Be Your Hero - Barry Allen/The Flash (Book 1)

Second Chances

Barry's POV.

Previously in last chapter, Changes.

Barry ran back and forth along the waterfront. The wave grew closer and larger every second. Barry could feel the stress on his legs and muscles. Lightning coursed through his body and cells, light an electric shock. He could feel the power pumping into his legs. He screamed loudly, as he felt his muscles burning.

Suddenly there was a flash of lightning around him. He looked to his left and saw another Flash running next to him. He then ran passed him. Barry stopped suddenly and looked behind him. Where was the other Flash? Then he realized where he was. He was on a familiar street. The same street he was on the day he saw an illusion of another Flash. Where was the tsunami and the waterfront?

Barry looked around and saw a woman trying to hail cab, a couple crossing the street and a guy waking dogs and tripping over them. Barry realized what had happened. "Oh man. What have I done?" He asked himself. He had traveled back in time.

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Barry looked around in disbelief. Was it possible? Had he actually traveled back in time? "Barry? You okay?" The voice of his friend Cisco asked. Barry touched his earpiece. He was too blown away to answer. "Hey, what's goin' on?...Dude?" Cisco asked. "Hey! Yeah. Cisco, I'm...here." Barry said trying to wrap his brain around everything. "What happened? Why'd you stop?" His friend asked. "I just got a little...disoriented." He answered.

"Well, you need to make up some time, man. You better hurry up." Cisco told him. Barry furrowed his eyebrows. "Hurry? What are you...?" Barry asked in complete confusion. "Hurry as in get to the morgue." Cisco answered slowly. "The morgue? I was there. Two weeks ago." Barry answered. "What're you talking about? Come on! You gotta go!" Cisco exclaimed.

Barry didn't argue. He took off and ran to the funeral parlor or morgue. As predicted, he found the coroner dead. "He's dead, Cisco." Barry said. "Who is?" His friend asked. "The coroner." Barry looked down and saw the same marks on the guy as he did before. Mark Mardin had killed him.

Later on Barry went to the crime scene. It was being investigated by the CCPD. He peeked in through the doorway and saw everyone standing around where they had been two weeks ago. He held onto his briefcase and walked in, observing everything. His mouth was hanging open. He couldn't believe it!

"Hey Bare. What's with all the water? Did the sprinklers go off or something?" Joe came over and asked. It was like he was living everything over again. "What?" Barry asked, caught off guard. He must have dreamt the last two weeks. He could have traveled in time, but why did everything feel like Deja vu? "No. I checked the sprinklers. They're all in tact, but the water had ice in it."

He walked over to the body. "And the bruises on the coroner aren't only on his face. Check. Look at his torso." Joe crouched down and checked the body. Barry followed suit. He looked around in disbelief. It was like he was stuck in horror movie. "Woah. How did you know that?" Joe asked Barry. "He was killed by hail. We have to listen to the recording." "What recording?" Joe asked.

"Joe listen to this." Eddie said and pressed play on a recording system. And sure enough, Mark Mardin was on it, saying the exact same thing he did before. Barry covered his mouth. "It's Mark Mardin. He wants revenge." Barry stated. Joe looked at Barry in confusion and fear.

Afterwards, Barry went to Star Labs. "Clyde Mardin had a brother." Caitlyn commented. "So both Mardin brothers survived the plane crash and then the dark matter released by the Particle Excelerator effects them both in..." "...virtually the same way." Dr. Wells and Barry both said. He looked at Barry oddly. "Exactly."