Author's Note: TWO MORE MONTHS UNTIL THE FLASH! I'm eager to see what season three will have! And yes I know about the flashpoint and I really hope they also put Impulse and Inertia, maybe at the end of the season three, sort of like a cliff hanger or something. But I am IN LOVE with Wally West's suit! It's so GORGEROUS! Sorry Barry…but Wally beat you this time…I still love you though. Let's get going!

Shout Outs: Thanks to aarushijain09 for following the story.

Summary: Worried that something bad is going to happen to Bart, Barry tries to find a way to find out where his location is. He did so but things aren't easy for the Flash.

Chapter 13: Obstacles

"Have you found him yet?" Barry asked, impatiently.

He was getting on the edge of the nerves. If this kept on happening, then he might as well do it by himself. It was really taking a long time but because of Barry's impatience, it made Cisco be also impatient.

"For the last time, no Barry! And quit asking me that!" Cisco exclaimed, irritated. "When I tell you that I had found him, I will tell you that I found him. Till then, zip it!"

Barry scowled. Sensing the tension, Caitlin intervened.

"Barry, really you need to calm yourself down. Trust in Cisco—you have done that for years. He will find Bart, you will see." Snow reassured him.

But that didn't exactly help him; it only increased his anxiety more.

"I know I'm sorry. I…I just can't help it. If anything bad happens to Bart, it will be on me. It will be my fault. I'm his grandfather—I'm supposed to take care of him and protect him from evil and instead I let him get caught." Barry blurted it out. "I can't help but to worry; it's my weakness." Barry responded.

Caitlin stared at him, having a small smile. "Better?"

Barry blinked. "Uhm…yeah…yeah, actually."

"See? Sometimes, it's better to talk things out than to keep them in." she pointed it out.

The scarlet shifted awkwardly. "Yeah…whatever." he mumbled.

Caitlin laughed. "You have got to stop being so tense." she smirked. "It can't be healthy for the body."

Barry groaned.

A few minutes later, Cisco exclaimed with a cheerful voice.

"I got him!" he cheered. "I found out where he is. He's in an old abandoned warehouse at the south ridge. Go get—"

And then came along the breeze.

"Him…" Cisco finished. "Man!" he groaned. "Every time. He does that every single time."

The brunette smiled with amusement. "I thought you would've gotten used to it." she replied, amused.

"Oh, put a sock in it." he moaned.

:(/\):

Barry sped throughout the city, faster than ever. All his thoughts were thinking about Bart. How's he holding up? Is he okay? Why did Inertia kidnapped him? What is Inertia's real plan? More and more thoughts went into his mind and the more he thought about his grandson, the more anxiety he got.

The scarlet speedster ran down the route of which he was supposed to go, running for a few minutes, his eyes focused on the path ahead of him.

It was nighttime which didn't really suit him, mainly because anything can pop up unexpectedly and that's what was what Barry needed the least. He didn't need any obstacles right now.

He needs to get to Bart and that's final.

And then, with a one final zoom, Barry screeched in his tracks and he lifted his head a bit to stare at the old nearly broken warehouse.

He had arrived.

And now, it was time to get back what was his.

Inside the Warehouse

Inertia smirked, seeing the youngest speedster breaking himself apart. He smiled, slyly, knowing that he was right and Impulse was rather having a hard time accepting it.

"It's okay, young one." he taunted. "It's okay to cry."

Just by that simple sentence, the sadness of what Impulse had a few minutes ago was suddenly replaced by rage. Anger burst through him and it reached his eyes, completely erasing the emotion he had a few seconds ago.

"You monster!" he snarled, heavily.

Inertia's not going to lie. When the young speedster roared, it actually frightened him.

Just a little.

"Am I? Or are you?" the evil clone sneered, briefly having Impulse stop for a moment.

Bart still breathed heavily but he was confused what Inertia had meant. Why was he the monster?

Inertia smirked, seeing the confused look. "No matter…things will get less confusing, you'll see." he murmured.

However, a small beeping sound came which alerted Inertia and he slightly glanced back.

"Hmm…it seemed we have a visitor." he smiled slyly, knowing exactly who it was.

Bart's heart was racing and thoughts ran through his head. Who was here? What's his next move? What was going on?

"But it will be a shame to see him gone…" he grinned, devilishly.

The minute he said him, Bart widened his eyes as he knew who the evil speedster was talking about.

Barry…

His grandfather…

He was here. He was here to rescue him and he is going to fall into a trap all because of him.

"Don't you dare!" Impulse bared his teeth. "Don't you dare hurt him!"

"Come out, my sweet. It's time to do your bidding. The one where you have been waiting for so long…"

Out of the shadows, a figure started to emerge until red hair was recognizable. Bart quirked his eyebrow at the unfamiliar villain but he knew that she obviously can't be good at all.

His eyes widened, staring at the foe who wore green clothes and plants seemed to be forming around her, allowing her to sit on them like a throne.

"Go and have some fun." Inertia said, darkly.

The wicked lady gleamed with madness, a small smirk etched onto her face. "Yes, master." she hissed then went back into the darkness.

Bart's throat went dry and he couldn't do anything but to stare at Inertia and to wonder his next move.

"Don't hurt him!" Bart screamed.

"Oh I won't be the one who will hurt him…" Inertia replied, evilly. He walked towards a spot but Bart couldn't see anything as it was covered with darkness. But from what he could tell, it seemed to be an object of what Inertia achieved.

"You will be the one who's going to hurt him." he said, darkly, injecting a substance at Bart's neck…

Outside of the warehouse

Barry walked forward, his eyes set on the old building. He continued to walk, his feet crunching against the gravel. If one could look closely, it could be seen that his eyes were filled with the streaks of speed, rushing in them.

But what he didn't notice was that something was slithering behind him, using the ground and the darkness as its friend. The newcomer resumed sliding on the ground until just when Barry glanced from behind, the thing attacked him, grabbing him by the ankle, dragging him away before being pulled upwards.

Barry gave out a sharp gasp when he was pulled up and he now was dangling.

"What? Where did this thing come from?" Barry asked, eyes wide from the unexpected attack.

"It's not a thing. It's a vine and they have feelings, you know." a velvety voice came from the darkness.

The scarlet speedster squinted his eyes, trying to see through the darkness but to no avail.

Eventually, the figure emerged from the shadows to reveal a lady with red hair and green clothes; vines seemed to wrap around her and it looked as though she was enjoying them.

Barry stared at the newcomer with a confused look.

"Who are you?"

Tearing her gaze away from the vine, she flashed him a look, a playful smile etched onto her lips.

"It seems that I have got a rather handsome prey." she purred.

Barry narrowed his eyes. "I would like it if you could put me down." he slightly growled.

She laughed. "Sorry. No can do." she said, smoothly.

The plant lady walked towards him, her eyes set on him as a twinkle sparkled in her eyes.

"Hmmm…you're not a bad catch."

Barry shivered when he felt her hand going across his chest; unpleasant shivers ran down his spine. He watched as how she went in circles, her gaze never left him.

"It's a pity that such a guy like you gets to be beaten to death." she let out a fake sigh. "Oh well. I guess that's how it goes."

Barry narrowed his eyes. "What's your name?"

The female stared at him in the eye, that same evil smirk never left her.

"Rose Thorn."

And then, just like that, the villain snapped her fingers and the vine that held Barry threw him away, having him crashing at a nearby old fence. The wood shattered, sending its pieces down, falling onto Barry.

Barry groaned from the impact and he staggered, trying to get up.

"Damn. Barry got beaten by a girl…that's…that's pretty embarrassing."

"Shut up, Cisco." the speedster hissed, getting up. Barry narrowed his eyes and stared at the plant lady who was advancing on him.

"In the meantime, how about you search the weakness?" Barry asked.

"Gee, you don't have to sound too happy."

"Cisco…"

Barry gasped and just in time, he avoided an attack by turning his upper body to the side and his eyes followed the vine that brushed past by him an inch. The plant struck the ground and Barry took this time to move out of the way.

The plant lady growled with irritation. This opponent proved to be quite a pest. He just won't stand still!

The speedster smirked, noticing the madness.

"You can't catch me." he taunted, running left and right. "Oh look. I'm right here!" he then ran away, letting the vine hit the ground instead. "Just kidding. I'm right here." Barry said from the back.

He then once again moved away as the plant lady kept on attacking.

"Gee, who taught you how to aim?"

With an irritated yell, Rose threw multiple vines but each time Barry dodged them until at the last moment. When Barry thought the vine was going to hit to the right, he moved to the left but the second vine struck him at the chest with a powerful blow.

The blow sends him flying backwards and he painfully landed on the ground at an awkward angle by falling on his shoulder. Barry stumbled backwards before coming to a halt. The speedster coughed, spitting out whatever went into his mouth when he fell and he groaned.

He pushed himself up after getting back in order.

"Alright…proving a lot tougher than she already is." Barry muttered, cracking his shoulder as he walked towards her.

The hero set his eyes on the lady who extended her arm out, releasing another vine that was headed towards her. Speed running through his eyes, Barry raced towards her but stopped nearly at a halfway. He then spun around in circles and as he did, a bolt of lightning was following his movements. It seemed to be going in a slow motion when he was producing the bolt. The motion was still slow when he threw the lightning bolt and the attack raced towards the plant.

The two attacks collided into one another; the tip of the lightning streak struck the plant, breaking it in half as it raced through before hitting the core which was the plant lady.

The motion went back to normal when the lightning struck the villain and all Barry could hear was the agony scream of pain that was released. The plant lady was zapped from the painful attack and after a few seconds, it died down having the foe fall down to her knees, exhausted.

However, the plant lady simply gave an insane laugh as she staggered back up, her whole posture giving out an insane aura.

"Think that will drop me down?" she cackled, staggering. "You will soon realize, Flash, that darkness always wins!"

Barry set his eyes on the nearly defeated villain, walking towards her. "No. Not this time." he replied, feeling his body charged up with his power.

Seeing this on the screen, Cisco called out on the ear com.

"Barry, what are you doing?"

"Giving a taste of my ultimate power."

With both of his hands charged, he released dazzling streaks of lightning bolt racing towards the foe. The streaks collided with her, charging her body and a horrible scream that echoed throughout the night sky.

"Barry, what did you just do?" the shock from Cisco's voice came.

"I didn't kill her if that's what you're implying. She's still alive." he slightly snarled.

With an anger look, the Flash walked towards the fallen enemy and started to throw her roughly to the ground. But that still didn't affect the enemy for she laughed, psychotically as though she found it the most hilarious move ever.

"Where is he?!" Barry roared, throwing her to the ground again. "Tell me!"

The plant lady simply laughed madly before she eventually staggered up, her upper body slouching as she swayed to the side a little.

"You mean your little grandson? Aww, such a shame that you won't be able to see him again." she replied, laughing obnoxiously as her eyes were gleaming with madness. "Pity…pity…pity…"

Twitching with anger, Barry felt his power going through him and all that was heard was Rose's insane laugh and Cisco's shouting of "No!" before Barry plunged his charged fists.

However, instead of actually hitting her, his fists struck the ground, releasing the energy but it quickly cancelled out. Breathing heavily, Allen glared at the adversary who resumed laughing.

"Tell me!" the speedster boomed.

Rose's laugh died down but there was still a dark chuckle that escaped her lips. "Isn't it funny…" she whispered. "That you're Central's hero? A hero that they all longed to see…all of them putting their faith into you?" she sneered. "They're all blind! You're not their hero, Flash! You're only a monster! You're no better than Inertia!"

Barry widened his eyes, his breathing became short breaths.

"This is what these humans put their faith into!" she screeched. "It's funny how they don't think their hero doesn't kill!"

Anger went into Barry and that was the only thing he could ever have. He was too blind to see the truth. Too blind to erase the anger that was threatening to take over him completely. He ignored Cisco's voice; his focus was set nothing but on Rose.

All he could think were dark thoughts and how he was going to end Rose.

But he failed to realize…he failed to realize that Rose was merely an obstacle. A distraction from having Barry going to his main goal. The real enemy was Inertia. It always was been.

He even ignored Caitlin.

With anger, Barry's hand was charged from his power and he grabbed Rose by the neck who gasped from the lack of air. But the only thing she could think of was that she was right.

She was right and Barry was wrong.

"Go ahead and kill me, Flash." she whispered, dangerously. Her eyes flickered from the speed Barry had in his hand. "Go ahead. Then the whole world will know just how dangerous you really are."

"Barry, stop this instant!" a snarling voice came over the ear com.

Cisco.

"You are losing control. You need to get back in the game. Rose is just a distraction, having her purpose by blinding you. By distracting you. And you're just doing that! You're letting her win. Drop it, Barry. You can overcome this. I've seen you doing it before."

The crackling energy that went around his hand was still activated and his hard glare never left Rose. But the words of what Cisco was saying eventually corrupted his mind and he started to see the light again.

For which Cisco breathed out when he saw the levels dying down on the screen.

Barry felt the power fuelling down and he lowered his arm. Barry stared at her, breathing heavily and he put her on the ground, his mind seemingly getting back to normal.

Rose laughed. "Aww, there's a good boy." she sneered.

Barry narrowed his eyes. "I'm better than you."

With that, he tore his gaze away and started to walk towards the warehouse. But before he did, Rose let out one last insane laugh which caused him stop.

"He's coming to get you! And you will fall!"

Barry clenched his fist before he recharged his hands. The same crackling energy filled them and he went towards the enemy, releasing his power. The streak grabbed her hands and tied them as handcuffs.

Smirking, Barry walked away which left Rose screeching and screaming at her defeat.

"That's a new trick." Cisco said.

"I've learned from the best."

Just then, there was another set of breeze, stopping the speedster in his tracks. He gave a glance at the newcomer who was slightly inside the shadows but something about him was familiar.

Really familiar.

And as the new speedster emerged out of the darkness, Barry widened his eyes with disbelief.

"Well," the speedster replied in a dark tone. "Here I am."

Author's Note: Whoo! This chapter came really nice! I'm proud of it ^^but who's the figure? It may be pretty obvious but yeah…what happens next? Find out!