Hello, my loyal readers! I am back with Chapter 5.

I am very pleased with all the attention this story has already received, despite it not having been up for very long. I am very grateful for that. and please, keep the reviews coming. Especially with your opinions on whether or not you'd like to see a conflict with Savitar. I need to know if you'd like to see that happen, because I'm gonna need some time to figure out how to work that out.

Also, I'd like you to leave suggestions for Arrowverse characters you'd like to see in this story. Keep in mind that Barry will not be returning to Earth-1 until after the events of Civil War, so any Arrowverse characters I introduce can't cause any complications to the storyline. I'll already say that Cisco will be instrumental in Barry going back to Earth-1, so he won't be showing up before then. Nor will any of the key Team Flash characters, except in a scene from Earth-1, not Earth-99, which is my designation for this Earth.

But, for now. Let's move on with the chapter.

Chapter 5- Past and Future

Barry grins as he mashes the buttons furiously. "You can't beat me, Sam!" he says triumphantly as he and Sam try and finally beat each other at Super Smash Bros.

Sam grins as he fights back. "Sorry, Barry, but I think you're a little too confident," he says with a grin.

Barry just smirks. Then, the Smash Ball appears, and Barry grabs it. With no hesitation, he uses it, and watches his Link tear apart Sam's Falco and blast him off the stage for the victory.

"Sorry, Sam. But Link reigns supreme," Barry says with a triumphant smirk. Sam just rolls his eyes as he drops his controller.

There's a knock on the door, and the two turn their heads to see Steve standing there, watching them with amusement. "Are two done trying to beat the crap out of each other's characters, or are you ready to go?"

Barry grins. Steve had announced that the team had earned a nice night, and so he was treating them all to Olive Garden.

"You bet," Barry says with a grin. He and Sam leap up from the floor and follow Steve out to the garage, where Natasha, Wanda, and Rhodey are all waiting. Vision isn't coming, for obvious reasons. He would be on standby at the facility.

"Alright, team. Let's get out of here and go have some fun," Steve says. He is answered by several cheers, and the team piles into two cars, one driven by Steve, and one by Natasha. And they head off for Olive Garden.

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(The restaurant, 1 hour later)

Barry chuckles at a joke Sam just told. They had placed their orders about 10 minutes ago, and were just waiting for their food.

"So, Barry, I know a bit of your life story, but the rest of the team doesn't, and there's still a lot I would like to know. So, why don't you tell us about yourself, and especially how you became the Flash," Steve says.

Barry nods, feeling it's time. He's been around them for long enough, they deserve to know the full story.

Barry takes a deep breath, then says, "When I was eleven, my mother was murdered."

The table instantly goes quiet as the team looks at him with sorrow. Wanda reaches and squeezes his hand as a gesture of comfort. Barry smiles at her before he continues.

"It was one night. I heard a noise. I came downstairs, and found my mom kneeling on the ground, surrounded by what looked like a tornado of yellow and red lightning. And in the lightning, I saw a man in a yellow suit. My dad came in, wanting to help, but he knew we were in trouble. Then, all of a sudden, I was 20 blocks away from my house. After that, the man in yellow killed my mom and vanished. The cops didn't believe me, and my dad went to prison for her murder."

Steve looks angry at that, but stays quiet. Barry continues his story.

"As I later discovered, the man in yellow was Eobard Thawne, the Reverse-Flash, a speedster from the future, who in the future was my arch rival. He had come back in time to kill me. A future version of me followed him, and fought with him in my house, which I saw as the tornado. Future me saved younger me, and in anger, Thawne killed my mother."

"But, the whole incident drained Thawne's powers. The only way he could get back to his time was the Flash. So, he killed a scientist named Harrison Wells, and took up his identity. After waiting long enough, he constructed a machine called a particle accelerator. Over two years ago, when he turned it on, it exploded, as was his intent. The explosion generated a wave of energy that generated a lightning bolt that struck me, putting me in a coma for 9 months."

Wanda looks concerned at that. Barry smiles at her reassuringly before continuing.

"When I woke up, I had super speed. I also learned that the explosion had created other metahumans like me. So, working with Thawne, who I just knew as Dr. Wells, and his students Cisco and Caitlin, who became my best friends, I started working as the Flash. I also met and became good friends with an archer vigilante in another city, who now calls himself the Green Arrow."

"I bet Clint would love to meet him," Natasha says with a grin. Several other members of the team grin too.

"Yeah. I'd pay money to see a shooting competition between them," Barry says with a chuckle.

"So, did you ever find out the truth about Thawne?" Sam asks.

"Yeah. Eventually, we managed to figure out he was hiding something, and from there found out he was the Reverse-Flash. With the help of Green Arrow and another metahuman called Firestorm, I beat him and locked him up. But, he made me an offer to go back in time and save my mom, if I would send him home too. At first, I accepted the offer. But, when I went back, the future me told me not to do it. I listened to him, and went back to my time to stop Thawne. We beat him when his ancestor, a friend of mine, killed himself, erasing Thawne from existence."

"But, my time travel ended up causing a singularity. Basically a black hole. I was able to slow it down, and Firestorm sacrificed himself to destroy it. But, the singularity opened up portals between my Earth and another one. Earth-2. Months after the singularity, metahumans from that Earth started coming after me."

"They were sent by Zoom, an evil speedster from Earth-2. We had help from a man who claimed to be the former Flash of Earth-2, who just turned out to be a time remnant of Zoom."

"Wait, a time remnant?" Rhodey asks in confusion.

"Basically, it's where a speedster runs back in time a few seconds, thereby essentially creating another version of himself," Barry says.

The team stares at Barry in amazement, not sure what to make of this. They had thought Barry's powers he had already shown were crazy. But this took the cake.

Barry continued. "We tried to beat Zoom. At one point, I had to give up my speed to stop Zoom from killing Joe's son Wally." The team knew who Joe was, as Barry had mentioned him before, as well as Iris, so this statement made sense.

"I managed to get my powers back when I got sent into the Speed Force, the source of my powers. At the same time, Zoom brought an army of metahumans to my Earth. When I got out of the Speed Force, I took down as many as I could. Unfortunately, Zoom felt determined to show we were alike. He had lost both parents. And so, he took my dad and killed him in front of me." Barry starts to choke up at this point.

The team looks at Barry in shock. They couldn't believe that Barry had survived losing both parents like he had, and everything else he'd gone through, and come out as good as he was. Wanda couldn't help hugging Barry. "I'm so sorry, Barry," she says. Barry accepts the hug.

"Well, did you kick Zoom's a**?" Sam says with obvious hatred for Zoom in his voice.

"Yeah, he challenged me to a race, intending to use the energy we generated when running to power a weapon that would destroy the multiverse. Well, except for Earth-1. I was able to beat him. And, the Speed Force sent these creatures called Time Wraiths, which hunt speedster that mess with time, which took Zoom into the Speed Force."

"But, I felt so broken by my dad's death, I ran back in time and saved my mom and captured the Reverse-Flash. In doing so, I created an alternate timeline where my parents were alive, and I wasn't the Flash. Eventually, I realized I had made a mistake, and tried to reset the timeline by letting Thawne go and letting him murder my mother. But, the timeline wasn't exactly the same. There were new enemies to face, Iris and Joe were at odds, Caitlin has ice powers, and Cisco's brother is dead, which Cisco blames me for. I was trying to deal with all of that, and try to repair relationships I damaged when I revealed the truth about Flashpoint, when the Dominators invaded, and you know what happened from there."

The team kinda just sits there. When Barry had said he'd been through a lot, they never would've imagined it was to this extent.

After a full minute, Steve finally speaks up. "Barry. I can vouch for all of us that though some of us may have been through similar things, none us know exactly what you've been through. But, I can also vouch for you when I see that we are here for you. You're our teammate, and you're as good as family."

He claps Barry on the back. "We've got your back, buddy," he says with a grin. Barry smiles back at him.

Right then, the waiters arrive with the food. "Alright. Finally. I'm hungry," Sam says. That breaks the somber mood, and everyone chuckles a bit as they accept their food.

As he eats, Barry smiles to himself. He may have been stranded on another Earth. But, he found a new family. Perhaps this wasn't going to be so bad after all.

Maybe this was a place he could be happy. Because here, he was wanted. He was loved. He belonged. And, he was an Avenger.

Hope that was a good chapter. I'm sorry if I spent too much time on Barry telling his story, but I didn't want this to be a short chapter.

For those wondering about the Super Smash Bros, I was envisioning them playing Brawl. I chose Falfo for Falconffor obvious reasons. As for Link, I think he may be one of the best characters in Super Smash Bros., and he's one of my favorites. Also, I chose Olive Garden as the restaurant because it's one of my top favorites.

I should have the next chapter up shortly. You will see some sparks start to fly between Barry and a certain eoman with magic. Until then, keep those reviews coming.