The Flash (two oc insert fic)

Fast Enough

This was it, this would be the day Barry and Mushroom would get the answers to their mothers death. While the other stayed in the cortex, both Allens headed down to the pipeline where Wells aka Eobard Thawne was locked up. Barry opened the pipeline and the cell with Thawne was in front of them. For a man in a cage, Thawne was surprisingly calm. Barry finally asked him the question that had been haunting him for years, why did Thawne kill Barry and Mushroom’s mother?

“Because I hate you.” Thawne answered.

“That’s not an answer. Talk now or you’ll be Ghost next plaything.” Mushroom threatened.

“Not the Barry now. Barry years from now.”

“In the future.” Barry stated.

“In a future. Yes. We’re enemies, rivals, opposites, reverses of one another.” Thawne answered.

“And why is that exactly?” Mushroom asked.

“It doesn’t matter. It doesn’t… matter anymore. What matters is that neither of us was strong enough to defeat the other. Until I learned your secret. I learned your name. Barry Allen. And finally, I knew how to defeat you once and for all. Travel back in time, kill you as a child. Wipe you from the face of the earth. Along with your sister. No Flash and no Ghost to stop me. But then you, future you, this is, followed me back and we fought. We both landed some pretty solid shots. And then you, future you, got your younger self and the younger Mushroom out of there. I was so mad.” Thawne explained.

Mushroom’s hand balled into a fist and Barry grabbed it. “But then I thought…what if you  were to suffer a tragedy? What if you were to suffer something so horrible, so traumatic… that your child self could never recover? Then you would not become the Flash. So I stabbed your mother in the heart. And I was free. Finally able to return to a future without the Flash. Only to realize that in traveling back, I lost my way home. Lost my ability to harness the Speed Force. And without it, I was stuck here, stranded in this time unable to return to my home, and the only way back was the Flash. But the Flash was gone, and so I created him.”

“Why train me? Why help me save so many people?” Barry asked as Mushroom squeezed his hand.

“Because I need you to get fast. Fast enough to rupture the space-time barrier and create a stable wormhole through which I could return home.” Thawne answered.

“Why would I ever do that?”

“Because, Barry Allen, if you give me what I want… I’m gonna give you what you want.” Tears formed in Barry’s eyes. “You can go back and save your mother. You can prevent your father from going to prison. You can reunite the Allen family.”

“No.” Barry shook his head. “No, I don’t believe you.” He let go of Mushroom’s hand before punching the cell door. “I wanna kill you right now.”

“Barry, stop!” Mushroom said, grabbing Barry’s hand. “He’s not worth it.”

“You should listen to your sister, Barry.” Thawne spoke.

“Keep your mouth shut, Eobard.” she said, harshly.

“I know you're upset, but I’m giving you a chance. I’m giving you a chance to undo all the evil I’ve done. Don’t you want that chance?”