(Earth 1) Crete: Ruins – a few hours later
Barry and Mera had docked near the ruins and managed to get on the island and started to look around the island and not seeing anything of importance. They instead went to the ruins on the hill.
"Any clues to where it is?" asked Mera
"No, it was in pieces, so I guess the pieces are here" Remarked Barry
"Wouldn't they have been found by now?" asked Mera
"I hope they were not" Stated Barry as they got the top of the ruins and they looked around
"Wait, is that a statue to Poseidon" Stated Mera as she pointed towards a statue in the distance and they raced towards it before arriving at it
"This statue has to be the key" Stated Barry as he studied the shrine as a read beam nearly missed them, turning they saw Black Manta
"This is the end of the line" Stated Black Manta as he prepared another attack as Mera bumped the statue and it let out three light going to separate places on the island, Barry used what he could of his speed to get them away
"We need to split up, I go for one and you the other" Stated Barry
"What about the third?" asked Mera
"We will have to worry about it after" Stated Barry
"Right" Stated Mera as they split up
(Earth 1) Crete: Ruins
The Legends had parked the Waverider a bit away from the Ruins and had just gotten out of it and on the island itself when they spotted the three beams of light spreading across the island.
"I assume that is why we are here" Guessed Ray
"Alright, Mick and I will go for the closets one, Ray the furthest and Firestorm the middle one" Ordered Sara as Stein and Jax fused into Firestorm and flew off with Ray following behind them as Sara and Mick went to the close one
"I see something" Stated Mick as they were close, spotting a man in black with something in his hand, and the one beam went off with another shortly after
"Change in plans, we got a … hostile here. Get over here" Stated Sara as Mick ran out and started to fire on the man but it didn't do nothing and the man retaliated by firing a red beam that nearly missed Mick as Sara changed up and attempted to hit him with no success
"On our way" Stated Jax as they turned around and towards Sara's position with Ray behind them
"You shall not stop me" exclaimed the Man as he was hit with a fireball, sending him back as the man prepared a beam of light but was knocked back by Ray, and as he was knocked back he got his black trident and prepared to fight. Mick was shooting him with his gun, Ray was firing beams at him, Firestorm was shooting fireballs at him and Sara was looking for an angle, when suddenly a beam hit the man forcing him back
"Get the piece" Exclaimed a familiar voice, belonging to Rip as Sara went after the piece and managing to grab it before the man could, and the man was knocked back into the ocean
"Rip" Stated Ray
"It is good to see you all" Stated Rip as he approached
"I assume you want this?" asked Sara as she held up the piece
"I do" Stated Rip
"We want answers first" Demanded Sara
"And there is time for that, but right now I need the piece" Countered Rip
"Fine, but I want a full explanation" Conceded Sara as she gave him the piece
"I shall be back monetarily, and you shall have your answers" Stated Rip as he walked towards one of the other lights
"Should we follow him?" asked Ray
"No, let him do what he has to. We will get our answers" Stated Sara
(Earth 1) Crete: Ruins
Both Barry and Mera were going after the third beam, when they caught up with each other.
"I got mine" Stated Mera as she threw hers to Barry
"And I got mine. But I worry we were too late" Remarked Barry
"I hope not" Stated Mera as they heard a noise behind them and turned to see the handle of the trident and a map, Barry picked them both up
"How did that get here?" asked Mera confused
"I am not going to question it." Stated Barry as he put the piece together and there was a beam of light revealing the trident, restored
"Poseidon's trident" Stated Mera in awe
"Step back" Warned Barry as Mera compiled, and Barry tested the Trident and it produced a huge wave, that destroyed several trees
"Wow" Stated Mera
"Yeah, we probably should get back to the shrine before we leave" Stated Barry
"right" Stated Mera as they went back to the shrine
(Earth 1) Crete: Ruins
"What was that?" asked Ray as he spotted the huge wave
"I don't know, should we check it out?" asked Firestorm
"No, our job is done here" Remarked Rip as he returned
"Then you can tell us what is going on" Remarked Sara
"Aboard the Wave Rider, we stay cloaked but don't leave we don't want to draw attention to ourselves" Remarked Rip
"Fine, let's go" Stated Sara
(Earth 1) Crete: Ruins
They had arrived back at the shrine, and Barry again kneed before it with the trident in his left hand and suddenly an energy went through him.
"Are you alright?" asked Mera concerned
"I think so, I don't know what it was, but I feel some sort of power inside me" Revealed Barry
"We will have plenty of time to figure it out, we need to get to Hermes shrine" Stated Mera
"Which we don't know where it is" Stated Barry sadly
"What was that other thing you picked up?" asked Mera as Barry produced the map, it was a map of Greece with the shrines of Hermes and Hephaestus marked
"It is a map, telling us where the shrines are" Stated Barry surprised
"Isn't that convenient?" asked Mera
"I guess so, but we need to move out. The Hermes Shrine awaits" Stated Barry as they walked back towards their sub
(Earth 1) Crete: Waverider
"So?" asked Sara once they were all aboard the Wave Rider
"Gideon had informed me an upcoming catastrophe, one on the scale of Vandal Savage. There would be a great war resulting in billions of lives lost, and irreparable damage to the environment." Revealed Rip
"Then why not let us help" Argued Ray
"This is a delicate situation; we cannot just change time like we could with Savage. And it happens over a shorter time. One mistake from any of us could result in the whole thing being a reality." Countered Rip
"Then why did you call us?" asked Sara
"I couldn't take out that man by myself and if he had gotten away with that piece … then there would be nothing to stop it" admitted Rip
"Then why don't we track him down" Suggested Jax
"No, if we do so then it would make it worse. The events are in place for the catastrophe to be erased but any further interference could change that" Countered Rip
"And what exactly is this catastrophe? You know in case you are wrong" Countered Sara
"A powerful army would invade the world when a certain person takes charge of the country. The world would survive but at great cost" Revealed Rip
"Couldn't we just kill this person" Stated Mick
"No, that would make it worse" Revealed Rip
"Then what is your plan?" asked Sara
"To have someone that would not attack the world to take control" Guessed Ray
"Exactly, they were on the island with us. They needed that piece to win, and if that man had gotten it then they would have lost" admitted Rip
"And we can't help because them because?" asked Sara
"In order for the plan to work, they need to do it alone. Any help could still result in this war" Explained Rip
"Fine, but you will let us know if this plan of yours fails" Retorted Sara
"You will be the first to know" Stated Rip
(Earth 1) Mount Kyllene
Barry and Mera had gotten as close to Mount Kyllene as they could, which was the location of the Shrine of Hermes. The Shrine itself was at the top of the mountain. They were walking up to the top of the mountain.
"Any idea what this trial should be?" asked Barry
"I have no idea" Admitted Mera as she gulped some water as she offered some to Barry
"You should stay hydrated; we dry out faster than surface dwellers" Revealed Mera as Barry took the bottle and drank the rest of it
"We probably need to get some more" Stated Barry as they stopped at a nearby stream and Barry was about to reach down and fill it, but it was as if the water had a mind of its own, and went into the bottle
"What?" Exclaimed Mera as Barry was shocked before he tried it again, and a little bit of the water did move onto the trail with him not evening touching it
"I guess water control is one of my powers" Supplied Barry
"That will surely come in handy" Remarked Mera
"I am sure it will" Remarked Barry as they continued their climb
(Earth 1) Mount Kyllene: Hermes Shrine
They had reached the peak of the Mountain and Barry had approached the shrine with him kneeling and praying as he did previously. And instead of having a vision, he was brought to a room with a table and a man who he recognized as Hermes was looking at him
"Come sit" Urged Hermes as Barry sat down
"So, what kind of trial is this?" asked Barry curiously
"Oh, there is no trial, you can take it" Stated Hermes as he produced a pair of boots and Barry reached from them, but they turned to dust
"Ahhh, you should have seen you face. It is fun to trick mortals isn't it" Stated Hermes as he laughed
"I have a done a few pranks before" admitted Barry
"That is great, now down to business. My trial isn't anything hard" Stated Hermes
"Alright" Stated Barry
"All you got to do is chase this light" admitted Hermes as the room opened, revealing Central City nearby Amnesty Bay with a light right in front of him
"That is, it?" asked Barry surprised as how easy it sounded
"Yep" Stated Hermes as he used his speed to run away, leaving Barry alone as he chased after the light in the Central side of the land, before stopping inside Star Labs. Where he saw a version of himself and Iris talking
"Iris" Tried Past Barry
"I don't care what the newspaper said, I will pick Eddie" Stated Iris as she stormed off, before his past self-disappeared as the light went down into the pipeline as he saw another scene
"Guys" Called out Barry as he was in the pipeline, it was after his father's death
"I am sorry, Barry. You cannot fight Zoom like this" Argued Cisco
"Iris "Tried Barry
"It is for your own good" Remarked Iris as the scene again disappeared and Barry chased the light again before ending up at his old house, and he reluctantly went inside, where he saw someone waiting
"Dad?" asked Barry hesitantly
"Barry" Stated Henry as he turned to Barry
"This has to be a trick" Stated Barry
"Barry, it is no trick. Please, come sit" asked Henry as Barry compiled and sat down
"I saw what happened after I died" admitted Henry
"Dad" Tried Barry
"Please let me speak, then you can" Asked Henry and Barry nodded
"I saw what happened after I died, and none of it was your fault. It was my time, I know that it doesn't seem fair to you, but I had to go someday." Explained Henry
"I know" admitted Barry
"And I know that you might be mad about us keeping this whole Atlantis thing from you, but it was for your own protection." Explained Henry
"But why?" asked Barry
"As you no doubt found out, your mom was the Princess. There was a scheme against her life by your uncle, he wanted to get his son on the throne. She fled to the surface world. I don't think that Iris is the one for you" admitted Henry
"What?" asked Barry shocked
"I saw how she looked at you when I was there. I don't know that she loves you, I think she likes you for being the Flash" admitted Henry
"But there was a future newspaper" Agued Barry
"Was it really from the future? Anyone can make a fake newspaper these days" admitted Henry
"You need someone that loves you for you, not the mask that you put on" Tried Henry
"I know" admitted Barry sadly
"And do you think that Iris would make a good queen for these people? Would she want to give up her life on the surface to live underwater?" Asked Henry
"No" admitted Barry
"I know that you might not like it, but your place is in Atlantis now. And you might feel that the world owes you something for what you did, but please think before you do anything irrational" Stated Henry
"I will dad" Stated Barry
"I think my time is up, it was good to see you again son" Stated Henry
"You too dad" Stated Barry as he cried a little as Henry disappeared and he saw the light, waiting a moment then he chased after it, arriving at Amnesty Bay where he followed it into the water and to the Atlantis Palace where it arrived at the throne, and Barry finally grabbed it, as he was returned to the room with Hermes
"You passed my trial" Revealed Hermes as he presented the Boots again, and Barry hesitated before talking them, this time they did not disappear
"Thank you" Stated Barry
"Eh, just promise me one thing" Stated Hermes
"What is it?" asked Barry
"Prank that Arrow guy at least once, he is too uptight" Stated Hermes
"I will" Promised Barry as he was returned to the shrine, seeing that he was on the floor and he noticed that Mera was watching him
"I see that you were successful" Stated Mera as he stood up
"I was" Stated Barry as he put the red boots on, just as a net hit Mera causing her to be restrained to the wall and a heat lamp was on one of the corners, behind Black Manta. Barry knew that it would affect his powers, hampering this fight for him
"Barry" Exclaimed Mera
"This is the end of the line" Remarked Black Manta as Barry readied his trident, preparing to fight as Black Manta charged him, attempting to impale him but Barry side stepped him and managed to hit him in the back damaging him, as Black manta recovered and managed to hit him in the arm, causing Barry to bled as he managed to hit Black manta again, before creating a wave to push him back while he rushed to Mera and attempted to free her
"Go" Exclaimed Mera as Black manta was fighting the Wave
"I can get you out" Tried Barry
"You are the only hope, please go." Pleaded Mera
"I am not leaving you behind" Tried Barry as Black Manta got closer
"I am not worth the casualties" Pleaded Mera
"Alright" Stated Barry as he knew he did not have any other choice
"I love you, Barry. Never forget that" Admitted Mera
"I love you too, Mera. I will make sure that he doesn't win" Stated Barry as Black Manta got through the wave and knocked Barry back
"A very touching reunion, shame you will not be around for much longer" Declared Black Manta as he went for the kill as Barry was still on the ground, but as he was about to take the plunge with the trident, Black Manta was knocked back giving Barry a chance to get up and he started to retreat knowing it wasn't a fight he was going to win. As Black Manta saw Barry retreat, he turned to Mera and knocked her out. He knew that he would see the Prince again, it was only a matter of time.
(Earth 1) Greece: Shore
Barry managed to get away from the Mountain and to the location of their sub
"I will take revenge on Orm, for what he did to you Mera. I will avenge you" Stated Barry as he approached the sub, noticing it was destroyed
"Great, I am going to need another way back. But where am I going to find a Sub in Greece? Luckily, I still have the map." asked Barry as he thought of his options
"I will have to go on foot" admitted Barry as he got a move on