A plot bunny I have planned for a while now, so I wanted to get it started. It is inspired by Stand with Ward and Queen's stories Rougher tides which has been taken down and Fighting for the future and Season 3-4 of Heroes TV series. And to make some things clear, timeline-wise, this takes place in Season 5 but with some significant differences since I may follow at first a bit of Season 5 at first but then I will very largely diverge from the plot of Season 5 and no Nora West-Allen is here. Barry decided to not marry Iris after Crisis on Earth-X, which didn't please her but she could understand it to a small extent and she will be a bit more tolerable here. Olicity is not happening here either, I will try to make Felicity more likeable here though. Season 6 of Arrow never happened because Diaz and Cayden James in that season were lame villains at best, IMO and Oliver is in relationship with Earth-2 Laurel (Black Siren).

And to be blunt, if anyone is expecting a WestAllen pairing, look elsewhere, since I hate WestAllen pairing, this will be Barry/Caitlin pairing and all negative comments, such as insults, complaints etc. will be deleted and ignored.

Updates will most likely be irregular, at least one chapter per week.

! Warning: This story may contain adult themes, such as nudity, sexual content, torture, mass murder etc. Reader discretion is highly advised. !

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.

Four years from now

Somewhere in the middle of the desert area of the United States, there was a group of people gathering above a grave.

"Over the time I was here, I've had two families. The first one… it was only me and my brother and my parents… and it didn't end so well." The man said. "Over the years, I have made a new one. Today it is four years, since I started this family and that is thanks to the sacrifice of a woman, who sacrificed everything to our survival. One of my closest friends. You see, a family, is something Caitlin needed. She had one that loved her… but they weren't enough to protect her. I admit that even I could have done more. She was like my sister. And it's because of her we are protected here from the outside world. The people may have accepted us and admired us… but they never fully understood what makes us different from them." He said passionately.

"There are more of us out there… hiding in the shadows or in the plain sights among ordinary people… each grasping for a meaning in the world that may never accept them for who they really are. And just like us, they are blessed with ordinary abilities and just like us, struggle every day, to find their place in an ordinary world, trying to survive because there are normal people out there, who would rather see us six feet under, than allow us to live among them. They struggle with finding their purpose, haunted by their pasts and mistakes and by those, who would hunt them all down. She believed we all deserved a chance to find our purpose.

But to what end? To what purpose? This place is meant to offer hope for those, who have lost it because the people fear them. This place is meant to offer salvation to those, who are being hunted down because they are more powerful than others. This place is meant to offer redemption to those, who are haunted by their past mistakes that are defined by their powers. We metahumans must stand together… to find our home. And to stay strong and united." The Latino man with long hair and beard finished passionately as he knelt to the grave. "For you, Caitlin."

The man was watching TV in his room as someone knocked on the door. "Cisco?" The brunette woman said as he turned around.

"What is it, Lisa?" Cisco asked.

"You have a visitor." Lisa explained.

"Barry?" Cisco hoped.

"Oliver." Lisa corrected as Cisco sighed, slightly disappointed but smiling nonetheless at hearing the name.

"Let him in." Cisco smiled as Lisa entered, allowing Oliver to come in before Lisa kissed Cisco and left.

"Hope we can… catch up later." Lisa said.

"We will." Cisco said.

Oliver entered, hugging Cisco. "Hey."

"Hi, Oliver." Cisco said. "Good to see you."

"Same." Oliver nodded as he sat down, while Cisco pulled out two bottles of beer from the fridge.

"What brings you here?" Cisco asked as he handed Oliver his bottle.

"It's four-year anniversary." Oliver said.

"I meant, why did you come here? I thought you wanted nothing to do with this—"

"Cisco, I doubt that visiting a friend, metahuman or not, would bring another shitstorm on our doorstep like four years ago." Oliver said.

"That's… very simplified version of what happened." Cisco sighed.

"Where's Barry?" Oliver asked.

"Last I heard, he said he was going with the Legends to investigate something related to Speed Force, in 25th century… well, it's best that he or Sara will tell you themselves, when they get back." Cisco said. "Is anyone else coming?"

"I don't know." Oliver admitted. "Bruce has to rebuild Gotham, Laurel didn't want to risk it due to…" He paused and Cisco nodded.

"Is it going to be a boy or a girl?" Cisco asked.

"Both, actually. We have fraternal twins." Oliver said as they both tapped their bottles.

"Mazel tov." Cisco smiled.

"Thanks. To Caitlin." Oliver chuckled.

"To Caitlin." Cisco nodded as they both took a sip before Cisco turned to the TV behind Oliver as they both turned around.

"I can't believe you kept that footage." Oliver said.

"I keep reminding myself that Caitlin didn't sacrifice everything for nothing." Cisco said. "Did I…"

"…do the right thing?" Oliver asked and Cisco nodded. "Honestly, I don't think there is 'right or wrong' in this situation, Cisco. But I think you did your best." He turned to the camp area around. "How many metahumans are here?"

"Over 100, maybe two." Cisco admitted. "Most of them returned to their lives among normal people, like nothing happened and people ignore who they really are and act friendly, like if it never happened." He said enviously.

"It was better than the alternative." Oliver nodded. "I saw Caitlin's memorial."

Cisco looked down sad as tears formed in his eyes. "She deserved better, Oliver."

"In the end, she got the honor she deserved. We all fought for her name as best as you could." Oliver assured him.

"But it doesn't change what happened." Cisco said.

"I know." Oliver nodded. "But you can't ask Sara or Barry to do this. You know there are consequences."

"I keep wondering if we should have killed Lex." Cisco wondered.

"He was stopped. That all that matters." Oliver assured him. "Killing him is one thing but never kill to satisfy your darkest desires. If it has to be done, so be it. But don't let it strip away who you are."

Cisco nodded, his hands trembling from the rage and anger and fear from the past couple of years dredging up as he closed his eyes and he knew they couldn't afford another Flashpoint. "That image keeps flashing in my head."

"You couldn't have stopped it." Oliver reasoned. "And it's not Felicity's fault either. She made her choice. You all saved my son. For that I am grateful."

Months from now

Cisco, with bandaged hands, Caitlin and a young boy by her side were running down the parking garage as men in military outfit were chasing them and firing from their guns before they took cover.

"They're everywhere." Cisco grumbled. He tried to use his vibe blasts but nothing happened. "Damn it. I need to get rid of the power-dampening chip in my neck."

"What are we gonna do?" William asked, frightened.

"You need to get out of there, they're converging on you like a pack of wolves!" Felicity yelled through the comms.

"Felicity, can you turn on the sprinklers?" Caitlin asked.

"Yeah." Felicity said.

"Make it rain." Caitlin ordered.

"What? Why?" Felicity asked.

"Just do it!" Caitlin ordered before she fired icicles from her hands at two soldiers, taking them down as the rest were firing and she took cover before the water started to rain down from the sprinklers. She turned to William and Cisco. "Guys, you need to run like hell and stay ahead of the ice."

William looked confused but Cisco immediately realized what was Caitlin about to do.

"No, Caitlin, if you… they have metahuman power dampeners, the moment you do this, you die!" Cisco snapped.

"Cisco, this is the only way!" Caitlin retorted. "Go! And tell Barry… that I love him!" Cisco looked stunned for a moment but nodded. "Run, Cisco, run! And stay ahead of the ice!"

William gapped as he realized that she wasn't going with them. "Wait, Caitlin—"

"You heard her, William, we have to go!" Cisco grabbed William's hand as they were running, avoiding gunfire from the soldiers before Caitlin stepped up and the soldiers converged on her as Cisco and William were running towards the exit of the garage.

Caitlin turned into her Killer Frost form as her skin turned paler and hair stark white and she unleashed a massive burst of energy that turned the water from the sprinklers into ice, like a cold snap as the floor, ceiling, soldiers, everything covered in water turned into ice and Cisco and William were barely ahead of the cold snap as they closed the exit door that froze as soon as they shut them. But Caitlin suddenly turned into an ice sculpture too, just as the soldiers did because in that moment, one of the soldiers pulled out a small device that blinked blue light, a power dampening device.

"Oh, my God…" Felicity whispered, seeing the whole situation from the monitors in her van. "Caitlin? Can you hear me? Caitlin?"

Suddenly, she paled as towards Caitlin, who was covered in a thick layer of ice, just like the soldiers, approached a man with a sheathed sword and a military outfit. The man pulled out his gun and shot Caitlin in the chest twice as she shattered into pieces of ice and Felicity covered her mouth and sobbed as her eyes filled with tears, seeing her friend die in one of the most horrific ways Felicity could only imagine.

"Caitlin…" Felicity whispered.

Cisco and William entered the van as Felicity was crying hysterically and they both looked worried. "Felicity. What happened?"

"Where's Caitlin…" William trailed off as they looked at the screen and paled at seeing Joe Wilson, also known as Kane Wolfman, standing at pieces of ice that looked like from a human statue before they saw him pull out a radio.

"Target Delta is terminated. I repeat, Caitlin Snow is confirmed dead." Joe said and William and Cisco felt like they had been punched in the gut.

"No…" Cisco slowly leaned onto a wall and felt like his world had just crumbled down, while William just stared, frozen in shock and disbelief at what Joe just said. He couldn't believe how things could have turned so badly over a few months…

Present, CCPD

Barry was working in his lab before someone knocked on the door.

"Barry, you might want to come down, now." Joe ordered.

They entered the main hall, where they saw Captain Singh and most of the officers around a bald man in suit.

"Well, may we get to the point?" Singh asked the man.

"That's Lex Luthor." Barry realized. "What the hell is Lex Luthor doing here?"

"I have come here to address the issue of these… metahumans." Lex said.

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