Short on Time

Chapter 46

"And comfort us today with the word of your promise as we return our brother to the earth, and leave us with the hope that, one day, we'll meet again," the priest said as we stood in front of two graves. Henry and Nora Allen, two amazing people who I wish I had the honor to call mom and dad. 

Barry held onto my hand tightly as he stood in front of the casket. He looked at me sadly and I gave him a nod of encouragement, "Um my father's..." Barry looked at me lost, "I can't do this right now."

"It's okay, Barry," I told him as I held onto his hand as Joe stepped forward.

"Henry Allen. Henry suffered two great losses in his life.He lost his wife, Nora, and he lost Barry.He suffered guilt, embarrassment, ridicule, shame, and everything that comes with being blamed for a crime he didn't commit," Joe said. "Henry Allen was proof that love can get you through the darkest of days, and that love will keep him alive in all of our hearts."

I walked with Barry as he picked up a red rose. I took the umbrella from him and held it over him as he placed it on his dad's coffin. "I'm gonna find him, Dad. I promise you I'm gonna take from him what he took from you," Barry vowed.

He stepped back and took the umbrella from me as Joe and Iris put down roses. It was now my turn. I held the rose in my hand and then I placed it gently on the coffin. Suddenly, light shined through the skies and the rain began to let up. "Thank you, Henry, for showing me what love can do. And for giving me that person who love."

~*~

"Guys, Zoom's still out there," Cisco said.

"We need to come up with a plan," I said with a sigh.

"The man can crack open breaches to Earth-2. I mean, if he can do that, what else can he do that we don't know about?" Cisco said.

"Right after he killed his time remnant, he told me I was almost ready," Barry said.

"Almost ready for what?" I asked.

"I don't know," Barry said.

" Yep. Classic psychopath," Cisco said.

"Why can't they ever just say what they want to do?" Joe asked.

"We also have to figure out why I keep vibing Earth-2 being ripped to shreds," Cisco said.

"Seriously," Joe asked.

"It's like I'm watching 'Transformers' in 4-D, but, like, ten times more realistic and with much better acting," Cisco said.

"Look, if you can vibe the future, we need to stop Zoom before that happens," Cisco said.

"I'm gonna get some air, all right?" Barry said walking out. 

"I got it," I told them when Iris gave me a look.

I walked out of the house to find Barry on the front porch, "when I was in the Speed Force, I felt like I'd finally come to grips with her death, with not saving her when I went back. And then the moment where I'm finally at the place I can move on, my father's taken from me. How am I ever supposed to find peace with that?"

"I don't know, Barry, but you're gonna have to find a way to do that, or it's gonna tear you apart," I told him gently.

"I just miss him so much already," Barry said sadly and then we saw a flash of blue lighting as Zoom ran by.

"Zoom," Barry said darkly.

"Barry, don't!" I shouted as Barry ran out, 

~*~

"So Zoom wants to race you?" Joe asked.

"He's obsessed with being the best," Barry said.

"Why would you trust him again?" My mom asked. My siblings were somewhere else, safe, much to their unhappiness.