Unhidden (Barry Allen Is Sebastian Smythe), The Sequel to Hidden Away Until Now

2| It's Time For You To Come Back

First Published: March 22, 2021

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Kara sat in the DEO, watching as a breach opened in the middle of it. She knew it had to be one of her friends from another earth, maybe one in particular. A familiar red streak sped out of the breach, and there he was, he had many names. Barry, Sebastian, The Flash, The Streak. Two of them were for two different personalities, she knew both as she had the same problem. She had an alter ego other than Supergirl, Marley Rose. When she had first crash-landed on this Earth, it had been scary. She tried to go to school with her adopted sister, Alex, but it wasn't right. Eventually, she found a way to Earth-1, she took up a new personality, taking a backseat as Marley found her way in that world in Lima. She found someone who agreed to be her guardian, but Marley developed an eating disorder, and then she'd fainted at Sectionals. She'd remembered seeing Sebastian on stage with the Warblers and then she saw him again when Blaine proposed to Kurt.

He'd taken her aside after, knowing right away that she was an alternate personality. He'd explained that he also had one, too, and together they worked through the mess created by Hunter. Sebastian/Barry had helped her with her eating disorder, but then Seb graduated and disappeared, and with the glee club ending, she couldn't find him.

She'd changed back to Kara, and headed back to Earth-38, wondering if she'd ever see anyone from that Earth again, because she'd stopped using her powers. But then one day, Barry had come through a breach as the Flash, and together they recalibrated on everything that had happened. The rest of everything from there was the same, though Barry liked to sneak back to Earth-38 once a week to see her and Marley.

Sebastian had disappeared, but then, was suddenly back again. She'd heard all about everything that had happened with Hunter, and now what was happening with Oliver, she thought that it was too short of a gap between the breakup with Hunter and the beginning of the relationship with Oliver, but Barry seemed fine with it.

Back to the present, she pulled out of her thoughts, still wearing her Supergirl suit, walked over to Barry, who pulled down his cowl. "Hey, Kara," he said, a bag was slung over his shoulder, probably full of clothes. He always stayed one night to two, never longer, unless he was running from something, though that was rare, because Kara either convinced him to go back, or he felt guilty and ended up heading back anyway. No blue was evident in his hair today, the blue streak symbolized Sebastian as well as a glint in his eye, or a smirk. But, today, was a real, genuine smile. She wrapped her arms around him, pulling him close to her. The warmth that radiated from the speedster's body was almost like the sun, as it felt like it was providing her light, warmth, and a sense of power.

Kara's sister, Alex, who had always enjoyed Barry and Sebastian, walked over to them, prying Kara away from Barry, and then, wrapping him in her own tight hug. "What brings you here, Barry?" Alex asked, pulling away gently.

Barry's face was hard to read, but Kara tried anyway. There was joy, content, and for some reason, a little sadness. Kara put her hand on his shoulder. "Barry," She whispered, "Is something wrong?"

Barry immediately masked his emotions, his smile faltering into a straight line. "No, I just need to run some things by you."

Alex sighed from her spot in their group huddle. "Well, I'm sure J'onn will let us off tonight since you're here now."

Barry nodded. "Until then, I can help you patrol, if you'd like, Kara, but first, I'm going to drop off my bag at your apartment." He held up the key, which Kara had given him, before speeding off.

Kara shook her head. "I'm an alien, but his speed still amazes me."

One second later, Barry was back, and the two went out on patrol. Searching through the city, the two found nothing, but a couple of robbers, which they stopped, of course. When they finally made it back to the DEO, they were exhausted, and Alex came over to tell them that they were allowed to go home.