Hey, guys. I'm back! And here is the first chapter of the first story of Phase 2! Yay! I know said it would be up sometime in November, but I've had serious writer's block on most of my other stories I said I'd be working on, so I just decided to go ahead and get started on it.

So, this is technically the first story of Phase 2 as it begins the soonest after the end of Phase 1. Specifically, the first chapter will take place two weeks after the reversal of the Decimation. Barry and Wanda will be in this a bit, but not as much. It'll mostly focus on the new Team Flash. Also, I hope you don't mind me making this about Cicada. I'm mainly doing this to get rid of her, include a Wanda vs Iris argument, possibly write Iris out, and include something else important. It'll be a short story (less than 10 chapters), but I hope you'll enjoy it.

Alright. Let's get to it. This may not be the most fun chapter, but it's mainly meant to get the story going.

Chapter 1- New Team Flash

"What do we got?" Steve asks.

Up above Central City, Sam is flying at several hundred feet, dressed as Falcon. He's scanning the streets below, looking for their target. Finally, he calls out, "Got him. Bivolo's right below me."

"Alright, Sam. Move in," Cisco calls over comms.

Sam swoops down and lands on the pavement behind Bivolo, who whips around to face Sam.

"You aren't going any further, Bivolo," Sam says.

"Oh, really?" Bivolo asks with a smirk before his eyes begin to glow red. Sam just sits there and smirks. Bivolo quickly realizes his powers aren't working, and his eyes return to normal.

"My goggles protect me from your powers, man," Sam says with a smirk.

"But can they protect you from them?" Bivolo says with a smirk, turning around, looking at some of the people still watching, and using his powers. Within seconds, the people begin turning on each other, and two of them rush at Sam.

Sam activates his wings and takes to the skies. "Guys! Bivolo just used his powers on some civilians. Oh, and two cops," he says, now noticing two cops yelling at surrounding civilians uncontrollably.

"On my way," Steve says. A moment later, a breach opens, and Steve leaps through. He throws his shield at one of the cops, knocking his gun out of his hand. As the shield flies back to him, Steve plucks it out of the air, then leaps in front of one of the civilians as the remaining cop fires his gun. Steve blocks the bullets, then throws his shield again, knocking out the cop.

"Sam, you and Steve handle the civilians. Keep them from killing each other. We've got Bivolo," Cisco says. Sam and Steve immediately start trying to separate the fighting civilians.

Bivolo smirks and turns to start running away. But, before he can, a breach opens in front of him, and Cisco leaps out, shooting a vibe blast that knocks Bivolo tumbling backwards. Before Bivolo can regain his feet, there's a flash of white lightning, and he's suddenly wearing metahuman cuffs. He looks up and sees Pietro, now in his new suit, smiling down at him.

"You think this is the end?" Bivolo asks.

"Yeah. I do. Cuz you're going to jail," Pietro says. He looks up, and sees that the civilians are starting to come back to themselves.

"Nice work, guys," he says proudly.

(STAR Labs)

"Well, Bivolo is on his way to the metahuman wing at Iron Heights," Joe says as he walks into the cortex.

"Another job well done for the new Team Flash!" Cisco and Pietro say almost simultaneously. Although Barry had technically left Cisco in charge, Cisco had shared many of his leadership duties with Pietro, to the point Pietro was essentially co-leader with Cisco.

"I have to admit. I didn't expect us to be doing so good without Barry. But we're doing better than ever," Ralph says.

"Not because Barry's gone," Iris says a little hotly.

"Nobody's saying that Iris. But, Ralph's right. We've been doing great. Especially you, Pietro," Caitlin says.

Pietro beams at the compliment. "Thank you, Caitlin. I've really enjoyed being a vigilante like this," he says.

"Alright, everybody. I think we've done a pretty good job for tonight. Why don't all we get out of here and get some rest," Cisco says. Everyone nods and begins shutting down stuff and gathering their stuff before walking out.

Pietro looks around and smiles brightly. He's had more fun as Quicksilver than he ever has before in his life.

(Allen farm)

Barry smiles from his armchair as he hears a fit of giggling. A moment later, Nora comes running as fast as her little legs can carry her. A moment later, Wanda comes rushing into the room and scoops her up in her arms, causing another outburst of giggling and happy laughter from Nora.

"Gotcha!" Wanda cries as she tickes her daughter, making Nora laugh even more. Then, Stephen walks into the room and hurries up to Wanda, clutching her leg tightly. Wanda looks down and beams down at him, crouching down and putting her arm around him too, hugging both her children tightly to her.

"You seem to be having a lot of fun," Barry says with a smile.

"I missed a year of their life. I want to enjoy every moment with them," Wanda replies with a smile.

Barry smiles brightly. A year ago, when he first bought this place, he never thought this scene would be possible. Now, here it is, and he could not be happier.

A beeping suddenly sounds from the kitchen. Wanda glances back towards the kitchen before looking at Barry with a smile and says, "Dinner's ready." She then walks up and helps him to his feet, and they walked together into the kitchen, with Nora and Stephen holding onto their legs.

(Hidden location)

"And in other news, Roy G. Bivolo, the metahuman criminal known as Rainbow Raider, was apprehended earlier this night. Central City Police credits Vibe and the new heroes known as Quicksilver, Falcon, and Captain America with capturing Bivolo and stopping the chaos he caused," a news reporter says on a television screen.

Sitting in the room, Cicada stares at the screen with hate, looking at a photo captured of the four heroes on the street after stopping Bivolo. Soon enough, they will all die.

Alright, and I'll end there. I hope this chapter was okay.

So, for reference. Cicada hasn't attempted her plan to wipe out all metahumans that she had in the last two episodes in Season 5. I may choose to have her try that, but for now, just assume her attack on CCPD I mentioned in Crisis on Earth-99 was unrelated to that plan.

I hope you enjoy the rest of this story. And I promise, the Wands/Iris confrontation is coming soon enough.

Next chapter will be up soon enough. Until then, leave a review, and stay tuned!