Chapter 6 of Everything Changes and let's see if the teams can bring Barry back to life.
S.T.A.R Labs:
Caitlin and Chase were still working on their idea to bring Barry back to life, they were hard at work when Cisco walked in and saw the equations and formulas that the duo wrote.
"What is all this?" Cisco asked as he looked at all the boards to see equations, formulas and ideas. Chase walked over then handed the engineer a file and he looked inside it to see what the two were planning. "You want to do what?" Shouted Cisco, everyone was looking at Caitlin after she revealed her master idea: Merge Barry and Krim together!
"Look, it's stupid but it's our only hope!" Screamed Caitlin. Ralph walked over to Caitlin and stood by her. Everyone didn't understand but slowly, they began to but things got worse when Iris entered the Cortex.
"Let's do it." Commanded Iris, Caitlin looked at Iris and pointed at the door. Iris didn't know what that meant but everyone else knew what it meant.
"Leave Iris. You had nothing to do with this. I don't know what Barry saw in you but all I see is a bossy lady who thinks she's the smartest but you ain't!" Shouted Caitlin. While the team were shocked by Caitlin's speech, Ralph took Barry's body down to Speed Chamber and closely followed behind was Jesse, Wally and Jay.
Speed Lab:
Ralph had setup Barry's body inside the Tridoron then he inserted the new Shift Car into the brace. The speedsters warmed up their bodies and at that moment, all of the teams walked down with Caitlin running over to Ralph.
"Is everything set up?" Asked Caitlin with a tear in her eye, Ralph smiled and nodded.
"It's ready. Just need to turn the key then the speedsters can run." Ralph said as he placed a hand on Caitlin's shoulder. The two got on to the stage and got the computers fired, Caitlin analysed the data and looked at the speedsters.
"You three need to run up and stay at a steady speed of Mach 7, can you do it?" Asked Caitlin, the three nodded as they got ready to run to relieve their friend. Without being told, the speedsters started running circles around Barry's body, the lightning coming off them were hitting the belt then started to absorb it while all the Shift Cars started racing behind them. Ralph was monitoring the speed while Caitlin was watching Barry's vitals as Chase watched the Shift Cars power levels but the alarms started flashing.
"We've got company." Chase told them, he headed towards the entrance then Oliver, Sara, Ray and Kara walked off to back them up. Caitlin smiled then looked back at Barry as the lightning from the Speedforce and the power from the Shift Cars were entering the belt and the new Shift Car.
Reception:
DeVoe walked into the building but was welcomed by Kamen Rider Chaser, Green Arrow, White Canary, Atom and Supergirl. DeVoe smiled as she gave them a slow clap and walked towards the five heroes.
"Looks like an unusual gathering, we here to mourn Mister Allen?" DeVoe asked with a smile, the heroes looked at the bad guy then charged towards to fight while buying the others as much time as they could get.
"You'll regret killing our friend!" Ray shouted as he flew high and started shooting blasts but DeVoe was blocking them then used Killgore's powers to disable his suit. Supergirl then flew towards DeVoe but she got hit by Chaser who got tossed towards her by DeVoe.
Meanwhile:
In the Speed Lab, the speedsters were still running and everyone could notice that Barry's body was glowing rainbow colours, the new Shift Car was also glowing as all the Shift Cars flew inside of it. Jay started to slow down then sat down by Caitlin: he was getting slower and felt weaker. But Wally and Jesse kept on going and by their 2000th lap around Barry's body, something happened: a rainbow coloured shockwave was released and sent Wally and Jesse flying but were caught by Harry and Joe. A cloud of smoke covered the area where the Tridoron was and once it cleared, they were gifted with a miracle: Barry Allen opened the door and walked out as he was alive!
"He's back." Whispered Wally, Barry turned and looked at everyone then looked directly at Caitlin. Caitlin was smiling with tears in her eyes, Barry walked towards her.
"Barry…" Caitlin whispered while crying with happiness. Barry placed his left hand on her face and wiped the tears away, Caitlin placed her hand on top of his to hold it there. Everyone ran towards Barry and welcomed him back but the happiness was short lived when Chaser and the other heroes flew in from the doorway then in walked DeVoe who was still in Amulet's body. DeVoe then got the surprise of his life when she saw Barry Allen standing up and alive.
"How? I killed you!" Screamed DeVoe, Barry laughed a bit before walking towards DeVoe. Ralph was about to get his transformation belt and join the others but Caitlin stopped him.
"I'm back thanks to them. Now why don't I give a present they gave me?" Asked Barry sarcastically as he took out Shift Tridoron and showed it off as he pressed a button on the left side.
"Fire all engines!" Barry inserted the new Shift Car into the brace and shifted it up then back down. The Tridoron revved its engine then separated as it miniaturised and attached itself to Barry, turning the car into a new suit.
"Drive: Type Tridoron!" The suit looked exactly like Tridoron with the left arm being black and the rest of the body being red with white racing stripes. There was a massive tyre on the left shoulder that reached his waist, the helmet looked like a miniature version of the front of the car with yellow headlights for the visors. Everyone stood in amazement as the Drive form as it moved slowly towards DeVoe and punched her back out the door then Drive ran up after her with everyone following close behind.
Parking lot:
Outside S.T.A.R Labs, Marize ran towards her falling husband/wife and was about to catch her when something hit her with such force that made her crash into several trees. Marlize looked up and saw the figure, she thought she recognized it and after a matter of minutes, she remembered who it was.
"You're alive?" Marlize shouted and Drive nodded, he then looked up at DeVoe who was running towards him while firing multiple metal shards but Drive was blocking them faster than Type Formula.
"I'm not going to let you terrorise my city anymore!" Drive shouted as he kicked DeVoe in the stomach but when he looked behind, he saw that Marlize was holding the same rifle that killed him. "I don't want to be hit with that again." Barry mumbled and his belt flashed once, Barry nodded then his yellow visor switched to red.
"Okay, I'll take the wheel." A new voice spoke from inside the suit: Barry and Krim were now one and thanks to Type Tridoron, they were able to swap places of who is control the new form. "Now, give me your best shot." Krim teased as he pointed a finger at Marlize, she fired the rifle and the blast got blocked by Krim's digital shield. The explodsion got the attention of everyone nearby which included the Central City Police Department.
"That power! Krim Steinbelt, is that you?" DeVoe shouted as she got up, Krim turned and nodded at both of them. "I'm going to you here and now!" DeVoe made two metal swords using Amulet's powers then attacked Drive but thanks to Krim, they were easily blocked.
"Krim, I've understood Drive's new form. Let me take the wheel." Barry asked and Drive's head nodded so the red visors changed back to yellow. "Now, where were we? Oh yeah!" Barry joked, he quickly span around and kicked the rifle out of Marlize's hand then crushed it with his foot.
"I'll end you both here, once and for all!" DeVoe shouted as she combined the metal shards with Dwarfstar's powers to change the size of an object: he made the shards even bigger to prevent Drive blocking them.
"I've got new tricks too thanks to all the Shift Cars!" Drive chuckled as he turned the key on his driver then pressed the button on the other side of Shift Tridoron.
"Come On! Flare! Spike! Shadow!" The Shift Car announced then the tires for Max Flare, Funky Spike and Midnight Shadow flew around Drive as he shifted the car up. "Tire Kakimazel: Attack 1-2-3!" The three tires then merged with the Tridoron tire until it was covered with flames, spikes and shurikens. DeVoe screamed with anger then fired the shards but Drive shifted the new Shift Car and he split into five exact copies of Type Tridoron; they all then shot a mixture of fireballs, spikes and shurikens at the huge shards and they blew up. A huge blue trailer then rolled towards Drive and he caught, Barry then looked at Chase.
"The Trailer Cannon! Insert a Shift Car at the top then inserted Shift Tridoron inside to fire a powerful attack!" Chase shouted, Barry nodded then inserted Shift Speed into the top of the trailer.
"Speed Hou! (Cannon)" Drive then removed Shift Tridoron and reactivated it to boost up the power. "Fire all engines!" Drive inserted Shift Tridoron inside the cannon and aimed directly at DeVoe. "Hissatsu! Full Throttle!" Drive looked directly at DeVoe as he pulled the trigger and it fired a huge red and white beam directly at DeVoe. "Full Full Speed Big Taihou!" The finisher was so powerful that DeVoe lost more of his powers: he lost the size alteration, jinxing, DNA manipulation and sound manipulation.
"NO! The powers I had! They're gone!" DeVoe shouted, she punched the ground up to see the Tridoron drive up to Drive who was now back in Type Speed. "Drive, I'll make you pay for this!" DeVoe bellowed as she opened a portal for her and Marlize to leave. Drive ran towards the portal but it had already closed before he could get inside.
"DeVoe's gone!" Barry shouted as he kicked the ground, Krim coughed then Barry looked down at his partner.
"There will be another day. For now Barry, enjoy that we're alive again." Krim smiled on the driver, Barry nodded then he turned and looked at everyone who was happy with tears, even Oliver was happy to see his brother back. Barry removed Shift Speed then pressed the red button, powering down and smiling at his friends and family as he walked towards them.
"Barry, I missed you so much." Caitlin spoke then she hugged Barry and he returned it, the others then took turns to hug Barry. "It's good to have you both back." Caitlin smiled as she looked at both Barry and Krim.
"We'll stay around in case you need any help." Oliver told Barry who smiled, he then looked at Kara and Sara and with their friends who nodded in agreement.
Lounge:
In the lounge, everyone was celebrating as they were welcoming back Barry and Krim and all the Shift Cars were celebrating as well. Colourful Commercial and Deco Traveller used their abilities to decorate the room and make things cheerful, Hooking Wrecker and Dimension Cab brought food and drink to the party.
"Ladies and gentleman, I would like to make an announcement!" Barry spoke up as he stepped up on the top of the top step. "Six months ago, I became Drive and was going to deal with DeVoe alone. But over time, we all came together and went through difficult times. There are a few people in particular I would like to thank." Barry announced, he turned and looked at Krim who was next to him on a stool. "Krim, I want to thank you for helping me become a better hero than I thought I could ever be. And thank you for helping me become Kamen Rider Drive." Barry smiled while Krim made a smiley face on his screen.
"It's been my pleasure to work with you, Barry." Krim smiled, he used the belt strap as a hand to shake Barry's hand. Barry then turned around and looked at everyone.
"Oliver, I want to thank you for encouraging me to be a hero. You've been more like a brother to me." Barry announced, Oliver smiled and nodded as Felicity hugged her husband.
"The feeling is mutual, Barry. You've been like a little brother to me." Oliver agreed, he was smiling and Felicity smiled as she held her glass of champagne.
"Joe, you took me in when my Mom died and my Dad. Thanks to you, I was given a second family and a second Dad. Thank you for everything." Barry held up his beer and smiled at Joe, Iris and Wally. "Kara, you and I have gone through a lot and I thank you for helping me. Over time, I started to think of you as my sister." Barry spoke directly to Kara who smiled, Alex smiled at Barry and Kara as she was happy to call Barry her brother.
"You've always been a part of our family, Barry." Kara spoke and Alex nodded, Barry felt a tear roll down his cheek.
"Ralph and Chase, you two are the best people that I could ever call friends and I want to thank you both for working alongside me." Barry spoke up as he raised his beer, Ralph and Chase nodded then held up their beers.
"We'll be with till the very end." Ralph told Barry and Chase nodded which made Barry smile.
"And finally, Caitlin Snow; You have made me become a better person. Whenever I've been sad, depressed or if I need a friend, you were always there." Barry spoke as he smiled and Caitlin blushed. "I couldn't have found a better person to be with." Barry spoke which made Caitlin smile then she started thinking: was Barry saying that he wanted to be with her or did he mean that in a friendly way?
Meanwhile:
DeVoe was resting in her Thinking Chair while Marlize was checking her vitals, she was worried now that DeVoe had lost some of the abilites they needed to continue with the Enlightenment.
"I come with news and a gift," Marlize turned around to see Thawne in his Reverse Flash suit, he was holding a red box which got Marlize's attention. "Thanks to your husband slash wife fighting Drive, I was able to get data about his Driver and created this." Thawne opened the box to reveal an all black version of the Drive Driver with gold accents and an all red key.
"Will this help obtain the Enlightenment?" Marlize asked as she slowly held up the black driver and looked at the craftsmanship.
"It will and more," Thawne expressed, he activated the computer and viewed all the Meta powers that DeVoe had in the past, the ones she still had and extras from Black Siren and Frost. "All these powers are inside the driver and the moment that your husband slash wife activates the driver, they're become stronger and be able to use all those powers." Thawne explained, Marlize was happy then she looked at DeVoe who was still recovering from the fight with Drive in his new form.
"I look forward to seeing what your invention can do, Mister Thawne." Marlize smiled at the speedster, she then got back to checking her husband/ wife's vitals while Thawne ran off.
Hope you enjoyed chapter 6 and things are getting better: Drive has obtained his strongest form, DeVoe has lost more power but has obtained a dark Drive Driver from Thawne. What does the Reverse Flash want? Can DeVoe and the Enlightenment be stopped?