Episode 10 The Flash Fanfic

Chapter 1

Francisco brought Astrid and Barry to an entirely different earth, where the sun was just starting to set.

"Where are we and how the hell did you do that?" Barry demanded for Francisco to explain.
"Would you have preferred me to leave you back in STAR Labs?" he replied, dodging the question.
"I'm glad that we are out of danger." Astrid told them, "But, I'm with Barry! Where are we?"

She and Barry looked around at their surroundings, it looked like Central City, only different.
"The two of you don't recognize your own city?" Francisco asked them. He had given up trying to imitate Cisco's manner of speaking.

Barry realized just why this Central City looked different to his hometown. "everything seems so..." he couldn't find the right word to use.
"Backwards?" Astrid asked, raising an eyebrow, "I was going to say the same thing."
"This is what you would call a pocket dimension. A smaller version of the universe that you are from. A consequence, if you will, created by Eobard Thawne." Francisco explained.

"So why does Eobard need me if you can travel to alternate dimensions? Why didn't he just use your powers." Barry asked.

"I was wondering how long it would take for you to ask me that one. Travelling to small pocket dimensions is a lot easier than travelling through times and to different worlds entirely. It requires a lot more energy." Francisco explained.

"So this is where you took Cisco?" Astrid asked. "Well, we need to find him. Chances are he would go somewhere that reminds him of home. So we should start with the STAR Labs on this earth and see what we can find."

"Maybe it would be a good idea if we don't run into our other selves." Barry said.
"Good thinking, Barry. I would also suggest staying as far away from STAR Labs, as possible." Francisco told them.

"But STAR Labs would be the best place to start. Wouldn't they hold intel on anything and everything out of the ordinary. I'm pretty certain our Cisco would think the same and just head there." Astrid argued.
"In your world, yes. In this world... I would advise you to stay right away. We are only here to hide from the chaos that your Central City has become. But this world is just as dangerous." Francisco said.

"So why bring us here? I am not leaving until we find Cisco. If this world is dangerous, he could be in danger too." Astrid was not going to take no for an answer.

"Ok, but first we need to find somewhere to stay. If he is smart, he would have done the same thing." Francisco told them.

Barry and Astrid knew that being newcomers to this world, they would need to listen to him in order to survive. "Ok, lead the way." Barry replied.

Francisco took them to a rundown apartment in a very shady looking street.
"er...is this place safe?" Astrid asked him.
"With the two of you here, it should be." He replied.
"Remind me not to fall asleep," she whispered to Barry, as Francisco showed them through the house pointing out the separate rooms that they would be sleeping in.

"While you are both here, the two of you need to not use your powers. We don't need the attention." Francisco instructed them.

"Why are you helping us?" Barry asked him, "You were lined up with Eobard, you must have some reason to be helping us."

Astrid probed his mind for the answer, but got only what he told them, "Eobard turned against me too back there. While I need your help to get me back to my own world... I have no personal vendetta against either one of you. Regardless of what you might think. I am not a bad person."

"But you kidnapped our friend, you worked in line with Barry's enemy and you lied to us!" Astrid snapped, "Why should we believe you? Our friend Caitlin is being punished for a crime that she did not commit! And God knows where our Cisco is! I know that you're telling us the truth now... but I still don't trust a single word you say!"

"So be it! But you would have done the same thing if you were in my position. If you want to get your friend back, we need to work together!"

Astrid said nothing. Instead she stormed outside, into the hall and sat down by the door. She was angry at herself for mistaking this Francisco for her best friend and declaring her feelings to him earlier. It had been stupid of her to not realize all of this sooner. Especially because she knew him better than anyone.

The door opened from behind her and she knew instantly that it was not Barry. "What do you want?" she asked Francisco.

"To make sure that you are ok." He told her.

"Well, I'm fine. So go away!" she shot at him.

"I want to apologize for you thinking I was your friend. earlier. You know when you said what you said." He told her.

"Yeah, I get it. You already gave the 'we need to trust each other' speech. This is your way of making amends. Drop the crap because I know you're hiding something. And so does Barry. And if we find Cisco, and he is hurt in anyway... don't think we will let you go free. I can completely destroy your mind within minutes... and I won't think twice about doing so!" she told him, as she pushed past him and went back inside to find Barry.

"You really think that everyone in life is out to hurt you, don't you? For a psychologist, you're very paranoid." Francisco said, as he followed her back inside.

"Well in my defense that's generally because they are!" She snapped back at him, "I mean both you and Thawne infiltrated our group and because of it we have to save our friends. My father's body was taken over by an alien... which I had to pull the trigger to kill, Barry's mother was murdered by your friend and so his father has been locked away for 15 years because of it... and we just had to leave our own world because a psychic gorilla just compelled the entire town to go after us... so I am pretty certain that I have every reason to be a little paranoid, and downright pissed off!"

Barry who had seen Astrid's entire meltdown did his best to calm her down. "Astrid, everything is ok. We will rescue Cisco and we will go back and rescue Caitlin and after that... I'm going to take Eobard Thawne up on his offer. I'm going to save my mom."

Astrid looked at him and took a few deep breaths. "How did you get to be the calm one?" she asked her friend.
"I took a page from your book... well before all of this happened." He replied.

Barry then looked over at Francisco. "I just hope that you are telling us the truth when you say that you're going to help us."

"I am. I'll go get us something to eat. You guys are probably hungry. There's a television in the other room." He told them as he left. Barry walked into the other room and switched on the television looking for the news. He found it and immediately called for Astrid's attention.

When she entered the room she heard a speech that immediately grasped her attention from this world's CEO of STAR Labs.

"Who is Dr Wells?" Barry asked her. He was wondering if her father may have met him at some point in time.
"I have no idea..." she replied as they listened intently to his speech.

"Tonight, in just a few hours, we will witness a new dawn. The acceleration of the particle accelerator is set to..." Dr Wells continued speaking as Barry and Astrid noticed two familiar people standing on both sides of the man.

"Well, I guess we found Cisco and Caitlin's doubles." Barry told her.
Astrid stared at the doppleganger of her best friend, wearing the exact same clothes that she had seen him wear in the past, and flicking back his dark hair behind his ear nervously. "Sure... their doubles..." she replied, with disbelief.