Forward ϟ The Flash

Chapter 2: Getting Back to Weird

"Please, just let me explain. I mean you no harm." said the blond as he just stood there as if he hadn't just broken in. So much for better security.

Barry raised his hand at Joe, trying to keep him steady as he held a gun at the intruder, making the man strain to hold up his hands when he was pressed flat against the wall by Rose. He turned away from him to look at Jay. "How do you know who we are?"

"I know who all of you are," he replied as his eyes then went around the room. "Caitlin Snow, Cisco Ramon, Detective Joe West, Barry Allen, Rose Sn-Parker..."

"Nice try hon, but it's just Parker, but I'll give you a B for effort." she interrupted as she felt Barry's hand brush past hers. She let her hand fall down to her side which allowed the stranger to be released from her grasp and step away from the wall. Her stomach felt uneasy as she continued. "You better explain everything quick before anything happens to you."

"This world is in danger." he repeated like a broken record, his hands raised as he looked at Joe's raised gun.

Cisco's face scrunched up at the wording. "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?" questioned Iris.

"Yes, a portal connecting our two Earths," Jay answered.

"And what precisely is your concern?" Stein asked in a tone Rose had never heard before. It was darker like he was also doubting this Jay Garrick.

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

Barry threw his hands up in defeat. "Okay, so, Jay, how exactly do you know all of this?"

"Where I came from, I was a speedster like you. They called me The Flash," Jay told him. If Rose knew Barry, she knew he was wearing the same expression on his face that she was on hers. Raised eyebrows, questioning eyes, all of which begged Jay to go with his story. He must have known it was coming as he took a deep breath before going on. "Before I arrived on your earth, I was in a fight with a man named Zoom."

"Zoom?"

"That's the guy Atom Smasher sent to kill you. Why is it people are always trying to kill you?" she questioned her partner.

Barry ignored her, "Who is this guy?"

Jay slowly lowered his hands as he noticed Joe's holstering his gun. "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."

Caitlin's hands went to her hips. "What do you mean?"

"I lost my speed," Jay answered her as he folded his hands in front of him.

"How?" Barry asked next.

"Not entirely sure."

There was a pause as Joe and Barry looked to each other, neither of them showing that they had any sort of trust with what this guy was saying. Rose couldn't help but agree. A man with a story and no way of explaining anything to even begin trying to back it up was suspicious. Joe walked over to Jay, keeping the computer station between them as a protective barrier. "So, you've been in Central City for six months. Why haven't you come to see us before?"