Things Will Work Out

Kara POV

Barry can't die. He's Barry; he is reckless, selfless and brave beyond belief. Why would any god take that away from the world?

Barry smirked at me one more time as he disintegrated into nothing more than a suit on the floor.

I flew into the arena, unaware of the people around me until Jay flashed next to me with Cisco close behind.

"What happened, Cisco?" I growled at him while he checked the suits Tachyon generator.

"I don't know!" He pried the melted symbol off and examined the charred Tachyon generator. "It overloaded! The lightning hit it and made it explode! It must have shot tachyon particles into his bloodstream!" He deduced as his brain worked overdrive.

"English Cisco!" Jay snapped.

"Tachyons are particles that move faster than light! I infused Barry with a tiny amount and it would have sped him up by one thousand times before. If they overloaded and flooded his body with faster than light particles, he basically grew old in a millisecond!" Cisco slammed the invention to his head multiple times.

"I should have seen this coming! I should have built a failsafe!" He shouted to himself as he repeatedly rammed it against his head.

"What are you saying, Cisco?" I whisper to him as I try hold back the tears but they have a mind of their own, running down my face faster than Barry.

"He's saying Barry's speed killed him..." Jay simplified solemnly, never looking anywhere apart from the eyeholes of the now empty cowl.

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Barry POV (Of course he's not dead!)

I scrunched my eyes shut for dear life, wishing for excruciating pain over this complete numbness!

I couldn't feel myself breathing. I couldn't feel my lips moving when I tried to talk. I couldn't feel any of my limbs and, as expected, I couldn't feel my own heart beat.

"You can open your eyes now, Mr Allen."A soft voice whispered into my ear.

My whole body shot up straighter than an arrow and I desperately ran my hands over my body trying to find any signs that I flaked away.

"Welcome back to the land of active brain function, Barry." Hartley sat on a chair next to a hospital bed that the school kept as a precaution.

"I... I'm alive? How!? I saw myself flake away. Was it a dream?" I asked Hartley, as if he would answer me! He's always high and mighty. Mr I have answers and you don't!

"No, Barry. You are very much dead right now." He said in the most serious tone I have ever heard.

"You just said..." I trailed off but he interrupted me.

"I said you have active brain function. I never said you were amongst the living. In fact, you aren't amongst anybody!" He laughed as he picked up some hospital jello.

"I love this stuff. I can't taste or feel the texture. I just love watching it wobble. I could do it for all of existence. In fact, I have." He spooned out a large lump and wiggled it n the air.

"This isn't a joke, Hartley. Where's Kara?" I ask, my voice getting across that I'm not joking.

"Who said I was Hartley Rathaway? This is a mere avatar to speak to you." Hartley walked behind a curtain and emerged with the form of Ronnie Raymond.

"What the hell? Were you there the whole time, Ronnie? Where'd Hartley go?" I asked him as I tried to catch my breath, but I still wasn't breathing... and my heart wasn't beating...

"Again, who said I was Ronnie Raymond? Where do you think you are, Mr Allen?" He asked in Ronnies exact voice.

"Sky High..." I muttered as he raised a hand, signalling for me to check behind the curtain." I poked my head through cautiously then jumped straight back. "What the hell was that?! Have you got a telepath messing with my head?!" I questioned as I tried to grab onto Ronnie, but he just turned into blue mist and reformed to the shape of Caitlin.

"What did you see Mr Allen?" She/he/Whatever it is asked me.

"It was nothing but a storm... a ... a..." A ligtbulb was lit above my head. "A vortex. This is what Jay warned me about! This is the Speed Force!" I deduced as Caitlin clapped her pale hands.

"Then who are you?" I questioned as she looked at me as if I was a moron.

"You just found out. I am the Speed Force. You are a special case Barry Allen. We don't always talk to Speedsters directly. But we couldn't have our voice talk to you." She explained.

"Why not? What makes me special?"

"Our voice is you Barry. Or will be. We know all of time, it's hard to keep track of a microscopic section. When those Tachyon Particles entered your very DNA. You became the living embodiment of Speed Force energy. When you run, you create us, you help us thrive. Every good Speedster does. Your mentor has already taught you this." Our scenery changed to Coach Garrick's office, the day he told me about the Speed Force.

"So it's luck that I just so happened to be wearing a Tachyon Generator that exploded in my face? Its luck I created the Speed Force?" I turned to find 'them' taking the form of Jay Garrick himself, but younger, and decked out in his Flash Suit.

"You say luck. Others say destiny. Some say fate. The hopeful call it deities. Whatever you call it. Here it is. It is every time, every place, every situation, and every option, here at your fingertips." They blow away a wall and small squares of people I know flashed on. Kara in a red cape, Ronnie with a piece of equipment over his heart, Cisco with funky glasses on and Hartley with weird gauntlets on.

"You're friends are unique, but there are multiple versions of them. Each different from the rest on their own planet. But, you're no different Barry Allen." The blue squares flicker to show more pictures.

Me in a robotic suit, standing next to a cyborg and a guy dressed as a bat. Me standing in front of two graves. Me kissing Iris and even me in a full yellow suit, staring straight at me with a sinister smile.

"Why are you showing me this? All this power and opportunities? I don't want it! It's too much power for one person to have!" I shout as I turn to find Coach Garrick has changed to my mother.

"That's the point. You were chosen because you don't want it. You weren't chosen to wield the power whenever you feel like it. If you do that we send time Wraiths after you, and they will chase you until the end of time. You were chosen to not use the power, but to guard it. We stretch the Speedsters powers out per each Speedster in existence at one time but you are the primary. The most powerful speedster. Not necessarily the fastest, but the purest in heart and the strongest in will. You haven't failed us." She spoke as if she knew that no matter what choice I made, I would never mess up.

"What if I killed someone?" I turned back to the screen to see myself in the yellow costume, murdering innocents, it made me sick to my stomach, I turned to find my dad this time.

"You have before. Sometimes it has been forced on you, other times someone commits atrocities on your life and forces you down that path. But you always stop yourself." The blue screens changed to the same scenes, but before I stabbed anyone, I would come out of another blue vortex in a red suit and stop myself.

"What about now? I'm dead! I flaked away to nothingness!" I looked down at my suit, the chest piece was melted and charred, I looked back up to find Kara's pure blue eyes bearing into mine.

"You didn't die, you sped up. You became one with the speed force. And now that you are one with the Speed Force, we can help you." She waved a hand over my chest and the chest piece seemed to go back to the way it was.

"We control time Barry, and we pulled you out of that time. We can direct you back." Another wall fell down to reveal a small circular tube, just big enough for a person to run down.

"Focus Barry. As Jay told you, run Barry..." Kara/Speed Force kissed my cheek and pulled my cowl over my head. "Run!" It commanded. And I was happy to oblige.

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Kara POV

I was holding onto the suit as the whole gymnasium turned to look at me, even Hunter seemed a bit remorseful.

How can I tell his parents? Nora knew it wasn't safe and Henry told him to go for it! This will divide them...

The suit was the last piece of Barry that was left, and it felt light in my hands... too light,

I examined the suit again and found it glowing blue, not flaking like Barry did, but floating into the air as if it was bright blue bubbles.

"Cisco! Make it stop! I need this suit to remember him!" I cried at him but Coach Garrick held him back from touching it.

"Move! Drop it! It is erasing from existing! I only defeated Eobard Thawne because one of his ancestors killed himself, erasing Thawne from the immediate timeline, that's exactly how he died! Drop it before you're erased too!" I threw it to the ground as the last of it floated into the air.

"How can it erase from existence?!" I shouted at Coach Garrick.

"Either a speedster stopped Cisco from making it or..." He turned to look at a small flicker of blue energy like a hole in reality.

"Or what?!" Cisco shouted in fear.

"Or Barry's coming back in time with the same suit on..." He mumbled before the tiny hole expanded to a giant tunnel, and out stepped Barry Allen himself.

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Barry POV

I kept my eyes forward and felt the energy surging through around me, the vortex was changing, instead of the pure blue, it began to darken until I could see a round Earth directly in front of me.

'Perfect' I picked up the pace and jumped through the end of the blue vortex, landing on the familiar Gymnasium wood with a small 'thud'.

Everyone stared at me in disbelief as I tore the cowl from my head and looked over to Cisco, Jay and Kara with a cheeky smirk.

"Who missed me?" I opened my eyes and before I knew it, Kara was pressed firmly against my chest with Cisco not far behind. I wrapped my arms around Kara as Caitlin, Ronnie and even Hartley ran down from the stands and joined the hug. I still had Kara wrapped tightly in my arms as Jay pat me on the back.

"You did it, son." He praised as I nodded and looked him in the eye with dead seriousness.

"The Speed Force says hi." I comment with a chuckle.

The hug broke by Kara pulling back and floating into the air to forcefully smash my lips against hers while the whole school gasped, still watching the spectacle.

"Don't leave me again; I thought I lost you..." She whispered as she placed her head against my forehead.

"You're the one that brought me back." I whisper back as we hug and the others leave the arena floor.

"Allen!" Hunter called, to be honest, I completely forgot about him.

"Neat trick. You know, I almost felt bad for killing you. Now I know you're just a pain to get rid of." Kara stepped in front of me, her eyes glowing a burning blue.

"No, I got this." I told her as I gently nudged her to the stands, she didn't appreciate the gesture but she complied with my wishes.

"Aww, Hunter. I thought you'd miss me. You know, since everyone else is too scared of you. Don't you want a challenge, or are you scared?" I pull the cowl over my head and send a tiny jolt of electricity toward him that still made him flinch, the white lightning packing more of a punch than original orange.

"I would love a challenge. Do you know anyone willing to fight?" He shot back, black energy showing in his eyes.

"Dude, I just jumped out of time itself! You still think you have a fraction of my speed?" I laugh at him as he growls and starts running in circles again.

I feign a yawn, already prepared for the lightning bolt.

Hunter launched it with a feral laugh, I jumped into the air, catching the black bolt and turning it a blinding shade of White before launching it back toward his feet. He jumped back and everyone else roared with laughter as he fell on his ass.

"Give up Hunter, we don't have to fight." I offered Hunter a hand, but he just growled and wept at my feet, I saw the move coming and jumped over him, grabbing his collar and picking it up.

"Hunter! I don't want to fight you!" I yell into his face as the small sparks of black lightning completely fill his eyes as they turn pitch black, his whole body vibrating as he growled at me again.

"Well I want to fight you!" He growled in the most sinister voice I had ever heard that I was scared for a moment, that's all he needed as he pushed me off and yelled into the air.

"Now!" Before anyone could react, a large silver collar was launched at my leg and a blur began circling the arena, stopping anyone from coming in.

Lash and Speed! I mentally curse myself as the electric speed dampener clamps onto my leg and No one from outside can help me.

"All alone, Allen!" He spat. "No mentor! No girlfriend! No speed!" He stalked toward me with every word until he grabbed me by the throat and lifted me into the air.

"Hunter, I won't fight you! You can stop this! Don't be consumed with hate!" I speak through my rapidly tightening throat as he adds pressure.

He brings his face up to mine. "It already has!" He threw me across the floor and started running in two circles, too fast for a lightning bolt.

I looked to the side, Kara was being stopped by Speed and everyone else either didn't want to help, couldn't help, had a boot on, or was grabbed by Lashes stretching arms.

Back to Hunter, his two circles had been going on for so long and so fast that he started ripping up floorboards and creating Tornadoes.

"Hunter! Stop this!" I tried again but it was too late. He had stopped but the tornadoes were still going, now no one could stop them unless...

I vibrated my hand as fast as I could with the boot still on, the pain was borderline unbearable but so is watching people suffer. I got up to a decent speed as the boot sent my own energy back on me until I finally thrust my hand through the metal and shattered it. I caught my breath for a moment until I continued what I had to do.

I hit the com link that Cisco put in my earpiece. "Cisco! You there?!" I shout through the connection, hoping he could hear me.

"Yeah, I'm here! Speed and Lash have been stopped but they escaped with Zolomon! Those tornadoes will rip the school apart!" He shouted back and he was right, the tornadoes were picking up power as it ripped up floorboards and destroyed the roof.

Kara was flying around the air, catching the people that were sucked from their seats, and placing them somewhere safe

"I'm going to unravel them from the inside; I might not be fast enough but..." I sigh, noticing the futility. "Just, tell Kara I love her." I turn the com link off and run towards the swirling twisters of death.

Floorboards are still being ripped up and pulled into the heart of the storm, so I used them as stepping stones. I hopped on the lowest one and made my way into the centre. It was turning clockwise so I would have to run anti-clockwise. The debris inside was being torn apart and while running I had to duck under bits of wood and glass until I could feel the gust slowing down to a stop, and turning with me.

I jumped out that tornado as it unravelled and dropped the debris to the ground. The suction was much weaker now but it could still rip through the school if given time. Kara spotted me hoping between the tornadoes and tried to catch me, but I just dodged her and used her flight to boost me into the centre of the next.

This one had been given more time and picked up the debris the other dropped so it was a lot more frantic inside. There was no way I could unravel it without being hit, so I sucked it up and ran. I ran through the splinters of wood, through the gusting wind and through the concrete that had fallen from the ceiling.

It slowed down just as the other one but before I jumped out, a large piece of rebar, from a concrete block of one of the pillars holding the room up, pieced my right leg and sent me falling down the eye of the storm as all debris fell around me, and on top of me.

My scream of pain was eaten by the dying winds and my words fell on deaf ears as my white lightning started to fade into nothing.

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I shot up from my bed.

Check for any inter-dimensional beings!

I searched my closet, empty. My bathroom, empty. And the outside, thankfully not a blue vortex of energy.

I breathed out a sigh of relief as I stood still.

Probably a bad dream

As I stood still and contemplated the meaning of the dream, I looked to my chair, which held the Maroon suit that Cisco made me.

But it was just a dream...?

I look over the costume, the emblem and chest aren't burned but it's covered in a thick layer if dust and wood pieces. I looked to the right leg that was stained a deeper shade of red with two holes, entry and exit, which had been sewn up. My leg felt as it always did anyway.

"So it was real? Hunter, Speed Force, Tachyons?" I mumbled to myself before the door burst open and a sweep of blonde hair tackled me to my bed.

"Barry!" Kara yelled happily before smothering me in a shower of kisses.

"Hey you, miss me?" I joke as she shot up from our laid down position and started slapping my bare chest.

"How could you disappear, then reappear, then tell Cisco that you love me, and then almost die!" She ranted before I grabbed her waist and laid her down on the bed, switching our position.

"Kara Danvers, I love you." I silence her rant with a deep kiss as she wraps her arms around my neck, using a little super strength to pull me closer.

Now I am very aware that I am only in boxers...

"We love you too, where's our hello?" Kara pushed me off her and threw clothes at me as I turned around to find my parents at the door.

"Mom! Dad!" I shouted as I quickly flashed into the clothes.

"Hey son." My dad wrapped me in a manly bear hug as my mother joined in at the side.

"I think we've forgotten someone..." Mom whispers as the pair look over to Kara who's is standing awkwardly.

"Get over here hero, your part of this family too now, if you like it or not!" Dad shuffled us over toward Kara until we engulfed into the middle of the family hug.

The four of us stood there for a few moments until we heard a knock on the door downstairs and was forced to break apart.

Not until Kara whispered the magic words

'I love you too'

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I ran downstairs first to get the door as they had been waiting long enough. I swung the door open to find Eliza and Jeremiah Danvers with a face I haven't seen since childhood.

"Mr and Mrs Danvers! With the infamous Alex Danvers! Come in!" I ushered them in softly as they looked at me confused.

"I thought you were out in bed...? Henry said you might not wake up for months...?" Jeremiah questioned as Barry took their coats.

"No idea what time it is or what day it is but I just woke up two minutes ago, the family is upstairs." I take the pie that Eliza was carrying and place it in the kitchen by the time the others are down.

Mom and Dad were delighted to see Alex but Kara was just as surprised as I was.

"So, who's gonna fill me in?" I ask as I look at them all expectantly.

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"Three weeks?! How was I out for three weeks?! This is the coma all over again..." I sigh as I think of everything I missed.

That's three episodes of that Arrow show on CW on Thursday nights at 8pm ;)

"You went through quite an ordeal son. You literally went to another dimension, and then you unravelled two tornadoes? That would require a pretty long power nap."Jeremiah reasoned as we were sitting at the dinner table, eating mom's famous lasagne.

Apparently it has turned into tradition, the Danvers would come over five nights a week to eat with my parents and check on me while Kara would eat here at most 6 six times a week but coming over every day.

But it was the first time Alex has come over, or even, been seen buy my parents since Kara started Sky High.

"But all the homework I missed!" I whined as I ate the delicious lasagne, almost enough to lift my spirits... almost.

"It's okay; I took care of that for you." Kara told me and I immediately perked up.

"It's all in your my study waiting for you." Dad crushed my hope as soon as he gave me the location of the three week pile up I would have to complete.

"We are all happy you are back with us though." Eliza grabbed my right hand from across the table as Kara grabbed my left from beside me. I gave both a reassuring squeeze before turning to Alex.

"It's good to see you again, Alex. How long has it been? Five? Six years?" I asked the brunette as she tried to inhale the lasagne, presumably to get out of here as fast as possible.

"Dunno. Didn't count." Well, that's a bit rude.

"Alex. You promised." Eliza reprimanded as Alex huffed and put on an obvious fake smile.

"I'm sorry, Barry. I don't recall, because I have been otherwise engaged." She mocks in a fake British accent.

"Alex!" Jeremiah scolded.

"No, it's alright, Jeremiah. I don't take any offense; she must not be feeling up to it." I make an excuse for her, trying to save her skin.

"You have no idea how I feel. Don't try cover for me, Jeremiah made me be here anyway." She spat out at her food.

"That's enough Alex!" Jeremiah said even harder than before.

"Alex, can I talk to you privately." I excused myself and flashed Alex to the corridor; I could still hear my mother jump and scold me from the dining room.

"No powers at the table, Bartholomew!" Damnit, full name, I'm in trouble when I get back.

"What's up Alex? I haven't seen you in years and now I do you act like I killed your childhood pet!" Alex huffs as she gains her balance again, not used to the speed.

"Nothing's up, Bartholomew!" she spat like it was an insult.

"Ya'know. My name isn't an insult. I am awake for the first hour and I find you like this. Honestly, you're ruining it. Why did Jeremiah and Eliza force you here?" I ask, already setting up a plan in my head.

"As if it's any of your business, but I've just came back from National City. They wanted me to meet the nicest people in the world who are going through a hard time right now!" She mocked as she impersonated her mother.

"Alex, that's very disrespectful toward your mother. You have been disrespectful to me as well. In my own house! Is this about how you and Kara ended things when you went away?" I asked and instantly I knew I struck a nerve.

Target acquired

"How dare you, Allen! Tonight isn't about you!" She's shot.

"Actually it is, if you can't handle that, there's the door!" I pointed and she glared at me for a second before storming out and slamming the door.

I politely stroll into the dining room like nothing happened.

"What did you do Bartholomew?" Mother asked

Why the full name, people?!

"No, it was probably our Alex. She's just back in town and she's been a bit rude ever since." Eliza apologised but I cut in.

"There's nothing to apologise for, in fact, Kara will have her back before Desert." I smile to myself as Kara shoots up from her slumped position.

"I will? But me and her~" She tried to make an excuse but I stopped her.

"~Are sisters. Now, if you will excuse us for a moment." I pick Kara up bridal style and rush out the door, picking up a teary Alex on the way and running to an empty field.

"Now, you two are going to talk things through and make up before coming back to my place for some of your moms delicious pie. Have fun!" I call before running off, leaving a puking Alex and awkward Kara in my dust.

Things will work out