Rogue Air
Barry walked into jitters looking for Iris, he really could use a friend right now. Everything in his life was screwed up, his feelings, his relationship. It just felt like his life was in shambles. He spotted her at a nearby table concentrating hard on her laptop, obviously doing work. Plus it made it a lot easier to open up to her when he told her he was the flash. It always was a hard decision but he learned in the long run that keeping secrets from his family and friends never ended well.
“Hey” Barry waves.
Iris closes her laptop and stands up to give him a hug. “Hi” she smiles.
“How are you doing”?
Barry sighs but smiles. “Ok, worried sick about Eddie. We don’t have leads or clues as to where he might be. I’m trying not to panic”.
Iris grabs Barry’s hand. “I know Eddie is ok, he is strong and he will come out even stronger”.
“I know” he says nodding his head and rubbing his hands on his knees. “I know”.
“Hey, you ok Bar?” Iris asks noticing Barry’s uncomfortable shifting.
Barry looks and her and sighs. “Iris I need to tell you something, and you have to promise be this stays between us. Please”.
“Ok…” Iris blinks.
“When I told you everything about me being the flash, and running back in time. I left out some details” Barry narrows his eyes.
Iris shifts in her seat and crosses her arms. “Details about what?”
Barry closes his eyes. “About Cisco and me, and what we did in that other timeline”.
Barry noticing Iris breathing pick up a little. “What you did?” she repeats.
“In the other time Cisco and I had sex with each other” he says faster than he should. But it doesn’t stop Iris from not hearing what he said.
“You what? Oh my god” she says completely shocked.
“Wait it get worse…..apparently when Cisco went into the dream to find out what happened with Wells. Wells basically hinted that he was pregnant or would have been pregnant”.
Iris doesn’t say anything, what can she say to that. Barry just told her he was the flash and now he is telling her he cheated on his boyfriend with Cisco, who would have been pregnant had he not changed the timeline. Iris can literally do nothing but stare wide eyed at Barry.
“Wow Barry” she gulps. “That’s…..that….wow”.
Barry blinks letting the tears spill from his eyes. “When I went to see Eddie, I had every intention of ending things but something just wouldn’t let me. He was already so upset with me and I didn’t want to lose him. So I told Cisco I didn’t want to break up with Eddie, I, mean Iris…………I really destroyed him”.
Barry took a chance to wipe his tears. “So when I ran back in time, I thought it was my second chance to right the wrong that I’ve done. So I changed what happened, and I never told Cisco how I felt and continued my relationship with Eddie. Cause I thought it was for the best, I didn’t have to lose either of my friends but…….”
Iris blinks and sits up in her seat. “But what?” she asks.
Barry sighs and sits back. “I thought I was in love with him Iris, I thought he was the one”.
“Who?”
“Eddie, I’ve loved him almost my whole life, and now that I finally have him I realized that he isn’t the one I meant to be with”.
Iris gets up from where she is sitting and seats in the chair right next to Barry, taking his hand in hers. “Listen to me, Barry Allen. You can’t always be the hero, you’ve spend all your life making everyone else happy and now it’s time to make Barry Allen happy. Eddie was always there….he was always there to protect you, be your friend, and he never left your side no matter what. Because of that he was safe for you, you knew he wouldn’t hurt you. So you wanted him to be it for you. Eddie may be hurt but trust me he won’t ever leave you…trust me” she smiles.
“You deserve to be happy Barry Allen, that’s all I’ve ever wanted for you”.
She laughs at what she says next. “Personally when I first meant Cisco, I thought he was perfect for you. I was going to try to play matchmaker with the two of you” Barry laughs with her.
She tilts her head. “Do you love him?”
Barry just stared at Iris for a moment before saying. “More than anything”.
“Then tell him, and trust me Barry. Everything will work out the way it suppose too” she assures.
Barry’s phones goes off. “It’s Cisco. Thanks Iris”.
“Any time” she says.
“Your vitals are normal, but you're just a little dehydrated. The IV should help with that, but drink some fluids and stay off your feet, Okay, Eddie?” Caitlin says smiling at Eddie.
“Thanks, Caitlin” Eddie says looking in Cisco direction. Ever since Wells told him about his future about his future he couldn’t stop thinking about it. It’s all he thought about and to say he wasn’t heartbroken at the fact his boyfriend and Cisco made love in another timeline hurt more than anything. Eddie never really had any reason to suspect anything because he trusted Barry and Cisco had his own boyfriend but now…..
“Wells got away” Barry says bending down to catch his breath. “Oh, he was too fast. He always too fast”.
He looks up. “Eddie” he says quickly walking to him and pulling him in his arms. Eddie wanted more than anything to push him off but he didn’t want to make a scene in front of everyone so he just gave him a small hug back.
“We found him under that hatch in the pipeline” Joe says.
“I'm so sorry. I thought I looked everywhere for you” Barry says looking him over.
“Hey, it's not your fault. Sometimes you just can't see the clues. Even if they're right in front of you” he says looking at Cisco again, Barry looks back at Cisco who just shrugs then looks to Eddie before slowly pulling back. “Um, well, you know, all that's important is that we're all safe, and back together, right?”
“Eddie, why did he take you?” Joe crosses his arms.
“I don't know. He said that….” He sighs.
“He said what?” Caitlin repeats.
“I’m his father. Said his real name was Eobard Thawne. Eobard Thawne?” Eddie says putting his head down.
The room was completely in shock. “What?” Barry says.
“Wait are you pregnant” Caitlin says.
“No, I’m not. He said Barry isn’t his father”.
“Did he say anything else? I mean, anything that could help us figure out what he's really after?” Cisco asks.
“I... he didn't say much. He just kept working on some tube” Eddie says.
Barry furrows his brow. “A tube? What did it look like?”
“Metallic, futuristic. He said it was the key to him getting back everything that was taken from him”.
“The key? I don't understand” Joe says.
“Yeah, I don't know. Look, I just want to go home. Is that okay?” Eddie says ready to leave.
“Yes, of course” Caitlin says.
“I'll make sure he gets some rest” Barry helps him off the table and they leave.
One the way over to Eddie’s Joe filled Barry in on transporting the prisoners in case the particle accelerator had been activated but Barry was so focused on making sure Eddie was ok. He couldn’t really put much of his input into the conversation. Once Eddie was in the apartment, he just looked around as if he was lost which to be honest he was very lost.
“Hey, want me to make you something to eat while you shower” Barry asked just starring at Eddie’s back.
Eddie looked around his apartment and slowly turned around to look at Barry with a tear stained face. “Babe, what’s wrong?” he asked stepping forward only to have Eddie move back.
“Do you love me Barry?” he asked.
“Of course” Barry replies.
“Are you in love with me?”
Barry pauses and just stares at Eddie, he can’t find the words to even answer that. Eddie laughs at Barry’s reaction. “Of course you can’t answer. Because it’s true, what he said was true. You’re in love with him” Eddie laugh instantly turned to a defeated cry.
“What did he tell you” Barry cautiously asks.
“What I should have already known” Eddie whispers. “You lied to me this whole time, made me think you were in love with me. Strung me along and all this time you were in love with him!”
“Eddie what did he say to you?” Barry tries again this time slowly moving closer to Eddie.
“He told me that you and Cisco are married in some future, that you have 4 kids. That you cheated on me with him in an alternate timeline because you feel connected to him” Eddie couldn’t handle his emotions anymore, and began to sob.
“I loved you Barry and you lied to me” he says leaning against his counter, sliding down to the floor.
Barry kneeled down in front of Eddie. “Listen to me I didn’t lie about anything, I told you I loved you. I do Love you”.
Eddie looked at Barry through glassy eyes. “But you’re in love with him” he whispers.
Barry just gulps and drops his head, feeling tears stinging his eyes. “Eddie, I’m sorry. I thought you were it. But I guess I confused my love and appreciation for you as being in love with you. I was so afraid of losing you that when I came back from that timeline I made sure to not repeat the same events so I could still have both of you in my life”.
“Eddie you are my best friend and I couldn’t imagine my life without you” Barry says.
“I don’t know how to fix this Barry” Eddie says.
Barry leans down the counter next to Eddie. “Me either, but I’m sorry Eddie. I’m so sorry”.
Eddie leans his head on Barry shoulder, and Barry takes his hand. “It will take time but I know we will fix this. We are meant to be in each other’s lives. That I do know”.
Barry was sitting in the cortex in a complete day dream. Their mission to transport the metas they had locked up completely failed and now he had no idea what to do. Everything seemed to be falling apart, nothing was working out in his favor.
“Hey, Cisco told me you were in here” Joe says taking a seat next to him.
“How's Caitlin doing?” Barry sighs,
“He used that light thingie on her. She's fine. Mostly embarrassed” Joe explained.
“Yeah. Thanks for not saying, I told you so.” Barry says.
“But I did tell you so. Repeatedly”.
Barry shakes his head and bows his head. “I just... Man, I've seen the way that Oliver does things, and he's not afraid to just do whatever it takes to get what he needs, and I thought that I could do that too. I thought I could just use Snart, but instead he used me”.
Joe tilts his head. “You're not the Arrow, Barry. No. That's not the kind of hero you are”.
“What kind am I?” Barry shrugs.
“The kind that cares about whether or not those criminals lived or died. I mean, whatever Mardon and Nimbus and Shawna did, they're human beings. And you knew letting Wells use them as pawns was wrong. You know the difference between right and wrong. And you weren't willing to blur the lines between the two. That's the kind of man you are. And that's what makes you different than the Arrow. So, please... no more walks on the dark side”.
Barry smiles. “Agreed?”
“Well, I heard your prison transfer didn't go so well. I'm so sorry” Eobard smirked.
Barry shook his head. “All a part of your plan, I assume?”
“Actually, that didn't factor into my plan at all, but I'm impressed you went to such great lengths to keep those people from harm. Ever the hero, huh, Barry?” Eobard claps.
“You've hurt enough people”.
“I know. You see me as the villain” he laughs. “But, Barry, if you were to look back, look back carefully at everything I've done, every wheel I have set in motion, you would realize I have only done what I had to do. Nothing more. Nothing less”.
“And the Particle Accelerator?” Barry says balling his fists. “How does that fit into your grand plan?”
“Well, why don't you go on inside, and let me show you” Wells smirked.
“You know, I just learned the hard way not to trust the bad guy” Barry assured.
“And yet... I've shown you time and time again you can't beat me, Barry” Just then there was the sound of a boom, Barry looked towards the noise and saw firestorm making an entrance.
“Ronnie” he heard Cisco say threw the Mic.
Wells smirk turns to a huge grin. “Wow. You brought yourself a friend”.
Next thing he knew an arrow sounded and Landed next to him, dropping in Arrow. “Welcome, Mr. Queen”.
“Hope we're not too late” Oliver says.
Barry shook his head and smirked. “You're just in time. I don't care how fast you are. You can't fight all three of us at the same time”.
“Oh, I can't? Trust me. This... This is gonna be fun”.