Chapter 21
Cisco's P.O.V:
Because of my powers, I can tell when things in the past have changed. I can see everything Julia has done. And what Iris did. My powers allow me to go to the future, but not the past. That's how I was able to leave when the alarm started blaring at the Labs. I can't go to the past and help Jules.
But I think I know someone who can. I opened a portal to Earth-2. It opened up right in Wally and Jesse's house.
"Wally! Jesse! Anyone?" I called out. They both sped over to me.
"Cisco! What do you need?"
"It's the past. When Julia came? It changed future events. You guys weren't there at the time, but Iris shot Julia. In the heart. I need to get back to the past."
"Anything for Julia. Maybe if I go I can convince Iris to apologize? Or at least tell us why she did it." I nodded my head opening a portal to the STAR Labs that was on my Earth. Wally, Jesse and I traveled to the past.
I opened another portal to the cortex, where I last saw Julia. She was dying in Barry's arms. I instantly felt tears streaming down my face.
"Give her to me," I commanded.
"No. She's my daughter."
"I know more about her than you do, we're both from the future. Future Wally and Jesse are here, too. They're talking to Iris,"
"I'm not letting her go."
"The only way to save your daughter and my niece is the cold gun! You can get to it faster than me! GO!" I shouted. He disappeared with Jules and came back, lying her on a bed in the med bay and Cold gun in hand. I ran over to them, taking the cold gun from him.
"Julia Nora Iris Allen you will not die on me," I pleaded, fired the blast right at her heart. Her eyes instantly shot open, but it wasn't comforting. I knew we weren't greeted by the Julia I know and love.
"Natalie, please don't hurt Iris," I said hesitantly.
"Who's Natalie?" Barry asked, confused.
"She hurt us. We gave that bitch a chance and we almost died! How could you ask me to show her kindness after that!"
"I know, Nat. I can call you that, right?"
"Eh, it's payback since I stabbed you."
"Can you let Julia back in?"
"No. She's too forgiving."
"Nat, I'm sorry," Joe snuck up behind Jules and shot her with meta cuffs. She screamed in agony before her eyes flickered back to brown and the screaming stopped.
"Please… stop…… it hurts… her," Julia said weakly.
"We need to take it off her! She'll die if she doesn't regenerate! She's too weak to use her speed to regenerate!" I shouted fervently.
"Let her," Joe said flatly. Barry pulled a Reverse Flash and destroyed the meta-cuffs. I shot her again with a cold gun.
Barry and I waited intently for her to fully regenerate.
"C'Mon, Jules. Don't make me have to build you an Arc Reactor…" I muttered quietly. Caitlin removed the bullet. I noticed a bullet wound near her heart.
"Cisco, what was that bullet wound from?"
"I don't know. It looks like its around two years- oh god. Two years ago was when your nephew- her only family left except me and Steven- disappeared."
"Her only family left? What about me and Cait?"
"I've said too much. I can't say. Look!" Jules was waking up.
"Hey." she croaked.
"Am I talking to Julia or Natalie?"
"At his point I don't even know…" she answered and opened her eyes.
"Hey Jules. Your eyes are brown again. Jules is in control."
Barry cut in, "What do you mean, 'Jules is in control,'
"You remember Killer Frost? She had a kid, who's spirit is inside Julia. We call her Natalie. She's a lot more fun than Killer Frost,"
Wally, Jesse, Young Me, Caitlin and Iris walked in.
"Leave. Now." Barry and Jules said together.
"You're definitely Barry's," My younger self and I chuckled.
"Thank you, Old and Young Cisco." Julia bowed jokingly.
"Hey! It's just twenty years! I'm not even 50 yet!"
"Iris has something to say," Wally intervened.
"I shot you because you hacked into a STAR Labs computer. You could've been doing anything. Leaking files, broadcasting to the world, anything."
"Do you want to know what I was doing? I hacked into his computer, because I don't know what Young Cisco's old password was. I was showing Mom and Dad pictures of our family and Cisco's family using Gideon."
"I'm sorry," Iris apologized.
"No, your not. I can see it. The way your smile doesn't reach your eyes, the way it's forced, but seems real to normal people. I'm a trained assassin- I notice these things."
"You're an assassin!? I cannot believe that I let you become an assassin!" Julia glared at her father.
"I'm an agent. I work for a top secret government agency. I was trained by the most powerful people in the multiverse who were our allies, except Lady Sif of Asgard. I have not yet trained with her. I work with a couple assassins, the god of thunder, Captain America- he's pretty cool when he's not having nightmares about his past. I work with a guy with impressive anger management issues that turns into a huge green thing, and a genius, playboy, billionaire, asshole who is your nephew, my cousin, Tony Stark."
"Have you ever… killed?" I laughed at this.
"I'd love to see you explain this one, Jules." She glared at me.
"Fuck off, Cisco. Would you call killing alien invaders who tried to kill me killing?" I laughed at her.
"Yeah, cause if you count those, Jules has killed hundreds, of not thousands." I joked.
"It's not my fault I'm the most powerful meta alive and I've been tasked with defending the earth at all costs!"
"Or, you could have listened to Tony, Barry, Gideon, Jarvis and Pepper and never learned how to use your powers."
"Hey! You were the one that trained me!"
"Because if I didn't, Fury would have taken all my tech from me!" I joked.
"Wait, you didn't want to train me? Fury forced you to?" Her voice cracked. My eyes softened.
"Of course I wanted to train you, Jules. I was joking." I said.
"I know. I'm heavily, trained, remember? I just wanted to hear you say it."
"You're an ass, you know that?"
"I know," She cheekily replied.
"You really need to stop hanging out with Loki, okay?" she just laughed and replied with, "Never,"
"Wait, talking about Loki, Wally, Cisco, Jesse and I need to go back to the future. I need to talk to Odin about something. The world may end soon.
Everyone except Iris and Joe walked to the Particle Accelerator.
"By mom. Bye dad. It was nice seeing you again." We took a group picture so we could remember this day.
Suddenly, a group of people, heavily armed with an octopus emblem on their jackets invaded. We fought the best we could but we were so unprepared. When all the guys left or were knocked out, we realized something. Only Julia's swords were there.
They took Julia.
Julia's P.O.V:
Hydra has had me for two years. The tortured me. They experimented on me. They ripped me open and put me back together. The aether inside of me kept me alive. They tried wiping my memory. I'm immune, but for the least amount of pain, I acted as though I were on their side from the first day they took me. It has been the worst two years of my life. I couldn't go back to the future. I was stuck on the past. The future hadn't changed, like in flash point, so its okay.
They gave me new powers. I can now manipulate my lightning, earth, I have hydrokinesis, and I can create fire. Some of the guards escorted me to Baron Strucker, the leader.
"My child, I need you to do something for me. I need you, to kill the Flash."
"Of Course." I had a plan.
We traveled for about a week until we got to Central City. STAR Labs was soon in my view. In an instant, I killed everyone around me. I electrocuted one, stabbed one with ice, drowned one, etc. I killed the last Hydra agent- the driver- and sped to STAR Labs.
I was soon met by my dad. He tackled me in a hug.
"Daddy! I need to go home!"
"Julia? It's been two years! Cisco, Wally and Jesse refuse to go back unless you go with them!"
"Those men? That was Hydra. The organization my agency tries to stop. If I don't leave, I'll be captured again."
"Come with me." I followed my dad to the cortex, where I saw everyone except Iris, HR, and Joe. Mom, Older Cisco, Wally and Jesse tackled me in a hug.
"Where were you?" Cisco asked.
"Hydra," My voice cracked. He nodded in understanding.
"If Hydra is after you, we need to go to our timeline, now. That's the only way you'll be safe." Cisco said quietly.
He pointed behind me, to two swords, that I missed. My suit was new and improved, and it was next to my father's. I quickly changed into it.
"We need to leave. Now." I commanded. I sped to the particle accelerator, and ran as fast as I could with Wally and Jesse. The three of us and Cisco finally made it back to our time period. We came back where time left off.
"Jules, you need to tell us what happened."
"I will, just… not yet. I'm not ready. I need to get to Asgard. Thank you for not leaving me behind." I called, while creating a portal Asgard.