Short on Time

Chapter 25

"Please, just let me explain." The man said holding up his hands as we all looked at him suspiciously. "I mean you no harm."

"How do you know my name?"

 "I know all your names. Caitlin Snow, Cisco Ramon, Detective Joe West..."

 "Enough," I said. 

"That part about explaining needs to happen right about now," Barry said

"This world is in danger." He stated.

I looked at him confused, "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, a breach?"

 "Yes, a portal connecting our two earths."

"And what precisely is your concern?" Caitlynn asked.

 "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 said.

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

"Okay, so, Jay, how exactly do you know all of this?" Barry asked. 

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

"Zoom?" I asked.

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

 "He's a speedster, like you and me. And fast. Maybe the fastest of all. But evil. 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." Jay explained

"What do you mean?" I asked.

 "I lost my speed."

"How?" 

"Not entirely sure."

"So, you've been in Central City for six months. Why haven't you come to see us before?" Joe asked suspiciously, I am as well.

 "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." He answered calmly.

"So that's how you know our names. You've been following us." I stated.

"Look, 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." Jay said.

"There is. We're gonna do some tests on you. See if you're telling us the truth." Caitlynn said.

"'Cause if you're not, this Zoom, he's not gonna be your only enemy," Cisco said darkly. 

~*~

 "Is any of this possible?" Iris asked.

"A breach to another earth?" I said.

 "It's not, right?" Joe suggested. 

 "The contrary. Just recently, the many-different-worlds theory proposed interaction with parallel universes was plausible. Now, if what Mr. Garrick's saying is true, that theory's been proven sooner than we all thought." Martin said.