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PREVIOUSLY:
Caitlin had become unconscious from the the spinning of the singularity and the fall, and I picked her up in my arms, but just then I realized that something was wrong. Something wasn't right. STAR Labs looked different, and there were cars flying in the sky! This was a different world!
(Caitlin's P.O.V):
I wake up, sweating, panting and shivering. I just had the worst nightmare of my life! My heart was racing when I woke up, but it calmed down after I realized that it was just a dream, a really scary dream.
'Phew. Thank God that wasn't real..' I sigh
When I finally snap into back into reality, I notice that I wasn't in my room. This wasn't my bed. I was in STAR Labs! But why would I fall asleep in STAR Labs? And why does it look so different all of a sudden?
I hear 2 people talking, and I head towards the voice, which seems to be coming from Cisco's workshop. On my way there I also notice that the corridor also seemed different. Did they renovate this place while I was asleep? And how long was I asleep?
I stop before the entrance, and lean against the wall and hear what they are talking about.
(NO ONE'S P.O.V):
''So basically, you created a black hole; or as you are calling it, a singularity; in STAR Labs, got sucked into it along with that woman, and somehow managed to stop it, and after you did you ended up here, in what seems like a new world to you?'' Barry is asked, by a voice sounding familiar to Caitlin, who's standing outside the door and listening to everything.
''Basically yes. I mean that everything here is different, its like black is white, up is down. You know what I'm saying right?'' Barry says.
''No. I don't know what you're saying. But you're experience may have just proven the newly proposed theory that claimed that there may be other earths existing along side ours, at the same time. Multiverse as you would call it.'' The man explains.
''So this was all real?'' Caitlin asks as she enters, tears flowing out of her eyes, again. She's so mixed up in her emotions that she doesn't even notice that the man Barry was talking to looked familiar.
(CAITLIN'S P.O.V):
So it wasn't just a dream! Oh come on!
At the moment, the memory of that event starts coming back to me. Ronnie DID die. We DID get stuck inside a singularity, and we ARE now trapped in another world, well, apparently.
I let out the same amount of tears now, as I did the last time, my heart paining once again.
''Caitlin...'' Barry calls out, breaking the long silence in the room, but I run out, and go lie down on the bed that I woke up from.
What was I going to do without him?
(NO ONE'S P.O.V):
''I see your friend's awake...'' The man points out to Barry.
''Yeah...'' Barry sighs.
''Why was she crying? What happened?'' The man questions Barry.
''Her husband died during our fight with the evil speedster I told you about, the Reverse Flash...'' Barry explains, with a sad look on his face.
''Uh-huh, I see...'' The man replies.
''His name was Ronnie...and...he died because of me. I pushed the Reverse Flash onto him, allowing him to kill him...'' Barry elaborates his explanation.
''Well that's unfortunate...'' The man says.
''And you know what? The man who killed my mother, the man who killed Ronnie, the man who ruined everyone's life, he had your face, Wells...'' Barry says, resisting the urge to kill him.
(BARRY'S P.O.V):
So what is the possibility that the man who ruined the life of my friends, and me, looked exactly like the man who is our only hope to return back to our world? Well, how about a 100?
Turns out, the STAR Labs on this earth also belongs to Harrison Wells. He also built a particle accelerator, which exploded as well, and there are meta-humans here too.
Just great!
It's not easy looking at Wells's face, but he isn't the one who caused all sorts of troubles. He just looks like him, as he is his doppelganger. He is the Wells from (what I am calling) Earth-2, while the man who ruined our lives was Eobard Thawne, who disguised himself as Wells, and he was from Earth-1.
This Wells has no idea about our lives, he doesn't even know us properly.
(NO ONE'S P.O.V):
''What do you mean 'had my face'?'' Wells asks, trying to understand what Barry was talking about.
''Well, his real name was Eobard Thawne, he was from the future. He traveled back in time to kill me, but I escaped; so he ended up killing my mother. When he was running back to his time, he lost the ability to time travel, so he killed the Harrison Wells on that earth, somehow stole his face and DNA, built the particle accelerator and let it explode so that I can become the Flash. He trained me and wanted me to go fast enough, so fast that I could rupture the space time barrier and open a worm-hole through which he would return to the future.'' Barry explains, pondering over whether he got all the details right or not.
''Okay I get it, and I don't wanna hear anymore of that. It sounds confusing and I have nothing to do with it.'' Wells snaps at Barry.
''Okay...'' Barry says, as he gets up and goes out to look for Caitlin. He finds her sitting on the edge a bed in the cortex, crying heavily.
''Cait...'' Barry tries to talk to her, but more words don't come out of his mouth.
''Ronnie died. Again..'' she sobs.
''Hey hey hey hey hey. It's okay. You'll be alright. Do you think Ronnie would want you to mourn over him like this? What would Ronnie want you to do? From what I think, he'd want you to be brave, he'd want you to accept the change and move on. Isn't that right?'' Barry asks, using a tissue to wipe the tears off her face.
''I don't know Barry...'' she cries.
''Hey, look at me,'' Barry says, lifting her chin up with his right hand, ''Ronnie died as a hero. He was your hero. He sacrificed his life for all of us, including you, so you have to honor that sacrifice and do what he would want you to do. Move on and accept the change...''
Caitlin pulls him in for a hug, which Barry gladly accepts. He feels the part of his shirt on his left shoulder get wet, from the tears of Caitlin, who is now crying against his shoulder. He starts rubbing his hands down her brunette hair, signalling her to calm down.
''Barry I'm sorry I blamed you for it. I know that you had nothing to do-'' Caitlin apologizes but is cut off by Barry.
''Cait..it's okay. I deserve it. I should have controlled my anger instead of letting it out and punching him. The punch caused him to fall on FIRESTORM thus ending their lives...'' Barry suggests that he deserves the blame, and feels his eyes get red and tears fall from them.
''No Barry. No one can control their anger in situations like those. It's not your fault. I just blamed you because I was angry...'' she says, still crying on his shoulder.
Barry didn't say anything after that, for a while. He knew that Caitlin was wrong, that it wasn't his fault. He knew it was, and he had accepted that.
''Ahm ahm...'' Wells, who had been watching them this whole time, clears his throat to get their attention. They both pull away from each others embrace.
''Wells, what is he doing here?'' Caitlin freaks out, as she stops crying and wipe. She gets off the bed and is now standing on her feet, slowly walking away from Wells.
''It's a long story Cait...'' Barry starts, as he explains everything to her.
''So...he isn't the evil Wells right?'' She asks, taking in everything Barry just explained.
''No. He's a completely different person.'' Barry replies.
''Okay...and we're what, in a...different world?'' She asks, now worried.
''Apparently yes, and there's no way home...'' Barry sighs, hopelessly, as he and Wells explain her the theory of 'multiverse'.
''Ugh no!'' Caitlin groans.
''You've got to adjust your lives here now. Move on from the past quickly. Which shouldn't be much of a problem for you Allen, considering that you're the fastest man alive Wells suggests, and Barry smirks.
''And it's better you don't go and see people on this earth that you know..'' Wells adds.
''Because here, your doppelgangers are you, they are the ones who are part of their families, you can't interrupt that.'' Wells explains.
''Okay...'' Barry and Caitlin sigh with sadness.
''But then where do we live? How do we earn our living?'' Caitlin inquires.
''I have a house put up on rent. No one has rented it yet so you can stay there. I can get you both jobs here at STAR Labs. Caitlin as a scientist/doctor, and Barry as a scientist/investigator,'' Wells says, as he hands out some papers to Caitlin and Barry, ''You can earn money, and use it to pay off the cost of my house...''
''Wait how do you know about our professions?'' Caitlin inquires.
''Allen told me.'' Wells replies, now handing out keys to Barry.
''Here's the keys to the house. Main Avenue of 4th Light Street, Lane 3, house number 7.'' Wells explains the address.
''Wait, isn't that the most expensive housing area in the city?'' Barry asks, recalling that on his earth (earth-1), the Main Avenue of 4th Light Street was the most expensive place in the city.
''It is. I'm a billionaire. What else do you expect?'' Wells replies.
''But how are we supposed to pay it off?'' Caitlin asks.
''You'll earn enough money at STAR Labs to pay it off within 2 years. 1 year if you don't spend your income elsewhere,'' Wells answers, ''Besides, it has 3 bed-rooms...''
''Don't you have a house with fewer bedrooms?'' Barry asks, knowing it's gonna be tough paying off the cost of the house.
''I don't have any houses with 2 bedrooms, but I do own 3 or 4 small apartments with 1 bedroom, but I figured you wouldn't feel comfortable sleeping together on 1 bed just yet..'' Wells smirks, making Barry and Caitlin blush.
''Actually we'll take a apartment. I can sleep on a couch in the living-room, kinda my habit..'' Barry blurts out, looking at Caitlin.
''Yeah, plus, how will we look after a big house?'' Caitlin blushes again, at the thought of having to sharing a room with Barry, sometime.
''Well, then take these keys instead,'' Wells orders, exchanging keys with Barry, ''Dale Housing, building four, floor 3, apartment 1.''
''Uh thank you..'' Barry says, taking a look at the keys.
''Oh and, you both have your interviews tomorrow. 7 AM. Come prepared.'' Wells points out.
''Interviews? But we don't have any proof of our qualifications. How are we supposed to-'' Caitlin is interrupted by Wells.
''Just kidding...but just be here by 7 AM tomorrow, and I'll assign you your tasks'' Wells adds.
''Uh yeah sure. Thanks again.'' Barry says.
''Remember, don't try to get involved with the people you know from your earth here. May hold consequences...'' Wells states.
''Okay,'' Barry says as he signals me to follow him out, ''oh and..what else is different here?''
''How am I supposed to know? You'll have to figure that out yourself.'' Wells replies.
''Right...'' Barry sighs, and with that, he heads towards the elevator with Caitlin.
''So I guess we never see our real friends and families again huh?'' Caitlin asks, as they enter the elevator.
''Doesn't seem like it...'' Barry sighs.
''There has to be something we can do?'' Caitlin asks, searching for hope.
''What can we do? We are in a different world, and we don't know how we got here. All we know is that we got pulled into a singularity. We can't create another one now can we?'' Barry hopelessly replies, as they exit the lift and STAR Labs.
Usually Barry would just Flash over to any place, but this time, he figured that he could use the walk.
''I'm sorry we're stuck here because of me...'' Caitlin says, letting her head hang down in shame, as they kept walking towards the desired location.
''What are you talking about?'' Barry asks.
''I was crazy to run after his body, his DEAD body. It was senseless. And you tried stopping me and got pulled to this world along with me...'' she explains.
''Cait, it wasn't a crazy decision. Anyone would have reacted like that if someone they loved had died...'' Barry assures her it's not her fault.
Slowly, tears start rolling out of her eyes.
''Why are you crying?'' Barry asks, even though he knew the answer to that.
''It's just that, Ronnie once told me that if he died, he didn't want me to mourn over him. He told me that I should move on if it ever happened. But I don't know how I'll live without him, and how am I even supposed to move on now that I'm in a different world?'' she asks, tears still forming.
''Cait, life is all about tragedies. Trust me, I know better than anyone. Sometimes, you don't see a way you can ever recover from that tragedy, but there is always a hidden way, and you can't find that hidden way unless you accept the loss and move on...'' Barry replies, and tears start to roll out of his eyes as well, as he thinks about what he just said.
He just told Caitlin how to move on from a tragedy, even though he never did. What he told her was true, but he had never tried it. He had never moved on from any tragedy he faced, from his mother's death to this day. He ponders over those words and thinks that maybe it is time to move on, from everything. After-all, he was in a different world with no way back to his world, moving on would be the only way he could keep living.
When they realize that they both are crying, they pull each other in for a hug, never wanting to let go of each-others embrace, but they had too, as it looked weird.
''Where is his body by the way?'' Caitlin asks.
''I'm not sure. When we fell out of the singularity it didn't come along with us. Must have gotten stuck inside...'' Barry replies, and they both let out a sigh of sadness.
''How did you get your suit changed? And where is it?'' Caitlin asks, wiping the tears off her face and changing the topic.
''Wells gave it to me, and he's kept my suit somewhere safe...'' Barry answers, also wiping the tears off his face.
''Did you wonder what the rest of Team Flash would be thinking right now?'' Caitlin asks, as they continue their walk.
''Probably that we're dead...'' Barry sighs.
They kept walking to their desired location, stopping in the way a couple of times to ask for directions from strangers.
(On the earth where Barry and Caitlin were originally from):
(NO ONE'S P.O.V):
Joe, Iris, Cisco and Eddie came back into STAR Labs after the singularity had stopped.
''How did it stop?'' Eddie asks, while everyone was crying after seeing that Barry and Caitlin had got sucked into the singularity, and panting from all the running they did.
''Barry and Caitlin are trapped in it's core, which means that the singularity is feeding off the energy and radiation from their bodies, and that's why it's stopped..'' Cisco explains as he starts to cry, realizing that his 2 best friends were now gone, forever.
''But what happens when it feeds off their whole bodies? What happens when Barry and Caitlin...die...in there? Will it reopen?'' Eddie asks, struggling to get the words out of his mouth.
''I don't know...'' Cisco replies.
''Why did this happen?'' Iris cries on her father's shoulder. Joe cries along with her, and everyone else.
(4 HOURS LATER):
''I can't believe their gone!'' Iris groans, as the remaining of the Team Flash see the news channels on the screens in front of them.
''Neither can we...'' Cisco says, rubbing his red eyes, while standing at the spot where the singularity had formed.
''What are we gonna do with Reverse Flash now? Kill him?'' Joe asks.
''No no no. He might know why the singularity had formed...'' Cisco replies, as he turns off the news channels, which were just talking about the singularity that had just formed.
''How are we gonna stop meta-humans now that the Flash is dead?'' Eddie asks, trying to stop everyone from crying again.
''Yeah, we don't have what it takes to stop them..'' Joe points out.
''We could get the Reverse Flash to fight them, or we could just let them do what they want to...'' Cisco says as he runs out of hope.
Suddenly a man walks in.
''You won't have to..'' he says.
''Who the hell are you?'' Joe asks, pointing his gun towards the man.
''My name is Mathew Logan, and I am here to give you hope...'' the man replies, raising his hands in the air.
(...To be Continued...)
*THAT WAS CHAPTER 2!*
-WHO DO YOU THINK IS MATHEW LOGAN, AND WHERE IS HE FROM?-
-WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL HAPPEN WITH BARRY AND CAITLIN ONCE THEY START LIVING TOGETHER IN THEIR NEW APARTMENT?-
-HOW WILL TEAM FLASH COPE WITHOUT 'THE FLASH'?-
-WILL THEY ASK THE 'REVERSE FLASH' FOR HELP?-
-WHAT DO YOU THINK BARRY AND CAITLIN WILL LEARN ABOUT EARTH-2?-
-WILL THEY FINALLY MOVE ON FROM THEIR TRAGIC PAST?-
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