𝑊𝐼𝑆𝐷𝑂𝑀 | 𝐁𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐘 𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐍

𝟐𝟓 | 𝐅𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐇 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐖𝐎 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃𝐒 | 𝟏/𝟑

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"𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄, 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐋𝐄𝐓 me explain. I mean you no harm."

"How do you know my name?" questioned Barry.

"I know all your names," coolly replied Jay Garrick. "Caitlin Snow. Cisco Ramon. Sophia Byun. Detective Joe West—"

"Enough!" ordered Joe, lifting his gun. "That part about 'explaining' needs to happen right about now."

Jay raised his hands in defence, though his calm expression didn't change. "This world is in danger."

The first word in his sentence caught Sophia off guard. "What other worlds are there?"

"When you created the Singularity above Central City, you also created a breach between my world and yours."

"I'm sorry," interjected Iris. "A breach?"

"Yes." Jay nodded. "A portal, connecting our two Earths."

"And what precisely is your concern?" asked Stein, his eyebrows furrowed.

"A few days ago, you found a dead man named Al Rothstein at the nuclear plant. But then a different Al Rothstein tried to kill you."

"Atom Smasher," Cisco breathed out.

"That man was from my world," Jay continued. "If he got through the breach, I suspect there'll be more to follow."

"Okay," Barry scoffed. The small smile of disbelief on his face meant he wasn't so convinced. "So, Jay, how exactly do you know all of this?"

Where I came from, I was a speedster like you," he answered. "They called me the Flash. Before I arrived on your earth, I was in a fight with a man named Zoom."

"Zoom?" Barry repeated. "I've heard that name before. Atom Smasher, he said Zoom sent him here to kill me. Who is this guy?"

"He's a speedster, like you and me—and fast. Maybe the fastest of all. But evil," Jay added with a sigh. "He is an unstoppable demon with the face of death. We were engaged in our fiercest battle ever, racing throughout my city. But I wasn't fast enough to stop him. Zoom had me beaten. He was about to kill me when suddenly there was a blinding light and the sky split open. A breach, between my world and yours, caused from the singularity. It pulled me in and I somehow ended up in your world. Powerless. Unable to return home."

"What do you mean?" questioned Caitlin, her hands on her hips.

"I lost my speed."

Barry folded his arms. "How?"

"Not entirely sure."

Joe turned to Barry, though Barry just shook his head. Joe looked back at Jay and said, "So, you've been in Central City for six months. Why haven't you come to see us before?"

Jay took a couple of steps further into the Cortex. "I'm in a foreign world here, Detective. I didn't know who you all were. Took me that long to piece it all together."

"So that's how you know our names," Iris realized. "You've been following us."

"Look," Jay sighed, leaning forward onto the desk. "I know how this sounds. The existence of another Earth, you, another Flash, it all came as an unexpected shock to me, too. I just wish there was something I could do to convince you."

"There is," Barry replied quickly, slowly walking closer to him. "We're gonna . . . do some tests on you. See if you're telling us the truth. 'Cause if you're not, this Zoom, he's not gonna be your only enemy."