I know you guys are disappointed that I didn't do the Vandal Savage crossover but honestly, with Patty, the only difference would be Harry not getting shot.

And before I get started, I would like to reveal some news surrounding The Flash cast, of which one piece of news is very tragic.

First of all, I would like to congratulate Danielle Panabaker and her husband to the birth of their first child and I wish her and Hayes and their newborn baby good health, considering the current coronavirus pandemic.

Second of all, and I'm truly sorry for the loss of such a talented young soul, who's had his life in front of him, Logan Williams, the actor playing young Barry, died earlier this week and Grant Gustin, among others, has expressed his condolences on his Instagram account on 3rd April 2020. It hasn't been revealed what is the cause of death and my heart and condolences go out to his family, considering that because of the current coronavirus pandemic they are unable to bury him and mourn properly.

Disclaimer: I do not own DC Comics or the CW TV shows Arrow, The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow, Supergirl or any other characters or elements pertaining to the mentioned franchises.

Barry and Patty were in her apartment, while she was making coffee as they smiled at each other. "Merry Christmas, Barry."

"Merry Christmas, Patty." Barry smiled before the doorbell rang. "I'll get it."

He opened the door and was surprised to see… "Iris."

"Hey." Iris sighed as she turned to Patty. "You won't mind if I come in?"

"No but… are you sure you should come back here?" Patty asked. "I mean, Zoom might come after you again."

"It's Christmas." Iris said. "And… I really didn't want to spend them alone. I needed… someone to talk to."

"What's going on, Iris?" Barry asked.

Iris on verge of tears. "I'm so sorry. I can't keep this in anymore."

"What?" Patty asked.

"I know I was so mad at both of you and Dad for not telling me that you were The Flash, but when I found out about this, I didn't know what to do." Iris said, her voice breaking.

"What? What's going on?" Barry asked.

"When Francine came back, my Dad told me not to trust her and he was right. I didn't know how much." Iris took a breath. "When my mother left us, she was pregnant. She had a son. Joe's son. My brother."

"Are you sure?" Patty asked.

"100%. It's Dad's." Iris nodded.

"What's his name?" Barry asked.

"Wally. Wally West." Iris said. "When I found out, I told her to leave and never come back and to never tell my dad, but… I feel... I feel like this is hollowing me out. Every time I look at Dad, I feel like I'm hurting him. I don't... I don't know what to do."

"Iris, you can't keep this from him." Patty said.

"I think you know what you have to do." Barry added as he neared Iris.

Iris shook her head. "I can't. It's gonna kill him."

"No, it won't. You don't have to do this alone." Barry assured. "We can tell him together."

"Thank you." Iris nodded.

"Come here." Patty hugged Iris. But then her phone went off. "Hello? What?!" She exclaimed, causing for Barry and Iris to turn to her.

"What happened?" Barry asked.

Later, Iron Heights

"Please, tell me this is not happening." Barry groaned.

"It's official, Santa hates us." Joe said. "This sudden blizzard took out cameras and the security system. I mean, thank God nobody was killed, but there's no trace of Mardon, Jesse, or Snart."

Patty seethed. "When I find him—"

"Patty, no." Barry said immediately as he turned to her, remembering what had happened before he time-travelled. "Don't. I know you're angry but you need to be careful, OK? Look, I care about you a lot. I don't want to see you do anything reckless."

"I'm a cop. Going after criminals is in my job description. It's not reckless." Patty snapped. "And powers or not, Mardon's gonna answer for what he's done."

Barry sighed. It was just like the last time once she found out that Mardon was back. "Patty. He's dangerous. Look, I can't stop you from being mad but all I'm asking you for is to be careful and not do anything reckless. We can stop him together. If you try to take him on without a plan, you're just gonna get yourself killed. Do you trust me?" He shook her gently. "Patty. Do you trust me?"

Patty sighed and nodded, knowing he had a point. "What are we gonna do, Barry?"

Later, S.T.A.R. Labs

"Oh, yeah. The Weather Wizard, Captain Cold, and the Trickster." Cisco laughed.

"There's three of them and one of you. I do not like those odds." Caitlin said.

Jay sighed. "And I'm gonna be no help without my speed, so—"

Suddenly, Cisco got an idea. "Oh, oh, light bulb up here. I have an idea. Most weather phenomena are marked, no pun intended, by the change of electric charge and pressure in the atmosphere. We could just map out those fluctuations..."

"…to pinpoint his location." Barry finished, remembering how did they find Mardon.

"Right, it would just be a matter of removing all..."

"…the electricity from his immediate surroundings."

"Attracting it to one spot. The same way a lightning rod does. Only instead of a lightning rod, we could use..."

"…a wand?" Barry finished for Cisco.

"Have we already had this conversation?" Cisco realized.

"Kind of." Barry nodded.

"What does that mean?" Harry asked, confused.

Barry sighed. "All right, so the last time Mardon attacked, he, um, generated a tidal wave that destroyed all of Central City."

"So why are you not all sleeping with the fishes?" Harry asked.

"Earth-2 has 'The Godfather'?" Cisco asked.

"Every Earth has 'The Godfather', Vito." Harry said dryly as Jay nodded.

"So I ran back through time. One day into the past and I got a do-over and I stopped Mardon before he could hurt anyone." Barry explained.

"You shouldn't have messed with the timeline." Harry shook his head in disapproval.

"That's what the other Wells said." Barry said. "So the good news is, in that timeline, you created The Wand and it worked." He turned to Cisco. "So you just got to do it again. For the first time."

"Yeah, no pressure." Cisco said.

"I can give you a hand." Jay offered.

"Best of both worlds?" Cisco smiled.

"I like that." Jay nodded as he followed Cisco into the workshop.

"You good, Harry?" Barry asked as he and Patty noticed how on edge he was.

"Yeah, why wouldn't I be?" Harry snapped as he left.

"Holiday blues?" Caitlin asked.

"It has to be hard for him, considering that Zoom has his daughter." Patty said.

"Yeah, all right, look, I'll be right back. I have something I have to deal with." Barry said before turning to Patty. "Patty, promise me you're not gonna do anything reckless, OK?"

Patty sighed. "Don't worry. I won't." She put on a forced smile.

Barry sighed, seeing through her. "Patty… the first time we went after Mardon… you were so blinded by anger you almost got yourself killed. If you kill him… you're gonna lose everything. Your job. Me. Everyone. And I'm sure your Dad wouldn't want it."

Patty's eyes got wet as she looked into Barry's eyes before she broke down, while he hugged her. "It's OK, Patty. It's OK."

Later, CCPD

Joe entered Barry's lab as he saw Barry and Iris sitting down, looking nervous, realizing something was off. "OK, the last time the two of you were looking at me like that, it was when you both took my convertible on a joy ride and wrapped it around that big oak tree on Fairmont Drive."

"Dad, um..." Iris paused.

"All right, Joe, we have something we need to tell you." Barry said.

"No, um..." Iris got up. "I have something that I need to tell you. It's about Francine." She cleared her throat. "When she left us... she was pregnant." Joe stilled and glanced at Barry, whose look confirmed Iris's news.

Joe's eyes got wet as he looked outside the window, leaning onto the windowsill. "Did she have the baby?"

"Yes." Iris nodded. "His name is Wally. Wally West."

"Short for Wallace." Joe said. "That's what we were gonna name you if you were a boy."

"I only found out a couple weeks ago. Dad, I am so sorry that I didn't tell you sooner." Iris said. "That's why she reached out to us after all these years. She wanted us to know before she..."

"Before she died. And I thought Francine was running out of surprises." Joe's voice almost broke before he left Barry's lab. "I got to get to work."

"Dad, listen... Dad."

"I'm... I'm sorry. Just let me sit with it." Joe said as he left.

Later, Wests' house

"How did Joe take it?" Patty asked as she and Barry accompanied Iris.

"About as well as expected." Iris said and Patty nodded. "Do you think that he's gonna be OK?"

"I do, yeah, I think... It's just a lot to take in. He just needs a little time to process it." Barry paused, when they saw Snart sitting down at the fireplace with a mug of cocoa in his hand.

"Ho, ho, ho." Snart said. "Mmm. Cocoa isn't cocoa without the mini-marshmallows. And you're out. I checked."

Barry glared as he pinned Snart to the wall. "Are you out of your mind? Breaking into my home?"

"Careful. I made an upgrade to the cold gun. If I release my grip from the handle, the core goes critical." Snart warned as Barry glanced at the cold gun in Snart's hand. "You might make it, she won't." Barry let Snart go as he smirked. "Read your article on the disappearing middle class. Strong point of view. Nice prose style."

"Yeah, well, who needs a Pulitzer when you have a homicidal maniac's seal of approval." Iris sneered.

"Didn't Barry tell you? I had a rough childhood."

"Everyone in this room had a rough childhood. Get over it."

"What do you want, Snart?" Patty demanded.

"I got the Noel spirit, wanted to give you a gift. Mardon broke Jesse and me out to kill you. Jesse's on board, of course. He's shaking with excitement. Me, I'm gonna pass." Snart said.

"Why? You grow a conscience?" Iris asked sarcastically.

"Mardon wants revenge. Jesse wants chaos. I'm just not invested like they are." Snart shrugged.

"You mean that you get no money out of it." Patty sneered.

"I was never much for non-profit work." Snart said.

"If you're not in with them, then tell me where they are." Barry said.

Snart chuckled. "Nah, consider me more of a secret Santa. Besides, you and your friends love to solve a good mystery."

He left as Barry scoffed. "You are full of it, Snart. I think my friends and I saved your sister's life and you can't stand owing me a marker." Snart stopped, considering. "I hate to break it to you, but that... that right there is called 'honor'."

Snart already knew what was Barry going to do as he smiled, amused. "Go on, make your pitch. I can see you're dying to."

"Help me stop them." Barry said.

"Sorry. I'm not interested in being a hero." Snart said.

Barry scoffed. "Well, you're doing a pretty lousy job of being a villain this week."

Snart considered before leaving. "Merry Christmas, Barry."

Later, CCPD

"How's Joe doing?" Patty asked as Barry entered.

"He's not really taking it well." Barry said.

"Where's Joe?" Singh asked.

"Uh… family matters." Patty said quickly.

Suddenly, on the TVs turned on a live feed with the Trickster transmitting. "Flash-y the red-nosed speedster, Had a very shiny suit, And if you ever saw him, You might even want to puke." The Trickster gagged before smirking. "Merry Christmas, kiddie-winks. I'm back!"

"Get TARU down here now. I want to know how he's doing this." Singh ordered.

Patty neared her computer and zoomed in, trying to see some clues where the Trickster was before she saw a reflection of a teddy bear in his eye. "That's Mr. Jiggle Wiggle. My Dad bought it to me, when I was a kid. No one's been manufacturing that thing for years." She turned to Singh. "Captain, I think I know where the Trickster is!"

Later, Okamura Toys

Patty and the S.W.A.T. and other detectives were scouring the abandoned factory as they looked around.

"Be careful. Stay sharp." One of the officers said before they heard "Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel" song.

"We can't let Christmas hog all the holiday fun! Happy Hanukkah!" The Trickster said on the speaker of one of the dolls. "Dreidel, dreidel, dreidel, I made you out of C-4!"

"Move! Move! Everyone out! Now!" Patty ordered as the officers ran out, while Patty and the Flash were surrounded by the dreidels rigged to explode. "What are we gonna do?" She looked around for a way out.

"Hold me." The Flash ordered. "Don't let go."

He spun his arms, creating cyclones as he flew up, while the factory exploded as they fell down.

"You OK?" Barry asked as he turned to Patty, who nodded.

"I'm fine. This was a trap." She realized before punching the ground. "Damn it!"

"We're gonna get him. Patty!" Barry called out as Patty was about to leave, clearly angry. "Listen, I know you're mad but you need to calm down. You don't have to do this alone, OK?" He held her by her shoulders as she looked him in the eye. "Deep breaths, OK? I promise you, we're gonna find him but you getting angry is not gonna help."

Patty breathed out before nodding as she calmed down. "What are we gonna do, Barry?"

"We'll figure something out. But promise me you'll stay put, OK? He's dangerous. Whatever happens, don't do anything rash." Barry ordered.

The following day, CCPD

"Is everything alright, Patty?" Julian asked as Patty was working on some paperwork. "I've heard about Mardon and…" He took a breath. "Look, if you need something—"

"I appreciate the offer but I'm fine, don't worry about me." Patty assured him.

S.T.A.R. Labs

In the Speed Cannon room, Harry waited as Zoom entered. "Have you decided?"

"I need more time." Harry said.

"Don't we all. Decide." Zoom said.

"I need more time." Harry pleaded.

"Maybe if I go up there and kill a few of your new friends—"

"No!" Harry begged.

"One more day. I'll tell your daughter you said, 'Hello.'" Zoom said before disappearing through the breach.

The alert on computer in the Cortex went off.

"What's that? Is that Mardon?" Barry asked.

"That's definitely him. Atmospheric pressure just dropped 200 hectopascals." Cisco said.

"Where?"

"Central City Square."

"The tree lighting ceremony." Caitlin realized.

"There's thousands of people there." Barry picked the wand and sped off.

Central City

The Flash sped on the rooftop, facing Mardon. "Oh, glad to see you. Maybe you can help me."

"Help get back to a jail cell? It'll be my pleasure, Mark." The Flash said.

"No. No, see, I'm trying to decide if I should kill everybody down there with a deadly hail storm, or... little trickier, with acid rain, what do you think?" Mardon said.

"Ah, let me think, um... How about neither?" The Flash showed Mardon the wand. "You see this wand here? Guess what?" Suddenly, Mardon flew off the rooftop, much to the Flash's surprise. "Um... guys? He's flying."

"He can fly? Since when can he fly?" Caitlin demanded.

"Well, he's using his powers to alter the air pressure around him to create pockets of updraft that can…"

"No, he can fly." Harry interrupted Cisco.

"Barry, get him!" Jay ordered.

The Flash followed Mardon through the city until he used the wand, draining Mardon of his powers as Mardon fell down onto the plaza. "You didn't really think I'd let you hurt all these people, did you?"

Mardon laughed as he got up on his feet. "No, of course not, but bet you're gonna let me hurt you."

A present box suddenly appeared at the Flash's feet.

"Feliz Navidad! Time for a real war on Christmas." The Trickster said.

"What is this?" The Flash asked.

"That is a box with a bomb in it." Mardon said.

"Yup, I've handed out about 100 of them today. It feels so good to give." The Trickster said.

"You see, right now, there are 100 random children, who've each taken home a box just like that one and are shoving it under their Christmas tree. There's no way for you to get to all of them, even if you knew where to look." Mardon said.

The Flash's blood ran cold. "Oh, no. Please, don't do this."

"What? Me? Kill 100 families? No, that's up to you. I'm happy just to take your life." Mardon said. "So this is how it's gonna be. You are gonna stand there and let me end you. Very publicly and very painfully and I'll let everybody live, but if I see even a little flicker of electricity on you... the casket makers in this town are gonna have a very merry Christmas." The Flash felt himself deflate, realizing they had him cornered. "So, Flash... what's it gonna be?" The Flash handed him the wand as Mardon and the Trickster laughed. "There you go."

Mardon summoned a ball of ice, sending the Flash to the ground.

S.T.A.R. Labs

"They're gonna kill Barry!" Caitlin cried out.

"Unless we find those bombs." Jay said. "Cisco?"

"Jay, there's no way." Cisco said.

"There is a way." Harry said.

"To find 100 randomly placed bombs?" Cisco demanded.

"We don't have to find 100. We just have to find one. And then we get rid of them all." Harry said.

"How?" Caitlin asked.

"A breach." Jay realized.

Harry nodded. "That's right. We sent Grodd away. We can do the same to these bombs, all of them. Do you have a drone in your workshop?"

"Yeah." Cisco nodded.

"Does it fly?"

"Yeah."

"Good. I'm taking it. You're not getting it back."

Central City

Mardon struck the Flash with lightning before sending him flying away as the Flash crashed on the road before Mardon struck him again.

The Flash fell to the ground, panting out.

"I'm done. He's all yours." Mardon said.

"Oh, God..." The Flash groaned.

The Trickster neared the Flash and pulled out a knife as he laughed. "To think this city worships you! But, when I kill The Flash, they'll realize I'm the man who saved Central City!"

Suddenly, up in the sky they saw explosion as all the bombs were flying towards the breach.

The Trickster turned to Mardon. "Was that you?"

"No! Gut him!" Mardon ordered.

"All right, I'm gutting already!" The Trickster said.

"Barry, the bombs are gone." Cisco called out as the Trickster saw a flicker of lightning in his eyes.

"Uh-oh..."

The Flash restrained the Trickster to a pillar and knocked Mardon down and drained him of his powers with the wand as Patty drove in. The Flash shivered, wondering if she was going to kill him as Patty met Barry's eyes. She took a breath and reached for her cuffs as she pinned Mardon down and restrained him. "Mark Mardon, you are under arrest."

Later, S.T.A.R. Labs

"Mardon and Jesse are in prison, where they belong." Patty said.

"Thank you." Barry said. "For not killing him."

"I've been thinking about what you said and… I realized that dad wouldn't want it." Patty said. "Thank you for not giving up on me."

"Always." Barry said as he and Patty kissed.

"See you at Joe's?" Patty asked.

"Yeah." Barry nodded and Patty left before he turned to Harry, who was at the treadmill. "I know that you're not him..." He took a breath. "…but he's not here and I have to say this for me. In that video message, you said that... that I would never really be happy. And I've been trying... I've been trying really hard. After what Joe said, and helping Patty, I realize that you're still in my heart. How much I hate you for what you've done." He sniffed, eyes getting wet. "I don't want to hate you anymore, I can't. Can't hate you anymore. I forgive you." He felt like a burden had been lifted from his shoulders.

Harry turned around as he faced Barry. "You need me for something?"

"No, no, I'm good. You know, you should come over for Christmas tonight. You shouldn't be alone." Barry offered.

"It's a nice offer. I can't celebrate without my daughter." Harry said and Barry nodded before leaving.

Wests' house

Barry, Patty, Cisco, Caitlin, Iris and Jay were celebrating Christmas before the doorbell rang and Joe opened the door to a young Afro-American, who resembled Joe as he and Iris stared in shock.

"Hi, I'm Wally. I'm Francine's son." Wally said.

Joe and Iris looked shocked before they introduced themselves. "I'm... I'm... I'm Joe. This is Iris."

"Hi."

"Hi."

Central City

Harry waited in the middle of the street before Zoom showed up. "Time's up, Wells. What's it gonna be?"

"I know what you're doing. I know why you keep sending villain after villain from our Earth to this one." Harry said, nearing Zoom and glaring. "You want Barry to get faster. You want him to get stronger. You want him to become more powerful, more full of... Speed Force. You're fattening him up like a Christmas goose."

"The more power he has, the more I can take and you're going to help me." Zoom said.

"Let me see her first." Harry said. A moment later, Zoom pulled from a breach a young brunette girl, who sobbed.

"Daddy?" Jesse whispered as Harry hugged her tightly.

"Are you OK? Did he hurt you?" Harry asked.

"Please, help me. Don't let him take me back there." Jesse sobbed.

"I won't—"

Zoom sped Jesse back through the breach as Harry stared in despair as his daughter disappeared from his arms. "Now decide. In return for your daughter's life..."

"I'll do it. I will help you steal the Flash's speed." Harry said.

The reason Patty wasn't gonna kill Mardon is because she already knows Barry's secret and he would be more easily able to talk her down.

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