Author's Note: Hello. I've meant to update yesterday but I went to my sister's convocation sooo…she got her degree ^^ and every time whenever it's Tuesday, I would think that we The Flash :3 let's get going!
Summary: Bart reveals that the "Future" Barry is gone. On the side, the two twins explained what they were and who they were once they had woken up.
Chapter 7: Disappearances
The air suddenly felt cold and Barry felt his muscles tightened. He could've sworn that his heart stopped beating just for a moment since he no longer felt his circulation going.
"What?" he croaked, not wanting to believe. Not wanting to accept it. "How…why?" he demanded, unaware that his emotions are rising up.
Inertia smiled cruelly. "Just like that. He's dead."
And he lost it.
Outraged, Bart used his speed to zoom towards the villain to tackle him. Just as Bart took off, Barry shouted out: "No, Bart!" but the young speedster didn't listen. He was too full of rage to even think about his safety or anything else. Once he tackled him, Bart grabbed him by the neck and stared furiously at the eye.
Inertia still kept that sadistic smile as a mad look gleamed in his eyes. His face held that delight but in a sick way. "Go ahead. Do it but we all know that you don't have the guts to do it. Go ahead and try. I dare you too."
"Bart, leave him be." Barry said, raspy. Although, he was with Bart on this one. He wanted to kill this monster too…
Bart felt himself tightened the grip on Inertia's neck and Barry continued to call out his name, telling him not to do it.
"BART!"
From the loudness of the voice, it snapped Bart back to reality and he gasped, eyes wide with shock and his face was pale. He couldn't believe that he almost did it…
Inertia gave a wicked grin. "Tempting isn't it? Fascinating how powerful the Dark side is."
"You're a monster." Bart whispered.
"Am I?"
Giving a one cold stare, Impulse got up and walked towards Barry but without making any eye contact. The minute he joined him, Barry grabbed him and put him behind.
"You stay away from my grandson and anyone else." the scarlet speedster said, firmly. "Stay away from my family."
"Aww how cute. You think you can protect your family but you can't. One of them is already gone. Who's to say no one else will be dead?" he sneered and then he took steps back, his creepy laugh echoing as he started to disappear in the shadows.
Before he was fully gone, Inertia called out in the most shivering way as possible. "See you later."
Barry shook himself, trying to get rid of that shiver that went down his spine and like that, Inertia was gone. At least for now.
When he was sure he was gone, Barry turned around to face Bart who was staring at the ground.
"Let's go back to the present." Barry stated, earning a nod. Barry took his stance and was about to take off to make a portal but then Bart stopped him.
"Wait." Barry turned to face his grandson who had a disturbing look on his face. And at the fact that he looked uncomfortable.
"There is something else you should know too…" he began. Knowing that Impulse got his interest, he continued. "In the Future…Barry…the Future Barry…he's…" he struggled to say the next sentence.
"Barry's what?" Barry asked, quietly.
Bart briefly looked up to stare in the eye of his grandfather before he looked away. "He's…gone…"
:(/\):
BACK TO THE PRESENT
AFTER THE BREAK-IN IN S.T.A.R.S lab
Caitlin placed her hands above her head as the rocks tumbled beside her. A small rock came and this one managed to give a scratch on her hand.
"Halt! I've got a weapon and I'm not afraid to use it!" Cisco proclaimed. The Tornado Twins gave a look as the strange human being started to mutter angrily, hitting at the device that wouldn't budge.
"Anytime now, Cisco." Caitlin said, backing away as the enemies came closer.
"This won't work! Ah, damn it!" he threw the machine away and stuck his hand out so that a blast of waves shot out, striking the two people backwards. "Go! Gogogogogo!"
"We need Barry."
"Obviously, he's not here."
Just then, another familiar breeze zoomed in and this made the two halt in their tracks.
"Someone called?"
Cisco blinked at the Flash costume. "You're not Barry, Wally."
Wally fidgeted a little. "Yeah, well. I've still got the speed, haven't I?"
"I suppose…"
"Right then, leave it to me." Wally replied, cracking his hands as he went forward.
"This is going to be bad."
"Hey, Tornado heads! Over here!"
The twins came into the view and glared threateningly at Wally who had his eyes wide.
"You never told me they can fly!"
Cisco gave a look at somewhere else before he started going backwards. "Er…good luck!"
And the two ran away.
"Cisco!" Wally yelled. He nervously gave a glance at the intruders. "Um, hi?"
And as a result, this earned Wally be blasted backwards from their attacks. He moaned, noting at the fact that they don't like to talk.
All of a sudden, they started to glow their respective color which was red and in front of them, an object started to materialize.
Wally blinked, giving a confused look. "The heck…?"
"Wally, attack them! They are making an object of their powers and it takes a lot of concentration, hence making their weak point. Attack now before it's too late!" Cisco said through his ear com of the suit.
"Uh…Uh…" Wally then started to run around in circles with full speed. It was too fast for anyone to catch where he is. He gave a quick glance and saw that from the Twin's power he was able to see the object to appear and so he ran even faster.
Come on…come on.
He hoped that as he ran, his speed would reach them and would electrocute them, not having them to be able to handle the power more than they should. At last, Wally felt that he was charged up and then he threw the fully charged lightning bolt at the twins.
"Ha! I got them!"
The twins shrieked from the electrifying circuits of their suit and small sparks started to zap out. Just then, something appeared in mid-air like a portal and out of the portal, came out a figure who made a powerful punch at the twins since they crashed backwards.
Not too soon, another figure came but he stumbled from behind and the portal closed. Meanwhile, Cisco and Caitlin peeked out of their hiding spots and saw at the two newcomers.
"Barry!"
Upon hearing his name, Barry turned around only to have them freeze. They saw his face being pale stricken and he looked like he didn't want to believe something.
"Woah, Barry. What happened?" Caitlin asked, worried.
"Wally…" Barry stammered. "Wally…he's…he's…" he collapsed to his knees, hugging himself as tears poured down his face.
Bart looked solemn while Wally looked just as confused. He is here so why does Barry look so broken?
Knowing that Wally is here, Bart brought his arms over his chest as he looked away. "In the Future…Wally…is dead…"
:(/\):
Everyone stared in silence, not saying a word to each other as they all met in their usual room once the intruders was knocked out.
"What do you mean he's dead?" Cisco asked.
"It means when someone is not among the living." Barry replied, coolly.
Cisco gave a strange look to the Flash but said nothing as Barry walked towards the two twins who were lying on the beds.
"What's their condition?"
"Ah…they're stabilizing slowly and their body is resting. I think that if they rest for a while, they may be able to talk to us…" Caitlin paused. "Normally."
"Alright, thank you."
She nodded and took off so that she could leave Barry with his thoughts. When she did, Barry stared at the twins until the flashback from before came to his mind again.
"Dad!" a voice exclaimed. "Save me!"
"I'm coming! Don't worry. I'm coming to save you! I promise."
Another explosion came which worried the elderly person.
"Dad!"
"NO!"
Just what was that flashback about? Barry gave a small frustrated sigh and ran his hands through his hair. He never wanted to go back to the Future again. It was just too much for a person to handle. They can only handle so much before they completely break down.
A soft moan interrupted Barry's thoughts and he stared at the twins, swearing that was where the sound came from. He stared at them for a few minutes before that same sound came again; it came from them, this time he knew.
Barry stood up and stared at them. It wasn't long until the boy flickered his eyes only to squint a little from the blaring light. Barry let out a small sigh of relief.
Before either of them had the chance to speak, the girl next to the boy also started to wake up. As both of them woke up, they looked around for a short moment until a voice brought their attention.
"Um…hi?"
The boy immediately went to the source of the voice and stared at an older male who gave an awkward expression. If he didn't know better, he looked confused as to who they were but the thing is, he doesn't even know this guy and this automatically made him feel threatened. Because of that, he felt his powers being activated again.
"Who are you?" he demanded as his powers were turned on.
Barry slowly took a step, trying not to frighten him even more but he seemed to have slightly calmed down when the girl told him to.
"Don, calm down! I don't think he means no harm." the girl said.
Barry cautiously stared at the boy and her words seemed to work since his powers died down. He bowed his head as an apology.
"Sorry. Lost myself there for a second."
"It's cool."
Awkward silence.
"Um…sir…if you don't mind, where are we exactly?" the girl asked.
"You can call me Barry and we're in S.T. lab." he answered.
"Oh…okay…" the girl said, being lost in thought while the boy spoke again.
"Wait…Barry? As in Barry Allen?" he echoed.
"Uh, yea…"
"Sis…" the boy whispered furiously. "It's him. It's him!"
Poor Barry got even more confused as the girl turned around to fully examine him only to stare at him with wide eyes as she felt her mouth making a small o.
"No way!" she breathed. "But I thought—"
"We're in the present. Two different timelines…"
"Oh right…totally forgot about that. Guess Inertia did a number on us."
Barry widened his eyes. "You know Inertia?"
The two nodded. "Yea, my brother here and I unfortunately encountered him and I guess we kinda got brainwashed?"
Barry nodded.
"Sorry." she replied, sheepishly.
"It's fine."
"And judging by how you said Inertia, I'm assuming you also had the unfortunate event of meeting him?" Don inquired. Barry nodded. "That's unfortunate."
Another awkward silence came.
"Um, now if you don't mind me asking, who are you two?" Barry asked, being even more befuddled.
Don gave a side glance at his sister as though to tell a secret message among those two.
"Do you think we should tell him?" he asked.
The sister smiled, eyes twinkling with delight. "I don't see why not. Besides, he looks more confused than ever." she giggled.
Indeed he was.
"Alright." Don nodded. "Well, Barry Allen. After we told you this, you're going to have even more questions. Our name is Don Allen and Dawn Allen, my twin sister. Barry, we are your kids from the Future."
Author's Note: Huh, I kinda wanted Barry to faint after what Don told him in the end but I don't know if that would make sense…but I got this chapter done and damn, Bart's on the verge of going to the dark side…at least there's Barry trying to keep their sanity…kinda. Anyways, toodles!
