𝐉𝐎𝐋𝐓 - caitlin snow

25. Lost Memories

"It's impossible." Iris said after Barry had explained that Savitar was a Barry time remenent.

"I don't understand. How could Savitar be you?" Joe questioned.

"He's not me. Not really."

"He's all the worst parts of you. It's like in "Star Trek" when the transporter splits Kirk into good Kirk and bad Kirk. Please tell me you at least have "Star Trek" on your Earth." Cisco looked to HR.

"That explains why Caitlin was willing to follow him. He has a face that she trusts." Julian added.

"Half of one anyway." Barry murmered.

"So when the Legends found that message in the Waverider from old you saying "Don't trust Barry Allen," it was talking about Savitar Barry Allen." Cisco chuckled. "It's all coming together... in the worst way."

"You said you made Savitar? How?"

Cisco started to draw on the board. "Peep this. Four years from now, future Flash creates... a time remnant to fight Savitar. But Savitar lets that remnant live so that it can later become Savitar. So once Savitar is imprisoned in the Speed Force, this remnant starts to go crazy. And he goes back in time to the past... and becomes Savitar."

"Creating the lie that he was the first speedster, spreading the myth and recruiting acolytes throughout the ages." Julian assumed.

"That doesn't make any sense. Which came first, Savitar or the time remnant?"

"It's a closed loop. No beginning, no end. It's just one endless cycle. Classic chicken and the egg scenario, I think, eh?" Cisco muttered.

"A time remnant, it's, um... it's like a duplicate of you, right? So it has your feelings, your memories. So why would he want to hurt us? Why would he want to kill Iris?" Wally questioned.

Barry dodged the question. "H.R., how's Tracy coming with the Speed Force trap?"

"Good, yeah, good. Slow.'

"Get her to speed up, all right?"

"I'll do that now. Can do."

"If Savitar is a version of Barry from the future and he remembers everything that Barry does, how are we ever going to come up with a plan to stop him?" Wally sighed.

"Hey! Oh, bad time?" Cisco asked as he ran in with Anna.

"No, man, what's up?"

Cisco gasped for breath. "I just came up with the best idea ever. Either that or it's the worst idea ever. But... It's an idea."

"This is for your brain, okay? I want to stop you from making new memories." Cisco motioned to the device above a chair.

"What are you talking about?" Iris questioned.

"Savitar knows everything we're gonna do because he remembers doing it. He's a future Barry. So... what if Barry can't remember what we're doing now?" Cisco inhaled sharply.

"You want to mess with his brain?"

"Just a little bit. It's a minimal procedure. It'll still be the same Barry you know and love, except he just won't be able to retain new information." Cisco explained.

"There's two types of memory, Allen. Short-term and long-term. Long-term is where you..." Julian started to explained.

"Science talk hurts my brain when it's not Caitlin." Anna muttered, rubbing her forehead.

"Okay, Julian, just stop. This is my presentation, I'm the expert here. This is the part of your brain that retains new information before sending it to the cortex to be stored forever. So what if we block that chain... with a magnetic disruption?" Cisco pointed at the device.