Moving Forward

August 2039

"That was amazing, dad!" Exclaimed Dawn, walking back in the cortex alongside her twin brother and her father,

"You're still not bad at all for an old man," teased Don, smiling widely from ear to ear,

Both twins were just weeks away from being fifteen years old and, after years of asking (or more like begging) they finally convinced their parent to let them run into danger. Granted, it was only a fire, not even a Metahuman fight, and both young teenagers stayed behind their dad for most of it, but it still was their first official mission. The twins have been dreaming and training their whole life for that moment, and they were shining brightly in their purple and white speedster's suits. Their suit was all Cisco's made, of course.

Original Team Flash wasn't getting any younger as all of them were already in their fifties or being on the edge of hitting it, but they still hadn't lost their touch. The enthusiasm got cut short when the trio of speedsters stopped and took a real look inside the room to realize Cisco wasn't alone in there. Standing next to him was twenty-two years old Lindy Carter wearing a clean black pant going down 'til a little over her ankles and a black and white sleeveless flannel shirt. Completing her fashioned outfit was opened black shoes with low heels.

"Hey Lindy," greeted Barry while taking off his cowl, "I thought college had started earlier this week."

The seriousness on his young friend's face made him lost his smile. Something was up, and the speedster had a good idea what it might be. When she finally spoke up, her voice was loud and free of any doubt.

"I made my choice; I want to do it," strongly affirmed Lindy.

The second she was done talking, she closed her lips and kept them tightly sealed to prevent them from shaking. The young woman needed her anxiety hidden from the rest of the world.

"Lindy, are you sure?" Asked Barry, advancing closer and sharing a glance with Cisco who shook his head one quick time to answer. Lindy wasn't going to budge.

"I need to see my dad, I made my decision," she repeated while, behind Barry, the twins took a step back and stayed out of the conversation, "I can't keep living in the past, especially in one I never knew. I need to do this if I want to be able to move on. Please Barry," she asked, struggling to keep her emotions; tears were starting to be heard in her voice.

Oh Lindy.

Looking back at his friend for confirmation, Barry saw Cisco shrugging at him, "if that's what you guys truly want to do, I'll help."

Seem like there was no getting out of it, "alright," yielded the speedster who approached his younger friend and gently touched her arm. "But if we do this, don't you want for your mom to be there? We could use a way better memory for her to revisit."

"No," affirmed Lindy without hesitation, "I have to see it. I want to see how my dad saved you."

So, there was no changing her mind.

"Alright, let's go down to the Breach room," said Barry. There was nothing he hadn't already discussed with Matt's daughter last week, and he couldn't come up with any new argument at the moment.

For her whole life, that girl had been living in the shadow of a father she never met and who saved the Flash. It was hard, if not impossible, to blame her fascinating toward the man. Maybe Barry shouldn't have told her about the whole set of Cisco's abilities, but now that the cat was out of the bag and Lindy had set her mind into seeing her dad, there was no getting out.

It was a real double-edged sword. Best case scenario; this could help Lindy close that page of her past and move on with her life. But, worst case scenario, it could take her on a downhill spiral, especially considering how she was insisting on seeing that moment in her dad's life. She wanted, needed, to witness that point in time when her dad was Hyde's prisoner and when he convinced Barry not to take his life. It wasn't exactly the brightest moment in both men's lives.