Uh, what happened?" Barry asked.
"You were torn apart and pieced back together instantly." a familiar voice said and Barry got up to see his mother standing in front of him.
"You're the new speed force aren't you?" Barry asked with a smile.
"Yes and no." Nora said.
"What do you mean?" Barry asked.
"You merged the old speed force with a new one. The energy of a new speed force combined with the consciousness of the old one." the speed force said and Barry smiled.
"So it worked?" Barry asked.
"Yes Barry Allen, you've restored your powers and created a new speed force. And it is not only your speed that you've restored." the speed force said.
"What do you mean?" Barry asked.
"Your sister was caught in the blast radius as well. And we brought her here to restore her speed." Nora said.
"But Jesse wasn't a speedster." Barry said.
"Jesse Allen never existed before. But Jesse Wells did. And since Jesse Allen is the doppelganger of Jesse Wells, we can give her the same gift we gave her counterpart. Besides, we don't want her to be jealous of her brother." the speed force with a smile, which Barry shared.
"What about Wally?" Barry asked.
"The Wally West of this new Earth has yet to be exposed to the reaction necessary to turn into a speedster. But he will eventually become Kid Flash again." the speed force said and Barry nodded.
"Okay, I'm sure Joe will be thrilled. But anyways, where's Jesse?" Barry asked.
"Use your connection to her to find her. Because since she does not and cannot possess the memories of Jesse Wells, she doesn't know how to use her newfound speed, which means that she will not be able to get out of here herself." the speed force said and Barry nodded.
"Thanks." Barry said as he sped off and it felt so good to have his full speed back as he sped through the new speed force.
Barry finally found Jesse, he found her at their old house. The house they'd lived in before Thawne had ruined their lives.
"Jesse." Barry said as he entered the house to find her just staring into the kitchen to find her staring at a memory.
"Barry, look." Jesse said as she just kept looking on and Barry nodded as he saw what she was looking at.
It was the last family dinner they had before their mother had been murdered and their father had been killed.
"Jesse, we need to go." Barry said.
"Barry, where are we?" Jesse asked.
"We're in the speed force. It pulled you in to save you from the explosion and gave you powers. And now we need to go." Barry said.
"Look at them Barry. Look at us." Jesse said, tears in her eyes.
"I know." Barry said as he placed his hand on her shoulder.
"Look at what was taken from us." Jesse said as she looked at their parents.
"I know. I miss them everyday. But we have to move forward. Besides, Dad is still alive and with our powers we can finally find the man who killed mom and get him out of prison." Barry said and Jesse nodded as she took one last look at the family she'd lost.
"Let's go." Jesse said as she followed her brother as they sped out of the speed force.
"So, any ideas on how to get me out of this mirror?" Iris asked impatiently, since there wasn't really much else she could do considering she was trapped in a mirror.
"Iris, it's dependent on you." Thawne said.
"What are you talking about?" Iris asked.
"Iris, your powers are what got you in that mirror, you have to use them to get out." Cisco said.
"I don't know how. In case you've forgotten, I've never had these powers before. I don't know how." Iris said angrily.
"Try concentrating on the mirror. You opened the portal into that mirror, so maybe if you focus, you can open the doorway to get back." Caitlin suggested.
"It's worth a shot." Iris said as she held her hand up to her end of the glass and closed her eyes as she did her best to focus on the mirror.
"It's not working." Iris said.
"Keep trying." Joe said.
"This isn't working." Iris said angrily as suddenly, the mirror began swirling and Iris jumped out.
"How did I do that?" Iris asked.
"Interesting. It would appear that your powers require a rush of adrenaline to operate, since both times your powers activated when you felt emotions that triggered the adrenaline, fear and anger. We'll work more on that so you can control them at will." Thawne promised and Iris nodded, right as a swirling portal opened and Barry and Jesse both ran out of it, both of them bringing a trail of yellow lightning behind them.
"Jesse, you have powers now?" Joe asked.
"Yeah, we did it, we managed to create a new speed force. And in the process, turned Jesse into a speedster too." Barry said.
"Looks like we'll have to train you both then." Thawne said.
"Sounds like fun. Can't wait to get started." Jesse said as Barry had to resist the urge to shove his hand through Thawne's chest, since now that his powers were back, he had no use of the Reverse Flash, since he knew he could likely get Thawne's confession from Gideon.
