"Wow! He's fast." Caitlyn said as Adrian clocked Mach 3 on the cosmic treadmill. "And his vitals are fine, in fact, they're amazing" Caitlyn concluded her tests as she said he could stop running. Adrian went to the cortex and looked at his results as Caitlyn gave him a Star Labs hoodie, sweatpants and a pair of grey shoes. "Before you put the shoes on, I'm going to need measure your weight and your height." When Caitlyn was done he asked if he could keep the hoodie and Cisco just smiled said "Remind you of someone?" .He was 5'10 and weighed 58 Kg. As he finished tying his shoes, he asked them if they wanted anything from big belly burger, Caitlyn said she wanted fries and Cisco ordered a drink.
"Hello Flash, I've heard a lot about you. He told me, what you did, you changed the timeline" The Rival said in a mocking tone. Barry was confused. How was The Rival here and how did he know he changed the timeline. "He who? And how are you here?" Barry questioned. "That doesn't matter Flash" As he removed his mask, he said "Edward Claris, rivals should know each other's names. You might as well tell me since you're not leaving this place alive" Barry just shook his head as he prepared to fight.
Adrian sped in and found Iris and Wally there. He gave Caitlyn and Cisco their respective order. "Who's that?" Iris asked. The cortex fell silent for a few minutes until Cisco said "That is Barry's grandson. Also yours. From the future." Iris was speechless."Hello" was all Adrian said as this was the first time he met his grandmother, well the one from this timeline. "Grandson? But how?" This time Caitlyn came to the rescue and said "Long story short, the speed force went crazy and sent him here. He's from the year 2066" Wally was amazed and a little envious that there was another speedster here. The awkward silence was interrupted as Barry came in.
Barry looked a little worn but other than that he was ok. "How'd it go Barry?" Cisco asked as Caitlyn prepared to give him a checkup. "His name is Edward Claris. He Calls himself The Rival." As he put his suit on the mannequin and denied Caitlyn the checkup as he was fine. "He's gone for now. I see you guys have met Adrian. How are his results Caitlyn?" changing the topic quickly. "They are amazing, take a look. Though there aren't any traces of dark matter in his cells. Only speeds force." "That's because I was born with speed." Adrian said and Cisco was quick to reply "So when you were a toddler you were running on the walls in your house?" Adrian chuckled and said "Naa, the speed force was always in me. It was dormant so I didn't get my speed until I was fourteen because something had to trigger it." The team had to go home because it was getting late. "Where are you going to stay Adrian?" Barry asked. He replied "I'll just stay here at Star Labs." That seemed fine to Barry but Caitlyn said "I have an extra bedroom, you can stay there if you want to." She was quite fond of him. Maybe it was because she never had a brother."Alright, I'll stay with Caitlyn for now." Adrian said speeding her out but stopped realizing that he doesn't know where she lives. "Where do you live?" he asked . Caitlyn laughed and said "You know I have a car right. And I need "- Adrian ran her to her car before she could finish "it. Wow."
Back at Star Labs, Iris was still dazed by the revelation of her and Barry's grandson and Barry noticed it. "I know it's hard to believe it but he is my grandson. I had just as much trouble believing it as you did. In fact, I actually locked him in the pipeline because I thought he was an enemy pretending to be an ally like Hunter Zolomon or The Reverse Flash. But he explained everything and I even had Cisco vibe him. He's not a threat." "That's not what I'm worried about Barry. We have a grandson, which means we have a son or a daughter, which means this thing between us works out. Should we give it a try?" Barry was quite disappointed that his grandson from the future had to come so she could give them a shot. But he was going to do it either way. They made plans for the next evening.
The next morning, Barry woke up the sound of Joe's panic alarm and ran to Star Labs only to find Claris sitting on a chair in the cortex and when he saw Barry he said with a smirk "Hello Flash, or should I Call you Barry Allen?" Barry was confused to how Claris knew to come here or how he knew his identity. "How do you know who I am? And where are my friends?" Barry demanded. "Alchemy told me. Your friends are fine, though they might wake up with a little headache. Let's go for a run Barry" Claris said speeding Barry out of Star Labs and into an abandoned warehouse. "This is where I killed that Kid Flash and this is where I'll kill you Flash." Claris said as he started beating Barry.
Adrian arrived with Caitlyn and she told Adrian to get them out of the pipeline while she helped Barry through the microphone. "Who is that?" Joe asked when he came to. "That is Barry's grandson and right now, Barry needs his help." Cisco said while looking for a ring. "I don't have a suit, my clothes are gonna explode!" Adrian replied. Cisco came back with the item he was looking for, The Reverse Flash's suit ring. "I couldn't bring myself to get rid of it so I started working on it" he said as he handed Adrian the ring. "How is a ring going to help me help Barry?" Cisco smiled and said "Put it on and vibrate your hand" Adrian did as he was told and a yellow suit popped out of the ring. Adrian put the suit on as Cisco told him where to go. The suit was a perfect fit for Adrian but when he got there the smile was wiped off his face as he saw three tornados, an unconscious Barry and no sign or The Rival. "Guys there are three tornados here and an unconscious Flash. What do I do?" Joe was still trying to wrap his head around Barry having a grandson but said "What if he runs around them in the opposite direction?" And Cisco replied "That'd work but he has to go… Mach 3.5" Adrian nodded to himself as he started running around the first tornado. "He can run that fast?" Joe asked. "We're about to find out." Caitlyn said. "He's gonna need some help because The Rival could come at anytime" Cisco said as he got his Vibe gear. By the time Cisco arrived, only on tornado was left and he saw yellow lightning in the middle of it. Cisco went to wake Barry up while Adrian finished running around the last tornado. When Barry woke up started choking Adrian because he was in the Reverse Flash's suit but Cisco said "Barry that's not him! That's Adrian!" Barry put him down realizing the person in the suit was his grandson and not his arch enemy. "Sorry Adrian, I thought you were the Reverse Flash" Barry said sounding guilty. "It's cool" was all Adrian could say as he caught his breath. The Rival showed up with a disappointing look on his face as he said "You're not dead yet Flash. And I see you've brought friends. Well so did I" Pointing at a hooded figure with a cloak and a giant mask. "And who the hell are you?" Barry said annoyed. "I am Alchemy" the hooded figure said with a cool yet terrifying voice. "And what do you want?" "I want people to achieve their full potential. Like he has" Alchemy said pointing at Claris then he blasted Barry with a blue-white beam of energy. Barry fell and groaned with pain as Claris kicked him in the ribs. Claris was about to take another shot but Adrian punched Claris and helped Barry up. "Adrian you've got to get out of here it's dangerous" Barry said thinking about the video of Wally getting impaled. "Dude he just saved your life. There were 3 tornados man. 3. And he got rid of all of them" Barry was shocked to hear that but he was also a little proud of his grandson. He was snapped out his thoughts when Adrian went to fight Alchemy but Barry ran in front of him to stop him. "G I can take him!" Adrian explained. "G?" "Yeah G as in grandp-" Adrian was cut short as he looked down to see a rod in his chest. "Don't you know you're not supposed to have conversations in a fight Flash?" The Rival raid as he pulled out the rod he stabbed Adrian with and threw it. "You're next Flash" Claris said as he ran towards Barry. Barry didn't know why he was this angry, after all he only met this kid a few days ago. He dodged the Rival and knocked him to the ground. "Cisco, get him to Star Labs" Barry said trying to contain his anger. Cisco did as he was told and took Adrian. Barry had a determined look on his face. He started running towards Claris and punched him in the face. He anticipated all of his moves and Claris didn't land a single hit on him. He had gotten faster in such a short time that even he was surprised as he knocked Claris out and took him to Iron Heights.
Barry raced to Star Labs and saw everyone surrounding Adrian. "How's he doing?" Barry asked as he went to the table. "He lost a lot of blood but he'll be alright thanks to Iris. She gave him a blood transplant." Caitlyn said as Barry noticed a bandage on Iris's arm. "Thank you Iris." "No need to thank me Barry. He's also my grandson you know." Iris replied. "I'm going to stay with him until he wakes up. You guys can go home." Caitlyn said as she took a seat. "See you tomorrow Cait" Barry said as the rest of team flash went home.
A/N- I'm thinking of skipping the next few episodes and going straight to the Killer Frost one. Let me know what you think. All comments are appreciated
