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Chapter 3
Flashback-
It was the night that Barry had helped Supergirl defeat the Hellgrammite and save Alex. After he had left them he sped off to Central City. Even though he was stuck in a parallel earth his mind would keep wandering back to his home.
He arrived outside of a familiar home. It was the home of Joe and Iris West, the man who became like a father to him and his best friend who he also happened to have feelings for. Barry took of his mask as he approached the home. Looking through the window he could see Joe sitting on the couch while Francine set the table for dinner. He sat talking to Eddie Thawne when Iris walked in. She looked excited as she told them she was in the running for an award for one of her stories. Joe and Eddie stood up off the couch as Joe went to hug her first. She then hugged Eddie as he told her that he was proud of her. They shared a tender kiss afterwards.
Barry knew he should feel happy that they were doing okay but still couldn't help but feel sad that it was without him in their lives. He then sped off again to see his old house where he lived with his mom and dad. He could see that his mom and dad were both happy and doing well. He could see them having dinner with his doppelganger. He felt a little relieved knowing that at least on this earth he was happy with his family.
Flashback end-
In the present Barry sat in is one bedroom apartment he managed to get. He held two pictures in his hands. One was of him with Joe and Iris, when they were still together as a family. This was taken before his accident. The second picture was of when he was younger, he was with his mom and dad. He stared at both pictures as he thought about how he missed being with them.
He finally put them back in his wallet as he looked at his phone. It was a job posting for a position at CatCo. Barry was running low on funds and knew he would need a job if his situation wasn't going to change.
CatCo-
Barry walked in to the large office as he looked around to take it all in. "So how was breakfast with your mom," he heard someone ask. He looked to see that it was Kara and someone else.
"Foster mom and it was great." As the two walked up Kara noticed Barry standing there. She remembered him from outside the coffee shop. "Barry, Hey." She smiled as she almost couldn't believe it was him.
"Hey Kara, it's good to see you again. I didn't know you worked at CatCo."
Kara laughed before replying to him. "Yes, yes I do. I am actually Ms. Grant's
assistant. What are you doing here Barry?"
"I noticed you were hiring an office assistant and thought I might apply. I am actually about to have an interview with Ms. Grant right now," he said as he smiled.
"Really," Kara was surprised. After their meeting on the street she didn't know if they would actually see each other again. "Oh, Barry this is my friend Winn. Winn this is Barry Allen." The two men shook hands.
"Well I better get in there if I want this job." Barry gave one last smile before heading in to Cat's office.
"So, Barry Allen? How exactly did you two meet," Winn asked as he and Kara walked back to their desks.
"We bumped into each other outside the coffee shop. I told you about that."
Winn remembered her telling him about it. "Oh so he's the guy."
When Barry finally walked out of Cat's office he was met my Kara standing up from her chair. "So what happened?"
"Well, you are looking at the newest office assistant."
"That's great Barry. I mean we'll be able to talk more. Right?"
"Yeah, I'd like that." Barry smiled as someone else was walking up. It was James coming to bring something to Cat's office.
"Oh James," Kara said getting his attention. "I want you to meet Barry Allen. Barry, this is another friend of mine. Barry is starting here as our new office assistant."
James shook hands with Barry as he looked him over. "Nice to meet you Barry. So you're working here now. Sure you're ready for Cat Grant?"
"I'm sure it won't be that bad."
It was later at night on Thanksgiving when Kara was at CatCo trying to help Ms. Grant with her computer. All the power in the building had gone out. They were both surprised when the face of Leslie Willis who now goes by Livewire. She now had the ability to move through wires and fire off electricity. Before Kara could slip away and turn into Supergirl the Flash showed up. "That's enough," he said catching Livewire's attention as well as Cat and Kara's.
"I have to disagree. Let's see if you're as fast as you say you are." Livewire then fired bolts at Flash who dodged them by moving around the room. She then moved into an outlet before materializing behind Flash and hitting him from behind. He was knocked forward onto the ground before recovering. "Is running all you can do," she said smugly.
"Hardly," Flash said before creating speed images all around Livewire. She looked wide-eyed for a minute before firing bolts randomly at the after-images. Shot after shot passed right through the images before she began to get frustrated. Finally the real Flash grabbed her and pinned her to the wall. "You need help."
"I need to kill Cat and Supergirl." She grabbed Flash in an attempt to electrocute him. It didn't seem to have an effect as he threw her to the ground. "This isn't over," she then moved into an outlet once again.
Once it became clear that she was gone for now Flash went to check on Cat and Kara. "Are you both okay?"
"We're fine," said Kara. "Thank you Flash." He gave a nod before speeding off.
After taking a trip to the DEO and a meeting with Cat Supergirl made contact with Flash. "Her name is Leslie Willis and she used to work at CatCo. I have something I think could trap her and Ms. Grant has volunteered to draw her out. We could use your help."
"I'm ready when you are."
Cat Grant was out in the open on a street waiting for Leslie. Supergirl was nearby waiting to make her move. Once she decided to show herself Flash sped in and moved Cat somewhere out of the way. He returned quickly enough to face Livewire.
"Back for more?" Livewire began walking over to the Flash. She raised her palms up as electricity emanated from them.
"You think you're so bad. Let's go then." Livewire fired at him as he sped around to ram her from behind. She rolled forward before looking back at him. "Is that all you can do?"
Smirking she made an electrical whip that surprised Flash and knocked him into a car. "How's that?" She made a second whip as she got up again. She swung at him but missed when he moved. She swung the other whip at him but he sped passed her knocking her down. She got back up looking furious. Flash then began to run circles around Leslie, gradually picking up speed. Eventually he was going so fast that she was lifted off the ground.
Supergirl saw that as her cue and rushed forward and placed the portable capacitor underneath Leslie. Once she was clear Supergirl pressed a button to open it as Flash moved out of the way. Livewire felt herself bing drawn into it. She let out a yell as she was fully pulled inside for Supergirl to close it and trap her. Once ii was over both Flash and Supergirl gave each other a look before Cat came out of hiding.
CatCo-
The next day Kara walked in with left overs for Winn. She had invited him to Thanksgiving dinner and it didn't go as she had hoped. James and Lucy had returned from their trip when she noticed Barry coming in. "Hey Kara. I heard what happened, you know you and Ms. Grant being here when Livewire attacked."
"Oh right. Yeah well Flash saved us. I also heard he and Supergirl caught Leslie."
"Well I'm glad you're okay."
Kara felt herself blush at the warm smile he gave her. "Thanks Barry. So how was your Thanksgiving? Did you get to spend it with your family?"
"Pretty uneventful actually. My family is…somewhere else. I didn't get to spend it with them."
"Oh I'm sorry. You got to spend it with someone right?"
"No, no not really," Barry told her looking off for a sec. "But it's okay, really. I'm at least thankful I got make a friend like you."
Kara smiled at him, "So am I. Oh, I just had an idea. How about we go have lunch as like a, late Thanksgiving."
"You know what, that sounds great."
Note: So originally I was going to have it be different where Barry is the one to die that night when Reverse Flash came to their home. It then occurred to me that having Barry Allen of Supergirl's earth dead would just cause a big problem going forward. Someone is going to notice that this guy in National City going by Barry Allen is suspicious since Barry Allen is supposed to be dead. So I decided to rewrite it so that Barry is alive.
Here is what I originally wrote. It's not part of the story anymore, but I like it anyway so I thought I would share it.
Flashback-
It was the night that Barry had helped Supergirl defeat the Hellgrammite and save Alex. After he had left them he sped off to Central City. Even though he was stuck in a parallel earth his mind would keep wandering back to his home.
He arrived outside of a familiar home. It was the home of Joe and Iris West, the man who became like a father to him and his best friend who he also happened to have feelings for. Barry took of his mask as he approached the home. Looking through the window he could see Joe sitting on the couch while Francine set the table for dinner. He sat talking to Eddie Thawne when Iris walked in. She looked excited as she told them she was in the running for an award for one of her stories. Joe and Eddie stood up off the couch as Joe went to hug her first. She then hugged Eddie as he told her that he was proud of her. They shared a tender kiss afterwards.
Barry knew he should feel happy that they were doing okay but still couldn't help but feel sad that it was without him in their lives. He then sped off again to see his old house where he lived with his mom and dad. He could see that his mom was still alive, but where was his dad and himself. He noticed that his mom was getting ready to go somewhere as she picked up her purse and keys to her car. He followed her out of curiosity only to end up at Iron Heights.
He snuck inside to find his mom sitting down to talk to his dad through glass. This was uncomfortably familiar as he would to this very thing after his mom was murdered. "How are you doing Nora? Are you okay," he heard his dad ask.
Tears started to run down his mom's face. "Am I okay? You're the one locked up Henry. I should be asking if you're okay. I know you didn't kill our son, and I'm trying so hard to make people see that. You loved Barry, you would never…"
"I know Nora," Henry was starting to tear up too as he tried to comfort his wife. This was when Barry learned that he was the one to die that night. He felt tears starting to stream down his face at watching his parents go through this. "Your faith in me. Believing that I'm innocent, means more to me than you know. It's what keeps me going in here." He put his palm up to the glass as she pressed hers up against it too. Having seen enough he left.
Flashback end-