Catastrophe-2

There's Always Another Way

Sorry for the long wait. I hope you all enjoy this update.

"Thanks for saving me back there babe." Barry kisses my cheek as we get ready for bed.

"Someone had to save you, two damsels, in distresses." I tease him.

"I would have saved my..."

"Barry, Null was making you float all the way out of the atmosphere."

"I was...her powers would have worn off eventually and..."

"It's okay. I like saving you." I kiss his cheek.

"Ralph is still terrified." Barry blurts out.

"He has every right to be."

"He's not taking this seriously enough. He needs to know that..."

"Not everyone can face death straight in the face Bare. Ralph is terrified for a good reason. Just like we were all terrified of Savitar. DeVoe, he knows things before we do, and...it seems like anything we do to try and beat him just fails."

"But you do think we're gonna win. Right?" Barry asks me.

"Hope is the only thing that keeps us from falling into darkness. I will always hope and believe that we will defeat all evil that comes at us but...at some point we won't always come out on top." I comment.

"Anna..."

"We have to stop acting like there will be a forever for us." I look up at Barry with tears in my eyes. "The future still says you're gonna vanish in a crisis and...nothing we do can stop it."

"Anna that is..."

"That has been our future. And we keep ignoring it. We keep ignoring the fate that is coming for us. I...I've lost you so many times Barry and my heart is barely holding on as we speak and..."

"Hey, hey, hey!" Barry holds my face in his hands trying to calm me down. "You're not losing me. I will find a way to stop the crisis. I will not leave you. I will..."

"But you've already left me, Barry!" I cry out feeling my heartbreak even more. "If the world is at stake. You will always sacrifice yourself for the greater good. Leaving me alone again. I was dying inside when you went into the Speed Force. I was dying Barry and every second I have with you is breaking me. I...it feels like you will be taken away from me second and we're wasting our time with this DeVoe bullshit and it's pissing me off."

"Anna..."

"Why aren't you more worried about this? I...Damian knew about you vanishing for less than a few hours and he knew the seriousness. He was willing to replace you and..."

"I wasn't going to let him do that. I was never going to do that to you." Barry argues.

"No, but you will place the world above us. You will sacrifice yourself so that the world is safe and..."

"I'm a hero Anna. Sometimes I have to do difficult things and...I don't always agree with them, but it keeps you and everyone I love safe."

"And those who love you want you to be with us. To live with us. We don't want to just think of you in memory."

"Anna..."

"There will come a time and...would you ever step away from saving the world?"

"Anna..."

"I'm not asking now or tomorrow but...do you see a time where you don't have to be The Flash?"

"I...I'll always be The Flash."