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"Hey Dad" Iris greeted as she entered the CCPD. "Is Barry upstairs? He hasn't answered his phone all day."
"No, he didn't come in today. He's not at S.T.A.R. labs with Cisco?"
"No, Cisco and Caitlin have been looking for him, Hunter, and Wells. They both were a no show this morning for coffee."
"Oh...I'm sure they'll turn up. I'll go down there. I'm sure you have work to do right?" Joe said sternly, grabbing his things and heading for his car.
Joe entered S.T.A.R. labs in a rush.
"Where is he?"
"In bed" Caitlin said pointing to Barry. "He was running nonstop last night looking for the man in yellow."
"He kidnapped Hunter" Cisco said softly. "Either he's been running around for clues, looking for signs here, or curled up in a ball."
Joe walked over to Barry's sleeping form, a scowl and tear marks chiseled into his pale face.
"This is the first time I've been able to get him to take a break." Caitlin said "he must feel horrible."
"Losing a partner is never easy."
"He's not lost forever." Caitlin said "we'll get him back."
"Will we?" Joe asked walking to the control desk. "The man in yellow...Wells, he killed Barry's mother in nothing but cold blood. Who says he hasn't already done so to Hunter?"
"Joe you can't think like that. We'll never get him back that way. That won't do any of us any good."
"And giving Barry false hope will?" Joe asked looking over the spots they checked.
"If it was Iris you wouldn't feel that way." Caitlin mumbled going into her labs.
Iris and Eddie were walking along the long bridge, going over central city's many rivers. It was foggy, but not all that cold. A perfectly romantic night.
"Don't worry Iris, Barry and the others will find Hunter. They'll have their future." Eddie said, playing with the ring box in his pocket. "I've...actually been thinking about the future a lot, our future… and you being in it."
"Eddie..." Iris started tearing up as the blonde got on one knee.
"Iris West, if you could make me the happiest person in the world, and be my future...my forever. Iris will-"
"Yes" Iris screamed hugging him "yes, I will!"
Eddie slipped the ring on Iris' hand, kissing her sweetly. "I love you."
"I love you too."
No sooner did Iris take her eyes off Eddie did something swish by and knock him off of his feet, sending him flying a few yards away from his proposal spot.
"Eddie!" Iris screamed, seeing the man in yellow's blurry image next to her fiancé. The yellow demon stayed silent, red eyes glowing as he picked up Eddie, dashing off the bridge. Iris screamed and cried.
Then she marched to S.T.A.R. labs, anger pumping through her veins, furry filling her blood with life instead of Oxygen. She could not lose her lover. She would not let the demon the win.
Hunter groaned, his head throbbing. His vision returned to him and he shot up from the cold floor. His arms were bound to a pillar, and there was someone on the other side. He looked around the area, collecting his surroundings.
He heard a groan next to him. Hunter gritted his teeth and made himself move so he could see the other person.
"Eddie?" He whispered seeing the blonde.
"Iris..."
"What? Eddie for god's sake wake up." Hunter kicked at his foot making the other man perk his head up and open his eyes.
"Clarington...what are...where are we?"
"Keep it down" Hunter hissed. He started to work out his and Eddie's bonds, hoping to find a weak spot in the knots.
"It's a fisherman's knot" Eddie said looking at what he was doing.
"Thank you Thawne, you identified a knot. Good job. Now help me get out of it! Stand up a little and stretch out the material so it's not touching the pillar."
"Why?"
Hunter sighed "Because I don't want to transport the whole stupid pillar along with us across the room, bringing the room down and crushing us. Now stop questioning me!"
At this point Hunter knew what was going on. The Man in Yellow, the Reverse Scum Bag, had kidnapped them and was probably going to use them as bate against Barry if they didn't get out of there.
"Transport?" Hunter ignored Eddie and just did what he had to, transporting them both away from the pillar. They were still bound together, but at least they could move.
"You're-how did-oh my-"
"Shut up Thawne and help me cut us loose." Hunter said carefully getting a sharp edge of glass from the floor. He worked at the ropes until they snapped apart, the noise echoing through the walls.
"Smart" Eddie said, rubbing his freed wrist. "Now how do we get out of here genius?"
"I'm working on it." Hunter said skimming the ceiling and walls. "There's no light, no air flow...so where's the entrance?"
"Up there" Eddie said pointing to a small man hole on the ceiling. "Are we in a sewer?"
"Does it smell like a sewer?" Hunter pointed out while the two climbed up. "There's a lot of energy above us though."
"You can sense that?"
"Kind of, I'm still working on it." Hunter said trying to get at the man hole.
"So...if your Silver Ghost does that mean you know who the Flash is?"
"Take a wild guess at my partner Thawne. And for someone in mortal danger you talk a lot."
Eddie paused. "My god...Barry-" he was cut off by a flash of red and yellow. Harrison Wells' red eyes bearing down on him.
"You got out quicker then I calculated. I guess you two aren't as big as idiots as I thought." He chuckled darkly. "You I need alive." He said grinning at Eddie "but you...you I'll enjoy ending. You and Allen's little romantic pair up ruined everything!"
Hunter scowled and got ready for a fight. He knew his chances, but he couldn't just leave Eddie. He was important to Iris just as he was to Barry. He had to get him out too.
"Oh yeah? Ruined what, your ship?" Hunter smirked, creeping towards Eddie's battered body.
"No, my plans Clarington! I had a plan to get back to my time. Everything was working perfectly before you came prancing in and changing the timeline!"
Hunter finally got the speedster in a monologue. When he got close enough he transported himself right to Eddie, picked him up, and warped out.
"Hunter" Eddie croaked. "Just go, leave me. He needs me alive for something. He'll never let you go if I'm with you."
"No man left behind Eddie!"
"Not this time pal. Please, if Barry means as much to you as Iris does to me, you'll do it. I need you to escape and tell them where I am. And that I love them. You'll never do that if you don't drop me right now!"
Every fiber in Hunter's being was screaming at him not to do it. But he silently put Eddie down and transported himself to S.T.A.R. Labs. Tears running down his cheeks. He may not like Eddie much, but he still was leaving him behind. The one thing through all the sweat and blood he went through at boot camp, they told him never to do.
"Barry!" Hunter screamed once he got up to the labs. "Barry! Anyone?!"
Hunter went around, but the lab was completely empty.
"Hunt..." Barry yelled, coming into the lab from his bed, with the rest of the Flash team not far behind. "Hunter, you're alive!" Barry screamed, tears going down his face as he ran to him.
"Barry!" Hunter held Barry as he jumped onto him, almost knocking him over.
"I can't believe...I thought I'd lost you!" Barry sobbed, holding Hunter close. Not even caring Iris and Joe were behind them.
"I'm here, I'm okay" Hunter cooed, caressing the brunette's body to his. Legs around his waist, crying and laughing full on Notebook style.
"I love you" Barry whispered through the sobbing. "I love you so much."
"I love you too Bear." Hunter whispered back, wiping his tears away and cupping his cheek.
Joe cleared his throat behind them. "Hunter...I'm glad your back...but where's Eddie?" Iris stood in the back, gripping her left hand with the ring on it.
Hunter slowly put Barry down, his hands still on his waist. "He...Wells dragged him back into the particle accelerator when we were escaping."
"You were down there?! That whole time and you were right below us?" Cisco gasped.
"In some sort of chamber below it. There were a bunch of pillars and supplies."
"I know what you're talking about." Caitlin said, getting a schematic of the building on her computer. "There, it's the only one that's not collapsed."
"He said he...he needed Eddie for something." Hunter said. "Barry, if we do this...it might just be the final battle between you two. You sure you're ready for it?"
"Yes" Barry hissed. "I had FIRESTORM and Oliver on the way already. And we have you." Barry cupped Hunter's face. "He's killed my mother and ruined my childhood, and that pissed me off, but no one messes with my lover."
Hunter smiled, kissing Barry's forehead and lips. He wasn't looking at the team and their reactions. He didn't need to. He simply picked Barry up and transported them to the roof.
"How do you feel?"
"Lighter." He beamed as Oliver Queen's helicopter was seen coming into view, a man shaped fireball not far behind. "I'm happy you're here. I don't think I could have gone on without you."
"Barry, don't say that."
"But it's true, you've been keeping me going. This is the best things have been for me until you got kidnapped. Losing you...losing my soul mate-"
"Barry stop it, you didn't lose me. So there's no point in thinking about it. Not now." Hunter held Barry close. "I'm here, we're here together. I've got you, and you've got this."
Barry smiled brightly and kissed Hunter, pouring in all the worry from the past few days, the grief, his happiness in the present. Hunter poured in his happiness, his pride for Barry, his motivation. All of it.
None of the two noticed the faint glow in their eyes, the bright light surrounding them, their bodies merging. Until they were one person. Until they realized the mind space they were in was shared. The cores of their beings merging, as well as their powers.
Barry sat opposite Dr. Well's cell. Asking himself over and over again what had happened the last few nights. In the course of a day and a half the team managed to capture the Reverse Flash, and then enlist Captain Cold in transporting the metas away from the particle accelerator. Needless to say that failed. It almost got some of his team killed. And now the same criminals were out in the city again. The worst part was that he owed Captain Cold now. Brilliant.
The only thing Barry had swirling in his mind was the experience he had with Hunter on the roof. When they kissed, they somehow merged their two bodies, minds, and powers into one being. It was odd, and no one knew an explanation. But boy did it feel amazing to be the person him and Hunter made up. It was more then all the love they had put together. It felt a billion times better then sex.
"Hey" Hunter said, coming up to him. "Get anything out of him at all?"
"No" Barry huffed, looking at the closed off door to the cortex. "Hunter...we need to talk about what happened. About how we- did that thing-"
"I have no idea how to describe it either." Hunter sighed. "But I loved it."
"Me too. It only lasted a few minutes though. No one but FIRESTORM saw it.
"That must be normal for them."
"But this was different. I wasn't just sharing your body and mind, we...it's like we made a grown child. All of you and all of me coming together to-make something new."
"We need to find how this works." Hunter nodded. "Maybe if we kiss again?"
"We've kissed plenty of times before."
"But not like that. Not like you thought I was dead and I thought I'd never see you again." Hunter held his hand. "Maybe if we think of that moment. Think of how much we mean to each other. Feel the love we felt at that moment. The connection."
Barry nodded. "Outside. I focus better out there."
Hunter transported them to the roof, standing in the same spot they were not two nights before. They slowly kissed, trying to replicate what they did.
"Nothing's happening." Barry sighed.
"We're forcing it. I think that's the problem."
"I'm getting a drink" Barry growled, speeding off.
"Bear you can't get-" Hunter huffed, following him as much as he could.
When Hunter got to the bar it was completely empty, not even a worker in sight.
"Barry." Hunter said walking to him slowly.
"Vodka's not as fun when you realize it's now just fancy, bad tasting water." He sniffed.
"Barry, talk to me. I know being whoever we were together was great, but until we figure how this all works we can't force it. Like any of your other powers you have to improve slowly or we're going to end up hurt or-"
"But I want it!" Barry shouted. The words ringing off the walls of the empty building. "I want to be that person I was with you! I want to feel safe and okay!"
"Woah, woah, Bear." Hunter held him.
"But it's true. I don't know how, but sharing everything with you somehow made everything seem less. Seem not crushingly overwhelming."
"Barry" Hunter whipped his tears. "Talk to me. I want to make this better for you if I can. I can't help you if you don't talk to me."
Barry was silently holding on for a few seconds, until he looked up. His eyes and nose red.
"It's just so much...and all of it feels so bad! Hunt! I just want to be able to stop thinking about it. To make it go away. Everything I've done, everything I've failed to do, what other people did to me. It all just storms around in my brain. But I have my life to live. I have a city to save. I just want my mind back and for it to be clear. I want all this to go away!"
Hunter was silent, shocked. He put his hands on Barry's cheeks, wiping the tears away.
"You have to." He whispered. "You have to think about it Barry. You have to think about how bad all these things are. Accept that it happened. Other people did bad things to you. You did bad things, whether by accident or you meant it. It happened. You can't fix some and you can't fix others. Either way they happened. You just have to accept that it did. Think about it and how bad it feels, so you can move on and be okay."
"I'm not okay. It's not okay."
"That's okay too Bear. No one expects you to be okay 100% of the time. Especially not right now. The fact that you're not okay is okay." Hunter held him tight, sitting down on the floor with him. "Here, just sit down for a minute. Close your eyes, and just let your mind get focused on what you're feeling. See them clearly. Breathe."
They sat on the floor for awhile. Holding each other, staying grounded in each other.
Barry let out a few shaky breathes. "All my life I wanted to do this. Save people, make a difference. I never thought doing such a noble thing, would come with this much horrible feelings. All the people I couldn't save...all the people that didn't want to be. And all the people I do save that take it for granted now. How I hurt and heal by doing the same thing." Barry looked up at Hunter. "And you, you help me. Just because you care about me. You love me. Sometimes I wonder why you even do. Like, you're so grounded and stable minded. And I'm a mess. How do you put up with me and mental mess?"
"I care Barry. I care about you. I want to be your ground. I agree, you're a mental mess. I love you anyways because you're mental mess isn't you. It's part of you, but it doesn't define you. It's not all that you are. Same with your powers. You could be powerless and I'd still love you, because you'd still be you. Sweet, caring, intelligent, wonderful you Barry." Hunter smiled, holding his hand. Barry hugged him tight, smiling.
"Thank you. For everything." He breathed. "For being here."
"I wouldn't be a good boyfriend if I didn't at least try to help you through this, right? Just communicate to me Bear, okay? If anything do that. Talk to me about how bad it feels. And when something feels good too. Communicate and I'll do the same."
"It's what makes us work, right?"
"Yeah." Hunter kissed Barry's forehead. Barry heard Hunter's hand and rested his head on his shoulder, smiling. Eventually laughing. "I love you. I love you so much."
"I love you too" Hunter smiled. He kissed Barry's cheeks, making the brunette giggle. Happy tears replaced the sad ones as they stayed there, embracing, kissing, laughing. Barry hugged his lover. He opened his eyes.
"Hunt..." Barry breathed, noticing his green glowing eyes in the reflection of the dance floor.
"Mine too" he said, looking at him with bright crystal blue ones.
"I love you"
"I love you too."
They embraced, Barry laughing eventually as their body's glowed. The laughter echoed through the building, Hunter's and Barry's combining into one.
"Barry?"
"Hunt?"
They opened their eyes, staring at the ceiling of the bar.
"Oh...my head." They said, shutting one of their eyes. "How much did you...did I drink?" They sat up. "A lot?"
They looked down, jumping when they saw their reflection in the shinny surface of the floor.
"We...oh this is trippy." They said, looking at themselves.
They were tall, with slightly tanned skin, hair that was brown at the roots, but got blonder as it grew up. It was trimmed on the sides and a bit messy up on the top, going into his forehead a little.
"We'll fix that later. Drunk hair is not working for us...me. Something."
They looked at themselves more, traveling down to their body. They were medium high build, Barry's superhero runners body mixed with Hunter's muscles he acquired at boot camp. Their clothes were a bit ruffled, Barry's sweater over Hunter's dress shirt, with standard jeans and converse from both. The most surprising thing...they had four eyes. A pair from each Barry and Hunter. They blinked, testing out the new facial features.
"Wow" they breathed, working on getting up on their feet. They staggered, catching themselves. "This is so odd-okay." They grounded themselves, walking around a bit. They laughed "this is-this is amazing!" They ran around the bar, jumping ever so often. Eventually speed running around, the lightning and energy green and yellow. They eventually warped to place to place, running in between. They could turn invisible too, running and testing it out all over the building. They stopped in the middle of the dance floor, laughing and catching their breath.
"This is great! This is faster then I've ever been! I mean, that Barry's ever been. Whichever!" They say down. "I got to figure that out. I'm not Barry, and I'm not Hunter...I'm...both? Neither?" They swallowed, looking down at the floor again. "What am I?"
They're contemplation of themselves came to a holt when they saw someone coming into the bar. They panicked, racing to get out. "Wait-our eyes!" They looked around, their four eyes darting around the room until they spotted some sunglasses. They snatched the glasses up and raced out.
"Okay, where are those two?!" Cisco said, working the phone and the coms. "I let them out of my sight for two seconds and they're on the roof then gone."
"You're on your way to becoming a bad parent." Joe grumbled, fiddling with his pistol.
"What's got you all grumpy? Barry got Wells in the chamber, Eddie is fine. Yet you're still on edge and looking like someone kicked a puppy."
"It's those two. They were dating and they didn't tell us. Doesn't that anger you?"
"No." Cisco stated. "In heigh sight, it was a little obvious. Barry practically lived at Hunter's apartment, and then he did, they gave each other bedroom eyes like 24/7, and they just acted like a couple a lot. Didn't you ever notice?"
"No."
"They constantly were touching each other, and Hunter was always the first one to respond and talk to Barry if something was wrong and vice-versa. Hunter's even carried Barry around for no reason a few times. What did you think they were, really good friends?" Caitlin asked.
"Maybe." He scowled. "You two noticed all that and never said anything?"
"We had a lot going on." Cisco said. "Sorry if I was two busy to care if my best friend and his partner were actual romantic partners. He wasn't ready to tell us, so why be mad?"
"I'm not mad about that really-okay I am. But I'm more angry at the fact that Barry never, in all that time raising him, told me he was...you know."
"In to men?"
"Yeah that."
"What's the big deal? Maybe he didn't feel like it was a big enough deal to tell you. Or he just didn't feel ready or comfortable. You can't be angry with him for not telling you." Caitlin huffed. "You know now. So it's done. Be grateful that he had the courage to. It was obviously hard for him to come to this point."
Meanwhile, the new being was walking around town, not really knowing what they were doing. They got to Hunter's apartment okay, warp-running at some points. They sat on the bed, still getting used to them existing.
"I have no idea what I'm doing." They said blankly.
"Well that's a start." They huffed. Their stomach growled. "What do I even cook for myself? Do I cook what Hunter likes, what Barry likes...do I like nothing?!" They said. They walked over to the fridge, picking out a few things that looked tasty.
"I guess I just like everything" they said, trying various food before deciding on a full meal.
"Should we tell the others?"
"I don't know. We've just told them were dating and now we're one person mysteriously. It's a bit of a jump." They sighed. "What do we even call us, I mean me?"
"Not sure...Barry and Hunter, how about Harry?"
"That's short for Harrison. That weird." They said, their nose wrinkling.
"It's the only way our names combine really into something that works."
"We'll think of something. Maybe Cisco can help. After he's done freaking out."
Cliff hanger ended :) Glee belongs to Fox, Flash belongs to CW, and fusion belongs to Rebecca Sugar/ Steven Universe.
