A/N: Nothing to currently say, I'm hoping this chapter isn't going to be too much filler but I'm afraid it potentially might be for the most part. We'll see. It's subjective to be honest.

BARRY

It was currently four in the morning in Hong Kong where Barry and the Zealots had taken residence in an abandoned but secure penthouse near the Hong Kong Sanctum. Barry had learned that Kaecilius and the Zealots were planning an attack on the Sanctum, realizing that the moment the attack began, his cover would have to be blown. One way or the other, Barry would have to reveal his true intentions to them. He couldn't imprison them as he knew that Dormammu would come for Kaecilius and his Zealots and begin bleeding the Dark Dimension into the multiverse through whatever methods he was planning. Barry, as far as he knew for the moment, wasn't strong enough to defeat Dormammu. As far as he knew, he had to find out how the Zealots were planning on bleeding the Dark Dimension into the multiverse. If he could find out how, maybe he could figure out a way to reverse it. Hopefully.

Barry laid in bed shirtless as he turned his head to Jaina, who laid beside him, her arms wrapped around his body and her head on his shoulder. She looks so…calm…and beautiful, Barry thought to himself as he moved his head to kiss her forehead. He laid back as Jaina's eyes flickered open before she smiled at him.

"Hey," Barry whispered as he turned his body to face her, his thumb caressing the side of her face.

"Hi," Jaina whispered back.

"Did I wake you?"

"No, I was already awake…just resting my eyes."

"You've been pretty tired the last few days," Barry noticed. "Ever since we left that cave, you always have been."

Jaina sighed. "Maybe there's a reason…"

Barry frowned. "What do you mean?"

"I'm pregnant, Barry," Jaina whispered as Barry's face fell into shock. "I found out last night while you were gone. My father, he…suspected, so he used a spell and revealed the baby inside me. We have four and a half months."

"Four and a half months 'till the baby's born?" Barry asked incredulously.

"My father predicted that the baby would grow normally like any other human child after she was born," Jaina said. "But the pregnancy is sped-up, it must be because the baby has your speed."

Barry smiled. "She?"

Jaina nodded as she smiled back. "It's a girl. A baby girl."

"What should we name her?" Barry asked.

"I was thinking…" Jaina said slowly. "Lily Nora Allen…after both our mothers."

Barry looked at her solemnly as he nodded. "Yeah, I…I'd like that. Lily…it has a nice ring to it."

Jaina leaned closer to Barry as their lips pressed against each other for a brief moment.

"It's still early," Jaina noted as she looked out a window and saw the early morning sky, she wrapped her arms around Barry's body as she leaned her head on his chest. "We could stay for a little while longer."

Barry kissed her forehead as Jaina closed her eyes, quickly falling back asleep. He hugged her as he looked up to the ceiling, thinking to himself. Barry Allen was going to be a father, his own little girl growing up under him, his own child that he and Jaina would raise together. If they could. No matter how much Barry wanted Jaina and the child to be with him, he couldn't forget his mission, considering that it would affect his relationship with the woman he loved and possibly even his future relationship with his daughter. Lily would grow up with the Zealots and the Dark Dimension, she would be cast to a world full of evil and conquering. Something Barry desperately didn't want for her. Maybe he could convince Jaina to run away with him after this was over. They could run away together, raise Lily, grow old and live a lifetime with their only daughter. Would she come with him? If she did care about him and their daughter the way he cared for her, surely she would go with him. Give up this life and raise their child far from it. No. Something in Barry's mind said to him. She wouldn't understand. Not after you betray her.

A few hours passed before Barry and Jaina dressed themselves as they met with Kaecilius and the rest of the Zealots. The entirety of the group used a portal made by Kaecilius' sling ring as they traveled to the middle of an open road. Barry found himself among twenty Zealots, including Jaina and Kaecilius. He tried to approach them through the somewhat, tightly packed group when Lucian suddenly stepped in front of him, glaring at the speedster.

"You may have the rest of them fooled, boy," Lucian silently growled. "But not me. I don't know why you are truly here but I will find out whatever dirty, little secret you are hiding. And when I do, when I expose you for whatever it is you are…I will gut you."

Barry glared back at him. "Good luck then."

He walked past Lucian, purposely shoving his shoulder against him, causing the Zealot to briefly stumble away. Kaecilius opened another portal with his sling ring as Barry, Jaina, and the rest of the Zealots came through. Soon after, Barry found himself in the Mirror Dimension, a sort of hidden realm that didn't affect the real world. He saw Jaina standing on a sort of curved mountainside several feet away as he spotted her sitting, Kaecilius had ordered Jaina to rest herself for the pregnancy. Which Barry understood, especially considering the pregnancy would take half the time of a normal one. While Jaina remained on the mountainside, far but close enough to watch, Barry, Kaecilius, and the Zealots circled several sorcerers who were kneeling on the ground, their sling rings taken away. The sorcerers had their arms tied behind their back as they kneeled, there were hundreds of them.

"Who are these people?" Barry asked.

"A few of the many of the Ancient One's little servants," Kaecilius said with disgust. "Those who would rather remain with her little parlor tricks over the Dark Dimension. Over real power. We must execute them, the longer we hold them prisoner, the more of a risk they pose to our plans and our goals. Let's start with this one."

Kaecilius pointed to the sorcerer closest to them, the man hadn't even reacted or bothered to look up. It was as if he was already expecting death and chose to welcome it with peace. Two of the Zealots dragged the man closer and away from the rest of the imprisoned sorcerers. The man remained kneeling as another Zealots conjured a sword from Dark Dimension material, pulling it back as he held it in the air. The sorcerer whispered a sort of prayer, some form of last words as he bent his head down, ready for it to be cut off from his body. Barry gritted his teeth as he stood by, thinking of what to do.

"Wait!" Lucian yelled as everyone glanced at the fellow Zealot, who glared at Barry. "Make him do it. Make him do all of it. See if he's worthy enough to be with us."

Kaecilius paused for a single moment, thinking, his face masked with his usual stoicism before he finally spoke. "Perhaps…Barry, go ahead. You know what to do."

Barry glared at Lucian, staring angrily at the Zealot's smug, little grin. He glanced at Kaecilius and then at a few of the Zealots who stood behind him. Barry conjured a sword from the same material of Dark Dimension matter as he held the sword by its handle, the blade resting on the sorcerer's neck as Barry prepared to raise it high before striking down. He looked down at the sorcerer, holding his blade as the prisoner kept his head down.

"Come on, boy!" one of the Zealots yelled, surprisingly not Lucian.

"Do it!" another encouraged.

"He can't, he's weak." a different Zealot taunted.

Orange lightning coursed Barry''s body as time slowed down to a complete stop, a complete halt. In his own perception of time, which he considered Flashtime, Barry thought to himself. He had already killed before: Atom Smasher, Sand Demon, even Zoom, but those were never times where he purposely intended to. He may have killed Laura but it was a mercy killing…this was an execution, it was murder. Barry knew he already had it in himself to kill his enemies, but an innocent man? Even at the cost of maintaining his cover? It wasn't worth it. If he allowed himself to kill an innocent, what would've made him any different than even Thawne? The man who framed and ruined his innocent father's life over the death of his mother, which Thawne himself had caused. At the same time, Barry knew that the moment he refused, his cover would've been blown one way or another. He never had the intention of letting these sorcerers die and there wasn't a chance that he could smuggle them to safety without Kaecilius and the Zealots knowing or even Jaina.

Jaina. Barry thought to himself. If he did this, if he brought himself to finally leave behind his cover, he would've been throwing away a life with her. He would lose her, maybe even the child. Could he have done it? Could he have truly left behind the woman he cared for and loved as well as his own daughter? Could he truly have sacrificed it all to be with her? To finally be free of the world of pain he was trapped in? If he took this path, killed this man and the rest of these sorcerers, he could have the life he wanted. Not one of murder and death but the one he desired with Jaina, with their child. Barry, Jaina, and Lily, all of them off together to live their lives as a family. But no…he couldn't. He could never live with that kind of peace and comfort knowing he had innocent blood on his hands. Maybe there was another way for him and Jaina and even Lily, maybe there wasn't. Right now, he couldn't wait around to find out.

Using his speed, Barry stole Kaecilius' sling ring as he quickly opened up a portal. With his Dark Dimension sword in one hand, Barry ran every sorcerer out of the Mirror Dimension, relocating them to the London Sanctum through the portal with his speed. He came back to the Mirror Dimension as the portal closed behind him, the world around him sinking back into real time. As Barry expected, the Zealots charged at him, everything they saw may have occurred in a blur of orange lightning to them but they already knew what had happened.

"Traitor!" Kaecilius roared as multiple portals opened, an army of Zealots coming through.

Barry wielded his sword as he quickly back-stepped, dodging an attempted slash from Lucain. In a flicker of orange lightning, he swung his fist and struck Lucian's arm, disarming the Zealot of his weapon. He grabbed him by the neck with his prosthetic hand as the two glared at each other for a split second.

"You were right," Barry growled in a whisper before he plunged his sword through Lucian's heart.

Killing was something Barry had once refused to do but now…now he had made his peace with it. He'd accepted that it was necessary occasionally. Maybe not all the time but still at certain times. Barry kicked Lucian in the abdomen, pulling his bloodstained sword away as Lucian's body was sent flying before it struck the ground as he bled to his death. At super speed, Barry formed orange-colored ropes, a trick from classical mystic arts that he had read upon. He ran across the hundred Zealots as they were all tied together, bound and unable to move as they kneeled, it had all happened within a single nanosecond.

Barry stood in front of a restrained Kaecilius who remained on his knees. "This is over, Kaecilius."

"It hasn't even begun," Kaecilius taunted back. "Imprison us or don't, it makes no difference. Dormammu will come for the multiverse and he will bleed the Dark Dimension into the Multiverse Sphere when it is time."

"We'll be ready when it is," Barry replied. "And you? Your followers? They'll be locked in cages alongside you throughout."

"And what of my daughter?" Kaecilius demanded as he glared at a conflicted Barry. "What of the woman who carries your own daughter in her womb?"

"Jaina will be safe," Barry growled. "And far from you."

With a swing, Barry's fist met Kaecilius' jaw as he fell unconsciously to the ground. He opened a sling ring as he sped the one hundred Zealots to the prison floor within the London Sanctum, locking them across multiple cages. A mere few seconds later, he ran up to the mountainside to meet with Jaina. Just as he slowed to halt to meet her, Barry dodged an incoming arrow made of Dark Dimension matter as he stood tall, looking at Jaina. She had formed a bow and arrow, even a quiver, with Dark Dimension matter. She notched an arrow in the bowstring as Barry looked at her solemnly.

"You know those won't hit me." Barry said.

Jaina's eyes became watery as her voice broke. "It'll make me feel better."

Barry sorrowfully shook his head. "It won't do that either…it'll make it worse."

"Worse?" Jaina scoffed. "Worse than how you made things."

Barry let out a sigh. "I didn't want to lie to you, Jaina…I never did. I care about you, I care about our daughter…about Lily. This, all this…it doesn't change that. You know that. You know me."

"I don't know anything about you and you don't know me. Not one bit. From the beginning, you lied to me, all of this just to be the Ancient One's servant."

"I didn't lie when I told you my past," Barry said instantly. "Or when I told you that you were mine and I was yours. I'm not lying when I saw that I love Lily and I only want what's best for her…I'm not lying when I say I love you…I love you."

Tears streamed down Jaina's face as she tightened her grip, her hand shaking.

Barry's own eyes became watery as his voice began breaking down. "I…I know you love me. Even if it breaks your heart."

"You broke my heart," Jaina whispered. "You."

"I know, I know…" Barry nodded. "But Jaina, just think. If Dormammu bleeds the Dark Dimension to the multiverse…he'll destroy it all. He will kill everyone and everything, that includes you and Lily."

"You don't get to decide what's best for our daughter, Barry."

"And Dormammu does? Because you're letting him decide that the moment you let him open the Dark Dimension here. Jaina, please…come with me. I can help you. My friends, my team…they can help you too. Just please."

Jaina held a sling ring as she wore it on her fingers, backing away from Barry. "I know you won't take me by force. Not if it means risking or harming the baby…which it will, if you moved me that fast."

Barry sighed in defeat as he looked at her teary eyes.

"I'll always love you…" Barry said.

Jaina was silent as she opened a portal through the sling ring, stepping back further, the portal closed as Barry was left on his own by the mountainside. He looked down as he held the sling ring tightly for a few moments. Maybe he'd see her again when Dormammu finally came for the multiverse, when he did, he could only hope that she would make the right choice then. Barry opened a portal of his own with the sling ring he held as he ran through it, leaving behind the mirror dimension. He entered the main area of the London Sanctum where Matt and the rest of the Avengers still were.

"Kaecilius and his Zealots are locked in the prison wing underground," Barry said, not willing to look any of them in the eyes as he tried to restrict any emotion to his face.

"Now what?" Wong asked.

"We train," Barry said as he glanced at his teammates. "Dormammu will be here at any moment whether it's tomorrow, in a week, in a few months, even if it's a few years, we train. When he comes, we need to be prepared."

"How?" Matt asked.

Barry held up a large, wrapped blueprint in the air. "These are the plans that Kaecilius was using to bring Dormammu to the multiverse…this is how we're gonna stop him."

A/N: The next chapter will be the final fight of the whole Dark Dimension arc, it might be long and go on to the chapter after that but I don't plan on the final fight being too long. After that, there will be one or two chapters at the most before the next arc (a quick one). Then, I'll probably have between 3-6 chapters (ish) to get the group to Charles and the X-Men as we see in the beginning.