"Are you sure you're feeling okay?" Barry asks, not for the first time. He hates having to ask so often, but ever since Caitlin's encounter with Bivolo, she's been looking a lot paler.
Caitlin gives her boyfriend a weak smile. "I'm fine Barry, honestly." She appreciates his concern, and is somewhat surprised that her powers haven't played up again. Though as she looks at the bracelet on her hand, she surmises that that might be why, her powers are dampened by the thing, and so far, it hasn't run out of charge.
Barry takes Caitlin's hand and squeezes reassuringly. He looks at Joe and asks. "So, what's the story with Bivolo?" That he'd died they knew, but the how was something Barry had been pondering.
Joe takes a deep breath, looks at Barry, then at Caitlin, he'd been horrified when he'd heard about what had happened, and had lost any guilt he might have felt when he'd shot Bivolo. "Bivolo was cornered coming out of a bank. He was wearing his shades, and the moment he moved to take them off, I shot him." At the look of surprise on Barry's face, Joe shrugs. "His eyes are his weapon; I was defending myself."
Caitlin snorts a little, it is a very good response that. "So, he definitely is dead?"
"Yes, the ME confirmed it the moment she got there. I checked and he had no pulse. Singh agrees with me as well. He was dangerous and needed to be stopped." Joe says simply.
Caitlin nods. Adding a little tearily. "Thanks Joe."
Joe pulls her into a one-armed hug. "Hey, no need to thank me. Your family Cait."
Cisco clears his throat, and speaks. "Can I?"
Barry nods, sensing that Cisco is back to normal now after everything, he is relieved. "Go ahead."
"I've done some work on tracing where Bivolo was after the incident with the Reverse Flash. It seems he went underground, he disappeared without a trace, spent some time in Star City, before being locked up in Iron Heights, he got out on a good behaviour clause in his terms of imprisonment. But disappeared again, and then reappeared around two weeks ago." Cisco says, pulling up footage on the computers. "Here, you can see him talking to a figure."
Caitlin notices the hood on the figure and its slight limp. "That's Alchemy!" she exclaims.
Barry looks at her alarmed. "You are sure?" he asks.
"I am, I recognise his hood and the limp." Caitlin replies.
Barry looks at Cisco and asks. "Do you happen to know where this was taken?"
Cisco nods. "Near the docks."
Barry thinks for a moment and is about to reply, when Joe's phone rings, his Dad puts it on loud speaker, and Eddie's voice comes ringing out. "We've got someone here claiming they need to speak to the Flash."
A voice echoes over the phone. "Come to the Docks, Flash. Come to the docks and everything will be answered."
The phone goes dead, and Barry doesn't even need to think about it, he flashes off to the docks, finding himself face to face with a hooded figure wearing dark robes. "Are you Alchemy?" he asks.
The hooded figure says nothing for a brief moment and then speaks, its voice is distorted. "I am indeed. I take it Mr Bivolo did as he was asked. Your girlfriend is now battling with something that might well overwhelm her. You will need to watch as she battles and struggles with her condition."
"Why are you doing this?" Barry asks. "What have we ever done to you?"
Alchemy laughs. "Oh, you do not remember. But then, how could you? Flash, there is so much you do not yet understand about the world we live in. I am merely doing what is deemed necessary. There is nothing greater than what I am doing."
"Why, what is it you are doing exactly?" Barry asks curiously, aware that his comms are on.
Alchemy laughs. "Making sure that the world is prepared for the return of the one who can take us all to the light."
Back at Star Labs, Cisco hurriedly begins entering everything he can think of to see what they can find out about Alchemy. Nothing appears, nothing at all. Only a mention of something called the Brahmastra, and then that is also gone. Cisco speaks into the comms. "Barry, be careful. We might be dealing with something out of Darhk's world."
Barry hears the warning and then asks Alchemy. "Who is this person who can take us all into the light? What exactly is it you are defining as the light?"
Alchemy laughs. "You shall see now." He pulls out a stone and a blinding flash of light appears, then from out of that portal of light comes a figure cloaked in armour, a giant of a man, if he is indeed a man. Alchemy bows his head. "Welcome my lord."
The figure looks at Alchemy, then at Barry, it roars and then flashes at Barry grabbing him and throwing him against one of the buildings. Barry hits the wall of the building, his back groaning in protest. Before he can so much as get up, the figure grabs him, and then they are running. They are out and the blows keep coming, a hit here, a hit there. Then they are back into the portal of light. Barry does not know how to keep his vision straight; he does not know what is happening. All he knows is that he is in a lot of pain.
They stop, not at the docks but outside Star Labs, the figure roars, Barry is distantly aware of figures hurrying out to see what is happening. The figure bellows again, then smacks Barry picks him up and smacks him again. Then once he is done, the figure throws him onto the ground and roars. "I am Savitar, God of Speed." The thing disappears then. Barry lies on the ground, barely awake, Caitlin and Cisco rush over to him, and he grunts and groans.
As Barry is brought down to the medical rooms, Wally, who had been out for most of the past few weeks, shoots awake, gasping for breath, before disappearing into the night, flashing out with white and yellow lightning.
