21. Broken

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Anna pushed herself as she watched Jesse, Wally, and Barry speeding beside her. In the past 2 weeks, they had traveled to Earth-2 to save Jesse's dad, and mutant gorila's had attacked Central City. Anna watched as Wally stopped a couple of meters away, Barry getting ready to fake-stab Jesse. Wally sped forwards, pushing Barry away right before he fake-stabbed her.

"Guys?" Barry asked through the comms.

"0.21 seconds." HR muttered.

"0.21. Just fast enough to save Iris from Savitar. You did it." Barry yelled out, grabbing Wally into a hug. Wally paused after hugging Jesse, looking into the distance.

"You okay?" Jesse questioned.

"Uh, yeah, yeah. I'm just... happy." Wally stammered. Anna raised an eyebrow.

"We all are, Wally. We all are." Barry patted his back.





"Hey, guys." Julain said as he entered the cortex. "It's good to see you. Good to see you all. Jesse, I thought you were heading back to Earth-2."

"I actually decided to stick around for a little while." Jesse explained.

"Hey, does anybody know what's going on? I mean, I got a mountain of paperwork back at the office." Joe questioned.

"No, not the foggiest. I was gonna ask you." Julain muttered to Joe.

"Ah. Welcome home, James. Can I brew you a proper cup of tea? And a robust pick-me-up for you, mate." HR questioned.

"No need. We hit Jitters on the way. Got everybody something." Barry handed them each a cup of coffee.

"What is going on with you two?" Joe questioned. Iris whispered to Barry, who whispered back.

"Um..." Iris cleared her throat, before raising her hand and showing off a diamond ring on her ring finger. Anna spit her coffee all over the floor in shock. Everyone started to congradulate them as Joe and Anna stood there in shock.

"Did you know about this?" Anna whispered.

"Not at all."

"Wow. You did it. This is... this is fantastic. Well done, Joe. Congratulations." HR patted Joe's back.

"Dad, say something, please." Iris said as Joe stepped forwards, hugging her.

"Anna?"

"My baby girl. You have grown into a beautiful woman. You're marrying the best man I know. You two bring me nothing but joy. I'm so happy for you." Joe smiled.

"I honestly, didn't expect this so soon, but..I'm happy for you guys." Anna said as she hugged Barry, then Iris.

"And speaking of, um, best man..." Barry trailed off, looking to Cisco.

HR intturupted. "I'll do it. Of course. When Barry and I first met..."

"H.R." Barry nodded to Cisco.

"You mean him. Okay, good."

"I... I'd be honored. Really. I mean, as long as I can get that plus-one. 'Cause, you know, me and Gypsy, we about to tear up the dance floor for you guys." Cisco said as everybody laughed.

"Barry. Can I talk to you for a second?" Joe motioned outside. Anna stood next to Caitlin as they admired the ring.

"When are you gonna propose to me?" Caitlin blurted out, making Anna choke on her coffee.

"Do you want the floor to drink my coffee?" Anna gasped out as Wally walked out of the room with Cisco.








Wally had just said that he had seen Savitar, but Barry hadn't. Barry had suspended him from the team as Wally stormed out of the room.

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