Author's Note: So we're finally reaching towards the climax—well we kind of already did XD but anyways… Suicide Squad was awesome! I'm excited ^^ and we only have two months left for the Flash to come back /sigh/ too long…too long…and we're also almost finishing up this story. Only six chapters to go! And this chapter contained tons of research just so the facts/information were right. Anyways, let's get going!

Legends:

Italics: Inertia narrating

Bold Italics: While Bart is still in a trance, he is talking.

Summary: After kidnapping Bart, Inertia decides to tell him a story. Meanwhile, Barry found out that Bart had captured.

Chapter 12: A Memory

A moan came and Bart squeezed his eyes tight as he felt a pounding headache coming in. Everything spun around him and he felt like he wanted to throw up and Bart opened his eyes but his vision was bleary, unable to have him register where he was. Everything was so blurry…he could hardly see.

After a while, Bart's vision started to be cleared and he eventually found out that he was in a strange room…

He looked around, having no clue what was going on.

"Ah, I see that you're awake. Good." a voice murmured.

Bart snapped his head up and he looked up at the front, squinting his eyes through the darkness. His progress failed as he didn't found out who it was.

"Who are you?" Bart asked, eyes narrowed.

Even though the speedster couldn't see it, he felt as though the shadow smirked. "Come on. Don't tell me you had already forgotten it?" the darkness asked, cockily.

Bart continued to stare at the darkness as the scene from the previous night played in his mind. He remembered when he was drifting off to fall asleep and then he heard the noises in the kitchen…

Inertia.

The capture.

"Inertia." Bart snarled, baring his teeth. He tried to lunge at him but he found unable to do so. The speedster glanced back a bit and discovered that his wrists were cuffed.

Fantastic. Bart thought, scowling a little.

Seeing the unhappy look, Inertia smirked. The evil clone studied Bart with an intense look that it made Bart be uncomfortable against it and the speedster shifted a little.

"Funny how a family feud gets out of hand, isn't it?" Inertia muttered which perked Bart's interest.

Although Bart knew the history of the feud between Allens and Thawnes, he was still quite curious as to why Inertia suddenly brought it up.

Bart shrugged. "I guess. Why?"

The evil speedster gave out a dark chuckle. "How many bits and pieces do you know of our history? How many lies and truths did you heard?" he drawled, quietly.

Bart widened his eyes a little as he stared at his clone.

"You see, Impulse…let me tell you a story…a story so long ago…" Inertia replied, darkly and soon Impulse found himself going in a trance…

:(/\):

Barry sighed, tiredly. He just got out from the bar with his friends and now he welcomed his home more than anything and the bed.

Especially the bed.

All he wanted was to grab a glass of water then plop on the bed.

"Bart?" he called out. He waited for a response before he shrugged it off; Bart probably fell asleep.

He gave a glance at the couch and much to his surprise, he wasn't there. He usually fell asleep on the couch after watching TV. Maybe he was up at the room? Ever since he joined the West-Allen family, Barry and Bart had been sharing a bed which both didn't mind but it was until when Bart got a new room. So, Barry practically kicked him out of his room.

Going with that idea, the older Flash walked up the stairs and peered through his closed door.

"Bart?" he quietly asked.

No response. He only wanted to make sure if he was alright.

"Bart?" he asked, a bit louder than before. Barry furrowed his eyebrows—he knew Bart was this much of a heavy sleeper but he didn't think he wouldn't be able to hear him…

The speedster than widened his door to have a look around at his dark room—due to the fact that his curtains were closed.

Bart wasn't there either.

This made Barry start to worry. Barry quickly used his speed to search around the upper level only to find it completely empty. The scarlet speedster started to worry really bad before he went downstairs since he realized he hadn't searched the kitchen.

"Bart!" he exclaimed. Due to his rush, he didn't notice that there was a certain paper lying on the floor and hence, he slid on the paper and fell to the floor with a thud. Now noticing a blur of white falling down, he groaned.

Who trips over a piece of paper? he moaned, rubbing his side. He then scowled at the innocent paper. Apparently I do.

But curiously though, he did found rather something interesting on that single sheet of paper. With an interested look, Barry reached out for it and the minute he read, his eyes suddenly went wide with rage and fury that his whole body shook with the emotions that was running through him.

And with that, he quickly sped out of the house and there on the floor was still the piece of paper that was lying on the ground…and on it, there were large capital bold words.

YOU LET YOUR FAMILY DIE!

:(/\):

"You see, even before I was created, the bitter feud between the Allen and the Thawne family still existed and would still remain. My Master, President Thawne, created me when his original plan failed—his original plan was to have you to be recruited in his revenge against the Allens. But that failed."

"Why are you telling me this?"

"It is crucial for you to learn the real history about Thawne and Allens." Inertia replied. "How many lies and truths have you been told? How many stories were told…each of them having a different story—one to another?"

Inertia gave a brief stare at the still trance Impulse.

"While you grew in a hyper-speed, I grew slower. We were opposites of one another. I was named as Thaddeus Thawne and I grew up to hate the Allens. I was led to believe that I had a perfect life…"

Something about Inertia made Bart be even more uncomfortable. And just for a minute, Impulse could've sworn there was a new emotion coming from him…

A spark of recognition flashed in Inertia's eyes as he recalled the flashback.

"My first mission was to go as Reverse-Impulse in order to defeat you," Inertia snarled. "But naturally, I was defeated. However…I had a second plan."

"Wasn't this the part where you captured me?"

"Why, yes…you remembered." Inertia drawled. "I captured you…and decided to "borrow" your image, disguising as you, earning trusts from the people you loved. But then…then…came Max's Mercury…once I gained his trust, I was able to lure him into a trap. But then you came along and ruined my plan. Once I saw your love and trust for Max…your true friendship, I was then led to a different story. I was lied to."

"I…I still don't understand why you are telling me this…what's this got to do with everything of what happened so far?"

Inertia made a cruel sick smile that made Impulse shiver. That couldn't be a good thing.

"This story…this cycle…it will continue for generations to generations. No matter what you did…your whole legacy will fall."

And then, for the first time since he had came here, Impulse felt drops of tears falling down his cheek…

:(/\):

"Has anyone saw Barry?" Cisco asked, coming into the room.

Caitlin shook her head as she carried what it looked like a clipboard. "No. I haven't seen anyone these past few days; not even Harry after the last training with Bart and the kids. Did they all disappear or what?"

Cisco placed on a thoughtful look. "Well…last time I checked you kind of shooed the kids away…said needed to get out of the house once in a while…be more socialized, as you said."

"Well, they could've left a note or something." Caitlin muttered, checking something off on her clipboard. She frowned. "And where's Barry? We haven't seen him all nigh—"

And then came the familiar breeze.

"He's here!" Cisco announced.

"Honestly, Barry. Next time, give a little heads up!" Caitlin snapped, turning around to face Barry but what she and Cisco saw shocked them.

Instead of the usual cheerful speedster, what they saw now made them stare with disbelief. The look on his face was uttering terrifying and left them speechless. There was a mixture of anger, fury and distraught all showing on Barry's face and with a shaky breath, Barry breathed out the sentence.

"Guys…Bart's gone. He…he took him." Barry replied, showing them the appalling note.

Author's Note: Tadaaa. More suspense is on the way and darker…heh…and man I was having troubling with this DX so I'm sorry if it didn't seemed too exciting—think of it as more as a…filler. But for those of you don't know Inertia, then this chapter was crucial for you. What happens next? Find out!