The end is upon us. For season two at least. We've still got so much left to do. I'm going to save my goodbyes until the end. My co-authors are BrightBurn1985 and Bartholomew Henry Allen.

Disclaimer: I don't own The Flash.

"Barry?" Caitlin muttered, seeing him sit in his cell in the pipeline. "How are you doing?"

"How do you think I'm doing?" Barry glared at her. "My father was just killed. And when I want to go hunt down the man who did it, my team locks me up like some wild animal,"

"None of us wanted this to happen, but this is for your own good," Caitlin insisted.

"How can this be good for me? I'm the only one who can defeat him, I know that you can slow him down but that's not enough, he's still faster than all of you. I have to race him, Cait. It's the only way." He replied, banging the glass door.

"You're not thinking clearly. Your mind is clouded in your anger. You can't face Zoom while you're like that," Caitlin said.

"That is not your decision to make!" Barry shouted. "I can't believe you right now. My father was killed, and you lock me in a cell,"

"You're planning on going after this guy without a plan and letting your emotions cloud your judgement. It's not our fault that this is the only way to prevent you from making a huge mistake," Caitlin replied. "You won't listen to us, not while you're like this,"

"I do have a plan, you all just assume that I don't," Barry complained.

"Forgive me when I say, I think you're just saying that," Caitlin looked apologetic.

Barry scowled as he turned away from Caitlin. She didn't trust him. None of them trusted him. After all they had been through, they couldn't trust him when they needed him most. Though he could understand why they thought that, he did in fact have a plan to deal with Zoom.

"You don't trust me. No, that's fine because I've never trusted you," Barry responded.

"That's not what we're saying-" Caitlin tried to make him see reason.

"No, that's what you're saying. You can't trust me with anything. After all these years nothing's changed between us, and it never will!" Barry exclaimed.

"Things have changed. We've known each other for two years-"

"And you still can't trust me," Barry interrupted. "And now I will never be able to trust you. Any of you!" he shouted this into the camera he knew was currently in his cell.

"See this is why you're down here Fleet Feet!" Caitlin shouted, frustrated that he was being so stubborn. "You always think everything is fine, that you can handle things by yourself when you clearly can't! And then you just get angry when your friends try to help you,"

"You call this help Ms. Frosty?" Barry asked, ludicrously. "Caging me in a cell? Tranquilizing me when I'm grieving for my father?"

"You weren't grieving, you were talking about killing the man who killed your father," Caitlin retorted.

"And so what?!" Barry shouted. "That man doesn't deserve to live. After everything he's done, dying would be a mercy to what I would do to him,"

"You can't do that Barry," Caitlin said. "You don't decide that. You're not a god. Killing Zolomon won't bring your father back, and all that will do is make you feel guilty,"

"Maybe," Barry nodded in acknowledgement. "But after it's done I'm gonna sleep like a baby knowing I buried the bastard who murdered my father,"

"We don't go around killing people just because they make us angry," Caitlin tried to remind him. "We're not the judge, jury, and executioner."

"This man can't even be called a man. When he got his powers, he used them to conquer his Earth, killing people just because they didn't serve him any purpose. Families were destroyed because of him. And you think he deserves mercy? That kind of person is a shoot-on-sight kind of person, and I'm not going to pull any punches,"

"Barry listen to yourself…" Caitlin tried to say.

"You listen!" Barry shouted. "There isn't a place where I can't find him, so Zoom better start running for an eternity if he doesn't want me to catch him,"

Caitlin shook her head in dismay. "You won't get the chance, because you're not getting out of here Barry,"

Barry sneered at her. "I'll get out, because there is nothing that can stand between me and the need to avenge my father,"

"He's not listening to us," Caitlin reported to the rest of the team after returning from the Pipeline.

"I can't say I blame him. The guy just lost his father after getting him back. To top it off, we've put him in a cell designed for criminals," Cisco shared his thoughts.

"He'll understand someday. This is for his own good. If Barry gets to Zoom, only one of them is leaving and in his current state, I doubt it's going to be Barry," Joe said.

"Well if Allen isn't going to be part of our plans, we don't have much of one," Harry said.

"Who asked for your input?" Cisco asked.

"You did since I'm still on this Earth, and being the smartest person in the room, you all need me," Harry responded.

"You've got a plan?" Iris asked.

"No, what makes you think that?" Harry asked.

"You said that you had a plan," Iris pointed out.

"Not much of one. And with Allen out of commission, we might as well scrap it," Harry said.

"What was the plan?" Cisco asked.

"Let Allen have his turn with Zoom. If he failed, hopefully the rest of us would be able to finish the job once Zoom was tired," Harry reported.

"You planned to use my son as a throwaway? Just something to tire out the monster so the rest of us could stand a chance?" Joe asked angrily.

"No, that was the back-up in the event Allen couldn't kill him. No matter what happens, Zoom can't be allowed to live. There isn't a prison on any Earth that can contain him. The only option is death,"

"We don't kill," Joe said.

"Oh please Detective. You've killed people. Lots of people, it's part of the job. You've killed metas too. That's not the problem. Therefore, there is no problem. Believe me, if there is anybody who needs to die, it is this one." Harry insisted.

"We can't just trap him on another Earth?" Joe suggested.

"He's a speedster. He could open a breach and jump back himself, eventually. The only reason he didn't do so before was just because he needed to test whether Allen's speed was ready or not,"

"Is there really no other option?" Iris asked.

"We could have used Snow as a distraction while we tried to take a shot, but I doubt that would have even worked, even if he was still enamoured with our dear doctor. She's made it perfectly clear she is no longer interested," Harry said.

"We can't kill him. We just can't," Iris continued to insist.

"Snow, what say you? You've been especially quiet for this discussion," Harry prompted the doctor.

"Hunter can burn in hell for all I care," Caitlin glared, staring down to not look at anyone.

"I think that answers that," Harry said, readying his gun. "If it helps, there's an alternate reality where we've all decided not to kill Zoom. They're probably all dead, but at least they did the morally right thing," Harry added sarcastically.

Everybody looked at him. That didn't help at all. What was the right thing to do? Should they kill him, or keep him alive?

Barry was stewing in his anger, trapped in his cell. They were all idiots if they thought they could take on Zoom without him. After everything that's happened, Barry deserved to be there. They couldn't just sideline him like some meaningless person on the team. They spent all year chasing down Zoom, and when they almost got him, they just took him out like it was nothing.

Nobody stood a chance against Zoom. Not even Caitlin with her ice powers. They may slow him down, but it wouldn't be enough when Zoom was constantly vibrating his body to stave off the freeze.

Barry had to keep that in mind the next time he went up against the ice queen herself. If he got the chance to anyway.

All the time Barry was stuck down there, he just kept going over how he would stop Zoom. Barry wanted to kill him. He really did. After all the things Zoom had done, and not just to him, but to all the people of Earth-2, death was too good for him, and that wasn't an unbiased opinion.

Hunter deserved something far worse than death, and his idea was to use the Speed Force. Barry had a debt to pay them after all, since he had allowed Zoom to continue abusing his powers instead of letting things unfold the way they should have.

If he could just get out of here. Barry had no idea how long he'd been here, nor how to get out. He may have said that he would get out to Caitlin, but he had no idea where to begin. Barry was going to get out, that was a guarantee. He just had no idea how.

That was why Barry was so surprised to see the door to his cage open with Wally on the other side of it.

"The others aren't going to approve I did this, but we need you Barry. My dad's been taken," Wally informed him.

Thoroughly alarmed, Barry grabbed a hold of Wally and rushed the two of them into the Cortex where the remaining members of the team were situated.

"You guys went after Zoom yourselves and got Joe taken?" Barry shouted.

"I assume you let him out Mr. West?" Harry gestured to Wally.

"Wally, we told you. We are going to get dad back," Iris said.

"No, don't go blaming Wally for this. You should have come to me the instant things went sideways with your half-baked plan. Did you really think you had any chance against Zoom without me?" Barry defended Wally.

"You know what, yeah we did," Iris nodded her head. "With Caitlin's powers and Harry's intelligence, I thought we stood a chance,"

"A tiny one," Harry muttered.

"And instead, you got Joe kidnapped by a madman. Great plan," Barry said sarcastically.

"This wouldn't have happened if you could have just calmed down-" Iris started to say.

"Don't you dare tell me to calm down!" Barry shouted at her. "You don't have the right to tell me to calm down! This man just killed my father with no remorse. He just kidnapped your father. This man will kill all of us given the chance, and you are telling me to calm down?!"

"Yes we are!" Caitlin shouted at him. "For once in your life, just listen to me, Fleet Feet. You're angry. You're livid beyond imagination, and that's understandable. That's expected, but you can't let those feelings be your fuel for your actions. You need to come to a decision through rational thought. Not plans made through a red haze,"

"And I've told you before that I had a plan to deal with him, but you didn't believe me. I do have a plan. I know what I'm going to do with him, but none of you trusted me to make the right choice. I'm not stupid, I fully know what I'm doing and I know it's going to work, if you people just put a little bit of faith in me," Barry ranted.

"I'm sorry I didn't believe you at the time Barry," Caitlin shook her head. "And to be honest, a little part of me still doesn't, but if you say you have a plan, I'll follow you,"

"Thank you. I just need you guys to trust me on this. I know what I'm doing," Barry said.

"And exactly is your plan?" Harry asked.

"Zoom wants to race, and I'm gonna race him. And I'm gonna beat him at his own game," Barry announced.

They showed up at the sight where Zoom was keeping his ultimate weapon. The place where they would have their final showdown one way or another.

"Let him go," Barry demanded Hunter who had Joe beside him in chains.

"Not yet. Once we race, depending on the victor will he be released. He's my insurance, and you don't get him back unless you win," Hunter said.

"What is this?" Barry asked out the device behind him.

"A contraption your Earth has been developing. It's supposed to test the theory of the multiverse. To be able to see into these alternate dimensions. It's called The Magnetar. I've done a few tweaks,"

"You're going to use it to destroy every Earth in existence," Cisco realized. This must be what his vision was warning him about,"

"All except this one. This Earth is the centre of the multiverse. It's the only Earth where this would be possible," Hunter revealed.

"How generous of you," Barry glared at him.

"I need some place to hang my cowl," Hunter smirked.

"What are the terms of the race?" Barry asked.

"One lap around the ring will produce 1 gigawatt of energy, and I need 500+ to power The Magnetar enough to do the job," Hunter told him. "Once it's full, I win because there is no stopping it,"

"So all I have to do is stop you before it finishes charging," Barry stared at the track they would be racing on. He needed to get to Hunter before they reached 500 laps, otherwise it would be all over for the infinite amount of people out there in the multiverse.

"Yep, it's that simple," Hunter confirmed. "But if at any point you decide you won't race anymore, dear old dad #2 is a dead man. As well as your little fan club,"

"They're not my fan club," Barry shook his head. "They're the reason that I'm running,"

Hunter chuckled at that. "Let's see what you're made of Flash,"

The two of them got into their stances and pulled down their masks. Lightning jumping up and down their bodies as they waited in anticipation.

"Just say when Zoom,"

"Run Barry," Zoom growled. Taunting him with the saying so many people have said to him that was meant to inspire hope. "Run!"

Faster than a rocket, the two of them sprung into action. Hunter, always just a little ahead of Barry. Both of them were in the ring. Barry giving chase, giving it all he had. The countdown has begun, and he couldn't waste a second, for every step they took brought them closer to their doom.

The ring was siphoning off the energy the two speedsters created as they were running. Barry was weaving in and out. Trying to outmaneuver the speedster ahead of him, but Hunter always managed to sprint out of the way. They were running on the inside and outside of the ring, Barry trying to find an advantage before time would run out.

The energy was beginning to collect into The Magnetar and it unleashed a beam of energy into the sky. It tore apart the fabric of the world, creating a rift to access the infinite Earths.

Barry looked up to the sky. Time was running out if the rift had already formed. Something needed to change. Barry would never be able to catch up to Hunter in time at this rate.

If he could save Joe, then he could stop this race entirely. No, that wouldn't stop Zoom from powering up The Magnetar himself. But if Barry could get off the ring without any consequences, it would give him more time.

And it was as if someone had answered him. Or more like he had answered them himself for hole had opened beside him and out came another Flash. Another speedster that would be able to chase after Zoom. If this version of himself could keep Hunter busy, Barry could release Joe from his bindings to join the others, and they could escape.

Nodding to his time remnant, Barry jumped off the ring and stopped at Joe. Vibrating his hand like a power saw and destroying Joe's chains. "Run Joe! I'll explain later!" Barry pushed Joe away to join the others.

Once Joe was away, the rest of the team ran off to safety from the two… three speedsters before things got ugly.

Zoom jumped off the ring with his time remnant behind him. Now that Zoom was off the ring, there was no reason for him to continue running on it, letting the device siphon off his energy to power The Magnetar.

Without any speedsters powering it, The Magnetar grew dark and the rift had closed.

Zoom didn't notice any of it. He was too angry that his plan had been foiled by this upstart who thought he knew what it meant to be a speedster. He tackled one Barry to the ground. Grabbing hold of his throat, choking the life out of him.

"A remnant?" Zoom snarled at him. "Stole my trick Flash,"

Barry tried to get Hunter off of him, but it was no use.

The time remnant got to them and grabbed Zoom off. The remnant started sending his fists to collide with Zoom, but Zoom soon retaliated whilst Barry was still catching his breath.

After nailing Zoom in the face, Zoom was sent back, holding his face. Letting out a growl, he turned back to the remnant. The remnant sent another speed punch to his opponent, but Zoom grabbed it in time. Not giving a moment to waste, Zoom used his other hand to strike a blow into the elbow of the captured arm, bending it in the other direction.

The remnant screamed in pain as he crumpled to the ground, clutching his broken arm. Zoom just glared at the extra person and lifted a vibrating hand down onto its head.

The attack was swift and merciless as the head rolled away from the body. The body collapsed once the head had been dislocated from the neck. The body disappeared from view, taken by some unseen force.

"One done. I should have done that from the beginning," Zoom stated.

Barry took a deep breath, trying to relax himself. Barry had the advantage here. Zoom had just gone through an intense spar with his time remnant. And even though Zoom had emerged victorious, he would have to go through it again with him. And Barry had just spent the last few minutes resting.

Barry rushed him. He had to press his advantage. Zoom was more tired than he was. He would be slower, which would prove to be his downfall.

Hunter tried to unleash his own attacks, but Barry easily blocked them. Getting a few punches in, Zoom was forced to retreat, not that Barry would allow it as he followed him.

They ran everywhere. There were times Zoom tried to lead him back to the ring, but Barry would cut him off. Even though Zoom was in the lead, Barry was able to control which direction he would be going.

Running up the side of the building and back down, Barry managed to grab a hold on Zoom's suit and slam him into a wall. Pulling Zoom back up, Barry sent several speed punches to Zoom's midsection, moving upward to his face.

Zoom was knocked down, injured and exhausted after having gone through the ringer with two speedsters.

Holding him down, Barry readied a vibrating fist in the air, just waiting to plunge into Hunter's chest and crush his heart like he did his father.

"You're a hero Barry," Hunter said with full confidence. His voice no longer resonating. He was too tired to keep it up. "You couldn't kill me before. You won't kill me now,"

"Death is too good for you," Barry said, letting his hand down. "I don't need to kill you, because you are going to suffer for the rest of eternity,"

The familiar sound of a tear in space and time opened and out came a pair of ghouls. Servants of the Speed Force. Barry didn't know how, but his time in the Speed Force must have gifted him with some knowledge to its workings. Time Wraiths, come to take speedsters who have been messing with the timeline.

They were attracted to his time remnant, but with Zoom, the dead man walking in front of them, they found a much more appealing target.

Barry ran, knowing that if they caught him, he would have to suffer the same torment as well.

Hunter was too tired to run away. His injuries were hindering him, so he had no chance of escape. But judging from his terrified scream, he knew exactly what these creatures were.

The ghouls circled him, unleashing their terrible power onto him, transforming him into a creature. A mindless slave to the Speed Force.

The Time Wraiths carried the transfigured form of Zoom back through the tear they created into the Speed Force, Zoom would forever be a slave, forced to do their bidding for the rest of time. Hunter Zolomon was no longer.

Barry watched them carry Zoom away, a feeling of satisfaction as he heard the tormented scream of his foe. He couldn't feel a hint of remorse of Hunter's outcome. There were so many things he wished he could do to the monster, but he supposes this was the best outcome he could hope for.

"Hey, how are you doing?" Caitlin asked, sitting next to Barry in the stairs at West Household's patio.

They were currently having a party for the victory and for Henry but Caitlin saw that the scarlet speedster was nowhere to be found, so she looked until she saw him sitting there.

Barry just shrugged indifferently. His eyes stared up at the sky. "When we saw my father's doppelganger, I thought it would be easier, knowing he's still out there. It doesn't. It just makes me miss him more,"

"I'm sorry about your father," Caitlin said, placing a comforting hand on his shoulder.

"Why are you sorry? You hardly even knew him." Barry stated.

"You cared for him. He was your dad and he was killed in front of you. I can't even imagine…" Caitlin shook her head at the thought.

"Stop. Just stop talking. Why do you care?" Barry asked, a hint of suspicion in his eyes.

"Because I care about you Barry,"

"No you don't, you never did. You've always hated me,"

"I do care. I really do and I thought that you know that even though I don't say that I care, you know that I do? What happened to that?"

"You all stabbed me in the back. Or more accurately, you shot me in the back," Barry responded.

"And we're all sorry for that, especially me. I'm sorry that we didn't trust you when we should've. I'm sorry that we locked you up when you were still grieving and I'm sorry for your father's death."

"Just stop talking. I don't care about what you have to say. You don't mean anything you say!" Barry shouted.

"Listen to me Barry. We all care about you." Caitlin insisted. "I lo-"

"What could you possibly have to say?" Barry interrupted her. "You have nothing to say and neither do I. I am filled with anger and hatred. I hate everything right now. Especially you. I hate you Caitlin Snow!"

Caitlin's eyes prickled with tears. She knows that he doesn't mean anything he just said, he was just angry that his father's death and he's taking it out on her but she can't help but be hurt by his words. She also almost told him what she feels, what she feels for him.

She stood up and walked towards the door, she grabbed the handle before stopping. "When you're finally ready to talk without being angry, come talk to me. Until then, do what you need to do, we'll be here when you get back." She said before wiping her tears away and went inside.

"I don't need you! I am done with you. With everything here!" Barry shouted at her retreating form. "You are the bane of my existence Caitlin Snow. Do you hear me? I despise you with my soul,"

After all the yelling, he ran. He ran as far away as possible from Central City, from his father's death, from the memories, from Caitlin.

Caitlin watched from the window as Barry sped off. Tears falling from her eyes from the sheer loathing she had seen in his eyes. "I love you Barry," she whispered to herself. And she hoped Barry could hear her, even though she knew it to be impossible. But then again, the impossible was every Tuesday for them.

Barry was now standing outside of his childhood home, flashes of red and orange lightning appearing on the window. He was just waiting for the right moment to enact his plan.

He time-travelled to the night that his life changed, the night that started it all, the night his mother was murdered.

After a couple minutes of waiting, a yellow streak of lightning rushed past him with his eleven year old past self. He smirked before running inside, just in time as Eobard was about to stab his mother through the heart.

Surprised by the tackle, Eobard dropped the knife before getting pinned on the wall by Barry as his mother watched in horror and confusion.

"You're not gonna kill her this time, you're not gonna kill her ever again." Barry said before knocking out Eobard.

He saw the crying form of her mother and decided to comfort her, she backed away at his touch but he reassured her that everything will be fine now. He's sure of it.

After comforting his mother, he looked up to see his past self peeking through the door with a smile before disappearing all together.

"Hey, it's okay." Barry tentatively reached out to his mother. She was still looking at him with suspicion. She wasn't sure whether this humanoid thing had come to save her or kill her for himself. "You're safe now,"

Nora was still unwilling to talk, so Barry decided his job was done. He picked up the body of The Reverse Flash and traveled back to his own time. Barry wasn't sure how things would have changed, but he was excited to find out.

That's it! It's over! Season two has been completed. This was my favourite season of them all so I hope I did it justice. How was that ending? Barry acting in a fit of rage and telling Caitlin he hated her while she was trying to tell him she loves him. Ugh. Tears were forming in my eyes when I wrote that. But now it's on to season three. The season so many people have been waiting for because it's the season where these two idiots finally get together.

I know some people might not like the fact that I decided to do Flashpoint, but I assure you, it's going to be entirely different than the show. And I know I already had Caitlin become Killer Frost, but I have my own reasons for making Flashpoint a thing. Plus I never liked the fact we only saw Flashpoint in the one episode, even though that was all they could do so they could continue with the rest of the Arrowverse, but I've decided I'm going to expand on Flashpoint. Get ready to see an entirely new world I've created taken from inspirations across the DC world.

But I'm going on break now. With school starting up again, I don't have as much time to write anymore, so be prepared for a longer hiatus than last time. I'll try to return in October, but it's most likely going to be some time in November that I return. Tell me what you would like to see in season three and I might input your suggestion in the story. This is where lots of things are going to break away from the show, but not too much.

I'll see you all again when the time is right. But we'll meet again, I promise you all that. I love this story too much to just end it here.