In a flash of red and yellow, Barry and Wally stopped at the docks, where once again they find Alchemy there waiting for them. Barry takes a step forward, and says. "Give it up now Alchemy, you can't win." The thing before him does not reply, and so Barry keeps speaking. "You know it doesn't have to end like this. Surrender now, hand over the stone and we can take you in for questioning."
Alchemy laughs. "I will not be going anywhere Flash." He takes the stone out, it flashes, and then a beam is directed toward Barry, who manages to flash out of the way. Alchemy chuckles. "Good, you are learning. Now let us see how you dance." The beam comes out and this time goes for Wally who manages to avoid it. Then the beam goes for Barry and he manages to avoid it.
"We need to get toward him, you go from the back, I'll go for the front." Barry says over the comms to Wally.
Nervously, Wally replies. "Alright." Then he is flashing off in a blur of yellow lightning, Alchemy isn't paying attention to him, he's firing beams off at Barry, who's managing to dodge them with some skill. Wally gets close enough to Alchemy to take the stone, but before he can, he's hit by a blast of power. He falls back and as he struggles to get up he sees Alchemy standing there laughing.
"You did not think you get me that easily did you?" Alchemy snarls. The blast coming from the stone knocking Wally back down to his feet.
Barry makes a run for it, heading toward the man and the stone, but before he can, he hears a voice in his head. "Flash…. you know this dance will never end. I will return, and when I do, you are finished." He shakes the voice out of his head, he knows who that is and why they are trying to do this. He moves forward, Wally running forward as well, the beams of power missing him just. Barry hits Alchemy's back, as Wally hits his front, and the stone goes flying up into the sky. "Get it and break it!" Barry yells out to Wally, as Alchemy tries to get up. Barry keeps him down, hitting him with everything he has inside of him. Alchemy eventually slumps.
Wally gets to the stone before it hits the ground, it is thrumming with power. He catches it, and as he does so he hears a voice in his head. "I could bring your mother back Wallace; I could make your family whole again." The temptation is strong, and then he remembers who it is who is promising him this and he shakes his head. Placing the stone in one hand, he vibrates his other hand, and slowly brings that hand down. The stone screams as it is broken, a whisper of blue and white smoke comes tumbling out.
Barry laughs with joy when he sees the stone break. He runs over to Wally and embraces him. "You did it. We did it." he presses a hand to his comms. "The stone is destroyed. We're going to take Alchemy to the pipeline." Barry nods to Wally. "I'll see you there." His foster brother nods and flashes off to the lab. Barry flashes over to Alchemy, grabs his prone form, and then flashes back to the pipeline, where Caitlin, Cisco, Joe, Eddie, Iris and Wally are all waiting for him. He places Alchemy on a chair, and then removes his mask, and staggers back when he sees Julian Albert's face looking back at him. "Julian…." He whispers.
His forensic partner wakes up then, disorientated, but as his eyes focus he blinks and then says. "So, you've found out about me then have you?" His voice isn't his, it's the other guy, Savitar or Alchemy. "Good, I was wondering when this would all end."
"Why?" Iris asks the question that everyone else is thinking but is unable to ask.
"Power, a chance to see family again. The stone called to me when I went off to India. I found it, claimed it as my own. And the power that it gave me was more than I could ever have imagined. Then Savitar came, and we reached a deal. I would have the power to grant and take life away, whilst he would come back, as the God he was." Julian says.
"Why the husks?" Eddie asks, his mind whirring with this news.
"A side effect. Something I was never able to deal with before. But it helped. The forensic in me was curious, so it was all good." Julian replies, a smirk on his face.
"Granting me powers?" Caitlin asks, her voice barely audible over the thumping in her chest.
Albert laughs. "That was a game. I wanted to destroy The Flash, but evidently that has backfired." At their curious explanations, he says. "Don't worry, your powers are gone now that the stone has been destroyed. Everything has been ruined."
There is a long moment of silence, and then Barry turns to whisper a question to Joe. "Do we keep him here, or do we take him into the station? The stone was his source of power, without it, he's just a guy."
Joe thinks for a moment and then says. "Keep him here for now, I might know a guy who can handle him."
Barry nods, and then kicks the chair into the locked cell, keying in the code to prevent him from escaping. He then turns to his friends and says. "Shall we get a drink?" They all stare at Alchemy, Julian whatever one wishes to call him, before nodding eagerly. A desire to celebrate strong within them all.
Julian watches them all enviously, he knows this will last for a time. Savitar is gone, the stone's destruction keeping him locked up inside his hell. Oh, if only Allen knew the truth about the man, that would make him laugh, but for now he needs to sleep, he will likely be dead before the year is over.
