Author's Note: And we're coming near the end of the story. It's…actually sad XD I'll miss it; I had fun writing it even though there were times where I struggled a lot but it was still fun. I'm also going to write another Flash story; one of them would be a Snowbarry :) so I'm pretty excited about that. EDIT: Okay, this is like literally my third time revising this chapter. Like holy. And I don't know…I just hope it turns out all right. That column of energy was giving me sooo much trouble. Anyways, let's get going!

Note: In some cases, where a word is bolded and italicized, that person is only voicing out his frustrations or saddening moments such as losing a loved one.

Legends:

Bold italics: Inertia's "demon" side speaking

Shout Outs: Thanks to Kichona Cho (Guest) for reviewing the story.

Summary: The plan has now been activated and Inertia uses this to steal Bart's speed.

Chapter 15: The Speed Force

Stars lab

"There's massive energy coming from the old warehouse." Caitlin announced. "It needs to be stopped before something bad happens."

Cisco drew in a sharp breath. "This is bad. Barry, you better do something about that energy column. Or the whole city could possibly go kersplat."

Warehouse

"Barry, you better do something about that energy column. Or the whole city could possibly go kersplate."

"We're working on it but it's not as easy as it seems." Barry answered.

Bart stared at the column of energy, studying it with every movement, every second. It seemed as though he was in some sort of a trance before he force himself to snap back to reality.

"I've got an idea. We can destroy it by going inside the energy column, running at full speed as to avoid being hit by the energy lights." Bart said.

"Uh—"

"Yes, what Bart said can happen. If you guys give more energy, it will take a massive amount of kinetic energy." Cisco replied. "Oh and…whatever you guys do, don't slow down."

"Got it."

Barry took a step, circling his shoulders. "Alright, y'all now you're all gonna witness one of the greatest moments. Here comes the fastest man alive."

Bart smirked. "Nu uh, grandfather. I'm the fastest man alive."

As he spoke, Bart already felt the familiar zoom rushing past by him.

"Hey! Don't go saving the world without me!" he cried out, running after him. In a second, Bart had already caught up to him. "I'm not going to let you enjoy all the glory, now will I?"

Barry laughed. "Catch me if you can."

Bart scowled as the "show-off" ran away again, putting more speed into the energized column.

"Show-off." he muttered. "Every single time."

Inertia narrowed his eyes as he watched the two speedsters, trying to save the world which they love so much. As he stared at the two, questions started to come. Is it really worth risking your life just to save a measly world? Inertia began to feel an unknown emotion; something which he hadn't felt a long time and he wasn't even sure what it was.

Perhaps loneliness?

No. Stop. He can't feel these emotions. He can't. Anger was quickly built inside his body and he was enraged by what they were doing; they were stopping his plan, his plan that took every sweat and blood. Fury raced inside him, baring his teeth and he felt his body being charged with power.

No. He wasn't about to let the speedsters to take away his most prized plan. With that, Inertia used his speed to go towards them.

"H—hey! I think we're doing it!" Bart shouted.

"Are you sure?! Because I think we're going to need more speed!" Barry yelled. "I don't see any differences."

Bart grunted. "We have to keep trying."

And then, without so much of a warning, something knocked the two away and they were forced to stop their course as they were sent flying out of the energized column. The two tumbled away from the column, sliding away. Bart gasped, trying to grab hold of something as they were sliding away but he felt a hand grabbing his hand and the next thing he knew, he was being pulled up.

"What the heck was that?" Bart gasped, eyes wide.

"I—I don't know." Barry stammered as the two got up. "You okay?"

"Yeah, just shaken up a little. You?"

"Pretty much the same."

"NO! I won't let you stop the energized column!" Inertia howled, eyes burning with fury. "I've waited for too long for this! I can't let it be destroyed by two weak speedsters!" he screamed.

"Barry, you have to destroy the energized column. It's unstable now and if Inertia uses it, bad things can happen." Cisco replied.

"Fantastic."

"This is my time to shine!" Inertia snarled. "When I saw how little the Future holds, I knew I could do much more in the past. I've waited eons for this to happen and I'm not letting get ruined!" he seethed. "But it's not too late. With this energized column, I can have all the speed I need! I would be unstoppable!"

Stars Lab

Cisco ran his fingers through his hair. What he was just seeing was…way out of beyond.

"Oh my…this is bad." Cisco breathed.

"Tell me about it. If they don't stop the energized column soon, everything will go…splat." Caitlin responded, eyes wide. "The readings are off the charts. That column is so not stable."

"What's the current status of the speedsters?" Wells asked, coming into the computer lab.

"Which ones? The bad dude or the good ones?"

"Both."

"Uh…it's bad. Like really bad." Cisco answered. "Something must've interrupted their speed of flow and now the column is haywire. That being said, I totally suggest not going into the energy of column."

"Slight problem. I think the only insane person to do that is Inertia himself." Caitlin pointed it out.

Cisco widened his eyes. "Dude, if he does that, he will explode. His body cannot handle that much speed; not even Barry or Bart can. Are you sure he even knows what he's doing?"

"Oh I'm sure he knows." Wells responded. "Or otherwise he wouldn't create that energy column. No, I think he's going for something much big. I think he's planning to steal Bart's speed so he can become invincible."

Cisco frowned. "But doesn't he also need to steal Barry's speed to become the ultimate?"

"Like I said, I think he's going for something big." Wells stated, staring at the screen.

Three burst of breezes came in which alerted them.

"We heard there's trouble." Don replied.

The gang turned around and saw Don, Dawn and Wally. They automatically knew that this is going to be a bad idea.

"No and no." Cisco replied, instantly knowing where this was going. "I'm not letting you guys risk your lives out there. It's dangerous, unstable and just plain dangerous."

"But we can help." Dawn insisted. "I mean, think about it: with all of our speed, we can stop the column. We can stabilize it."

Cisco shook his head. "It's too risky out there. I don't know what will happen if either of you got hurt. I'm sorry—but we're not letting you go."

"Barry, how's the situation?" Wells asked.

"Uh, things are looking grim. Inertia went mad—like mad—and now he's using all the speed from the energy column."

"He what?" Cisco yelped.

"Shush. Ugh, fantastic. I can see this is going to be a one hell of a battle." Wells muttered. Wells paused and turned to the kids' direction. "You said you can help, correct?"

"Uh, yeah." Wally responded. "I can't let the new kid get all the glory." he smirked.

Ignoring the remark, Wells continued. "If we have enough, we can destroy the column. The more speed, the more the column can't handle it and it will have to shut down."

"Uh, I don't think—"

"Perfect! Let's get going!" Wally said, excitedly.

"And whatever you do, don't slow down." Wells replied.

And just like that, all three of them zoomed out.

"Congratulations Einstein. If Barry's on the war path because they are out on the field, don't blame me!" Cisco muttered angrily. "And in case you haven't noticed, Wally's the slowest."

Wells gave him a firm stare. "Oh I know. But a miracle is going to happen."

Outside of Warehouse

"And now you shall all fear me!" Came the demonic voice from Inertia. Heavy speed flashed throughout his body here and there. If he wasn't terrifying earlier, then he was more frightening now.

"Oh, no." Barry replied, gaping at the madman.

"Houston, I mean Barry, we got a problem here." Bart squeaked. If saying Bart wasn't frightened of Inertia, it would be an understatement. His heart was hammering rapidly against his ribcage and he felt like his heart was going to explode.

"Ha, who does this guy thinks he's kidding?" a new voice asked. "I think he should fear us."

Barry whirled around upon hearing the familiar voice and he stared at them with wide eyes. All kinds of emotions were whirling inside him and he pretty much had an idea on who had sent them here…

And to not prove Wally's point, Inertia let out a crackling energy which hit a nearby tall object that was next to the Warehouse. It exploded in pieces, small fires coming out. Wally gulped.

"Okay, maybe we should fear him." Wally awkwardly shifted.

Dawn shook her head. "You're hopeless."

"Why are you guys here?" Barry asked, angrily. "It's dangerous out here and I can't risk you!"

"Oh but you can allow Bart?" Wally sneered.

Bart shot him a dirty look. It's funny. In the future, he and Wally didn't really had a good bond and now in the present, they also don't have a good bond.

Huh, guess things don't change.

"I'm out here because I know what we're up against. I know more about Inertia than you guys excluding Don and Dawn." Bart replied, glaring hard at him.

Wally returned the glare.

"Anyways," Dawn began, interrupting the argument. "Wells thought if we used all of our speed together, we could stabilize the column energy. And that's just might work since it could cancel out Inertia's power."

Barry nodded. "Alright…" he breathed, a heavy one. "If that will work, then I'm only going to accept it. Otherwise if it didn't, I'll be sending you guys straight back home. So…are we all in?"

Everyone nodded.

"Alright…let's stabilize that thing…" Barry said.

"I won't lose! I won't!" Inertia howled, snarling heavily.

"Face it big boy. You're going to lose one way or another because your luck just ran out!" Wally smirked as the five speedsters began to zoom around the column. As they began to run in circles, Inertia started to stagger, feeling a pain in the chest.

The madman widened his eyes as he started to feel the side effects. "NO! I will not lose!" he screamed.

As the speedsters ran, Wally got hit by one of the light beams. He grunted from the impact, staggering forward a bit. Impulse noticed this and eyed the light beam, studying of when they would attack again.

"Guys, we need to slow down. Wally is getting hit by the light beam." Impulse pointed it out.

Barry turned to his side where his niece was struggling to keep it up even though he was trying not to show it.

Kid Flash grunted. "No. We mustn't slow down."

"Dude, it's not gonna do good either way." Impulse replied.

Wally grunted when another beam of light struck him again. It was then that he started to see himself fading away and he gave both of them a weak smile.

"Hey, tell Iris that I love her." Wally responded.

Barry widened his eyes, his throat going dry. "Wh—what…what do you mean?" Barry stammered even though he knew.

Wally flashed him a smile. "It was fun being a speedster while it…lasted." Wally replied as he started to fade away.

"Wally…?" Barry whispered. For a minute, his heart stopped beating as he watched his nephew fading from existence. "No…no…nononononono…"

"Look at it this way…at least I've got some credit of saving the world instead of Bart hogging it all…" Wally cracked a smile. "See you." he sighed before he was completely gone.

"Wally…?" Barry replied, shakily. Hot threatening tears started to spill down his cheeks. Bart stared at the empty space ahead of him. This was just like the future…

"Wally!?" Don exclaimed, panicked. "WALLY!? NO!" he screamed.

Just then, a large explosion came and it forced the remaining speedsters that were in the column to fly out of it. They all landed roughly on the ground.

Barry gasped from the rough impact but he quickly shot his attention back to the column.

"WALLY!" he screamed.

Eyes gleaming with mad, Inertia sharply stared at the fallen heroes and he swiftly moved towards Impulse who was unware of him. Inertia went through the column and as Bart was standing there awkwardly, without a warning, something grabbed him from underneath, bringing him down by dragging him down towards the column.

"Impulse!" Barry roared, quickly racing towards his grandson. He came too late since Bart was no longer there. However, in the unstable column, two demonic eyes appeared.

"You Flashes have failed! I had managed to kill one of you…and I would do to the other one!" Inertia roared. "Face it…you all have lost!"

Just like that, Bart suddenly felt agony coursing throughout his body. It felt like his soul was being taken away from his body; being teared apart.

"I have won." Inertia cackled, malevolently.

Bart screamed in pain as he realized that it was his speed was being taken away. He widened his eyes, gasping sharply as it left that he was life was gone.

There were flashes of yellowish red mixed with dark yellow inside the column. And then just like that, the flash was stopped and so did the column of energy. Out of the column, Inertia stood there, still for a minute and everyone was staring at the horrible scene that was in front of them. And then, Inertia's eyes opened as he stared creepily at the remaining speedsters, a cruel sickening smile etched onto his face.

Barry was at a loss, his eyes practically glued at the monstrous figure that had a wicked grin and the one sentence which he had uttered had made Barry shattered. It was that one sentence where no one wanted to hear.

"He's gone."

Author's Note: So…I changed my mind and ended up killing Wally Dx I'm sorry T_T originally, he ended up being alive but yeah…me being evil, I had to.../sigh/ I really hate it. He's like my favorite character and it hurts to watch him die :( but o on the other hand, this chapter was tough. I hope it turned out alright and I hope I got everything right with all those energy laws and science. I struggled with this so bad omg so I really hope it's okay. Also, whenever I had uploaded to the Doc Manager, the word: Stars Lab had got cut out and so I had to type it as: Stars lab. Whatever happened to Bart? Is he really gone? Find out!