A/N: Hopefully, this will be the conclusion to this fight. Also, as I write this, the story has officially passed 3K views. Thank you, all!
BARRY/WANDA
While moving at Flashtime, Barry swung his right fist at Thawne as his front knuckles briefly connected with Thawne's jaw before the speedster wearing Harrison Wells' face stumbled to the ground. Thawne crawled backwards, his hand briefly tapping his lip as he glanced at the blood before looking back up to Barry and chuckling. Barry growled, seeing the face of his first mentor, the man wore the face of the scientific hero he had idolized, the face being the mask of the man who took his mother from him. Barry wanted to rip the man's face off, expose whatever it was that he had beneath the lies and the max. He grabbed Thawne by the collar and forced him to stand as he growled.
"How do I stop the bomb?" Barry demanded. "Tell me!"
"You can't…" Thawne sighed. "I told you, Flash…you're too late. Oh wait, are you even the Flash anymore?"
Barry roared as he slammed Thawne's head against the side of the machine. Thawne stumbled briefly before he collapsed to the ground, a large, blood-covered mark on the side of his head. He tapped it twice as he looked at the blood on his fingers before looking up to Barry.
"Well, well, well," Thawne taunted with his same old grimacing smile. "Gotten rather violent, have we, Barry? Good…I'm really liking this new you. Killing here, killing there. Oh, I almost forgot…does that mean you'll finally kill me now?"
"If I didn't need you, I would," Barry growled. "and even now, I'm still going for a yes."
"You might as well," Thawne spat as he got up to his feet. "I don't know how to stop the cannon. Besides, even if I did, what makes you think I would tell you?"
Barry shook his head. "Why, Thawne? Why? If you're so obsessed with the idea of destroying me, then why let the multiverse die? Why throw away the entire chance of being able to-"
"To what?" Thawne interrupted. "Try and destroy only to fail time and time again?" Thawne chucked. "No, no, no…you know what the best way to destroy someone, Flash? It's to make them want to achieve and do something…for them to get so close, right to that edge of success…only for them to fail, to die trying, and to lose themself. Now that…that means more of destroying you than anything else ever could. And now…I get to watch."
"We'll see," Barry spat.
Barry approached Thawne as he grabbed him before placing his hand on the lightning emblem on Thawne's suit as red waves energy left Thawne's body and entered Barry's hand.
Thawne staggered as he struggled to stand. "W-what're you going?"
"Speed stealing," Barry retorted. "A little neat trick Harry Wells told me about, said some speedsters were powerful enough to do it. Powerful enough to steal momentum and motion from any moving object or person. You can even make it permanent if you're strong enough."
"Don't-" Thawne tried to say.
By then it was too late, red lightning briefly circled Thawne before he was still, moving at the same speed as a normal human would in Barry's perception. Thawne was powerless, his physical capabilities permanently reduced to that of an ordinary human. No more pain, no more suffering, no more misery from Eobard Thawne. Plus, Barry wouldn't have had to worry about fighting Thawne and figuring out a way to stop the cannon. He turned and faced the cannon as he paced around at normal human speed, desperately thinking of a solution.
"Come on, come on," Barry muttered. "Come on, dammit! Think, Barry, think."
Keeping Flashtime intact, Barry rubbed his temples with his fingers before he stopped pacing as a wave of realization struck his face. In a flash of orange lightning, within Flashtime, Barry sped through the crowds of armies before bringing a still, unmoving Wanda right next to the cannon where he had been standing. Focusing, Barry held Wanda's shoulders as orange lightning briefly coursed through her body before it stopped as he let go.
Wanda looked around in confusion before glancing at him. "Barry? What - what're we-"
"I temporarily dissipated speed force energy into your body." Barry explained.
"W-why-" Wanda tried to ask.
Barry already had his answer for her. "To help you move in Flashtime with me. It's temporary, we only have a few seconds before you sink back into real time…I need your help, Wanda."
Wanda glanced at the cannon before turning back to Barry with a look of shock. "The cannon went off already, didn't it?"
Barry nodded. "The explosion's already begun, I'm just slowing it down. Every attosecond in real time is a minute here but I still need to figure out how to stop it."
"Wait," Wanda said as she noticed Thawne unmoving and still. "What about Thawne? The runners? Won't they be moving at the same speed you do?"
"The runners are dead, all of them," Barry explained. "As for Thawne, well…I stole his speed. Permanently."
Wanda blinked. "I didn't know you could do that."
"There's a lot of things both of us can do that we don't know," Barry said.
Wanda stepped forward and nodded her head. "What do you want me to do?"
Barry pointed to the cannon. "That blast is going to destroy the entire multiverse. We need to stop it…I was thinking maybe you can contain it."
Wanda sighed. "Let me try."
Wanda stepped forward as Barry stood beside her. She rose her arms in the air as she briefly moved her hands forward, both of them expecting Wanda's scarlet-red energy to appear around the cannon. Nothing happened. Barry frowned in confusion as he turned to Wanda, who kept trying. She struggled and strained herself until her legs suddenly gave out as she fell forward before Barry caught her. He kneeled to the ground as he held Wanda in his arms.
"Wanda, hey, talk to me," Barry said as he helped her to her feet. "You okay?"
"I'm fine…" Wanda sighed as she leaned on Barry. "Just…so tired…why won't it work? My powers don't work."
"And they won't," Barry realized as he gritted his teeth. "Dammit, I should've seen this coming. Wanda, we're moving too fast for your powers to work. At this speed-"
"There's not enough time for the energy to construct," Wanda realized. "You can move my body at this speed but not my powers."
"That's why it won't work," Barry added as he sighed. "Dammit."
"Wait," Wanda stopped Barry. "What if you sent it into the Speed Force? Let it detonate there. Could the Speed Force contain the blast?"
Barry sighed. "I studied the Speed Force along with Harry Wells from Earth 2 and Jay Garrick from Earth 3, they studied it their whole lives. They both told me the same thing about it. They said the Speed Force was beyond all concepts, beyond even logic, above inaccessible cardinals and dimensionality. An explosion this size wouldn't do anything at all, the Speed Force would absorb its energy."
"So it can work?"
Barry shook his head. "Even if I could somehow send the cannon in, there's no way I'd be able to ensure that all of that energy gets sucked in. We'd still be endangering multiple universes at the least. Especially our own."
"So we can't send it anywhere without destroying several universes and countless lives," Wanda realized. "What about Thor? Could he-"
"No," Barry shook his head once more. "Lightning won't work, not at the speed we're going. Besides, Mjolnir and Thor's lightning? It wouldn't tickle this energy. Much less, contain it."
Wanda breathed heavily as she leaned against Barry, sweat dripping down her forehead. Barry helped her stand.
"I can't keep moving you this fast," Barry warned. "You'll exhaust yourself, you could die of exhaustion."
"Okay," Wanda nodded, breathing heavily. "Okay…just don't give up, Barry. Don't give up."
Barry smiled at Wanda. "Never."
Wanda briefly smiled back. Barry touched Wanda's shoulder as he absorbed the Speed Force energy from her, orange lightning coursed both their bodies before Wanda was still, moving at real-time-level speed like everyone and everything else around him. Barry looked through the crowds as he hoped to look for the next person who he thought could help him. He sped through the crowd, running at his super speed, even within Flashtime, before he stopped in the middle of the battlefield. He saw Strange standing still in front of him, the Master of the Mystic Arts looking as if he were about to conjure a spell against an enemy. Barry walked forward as he quickly grabbed Strange's shoulder before repeating the same process he did with Wanda. Soon enough, Strange came to.
"Barry, what-" Strange frowned in confusion.
"I'm making you move as fast as I am in Flashtime," Barry explained.
"I didn't know you could manipulate time," Strange pondered as he looked around in surprise. "How many more of these neat tricks you got up your sleeve?"
Barry shook his head. "Not enough. Strange, the bomb…it's already gone off. We need to stop it."
"The bomb's gone off?" Strange asked. Barry nodded. "Dammit."
"I - I thought about running back in time, but-"
"No, no, no, you can't. The second you alter a significant event, especially one like this, even if it only happened a few seconds ago, you'd still be altering the present. You'd send time waves across the future and the further into the future you go, the more dangerous those changes become. You could probably end up destroying a whole universe a hundred years from now and not know it."
"I know, I know," Barry nodded. "Is there we can get the sorcerers to create multiple sling ring portals? Send it somewhere else."
Strange shook his head. "These rings only work within the range of the multiverse. Anything and anywhere beyond that? It won't work. Even if we could send the blast elsewhere, we'd still be damning the entire multiverse to Hell."
"Dammit," Barry sighed.
"Listen, Barry," Strange tried to say as he stumbled, already having effects of exhaustion. "You have to do this on your own. I don't know how but you do. This…this is what the Ancient One meant."
Barry frowned. "What do you mean?"
"The Ancient One studied you for centuries," Strange revealed. "She used the time stone centuries ago and foresaw you coming here. She studied you ever since and you know what she always said? She said your ability to overcome was always greater than your speed, no matter how dark or hopeless the situation seemed, you always had the power to overcome it. That no matter what the chance of success was, that ability of yours would always overcome it and crush any obstacle in your path. All you had to do…is not hold back. It doesn't matter how you do it, Barry, you can do it. You always have been able to, you can now, and you always will. You're a miracle worker, Barry. Pull off a miracle. We…we don't have time."
That was all Barry let Strange say before he drained the temporary Speed Force energy out of his body, causing Strange to sink back into real time. Barry took a step back as he tried to process Strange's words.
"Miracles? Time?" Barry rubbed his head before he halted in his spot as a wave of realization struck him. "Time…all this, Flashtime, manipulating time with Flashtime…it only works within the space-time continuum, anything beyond that and it won't have the same effect. But it doesn't have to."
Barry looked down to his left hand as he conjured a ring of lightning around it, he then looked up to the sky where he saw multiple, tear-like pockets leading to the Dark Dimension. Barry's right hand charged with orange lightning before he pulled it back and swung it forward, a massive bolt of lightning flew from Barry's arm as it connected to a time-frozen strike of real lightning, the real lighting and Speed Force lightning connected as Barry ran forward at super speed before leaping as his foot touched down on the lightning. Using the energy as traction, Barry ran up his bolt of lightning before running up the normal lightning it connected to. He jumped through one of the portals as he entered the Dark Dimension. Barry found himself on a sort of celestial body the size of the moon, he looked up to see exactly what he was expecting: Dormammu. His massive face alone glaring down at Barry.
"Barry Allen." Dormammu's voice boomed throughout the Dark Dimension.
Barry stood tall, lightning still circling his left, prosthetic hand. "Dormammu…I've come to make a deal."
"You've come to die," Dormammu boomed back. "The multiverse is finished. It shall die with you and I will consume the remains of it. Then, once I've consumed it all, I shall continue my journey to consume the rest of all Cosmology until it is all the Dark Dimension."
"No…no, you won't," Barry replied. "I'm here to make a deal."
"There will be none."
Dormammu's massive body suddenly appeared before Barry as the being raised his fist in the air before striking it down towards Barry. Barry charged forward at super speed as he jumped in the air, landing on the side of Dormammu's fist as he ran up the creature's arm. He built up as much momentum as he could as he directed all of his orange lightning to his right hand before he jumped off what seemed to be Dormammu's shoulders. Barry flew through air as his right fist struck Dormammu's eye, sending a damaging shockwave throughout the entire Dark Dimension as Dormammu roared in pain. The creature staggered as Barry created whirls of air with his arms, slowing down his fall before he landed back on the ground of the moon-sized planet he was on. Dormammu roared as he rose to his feet, standing tall as he looked down at Barry.
"Young fool!" Dormammu roared. "You hold back still. You always have and even now, you still do."
"You're lucky I'm being generous to do that and offer you a deal," Barry retorted. "Otherwise, I'd end you here and now."
"Silence!" Dormammu roared once more.
The creature opened his mouth and released a beam of purple energy, Barry held up his arms as orange lightning coursed through his body. The energy struck him as he held his stance for several moments. Then, suddenly, the energy broke through as it destroyed the entire celestial body that Barry was standing on, seemingly destroying everything with it as well.
Barry smirked as he looked down at the lightning that circled his left, prosthetic hand. "Round two."
Barry found himself on a sort of celestial body the size of the moon, he looked up to see exactly what he was expecting: Dormammu. His massive face alone glaring down at Barry.
"Barry Allen." Dormammu's voice boomed throughout the Dark Dimension.
Barry stood tall, lightning still circling his left, prosthetic hand. "Dormammu…I've come to make a deal."
"You've come to die," Dormammu boomed back. "The multiverse is finished. It shall die with you and I will consume the remains of it. Then, once I've consumed it all, I shall continue my journey to consume the rest of all Cosmology until it is all the Dark Dimension."
"No…no, you won't," Barry replied. "I'm here to make a deal."
"There will be none."
Dormammu's massive body suddenly appeared before Barry as the being rose his fist in the air before striking it down towards Barry. Barry charged forward at super speed as he jumped in the air, landing on the side of Dormammu's fist as he ran up the creature's arm. He built up as much momentum as he could as he directed all of his orange lightning to his right hand before he jumped off what seemed to be Dormammu's shoulders. Barry flew through air as his right fist struck Dormammu's eye, sending a damaging shockwave throughout the entire Dark Dimension as Dormammu roared in pain. The creature staggered as Barry created whirls of air with his arms, slowing down his fall before he landed back on the ground of the moon-sized planet he was on. Dormammu roared as he rose to his feet, standing tall as he looked down at Barry.
"Young fool!" Dormammu roared. "You hold back still. You always have and even now, you still do."
"You're lucky I'm being generous to do that and offer you a deal," Barry retorted. "Otherwise, I'd end you here and now."
"Silence!" Dormammu roared once more.
The creature opened his mouth and released a beam of purple energy, Barry held up his arms as orange lightning coursed through his body. The energy struck him as he held his stance for several moments. Then, suddenly, the energy broke through as it destroyed the entire celestial body that Barry was standing on, seemingly destroying everything with it as well.
The same events happened once more, again and again, for thousands of times. Barry found himself on a sort of celestial body the size of the moon, he looked up to see exactly what he was expecting: Dormammu. His massive face alone glaring down at Barry.
"Barry Allen." Dormammu's voice boomed throughout the Dark Dimension.
Barry stood tall, lightning still circling his left, prosthetic hand. "Dormammu…I've come to make a deal."
"You've come to die," Dormammu boomed back. "The multiverse is finished. It shall-"
Dormammu suddenly paused as the creature grunted in confusion. A smile curved on Barry's lips as he saw the look of realization on Dormammu.
"Wait…" Dormammu said. "This…what is this? This has happened already…thousands of times…what is this? WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!"
"This…" Barry said as he raised his left hand, showing the lightning circling his prosthetic. "…is time. An endless loop between you and me. Being beyond space-time, life, and death, means that we can feel this loop over and over. The people back on Earth? Them and the explosion are stuck in Flashtime. For them, only three attoseconds have passed. For us?" Barry scoffed. "It can be an eternity."
"You cannot prevail, boy!" Dormammu roared as his voice boomed.
Barry tilted his head briefly. "Maybe I can…or maybe not. But either way, those people and the multiverse live and this makes you my prisoner."
"NO!" Dormammu boomed. "Set. Me. FREE!"
Barry shook his head. "No…I told you: I'm here to make a deal."
Dormammu sighed. "WHAT…do you want?"
"A duel…" Barry retorted. "Transfer yourself to a form the same size as me. No rules, just a fight to the death. Winner decides whatever they'd like. Give me your word and I'll fight without the loop."
Dormammu growled. "You…have my word."
Barry nodded as the lightning around his left hand ceased, indicating the loop had been broken. Dormammu's massive body suddenly dissipated as the energy moved towards Barry. Ten feet away from where Barry stood a seven-foot tall being with a cloak, ancient-looking clothes, a burning head, and two swords in his hands as he glared at Barry. Barry returned the glare as he recognized the being: Dormammu. Dormammu clapped his swords together as a purple blast of energy hurtled towards Barry, who leaned his body to the side as he dodged the blast. Lightning coursed the speedster's body as he skidded to the side, dodging another blast.
"Impossible, you fool!" Dormammu exclaimed. "My beams are immeasurable in speed!"
"Maybe…but I'm still faster." Barry retorted as he charged up towards Dormammu before striking his fist against the creature's jaw.
Dormammu angrily swung one of his swords at Barry, who leaned his body back as he ducked under it. He jumped in the air as he pushed the heel of his right leg against Dormammu's skull, causing the creature to stagger back. While Dormammu was still staggered by the hit, Barry vibrated his right hand, letting speed force lightning course through it before he struck Dormammu, sending him crashing to another planet within the Dark Dimension. Orange lightning trailed Barry's body as he jumped from one celestial body to another before he crashed against Dormammu, the two of them colliding before they rolled across the surface of the planet. Barry got on one knee as Dormammu stood above him, two beams of purple energy emerged from Dormammu as Barry used his left arm to defend himself, manipulating his speed force aura to defend himself from the energy.
"Pathetic boy." Dormammu growled. "Who do you think you are to challenge me? I am Dormammu, the ruler of the Dark Dimension! I am a cosmic force of this cosmology! Who do you think you can do to me?!"
Suddenly, Dormammu's purple energy began to die down as it, along with his swords, dissipated from his hands into ash. He looked in confusion to Barry, whose right hand began building up with Speed Force energy as well as Dark Dimension energy. He could feel it all, absorbing the Dark Dimension from Dormammu as he glared at him, his fist glowing with more energy than ever before.
"I'm the goddamn Flash…" Barry gritted. "And I'm about to f*ck. You. Up."
He swung his fist as a blinding light followed, when the light faded, all that remained from Dormammu's body was ash and dust. The creature was gone, destroyed in the single strike Barry had thrown. The Dark Dimension was now his to bend, use, and will. An entire dimension transcendent of space-time, life, and death, a dimension with its own matter that he could create, manipulate, and bring to reality…it was all his. This dimension that Barry had transcended and taken control of…was all his. He stood tall as he created a sword from Dark Dimension matter. From where he stood, Barry held out his hand as the energy from the cannon suddenly began moving through upwards and into the Dark Dimension, where it dissipated and was destroyed. In a matter of seconds, the cannon and its energy were destroyed as Barry ceased the effects of Flashtime, allowing for everything to return to normal, real-world time.
Barry waved his hand as instantly, the Dark Dimension began to consume all the Zealots and Hydra agents from the battlefield as their bodies turned to dust before the Dark Dimension consumed them, removing them from the battlefield. Barry could sense and see his friends and allies watching everything unfold as the rainy storm continued. All of the enemy army had been disintegrated…save for two people who Barry had brought to the Dark Dimension. Grant Ward and a powerless Eobard Thawne were forcefully kneeling in front of as Barry willed a sword to existence with his Dark Dimension capabilities. He approached Ward as he glared down at him.
"So this is how it ends, huh?" Ward scoffed.
Barry scoffed. "For you."
"You want me to beg?" Ward taunted. "To apologize? To ask for mercy? Not gonna happen."
"Maybe you will," Barry said. "Maybe you won't. Either way…I don't care. You killed Coulson, Daisy, and all of S.H.I.E.L.D. This means you can join the rest of your team in hell. Besides…I made a promise that I would do this."
Barry swung his sword as it instantly cut through Ward's neck, leaving a thin trail of red liquid on it. A few seconds passed as Ward's face and eyes went still before his head slid off neck, falling to the ground. His headless body slumped to the side as Barry turned his head to Thawne.
"My mother, Eddie, Ronnie," Barry spoke as he stood before Thawne. "Daisy, S.H.I.E.L.D….all the people I murdered by letting you live."
"Your greatest mistake," Thawne chuckled, even in the face of death, he couldn't fall to fear, a concept that was dead to him. "Tell me something, Barry…do you really think killing me now is going to stop me once and for all? I always come back no matter what…you know this."
"You might or you might not," Barry spat. "Either way…I'm going to enjoy this."
He struck his sword down on Thawne as blood splattered on him. Barry swung his sword down on Thawne multiple times as more and more blood splattered on his face and body. He paused for a brief moment, letting the rage sink in as he gripped his sword's hilt tightly. One last strike and then…it was over. Thawne was dead, killed and murdered at Barry's hand. Years of pain and internal torture felt remedied for, months of war had come to an end. Barry ran off in a flash of orange lightning as he returned to the battlefield, closing the last portal to the Dark Dimension behind him. He stood on a hill, his sword in hand as he looked out to the battlefield. Sorcerers were cheering, his friends stood tall. Amongst the crowd, he could especially see Wanda and Strange as he nodded to them before they nodded back. Now, only one thing was on Barry's mind: Jaina…and his baby daughter Lily.
Wanda entered the room where Jaina was on Kamar Taj, where she had gone through the intersection of the Sanctums. She looked and saw a weak and exhausted Jaina lying in bed. Wanda turned to one of the sorcerers as the rest of them left the room.
"How is she?" Wanda asked.
The sorcerer sighed. "We've tried and done everything we could. The baby is healthy and fine but the girl…she doesn't have long. I am sorry."
The sorcerer kept his head down as he followed the rest of the other sorcerers out of the room. Wanda paused in a mix of shock and disbelief before she heard a moan from Jaina. She turned her head and instantly kneeled by Jaina's bedside, seeing her and the baby in her arms. Jaina's eyes slowly opened as she and Wanda made eye contact.
"Barry? W-where…" Jaina weakly tried to say as she sighed, exhaustion tightening its grip on her.
Wanda nodded her head as tears suddenly flooded her eyes, she held Jaina's shoulders. "He's fine. He's outside, he's just clearing the place of any runners or zealots. It's over…we won."
A hint of a smile appeared on Jaina's lips. "Good…good. The baby…will you hold her?"
Wanda paused for a long moment before a word finally escaped her lips. "Yes."
Gently and slowly, with as much care as she could, Wanda lifted the infant from Jaina's arms as she held the baby in her own. She looked down at the child, seeing it sleep peacefully in her arms. Wanda looked at Jaina.
"Barry…Barry said you wanted to name her Lily," Wanda tried to say.
"Yes…" Jaina whispered. "Lily…Lily Nora Allen."
Wanda nodded her head as tears dropped from her eyes. "It's a beautiful name."
"Wanda…" Jaina whispered. "Please look after my daughter…please keep her safe. Please…please tell Barry to raise her for me…to give her a life better than this. Promise me, Wanda, promise me."
"I…" Words failed Wanda in a response as she looked at Lily and then at Jaina.
"Please…" Jaina begged in a whisper as tears escaped her eyes. "Please let my daughter know love…and care. If not from me, then from Barry. From you. Please…"
Wanda slowly nodded her head as Lily cooed in her arms. "I promise."
Jaina nodded back as she gently held Lily, tears stroking down her cheeks as she looked at her daughter for what may have been the last time.
"My sweet Lily…" Jaina whispered. "I love you so much, your father loves you. Be safe, Lily. Be strong. Keep running. Always…"
Jaina's words trailed off as a final exhale escaped her lips, her eyes close as her arms fell to her sides, her body unmoving. Wanda looked down with tears as she slowly stood up, Lily suddenly crying in her arms. As if a part of the little girl knew that her mother had passed. Slowly, Wanda kept her head down, gently holding Lily as she exited the room.
Barry slammed his ax down on the head of a runner as its lifeless corpse fell to the ground. He turned around as he faced Matt.
"That all of them?" Barry asked.
Matt nodded. "Any nearby runners are outside the shields. We're good."
"Good." Barry said as he saw Matt, Banner, and the rest of the Avengers standing in front of him. "Look, I have to get to Jaina. The baby…"
"Barry, it's fine," Steve assured. "We understand."
"Go meet your kid." Logan said with a nod.
Barry nodded back before he turned as he paused in his tracks, hearing what he thought he heard. The sounds of a newborn infant's slight wailing. He looked as he and the Avengers saw a crying Wanda hold Lily in her arms gently as she slowly walked. Barry paused as he immediately noticed the lack of Jaina's presence. Could it have been? No. Barry thought to himself. No, not like this. Barry let the ax slip from his grip as it fell to the ground with a clang. He slowly walked towards Wanda as the two glanced at each other, Barry's jaw tightened as his eyes became watery. He shook his head in denial as he walked to the side, running his hands through his hair.
Barry turned around as he walked to Wanda. "W-where is she? Where is she?"
Words failed Wanda as she simply shook her head, holding a cooing Lily in her arms. Barry let out a sigh, trying to hold back his own tears. He walked past Wanda, hoping to search for Jaina, to see her. Wanda held the baby as she tried to hold Barry's arm.
"Barry, no…" Wanda tried to speak through her tears. "She's gone, I'm sorry…don't…"
Barry stumbled back as the tears streamed down his face. He glanced at Lily and then looked away from her. Barry choked as he wiped the tears from his eyes, only for them to keep pouring.
He ran his hands through his air as he looked at Lily. "Oh no…no…no…"
He walked away, walking forward a few steps as he let out a gasp of a sigh. Water filled Barry's eyes as he looked down. Behind him, Wanda slowly approached Steve and Natasha, who helped her with the baby. Everyone else: Matt, Frank, Tony, Banner, Thor, Rhodey, Sam, Strange, and Bucky could only look down in guilt as they watched everything unfold. Barry's legs gave out as he fell to the ground, landing on his side as he sobbed, mourning the death of the woman he loved.
A/N: The reason Flashtime doesn't work in the Dark Dimension is because the Dark Dimension is beyond spacetime as a whole. While Barry can move at his speed anywhere, he can only pull off Flashtime within the space-time continuum. Hope that makes sense.
I was going to have Ward, Thawne, and a few remnants of Hydra stick around for a little longer for a mini-arc but I canceled those plans and instead we're probably going to have about another five-ish chapters before this story comes to an end. I just really need/want to finish this story as once school starts, I'll barely have any time for anything else, much less this.
Yes, Jaina is dead. I wasn't particularly planning for a happy ending with her and Barry. Plus, I had been planning something like this since the beginning of the story.