A/N: Welcome to Chapter 9 of Resurrection! I was going to wait until the morning to put the chapter up, but I really wanted to get this out tonight, so here it is. As always, please follow and review. Thanks! Disclaimer: I do not own DC, CW, or any of its shows and characters. I do however own the plot of Resurrection.

Two months had passed since Joe was attacked by Delmond. Barry still hadn't revealed himself to the CCPD, and still hadn't captured Delmond, who had attacked a number of other people. That would change, however, when Caitlin was kidnapped by Delmond. (A/N: Why is it that 90% of the time someone is kidnapped, it's Caitlin?) He had entered her apartment while she was sleeping and took her from there. No one knew until the following day when people were getting suspicious when she didn't show up to S.T.A.R. Labs and wasn't answering any calls. Barry ran over to her apartment that night and searched everywhere, but found no sign of her.

He ran back to S.T.A.R. and informed everyone of the situation. Sam offered to search from the sky, while everyone else worked on defeating Delmond. After about ten minutes, Sam returned.

"Hey, I found this at Caitlin's apartment." Sam then handed Barry a piece of paper with neat cursive. Barry began reading aloud.

Flash,

I have found that the best way to hurt you is not to attack and kill you, but rather to hurt those around you. This woman, she proved to be quite a nuisance when we took her. However, a few blows to the head solved that problem. Anyways, I offer you this. You and all of your friends are now, most likely, standing in the main lab in your facility. As of now, you will notice that all of the possible exits are blocked. Barry paused his reading and moved to run, only to find that he couldn't. Also, I have placed a dampener in the facility that will block off all meta-human powers, until you escape. Have fun!

Barry looked at the team, who were all shocked at what just happened. Barry was the first to point out the new text on the screens.

"Guys, look." Barry pointed to the screens, where a riddle was shown. It read:

The shadows have fallen,
The night shall arise.
The answers you shall find them,
In the oh so dark skies.

"What do you think he means by that?" Barry asked.

"Is there some kind of observatory here?" Jesse asked.

"No, but there is a room that has a window for a small telescope."

"I'd say we start there," Harry said, "Ramon, would you lead the way?" Cisco nodded and began walking out the cortex with everyone following. After a moment, they reached the room Cisco had mentioned. Once they arrived, Cisco ran up to the window and looked out. Outside was multiple buildings and the vast night sky.

"Alright, let's see if there's anything here," Cisco said, beckoning the others to approach the window. After a moment, Cisco noticed that there were multiple marks on the window. "Hey, maybe these mean something?" Cisco said, pointing to the marks.

"They don't look like any language on this earth. What if..." Sam offered, pushing others out of the way to look at the window better. He began shifting his head until he rested on one position.

"Here! The marks line up with the rooms on the buildings. It seems to read: behind you." Sam immediately turned around to find a piece of paper taped to the wall. "Look!" Sam ran over to the paper and picked it up off the wall. The paper held a shape. The main part was an oval. The oval had a vertical line going through the center. Two circles were on the inside along with multiple other shapes. Some lines were jetting out from the oval, surrounding it. Below the shape was the phrase: Your key out.

"What is that?" Cisco questioned, asking what everyone was thinking. After a moment, Sam shot his head up in recognition.

"Wait! I think this is a fire rune!" Sam exclaimed, earning even more questioning looks from the team, except for Barry.

"What is that?" Cisco asked.

"A fire rune is a shape that a Fire Angel can make with the blue flame. They all do different things, but I assume this one is a transportation one. Let's head back to the cortex and see if it works." Sam said, beginning his walk to the cortex. After a moment of hesitation, the rest of the team followed.

When the rest of the team arrived at the cortex, Sam was studying the piece of paper. When he heard the others enter, he turned to face them.

"Hey! So, I think I can get us out of here since my powers are alien. Then, Barry can open all of the entrances and we can plan our next move." Sam said to the crowd, who nodded in agreement.

"You ready Sam?" Barry asked, stepping forward to meet Sam at his side. "You need some energy or do you think you have enough?"

"I have plenty. I'll do fine. Well, here goes nothing." Sam said. Barry stepped back and let Sam work. Sam extended his wings and lit them in a blue flame. He then extended a hand, which then was coated in the same flame. Sam closed his eyes for a moment and began focusing on two things. One was the shape of the rune he was to make. Second was the location. He focused on the parking lot of S.T.A.R. Labs. After a moment of silence, blue flame started pouring out from his hand into the air. The flames started to spread out, eventually creating the rune. The team was amazed by the scene. Ever since Sam's arrival, the team has slowly been turning into low-level pyro-maniacs. Soon after, the rune started pulsing with the flame, giving Sam the go-ahead to stop. Sam dropped his hand and hid his wings.

"Alright. Now what?" Cisco asked, jaw slightly open.

"This." Sam turned so that the rune was to his right. Sam was still in front. He looked at Cisco dead in the eyes and punched the rune. The rune fractured into thousands of tiny pieces. In its place was a swirling vortex of blue flame.

"Woah. Do we step through that?"

"Yup!" Sam exclaimed as he fell backward into the vortex.

"What are you waiting for?! Come on!" Barry exclaimed, jumping in after him. Everyone else followed. Cisco mimicked Barry, Jesse jumped in, and Wally and Harry looked at each other and both simply walked through.

When they both came out they were outside S.T.A.R. Labs. Sam made sure that everyone was out before nodding to Barry. He returned the nod before running around the building. After that, they all returned to the cortex to figure out how to save Caitlin.

Caitlin sat in the same chair that she was in for the last 12 hours. Multiple attempts to interrogate her failed. She refused to talk. Once again, two of Delmond's goons walked into the room. She looked at the gear they were wearing and knew that they were magic users. Multiple times they had tried to use magic along with other forms of interrogation.

"Here we are, once again. As always, have you decided to talk?" One of the goons asked, already knowing the answer.

"Never." Caitlin spat, earning two pitiful shakes of the head from the goons.

"That's too bad. Because this time, we have something special for you."

"Alright, here's the plan." Barry began. The team had geared up and was ready for action. "Phoenix will open a portal to her location using one of Caitlin's belongings. What did you choose?"

"I just ran to her apartment and grabbed a shirt."

"Alright. After that, I will run in and assess the situation. I will call back through the portal, signaling for the rest of you to come in. Once you are all in, Phoenix will close the portal. Cisco, when we find Caitlin, Grab her and bring her back. The rest of you, follow me and Phoenix to clear the compound. Ready?" Everyone nodded their heads. Sam grabbed onto the shirt and opened a portal.

One of the goons morphed into a strange shadow creature. It was low to the ground, very large, and had long arms and hands.

"Every time you refuse to answer a question, this thing will begin to corrupt your mind, causing immense pain. Ready?" Caitlin didn't respond, only showing a face of courage and slight fear at the sight of the creature.

"Fine. First, the Flash's friend, Phoenix. How do you hurt him?" The man asked. Caitlin said nothing. "Nothing? Alright. Do your thing."

The creature scurried across the floor at an immense speed. It crawled up Caitlin slightly and raised a hand to Caitlin's head. It began to pump darkness into Caitlin. Pain started seeping into her mind, causing her to start squirming in her restraints. Eventually, groans of pain began coming out of a clenched jaw. Just when she felt like she couldn't take it anymore, a bright light appeared behind the two goons. Out of the light came none other than Barry in his Wraith suit, minus the mask (the men already knew who he was). Barry searched the room until he spotted the man, the shadow, and Caitlin, who were all staring at him now, Caitlin looking with immense relief. Barry saw what they were doing and sprung into action. Barry pulled his knife and stabbed the man. He then grabbed the shadow and drove the knife into where its head would be. The thing morphed back into a man and fell to the ground.

"Now!" Barry screamed into the portal while working on the restraints. Everyone else jumped out, all ready for a fight. Sam waved his flaming hand in front of the portal, closing it. As soon as Barry got the restraints undone, Caitlin hugged him tightly.

"Thank you." She whispered, voice weak from the screaming that was occurring throughout the day.

"Anytime. Cisco will take you back to S.T.A.R. The rest of us will clear the area." Barry said, hugging her tighter for just a second, minding her wounds, before handing her off to Cisco. Barry turned around and was met with a blast of magic that he couldn't dodge. He immediately collapsed onto the floor. The others jumped into action taking down the one who fired at Barry and all the other people in the complex. Barry was brought back along with Caitlin.

It had been a week since the attack on Delmond's complex. The attack that Barry endured put him into a coma. Sam, Caitlin, and Cisco were all in the Cortex along with Barry, whose bed was positioned in front of the display case.

"Do you have any idea as to how to wake him up?" Sam asked Caitlin, staring at Barry's comatose body.

"No. I just wish that I did, especially since Delmond could ambush us at any time."

"Yeah. We can try to hold them off, but we can't be sure that he won't win-" Sam was cut off by a dart flying out of the darkness and landing in his neck. Almost instantaneously, Sam dropped to the ground, unconscious. Cisco and Caitlin looked to the source of the dart with horror etched on their faces when two men emerged, one being Delmond. He then blew two more darts and Caitlin and Cisco. However, they didn't drop. Caitlin tried to freeze them but nothing came out of her hands.

"No, no, no, no, no! Please!" Caitlin begged, as Cisco fruitlessly tried to use his powers. Delmond approached Caitlin and the other man approached Cisco. Delmond pulled out a handgun, while the other man pulled out a sword. Delmond put the gun up to Caitlin's head, causing her to raise her arms in surrender. The other man raised the point of his sword to Cisco's throat, with Cisco eliciting the same response as Caitlin.

"Kneel!" Delmond yelled. Caitlin immediately obeyed, fear etched on her face. "Now, you are going to answer all of my questions, or else Cisco gets it. If you don't listen even then, we can go after your poor Barry."

Barry sat in the black void he had been in for a while now. His wrists and ankles were bound in shackles. Even though he couldn't see, he could hear.

"We can't be sure that he won't win-" Barry heard a slight whistle and then a loud thud. Immediately, Barry knew that something was wrong. He heard footsteps, too heavy for Caitlin and too nimble for Cisco. He heard two more whistles.

"No, no, no, no, no! Please!" Barry heard this and sprang into action. He started pulling against the chains with all of his might. Every sound, the racking of a slide, the unsheathing of a sword, everything gave him even more motivation to free himself from his chains. It was strange, it felt like the chains were pulling back against him. However, even that couldn't stop him. His friends, no, his family was in danger and he couldn't do anything to stop it. Not while he was here, in his mind. After minutes of nothing but struggle, he stopped. Nothing that he did could wake himself up.

"Wait wait wait... so the great Flash is giving up?" A voice came out of the darkness of the void. Barry looked around tiredly, his eyes finally resting on none other than him. Eobard Thawne. Reverse Flash. "You have beaten so, so much. Zoom, Savitar, the Thinker, the Doomsday army... me. And you're submitting now?"

"There's nothing that I can do. He won."

"Then all that you've done... is it all a joke? Our fights, they were nothing to you? You showed me and everyone else the power that one man can wield, the change that he can bring about! You promised yourself that you would do everything in your power to save as many people as possible! Well... if that's true, then run. Barry RUN!" (A/N: I just got chills from my own writing)

Barry began struggling again with a strength that he didn't have before. Images flashed before his eyes. He saw Eddie's dying in Iris's arms, Ronnie being torn apart by the singularity, Caitlin losing herself to Killer Frost, and much more. How many people have died in his name? How many lives shattered? How many people have died, not for him, but because of him? How many children left alone, screaming in agony, over the loss of their loved ones? And last of all, Barry saw her. His mother. Not speed force Nora, but the real one. sitting in his arms, bleeding out onto the floor. All these people whose lives have been ruined by him. Barry saw all of it and refused to let it happen again. With unparalleled strength, Barry broke free of the bonds.

As much as Barry wanted to spring up and save his friends, he knew he needed to wait for the right moment. Barry shifted his hand ever so slightly so that a single finger was laying on the bed. Berry then began vibrating just enough to see a very blurry picture of the room. To his left and beside the main desk were two blobs. One was on the floor kneeling, the other held what appeared to be a gun. Barry was able to tell that the pair was Caitlin and Delmond. To the other side of the main desk was Cisco with the point of a sword to his throat.

"Alright. If you're not gonna talk then I'll just have to kill your friend." Delmond said, looking to his accomplice and nodding. The other man raised his sword, ready to strike. Before Caitlin could protest, Barry had run. Barry shot up and ran in front of Cisco and grabbed the sword. Barry placed the sword against the man's throat and dashed forward, cutting it open. He then shoved the sword behind him, plunging it into the back of Delmond's accomplice. He pulled it out and ran over to Delmond, who at this point had drawn one of his own. He held the sword in his right hand and the gun in his left.

"Well, would you look at that! You're up. Well, I say we should end this honorably." With that, Delmond lunged at Barry, initiating a fight. Barry was skilled enough with a sword that he didn't need to use his powers. If he was being honest, he didn't want to. Barry parried and dodged every cut, slice, and shot. Eventually, Barry had enough of the fight and wanted answers. Delmond raised his gun once again and Barry jumped at the opportunity and plunged the sword into the opposite side of his elbow on said arm at a perpendicular angle. Delmond screamed out in pain, allowing Barry to use his other hand to throw his sword to the other side of the room. Barry then grabbed the wrist of the hand holding the gun and aimed it at the ceiling.

"TALK! Why are you doing this? You were a good man once!" Barry yelled at Delmond.

"Maybe, but that man is dead now. As for why there are two reasons. One, it's FUN! Two, well, let's just say that this isn't just a hobby." Barry was practically boiling over with rage at this point. This rage was coming from many things, the most of which was from the amount of pain that this man caused to Barry and his loved ones.

"Fine. You don't wanna talk? Then I guess our time is up. Any last words?" Barry hissed. For once, even through all the pain, Delmond showed a mischievous-grin.

"Prepare for unforeseen consequences," Delmond said. Barry lost it, shoving his arm further back until the gun was level with Delmond's head. With the gun upside down and pressed against Delmond's jaw, Barry shot his hand up and squeezed Delmond's hand, causing it to pull the trigger. Delmond's head burst open, spraying blood against the clean, white walls. Barry released his grip on the blade handle and Delmond and kicked him over. The body hit the floor with a loud thud, seeming louder than it actually was due to the significance of what Barry had just done. Barry looked over to see Caitlin and Cisco, who both had faces of horror, Cisco having much less. Barry exhaled sharply through his nose and hung his head, feeling the slightest bit of shame and guilt for what he had just done.

Barry picked up the body and ran it down to the morgue. He then ran back up, got some cleaning supplies from a store, and returned to S.T.A.R. Labs to clean the... everything. When he returned, Cisco was cleaning the walls and Caitlin was gone from the room.

"Where'd Caitlin go?" Barry asked, knowing that her image of him was being tarnished with every life taken. He started cleaning the walls as well.

"As soon as you left she bolted out of here. She's probably headed to her apartment." Cisco said. Barry could barely make out a bit of hesitation in his voice.

"Alright. I'll talk to her about all of this soon."

"Yeah. She looked so shaken and terrified that I didn't know what to do. But listen, you didn't have to kill him. We could have just locked him up." Cisco said, turning away from the fresh blood stains to look at Barry.

"And risk him getting free, only to go on and kill more people? This way, he won't be able to hurt anyone ever again."

"Except for you."

"What?"

"You've changed Barry. And I get that you lost a lot, but that doesn't mean that what you do is right. You are hurting yourself by doing this, Barry. You're making killing easier to do."

"And what's the alternative? Cisco, so many people have died in my name. Others have died because of me. I would give myself a thousand times over for the people that I know and love. For my friends. For my family. For the city." Cisco lowered his head, trying to think of something to say.

"By doing this, you are alienating the people that you are trying to protect. At least make an attempt to not kill people, okay?" After a moment of thought, Barry responded.

"Alright. I'll try."