I don't know if anyone else loved season 5 but I love it. I have so many plans for Barry and Anna. I can't wait for you all to read what I have planned.
Barry and I came back to the lab after getting me a change of clothes and a hot meal to check on Caitlin. She was brilliant in thinking of a way to wake me up but since then she knocked out. She hasn't slept in days and we're all worried about her. Why would Zoom just let her go? "Hey." Cisco brings me into a giant hug. "I was so worried about you."
"Thank you for getting Barry back." I thank him.
"Hey, if I'm to be the best man at your wedding the groom has to be there." He jokes and Barry smiles.
"Of course you will man." Barry takes a seat and we all look over at Caitlin.
"She's out like a light, huh?" Cisco asks.
"Yeah. Jay really did a number on her."
"It's not like he exactly used kid gloves on the rest of us."
"She'll be okay. She just needs time. And for us to finally bring Zoom down. Which we will."
"Yeah, because the universe is with us, right?" Cisco jokes a little with Barry. "Listen, man..." Cisco stops and we notice him not doing anything.
"Cisco?"
"Hey, are you okay?" I ask touching his arm and he jumps.
"You just vibe?" Barry asks him.
"Yeah."
"What'd you see?"
"I saw a bird. Like a dead bird." An alert goes off and we go racing to it.
"Mercury Labs. It's under attack."
"All right." Barry races to the lab to see what he can do.
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Barry brings back Dr. McGee who apparently knows who he is even though he had his cowl covering his face. But that was bound to happen eventually. "So how did you know?" He asks her.
"Your real identity?"
"Yeah."
"Come on, Barry, I'm a scientist. We're paid to be perceptive. And you're always a little too well informed when things go pear-shaped in this city." Barry nods his head and he comes over to me and wraps my arm around his waist. "But I don't believe we've ever met before. Dr. Christina McGee." She extends her hand out to Henry.
"Doctor Henry Allen. I'm Barry's father."
"Okay, now that the cat's out of the bag, did you happen to see who it was that cause your building to collapse?"
"I didn't see anything. It happened so fast."
"Maybe the security cameras caught something?" Caitlin offers and it's good to have her back on her feet.
"Can we access them?" Henry asks Dr. McGee.
"Mercury Labs does have a crash-survivable memory unit."
"A what?"
"It's a black box for buildings." I explain to everyone. "It will have stored all the security footage right up until the building collapsed. Wayne Enterprise has one in all of its buildings."
"Really?" Cisco asks me.
"Always. You never know who will try to break in or cause damage to my family's company."
"Okay, great I'll go find it. This wasn't some random meta-human. Whenever Mercury Labs has been targeted in the past there's always been a specific reason." Barry explains to Dr. McGee.
"Yeah, someone's after something."
"Yeah, and that someone is probably Zoom."
"There may be one more possibility. A few months ago, I saw Harrison Wells running out of my facility." We all try to keep a straight face as Dr. McGee tells us about Dr. Wells. "I know it sounds crazy, but I'm certain it was him. Is there any way he could have anything to do with this?"
"A few months ago?" Harry walks into the lab with his coffee in hand. "Sure." Dr. McGee's face drops. "Now? No."
"Yeah, there's a few more things that we could catch you up on, Dr. McGee."
Barry ran to Zoom when he checked to make sure if Barry was alive even though we told him not to. He ran to him anyway. He's being reckless right now and it's putting us all in danger. "We can't let Zoom destroy another building. We need to take him down." Barry states adamantly.
"Now?"
"How do you suppose we do that with an army of meta-humans laying waste to Central City? We couldn't stop Zoom on my Earth. What makes us different?" Harry asks Barry who is so confident in his abilities right now. Everyone shared with me their worry for him ever since he came out of the Speed Force. He's different and it may not be for the best.
"We're a team. We start with the meta-humans, they're his armor. We take them down first, then Zoom's more vulnerable."
"Barry, we don't even know how many of his minions there are." Caitlin voices her concerns to him.
"There could be hundreds, a thousand." Iris adds and he is not happy we're not just saying okay let's do this.
"And all of them, they're all working with different powers."
"It could take weeks to track them all down." Joe states to him but he's not having it.
"Guys, we don't have weeks. So what we need to do is come up with a way to stop them all at once."
"Again, how?" Wells asks.
"Cisco, your goggles, your camera they didn't work on Earth-2 right?"
"Yeah, it was a whole different frequency."
"And the way you took down the Time Wraiths, that was based on frequency. Hartley's entire shtick..." Cisco rises in his chair.
"I think I'm smelling what you're stepping in."
"Yeah."
"So basically, we create some vibrational tech that can take down the Earth-2 metas."
"Basically." Barry smiles with Cisco understanding him.
"Oh, I gotcha." Harry states.
"I have some prototype devices I was working on for my company that I think would work perfectly for this."
"Show me the way girl." Cisco bows and I laugh.
"I'll help." Jesse offers.
"I'll let you know if I hear anything from CCPN." Iris offers. Everyone begins to leave.
"You guys...we got this."
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Barry's optimism is shot down as he faces off against Laurel's doppelganger from Earth-2 who is one of Zoom's followers. She has the meta-human power that our Laurel's sound device could only imagine. "Why do so many villains that we go against use sound as a weapon?" Caitlin mutters as she cleans Barry's bleeding ears.
"What?" Barry shouts and we all laugh. He can't hear a thing.
"Nothing. You're gonna be fine."
"Thanks."
"So, Wally just drove on up into the thick of it?" Joe is pissed.
"Mm-hmm."
"Must have been some conversation you two had, seeing as though he did the literal opposite of what we wanted."
"This I can hear." Barry jokes and I kiss his cheek.
"It's not funny."
"I'm sorry."
"I'm in no laughing mood." Barry goes to have his talk with Joe and I think of what I'm going to say to him. He's going out there and being more reckless than when he started to understand his powers. He could have put himself in danger and we just got him back from the Speed Force. He's not thinking clearly and if he is it's not right.
"Can you believe..." Barry stops as he notices I'm glaring at him.
"You know you're not invincible right?" I question him.
"Yes, I know this. Joe's being overprotective and I get it."
"I'm not talking about Joe." Barry looks at me weirdly. "You think that nothing can touch you. Like nothing bad can get in your way. That's not true for any of us."
"What are you saying?" He's defensive.
"I know that you had an experience in the Speed Force and I'm happy that you think we're gonna win the day. But if what my life has taught me is you can never let your guard down."
"You're being paranoid."
"No, I'm being realistic." I stand before Barry looking stern at him. "My family was thought of as untouchable. No one crossed the Wayne's. Not the mobs, police, but one lone robber who had a connection to the mafia decided he wanted a go at my family. At that moment I learned at four years old that no matter how powerful you think you are, life has a way of reminding you that you're not."
"Something like that won't happen to me I..."
"What because you're The Flash?" Barry closes his mouth. "Zoom almost broke your back and that's because he wanted to keep you alive. A little fear in life helps you determine which risks are worth taking. Joe is worried for Wally but...I'm worried for you."
"Anna I'm here. I'm standing before you nothing is wrong with me."
"You have to think things fully before acting on them. Zoom is baiting you and eventually, he's going to bring you in and you could die for real this time." Barry holds me close and I hug him back.
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"Ow." Harry whines as the headphones become a little uncomfortable for him.
"Sorry."
"Ow!"
"There we go." Cisco is enjoying this.
"Are you kidding me with this?"
"Hey, at least it works."
"Tremendous."
"What is it exactly?" Barry asks.
"It's just a small source of joy, but more importantly, it's how we're gonna stop Zoom's army." Cisco explains to everyone.
"By giving them all electroshock therapy?" Joe asks confused.
"No by giving them all dimensional shock therapy." Cisco states with a smile.
"This is where I play stupid and you explain science." Joe sasses back.
"Okay, fair enough. Anna you first."
"All matter vibrates at its own unique frequency. If you disrupt that frequency, you disrupt the matter." I explain to everyone.
"Like how an opera singer shatters glass with her voice." Iris catches on.
"Exactly. So we found out that all Earth-2 people vibrate at their own, more erratic frequency." Cisco explains but Harry jumps in to correct him.
"Higher frequency."
"Different frequency."
"Higher." Harry corrects again.
"Higher frequency than we do" I finish for them as I signal for them to cut the crap.
"So, I ran this all past Hartely, right? And he postulated that we could create a sort of dimensional tuning fork...voila."
"Okay, you didn't do it yourself."
"So if you run around the city fast enough to create a refracting filed, the device can send out a pulse that'll bounce off of it, split apart. And collide with itself over and over."
"Amplifying it to an erratic frequency Earth-2."
"Higher. Higher frequency."
"Higher frequency on Earth-2 spectrum."
"And when that pulse hits anyone from Earth-2..."
"It will disrupt their nervous system." Caitlin adds.
"Earth-2 metas go night-night."
"Even Zoom?"
"Even Zoom." I confirm for Joe.
"Harry and Jesse are from Earth-2. How do we keep the pulse from hurting them?" Joe asks out of concern.
"Oh, Detective I didn't know you cared."
"Yes, you did."
"I had these prototype sound canceling headphones at Wayne Tech." I show everyone. "I recalibrated them with Earth-2 frequency so when Harry and Jesse have these on they won't be affected by the device Cisco designed." I inform everyone.
"You just had that lying around?" Barry asks me.
"You have no idea what Wayne Tech has." I joke with him.
"Beats by Wayne." Cisco exclaims and we all laugh. An alert for Black Siren goes off.
"Cisco, it's your meta-human alert app." Caitlin announces.
"That's the high-rise development on the west side." Joe states and we see how serious this is.
"Hundreds of people live there."
"Ramon, we're up. Let's go. Set that pulse off right now. Allen, you need to start generating that refracting field right now." Harry orders as he gets into position.
"But Black Siren can take down this building at any point. Wha...all those people, Wells."
"How many more people are gonna die while we wait?" Harry fires back and both make excellent points.
"Guys, which is it?"
"I think I just got the worst idea of all time." Cisco states and I know what he's talking about.
"Do you really just have those costumes laying around?" I ask him and he has a giant grin on his face.
"Girl I have a lot of free time. No personal life baby!" He waits for me to high five him and I do but this could go so bad.
"All right! All right."
"We're synced up with whatever the heck that thing is." Harry informs everyone.
"Finally something we're both baffled by." Joe states looking like a deer caught in headlights.
"I'm kidding. That, my friend, is a 75KTSB 40,000 watt reverberating sound amplifier designed to single out the operating frequency of every single Earth-2 being on this planet. Which went contained and magnified by The Flash creating a sound pressure wall around the city, will render all of us Earth-2 beings unconscious." I toss Jesse her headphones. "Hence...the safety precautions."
"I'm baffled by it." Henry states to Joe making him feel a little better.
"Are we ready?"
"Yes, we are."
"All right." Barry rushes out and we monitor him on our screen.
"Here...we...go."
"We're a go." I announce seeing Barry completing the border.
"Dad?" Jesse cries out holding her ears. "Dad, it hurts." She whimpers and Harry heads over to her. The headphones work on Harry why aren't they working on Jesse? "No...no...stop." She cries as he gives her his headphones.
"It's okay."
"No..."
"It's okay, honey." Harry passes out.
"Turn it off! Turn it off, it worked!"
"It's okay, it's okay. We'll take care of him. It's okay Jesse. He's gonna be okay." Henry looks over Wells and his daughter.
"Barry. We did it. Bring them all in."
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We succeeded and locked up the Earth-2 metas. We finally feel at peace again and like we're getting back to normal. It's something we haven't felt in a long time. Iris came up with an amazing idea to throw a celebratory party for everyone. "What in the world? What is this?" Barry asks as he and Henry walk in together.
"Blame, Iris." Cisco fires out.
"I just figured that since Henry is officially back for good, we should celebrate. And since Zoom is gone and the city is quiet right now."
"Oh, I appreciate it, Iris. Thank you." Henry is so happy.
"Henry..." I head over to him and he looks surprised.
"Anna I am so happy you're doing well."
"I had an amazing doctor look after me."
"Yes, thank you, Mr. Allen, for everything you have done for my little Anna." Henry looks surprised.
"Please call me Henry." He holds out his hand.
"Alfred, I'm Anna's..."
"Father." I finish and I know it makes Alfred feel happy for me to call him that. "Alfred raised my brother and me after our parents died. He's given us everything and more."
"You raised one hell of a young lady. She is amazing." Henry gushes.
"And your son is spectacular." Alfred praises.
"Would you both like something to drink?"
"A cold beer would be lovely darling." I kiss Alfred's cheek.
"I didn't know you dad was coming?" Barry wraps his arm around my waist.
"He surprised me. He's heading back to Italy in a while but wanted to see me first."
"It's wonderful they are getting to know each other." Barry comments seeing his dad and mine together. I give Alfred his beer and Henry his wine and smile seeing them joking with each other.
"Soup's on." Caitlin brings out the turkey and we're instantly starving.
"Hey! Taking out a city full of monsters makes a man hungry." Cisco fist bumps Alfred which I find hilarious.
"First, a toast. To family."
"To family."
"That's my kind of toast, short and sweet. Let's eat." Cisco stares off into the distance.
"Cisco? What...what is it? What'd you see?" Barry asks him and we're all on high alert.
"What do you mean, see?" Wally asks confused.
"Cisco gets visions."
"I don't understand."
"What Cisco?"
"Earth-2 splitting in half. Straight down to the poles. Tell me I didn't just vibe the future. Please tell me I did not just see the end of the world!" Out of nowhere, Zoom appears grabbing Henry in a chokehold.
"Our story continues, Flash." They're all gone.
"Henry!"
"Oh my god!"
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Barry's POV
Zoom has me come to my childhood and I'm ready to face him but I don't know if this will end how I want it to. I brace myself to see him but I wasn't ready for her.
"Hello, Barry." She smirks at my dad nowhere in sight. "It's so good to see you again."
"Where the hell is Zoom and my dad?" I demand from her but she just keeps smiling.
"I see why you are so infatuated with my double. She is just so me."
"She is nothing like you." I fire back.
"But isn't she? Sure I may have killed more people for fun but...we were both trained to be killers. One just acted on it." She circles me now and I've had enough of it.
"She is nothing like you."
"You keep saying that but..." She tilts her head and suddenly my head is pounding like the worse headache I've ever experienced. "But your mind is telling me otherwise."
"Stop this!"
"How about this." She releases me and I look up and she has my dad now in a chokehold. "Zoom thought it would be poetic to come back to your childhood home but I thought of an even better way to make this interesting."
"Anna please don't do this. I'm begging you! Take me! Kill me!"
"No!" My dad calls out and I stand there still not sure of what to do. She's just as fast with appearing and disappearing out of nowhere. I have no idea if I'll be fast enough for her.
"You bonded with my double over your tragic pasts."
"Please don't do this. You don't have to follow Zoom. We can protect you." She laughs right in my face.
"It's sweet you think I'm doing this because I'm afraid of Zoom. Darling that's further from the case."
"Please..."
"Barry, look at me, son."
"Yes, please keep begging for your son. You won't be the same after this Barry. You'll be just like Zoom."
"Whatever happens you have made me the happiest father..."
"Dad..."
"You want to know pain. You want to know what it's like to give in to all of those dark desires?"
"Your mother and I love you."
"Anna, no!" She shoves her head through my dad's chest and pulls out his heart just like she did to Deathstorm. I rush to his side and cry over him.
"Pity you didn't kill me before I killed him." I glare at her through tears. "Was it because if you killed me it would mean you would kill her." She tilts her head and I rush at her slamming her the wall hearing a crack behind us. "You feel that anger? Harness it. Use it. Embrace it because it's the only way you'll survive in this world."
"You evil bitch."
"Thank you." I go to attack her but she blocks me and throws me across the room. I get up but her powers engulf me and I'm floating in the air powerless against her hold. "See you soon." And I watch her vanish before me.
How will Anna react?