This is (lightly) based off the new Justice League movie, Flashpoint Paradox, coming soon. This will be a 3 or 4 chapter story.

Let me know what you think, first time writing fanfiction, and if you think I should continue this story :)

One year after Wally West has Ceased.

Barry paces around the hard tile of his kitchen as he grasps his hair between his fingers, barely allowing his tears to continue falling.

"Iris.. It's all my fault.. If I had just ran faster.. I would've caught him. I would've brought him home.." His wife set her twins down, her eyes gleaming as they swell with tears.

"There was nothing more you could have done, Barry.. You did your best." She pressed her palm against his shoulder as she felt her tears starting to pour out just as they did a year ago.

"No.. no.. There was more. I could have run faster. Bart and I were..-" He felt his weight shift as he falls to the ground, leaning his back against the counter for support. "Barry.." Iris whispered calmly, "I miss him too, but we need to be strong for the twins. For Bart.. for Artemis."

He forces himself to turn to her, switching his view between each of her eyes. He suddenly jumped from his position, knowing he had forgotten something. Barry raced towards the phone and punched in a few numbers.

The ringing doesn't last long. It's immediately answered by an equally coarse voice.

"Hi Barry" The voice responds, sounding as if it were trying to hold back tears of it's own.

"Hey Bart.. How are you and Artemis doing over there?" He wipes the tears still left on his cheek.

"We're doing the best we can to distract ourselves from today... She wasn't expecting my visit at first." He can hear the phone shifting on the other side, as a woman's voice is faintly heard in the background noise.

"Kid, hand Artemis the phone would you? I need to speak with her."

"Sure thing, Gramps. Just go easy on her.." The phone is heard shifting again. Artemis' voice breaks a few times as she tries to work out words to greet Barry.

"H..Hey Barry.." He feels his heart swell as he feels the level of pain coming from her own voice.

"Artemis.. there's something I have been meaning to tell you. There's a new villain running around town.. He's called the Reverse Flash.. or Professor Zoom." His voice cuts off for a second, as he tries to think of a better way to break the news. "He's found a way to travel through time."

"What does that have to do with me, Barry?" He can hear Brucely barking in the background, probably trying to gain a few bites from Bart's food.

"It's more so of having to do with me.. I believe if I try to recreate what he uses, I can try to travel through the time stream.. I could bring him back. I could have stopped this to begin with.. if I just ran faster." He presses his back against the wall as he closes his eyes for a second.

"Barry, are you.. You can't! You could get yourself killed. Wally's death was not your fault, it was-"

He opens his eyes, glaring at Iris whose now holding one of the twins. He repeats what he's heard so many times. "I know, it was Luthors. He placed the extra bomb.. knowing it would take too long to diffuse it, which would result in me going with it. Wally saved Bart and I. I know, I know." He swallowed down a forceful lump in his throat. He heard Artemis' hand cover the mouth piece. He knew she was trying to fight back tears all the same.

Artemis removed her hand a moment later, harshly digging her nails into her palm. "You could get killed." She repeats with a heavy tone. "What about if that happened to you? You'd be gone same as him, Where would that leave Iris? The kids? Bart?.."

"I'm willing to take a risk to get him back. I can't convince myself otherwise that I am not living on borrowed time. I will always find my way back to my family."