My Very Own Barry

Chapter 5

Kara's Apartment - Kara's Bedroom

I dragged Alex into my room, out of Barry's hearing range, but I still angrily whispered to her "What did I tell you. I told you I didn't want you around Barry until I got to talk to him alone. I was just about to explain to him that he is The Flash."

"He is not The Flash. That is not your  Barry." Alex told me, I noticed the strange way she emphasized the 'your' in her sentence.

That was the third time today, how many times do I have to tell her, "Alex, I've told you over and over again, I don't like you teasing me like that. Barry is not my boyfriend, he has a girlfriend."

"I'm not talking about that." Alex said concerned, she opened the door slightly and took a peak at Barry through the slide. She obviously didn't want him hearing us, "I need you to listen to me, don't talk, just listen. It's important."

"What is it?" I noticed the look in Alex's eyes, she was serious.

"Ok. Where do I start... Right after you left with Barry, I asked the doctor if she managed to take Barry's blood while he was unconscious. She gave it over to me and I took it to Winn, to have it analyzed."

I was about to protest about her lack of trust in my friend, but before I could even get a word out, Alex held a finger out to silence me.

"Hold up. Listen to me. I got the blood sample to Winn, and I let him do his thing. And you'll never guess what he found out."

I glared at Alex, I was furious at her for going behind my back and questioning my friend, but I would be lying if I said I didn't want to know what she found, "What did you find?"

"Barry Allen.... That Barry Allen in your living room right now.... Yeah, he is not the Barry Allen you know. He is not the same Earth 1 Barry Allen that you met a year ago. This Barry Allen.... Is Earth 38."

Those last three words Alex said to me kept repeating over and over again. That was impossible, Barry said that there was absolutely no version of him on my Earth. There was no way this guy in my living room was his doppelganger.... Unless he is. "Are you sure?"

"Yup. I don't how Winn found this out, but he seemed sure. This Barry Allen right here is our very own."

I moved over to the door and opened it slightly. I stayed and watched as Barry played around with the random objects I had placed on the coffee table. How could I have not noticed the difference, I still don't notice the difference. He was the exact same as the Barry Allen I met a year ago, the way he talked, laughed, looked, everything. Not a single detail was out of line, other then his memory, but the important parts where all still there. The way he trusted me, cared about me, and his nice personality; all the best parts where still there. As I watched him in secret, I couldn't help but get this really happy and excited feeling begin to build in my chest, but I didn't know why.

"You need to believe my Kara, it's not him."

"I know." Answered her, while not removing my eyes from Barry, "I believe you."

"Well good." Alex told me, "Let me just quickly call J'onn really quick and have him get an extraction team out here as soon as possible."

I immediately pulled away from the door and closed it shut. I couldn't believe Alex right now, "What? No you're not doing that."

"Kara, this Barry Allen is not the one you know. We know nothing about him and you exposed your secret identity to him already. We can't trust him until we know a little bit more about him."

"I don't care Alex. You're not going to take him away, I'm not going to have a nice innocent guy get imprisoned and interrogated again. He hasn't done anything wrong."

"You don't know that, Kara."

"Yes I do. He just told me his complete back story, and I believe every word he said me. This guy right here, the one you refuse to get to know, had been ripped away from his home and for the past two years, has been imprisoned, experimented on, and tortured. And even through all that pain he suffered, he still managed to fool me. I thought he was the sweet, dorky, and adorable guy from Earth 1, but he's not. This Barry Allen went through all the troubles the Earth 1 Barry went through, plus extras, and he still managed to come out as an identical match to that of the Earth 1. Alex he doesn't belong in a prison."

"So what do you plan on doing with him?" I could hear the frustration in Alex's voice, "C.A.N.V.A.S deleted his entire identity, he can't go back to Central City because people are going to begin asking questions, and he has no more family to go back to. What can you do for him?"

I thought about that for a second. What could I do for a man who had lost everything and had nothing right now. He lost his home, friends, and family;... he was like me. I opened the door slightly and watched as Barry explored the room. I couldn't help but smile as I watched him pick up one of my framed pictures and look at it with such curiosity in his eyes. He reminded me so much of myself when I first came to Earth.

At that moment I knew what I could do. I knew what Barry needed, I looked at Alex and gave her a smile, "I know what I'm going to do Alex. I'm going to do the same thing your family did for me when I first arrived to Earth."

"You're going to give him home?"

"Yeah." I nodded my head while holding a large grin on my face, "But more importantly Alex... I'm going to give him a friend."

Hey! There is Chapter 5. I originally didn't plan on ending the chapter like this, but I like the direction I ended up taking. It felt cheesy, but it also felt like such a Kara type of move. Sorry for all those who like Alex, I know I made her seem like the bad guy, but that is going to stop now. I just did that to give Kara some conflict and drama. Anyway sorry this is like an hour later, I normally post at 10 am, but I'm late. My apologies. Anyway tell me what you guys think.