Well, we have come to it. The end of my first story of the Worlds Collide series. I have enjoyed writing this story more than any of my other stories. And I cannot wait to keep this series going.
Now, we finally get to the epilogue. This has a large time jump between the last chapter and this one. I think you will like this. I will start off with background info at the start, to explain what's happened in the time difference, and then we'll get to the main body of the chapter. This will take place in Season 4. I didn't care for Season 4 as much as the first three season, so that's why I'm just doing this brief bit of it. And, in this, Wally did leave to go with the Legends, though not to replace Firestorm, who is still alive in this. I originally had considered bringing Pietro back after the Civil War so he could take part in this chapter, but decided against it. He won't be showing up for a while.
Alright. Let us begin this last chapter.
Epilogue
After his defeat of Grodd, Barry resumed his role as leader of Team Flash, training Wally as Kid Flash, and helping the team take down Savitar's last few metahumans.
At the same time, Clint had taken well to his new role as Hawkeye as part of Team Flash, as well as being a detective for the CCPD. And Bucky had taken to heart his role as the Winter Soldier, protector of Star City. And Laurel had truly showed that her heart was changing. The good in her was finally returning. Together, with the help of Team Arrow, they hunted Adrian Chase, and in an epic fight in downtown Star City, Bucky put an end to him, and Laurel captured Evelyn Sharp.
Quentin had been stunned when he first met Laurel, but understood when she told she from another Earth.
Clint took to heart his self-appointed role as Caitlin's trainer. Using his SHIELD experience and his knowledge about Bruce and the Hulk. Caitlin was very hesitant at first, but slowly grew more confident. Over time, she gained greater and greater control, until she could control Killer Frost even better than Bruce could control the Hulk.
After the threats facing Central City were defeated, and Wally had come very far in his training, Barry felt it was finally time to return to Earth-99, and Wanda. But then Abra Kadabra came, followed by the Samuroid. And then, Barry found himself faced with the threat of the Thinker.
Despite his desire to return to his wife, Barry knew he could not leave Central City at the mercy of Devoe. And so, he, Wally, Cisco, Caitlin, and Clint rallied together, and took on Devoe. And, of course, Ralph soon joined their team.
Later on, Ralph's loss to Devoe only motivated them further. Barry swore he would stop Devoe, no matter the risk to himself.
Now, finally, almost a year after Barry's return to Earth-1, they have beaten Devoe and freed Ralph. But, the threat is not over yet.
(Cortex, STAR Labs, immediately after Devoe's defeat and Ralph's return)
"Power's back on everywhere," Cisco says as he moves between consoles. Barry just stood beside the main console, still hardly believing that Devoe is finally beaten. He glances over to the med bay, where Caitlin is preparing Cecile to deliver her baby, with Laura and Joe standing by her as support.
"Now the world can finally get back to normal," Iris says.
Harry is over by the board showing the bus metas, drawing weird symbols and muttering. Ralph looks at him in confusion and asks, "What happened to him?"
All of a sudden, Devoe's chair appears in front of them, revealing Devoe sitting in it. "He is enlightened," Devoe says.
Everyone stares at him in shock. Barry raises his hand, aiming his repulsor at Devoe, until he flickers, and Barry realizes it's a hologram.
"Another use of Mr. Deacon's powers. Technological reincarnation," Devoe says.
"Cisco?" Barry asks in concern.
"He's taking over," Cisco says.
"Jocasta, try and cut him off," Barry says.
"Working on it," Jocasta replies.
Meanwhile, Marlize slowly walks towards the chair. Devoe looks at her and says, "I told you that the Enlightenment will come for you, Marlize, and it will. Remember, i thought of everything. Even this moment."
Marlize looks at the image of her husband and says tearfully, "Goodbye. My love." She then walks around the back of the chair, grabs the power core, and rips it out. And with that, the chair shuts down.
Barry just looks at the chair, finding it hard to believe it was that easy. It's not until Jocasta says, "He's gone, boss," that he believes it.
Then, an alarm starts sounding. Cisco looks at the computer screen and swears. "The satellite's in a decaying orbit," he says.
"Wait, so deactivating him triggered a literal dead man's switch?" Clint asks.
"It's falling fast," Barry says, looking at the words that say that impact is 3 minutes away, and the impact will be enough to cause an extinction level event.
"Clifford must have increased it's mass by a thousand fold," Marlize says.
Barry snaps into action. "Alright. Ralph, Cisco, Clint. You guys get to downtown and help evacuate people. I'm gonna destroy that satellite," he orders. And with that, he races off. Cisco quickly opens a breach, and he, Ralph, and Clint leap through it.
(Downtown)
Downtown Central City is in panic. People a running in every direction and screaming as pieces of the satellite fall towards the city.
Then, a breach opens, and Cisco, Ralph, and Clint leap out. They, separate, each doing their jobs. Cisco uses his powers to breach the debris out of harm's way. Ralph uses his powers to pull people out of the way of the falling debris. Clint helps herd people to safety while using explosive arrows to take down pieces of debris.
Meanwhile, Barry races to a stop in the square, looking up at the falling satellite.
"Jocasta. How do I stop it?" Barry asks.
"Your repulsors would not do much damage. I believe your best chance at destroying it would be a sonic punch," Jocasta replies.
"Gotcha," Barry says, and he takes off, running away to start building up speed.
In the cortex, Marlize watches Barry's data. "Whoa. What is he doing?" she demands.
"He's building up speed. He's gonna use a sonic punch to destroy it," Iris says.
"Given the satellite's mass and its escalating descent, what prevents it from destroying him?!" Marlize demands.
"He should be fine. His suit is made of vibranium. It should hold," Iris says confidently.
As that conversation is happening, Barry is running as fast as he can, trying to build up as much speed as possible. Then, once he feels like he's got enough that he can pick up enough on the return journey, he runs up the side of a building, turns around, and starts running back towards the satellite. as he nears the square, he says, "If this is it, it's been nice working with you Jocasta."
"I feel the same way, boss," Jocasta replies.
Barry runs and runs. Finally, he reaches the skyscraper right below the falling satellite. He runs right up it and off the top, flying up at the satellite, yelling as loud as he can.
As he nears the satellite, he prepares himself for the impact. The light is growing brighter and brighter. Then, he realizes, it's not just from the satellite. Off to his left, he sees a golden-yellow light. But before he can see what's causing it, his fist connects with the satellite.
In a massive explosion, the satellite is completely destroyed. Barry is thrown back by the force of the explosion. He manages to catch himself as he hits the building and runs right down it, stopping in the middle of the square.
Barry pants, slightly exhausted from the effort. He looks down at his suit. In a tribute to Shuri's design, the suit is only slightly scorched.
All around him, people are gathering in a circle, cheering and clapping. Barry smiles at the sight. Once again, he's saved Central City.
Moments later, Barry speeds into the cortex. "Barry!" Iris says, concerned about him. But, a close look reveals he's perfectly alright.
Barry smiles as he raises his hands. "Perfectly fine. Power of vibranium," he says.
As soon as he finishes that, a breach opens, and Cisco, Ralph, and Clint come through it. They all look at Barry, and a smile is exchanged by the four.
Suddenly, a baby's cries draws all their attention. Everyone turns to look at the med bay, and see Caitlin and Laura standing a little bit away from the table, where Cecile is sitting, holding a new baby girl, with a beaming Joe behind her.
Barry smiles as he watches the sight. They've won.
(The next day, West house)
Barry laughs along with Iris at Cisco's joke. It's such a relief to finally have DeVoe defeated.
As Cisco walks over to Ralph, Barry goes a little quiet. Iris notices, and asks, "Barry, what's up?"
Barry turns to her. After a moment, he says, "There's something I didn't mention until now."
"What's that?" Iris asks in concern.
Barry stands there for a moment, then whispers, "The satellite. It wasn't just me who took it down."
Iris looks surprised. "What do you mean? Who else was there?" she asks.
"I don't know. All I saw was some golden-yellow light off to my left. And after the satellite blew, I couldn't see anyone else," Barry says.
Iris looks more confused. But, before she can say anything more, the door opens, and Joe and Cecile walk in, with the new baby in a carrier, being held by Cecile.
Instantly, everyone is gathered around them, looking adoringly at the new addition.
After several "Aww"s, Barry looks up at Joe and says, "She's perfect, Joe."
"Yeah, she's beautiful. Just like her mother," Joe says, and Cecile smiles.
"I'd say this calls for a toast," Barry says.
Everyone kinda looks at Barry. After a second, Barry says in a louder voice, "I'd say this calls for a toast."
Then, there's a flash of lightning, and Wally is standing there with a tray of glasses.
Several people gasp in surprise and excitement, and Joe exclaims, "Wally!"
Barry takes the tray as Joe embraces Wally. "You didn't think I'd miss my baby sister's first party, did you?" Wally asks.
There are a few chuckles as Barry passes out the glasses. Once everyone has one, Barry raises his glass and says, "To the newest member of Team Flash..."
Cecile holds out her glass and announces, "Jenna Marie West." Everyone grins broadly and clinks glasses.
After the toasting is all over, and Cecile has settled onto the couch, Barry finds himself in one of the armchairs by the window. Soon, Cisco comes over and sits down on the chair next to him as he says, "Hey, buddy." Barry grins at him.
"This is nice, right?" Cisco asks.
"Yeah. Reminds me of something I learned hard on Earth-99," he says.
Cisco looks at him and asks, "What was that?"
Barry smiles and says, "That the little moments like this make all of the hardship and fighting worth it." Cisco smiles broadly in response.
Cisco then looks up at him and says, "You know, you're next."
Barry looks at him, then over at Cecile, then back at Cisco. "Wait, what?" he asks.
Cisco grins. "You and Wanda are married. So, once you get back to her, I'm sure it won't be long until you two jump on the baby bandwagon," he says.
Barry grins. "Yeah, I guess you're right," he says. He looks off into the distance and says almost in a daze, "I'm gonna be a dad someday. Me and Wanda parents. It's hard to believe that could actually happen. But, now that I think about it, I can't wait until that day comes."
From her position on one side of Cecile, Iris is listening to Barry and Cisco's conversation. She tries to prevent herself from looking hurt. Hearing Barry talk about having a child with Wanda just reminds her she really has no chance of getting Barry back. She has gotten over some of the pain of losing him, but it still hurts.
Cisco grins at Barry. "I'm gonna be godfather, right?"
"Oh, it goes without saying," Barry says humorously. They both laugh.
Suddenly, there's some noise behind them, and then a voice that sounds like a mix of a British and an American accent, they hear, "Barry Allen."
Everyone jumps and turns towards the door. In the entryway is a spinning orange portal. But, unlike breaches, they can see through to what's on the other side. But they're more focused on the man standing right in front of the portal. A man with a goatee dressed in some kind of blue uniform, with a red cape on his back that has a collar that comes up above his shoulders, and some kind of gold medallion around his neck.
Everyone looks in shock at this new arrival, and Joe draws his gun. But, all of a sudden, the man reaches out, and a tendril of orange energy lashes out and yanks the gun out of Joe's hand.
Everyone stares at this guy in amazement. Finally, Cisco demands, "Alright, who the h*** are you?"
The man looks right at Barry, and says, "I'm Doctor Stephen Strange, and I've been looking for you, Flash. Your world is in danger."
And with that, this story comes to a close.
So, yes! The sequel to this story will be a crossover between the Flash and Dr. Strange. I know many of you are probably excited to see this. I will try and get the first chapter up in a few days, but definitely within a week. Obviously, Dr. Strange took the place of Nora in the Season 4 finale. But, that doesn't mean Nora won't have a role in this series. We may yet see her show up in a future story. Also, please let me know if you'd like to see a brief story of Bucky leading Team Arrow to take down Prometheus.
I chose to have the events happen a little sooner, timeline wise, in this story than they did in the show, because I needed something keep Barry on Earth-1. Obviously, the reason Dr. Strange has come to Earth-1 for will continue to keep Barry here, but I needed something to keep Barry here in the meantime. Hence, the Thinker.
Also, for Barry and Wanda's baby, I want you to suggest names. The baby may be a boy or girl, so if you suggest names, include at least one boy name and one girl name.
And now, we have come to the end. Please continue to review and give me feedback. The sequel will be up soon, as will the Arrow-Thor story. But for now, Worlds Collide, Heroes Clash is finished.