Chapter 4 has arrived.

I need the opinion of every reader. I'm still planning out what's going to happen between now and the events of Civil War. I'm considering having Savitar come after Barry, and he has to battle them with the help of the Avengers. Let me know if you'd like to see that. If not, give me some ideas of a conflict you'd like to see happen between now and the Avengers Civil War.

Enough chitchat. Let's get going.

Chapter 4- Training

Barry smiles as he hums along to "Poker Face". At least most music from Earth-1 was here on this Earth.

As he starts singing under his breath, he sees Wanda walk past his door. She stops and peaks in.

"You like music?" she asks.

Barry grins and says, "Yeah. I love music. I've been told that I have a good voice, though I don't put it to use much."

Wanda smiles. "That's nice. I've always enjoyed music. I've been trying to learn to play the guitar recently. Perhaps we could practice together some time," she says.

Barry grins slightly. "That sounds nice," he says. She smiles, then walks off.

Barry smiles. It's been two weeks since he officially got inducted into the Avengers. He's enjoyed his time as part of the team.

He's spent much of the last two weeks really trying to get to know his teammates. He was surprised to hear that Steve had served in World War II, and had been frozen in ice for 70 years, hence why he still looked so young.

He had gotten really close to Steve. They had found a lot of similarities between them and their lives. He'd also made good friends with Sam.

He was still working on getting closer to Rhodey, Natasha, and Vision. Rhodey was nice enough, but they just didn't have much in common. Natasha just seemed to take a little longer to warm up to someone.

And Vision. Barry just got a weird feeling about him. Maybe it was because he was a robot. Or maybe it was just the way he seemed to act a little naive. But, there was just something about Vision that just held Barry back.

And then there was Wanda. She and Barry and already become good friends. Perhaps the connection with Pietro had something to do with it. But, for whatever reason, they had quickly developed a close friendship. They had found they had a lot in common. And, not only that, but Barry couldn't help but admit to himself that Wanda was beautiful, and an amazing woman.

A sudden knock interrupts his thoughts. He looks up to see Steve standing in the doorway.

"Come on down to the training room. Now. We need to start training with you," Steve says matter-of-factly. He then turns and walks away.

Barry kinda just stares after him. That's another thing he's grown to like about Steve. In some ways, he reminds Barry of Oliver. In only the best ways.

Steve walks into the training room, to find Barry already there, in his suit, eating a sandwich. They look at each other, and Steve just raises an eyebrow.

"I had a few seconds to kill, so I just thought I'd get myself a snack," Barry says with a grin. Steve just rolls his eyes.

"Alright, Barry. Get up. We got work to do," Steve says. Barry looks at him, then stuffs the rest of his sandwich in his mouth and swallows it.

"First, I want to see how fast you can actually run," Steve says. Barry grins, eager to show off his speed.

"The track lining the edge of the room is rigged with sensors that can track how fast you're running. Show me what you can do," Steve says.

Barry grins. Then, with a whoosh, he takes off and starts running around the track. Steve watches a small tablet that is monitoring Barry. He watches as the numbers slowly rise until they level off at Mach 13. That holds for a minute before Barry suddenly stops next to Steve.

"And I probably could've gotten another 4 or 5 hundred miles an hour if I wanted," Barry says with a grin. Steve just looks at him for a second, the back at his tablet.

"Well, your speed is great. Far better than even Pietro. We'll work later on your reflexes and using your speed to fight. But for now..." Steve trails off, setting the tablet down and walking over to a mat.

"What are you doing?" Barry slowly asks. Steve looks right at him, then says, "You just rely on your speed to get the job done. You can't always count on that. I remember when you told me about the time that one metahuman took your speed. If you lose your speed, you're in trouble."

Barry gets a nasty feeling that this is gonna end up similarly to the way his training session with Oliver ended up. With him in pain. "So, what are you saying?" Barry asks nervously.

"You are gonna fight me. You can't use your speed. Just your fists and feet," Steve says, getting into a fighting stance. Barry looks at him, one thought running through his head.

This isn't gonna be fun.

(2 hours later)
Barry groans as he hits the ground again. For like the 30th time. He and Steve have been training for 2 hours. Barry has not managed to last very long against Steve. He's slowly been getting better, but still unable to last more than 15 seconds against Steve before getting pinned or knocked out.

"Uggghh," Barry groans.

"You're getting better. You learn quickly," Steve says.

"Yeah. Getting your a** handed to you like 30 times will show you the mistakes you're making pretty fast," Barry replies. Steve just chuckles in response.

"Take the rest of the evening off, and nurse those bruises. At the rate you're going, I think you'll be able to hold your own against Nat or Clint reasonably well in no time," Steve says. Barry has to grin a bit. Steve is rarely wrong about such things, and such praise means a lot coming from Captain America.

Barry leaves the training room, rubbing his shoulder. This is a lot tougher than it ever was in Central City. But, he knows it's gonna make him a lot better, and giving him a few ideas of how to do things differently if he ever gets back to Central City.

I'll end the chapter there.

I know there wasn't a lot to this chapter. But, I wanted to show the start of sparks flying between Barry and Wanda, and Barry training with Steve. I would've showed Barry getting beat up, but I wasn't sure exactly how to write it, and I wanted to get this chapter up now. Plus, I didn't think it was crucial to the story to show it.

Please, please, leave me reviews, or send me PMs, and let me know if you'd like to see Barry and the Avengers face Savitar. The conflict would be a lot shorter than it was in Flash Season 3, but still good. Or, let me know if you'd like to see another speedster, or some other kind of conflict to fill the time between now and Civil War. I'm shooting to start the conflict in Chapter 8. So, please let me know your opinions before then.

Next couple chapters will be setting up Barry/Wanda, and having Barry share his backstory with the Avengers. I may also do a scene in one chapter of the team trying to get Barry back. I'm not sure yet. Give me any other ideas for chapters you'd like to see before the pre-Civil War conflict starts.

Also, just so you know. I'm not planning on bringing in the Legends at any point. I may bring them in during the Infinity War sequel part of this series. Not sure yet about Supergirl. I do know one hero I'll be bringing in at some point, but I'll save that until they come in.

Thanks for all your support. Until next time.

I made a slight modification to this chapter to hint that Barry is capable of running Mach 5. Mainly just to make him hypersonic-capable. I don't know if that's his real speed at this point, but I'm making it that way.

Authors Note: I have updated this chapter to boost Barry's top speed to a little over Mach 13, to be equal to what official sources have said about Barry's speed at this point.