CHAPTER 19: CHECKMATE
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***Warnings: Angst! A lot of angst and Whump****
Explicit scenes of sex and violence. Trigger warning: Non-con elements.
"You are going to die." Cisco's voice came in a low and anxious whisper.
Len silently waited for Cisco to elaborate. He could feel his heart beating fast.
"I saw you die…" Cisco repeated mortified and his words echoed in the lonely hallway.
"How?"
Cisco shook his head. "I didn't see it happen…I just saw Barry embracing you and you were unconscious in a battlefield. It was a heartbreaking…"
Len released a heavy exhale and nodded absently. He already knew that their odds were bad against Zoom, but he wasn't going to let fear win…he never ran from a fight.
"We need to tell everyone…" Cisco said starting to panic. "This plan won't work. I saw Zoom next to Barry. We won't be able to defeat him. We need to change the plan. Barry would kill me if he knows that I let you do this knowing the outcome."
Len's frown deepened. "Cisco calm down." Len stated. "You can't tell anyone this…promise me you won't tell a soul about this…especially Lisa."
"What? No…" Cisco murmured stunned. "No way… I can't hide something like this. I can't. I'm sorry but I won't lie or hide this to Lisa or to my friends…"
Len grabbed Cisco by the shoulders. "Cisco we can't tell them. If we do they won't be focused, they would be worried about me…and everything can go way worse."
Cisco shook his head in disbelief. "Way worse? Are you kidding me? I fucking saw you die… I heard Barry's screams calling your name desperately…it can't get worse than that… believe me it can't."
"I'm ready to give my life for Barry…" Len's voice suddenly cut through the tension in the air like a knife and Cisco halted in shock. He lifted his gaze and saw the truth of Len's words in deep cerulean eyes. The King was willing to do anything to save Barry. Cisco suddenly felt tears trail from his eyes and he tried to hide them fast wiping them furiously with his hands. He didn't want to show the Winter King his weakness.
"I won't let Zoom win."
"At what cost Your Majesty?" Cisco asked angry. "Your life? Barry would be miserable. Your death will destroy him."
"I'm not planning on dying… I want to marry Barry...I want a lifetime with him. But I don't run from a good fight."
Cisco nodded silently looking at the stubborn King worriedly. "If Barry knew about my vibe he wouldn't let you go on with this plan…he is out there trying to fight Zoom. Sacrificing himself to keep us safe!...to keep you safe. I feel like I'm betraying his wishes. I can't do this."
"No Cisco, listen… Barry is giving us time, but that's it… do you really think that Zoom will keep his part of the deal forever?" Len asked raising and eyebrow. "He is hurting Barry badly…you said it yourself…he is taking Barry's speed and that might killing him and I'm going to make that bastard pay for all his done."
Cisco sighed. This was all so wrong. "And what about Lisa? Are you going to leave her alone? If you die…you are going to break her heart."
"She is a strong woman and she is not alone, she has a great man at her side…she has you."
Cisco perked at Len's compliment, he knew the Winter King did not hand them out lightly.
"Of course…I will always protect her. I swear on my life."
Len nodded and paused to take a breath. "Everything is going to be fine…I promise… Come on…I need my sword and armor…and you need to tell me everything you saw in your vibe so that I can at least take precautions…maybe we have the ability to stop it."
"You know that fate is unavoidable," Cisco added bluntly. "What if taking precautions is what triggers the vibe I saw…or not taking precautions just leads to your death…I don't know."
Len sighed a little confused. "Have you ever tried or managed to change what you see?"
Cisco opened his mouth to debate the idea but he sighed and denied with his head. "No… I've never tried. Wells told us that changing the future is tricky and complicated. He said that we shouldn't play with fate. "
"That means that I will be the first to change the future." Len grinned. "Sounds fun…I just need to defy death. "
Cisco groaned. Everything was wrong. "So… are you afraid of dying?
"No…we are all going to die eventually…" Len murmurd. "I just don't want it to be this early…I want to stay with Barry a little longer…so that's why I'm going to defy fate and try to stay alive."
Cisco nodded and gave the King a shy smile wishing he could be as confident as Leonard.
"Let's move. We are running out of time." Len said walking towards his royal chamber and Cisco nodded following the King. The young inventor could see the daylight ending and the twilight approaching through the high arched windows and for a moment he had an ominous feeling about their fate.
The prince shivered and gasped feeling Zoom tracing his cold hand over his chest.
"I always win, Barry." He added ripping Barry's tunic in pieces.
"This time you won't…" His hazel eyes were steely with a cold hard stare.
Zoom chuckled amused. "What's that supposed to mean Your Highness?"
"This!" Barry hit Zoom's crotch hard with his knee and Zoom released the Prince with a deep growl.
"You little bastard!" Hunter howled angry at the prince's attack. Barry ran and sent a lightning towards Zoom that hit him on the back making the older man fall to his knees to the ground. The prince flashed and kicked Hunter's chest hard, breaking hopefully a few ribs in the process. Zoom fell to the cold hard ground laughing amused. Barry glared annoyed. It always riled him up to know that for Zoom this was only a sick game. It was time to finish this.
"Come on! Kill me Your Highness!" Zoom growled. "Amuse me!"
Barry glared and quickly vibrated creating a lightning to finish his enemy. He was going to end Zoom when he felt something hot strike his back painfully. Barry screamed in agony and fell towards the ground landing over Zoom's chest. The pain was agonizing and he couldn't move, his back was burning badly.
Hunter groaned confused. He saw a red light and suddenly Barry's lithe body fell over him. The prince had his eyes tightly shut and face contorted in pain. Barry was gasping with tears in his eyes. Hunter slowly moved his arm over Barry's back and felt warm blood stain his hands. He turned and saw his followers laughing and Rupture with his scythe glowing with an eerie intense red color. Zoom felt anger consuming him. The evil speedster carefully moved Barry and placed him softly on the ground. The prince winced in pain. Zoom growled and flashed with his blue lightning grabbing Rupture by the neck. He was going to kill the bastard.
"You dare to touch what's mine!" Hunter growled violently with his distorted voice and Rupture's eyes widened with fear. Everyone stopped laughing and a frightening silence invaded the ruins of the Old Temple.
Zoom was losing his temper. "You dare to defy my command Rupture?"
"N-No…I was protecting you… I thought he was going to-"
"You thought wrong!" Zoom roared angry tightening the grip on Rupture's neck. "What did I say you should do if you encountered the Prince?"
"L-Leave… him u-unharmed…"
"Does he look unharmed to you?" Zoom growled pointing towards Barry's back that was badly burnt and bleeding. "ANSWER ME!"
Rupture tried to answer but Zoom was choking him too hard. He gasped painfully. "N-No…"
"You disobeyed me Rupture…I don't need followers that don't know their place." Zoom vibrated his other hand with crackling blue light and pierced Rupture's heart without mercy. He dropped the dead cold body to the ground and turned to his followers.
"No one touches the Prince except me."
Everyone nodded silently too stunned to answer and Barry watched shocked. Zoom had no mercy even with the ones that tried to protect him. He ruthlessly just killed Rupture without a second thought. Barry glanced at Cisco's brother lying dead on the ground and he felt fear creep in his soul.
"Is anyone else thinking of defying me?" Zoom asked with his distorted voice and everyone remained quiet so he continued and turned to Lady Light. "Treat his wounds immediately …I want him ready for the ritual."
The woman nodded and walked towards Barry. She crouched next to the prince and he winced at her rough touch. Light swiftly started to inspect the wound.
"Zoom…" Black Siren murmured getting near Hunter. "I came to inform you that we already started the attack on the northern village. We will burn it to the ground."
"Good."
"Also the Winter King is coming here… we saw their group escorted with soldiers near the forest. They have come to save the prince."
Hunter's eyes widened and turned to see the Prince who was trying to muffle his cries while Light covered his torso and back with white bandages.
"He broke the deal...he told them…" Hunter murmured feeling the rage consuming his reasoning. Zoom flashed and hit Light out of the way. Light yelped falling to the floor and Hunter grabbed the Prince's hair to lift Barry's face. "You lied to me!"
Barry gasped in pain confused. "W-What? What the hell are you talking about?"
"The Winter King and his army are here…you told them. They have come to try to rescue you."
Barry's hazel eyes widened with fear. "T-They are here?... How? I didn't…say anything."
Hunter frowned looking at Barry's honest shock.
"I didn't told them Hunter…" Barry confessed a little confused. He thought he had been careful to hide his deal with Zoom. "How could they know? Did they follow him? Did they find the spy?..."
"I swear…I didn't say a word. Don't hurt them…I kept our deal… don't hurt them."
Hunter released the Prince's hair and grabbed the prince arm to lift him up. "Change of plans Your Highness…I'm going to steal your remaining speed right now."
Zoom pushed Barry hard inside the Old Temple and Barry stumbled falling on his knees and hands. Barry muffled a scream. The movement made the injury in his back twinge. Hunter's loyal followers laughed loudly and Barry felt humiliated. He shivered scared. Barry tried to stand up and saw his hands dirty and bloodied and his matching bracelet. He shuddered thinking that maybe he wasn't going to see Len again.
Hunter suddenly turned to Black Siren. "I need you to delay the Winter King. I need time to take the prince's speed...but don't kill him. Leonard Snart is mine to kill."
Black Siren nodded and ordered Zoom's knights to gather around the Old Temple to guard the place and to be ready to fight against the Winter army.
Barry was trembling badly. He didn't want to lose his speed. He didn't want to fail Len and his family. Without his speed he was going to be vulnerable. He won't be able to protect his loved ones. He was useless.
"Get up!" Zoom growled. "Or I will go and kill them myself."
Barry stood up slowly and Zoom continued to push him in to the old ruins.
"You are breaking our deal Hunter…I didn't tell them anything… you can't hurt them!"
"I won't hurt them Barry…" He answered smirking. "My followers will."
Hunter grabbed the prince's arms up and chained the young speedster to the cold hard stone.
"This is going to be quick…" Hunter added pleased. "And then you are going to be mine…"
Zoom sliced Barry's arm roughly and Barry bit his lower lip feeling his warm blood drip to the ground and the circle full of runes and symbols started to shine a yellow light. Zoom draw over Barry's wounded chest a symbol and the prince felt his chest start burning.
"This time I will take almost all of your speed Barry…" Zoom growled deep. "And this time… I swear this will hurt."
Zoom cut a small wound on the palm of his hand and let the blood drip to the ground. The circle he was standing on started to shine a bright blue. Zoom leaned quickly to steal a rough kiss from Barry. The prince trashed trying to escape Zoom's touch and Hunter laughed pleased. "I won't only be King of Central Kingdom… I will also rule the Winter Realm. I will slay the Winter King and we will rule together." Zoom said caressing Barry's face tenderly. "I will give you the world…we are going to be gods."
"You are insane!" Barry roared and spit on Zoom's face and Hunter struck the Prince hard across the face.
"Such a wild spirit…I will enjoy taming you."
Hunter touched Barry's chest and the prince screamed. Lightning started to flow around them. Barry's body was on fire. Zoom pushed harder his hand on Barry's chest and the prince felt the black magic draining him of his speedforce. Barry screamed. The pain was worse compared to the first time the evil speedster stole part of his powers. This was a whole new level of agony. He could feel his insides shattering and his speed fading. Zoom was shrieking feeling all of Barry's energy enter his body. He was vibrating so fast that he was almost invisible except for his blue lightning sparkling around his body. Barry closed his eyes tightly. He was screaming so hard that he felt his throat go raw and he was afraid it was going to start bleeding. His vision was getting blurry and his body was going limp, he was only supported by the restraints on his wrists holding him up and Zoom's claw on his chest. It was indescribable pain. It couldn't be compared to anything he had felt before. It was overwhelming and engulfing. He couldn't breath anymore.
The King commanded the army to remain hidden in the outside of the forest while a small group entered the Old Temple. Oliver, Eddie, Caitlin, Hartley, Cisco, Firestorm, Stein and Lisa followed the King with Mardon who took ten of his best soldiers through the path in the wood. They started walking silently until they saw yellow and blue lightning illuminate the temple and the forest. Lisa gasped at the energy moving wildly like a vortex in the middle of the temple. They rushed forward but unexpectedly Sand Demon and Smasher blocked their path.
"We are not going to let you pass Winter King…" Sand Demon said grinning. "As you can hear Zoom is busy playing with your fiancé…"
Len growled and lunged forward to kill the man. Lisa, Caitlin and Firestorm started fighting with Smasher. Magic blasts flowed everywhere and the ground trembled with every attack Smasher did. They could hear the sound of thunder and Barry's screams coming from the temple. Len's heart clenched. They needed to hurry. Len froze the ground trapping their foes and Lisa quickly converted the huge warrior in to gold and Oliver shoot two arrows to finish Sand Demon but the man avoided the arrows turning in to sand. Oliver was ready to shoot again when Sand Demon appeared near the King and Mardon without hesitation created a lightning that petrified their enemy at the strike. Sand Demon fell to the ground and shattered in a thousand pieces. Cisco, Hartley and Lisa gasped.
"Let's move!" Len commanded pleased with Mardon's attack. The group nodded and followed. They hurriedly walked through the forest path until they finally arrived to the ruins of the temple. Night had finally embraced everything with its darkness. The forest was really dim and the only source of light was the black magic Zoom was using to steal Barry's speed. The group arrived to a side of the temple and they were on higher ground. They could easily see what was happening. Zoom and Barry were inside a vortex of lightning and Zoom's high ranked soldiers were shielding them. Len could see Smasher, Black Siren, Shark Knight, Black Pit, Geomancer and Lady Light.
The King felt his blood boil seeing Barry chained to the stone. He could see Barry's chest bruised and bleeding. The prince had a blue branching figure…like a tree on his chest. Len closed his eyes remembering the moment when Barry tensed and flinched away from his touch in the palace The King clenched the grip on his sword. He was going to go down and kill Zoom. Len moved and Stein stopped him.
"Don't…" Martin said softly. "We can't stop the ritual now. If we interrupt the-"
"He is dying Martin! I won't let Zoom kill Barry!"
"The prince won't die…I just confirmed my fear…this black magic...is astonishing. Zoom managed to find the way to steal powers without killing the host…and Zoom is healing himself with Barry's pure speedforce."
"I'm not here to contemplate black magic Stein!" Len added angry. "He is going to steal Barry's speed if we don't stop him now!"
"We are too late to stop that Your Highness. If you break the magic in the circle you could kill the Prince."
Len groaned feeling useless and watched the ritual hiding behind the trees and huge rocks. He could hear Barry and Zoom talking.
"I won't only be King of Central Kingdom… I will also rule the Winter Realm. I will murder Leonard and we will rule together." Zoom said caressing Barry's face tenderly. "I will give you the world…we are going to be gods."
"You are insane!" Barry spit on Zoom's face and Hunter struck the Prince hard across the face and Leonard felt his anger boil.
"I love your spirit so wild…I will enjoy taming you."
"I can't stay here doing nothing while that monster hurts Barry!" Len growled at Stein.
"I agree…" Lisa added horrified with the scene before her and Cisco nodded silently.
"I told you the truth your Highness…disrupting black magic could be deadly…I want to save the Prince as much as you do… I've known him since he was born and I see him as a son…I'm just stating the facts Leonard…we are too late to stop Zoom from taking Barry's speed…but we can save him… Barry will be too weak to escape or fight after that ritual…so we need to be hasty."
The King groaned angry and turned to see Barry screaming. He could see Barry's lightning leaving his body to merge with Zoom's blue lightning.
"We need a plan…now" Oliver said with resolve. "We need to reach the ritual and attack Zoom fast like Martin said. Any ideas?"
"We need a diversion," added General Singh. "We need to divide their forces. Firestorm and Arrow could attack with us the front of the ruins and when the followers come to fight us, Zoom and Barry will be unprotected so you all attack and save the prince."
General Mardon nodded in agreement. "It could work. The ones that remain here with the King need to wait until Zoom's followers follow us. Understood?"
Hartley, Stein, Lisa, Cisco and Caitlin nodded.
"You need to make them believe that all the forces are coming from the front." Cisco added quickly. "Or else they will know is a trap."
The King agreed and commanded General Mardon, General Singh, Eddie, Firestorm and Oliver to attack from the front. Hartley, Cisco, Lisa, Caitlin, Stein and the King will wait on the side and wait for the opportunity to save Prince. The first group quickly moved through the forest followed by twenty winter soldiers to reach the entrance of the ruins and the second group waited for their signal.
"We should try to get a little closer." Caitlin suggested worried about Barry's health.
"No…not yet" Lisa murmured. "Let's wait until the followers leave."
Suddenly they saw Firestorm soaring in the black sky. Caitlin's fiancé started to throw fireballs to Zoom's followers. Len turned to see Barry and Zoom. The prince was finally unconscious hanging limp from his wrists and Zoom was ordering his followers to fight the Winter Army.
"Let's move now!" Len whispered. Everyone silently followed the King and they could hear the loud sound of the battle. Hiding in the night darkness they managed to swiftly get near The Prince and the evil speedster easily. Zoom was releasing Barry when Martin nodded to the King and Len activated the cold wave hitting Hunter. Oliver quickly shot his arrows full of the serum created to dampen Zoom's speed. Hunter shrieked in pain with the cold burning his skin and he saw the arrows coming his way. He couldn't react in time. He felt one arrow stab his shoulder and the other one his left leg. Zoom growled but moved to release the prince who fell to the floor. Barry winced at the impact slowly opening his eyes. There was so much noise around him and everything was cold...cold?
"Barry!"
"Len?"
Zoom removed the arrows in his body and grabbed the Prince. Zoom was impressed. Barry didn't seem to be affected by the cold wave...probably some magic protecting him. He turned to look at the King. "Move and I kill him Leonard." he threatened pressing his black claw over Barry's exposed long neck.
Everyone halted.
"You think you can come here and take what's mine?" Zoom asked with his distorted voice.
"He isn't yours Hunter!" Caitlin yelled annoyed.
Hunter laughed. "Soon he will be…we are meant to be together. We are meant to rule forever. "
"I won't let you have him…" Len said with an edge on his voice.
Zoom snorted. "With all of Cisco's amazing inventions and all of your friends help…you are still too slow to fight me…say good bye to your fiancé, Barry."
The King saw Hunter in a fraction of second move fast, not as fast as always thanks to the cold wave, but still really quickly thanks to stealing Barry's speed. Zoom released Barry and sent a lightning bolt towards the Winter King. Len couldn't avoid the impact. He quickly created a wall of ice protecting him but the lightning passed through, shattering the cold ice in to a thousand pieces and hitting him straight in the chest. The last thing the King heard was Barry yelling his name "Leeeen!" with shouting and arrows swooshing through the wind.
Barry felt that each second seemed to play on forever, as he stood perfectly still watching the king collapse slowly to the ground. All sounds became null and void. He couldn't breath. Zoom grabbed him again and he tried to escape but Zoom's grip was really strong. Hunter smiled pleased with the outcome. "Nice try…" Zoom said at Barry's friends who were trying to attack him without hurting the prince. Zoom smirked and he hit Barry's neck hard and flashed away with the unconscious prince.
"BARRY!" Cisco yelled watching in horror how Zoom disappeared with his best friend.
"LENNY!" Lisa screamed running to her unconscious brother. "Lenny…can you hear me!"
"Is he breathing?" Cisco asked and Caitlin quickly ran to their side and crouched inspecting the King. "He isn't..." She said quickly doing compressions on the King's chest and giving him mouth to mouth respiration.
"Lenny…" Lisa said grabbing her brother's hand.
After a couple of seconds the King coughed and Caitlin smiled. "He is alive."
Cisco released a breath he didn't know he had been holding. He had been so worried about his vibe during the whole battle that he could feel the pain in his back and neck from the tension. He was going to die from anxiety. Cisco exhaled a little relieved… it seemed that against all odds the King managed to avoid his fate, but now Barry was gone again.
Len woke up slowly. He remembered feeling his heart stop when Zoom's lightning hit him and Hunter taking Barry away before everything faded in to darkness. Len groaned feeling his chest ache. He tried to swallow but found it difficult. His throat was exceedingly dry and his eyelids were really heavy. He tried his best to force them open and through a small slit of vision, he saw Lisa, Caitlin, Cisco, Oliver and Wells arguing about how to save the Prince. They were inside a tent and by the noises he could hear of their surroundings they were probably on a war camp.
"Barry?" Len said with a hoarse voice and Lisa quickly moved to the side of the bed.
"Lenny! You are wake!" she said grabbing her older brother's hand. "You scared us! You almost died you idiot!"
"Long live the King!" Cisco exclaimed feeling glad that his vibe was wrong and Lisa hit him playfully on his arm.
"I'm okay…" Len said struggling to sit on the bed and Caitlin gave him a cup with medicine for the pain. The King drank the content thankful. "Where's Barry? How long I've been asleep?"
"Zoom took Barry…and just a couple of hours thankfully…" Lisa explained mortified. "We couldn't stop him… he was too fast."
"We sent scouts after them." General Mardon added. "He took the Prince to the Ascension Cliffs. A place only a speedster could get to…It is impossible to climb up there. We will move the army to the valley at the base of the cliffs to surround them.
"We don't need to climb if I can fly…" Ronnie said grinning. "I can help rescuing the prince."
Len nodded grateful. "We are moving right now!" Len stated trying to move out of the bed.
"Your Majesty wait! You shouldn't move…" Catlin said reaching the edge of the bed. "That lightning that hit you was really strong…you barely stopped it with the cold wall of ice you made, but the strike still injured your chest. Your skin was badly burned and you could suffer from chronic pains and dizziness."
"Anything else?" the King asked exhaling. Breathing hurt badly.
"Yes…you have two broken ribs, and a concussion." Caitlin added.
Len sighed and nodded. "Thank you Snow… I want to talk to Lisa… can you all give us a moment?"
Caitlin took a deep breath and everyone exited the war tent silently. When they were alone Lisa seated next to Len on the edge of the bed. "Jerk! You scared me so badly…I thought I lost you." Lisa confessed tired. "I can't lose you Lenny."
"I'm okay…" Len answered feeling a little guilty of hiding Cisco's vibe to Lisa.
"You need to be more careful at the battlefield…you are not invincible you idiot." she added worried.
Len scoffed. He was always careful but he didn't reply he didn't want to argue with Lisa.
"Cisco is making arrangements to your sword."
Len lifted his gaze up interested. "He is?"
"Yeah… he is acting weird."
"He always acts weird." Len added thoughtful and Lisa rolled her eyes.
"I mean it. He said he wanted to give you a back up plan." She explained a little confused. "He is giving your sword the same properties of my bracelets. It seem that the sword will be able to absorb your energy and keep a part of your powers inside it…so in case you can't summon your powers you can use the cold wave or use it as a shield absorbing an attack."
Len nodded. "That's useful… but I don't plan getting in a situation where I can't use my powers." He continued lightly. "Don't worry Sis, I will be careful."
Lisa sighed. "Lenny…are you both hiding something from me?"
"No." Len said dryly, trying to sound convincing but he knew he failed.
"Fine… don't tell me…but be careful." Lisa said defeated. "How do you feel?"
"Worried…angry…" he confessed. "Barry means the world to me and he is in the hands of that sick monster. I couldn't save him. I told him I was going to protect him. I promised him that I wasn't going to let Zoom touch him or harm him in anyway."
"Len…" Lisa murmured softly.
"Do you remember the day when we went to visit the town?"
Lisa smiled warmly. "Yes I remember…it was a beautiful day…it was fun…we must do it again, after we defeat Zoom…"
"When I was in the carriage with Barry, he told me something and I didn't realize the depth of his words until now." Len paused taking a breath. "He told me that Zoom was just too powerful and that he was willing to do everything in his power to keep him away from us…from me…I'm an idiot. I told him that everything was going to be fine…and nothing is fine…he sacrificed himself for us."
"Lenny…don't blame yourself for this."
"I wasn't fast enough to notice that Zoom was hurting Barry."
"Because Barry was hiding it…" Lisa added. "No one noticed except for you. We were all blinded…but you saw through him faster than anyone else."
Len sighed. "When I'm with him I feel something I've never felt before. There is something I can't explain..."
Lisa raised her eyebrows surprised. "What do you mean?"
"I think he is my soul mate or something like that…"
"Soul mates? Oh god Lenny! You really hurt your head… I thought you didn't believe in that myth or how you used to call it …rubbish…"
Len half-smiled looking at his matching bracelet. "I honestly didn't believe it but now…I don't know." He said lost deep in thought. "Since the night we rescued Barry from Santini and Thawne…when Barry was unconscious I touched the prince's hand and I felt a small jolt of lightning cursing through my fingers and something changed. I can't explain it…I know that this doesn't make sense."
"No it doesn't…" Lisa said confused. "You felt lightning?"
"I did…"
"And you believe that feeling… that lightning means something? That he is your soul mate?"
Len glanced to the side a little confused. He honestly didn't know anything anymore. He just knew that Barry was everything he ever wanted and that his connection to the prince was something he couldn't explain.
"Do you believe in fate Sis?"
Lisa sighed. "I don't know Lenny…never thought about it much…but now I understand why you gave Barry the bracelet if you are feeling like this… I must confess I was a little shocked. You never gave a bracelet to Mick."
"It was different…I loved Mick badly but what I have with Barry I can't explain it. It is different."
"Well…I think it was nice." She added grinning. "I might give Cisco one."
Len scoffed amused at his sister. "He is a good man."
"Finally you admit it!" Lisa repeated warmly tightening tenderly her grip on Len's hand.
"He is."
Barry woke up with a massive headache. He was in a transparent crystal cage inside a dark cave…probably Zoom's lair. The prince struggled to stand up but failed, he was still weak from the ritual...so he just moved to rest carefully his wounded back in the icy crystal wall in the corner. Suddenly all the memories of what happened rushed to his mind. He remembered the battle and Len falling after Zoom's lightning hit him in the chest. Barry fell his tears start falling and his heart shattering. He failed. He didn't protect Len. He failed his family. Barry started crying silently in the cold darkness surrounding him. Muffled sobs were wracking his tired body. He didn't know if the King was dead or his family…he was alone. He could barely feel a little of his speed in his body but it was faint. Not that it mattered…he couldn't escape the crystal cage.
A blue blur literally flashed into the cave and Barry felt time slow down. Zoom looked down to his captive and smirked pleased with the defeated speedster lying limp on the ground…his stunning prize.
"Finally awake." Hunter stated. "You have been unconscious for a couple of hours."
Barry silently turned his face away from Zoom. He didn't want to see his enemy. He wanted to kill Zoom but he was too weak to fight and without his speed he was useless.
"I finally won." Zoom said while he phased through the transparent wall. "And now…you are my trophy Your Highness. I am going to have a lot of fun with you."
Barry didn't even flinch. He was too tired. He could feel the void in his strength and his heart breaking. He couldn't stop seeing Len collapse to the ground in his mind, but he could feel something deep down that Len was still alive. He needed to believe it.
"So we are finally alone…" Zoom said kneeling in front of Barry. "I must confess that you have been difficult to catch my Prince…but I love challenges. I traveled three realms just for you…"
Barry glared at Zoom.
"I think you are going to like being my consort. You will submit to me and no one will ever harm you again…or they will end like Rupture."
"You are delusional if you think that I would ever agree to be with you."
"You will agree Barry. It's your only choice. I promise that you won't be able to part from me."
Zoom flashed and grabbed Barry by the neck raising him up from the floor and trapped him between his strong body and against the transparent wall. Barry let out a pained whimper and closed his eyes when his back collided to the wall. His knees were shaking. He just wanted everything to stop. Hunter tenderly placed his right hand on the left side of Barry's face.
"Why aren't you fighting?"
Barry sighed with the stupid question.
"There's nothing left to win and nothing left to lose for me..." The prince murmured sad reaching Zoom's hand to move it away. Zoom released him.
"You hurt Len and you destroyed me…you barely left speed in me…you won…there is nothing I can do, I can't escape this cage…I don't even know if my family is still alive. They could all be dead right now…"
Zoom hummed entertained. "So are you still planning to give yourself away this easy Barry? You won't fight anymore?" Zoom asked interested watching the silver bracelet on Barry's wrist. "Are you giving up?"
Barry glared. "Isn't that what you wanted? I don't care what you do with me anymore Hunter…kill me…I don't care…I'm just to tired to fight."
Hunter glanced at Barry. "What's this?" Zoom said watching the silver jewel.
Barry's eyes widened but remained silent.
"So you don't want to talk…" Zoom continued eager. "Fine. I will make you…" Hunter grabbed the prince arm and twisted it painfully.
"No!" Barry yelled angry trying to escape from Zoom's strong grip.
Hunter smiled and took the bracelet off Barry's arm.
"Give it back!" Barry demanded.
"Why? You don't care anymore…" Hunter teased smirking. "You know…they are alive. They all escaped…" Zoom confessed and Barry's heart started beating again. Zoom saw the prince hazel eyes feel with a little hope. "Your friends and family are probably thinking of a way to save you right now…"
Hunter was amused. He loved playing with the emotions. He loved giving people a false sense of hope. It always made everything more interesting.
"You could see Joe, Iris, Cisco, Wells, Caitlin, Lisa, Eddie and your stupid wolf…again"
"Len?"
"The King is probably dead right now…but your family is waiting for you."
Barry's emotions were in chaos and it was easily reflected on the prince's features. Zoom could see the pain, the grief, the happiness and the doubts.
"You are lying… Len is alive."
"Why would I lie to you Barry?" Zoom said playing with the bracelet in his hand.
Barry stared at the evil speedster. "I know he is alive."
Zoom smiled pleased. "There it is… the Barry I like… full of stupid hope. My fierce and wild prince." Zoom said grinning. "I will give this jewel back… but what are you willing to do for this piece of metal?"
Barry stared at Hunter who grinned wickedly.
"Kneel before me…" Zoom commanded.
"No." Barry said trying to sound defiant. His voice was cold as ice.
Zoom smirked excited. He loved when Barry fought him. Suddenly he couldn't stop the thought of how good would it feel to take the prince. The thought of roughly pushing his hardened length inside of Barry made him shiver with expectation. He wanted to feel his skin on Barry's sweat-slicked skin. He wanted to see Barry's face contorted in pain; eyes squeezed shut and mouth parted wide. The spark of green beneath his eyelashes, his head thrown back in ecstasy with the long line of his neck exposed when he came loudly. The thought was fantastic and he could feel himself getting hard. He couldn't resist touching his prize anymore.
"I will claim you as mine." Hunter said loudly, his voice deep, rough and desperate in the confined space of the crystal cell. Zoom threw the bracelet to the floor and he leaned forward to crash their lips together with euphoric force pushing Barry against the cold transparent wall. Barry arched his back groaning with pain in to the kiss. Zoom started grinding his hips slowly against Barry while roughly devouring the young speedster's lips. Hunter's tongue moved inside Barry's mouth and he insatiably tasted the prince. Zoom broke the kiss and he curled his lips up into a predatory grin watching Barry close his eyes tightly with his face all red.
"S-Stop…" Barry whispered panicking inside. This couldn't be happening again. First Thawne and now Hunter, he honestly had the worst luck in all the realms.
'Do you now how beautiful you are? It is intoxicating." Zoom said grabbing both of Barry's hands above his head and pinning them up. "I want you… I don't want to be alone anymore."
Zoom smirked and kissed Barry's neck. "I want you so badly… The Winter King already had his fun with you…now it is my time." Barry's heart clenched tightly at the mention of Len. He tried to move away but Hunter's grip on Barry's wrists tightened and Zoom amused moved his knee between Barry's legs and he vibrated his whole body. Barry gasped at the feeling and his breathing became ragged and started sweating heavily.
"You are fascinating Barry…" he added biting the prince's neck hard and Barry felt his skin crawl. He didn't want this.
"Release me!"
Hunter complied releasing the Prince's wrists and Barry fell to the ground on his knees. Zoom looked down and saw Barry's swollen lips. Hunter's mouth twisted in to a wry smirk with an idea.
"Suck me." Zoom growled with a deep lustful voice.
"W-what?" Barry asked startled with the request.
"I want you to suck me…Scarlet."
"Fuck you Hunter! Don't you dare to call me like that! I am not going to please you." Barry replied wrathful. Len was the only who could call him Scarlet.
Zoom laughed and seized the prince messy hair and Barry yelped.
"So disobedient. You know this only turns me on more." Zoom said almost growling. "I will teach you to obey me."
Hunter lowered his pants enough to force his lewdly hard cock out. Barry glanced at Hunter's black eyes.
"What? Afraid of the size? Too big for you, Your Highness?"
Barry scoffed and then smirked. "Len's cock is bigger."
Hunter growled annoyed and struck the Prince hard across the face. Barry winced in pain. The hit busted Barry's lower lip. He could feel the metallic taste of blood in his mouth.
"His dead! Forget him!" Zoom growled angry. "I'm going to fuck your mouth so hard you won't be able to disrespect me again and mind your teeth Your Highness…if you graze me I will make sure you won't be able to walk again… and this time it won't be because I broke your spine" Hunter gripped his cock and placed in front of Barry. "Open your mouth."
Barry glared and tightened his lips in a firm straight line. He wasn't going to obey his foe that easily. He was weak but he was still going to fight. Hunter rolled his eyes at the prince and moved his hand to grab Barry's jaw. He added pressure to his hand and Barry closed his eyes in pain. The evil speedster vibrated his hand hard and Barry let his mouth open involuntarily. Hunter swiftly pushed his cock all the way down Barry's throat and the Prince struggled to breathe, he was gaging and tears started to stream down his face. Barry tried to adjust to the rough intrusion but he couldn't breath. Zoom was in all the way inside his mouth.
"Your Highness, look at me…" Hunter murmured with a raw voice full of lust. "Let me see your eyes while you pleasure me."
Barry glared at Hunter. His green eyes were full of hate and rage. Barry's jaw was aching and tears were falling freely. Hunter smirked at the sight and he steadily worked his cock back down Barry's throat harder, his long fingers tangling on Barry's smooth hair for power over his beautiful young speedster. He intensified his thrusting rhythm and the prince groaned choking feeling Zoom vibrating in his mouth.
"So good…you are mine… only mine…that's it…" He said with his distorted voice picking up speed at a pushing pace. "We will rule together…n-no one will stand in our way…nhg…just the two of us."
Zoom's steady thrusting started to weaken and the Prince tried to move away from Zoom knowing what was bound to happen but Hunter kept Barry in place while he threw his head back howling. His thick cock was throbbing, twitching and pulsing inside Barry's mouth until he came hard filling the prince's mouth with his bitter and salty seed. Barry wanted to die. It was a disgusting feeling and he could feel the come leaking from the corners of his mouth and down his chin. Zoom quickly moved his hand to Barry's mouth and the prince grunted.
"Swallow…"
The prince shook his head.
"Don't make me repeat myself." Zoom threatened increasing his hold on the prince.
Barry finally swallowed and Zoom grunted at the lewd sight with his eyes dark and hazy.
"Y-You are disgusting…" Barry said breathing heavily and coughing sickened. He wanted to throw up so badly.
"Soon you won't think that…I promise I can treat you good…in fact let me show you." Zoom quickly flashed. He seated resting his back on the crystal wall and made the prince seat over him straddling his legs. Barry was beyond uncomfortable and scared with their position. He felt too close to his enemy. He tried to escape but Zoom's claws grabbed the Prince's hips to hold him still.
"Don't move…"
Zoom started undoing Barry's black leather pants and the prince felt panic growing in his chest.
"Don't…" he pleaded moving his trembling hands over Zoom's hands to stop him. He wanted to move away from Hunter's touch.
"I'm not going to hurt you Barry."
Barry shivered. "Don't touch me…please."
"I promise I will take care of you...I promise you are going to enjoy it."
Zoom's hand traveled down between Barry's thighs and Barry gasped feeling suddenly paralyzed with fear. He was shaking slightly afraid. He wanted to run away…to escape…but the only thing he could do was to take Zoom's touches silently…there was no way out of the crystal cage. Zoom swiftly slipped his hand past the prince's waistband. Barry gasped and tried to push the evil speedster away but Zoom held him into place freeing his length out of his leather pants.
"Don't make me hurt you Barry…" Zoom murmured dangerously. "You can't escape from this cage and you can't outrun me."
Barry closed his eyes feeling sick. He felt like he was betraying Len. He felt dirty. Zoom licked his lips watching Barry's reactions.
"Look how beautifully you harden for me." Zoom said excited with his breath fastened.
Zoom squeezed Barry's length and the young speedster bit his lower lip hard to keep from moaning. Barry hated himself with everything he had when he reacted to Hunter's unwanted touch. He hated the slow strokes of Zoom's hand over his unwanted arousal.
"You were made just for me Barry…"
Hunter's hand kept moving up and down and Barry struggled to bit back his moans. He hated the pleasure increasing inside of him. He couldn't believe that he was getting hard with the touches of the man who hurt his fiancé. "What would Len think of him?" Tears were running freely from his eyes. He was the one who was disgusting. Zoom noticed that Barry's breathing was ragged and hitched. Barry was sweating and his face was flushed. Zoom used Barry's precum to make Barry's length slick and wet in his hand and started to pick a faster pace. The prince gasped shaking slightly and then moaned. He needed to come so badly…and he hated himself.
"That's it Barry… don't hold your voice in. I want to hear you."
Hunter with one hand clawed his nails across Barry's back and with the other stroked harder the prince's length. "Ngh…" Barry moaned mortified. He was starting to vibrate losing all the control of his body. He hated that he was getting closer. Barry closed his eyes feeling Zoom's hand squeezing him, pumping him faster while he was whimpering hard with his mouth agape and he finally came hard on Zoom's hand. The prince's whole body jerked in waves of yellow lightning flickers moaning with his head thrown back with the long line of his neck exposed. Hunter smirked and bit Barry's neck marking the prince painfully. Zoom was rock hard again and he sneered at Barry's orgasm. The sight was better than what he had imagined. Now he was going to enjoy fucking the prince. Hunter was going to move them in to a better position when he noticed that the prince was shaking badly and crying.
"Scarlet?"
"Don't call me like that…you sick monster." Barry growled angry with all the venom and hate he could gather in his shaky voice. His eyes were red and puffy and his breath was coming harsh. He was sobbing. He probably looked pathetic.
"I am a monster…" Zoom stated and shifted their positions and suddenly Barry was on the cold ground and Zoom between the prince's legs. "I told you… it was your choice to enjoy it or not… but I certainly will."
Zoom was going to start taking Barry's boots off when he heard steps getting closer. Barry quickly tried to raise his pants in to place to cover himself and Zoom turned to see the intruder annoyed.
"Hunter. The Winter Army is here." Black Siren said watching Barry trying to cover himself up with trembling hands and she felt slightly bad for the kid. "They are down in the valley at the base of the cliffs. They are coming for the prince and we are outnumbered."
Zoom nodded releasing Barry.
"Don't think this is over Barry…" Hunter said with a smug tone. He fixed his appearance and phased out of the cage. He walked next to Black Siren and took her away from his captive.
"I killed the fucking Winter King…who is commanding their army?"
"You didn't …King Leonard Snart is alive…he was badly hurt but alive."
Zoom groaned angry and nodded. "I will kill him this time… "
She smiled waiting for her orders.
"We need to move now…Destroy the Winter Army." Zoom commanded taking his black helmet. "I will slay the Winter King…"
Wells, Ronnie and Caitlin were running through the forest. They barely managed to escape the battlefield under Len's command to put their plan in motion.
"There it is!" Caitlin said pointing up. "Zoom's lair."
"We are going in now." Wells stated.
"Caitlin and I will go up first." Ronnie explained looking at Harry. "With our powers we will stop the enemies guarding Barry and I'll come back for you."
Wells nodded feeling that they were running out of time. Zoom just left the cave to fight King Leonard with all of his meta human army on the valley and it won't be long until Hunter realizes that the King was only stalling him and distracting him away from Barry. It was a risky plan, but it was working so far. Caitlin grabbed Firestorm and both went up to the cave's entrance. The couple managed to defeat the metas guarding the place easily with their fire and frost.
"Cait wait here… I'm going for Wells. Be careful."
She nodded and waited there until the three were together again. They proceeded to enter Zoom's lair. The place was spine chilling. It was dark and messy. It looked like an old mine and it was like a maze. There were a lot of passages, but only one was dimly illuminated.
They guessed that the lighted path was the way that would lead them right towards the prince. They reached the end of the tunnel and found Barry unconscious inside a crystal cage.
"Oh Gods! Barry!" Caitlin yelled running towards her friend. She hit the crystal with her hands. "Barry! Please wake up!"
"Cait! Try to freeze the walls and maybe we could shatter it!" Wells said quickly. Caitlin nodded and tried to freeze the barrier but her powers didn't work.
"It isn't working!
"What's going on?" Ronnie added. "Why isn't Cait's power working?"
"I've never had this problem before." Caitlin added puzzled.
Wells sighed touching the transparent walls. He quickly checked the edges of the crystal cage and confirmed his fear there was no exit from the cage except by phasing through it.
"It's some form of carbyne… You'll never be able to freeze him out of there…"
"Barry wake up!" Caitlin yelled hitting the glass. "You need to wake up!"
"Barry!" Wells yelled. Barry stirred at the noise. He could hear voices yelling his name. He slowly turned and saw Caitlin's face.
"Cait?"
"Barry! Are you okay?" she asked quickly assessing Barry's wounds.
Barry nodded struggling to stand up. "I'm alive…" He said remembering that Zoom after Black Siren told him that the Winter Army was in the valley entered the cage and hit him hard to leave him unconscious so he wouldn't try to escape.
"Barry you need to phase out of the cage!" Wells added quickly. "We can't break it…"
"I don't think I can. I don't have my full speed...Zoom almost stole all of it…"
"Yes you can Barry! You need to try!" Wells insisted. "Don't give up!"
"Len is waiting for you… he is fighting Zoom outside. We need to help him!" Caitlin added quickly giving Barry something to believe in…something worth fighting for.
"Len? He is alive?" Barry asked touching the crystal walls. He placed his hand in front of Caitlin's hand. He wanted to reach her but the cold thin wall of crystal was separating them cruelly.
"Yes! Of course he is alive…why do you ask?" Caitlin asked confused.
"Hunter said…he said… and I saw…"
"Lies Barry! Hunter is only able to tell lies. He likes to sadistically push his enemies over the edge. Don't believe him." Wells interrupted walking towards the cage. "Come on you need to get out of here now! You can do it!"
Barry nodded determined. He could feel a new strength in his body. He wanted to see Len again and no wall of carbyne was going to stop him. He picked up his bracelet and moved to the end of the cage and ran but he collided with the wall hard. Caitlin gasped.
"Barry are you okay?"
"Yeah… let me try it again." He did the same thing again and failed. Every time he tried he bounced back against the wall. "I can't…"
"Don't give up… if Zoom did it you can Barry…you are better."
"But he is faster and he also has almost all of my speed!"
"Believe in yourself!" Wells said while hitting the glass. "Believe in the source of your powers! Feel the connection with the speedforce."
Barry nodded and closed his eyes. Wells was right. He needed his speedforce back. "I need help…" He thought hoping that the gods could hear his plea. Barry opened his eyes and started vibrating his hand and slowly approached the cold crystal. He exhaled nervous and pushed his hand against the glass slowly but bounced. He tried it a couple of times until he finally managed to phase it and without waiting or thinking he lounged forward and his whole body crossed the crystal. He stumbled and Wells caught him on time before he landed on the floor.
"Barry!" Caitlin yelled excited. "You did it!"
Wells and Ronnie smiled impressed and Caitlin hugged the Prince.
"Oh God Barry! Thank the gods you are okay…"
"I'm okay…" he said trying to erase all what happened with Zoom. Trying to erase his lustful and unwanted touches. He shivered. He needed to focus on saving Len and destroying Zoom forever. "Let's go…"
Barry gasped at the sight. The battlefield was terrifying. It was twilight soon to be dawn and in the dark he could see the blood and corpses everywhere. There was also smoke and flashes of magic flying everywhere sparking in the darkness. The prince had a horrible feeling in the pit of his stomach he couldn't shake. There was so much obscurity and pain. He could see The King fighting against Zoom, Shark Knight, Lady Light and Black Siren. It was clearly an unfair battle. Len was too slow for Zoom but at least he was managing to keep the evil speedster and his followers at bay with the help of Lisa, Oliver, Hartley and Cisco who apparently finally managed to control his vibrational blasts.
Barry moved as fast as his body allowed him without speed. He needed to reach Len. Zoom and Len suddenly noticed the presence of the Prince in the battlefield and Hunter smirked a little angry wondering how the hell Barry managed to phase through the cage but amused at the opportunity of destroying everything in front of Barry.
"Barry!" Len yelled distracted by the beaten appearance of his fiancé.
"Len!" Barry called happy to see him alive.
Zoom disappeared with blue lightning and attacked Lisa throwing her against a tree, he punched Cisco in the face making the young inventor fall sideways to the ground, he disarmed Oliver of his bow and arrows and stabbed the archer with his own arrow in the leg and finally he dislodged Piper's right arm in seconds. He didn't want to kill the pawns yet. He wanted to show Barry that he could be merciful.
Zoom appeared behind the King with blue lightning and put on Len a rune collar, blocking his powers. The King felt for the first time all of his energy and strength sucked in to the runes. He felt like fading away. The edge of his vision was turning black and blurry. He couldn't focus.
"LEN!" Barry yelled halting feeling a twist in his gut and tight spot in his chest. This was wrong. Zoom turned the King and grabbed him by the neck strangling him and smirked at Barry.
"Our story continues Barry!"
Len lifted his hands trying to stop Zoom from choking him but the speedster was too damn strong.
"Don't move Barry…" Hunter growled looking at the prince. "…or I swear I will kill him"
"Lenny!" Lisa yelled from the ground on a side of the battlefield. Her light blue eyes were wide with fear. Cisco felt his gut twisting with dread. He saw Barry, Ronnie and Caitlin through the curtain of smoke. The battlefield full with corpses from soldiers from the Winter army and Zoom's followers. He was next to Lisa… everything was happening…fate was indeed unavoidable. He was going to see Len die.
"Hunter don't do this! I'm begging you!" Barry screamed scared with tears in his eyes. "Take me! Kill me! Kill me instead."
"N-No!" Len tried to yell while struggling against Zoom's strong grip. He was choking.
"No…" Zoom said with his distorted voice. "You still don't believe that you and I could be the same…Powerful. Unstoppable. We could be gods Barry! No one will stop us! I warned you…but you weren't obedient…This is the final way to prove you Barry that we are the same"
"Please don't… Hunter I surrender… please don't hurt him…please."
"I will have to finally teach you and make you believe me! I will annihilate all that binds you. You can't lock the darkness Barry and I will help you unleash it!"
"Barry look at me…" Len said his voice deep and calm. Barry wanted to ran and grab Len away from Hunter's arms…but he didn't have his full speed. He wouldn't reach Len on time.
"Len…" Barry could feel the tears falling from his eyes. "I can't…"
Len smiled closing his blue eyes and finally whispered. "I love you Scarlet…"
Hunter smirked pleased at his final advantage over the Prince. "I will make you just like me Barry!"
"Noooo!" Barry ran without his speed towards the King feeling his world slowly crumble away. Caitlin and Ronnie followed through the corpses and smoke. But it was too late. They weren't going to make it on time.
"You f-forgot… Z-Zoom…" Len said with difficulty but smirking knowing that this was the end. "There are no strings on me."
Len unsheathed quickly his sword and created a huge cold blast with Cisco's new enhancement, hitting Hunter and his followers that froze instantly with the cold. The evil speedster vibrated his body trying to avoid the cold and pierced Len's heart with the black claw of his armor. Len released his sword that remained impaled on the ground and he arched his back resting his head over Zoom's shoulder, feeling the white-hot pain explode in his chest. Zoom also groaned in pain feeling his body freezing but leaned to whisper at Len's ear. "Maybe you manage to kill some of my followers…but this cold won't kill me Leonard… and Barry will be mine to enjoy for all eternity." Zoom dropped the King to the ground and Len's crown rolled thorough the blood and mud. Cisco trembled with the scene unfolding. He had thought that Len had avoided his fate but he was wrong. This was it. This was the end. He noticed that the battlefield lay eerily quiet. It was now a graveyard of the unburied. The battle was lost…Zoom had won.
A bitter wind swept the battlefield and Cisco saw Barry ran without his speed through the smoke, the blood, the ice and frost, through the blue torn flags with the silver snowflake symbol and the corpses of both armies, until he finally dropped to the ground to embrace the King's body. Barry slid one arm beneath the King's back and lifted him up just slightly calling his name again and again. Zoom, covered in frost, glanced down rejoicing of his accomplishment while shivering and aching from the cold created by the Winter King.
"Len! Please don't… don't leave me. Len look at me! Open your eyes please…" Barry said quickly resting his trembling hands over the King's injury, but the wound was too deep and there was so much blood flowing. He couldn't stop the bleeding. Len's body was getting really cold. "Len stay with me please! Caitlin will heal you…you are going to be okay…"
"B-Barry…" Len murmured softly and a thin trail of blood escaped his cold lips. He could barely breath. "Protect L-Lisa…"
"No…Len hang in there…you won't die…I won't let you die." Barry said sobbing. "I can't live without you…I don't want to live without you…I'm finally happy with you. I love you."
Len felt Barry's warm tears fall on his face.
"Please don't…leave me alone."
"S-scarlet…" the King whispered slowly closing his blue eyes. "I…" Len's vision started to fill with black edges and the last he saw was Barry's face and beautiful hazel eyes underneath a cold night sky and everything went dark.
"Len? Len! LEN! No please don't…Len! Please wake up…" Barry screamed desperate embracing the King. He could feel all of his dreams shattering. "LEN!" Barry yelled cradling his fiancé in his arms. He couldn't breath. This wasn't happening. "How could love go so wrong? This wasn't fair."
"Please Len…don't leave me… There's so much I want to do and share with you…this can't be it…please. We have been through so much… I want to marry you… please….I'm sorry… I'm so sorry…I couldn't protect you… I'm sorry for another promise I couldn't keep…"
Barry's cries were resounding throughout the field and drowning the resonant thunders in the distance. Zoom smirked seeing the grief and the pain that Barry was feeling. It was music to his ears…it mas perfect. The King was finally far gone and Barry was his. There were no obstacles left. Zoom crouched next to Barry and picked up the Winter King's silver crown. He cleaned the blood and mud of the crown and he slowly put it in on his head feeling the victory, the power and glory. He was a god and no one was going to stop him. He turned to see his new fiancé and smiled. "You need to understand Your Highness… that everything is made to be broken and I finally managed to break you... Checkmate."
Hi again! Hope you guys enjoyed this looong chapter. Angst it's almost over.
Next chapter: last battle and the beginning of the HAPPY ENDING I promised full of fluff and comfort. :D
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