Struck Through the Heart (Book One)

Chapter 24

Barry was talking to Wells in his cell. His name isn't even Harrison Wells. His real name is Eobard Thawne...and he's from the future. He told Barry that he hated him so, the only way for him to win their ongoing battle between them was to go back in time. "...If I killed a younger version of yourself...then you would cease to exist in the future. So, that's what I did, I created a portal and went back to the night your mother died. But, the future version of yourself being the way you are. You went in after me and followed me there. It was never my intention to kill Nora but, seeing how much damage it caused you over the years put a smile on my face. I tried to kill you but, the future version of yourself, saved you and took 6 blocks away from your house. Future you destroyed the timeline. 

"You were supposed to die, instead I killed your mother. Now, I got to see you live with the loss of your mother for the next 14 years. When I tried to go back to my time, I found that I couldn't. I had lost my connection to the Speed Force. So, I was stuck 155 years in the past, with no way back home. I decided the only way to get back to my time was to recreate the particle accelerator explosion that gave you your speed; 10 years before it was supposed to happen." Thawne explained. Barry stood there staring at him. "I hate you." "Please, I've hated you before you the night your mother died. I despised your existence." Thawne said. Barry got up and walked away. "I can however offer you the chance to go back and save your mother. You go back in time and save your mother. I go back to my time and you never see me again." Thawne said. Barry looked back at him. "Why would you offer me this? You hate me." "I have been stuck here since that night...I want to go home to my time." Thawne said simply. How do I know I can trust you?" "You can't and that's what makes this so interesting. Do you trust me and go back in time and save your mother? or Do you not trust me and live with the agonizing hole in your chest caused by the death of your mother for years to come?" Thawne asked. Barry sighed deeply. "I'll let you think about it." Eobard said and turned around. Barry walked away and closed the cell door.

Barry walked into the Cortex, his face filled with all sorts of different emotions. "What happened in there?" "Thawne gave me the chance to go back in time and save my mother." "What? Why?" "If I go back in time and save her. Thawne will return to his time in the future." Barry explained. "Mr. Allen, you were given an extraordinary choice. You have the ability to go back in time and save your mother." Professor Stein said. Stein was the other part of Ronnie. The other half of Firestorm. "From what I know about time travel, it can be dangerous to mess with timeline." Barry said. "The thing about time travel is if you mess something up in the timeline such as you saving your dead mother. Who knows what type of catastrophic anomalies or damage it could do to this particular timeline. You may never receive your powers. You may never have met Hazel or Caitlin or Cisco or Ronnie or Me. You also have to think about a singularity. Destroying a timeline could potentially create a blackhole." Stein said. "Wait. so if Barry goes back in time and saves his mother he may never be the same or the timeline would be different?" "Exactly, one change in a timeline could create multiple changes in a timeline. For example, getting struck by lightning in CCPD the night of the particle accelerator explosion gave you your powers. It was also the night that Hazel met you, Mr. Allen. If you never get struck by lightning Hazel's path could've been a path that is vastly different than the path she travels now. Do you understand what I'm trying to say, Barry?" Professor Stein stated. Barry nodded his head with an expression of pain. "So, Barry should go back in time and save his mother. If it means he will be happy again I say he should do it." Joe said as he walked away into a different room. Barry went after Joe. 

What if he goes back and I never meet Barry? I'd never fall in love with him. I would never find out who killed Scott. I would never have found out that my parents were still alive. I would have a giant hole in my heart that Barry would have once filled. I would be all alone again. I don't want to be alone again. I thought as walked out of the cortex to the hallway and cried silently.