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Ferris Air

Wells, Cisco, Caitlin and Barry were at the runway, preparing the equipment.

"You don't really believe he can run that fast, do you?" Caitlin questioned.

"Well, I believe anything is possible, and in a few minutes, maybe you will too." Wells said.

"How does it fit?" Cisco asked as Barry went out with protective helmet, glasses and unitard with some device to monitor his vitals.

"It's a little snug." Barry said.

"At least you will be moving so fast, no one will see you." Cisco said as he accompanied Barry to the runway. "See, you thought the world was slowing down. It wasn't. You were moving so fast it only looked like everyone else was standing still." He gestured to Caitlin and Wells, who were preparing the computers. "Dr. Wells will be monitoring your energy output and Caitlin, your vitals."

"What do you do?" Barry asked Cisco.

"I make the toys, my man. Check it." Cisco showed Barry a metal emblem shaped as lightning in black circle. "This is a two-way headset with a camera I modified. Typically designed to combat battlefield impulse noise, or in your case, potential sonic booms, which would be awesome."

Caitlin approached Barry with a tablet, calibrating the suit.

"What?" Caitlin asked as Barry stared at her.

"Nothing." Barry said. "Just that you don't smile too much."

Caitlin adjusted her hair. "My once promising career in bio-engineering is over. My boss is confined to wheelchair for life." She turned to Wells. "The explosion that put you in a coma, also killed my fiancé. So, this blank expression kind of feels like a way to let go."

"Mr. Allen, while I am extremely eager to determine your full range of abilities, I do caution restraint." Wells advised.

Barry nodded. "Yeah." He prepared to run as Cisco was recording him, while Wells put on his glasses. The start of his run was at so high speed that the following gust of wind blew away some papers on Caitlin's desk and knocked Cisco down on the ground as Cisco laughed and Caitlin stared.

"He just passed 200 miles per hour." Cisco said as Caitlin was observing Barry through the goggles.

"It's not possible." Caitlin said, disbelieving as Wells seemed to smile.

Barry kept on running, until a memory deep in his mind resurfaced, getting a sense of Deja vu.

Fourteen years ago

"Mom!" Barry cried out as his mother Nora Allen was surrounded by red and yellow blurs.

"Barry!" Nora cried out as Barry was unable to get past the blur. "Don't let him touch you!"

Suddenly, Barry saw a man in yellow suit in the blur.

Present, Ferris Air

Suddenly, Barry crashed into some water barrels as he groaned in pain, his wrist broken as he was clutching it.

CCPD

Patty and Eddie were interviewing one of the witnesses of the robbery at Central City Gold Bank.

"Sky went black and then, boom!" The witness said. "Outside was inside. It was like there was a thunderstorm in the bank."

"Vukuvich." Joe said as he was examining the footage and the rest turned to him. "Suspect is driving a black Mustang. Partial plate 6-Kilo-Charlie-3. Put out an APB."

"Copy that." Officer Vukuvich said as he left.

Later, S.T.A.R. Labs

Caitlin showed Barry an X-Ray scan of his arm. "It looks like you had a distal radius fracture."

"Had?" Barry repeated.

"It's healed. In three hours." Caitlin explained.

"How is that even possible?" Barry demanded, not understanding.

"We don't know. Yet." Caitlin said.

"You really need to know how to stop." Cisco said as he entered with Wells.

"What happened out there today?" Wells asked. "You were moving pretty well and then something caused you to lose focus."

"I started remembering something." Barry said, clutching his hand as everyone listened to him. "When I was 11, my mother was murdered. It was late. The sound woke me up. I came downstairs... and I saw what looked like a ball of lightning. Inside the lightning..." He took a breath, reliving it as Wells put down his glasses for a moment before putting them back. "...there was a man. He killed my Mom. They arrested my Dad. He's still sitting in Iron Heights for her murder. Everyone, the cops, the shrinks, they all told me what I saw was impossible. But what if the man who killed my Mom was like me?"

"Well, I think I can say unequivocally, you are one of a kind." Wells said as Barry nodded.

Later, Central City

"So, now that you're awake, what did you miss the most? The films, the lab work, ice cream? Whatever you want, Barry." Patty offered.

Barry stopped when he saw Eddie and Iris in the café.

"Oh." Patty said.

"Did you know about this?" Barry asked.

"I… might have seen them once or twice." Patty said, dragging him away before either Eddie or Iris would notice them.

"Why didn't you tell Joe?" Barry asked. "His daughter dating his partner—"

"Look… I know, Barry. But it's not like it's my place to tell. I don't like lying to Joe as much as you do but—"

"How did it happen?" Barry asked.

"Eddie covered for Joe at work, so that they could visit you with Iris. I saw them going out for coffee once or twice." Patty said before they heard sirens and Patty's radio went off.

"All units, a car in Engelwood is running at high speed."

"That's right here." Patty realized.

Suddenly, a car drove by, about to run Barry and Patty down as he pushed her away. Patty then felt a gust of wind as she saw Barry run off as she looked around to see that Barry had vanished.

"Barry?" Patty called out.

Barry chased the car and entered through the window at the passenger seat as he saw Clyde Mardon driving. Barry grabbed the wheel as the car flipped over and crashed.

Both Barry and Mardon went out as Barry glared at Mardon, who was walking away.

"Hey! Mardon!" Barry yelled.

Mardon turned around and glared before he raised his hands and summoned some fog that surrounded Barry and then he turned around to see that another car crashed into Mardon's. Barry dodged and stared to see that Mardon had escaped.

Later, the EMTs were taking care of the scene.

"That poor man." Iris said as the medics put the dead body on the stretcher. "The way that fog came in, I have never seen anything like it."

"Barry! Patty! Iris." Joe said as he neared them.

"I'm alright, Dad." Iris assured him as Joe started scolding her.

"Barry, can I talk to you for a minute?" Patty asked as she dragged him aside.

"What is it?" Barry asked.

"What the hell happened? One second you push me out of the way, the next one you disappear before I can even blink." Patty said.

"I went to call Singh." Barry lied but Patty saw right through him.

"I looked everywhere for you, you were nowhere to be found." Patty snapped.

"Patty…" Barry sighed before turning to Joe. "Joe—"

"It can wait."

"No, now." Barry said as Joe neared them. "I know who did this. It's Clyde Mardon." Both Patty and Joe shot him incredulous looks. "I know, everybody thinks he died in a plane crash after the S.T.A.R. Labs explosion, but he's alive. Something happened to him that night. I... I think he can control the weather. The recent robberies, they all happened during freak meteorological events. And when I just confronted Mardon, the street was instantly enveloped in fog."

Joe just looked at Barry sadly while Patty was not sure what to believe as Barry snorted. "Of course you don't believe me. You never believe me."

"OK, you want to do this now? Out here? Fine. Mardon is dead." Joe snapped. "There is no controlling the weather, Barry. Just like there was no lightning storm in your house that night. It was your brain helping a scared little boy accept what he saw.

"My dad did not—"

"Yes, he did! Your dad killed your mother, Barry. I am sorry, son." Joe said hurtfully. "I knew it, the jury knew it. He's paying for what he did."

"Joe!" Patty snapped.

"Dad, enough!" Iris exploded as she neared him.

"Iris." Joe stopped her as he pointed at Barry. "I've done my best to take care of you since that night. I've never asked for anything in return. Not even a thank-you. But what I do ask now is that you for once in your life see things as they are."

Barry sighed, looking sad as he walked away before Eddie neared Joe and Patty, showing them a sketch.

"We got the eyewitness sketch of the robber from the bank job. If I didn't know better, I'd say that's Clyde Mardon. But that's impossible. He's dead, right?"

Patty stared and considered. If Mardon really was alive, would that mean… Making up her mind, she rushed towards Barry.

"Barry!" Patty called out as he turned around.

"Patty, I—"

"Barry. Are you sure it was Mardon?" Patty asked and Barry hesitated. "Please." She asked with an imploring look.

"I know what I saw." Barry said.

"Barry. I need to know everything. And I mean, "everything". From the beginning." Patty said.

Later, S.T.A.R. Labs

Barry and Patty entered as she glared at Wells.

"Your particle accelerator gave people powers, did it?" Patty demanded.

"Detective Spivot." Wells said politely.

"What… what is she doing here?" Cisco asked, him and Caitlin being nervous.

"Something fishy is going on in this town and I need some answers." Patty said. "And I saw what Barry did earlier afternoon."

"You know?" Caitlin asked, all of them surprised.

"Yeah. And I think you owe all of us some answers." Patty nodded. "Or I might consider arresting you all for withholding information."

"I wasn't the only one affected by the particle accelerator explosion, was I?" Barry demanded.

Wells hesitated before confirming. "We don't know for sure."

"You said the city was safe, that there was no residual danger." Barry snapped. "But that's not true. So, what really happened that night?"

Wells, Cisco and Caitlin looked at each other awkwardly.

"Well, the accelerator went active." Wells said as he turned to Barry and Patty as he showed them on a screen the simulation. "We all felt like heroes, and then it all went wrong. The dimensional barrier ruptured, unleashing unknown energies into our world. Antimatter, dark energy, X-elements—"

"Those are all theoretical." Barry protested.

"And how theoretical are you?" Wells pointed out. "We mapped the dispersion throughout and around Central City though we have no way of knowing exactly what or who was exposed. We've been searching for other metahumans like yourself."

"Metahumans?" Patty repeated.

"That's what we are calling them." Caitlin explained.

"I saw one today. He's a bank robber. He can control the weather." Barry said.

"This just keeps getting cooler." Cisco said, smiling.

"This isn't cool, Cisco. A man died today." Patty snapped as Caitlin and Cisco stared in shock.

"Mardon must have gotten his powers the same way I did, from the storm cloud. He's still out there!" Barry snapped. "We have to stop him before he hurts anyone else."

"Let Detective West and Spivot and the police handle it." Wells said.

"And how are we supposed to stop a man, who can control the weather?" Patty pointed out.

"You're responsible for this. For him." Barry pointed out as they glared at Wells.

"What's important is you!" Wells snapped. "Not me. I lost everything. I lost my company. I lost my reputation. I lost my freedom. And then you broke your arm, and it healed in three hours. Inside your body could be a map to a whole new world. Genetic therapies, vaccines, medicines, treasures buried deep within your cells. And we cannot risk losing everything because you want to go out and play hero." Barry looked saddened as Patty glared. "You're not a hero. You're just a young man who was struck by lightning."

"We need to tell Joe." Patty said.

"He's not gonna believe us. Either of us." Barry said.

"Then what are we going to do?" Patty asked.

"We?" Barry repeated.

Patty sighed. "I know I haven't always been there for you, when you needed me. But seeing what's happened… it made me wonder… your Dad… he is innocent, is he? You really saw something that night, when your Mom died."

Barry nodded as she looked sad.

"Barry… I… I'm sorry. I'm sorry I didn't believe you." Patty said as she felt ashamed.

"I… I need some space now." Barry said, speeding off, running to the one person he could turn to.

Later, Starling City

Barry was on the rooftop, talking with Oliver Queen, also known as Starling City's archer vigilante, the Arrow as he filled Oliver in.

"So that's my story. I've spent my whole life searching for the impossible. Never imagining that I would become the impossible." Barry said.

"So why come to me?" Oliver wondered. "Something tells me you didn't just run 600 miles to say hi to a friend."

"All my life I've wanted... to just do more. Be more." Barry said. "Be more. And now I am. And the first chance I get to help someone, I screw up. What if Wells is right? What if I'm not a hero? What if I'm just some guy who was struck by lightning?"

"I don't think that bolt of lightning struck you, Barry. I think it chose you." Oliver said.

"I'm just not sure I'm like you, Oliver." Barry protested. "I don't know if I can be some vigilante."

"You can be better." Oliver said. "Because you can inspire people... in a way that I never could. Watching over your city like a guardian angel. Making a difference, saving people… in a flash." He turned around, putting on his mask before facing Barry one more time. "Take your own advice. Wear a mask."

Oliver jumped down and fired an arrow as he rappelled up on the rooftop of the opposite building as Barry stared.

"Cool." Barry said.

Oliver was hanging on the wall as he saw Barry run off. "Cool." Oliver said.

Later, S.T.A.R. Labs

"Unexplained deaths and missing people in the past nine months. Quite a lot." Patty said, showing Cisco and Caitlin the boxes.

"Your metahumans have been busy." Barry said, much to Caitlin's and Cisco's surprise. "I'm not blaming you. I know you didn't mean for any of this to happen. I know you all lost something. But we need your help to catch Mardon and anyone else out there like him. But we can't do it without you."

Barry turned to Patty, knowing what the Mardons did to her. "We need to stop him. Can you do that?"

Patty sighed. She felt some solace that Mark Mardon was gone. She didn't want Clyde dead but she didn't want to let him hurt more people either. "I'm not going to be trigger-happy to take him down. Don't worry." She turned to Caitlin and Cisco, who looked at each other.

"If we're gonna do this, I have something that might help." Cisco said as he showed them what seemed to be a red spandex suit. "Something I've been playing with. It's designed to replace the turnouts firefighters traditionally wear. I thought if S.T.A.R. Labs did something nice, maybe people wouldn't be so angry at Dr. Wells."

"How is it going to help me?" Barry asked.

"It's made of a reinforced tri-polymer. It's heat and abrasive resistant to withstand your moving at high-velocity speeds. The aerodynamic design should help you maintain control. Plus, it has built-in sensors, so we can track your vitals and stay in contact with you from here." Cisco explained.

"Thanks." Barry said.

"How do we find Mardon?" Patty asked.

"I re-tasked S.T.A.R. Labs' satellite to track meteorological abnormalities." Caitlin said as she was at the computer. "We just got a ping. Atmospheric pressure dropped 20 millibars in a matter of seconds."

"He's in an abandoned farm west of the city." Patty said, checking her phone.

"How do you know that?" Barry asked.

"Because that's where Joe and Eddie are right now and where the Mardons hid out the last time." Patty said.

Later, Central City

Joe and Eddie were trying to apprehend Mardon but Mardon knocked Eddie out with his powers before he created a tornado, as Joe stared in disbelief before dragging Eddie out as he saw debris flying. One of the pieces of debris was flying towards him before a red streak knocked it back.

Joe stared in disbelief as he saw a man in red spandex suit wearing a breathing mask.

Patty drove in as she went out.

"Joe! Joe, are you OK?" Patty called out.

"Patty, what the hell are you doing here?" Joe demanded.

"We need to get out of here, now!" Patty ordered, picking up Eddie.

"What… what is that…" Joe pointed at the man in the suit.

"No time, we need to go!" Patty ordered as she helped Eddie up and left with Joe into her car.

Barry put down his mask as Cisco called out. "Barry. Barry, this thing's getting closer. Wind speeds are 200 miles per hour and increasing. Barry, can you hear me?"

"Yeah. Loud and clear." Barry said.

"If it keeps up, this could become an F-5 tornado." Cisco said.

"And it's headed towards the city. How do I stop it? Guys?" Barry called out before he got an idea. "What if I unravel it?"

"How are you gonna do that?" Caitlin demanded.

"I'll run around it in the opposite direction. Cut off its legs." Barry said.

"He'd have to clock 700 miles per hour to do that." Cisco noted.

"Your body may not be able to handle those speeds. You'll die." Caitlin pointed out.

"I have to try." Barry said as Joe and Patty stared.

Barry sped around the tornado as Cisco and Caitlin were monitoring his vitals.

"Ha, ha. Suit's holding up." Cisco said.

"But he's not." Caitlin protested.

"He can do it. I know he can do it." Cisco said.

Barry sped around the tornado before he was knocked down. "It's too strong."

"You can do this, Barry." Wells called out, much to Cisco's, Caitlin's and Barry's surprise. "You were right. I am responsible for all of this. So many people have been hurt because of me. When I looked at you, all I saw was another potential victim of my hubris. And yes, I created this madness. But you, Barry, you can stop it. You can do this. Now run, Barry. Run!"

Barry got up, speeding around the tornado as Mardon roared before the tornado stopped.

"Barry?" Caitlin called out as Barry was knocked down.

"Hey." Barry turned around to face Mardon, who was aiming a gun at him. "I didn't think there was anyone else like me." Mardon said.

"I'm not like you. You're a murderer." Barry sneered.

Suddenly, gunshots rang out as Barry turned around to face Patty and Joe, holding guns as Mardon fell down, dead.

"Barry?" Caitlin called out.

"It's over." Barry said as Joe and Patty neared him, Joe staring in disbelief as he fell on his knees, eyes getting wet as he felt guilty, realizing Barry had been right about his father's innocence the whole time.

Later in the morning, the EMTs and police were clearing out the site as Joe was at Barry's and Patty's side at his car.

"What you can do… it was the lightning bolt?" Joe asked.

"More or less." Barry nodded.

"I'm sorry, Barry. I'm sorry I didn't believe you." Joe said, feeling guilty.

"Same." Patty nodded.

"And I called you crazy for chasing the impossible. But you really did see something that night your mom died. And your dad is innocent." Joe realized as he turned to Barry and Patty. "I need you to promise me something. Both of you. I don't want you telling Iris about anything you can do. Any of it. I want her safe. Promise me."

"Sure." Patty nodded.

"Yeah." Barry nodded.

Later, Iron Heights

Barry came to visit his father Henry as they were in the visitor booth, picking their phones.

"Hey. Slugger." Henry said.

"You've been calling me that since I was 11. Funny thing is I finally got into a fight today." Barry said.

"You just got out of a coma, I'm not sure you should be picking fights." Henry said. "Hey. Did you win?"

"Yeah, I did." Barry said as both of them chuckled. "You didn't kill Mom. You know I know that, right?" He said with tears in his eyes and voice breaking.

"You believing me is all I need." Henry assured him.

"You won't be in here much longer." Barry promised. "Whoever killed Mom, whatever killed her, I think I finally have a way to find them, to stop them."

"Barry, we've talked about this. It's time to let it go. You've got to stop worrying about me and live your life." Henry said.

"For the first time, I feel like I finally can." Barry said truthfully. "The truth is, since the night Mom died, I've been stuck in one place, missed out on a lot of things. But I'm different now. I made some new friends. They're helping me find my way. To finally move forward.

You remember when you wanted me to change my name, so I wouldn't have to deal with people knowing you're my dad? I'm glad they know. I'm so proud to be your son." Barry said emotionally as his voice broke.

"I love you, son." Henry smiled.

"I love you too, Dad." Barry said as they both touched the glass, wishing they could feel the palm of the hands of the other.

S.T.A.R. Labs

Wells entered a hidden room in S.T.A.R. Labs as he, surprisingly got up from the wheelchair and touched a pedestal as it glowed, revealing a news article headlined "FLASH MISSING: VANISHES IN CRISIS", dated April 25, 2024, written by Iris West-Allen.

Wells smirked in satisfaction as he turned around, not noticing that Iris's name had vanished and changed into Julie Greer's for a moment as the hologram faded.

Now, I've considered whether Patty wouldn't know Barry's secret for a while until a little later but I think Patty is one of the few people smart enough to put it together anyway.

Well, Thawne isn't going to be happy later, huh?

So, what do you guys think?

Please review and let me know if you have been enjoying this and want for me to continue.