Episode 10 The Flash Fanfic

Chapter 5

As soon as the sun was up, Reyes got to teaching Cisco how to breach.
"You need to focus on the energy. Let it grow in size and picture the place you wish to travel to. That's how Paco always did it." Reyes instructed. By 8 in the morning, they believed that Cisco had grasped the concept.

"I still can't believe that your friend can read minds and manipulate people's thoughts," Reyes told Cisco as they sat at the bar. Barry, Astrid and Gypsy were currently playing pool with some of Reyes's friends. None of whom had any idea about the incident at STAR Labs, the night before, for obvious reasons.

"Yeah, her power is pretty cool." Cisco agreed.
"It gave me an idea actually. The Cisco from this world isn't too bad a guy. I felt so bad having to lock him away yesterday. Maybe we could give him a little information that he will remember when the time is right... you know about his employer? Because you know that they will go ahead with the particle accelerator... there's nothing we can do." Reyes said.

"You want to ask Astrid to tell him everything?" Cisco was confused.
"No, I want you to get her to do it. They're going to need to arm themselves with as much information on Wells as possible." Reyes said.

Cisco agreed, "If it might help the future of this world... ok."
"I'm glad that we both agree, I've seen him a few times at a café named Jitters around this time each morning." Reyes said.
Cisco nodded and went to find Astrid to explain to her the plan.

Astrid and Cisco left, setting off for Jitters a few streets away as Cisco explained to her the plan.
They spotted the Cisco of this world sitting alone in the café, sipping a coffee and reading something.

"You're sure about this?" Astrid asked him, "You are kind of asking me to use my powers on you... well technically..."

"I think it's for the best." Cisco replied.
Astrid agreed and went inside, leaving her friend outside of the café, out of sight.

She walked towards the guy and said "hello." He was wearing the same clothes as she had seen her friend wear before. It was almost as if she were meeting her best friend for the first time.

The guy looked a little confused. "Are you talking to me?" He asked her, looking up from his comic book.
"I sure am." She said sitting across from him, "Oh, I love that one... isn't that where the hero reveals who he really is to that girl?" she asked referring to the comic book.

"Yeah! You like comic books?" he asked, surprised that such a beautiful girl was giving him attention.
"I do, my best friend is a little obsessed. It sort of rubbed off. Now I find myself buying one every month." She told him, truthfully.

"Do you want to read it?" he asked her.

"I would, but I actually need to talk to you." She told him, as she locked eyes with him, she needed his full attention as what she was doing could risk the fate of this entire world.

"I need to talk to you about something important..." she started manipulating his mind, "...but you will not remember it right now. You will not actually remember a word of it, until the time is right. But the man that you work for... Dr Wells is in fact an evil speedster. Like the one in the comic books. The particle accelerator that he built will cause a large blast that will kill people and change others... giving them super powers. Which will also cause evil villains like him. But you and your friends have what it takes to save the city. You can do it. You will not remember meeting me until you are ready to remember this conversation."

While Cisco was still in a trance state, she left him sitting at the table alone and joined her friend outside. They headed back to the bar in silence.

Once the group left the bar, Barry, Cisco and Astrid felt more than ready to head home. Even if the whole town was compelled by Grodd to hunt down Barry.

"So are you sure that you have this, Cisco?" Reyes asked him as he fixed his goggles to his face.

"I'm sure that I'm willing to try," Cisco replied.
"If we wind up in the time of the dinosaurs, Cisco... I swear that I'm feeding you to them." Astrid teased.
"You got this, Cisco." Barry replied. "Are you sure that the two of you don't want to come with us?" he asked Reyes and Gypsy.

"Yes we're sure." Reyes replied, "Someone needs to keep an eye on this city. For now, its home."
Gypsy agreed with him.

They said their goodbyes and then Cisco held out his hand and focused. A large energy breach appeared before their very eyes. "One small step for man..." Cisco said proudly as the three of them stepped through the portal, "...one giant leap for mankind!"

They arrived at STAR Labs and by the looks of everything they were in the right place. The entire office had been ransacked, but there was not a soul in sight.

"My computer!" Cisco exclaimed, checking for any major damages. Fortunately, there were none.

"It's only been 20 minutes since we left." Barry said noticing the time on the wall.

"Twenty minutes seems like a life time." Astrid replied, relieved to back, "but where is everybody?"

Barry walked towards the window. The whole city was silent. There was not a moving car in sight below. The streets were filled with darkness. It was strange considering it wasn't too late at night. "I don't like this." He told his friends. "Something is seriously wrong."

Astrid scanned as far as she could for people's thoughts. Barry was right, it seemed as if the entire city was entirely empty. "Maybe we should go for a walk," she suggested.

They walked through the town, it was as if the entire town had been evacuated overnight. There was not a single person in the town. Central City had become a ghost town.

"I'm going to head home. Maybe Joe and Iris are there." Barry said.
"What if it's a trap?" Cisco asked him.

"At least I'll be prepared for it." Barry replied. All three of them decided to head back to their homes.

Once Astrid returned home, she wasn't tired enough to head to bed, so she sat on the lounge and flicked through the channels on the television. There was absolutely no signal.

A knock at the door made her jump, so she stood up to answer it. It was Cisco.

"Your family's gone too?" she asked her friend.
"I never went home." He told her.

"Ok, what's up?" she asked. Ever since she had seen him kissing Gypsy she had tried to not let it affect her. He clearly knew that, as he had come to give an explanation.

"I want you to know that Gypsy kissed me... it wasn't the other way around." He told her.

"Ok, I don't know why you think that you need to explain. You seriously don't need to." She told him.

"Yeah...I do, Astrid and I need you to hear me out. When I tried to kiss you, back when you were dating Oliver it wasn't a joke. I lied because I am in love with you, I always have been since the day that we met... and I just need you to know that." He told her, his vulnerability was being worn on his sleeves.

He turned to leave but she stopped him. It was now or never, and this time she wasn't talking to his doppleganger... it was him. "Cisco, I never told you why Oliver and I broke up... There were multiple reasons... but the biggest reason of all was that I can't be with someone that I don't love. I need you to know that... well... I am in love with you too." She told him.

The two of them finally kissed.