Hey, i am sorry for not updating earlier, i've had a crazy couple weeks and was very busy. :(
In the last chapter i asked whether to change things up with Everyman or not and the results are in Drum roll. I will be changing things up, i still hope you like it though.
Barry woke up feeling tired, he had been up most of the night trying to figure out what to do with Joe and Cisco until Caitlin eventually dragged him to bed.
"Hey, don't worry about it. It will be fine, whatever you tell them." Caitlin tried reassuring him.
"Yeah, I guess we will just have to see how is goes." He replied as he took another bite of the pancakes he made for breakfast.
With a cute pout Caitlin said. "Can you help me get ready? I'm still too tired."
And with a grin Barry sped around and within a second, she was all dressed and ready to go.
After he finished she looked and let out an approving hum. "Impressive."
With a cheeky grin he teased. "I had a bit of practice, saving you from some very evil dresses."
They laughed and hugged and made their way over to Joe's.
They opened the door to find Eddie and Cisco already there. "Ah good, you're here." Joe said.
"Alright, what's up?" Barry asked pretending not to know what this was about.
"For a few months now, we've been looking into Dr. Wells and..."
Joe was cut off by Barry. "No, we've talked about this. Dr. Wells has nothing to do with my mom's murder."
"I mean don't you think he is a little creepy?" Eddie added.
"Cisco, why are you even a part of this, you know Dr. Wells is a nice person." Caitlin asked seeming a little confused.
"At first, I didn't believe it either but then I started getting these dreams." He answered nervously.
"Dreams? What dreams?" Barry asked.
"In the dream I am working on the trap we used to trap the reverse flash at Christmas and Dr. Wells shows up but he is walking, he confesses to being the reverse flash and he kills me." He explained looking horrified at the image in his head.
"Cisco, they are just dreams. How do you know any of it is true." Caitlin proceeds to cut in.
"Caitlin, they don't feel like dreams at all, they feel like it all happened before. Man, can I still feel his vibrating hand shredding apart my heart." He finished staring into the distance.
Barry sighed. "Okay, do you actually have any evidence to back this up?"
"Not yet." Cisco said with a grin leaving Barry and Caitlin looking rather confused.
"Me and Cisco are going to go back to the beginning, this means we're going back to starling city to investigate the car crash he was in 15 years ago." Joe said.
"I mean his wife died, don't you think that might have something to do with the fact that he might seem a little strange?" Caitlin said with an annoyed tone as previously discussed with Barry.
"We need to find out everything that happened, this includes the crash." Cisco mentioned.
"What do you want us to do here?" Eddie asked.
"Just business as usual." Joe replied.
"By the way, can you cover for me with Dr. Wells?" Cisco asked with an innocent grin.
"You mean lie?" Caitlin shook her head and walked out.
Barry was getting looks from all over the room. "I'll go talk to her."
Barry soon joined Caitlin who was waiting outside.
"Did they buy it?" She asked.
"You did great." Barry replied. "Come on, let's get to star labs."
He swooped her up and she let out that same cute squeal she would always do.
They arrived at the lab and proceeded to fill Dr. Wells in on the situation.
They were about to start talking about what they were going to do when Barry got a phone call from Eddie.
"Barry, I got a call about a guy trying to sell stolen diamonds, this might be the same guy we were investigating the other day. I could use the flash's help."
Barry sighed. "Oh no, I completely forgot."
"Forgot what?" Eddie asked.
"Nothing, I'll be right there." Barry said panicking.
"What's wrong?" Caitlin asked.
"I'll tell you later, I got to go." He gave her a quick kiss before flashing out.
Barry went after the shapeshifter, not really thinking about it. He just hoped he would be fast enough to catch him.
As it turns out the shapeshifter had already gotten away by the time he got there.
Without even saying anything to Eddie he headed back to the lab in a not so great mood.
"I take it that didn't go so well?" Dr. Wells asked.
Barry started explaining the shapeshifter situation.
"Barry, don't worry, we'll get him." Caitlin tried reassuring him.
Barry simply nodded and headed into her lab to try a synthesize the serum to stop Everyman from morphing into other people.
A little later in the afternoon Caitlin found him in the pipeline.
"Hey, are you okay?" She asked as she sat down next to him.
He nodded. "Yeah, it's just, I really want to catch this guy before..."
"Before what?"
Barry hesitated for a moment. "Before he turns into me and kisses you." Barry finished looking a little embarrassed.
Caitlin looked surprised but ended up laughing a little. "Is that why you've been so grumpy ever since you found out about him?"
Barry nodded and explained what happened in the previous timeline.
A little shocked but still finding it somewhat funny Caitlin said. "Barry, you can stop him before that happens. Don't worry about it."
"So you're not mad?" He asked.
"Why would I be? For you getting knocked out?" She joked.
Barry had to finally laugh and hugged her.
They went back to the cortex where they soon got a call from Eddie asking Barry to come to Hannibal Bates' house.
Of course Eddie didn't know the old woman would be our shapeshifter but Barry did and he wasn't too keen on letting him get away again.
Barry didn't join Eddie this time and while he was busy questioning the old lady Barry suddenly flashed in and injected her with the serum.
Everyman's powers went haywire and he was soon knocked out.
Eddie was standing there, mouth wide open. "How did you know it was him?"
"Long story." Barry said before flashing away to lock him up.
"Well you're back quickly. How did it go?" Caitlin asked as Barry came back into the cortex.
"Everyman is safely locked in the pipeline." He answered with a smile.
"Everyman?" Caitlin asked.
"That's what you named him the first time." He replied.
She let out a light chuckle. "Oh okay. Have you heard anything from Joe and Cisco by the way?"
As she said that Barry got a phone call. Barry answered and put it on speaker.
"Hey dude, you gotta come see this." Cisco said, he sounded as shocked as Barry had expected and knew what they had found.
"Okay, we're on our way." He said before hanging up.
He sighed. "What are we supposed to do, they just found the real Harrison Wells' body."
Caitlin put her hand on his shoulder. "I think it's time they knew the truth."
Barry nodded, he knew he didn't have any other choice but he was still trying to find another way.
They arrived at the crime lab and were met by Eddie, Joe and Cisco.
They didn't say a word and Joe was the first to speak up. "Cisco ran the DNA test, this is Harrison Wells."
Barry hesitated for a moment and looked over to Caitlin who gave him a faint smile and nodded.
"We know." He said.
"What do you mean?" Cisco asked confused.
"You know those dream you're had about Dr. Wells?" Barry asked to which Cisco nodded.
"Well, they're not just dreams. They are visions of another timeline, it's one of your powers." Barry explained.
Cisco burst out laughing thinking this was a joke but Barry and Caitlin weren't laughing. "Wait, you're not joking?"
Barry sighed. "Guys, there is something I need to tell you. I'm not the Barry Allen you remember, I am... I'm from the future."
"The future?" Joe asked, completely baffled by all this.
"That's how you knew about the old lady earlier today." Eddie said.
"I am sorry, i should have told you before but i just didn't want to mess with the timeline." He stated.
"Wait hold on. That means you weren't joking either about my dreams?" Cisco asked.
Barry shook his head. "Dr. Wells is the reverse flash."
Okay, little cliffhanger at the end here. XD
The next chapter will probably end it all, well not exactly. I will write both the normal and the alternate ending, so 2 more chapters technically.
Speaking of which, i will write both before uploading any of them. There will be parts that will be the exact same so i don't want to post one without the other.
This being said it will probably take me a little while before i am happy with them and since i will still be very busy in the coming weeks it might take even longer. I hope you don't mind, i will try and work as fast as i can still.
Hope you enjoyed. See you soon. :D