Author's Note: Hey guys. I got some time to write my Flashes stories and plus, I got writer's block for Young Justice...T_T anyways, with a short A/N let's get going!

Summary: Since Inertia had went to where the gang is, problems arise.

Chapter 9: Problems

Iris absent-mindedly gazed at her computer screen. The conversation from what Barry had told her still ran through her head and no matter how hard she tries to forget, it's still there.

"...Anyways, Barry. I will see you later. Iris." Joe said, acknowledging her daughter, giving her a kiss on the forehead.

When he was gone, Iris turned her attention to Barry. An awkward silence settled in and either of them were staring at each other as though they were waiting on who to speak first.

"So?" Iris asked, wanting nothing more than to break the silence. "You wanted to talk...?"

"Uh..." Barry scrunched his face in concentration, trying how to start. He doesn't think by saying "We have kids!" would be the best approach.

"We have kids!" Barry blurted out, totally ignoring his consciouness voice.

Iris blinked at the sudden outburst. She gave a glance behind and gave Barry a worried look.

"Barry...um...I don't think you're feeling well. You're still trying to get yourself back together from visiting the Future. You're still broken." Iris said, reassuring him.

"No. I mean it. We have kids. They're from the Future. They came here and I and Wally stopped them since they had been manipulated from Inertia."

"Barry-"

"N-no." he paused. "Here. I will show you. Are you free this afternoon? Or right now?"

"Sorry, Barry. I'm expected to be back at work. My boss is on the warpath; I've got to talk to him..." Iris said. "I'm sorry. But I'm finish in the evening; I will see you then."

Barry nodded. "Al...alright."

"Earth to Iris!" a hollered voice shouted which snapped Iris. Startled, the young journalist accidentally knocked the glass of water that was on her desk. She gasped when the shards broke into pieces, spilling its contents and she bend down.

"I-I'm sorry! Sorry. I will clean it up." she stammered, grabbing a brush from underneath her desk and started to clean it up. Once it was done, she threw it in the garbage and looked to see her boss who frowned.

"Are you sure that you're normal?" he asked.

Iris blinked. "Excuse me?"

"Sorry. Let me rephrase that. Where is your head?" he stated as he spoke slowly in simpler words for her to understand.

Iris quirked an eyebrow, trying not to punch the living daylights out of him. "My head is perfectly here. I should be asking you. Now...you want something from me?" she said, gritting her teeth.

"Funny how you should ask that because I indeed want something from you. You haven't been writing anything that is up to date. No one cares about how the Flash stopped that villain lady; that was three days ago. And then you wrote about a trail of ice that suddenly appeared into thin air. You don't have enough evidence about that so I want you to drop that." he replied, trying to keep his emotions in check. "So what I want you to write is about that new streak of Flash that had just been entered."

Iris stared at him with an incredulous look. "What new streak? There's a new speedster in town?"

"But that's just it! You can't write a damn article without having those damn facts! And that's what your job is! I want you to follow this speedster. I got this picture from a photographer; I want you to study this and follow it." the boss said, slapping the picture on her desk.

With that, he walked away on his heels. Iris frowned, picking up the picture as she gazed at it. A new speedster in the city, huh. Her thoughts wander off to how many Flashes she knows from Barry. So far, his grandson came but she had written about him days ago so he wouldn't be it.

The city already knows about the Flash as he had been around here for a long time and Central City is also trying to adapt to the new speedster; Wally West.

Iris furrowed her eyebrows; this speedster has yellow streaks with tints of red and from the looks of it, it had a yellow costume with some parts being red. She sighed, placing the picture down and she sat back down.

"The boss gave you a hard time?"

Iris lifted her head to see her friend, Lucy. "Tell me about it. Apparently, we have a new speedster in the city. Any idea as to know who it is?" she asked, showing the picture.

Lucy gazed at the picture, shaking her head. "Sorry, honey. I can't tell the difference between the damn speedsters. We know our Flash has a red suit but there was also the other one with the yellow and red. I've got to say that I'm stumped as you are." she paused. "Maybe you should ask your friend, the Flash." she replied, making a knowing wink.

Iris grinned.

"Lucy!" a yelling voice exclaimed.

Lucy groaned. "Ugh, great. The grouch is calling me. I have to go."

"Try to survive!" Iris called out.

Iris then found herself gazing back at the picture.

Maybe she should ask Barry.

:(/\):

"Um...do you like cookies? Spaghetti? Mac and cheese?" Cisco asked, trying to know what the twins like.

So far, the twins didn't talk much. Caitlin guessed that they are upset at how Barry left them.

"Er...lollipop?"

And Caitlin made a face palm. "You know, I think I will just go and make them tea. It does wonders for the nerves."

"Yes! Ah ha! That is the best option."

As the two went their ways, Iris came strutting in.

"Woah-ho! Who's coming from the West?" Cisco asked, grinning stupdily. Iris gave an odd look to Caitlin.

"Just ignore him. He was being weird the whole time. I think the poor kids are frightened of him." she answered.

"Heard that and I resent it."

"So how are you doing?" Caitlin asked.

"Uh, fine I guess. The boss is just giving me a hard time-I'm supposed to write about a new speedster that came into town. Do you know anything about that?"

Cisco blinked, walking towards the computer. "New speedster, eh?" just as he walked towards the computer, the computer bleeped, sending out loud alarms.

"And there it is." he said. He cleared his throat, phone to his ear. "Barry-"

Iris made a spark of recognition as she remembered. "Oh I need to talk to you about Barry-"

Just like that, a speeding breeze came in and it quickly went out.

"Er...maybe later?" Cisco responded before rushing towards the computer. As he typed away, two sudden movements caught his eye and he sharply turned his head to the side to see the twins getting out of bed. "Just what do you think you're doing?"

The kids froze as though they had just been caught, stealing a cookie from the cookie jar.

"Er...going to help dad." Dawn answered.

"No. No. I refuse. You're staying here until you'all working normally and perfectly. So, no."

"But-"

"I said no."

Disgruntled, the kids went back to the beds. Curious, Iris gave a glance at them and then looked at Cisco.

"Who are they?"

Cisco froze, no longer licking his lollipop.

"Uh...Barry's future kids."

:(/\):

Barry sloppily halting in his tracks. "Alright, guys. I'm here. Who's our bad guy dejour?"

"Uh, some water lady. Beware the watery spikes." Cisco answered.

"Water lady, huh." as he was walking, a quiet sound was heard sounding like how a snake would slither, coming from behind Barry.

Barry stopped as though he suddenly sensed something. Just as he stopped, the substance disappeared and when he least expected it, the liquid shot up wrapping around Barry's ankle, lifting him upwards so he was dangling upside down.

"What had been lured into my trap." a slithery voice responded from the darkness. Blue green eyes flashed in the shadows before she emerged.

Her eyes slit wide with delight. "My, a surprising catch indeed. Hello there, handsome." she replied, having one of her water streaks grazing his cheek.

He scowled at the displeasure and moved away.

The water lady laughed. "I have heard all about you. You're quite an extraordinary young man, doing all of those things from that mere accident." she snarled.

"Great. Now you know who I am. Can you put me down now?"

She scowled. "You're no fun. But as you wish." she shrugged.

With a snap of her finger, the water that trapped Barry started to react by swinging forward and backward a bit before it swung, having Barry flying backwards before he painfully smashed into barrels; the broken woods falling on him.

He groaned as the villain shrugged, carelessly. "You told me to let you go."

"Alleyways. Why does it always have to be them?" he moaned.

With that, the Flash sped forward trying to make an attempt to strike her. By luck, the lady threw one of her watery tentacle-like streaks that grabbed him by the waist. With a rage yell, the enemy swung him to the side making him hit a nearby wall brutally then threw him to the other side but this time, he was thrown at the window, having its shards tinkling down as he smashed them.

Barry grunted as his back hit the ground and he gave a sharp gasp when something sharp was pricking at his arm.

Wincing, he used his free hand to pull out the shard of glass that got into his bloody arm.

The opponent appeared at the entrance of the old building, her streaks surrounding her like a shield while she was in the middle.

"So this is what I'm up against? It's pathetic that's it's sad." she sneered.

With a yell, the foe released her attack, sending out three of her streaks and Barry quickly got up, zooming around to dodge the attacks.

And like that, the breeze is gone and the lady walked towards the empty spot, an angry expression was placed...

:(/\):

"She's crazy. She can literally destroy things if she wanted to-ow!" Barry yelped as Caitlin put some cleaning alcohol on the wound.

"Sorry." she gave a sheepish grin. "But she did a number on you." she spoke.

"Yeah no kidding." he muttered. "Cisco, did you find who she was before she went all crazy?"

"Yes, I did!" he said, typing away until the images were shown on the screen.

"She was an water analyzer, analyzing the liquid if its good and bad, the bacteria and viruses etc. But then, there was an accident in the lab, an explosion. Guess you could say that the water started to infect her but instead of killing her, it absorbed into her, allowing to have control of the water."

"Her name was Emilie Skylar. Pity." Caitlin said.

"Okay so what's her weakness?"

"Since controlling water takes a lot of concentration, she can be weakened. That's why she always have her watery streaks around her before she enters."

Barry placed on a thinking look. "So the best way to defeat her is to get rid of the tentacles. Fantastic." he drew in a sharp breath. "Where's Iris?"

"With the kids."

Barry gave him a stunned look. "What?" he nearly yelped.

"Look for yourself." Caitlin responded with a smile.

Barry whipped his head to the side to see Iris and the kids in the room. She seemed to be talking and one of the twins nodded.

Blinking, Barry walked towards the room, hearing Iris's voice as he came closer. He then stopped, leaning against the door's edge.

"What about dad?" Dawn asked, quietly as a small smile graced her lips.

"Barry...he's the most amazing person ever. He's kind, sweet, caring. Always there to help. He's the most protective person I've ever met. He would be willingly to save your lives without hesitation."

"Then why did he ran away?" Don spoke, a sad smile on his face.

Iris looked into the boy's eyes, a sympathy falling over her face.

"He was too shock, overwhelmed that he found out that he had kids. But don't worry, he will come. Just watch."

A sudden alarm rang throughout the room and Barry zipped out which made Iris feel the breeze, knowing that he was there the whole time.

:(/\):

Barry ran, zipping around the city here and there until he arrived at his destination at a nearby street.

People were running away from the scene, trying to get away so they would be unharmed. As Barry watched the mess, he turned around just in time to see a flying car heading his way.

Barry quickly leaped backwards, his power leaping him to get out of the way. The car tumbled, hitting the ground before it was up in the air for a few seconds which allowed Barry duck under, making the vehicle jump over him and then he made a side step.

The car's broken rear mirror nearly scratched Barry's face by an inch and it was then that the car had stumbled away.

It seemed as though everything was happening in slow motion but as soon as the car stumbled, the motion was returned to normal.

A nasty laugh came followed by the familiar figure.

"You're back? Well, you've got guts I'm impressed. No really." the water lady grinned, cruelly.

"This ends now, Emilie." Barry said, sharply.

In an instant, her grin fell down as it was replaced by a furious look.

"Emilie is dead!" she snarled.

Barry had his head go to the side, walking towards her. "Well then, water lady. Show me what you got."

Twitching, she released her streaks and Barry dodged them. "Is that the best you can do?"

"I wouldn't tick her off, Barry." came Cisco's voice.

Outraged, the villain lifted both of her hands upwards to create a huge wave and Barry started to run forward. As he did, the furious large wave rushed towards him and in a heartbeat, the water washes over him, colliding into him.

He grunted as the water smacked into him, flying backwards and he struck a wall.

Without losing a second, the water pinned Barry everywhere except his head, trapping him.

He struggled, trying to get loose from the cage of water.

"Huh, so this is what Central City has to put faith in. It would be funny if it weren't so sad." she smirked, forming a water dagger in her hand.

"It was a blast, Flash. Central City won't hear from you in a long, long time." she sneered.

And then, she started to make the dagger go forward. Just as she was about to plunge it, a strong blow collided into her, knocking her off course and at the same time, something freed Barry in a rapid speed.

The water lady roughly fell backwards, tumbling awkwardly until she got up clumsily.

She bared her teeth in anger, furious that her attack was interrupted.

To the side, Barry and the figure stopped to a halt.

"What? What just happened? How-" Barry widened his eyes as he stared who pulled him out.

"B-Bart?" he faltered.

"Yeah, you're welcome for saving you from nearly being killed."

The older Flash blinked. "We will talk about this later. Who are the other two?"

"Er..." Impulse shifted awkwardly but had his eyes wide when a figure came flying into the air.

He grunted when it collided into him, both sending them falling to the ground.

The figure groaned, being dazed.

"Don! Are you alright?!" a voice cried out.

"Don?" Barry gave a blank stare before he made the connection. "You brought the kids here?" he thundered.

And Bart suddenly found the floor more comforting as he crunched down.

"She's tough." Don moaned. He suddenly yelped when a strong pull grabbed his arms, having him up.

He was met with an anger glare from Barry. Don chuckled nervously, giving a nervous gesture.

"Ahh, what's cooking?"

"Later."

And Don shifted awkwardly. It wasn't too soon that Dawn joined them, waiting to hear the plan.

"What's the plan?" she asked.

"We attack her."

"..." Dawn frowned. "No really? I thought we hug her." she replied, sarcastically.

Barry sneered. "That's not what I meant. What I mean is that we attack her at the front. Watch."

Emilie started to have her eyes glow blue and she lifted her hands upwards, in front of her. And then, she swung her arms around her, having the conjured water circling around her so that it acted like a shield.

Dawn widened her eyes in realization.

"Oh! I see! Her, herself, acts the weak point." she connected the dots. "That's why she always have those streaks encasing her."

Barry nodded.

"Alright. Don, Bart and I will attack her from the sides and the back. You attack her from the front."

The older Flash nodded. "Sounds good."

With that, the team started to go towards her which earned a cackle.

"So, you're about to be send to your dooms, eh? Don't worry about that. I'll be sure to end it!" she screeched.

She furiously released her attacks which they all managed to dodge until during the run, Bart got a harsh smack across his body, forcing him be off course but he quickly regained back on track.

But then, Emilie tried to release one of her streaks but found unable to do so.

"What?" she hollered. "Why can't I..."

With her mad gleam, she whipped her head to the side and saw the smirking twins and Bart.

"You!"

Bart grinned. "You can't attack because you're all tied up." he replies, gleefully.

Emilie howled, trying to conjure more of her streaks but couldn't. Her hand twitched from behind just itching to be released.

She took a deep breath, closing her eyes as she went in concentration. She could feel Barry running towards her and then, feeling the familiar sense of power coming through her and then she managed to conjure a streak from behind that is just waiting to be unleashed.

Barry ran forward, eyes determined. As Bart screeched to a halt, he turned his head so that he was facing her. He then narrowed his eyes as he thought he saw something dancing.

He squinted his eyes only to find out that it was a hidden water streak that looked like it was about to attack Barry.

"No!" Bart exclaimed, instantly running forward.

As Barry came close, the water streak went into action. The attack went performed a half circle in order to get to the front and like a snake, it slithered around the shield.

Just as Barry reached the shield, Bart pushed him out of the way and he took the hit that sharply pierced through his shoulder and he gave a cry of pain as he buckled underneath.

As Barry broke through the shield, grabbing Emilie out of her protection, Barry stopped as he turned around to see his grandson getting hit as a cry of "Impulse!" was heard from Dawn.

"Bart!"

And all was heard was the sinister cackle of Emilie...

:(/\):

Bart winced when alcohol was made in contact and he gritted his teeth.

"Sorry." Caitlin answered, sheepishly.

As Caitlin put away her equipment, Barry came in

"How is he? Bart, are you alright?" he asked, worriedly.

"I'm fine. Really." Bart insisted.

Barry began to open his mouth but was cut off.

"Really, I'm fine."

Barry stared at him before he slowly nodded. "Al...alright." he paused. "The kids?"

"They're in there. I think you need to talk to them." Caitlin spoke.

Barry knocked on the door and a soft "come in" was heard. He came in and looked at the kids; Don was looking down at the floor while Dawn gave him a small smile.

"How...how is Bart?" Don asked upon hearing footsteps.

"He's fine. Healing." Barry answered.

"That's good." the girl nodded.

An awkward silence filled the air. Barry cleared his throat, wanting to start. If he wants to make a bond, then that might as well be now.

"Um...listen about before..." Barry began. "I—I'm sorry...I didn't mean to walk off; I guess I was just overwhelmed and I had a lot of things on my mind. I didn't mean to just...leave you."

Dawn gave a grin, a happy one as she remembered the words of what their "present" mom had said.

"We understand. I guess it was too much for anyone really...to suddenly find out they have kids...and with you having Bart as your grandson. We understand."

"Yeah, I-" Barry paused. "Wait. How do you know Bart's my grandson? I never told you."

Dawn grinned, nudging Don as she nodded.

"Ah...he's my son..." Don replied, cautiously.

Barry gave him a blank stare as he blinked. "He's what?!" he echoed.

"My...son..." Don said slowly as he averted his eyes giving a nervous chuckle.

And came another awkward silence...

"Uh...that came...unexpectedly..." Barry replied, awkwardly.

"Sorry." Don responded, sheepishly.

There was another pause. He might as well ask them now.

"Um...if you like...I would like to know more about you guys...you know...try and make a bond..."

Dawn grinned at their father's awkwardness but they smiled nonetheless, delighted that they were going to know more about their dad in this time...

They nodded and the three began to talk. Unknown to them, Iris was about to knock but she stopped as she stared at the resting room and saw Barry and the kids talking.

She smiled, knowing that Barry was forming a bond.

Author's Note: Wow! A lengthy chapter ^^ and I still have 16 days of my vacation...can't wait...what will happen next? Find out!