Episode 10 The Flash Fanfic

Chapter 9

Barry ran through Central City searching for the speedster but the speedster found him.
"I see you made it, Barry." Eobard said, as he ran beside him.
"What do we need to do?" Barry asked him.
"Exactly what you're doing. We run and picture where we are going. Picture that night, picture your mother that night. The rest will happen naturally... Just try and catch me, Barry!"

Eobard ran ahead of Barry, so Barry ran after him. Barry ran faster and faster than he had ever run before. The world around him was but a mere blur of ranging colors.

Before long images began to emerge, just like they had when he had been on that cosmic treadmill back at STAR Labs when he had been affected by Cupid's poisoned arrow.

"Keep running, Barry!" Eobard called out from in front of him, "Don't let the images scare you. Run faster and don't stop!"

Lightning bolts flickered around them, nearby he heard a storm brewing, but it went away as quick as it had come.

He saw visions of the man in the bat costume again. Visions of the man in red and blue.

Visions of green aliens, visions of his friends fighting together. Visions of his past. He was taken back to that night in Smallville, where Astrid had shot at the beast who had taken over her father. He was taken back to the meteor shower and his coma. Then he was taken back even further than that.

He knew that he was getting closer, so he kept running. Eobard disappeared before his eyes and then Barry finally found himself back into his family's old home.

He stopped when he saw his mother leaving his old bedroom after she had just said goodnight to him.

Barry had remembered that night every day of his life since it had happened. It had been the last time he had seen his mother smile.

Barry hid behind a door as he witnessed the room go into slow motion. He knew what moment was coming next. Barry saw a yellow blur pass by him. Eobard Thawne. He knew that he needed to do something.

A thought crossed his mind. Eobard had been waiting for Barry to get fast enough to create an energy to open a portal to another dimension. Maybe this was the way to save his mother.

Barry locked Nora Allen in the room with the young version of himself, before they could determine what had happened. He then ran at Eobard Thawne, who was now in the kitchen. He hadn't been expecting to see him there.

"Barry Allen, if my eyes don't deceive me." Eobard said with a smile. He brushed past the knife rack as he spoke.
"You need to stop this or you will never get back to your time." Barry told the yellow speedster.
"What are you talking about?" Eobard asked him, a little puzzled.
"I'm talking about the fact that if you go through with killing my mother, you will have to wait 15 years for me to gain my powers so you can return to your time." Barry explained.

"You're bluffing, Barry." Eobard told him.
"How do you think I am here? You brought me here to generate enough speed to create a gateway to get you back to your time. I helped you to return to your world and you promised me that you would spare my mother."

"I didn't come to kill your mother, Barry. I came to kill you." Eobard told him, though he seemed to believe him about the not being able to return home.
"Ok, so I believe you. I will spare your mother and I will spare your ten-year old self. So take me home, Barry." Eobard told him.

Barry didn't see as Eobard picked up a sharp bladed knife from the kitchen.
"We need to run, Thawne. You can get a head start." Barry told him. Eobard turned to run, though just as he started, he pulled a knife from behind his back and lunged for Barry.

Barry immediately remembered a move that Astrid had shown him time and time again. He dodged the move and was able to knock the knife from Eobard Thawne's hand. Barry kicked it away quickly so Eobard couldn't retrieve it, then took hold of Eobard and ran faster than before.

He seemed to be going back through the speed force. Once he got to a moment that to him, seemed between worlds he let go off Thawne, pushing him out of the gateway. Eobard disappeared into the abyss of nothingness, then Barry returned back again to his childhood home.

He heard Nora and young Barry knocking furiously on the door. His father Henry had returned home, and as The Flash hid, Henry helped Nora and young Barry out of the locked room. None of whom had any idea of what had happened. Barry Allen had saved his family.

As Barry went to leave, he caught a glimpse of a news report on the television.

"...Emergency crews are at the scene of a car accident, where Doctor Robert Sutherland, his wife and daughter were killed on impact as a truck collided with their car on Main street tonight..."

The news showed a picture of the family, which included a young version of the telepathic girl who had become his best friend. But how was that at all possible?

Barry heard his father and mother about to enter the room. He left before they could see him, absolutely puzzled. This news meant one thing... that his friend Astrid Sutherland, was indeed, an anomaly.