Chapter 16 - Timeless

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MacKenzie's POV

"What a day." Caitlin says, walking into the cortex from the medbay. "First, Frost is sent to Iron Heights for life, and now Alexa's dead."

"I can't let this happen again." Iris says with her hand on my shoulder

"I'll get to work." Caitlin says. "I need to figure out how Nora was able to..."

"Kill a god?" Cisco finishes for her

"She could because she had help." Barry says

"Barry, she tricked you." Iris tells him

"No, she manipulated me, just like she's been doing the whole time." Barry says

"Honey, I know how you feel, but not everything she did and said was a lie." Iris tells him. "I mean, there were moments that felt real too. That must mean..."

"Iris, we can't trust her anymore." Barry says

"What about what Nora said about you two creating the other forces?" Caitlin asks

"I mean, there's no proof." Barry sighs

"Well, what if we find out if Nora's telling the truth?" I suggest, looking over at Cisco and Chester

"If she is, then that means the other forces would have been born the same day she was." Cisco says

"I'll pull satellite scans from the night we fought Mirror Monarch." Chester says

"I'll race ya." I say with a smile

"You're on." Chester says, the two of us rushing to the computers and sitting down to type

"Got 'em!" I exclaim and Cisco high fives me

"What?" Chester exclaims, surprised. Then, he looks at Cisco. "You rooting for her?"

"Rule Number 1..." Cisco says, putting his hand on my shoulder. "...never bet against Mack."

"Guys?" Iris asks, trying to bring the attention back to the matter at hand

"Right." Cisco says before pointing to my computer. "Okay, you see that cluster of kinetic energy readings? Pretty sure that's the Speed Force being reborn in the Speed Lab." He says as we watch the signatures. "There they are. Three brand-spanking-new isotopic signatures."

"Nora was right." Iris says

"We created the forces." Barry breathes

***

"How bad is it?" Iris asks in the lounge

"Okay... did Nora kill somebody else?" Chester asks

"No, and I have a way to make sure she never does." Barry says

"Okay, how?" Chester asks

Cisco runs in. "I'm here. What's going on?" He asks

"I spent all night coming up with a way to fix all this." Barry says

"Okay, what's the solve?" Cisco asks

"We need to wipe the new forces out of existence." Barry says

"Barry, what are you saying?" Iris asks

"I want to go back in time... and uncreate them." Barry says and we're all shocked

"Barry, you're talking about creating another Flashpoint." Cisco says. "You know we can't do that."

"Not if I can figure out a way to go back that doesn't affect the timeline." Barry says

"Which would be impossible!" Cisco exclaims

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