Chapter 3: Put a Little Love in Your Heart

Summary: Jay Garrick is not happy with musicals. 3x17 Episode

Jay was having an absolutely horrible day. He had spent the majority of it being forced to relive his most painful memory over and over, until the visual suddenly broke. And Jay was walking out of the hospital room, away from Barry's prison. Or he thought he was, until he heard someone singing.

Jay's eyebrows furrowed in confusion and he walked forward, entering a different room, somewhat reminiscent of the precinct on Earth 3 where Zoom had taken him prisoner. Jay flinched unconsciously, and the very human part of him told him to run. The hero part was more curious.

And sure enough, standing in the middle of the room in a black tuxedo, and neatly combed hair was Barry Allen – the fastest man alive himself. It looked like he was humming as he watched a visual in front of him, nodding to the music – Put a little love in your heart.

"Barry?" Jay called out, his voice coming out raspy from lack of usage. The speedster turned around to face the older man.

"Oh, we're not Barry." Jay's eyes widened in comprehension.

"Speed force." Jay stated. Speed-Force-Barry nodded in confirmation.

"Why did you let me out?" Jay asked, walking towards the screen to get a better visual of it. At the moment, the scene was paused, but from what the golden-age flash could see, there seemed to be some sort of a musical going on.

"You volunteered to stay knowing the consequences, thought you could use a break," the Speed Force replied as he turned back to screen, tapping it to continue the song.

"What's happening?" None of this made sense. And why was the speed force watching a musical.

"Barry got whammied and sent to this alternative dream state where he's currently tap dancing and singing," the Speed Force explained concisely. And then with a more annoyed face, "And we like taking a break too."

It took a while for Jay to understand. And when he did, the hero side was happy that Barry was taking it easy and wanted to smile at the bright laughter when Barry tap danced to Superfriends.

The human side was pissed. And his human side won, as a low guttural noise (he didn't think it was possible for him to make) escaped from his throat. "He's dancing and singing while Savitar is who-knows-where and I'm stuck in Prison? Is he even trying to come back to save me?"

Speed-Force-Barry shrugged back, apologetically. "Would you like to join me?"

Jay shook his head slowly, massaging his head in an effort to alleviate the slowly building pain. "I prefer reliving my painful memory. This is too painful to watch."

/FLASH FOREWORD TO MAY/

"That was incredible!" Cisco shouted out into the cortex. The entire team nodded back, brilliant smiles encompassing their faces. "We defeated the self-proclaimed God of Speed!"

"I was just shocked at who Savitar was, honestly," Caitlin said, as she leaned in closer to Julian.

"Don't think about it," Barry replied. "All that matter is that Iris is alive." He smiled as he leaned in, kissing his girlfriend. Life was good.

Yet, what was this lingering feeling in the back of his head, like he was forgetting something? He watched as HR rolled in a cart with champagne.

And in the heat of the celebration, Barry told himself it must not be that important.

Jay tapped his fingers impatiently, still waiting for Barry to free from the Speed Force. "This is the last time I am sacrificing myself to save your sorry hide, kid." Jay mumbled under his breath.

A/N: Just something fun I thought. I feel bad for Jay in the Speed Force, but I also enjoyed the musical a lot! I didn't think Jay would be as appreciative considering he had been in a not-so-good position.

I had a quick question with Cisco's powers. When he takes Martian Manhunter and Kid Flash to another part of town, was that not Vibing? Because at the end, they ask him what vibes mean, so I was confused.

Thank you for reading and please review!