Multiverse Reborn: Flash

Chapter 8

The next day, Joe brought in a bunch of meta case files from CCPD. There was one he really wanted them to help work on.

"The Mardon brothers. I thought they died when the particle accelerator exploded?" Iris asked.

"Yeah so did I. Their plane was destroyed by the energy wave, but recently there have been reports of Clyde Mardon be seen in the city. Since Chyre and I spent so much time tracking down him and his brother, Singh put me on the case." Joe said.

"What happened to Chyre?" Barry asked, even though he already knew.

"Chyre died the night of the explosion. Clyde killed him." Joe said and Barry sighed.

"So, Mardon's a metahuman, what are his powers?" Cisco asked.

"From what we can tell, it looks like he can control the weather." Joe said.

"Great, one of those. Do you have any ideas on where to find him?" Iris asked.

"Maybe the farm he and his brother were hiding out in before." Joe suggested.

"Time to give our suits a field test." Barry said.

"Wait, how am I going to get there?" Iris asked.

"I thought you saw Fantastic Four." Barry said to his girlfriend and Cisco caught on.

"He's right. You could be like Johnny Storm and fly." Cisco agreed.

"Not to mention Firestorm can fly and they have essentially the same powers as you. If they can fly, no reason you can't." Caitlin added, deciding it might be better to convince Iris using a real example instead of a movie.

"I've never tried flying before." Iris said.

"I can probably handle Mardon on my own if you don't want to try." Barry said, since this time, he was going to bring Clyde in alive.

"I'm not sure that's a good idea." Joe said.

"No I can do this." Barry said as he noticed Cisco freeze with a look on his face that Barry recognized as him vibing.

"You okay Cisco?" Barry asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine. I need some air." Cisco said as he walked out of the building and Barry was beginning to suspect what Cisco had vibed. He'd need to talk to a certain someone about that soon, but first things first. He needed to stop Clyde Mardon.

"What's wrong with him?" Joe asked.

"I don't know, but I'm sure he'll be fine." Caitlin said.

"In the meantime, I'm gonna go check out this farm. Iris, you coming or what?" Barry asked.

"Yeah I'm coming. I just need to figure out how to fly." Iris said.

"Well, let's suit up first and then you can figure it out." Barry suggested and Iris nodded as Barry quickly sped into his suit.

"Nice trick." Iris said as she had to change into her suit the old fashioned way, by, grabbing it and moving into another room to change.

"You sure you don't want me to carry you?" Barry asked as he sped through Central City, having to work hard to keep his speed slower than usual for him to avoid arousing suspicion from Thawne.

"No, I think I'm getting the hang of this." Iris said as she flew for the first time, though she was having some difficulty with it at first, since while she'd figured out how to use her hands and feet like rocket jets, she was still working on control.

"It'll just take some practice. Now come on." Barry said as he sped towards the farm.

"How are you so good at running already?" Iris asked over the comms.

"I've been running my whole life Iris. Now I can just run a lot faster." Barry said.

"Fair enough." Iris admitted as they arrived at the farm.

"Okay you two cut the chatter. Any sign of Mardon?" Joe asked them over the comms.

"No, but it looks like someone was here recently." Iris said as she and Barry looked around the farm.

"Someone's still here." a voice said and they turned to see Clyde Mardon standing there.

"You have to be Clyde Mardon." Iris said.

"Yeah, but who are you two costumed freaks supposed to be? The circus?" Mardon asked.

"Nope." Iris said as she lobbed a fireball at him.

"Oh, so you're like me." Clyde said.

"We're nothing like you." Barry said as he resisted the urge to throw lightning, since he hadn't been taught how to yet.

"You're right. You want to use your powers to help others. Me, I prefer to be a god." Clyde said as he began generating a tornado.

"I've got this." Barry said.

"Are you sure you can handle that Barry?" Jay asked over the comms.

"I'll be fine Jay. I can do this. I just need to unravel this tornado." Barry said and before anyone else could say a thing to him, Barry began running in the opposite direction as the winds of the tornado, easily running fast enough to generate the force needed to unravel the tornado.

"What the?" Clyde asked, right as Barry sped up and speed punched him, knocking him out.

"Mardon's down." Barry said.

"Restrain him until CCPD arrives. The metahuman wing in Iron Heights can handle him." Joe said over the comms.

"Copy that." Barry said.

Later that night, Barry looked around the lounge of Star Labs to make sure he was alone.

Once he was sure he was, Barry said "Novu, we need to talk now."

No sooner did he say then he found himself back in Novu's realm.

"I had a feeling I'd be speaking with you again Mr. Allen." Novu said.

"Cisco's powers are surfacing earlier than they did before and I'm pretty sure he's been vibing the truth off me." Barry said and Novu nodded.

"I predicted as much. That is why I have been preparing a contingency." Novu said.

"What kind of contingency?" Barry asked.

"One of the reasons I restored Mr. Ramon's powers is because they give him a unique tie to the multiversal energy. The same energy that I used to bring you and the other paragons here." Novu said and now Barry caught on.

"You can bring the original Cisco here?" Barry asked.

"Yes, but only him. No one else possesses the necessary energy tie that is needed to be brought here and bringing Mr. Ramona back from the void and into this Multiverse will be quite taxing on my powers." Novu said.

"Cisco's the only one I'm concerned about because of his powers. However, I can think of several people who will be glad to have him here, if only because he's the best there is at making supersuits." Barry said and Novu chuckled and nodded.

"Very well. I shall bring Mr. Ramon here then." Novu said as he held out his hand and it glowed and fired a beam of light towards an empty area of the realm, where it began to take the form of someone until the light faded and when it did, Cisco Ramon, dressed in full Vibe gear, was standing in front of them.

"What happened?" Cisco asked as he noticed Barry and Novu.

"It's a long story, but for now, all I can say is welcome back buddy." Barry said with a smile as he hugged Cisco, who was confused, but hugged Barry back nonetheless.