Barry was starting to get concerned. It had been weeks and no one had seen or heard from Ralph. While normally he wouldn't be so concerned, thinking that Ralph was just working a case like he had been the Sue Dearbon case in the old universe, but right now, DeVoe was still a factor and while Ralph was no longer a bus meta and as far as Barry knew, none of the bus metas had been created, he also knew that Ralph's powers would still be useful in DeVoe's plot.

"Barry, is everything alright?" Caitlin asked as she and Cisco entered the Nexus's cortex to find him just staring at the monitors.

"Ralph's missing. It's been weeks and we haven't heard from him." Barry said.

"So, he's probably just working a case." Cisco said.

"And I'd agree with you if DeVoe wasn't still a factor." Barry said.

"Barry, Ralph isn't a bus meta, which means that DeVoe has no reason to seek his powers." Caitlin said.

"Maybe, but I'd rather not take the chance." Barry said.

"Well, there is one way to find out where Ralph is." Cisco said.

"Just another reason to be glad you have your powers back." Barry said.

"I need something to vibe off of." Cisco said and Barry sped off and returned within a second with a very familiar book in his arms.

"The book of Ralph?" Caitlin asked, slightly amused.

"I think that if there's anything Ralph owns that could be used to vibe him, it's this." Barry said and Cisco nodded his agreement as he took the book in his arms and vibed, however, what he saw was not what he expected.


"Whoa, what's going on here?" Cisco asked as he stood in his vibe, but he couldn't see Ralph anywhere.

"Sorry to disappoint you Mr. Ramon, but I'm afraid that Mr. Dibny is quite lost to you at the moment." A terribly familiar voice said and Cisco turned to see DeVoe actually standing there in front of him.

"How is this possible?" Cisco asked.

"Please Mr. Ramon. If Gorilla Grodd's intellect was not affected by the merging of the multiverse, did you honestly expect it to affect mine?" DeVoe asked.

"But we beat you? You were already dead before the Crisis." Cisco said.

"True, but when I received my intelligence on this earth, it also transferred my consciousness from the old reality into this one." DeVoe said.

"Wonderful." Cisco said.

"Yes, and now, I believe this Q&A session is over." DeVoe said, cutting off the vibe abruptly.


Both Barry and Caitlin were concerned when they saw Cisco get thrown across the room, especially since it confirmed their fears.

"Cisco, are you okay?" Caitlin asked as she and Barry helped him up.

"I'm better than Ralph is." Cisco said.

"So DeVoe does have him." Barry said.

"It's worse than that Barry, DeVoe knew who I was. As in the old reality." Cisco said.

"Wait what?" Barry asked.

"I guess that when the lightning struck his thinking cap, it didn't just give him super intelligence, it gave his memories of the old reality." Cisco said.

"Well, Grodd's intelligence allowed him to retain his memories despite crisis and DeVoe was just as if not smarter than him. I guess it's possible that DeVoe's intelligence transferred here too." Caitlin said.

"Great, like having the Thawne from the old multiverse wasn't enough to deal with, now we have to deal with DeVoe too?" Barry said.

"Hey, you don't think Novu might've had something to do with this do you? You know, his intelligence being deemed useful to stop crisis." Caitlin said.

"If he is, then I'll take him down along with DeVoe." Barry said.

"That will not be necessary Barry Allen." Novu said as he appeared out of nowhere.

"Did you have anything to do with DeVoe regaining his memories?" Barry asked.

"No I did not, though I do not blame you for making that assumption. While Clifford DeVoe's intelligence may have come in handy, I have only restored the minds of those who will be needed in Crisis. The greatest heroes. And his existence actually threatens one of them." Novu said.

"Ralph." Barry said and Novu nodded.

"You will need every asset you can get in this fight, including the Elongated Man. I swear I had nothing to do with the return of your DeVoe, especially since between you three, Jesse Allen, Felicity Smoak, Winn Schott, Querl Dox, Lena Luthor, Alex Danvers, Harrison Nash Wells, Luke Fox, Ray Palmer, Martin Stein, Lily Stein, Zari Tarazi, Ryan Choi, Behrad Tarazi, Lynn Stewart and Peter Gambi, there is already more than enough brainpower to help with Crisis without him." Novu said and Barry nodded.

"I just needed to be sure that you had nothing to do with this." Barry said.

"Believe it or not Barry Allen, I am not a god, I cannot control everything on this planet." Novu said.

"Well can you erase DeVoe's memories?" Cisco asked.

"I'm afraid not, for I'm afraid that I cannot alter the timeline, since I believe that this was meant to be a trial for you to help you prepare for Crisis when Mobius returns." Novu said.

"Speaking of, do you have any ideas on when exactly that will be?" Barry asked.

"I do not. However, I do have some advice to offer you to help prepare." Novu said.

"And that would be?" Barry asked.

"While I cannot see it clearly, I can tell that the heroes you know of on this planet will not be the only ones in existence. In addition to its heroes from the previous universe, this world will give birth to its own heroes and when these heroes make themselves known, you must be ready to find them to bring them into the fight." Novu said.

"Any suggestions on where to start with that?" Barry asked, only for Novu to vanish on them.

"Great. That's just great. He was about as helpful as ever." Cisco said.

"Come on, we have a lot to do, so let's get started." Barry said and they nodded in agreement.

"So, where should we start?" Cisco asked.

"We track down Marlize and restore her memories, since I'm sure that DeVoe will likely try to keep her from remembering, since she left him before. Once we figure out how to save her from him, we can bring her back into the fold and she can help us stop him again." Barry said.

"We should call the others and get them here now." Caitlin said.

"Do it." Barry said, knowing that they've got their work cut out for them.


To those of you, who are wondering, yes, this chapter means that I am likely going to be adding a Stargirl story to this series, though I don't know when I'll have it up. Hope you guys like it as much as you've liked the rest of this series.

Also, how'd you like that twist with DeVoe?