Running Out of Time {Barry Allen/The Flash}

Chapter 28

I was at STAR Labs yesterday, but I went home early because I wasn't 'feeling' well. I had to leave, and shake the feeling of Dr. Wells being Reverse-Flash.  I've also been avoiding Wells, mostly for the evidence Barry had. I'm not fully on board with Barry, but I do believe the reasons. I never would have thought of Harrison Wells to be the Reverse-Flash. Never, although I do find the man to be a bit... odd. He always seem like he knows the feeling that Barry gets. I look at my TV only to see a storm report.

"I repeat, there is a tsunami heading for the city. If you live near the water, evacuate your homes and get as far away as you can." I watch as the news lady starts getting impatient. She rubs her palms on her dress. I jump up from my chair, grabbing my phone. I dial a number.

"Caitlin, what is going on?" I ask. "Is that the metahuman creating the tsunami?" I ask.

"Katheryn? I can't talk right now... I'm helping Barry, he's going to try and stop it. " She replies and I can hear the worry laced in her voice.

"No! Don't hang up! You said Barry is stopping it? Is he going to be-" I ask but the line disconnects. She hung up. I pace back and forth. Then suddenly I feel something change.

I feel a change in time. Everything around me slows before the room starts spinning. I close my eyes, afraid if I open them I'll puke. Suddenly, the room stops spinning. My eyes pop open as I look around. I glance at my TV, hearing yesterday's news. My breath hitches in my throat. As fast as I can, I get up from the ground. I grab my jacket and bag before running out to my garage. I hop on my bike before riding off to STAR Labs.

***

I run into STAR Labs, just after Caitlin and Cisco walk in. I look around to see Wells in his chair, and Barry leaning against a desk.

"First time we've seen you in a while." Cisco says.

"Clyde Mardon has a brother?" Caitlin says, more in a statement.

"So, both Mardon brothers survived the plane crash and then the dark matter released by the Particle Accelerator explosion affects them both in-" Wells says as Barry starts talking as well.

"Virtually the same way." Both Wells, Barry, and I say simultaneously.

"That's right." Wells replies before Cisco starts talking.

"Only Mark's not like Clyde at all. He can do things that you couldn't even imagine." Barry says with his arms crossed. I just stand in the same spot waiting for someone to say something to me.

"You mean he's sort of like a-" Cisco starts and Barry finishes again, but this time I don't pipe in.

"Weather wizard?"

"Yeah." Cisco says suspiciously before slurping up his drink. "Mm." Cisco cringes.

"Trigeminal headache?"Barry, Caitlin, and I say at once.

"Guys!" I shout out and they all look at me.

"Mr. Allen, Katheryn. A word please." Wells says quietly.

"Yeah." Barry answers for me. We walk into the other room.

"You ruptured the time continuum, didn't you? You're experiencing temporal reversion." Wells states, factly. He looks at me, but somehow knows it's Barry who did it. "How do you know? Did Barry tell you?" He asks.

"No, I felt it." I mumble.

"What do you mean?" Wells says, urging me on.

"I-I... I was in my living room, watching the news about the tsunami when the room started shaking." I answer. Wells doesn't even ask about the tsunami.

"Yeah!" Barry says, answering Wells earlier question.

"How long?" He asks. 

"A day. With change, though." I say.

"It's like I'm living it all over again." Barry says and I nod in agreement.

"Yeah, well that's good. That means there's not too much you could've messed up yet." Wells says. "How did this happen?"

"I- I don't know. I mean, I was running faster than I've ever ran, and the first time that I lived this day some really horrible things happened. There was a tidal wave and-" Barry rushes out in one big breath.

"No. Do not tell me. Katheryn already told me, don't tell me anything else. I do not want to know anything about the future you experienced. Nothing!" Wells says, cutting Barry off.

"Okay, but Dr. Wells, I-" Barry says.

"Barry." Wells warns.

"What do we do?" I ask, worried.

"You've been back in time before, right?" Wells asks me. "Time is an extremely fragile construct. Any deviation, no matter how small, could result in a cataclysm."

"Yes, I've been back in time before."

"What did you do differently to change the outcome resulting in Barry's death?" He asks.

"Everything." I say before he quickly starts speaking again.

"Exactly. Now here's what you two are going to do. Everything you did before. Every word you uttered, every step you took, you're going to do again. And you're not going to tell anyone this happened."

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A/N: Hello! Sorry about going off the show, but I have to do that once in a while to help you guys know where we are in the story. Sometimes it gets mixed up, but I bet you all figure it out! I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Sorry if it takes too long for me to upload a chapter, but I try to do it as fast as I can.

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