impossible | barry allen

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"Like I told you from the beginning I am the future Flash." I heard from the cortex, my head snapping towards Cisco, my eyebrows furrowing in confusion, this catching my attention and drawing it away from my healing abilities that we had just discovered.

Cisco and I walk into the cortex, both sitting in chairs, as we were a voice identical to Barry's causing confusion to spark up in both of us, "It's like looking in a mirror. Well not quite."

"Can you pull up surveillance?" I question, "Why would Barry we out right now?"

"Hang on-" Cisco types away, tracking Barry's location then pulling up live security footage, "After we watch this, ill erase it-"

His voice faded as our eyes land on the monitor, staring at what was in front of us. Barry stood in his suit, face to face with who was revealed as Savitar. Himself.

Savitar was truly identical to Barry, the only difference was the scarred side of his face, and his different colored eye.

"You're not so scary without your armor." Barry spoke, confidence and courage in his tone.

"What can I say? I outgrew red." Savitar shrugs, his voice low, deep and raspy.

"I know what you are." Barry began, "You're a time remnant."

"This is impossible-" Cisco starts to say.

"We're staring right at it, Cisco." I whisper, my eyes not daring to leave the screen.

"A temporal duplicate created when you run back in time and meet yourself." Savitar exclaimed, calling him out, pointing right at him, "You brought a remnant to life last year to defeat Zoom. Your duplicate died, saving the multiverse, and you continued your happy little life. And it would've stayed that way, but then you decided to play God. You created Flashpoint and changed everything."

"I went to the future. My future self told me that he created time remnants to stop you. But you slaughtered them all." Barry told him, as they walked in a circle slowly, keep their distance.

"All but one. Me. I lived." Savitar threw his arms up, "But a funny thing happened when I did. You. Joe. Wally, Cisco. You all shunned me because I wasn't the true Barry Allen. I was an aberration. A disposable hero. Future you failed to mention that, didn't he?"

"How did you become Savitar?" Barry asks.

"I was broken and alone." Savitar's voice lowers, as you could practically hear the pain in his voice, "I wanted the pain to end. And that's when I realized the truth, Barry. God feels no pain. All I had to do was become one. And I only need two more things: for Iris to die so that you are driven so far into the dark that I can be born."

Tears filled my eyes, feeling guilt pool up in my chest for the villain.

But I couldn't help him. He had the face of the man I love. Deep down, the man I love was down there. Under all the layers of broken, betrayal and hatred.

"And the other?" Barry questions.

"It may sound ironic given who I'm talking to, but I'll keep that one to myself." Savitar concludes.

"What happens if I kill myself?" Barry starts to phase his hand, "If I die, then you'll never be created."

My palm reaches to slap against the button that turns on our side of the comms, Cisco immediately catching my wrist, stopping me.

"Cause and effect's a tricky thing. Didn't work so well for Eddie, did it? Shot himself in the chest Thawne's still kicking around. See, that's the thing about time travel, Barry. The more you do it, the less the rules apply to you." Savitar chuckles, his eyes wide with amusement, acting as if he was the teacher and Barry was the student, Barry's phasing hand stopping.