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"Hey, how is the whole 'time machine' doing?"
"It would be better if there would only be one seat instead of two." Danielle could sense the coldness on his voice and how he didn't even look at her.
"I know, I'm sorry."
"Yeah, you should be." Danielle stopped him before he could walk over to the machine again. She didn't say a word, just hugged him.
"You know, Cisco, when someone hugs you, you wrap your arms in the other person's body so you can hug them back." She told him and with a little hesitation, Cisco hugged her as well. "I'm going to miss you the most, you know? You are my lost brother, my best friend. And even if you hate me, I love you."
"I don't hate you, I would never be able to do such thing. I just don't want you to leave with him." He said once they broke apart. "Stay, have a life with your family and maybe we will meet again."
"But things wouldn't be the same, would they? You are a good friend and I will never forget that."
"If I was the good friend you say I am, I would make you changes your mind. But that's not going to happen, is it?"
"I'm afraid not." She admitted while glancing at the papers containing the plans of the machine. "But don't blame yourself, this is another decision I made by myself."
"I thought you are the one with the mental powers, not him. You're letting him get into your mind, use you like a puppet he can control the way he wants."
"That's not true, Cisco. If you knew him like I do—"
"Do you really think you know him? Come on, Danielle, the man is a master in making people believe things that are not true. How can you be so sure he's not playing you like he did with the rest of us?"
"Because if he was indeed 'controlling' me, he would've hurt me before, but he didn't. I don't like admitting this, but I got inside his mind while he was sleeping. He loves me just as much as I love him." Danielle sat down on the free chair Cisco had next to the desk.
"I know you all think I'm crazy for loving him, but he's a completely different person when I'm with him. I'm not doing stupid things because of love, I'm not a teenage anymore. I know the risks, but they're my mistakes and I learn from them."
"Learning that staying by the side of your mother's murder is the right thing to do." He said in a scoff, placing his working glasses once again.
"Look, these are my last moments with the people I consider family even if they don't consider me someone to trust anymore. I thought you were going to be the only person who would understand, but apparently I'm wrong. You hate me, even if you don't admit it, and it's okay because you have every right to be mad at me. Just…please hurry up with the machine work, the sooner we make this, the better."
Cisco had a frown beneath the glasses he was wearing but there was no way of telling. She was right, he was mad even though he didn't like the feeling. After being close to each other, Cisco felt responsible for not being enough time with her. Now she would be gone somewhere he would never remember her, somewhere where for him, she won't exist.
In the other hand, Danielle was making her way to Harrison's old office to check on her son when she caught Caitlin's figure standing on the nursery room. If Cisco hated her, Caitlin despised her, and she was not going to be able to live knowing that.
"Cait?" She asked and the scientist turned to her but quickly began making her way out. "Wait. Please? I know you don't want to see me or talk to me, but please just listen to me." Caitlin stopped before reaching the door but not turning to the other woman.
"I owe you and Ronnie an apologize, but know I really didn't mean to hurt him. My plan was to attack Oliver and that's it, but Ronnie got in the way and I couldn't let him."
"That's something you should be saying to him." The scientist said while finally turning, but her face only showed hate.
"Yeah, I probably should, but it's more important for me to apologize to you first." Danielle sat on the bed she was once lying unconscious and Caitlin would treat her. "I'm sure you know what's going on and I don't want to leave without apologizing first. You don't have to accept it, I just needed to say it."
"You're just lucky Ronnie is still alive." The scientist said with a small smile and Danielle returned the smile, standing up and heading out.
When Danielle walked back to the Cortex, everyone else was gathered while listening to Harrison. For the look on everyone's face, she could tell it wasn't something good, so she decided to go to Harrison's office, where Thad was sleeping.
"Hey." The door once again slid open and Barry was coming from the other side.
"Hey." She greeted back without turning to him.
"How's my nephew doing?"
The moment he said that, the baby began to open his eyes and Danielle smiled at her son, gabbing him in her arms. "He's fine."
"May I?" Barry asked and Danielle turned around for Barry to grab him. "I wish we were able to spend more time together, little guy. Grow up to make your uncle proud." He leaned to kiss his tiny head.
"So, are you ready to go back and save mom?" Danielle asked while leaning on the desk, her arms crossed.
"I have to admit I'm nervous and scared with the danger it can cause." Barry began, rocking the baby around the place. "I would feel better knowing my older sister will be there."
"But I'm not, you know that.
"Yeah, I know. And if by this time none of the others made you change your mind, I won't be the exception." He walked to stand in front of Danielle, still rocking the baby. "We've been fighting for the last few weeks, I want this to stop. Danielle, we share blood and I don't want to look at you and think of a villain like the one Dr. Wells is."
"After today you won't have to." She said rather cold. "Yesterday I went to visit dad, he was so happy with his grandson. Then I told him everything, he deserved to know the truth. And you know what he told me? That I was dead to him. And you might want to think the same because once we are in Harrison's time, I will change my name and Danielle Allen would've never existed."
Barry didn't want to admit the pain it still caused her to see his only sister slowly pushing him away from her life. "Every memory will be gone. Every moment we spent together, happy to sad to angry, will be just gone."
"It's better for everyone. Next time I read about Barry Allen there won't be any Flash, just some other Central City citizen living a peaceful life. Who knows? Maybe there will be few notes involving your kids, even a wife."
"Crazy how everything will change, huh? I guess it will be great, being an only child."
"Now you won't have anyone to bother into helping you with the science projects." Both smiled at each other, finally sharing a small happy moment together. "I just hope that whatever I read about you will be great."
"Yeah, I hope so too."
There was a small silence, but not an awkward one, just a normal one. "Barry, even after all that happened, I still love you. You're my brother and no one will ever change that. I guess this last year was pretty busy for both of us. A lot of stuff happened and I didn't have the time to say how proud I am of the man you are now."
"When I first knew about Harrison and how everything happened I hated you so much, even blamed you for mom's death. But you're the good guy, the one that makes everything right while I was making the wrong choices. I pushed you all away and here I am, probably making another bad decision. I still love Harrison, but half of me wants to stay with you and mom and dad. Then I look at Thad and everything seems right. He's still young and can't understand what's going on so I have to make decisions to make it all better for him. And right now, the right decision is to travel with Harrison, assure a future for my son."
"We all understand your concern for your son, Dan, and that's okay. As much as I would like for you to stay, your son needs you more. If that means you have to go with him then do it." Barry placed the sleeping baby on the stroller before moving to hug Danielle. "We still have few hours together, let's not waste them."
With a last nod, Danielle and Barry made their way out of the office and into the Cortex, where the rest of the team was gathered to listen to the news of the sudden marriage of Caitlin and Ronnie. Joe was happy to see the Allen siblings try to be together for one last time, even if it hurt at the same time to see his two kids splitting soon.
…
The time was finally here. It was finally time for Barry to save his mother and for Danielle to travel into the future. Everyone was nervous, scared, sad, but that didn't stop them into continuing the plan.
As Barry would set his suit and prepared himself for the fast run that was coming, Danielle packed the baby's bag with diapers, change of clothes, milk, and other few things.
"Ready?" Joe's voice asked for her from the door of the office, and she nodded, hanging the bag on her shoulder and holding her son on his arms.
"Ready."
Both made their way to the pipeline where everyone else was gathered, saying their goodbyes to Barry, including Iris and Eddie. "Barry." Danielle called for him before he could step inside the place.
Handing the baby to Joe, she walked to stand in front of her brother. No one said a word, there was only a hugged exchanged between the both. A hug lasting enough time for them to realize what they were about to lose.
"I love you, brother."
"I love you too, sis."
Breaking apart, Danielle moved her thumb to wipe the tear falling from Barry's eye. With a final nod, Barry walked further into the pipeline and the door slid closed. It was done, no way back. The rest of the team went upstairs to check on the clock, but Danielle didn't move from her spot, knowing it was now her time to say goodbye.
She opened the door for the pipeline once again, Harrison's cell lowering to the ground as she and the baby walked downstairs and were shortly joined by Cisco and Joe.
As Harrison, with his suit on, admired the machine built by Cisco, Danielle glanced at Joe, who gave her a nod to let her know everything was going to be fine.
"Good luck." He told her while placing a fatherly kiss on her forehead and then one on her son. "Take good care of him."
As he said that, there was what looked like a helmet thrown on the floor coming from the wormhole produced by Barry. "This is our cue to leave, love." Harrison called out and Danielle couldn't help but sigh.
"Goodbye, Joe." She moved to stand in front of Cisco and simply placed a kiss on his cheek. "Bye, Cisco."
"Make sure he doesn't come back." He told her and she gave him a smile as Harrison approached her, placing a hand on her lower back and together, they both got inside the machine.
Both sat down on the chairs, Harrison pressing a button that closed the transparent sphere. "It's time."
"For a new beginning." Harrison smiled at her while moving a hand to hold hers and the other pulled the lever, the sphere floating in the air and turning around.
"Home." The machine was all set, everything was ready, just one push of a button and they would be gone.
But there was a bright light coming from the wormhole, something crashing against the sphere. Danielle hurried to make a shield around them, unfortunately, only she and the baby were inside of it, Harrison being dragged away by Barry.
She looked around, surprised to see all the others on the ground, the machine now broken into pieces. "Barry, what the hell?!"
But he didn't answer as Harrison slowly got up, anger shown on his expression. She wanted to go with her brother, but the baby started to cry, the whole shield filling with the sound. "Come on, sweetheart, it's okay. Don't cry."
As she attempted to calm him, Harrison pulled the upper part of his suit and began attacking Barry. Both speedsters going around the place, reminding her the night before Christmas when the man in yellow first appeared.
She wanted to stop them, not picking sides, just stop them. But Harrison had the advantage of the fight, beating Barry senseless, her heart beating fast.
"Stop! Harrison, please stop it!"
But her words were not hearable for both men as a gunshot was heard from behind. Scared of the sound, Danielle's reaction was to shield her son with her body, the mental shield going down after she lost concentration.
The room went silent, she was too afraid to look up to see what was happening until she heard Joe scream Eddie's name. Her ears ringed as she looked up, everything seemed to go in slow motion. Joe running to Eddie as he fell on his knees. But her attention was now on Harrison, who was vibrating in a weird way.
She couldn't move, even forgot to breathe for a moment as Harrison's face began to change. His hair was no longer black, it was now blonde and his factions were all different now. She could barely hear Cisco's explanation of how he was being erased from existence.
"No, no, no!" Her ears finally popped and she was able to hear Iris' cries for Eddie.
Her heart once again stopped, feeling how light her son felt against her arms. But just like his father, he was disappearing. Barry rushed to her as the once crying baby was gone from her arms.
"Danielle, Danielle!"
No words would come out of her mouth, tears slipping down her face as the blue blanket was now empty. Barry tried to hold her, but she pushed him away, trying to walk to Harrison.
"I love you." His last words were directed to her before he started to disappear piece by piece, his screams filling the room.
"No, Harrison!" But it was useless, there was no Harrison Wells, or his real identity, Eobard Thawne.
Her sobbing became even harder, Barry keeping her from falling into the floor. Just as everything seemed bad enough, there was a type of whole opening in the same place the wormhole was minutes ago.
"We need to get out of here." Barry told her but she was still unable to move, leaving Barry no other choice but to carry her outside as well as the others in the room.
Danielle was still in shock. There was no longer a sobbing or tears on her face, but only a shocking expression. She just lost her son and the man she loved the most. Not even the black hole forming in the middle of the city got her out of it.
Cisco was worried, afraid her mind was about to snap. But just as he was about to call her back into reality, she walked further where Barry had taken off. "He needs help." Words finally came out of her mouth and everyone looked at her.
"There's no way you can make it there!" Joe said almost immediately, trying to stop her but a mental shield she created around herself forbid Joe to get any closer.
Her eyes closed for a minute, remembering the last visit she had with Grodd and probably the most important thing he taught her. Cisco motioned everyone to take a step back, not completely sure on what Danielle was about to do, but was surprised to see Danielle create two disks on her feet, lifting her inches from the ground.
"Whoa." He said while both hands went to his head. "This is amazing! You can fly up there and help Barry close the black hole.
But Danielle didn't reply, taking a deep breath in and taking off. She never imagined herself flying on the disks Grodd taught her to make, but this time, her brother needed her and this time, she was going to make it right.
When she got there, Barry was spinning around like a madman. His trick was working but there was still more to do. Her hands created some sort of purple bubble, firing it right in the middle of the hole. For a moment, it seemed to work, but was soon devoured by the hole.
"Danielle, what are you doing? It's too dangerous!" Barry said once he noticed her there.
"I'm going to help you." She simply responded.
Before firing a new made bubble, there was a familiar heat next to her, Ronnie and Stein. "We believe you might need a little help here."
Danielle didn't say anything but nodded to Ronnie. As she fired the bubble, Ronnie joined with his flames, hitting the hole once again, but this time, making an explosion that sent them all flying away, even making Ronnie and Stein separate.
"Ronnie, give me your hand!" Danielle said as she saw the explosion trying to drag Ronnie along with it. "Come on, quickly."
"Tell Cait I'm sorry!" Ronnie said before being sucked by the explosion, not giving him enough time to grab into Danielle's hand.
"No!" The explosion was finally gone as well as the black hole, Central City was save.
With a heartbroken face, Danielle slowly made her way down to the floor, the disks disappearing. She noticed Barry and Stein getting up from the floor as the others went running to them.
"Ronnie?" Cait asked and Danielle shook her head.
"I'm sorry, Cait."
As Barry tried to calm his friend, Danielle tried to slip from everyone else, heading back into STAR Labs. The place was a mess like the rest of the city. Her first thought was to go down to the pipeline. Her things were all gone, except for the blue blanket covering the funny looking helmet. She didn't think twice to pick both things up, holding the blanket close to her face.
"I'm sorry, Danielle." Barry's voice suddenly called for her and she broke down into tears once again. "I couldn't save her and my decision affected yours. It wasn't my intention, I just wanted to stop him here."
"It wasn't your fault, Barry, it was mine." She finally said while turning to him. "It's been all my fault and I'm so sorry."
"No, no. Danielle, this isn't your fault. You shouldn't blame yourself for his actions." His arms hugged her tightly against him, stroking her hair. "We will get through this, together like we always do, okay?" Danielle simply nodded, wiping her tears. "You were a real hero today, you saved Central City."
There was a scoff from her, shaking her head. "I was just helping you. You are the hero here, Barry, and Central City will forever thank you for that."
THE END...for now.
This is officially the last chapter for Season 1. But do not worry, my friends, Season 2 is looking great and I'm already planning few things.
For now, I'll be taking a small break from this story as I start writing the next part. I will be continuing here so don't unfav or unfollow the story so you can know when it comes back.
I want to thank you all for being so supportive on this story. It doesn't matter if you're a follower since the begging or a recent one, I want to thank you all. I'm glad you enjoyed the story so far.
With nothing else but to thank you all, I say my goodbye for just a small break! Remember, it's only for a small time, this story is not over yet.
3.- I have to admit the part with Joe hurt a lot more than the one with Henry. Yesss, Harrison melted my heart acting like a loving father. Thank you for reading the fic!
darniece.- Thanks for keeping up with the fic! Be sure to keep an eye out when second part comes out.
highlander348.- Thaddeus Thawne is a comic character know as Inertia. He is a speedster, and in this fic, he had the speedforce too but, well, not anymore. :-(
Delta General 42.- I hope you like her little heroic act and accept her again!
ZoomFlash362.- Thanks for the suggestion! But I think I'll stick to only this fic for now. Maybe in a future? Who knows. Thanks for keeping up, hope to see you on the next part that's to come!