Starling City train station

Afternoon

Barry and Caitlin got off the train, a bag thrown over Barry's shoulder as they made their way through the crowd of people. Soon, they saw their friend and made their way over.

"Hey Dig." Barry said solemnly as they reached him.

"Hey Barry, Caitlin," Diggle said in a gentle voice, "Good to see you, although I wish it were under better circumstances...I'm sorry about Cisco. He was good people."

"He was." Caitlin agreed in a thick voice and Barry nodded but otherwise they said no more. Which Diggle picked up on.

"Let's head to the car, Oliver and Felicity are waiting at the lair." Diggle said and his friends nodded as they followed Diggle out.

Central City General Hospital

Same time

"You've been quiet since you got back," Joe noted as he looked over at Iris in the chair, "did something happen with Eddie? Or…with Barry?"

"Why would something happen with Barry?" Iris asked awkwardly and Joe chuckled.

"Iris, I'm a cop. And your father as well as Barry's. What's going on?" Joe inquired and Iris sighed.

"Before he stopped the Tsunami, Barry and I kissed." Iris confessed.

"What?!" Joe exclaimed, shocked and angry. "For god sakes Iris! Both you and Barry are with other people! Did you even think about either of them when you cheated on them?!"

"No, we didn't. It was just a soft of end of the world moment where we didn't think about anything else," Iris sighed, "Doesn't matter anyway. Barry doesn't want anything to do with me right now."

"…What?" Joe asked, thrown by this after coming down from his angry tirade.

"When I went to talk with him about Cisco, he basically told me he wants nothing to do with me anymore. That he blames himself for not saving Cisco and me for kissing him while Cisco was dying. I just…I don't understand why he's pushing me away." Iris said at a complete loss.

"You don't remember, do you?" Joe asked and Iris looked up at him in confusion, "the first few weeks he lived with us, Barry tried everything he could to push us away. Lashed out at us, told us he hated us, everything. Then, when he realized we weren't gonna let him do that, he let us see him break down, let us help him grieve. And that's what he's doing now. He would rather push you away than deal with the pain of Cisco's death."

Arrow lair

Slightly later

"Barry, Caitlin," Oliver greeted as the pair walked in with Diggle.

"I'm sorry about Cisco," Felicity blurted out and then winced, "sorry, I didn't mean to blurt that out."

"It's fine." Caitlin said in a stiff tone that said it was anything but.

"And Doctor Wells did it?" Oliver questioned and Barry nodded stiffly.

"Yeah. You don't seem too surprised by that." Barry noted.

"When I met him, I felt like there was something…off about him. But I had no idea he was capable of anything like this Barry, I swear." Oliver promised.

"I believe you. After all, who could have?" Barry sighed miserably and there was a tense silence.

"Okay, you said on the phone you needed our help. With what?" Felicity inquired.

"With this," Barry pulled out a flash drive, "on this is the security footage of Dr. Wells murdering Cisco. He must have scrambled the audio, because we can't make anything out. I was hoping you guys could do something about that."

"I'll see what I can do, but just a heads up, this is not my thing. I hack, not restore audio." Felicity said as she took the flash drive from Barry.

"I got the police files for you," Oliver said as he handed Barry the police files from the Wells car crash, "there's not much there. Wells claims he and Tess Morgan were out for a drive, he lost control and crashed. Mrs. Morgan died before the police or paramedics could get there. But obviously you think there's more to it."

"I don't know what to think Oliver; I just know I need to find out everything I can about Dr. Wells." Barry said as he looked over the file.

"Can you take us to the accident site?" Caitlin inquired.

"Sure, if we knew where it was." Diggle said sarcastically.

"I might be able to help with that," Felicity said and they looked over at her, "Accident photo please."

Barry handed her the photo from the accident and she placed lit by the computer. She put it in some scanner and it went off. After a few minutes, there was a beep.

"Found it!" Felicity said victoriously.

Starling City

Late afternoon

"We're sure this is the place?" Diggle asked as he, Oliver, and Barry got out of the car.

"Felicity is sure, the least we can do is look around," Oliver said as Barry pulled out what looked like a metal detector from the trunk, "what is that?"

"Basically, it searches for abnormal sound waves. Cisco was working on it before…" Barry trailed off.

'What are you looking for exactly Barry?" Oliver inquired.

"If I knew that, I'd tell you. I'm just following my instincts right now Ollie." Barry said as he waked over to the woods.

Oliver and Diggle exchanged an uncertain look but followed him. The pair were silent as Barry walked around the woods slowly, looking for something. What, Barry couldn't even tell. Then, without warning, it suddenly lit up.

"Guys, I think I got something!" Barry called out as Oliver and Diggle rushed over.

"What is it?" Diggle demanded.

"I'm not sure, but there's something under here," Barry said as he placed the device in his hands down, "be right back."

Barry disappeared in a blur of movement. It wasn't ten seconds later Barry reappeared, a shovel in hand.

"Did you just steal that?" Diggle asked.

"I left money by the register," Barry dismissed, "could you guys step back a little?"

Exchanging another uneasy look, Oliver and Diggle stepped back before Barry, at super speed, began digging. In less than ten seconds, Barry stood next to a pile of dirt as he stared down. Oliver and Diggle followed his gaze to see a decomposing corpse in a hole.

"Is that what I think it is?" Diggle asked.

"If you mean a body, then yeah," Barry said as he stared down at it, "the question is whose."

"Let's get it back to the lair and find out." Oliver ordered.

Arrow lair

Night

"This-this can't be real." Caitlin said as she stared down at the body on the table.

"Took the words right out of my mouth. I swear to god, my life used to be somewhat normal." Diggle said as he ran a hand over his face.

"Felicity ran it through the databases of both CCPD and SCPD, as well medical records of Starling and Central City General. This is the body of the real Harrison Wells." Oliver said grimly as he stared down at it.

"Then who is the man who murdered Cisco?" Barry demanded, anger and confusion whirling through his mind.

"I think I can help with that," Everyone looked up to see a pale Felicity standing there, "I ran the video through a program that restored the audio. Guys, you need to see this."

Everyone gathered around the computer as Felicity stared the video. It opened at the room, just after Wells had entered.

"You're incredibly clever Cisco. I've always said so." Wells said as he walked further into the room.

"You're him. The Reverse Flash." Cisco said, staring at Wells in betrayal.

"You and I have never been truly, properly introduced. I…am Eobard Thawne." Wells/Thawne said.

"Thawne, isn't that the name of Iris' boyfriend?" Diggle asked but Barry and Caitlin were stone still, watching the recording.

"Thawne? Like Eddie." Cisco realized and Thawne smirked.

"Let's call him a distant relative." Thawne told him.

"The night we trapped the Reverse Flash, you almost died," Cisco said and Thawne smirked, "there were two of you."

Thawne wagged his finger and seemed to vibrate before there were suddenly two of him in the room.

"It's an afterimage. A speed-mirage if you will." Thawne said as the second Thawne faded.

"Well, this guy certainly covered all his bases." Felicity muttered but was largely ignored, as everyone was too engrossed in what they were seeing.

Cisco seemed to have a small panic attack, putting his hands on either side of his face and breathed heavily.

"Joe was right," Cisco said, recovering as he lowered his hands and turned to look at Thawne, "you were there that night, fifteen years ago, in Barry's house. You killed Nora Allen."

"It was never my intention to kill Nora. I was there to kill Barry." Thawne revealed.

"He just confessed Barry." Oliver said in stunned shock.

However, Barry was too stunned by what else Thawne had said. This whole time, Thawne had been there to kill him, not his mother. But why, his brain asked. Barry could only watch as the recording continued.

"But why? You're his friend, you've been teaching him how to-"

"Go faster," Thawne interrupted Cisco, "I know. A means to an end. And I'll tell you why: Because I have been stuck here, marooned here in this place for fifteen long years. And the Flash and the Flash's speed is the key to my returning to my world. To my time."

"All this time, he was never helping him us, helping the city. He was helping himself," Caitlin realized, too shocked to be angry, "the accelerator, all the lives taken and ruined, it was all a part of his plan to-"

"To make me become The Flash." Barry finished, a cold edge of rage entering his voice.

"And no one is going to prevent that." Thawne said as he turned to Cisco.

"I can help you." Cisco said, trying to plead for his life.

"You're smart Cisco," Thawne said as he raised his hand, which began to vibrate, "but not that smart. Do you know how hard it has been to keep all this from you, especially from you? Because the truth is, I've grown quiet fond of you. And in many ways, you have shown me what it is like to have a son."

Cisco was crying as Thawne stared at him before Thawne plunged a hand through his chest.

With a roar of rage, Barry punched the computer scream, hard enough to send it flying into the wall. Barry breathed heavily, hearing Caitlin sobbing behind him. After a moment he turned to her, grabbing and wrapping is arms around her. He said nothing as he allowed her to cry into his shoulder.

So, I was never a fan of how season one dealt with Barry's feelings for Iris. For one thing, Barry comes off as an obsessed stalker. But what honestly baffles me is Joe's support of it. In 1x15, he basically says it's oaky for Barry to just desperately hope Iris will one day choose him over Eddie. Basically, he tells his son to hold out hope for a day that may never come rather than to move on with his life and that its okay to treat Linda and Eddie like they're place holders. Not cool Joe.