New Earth: Flash

Chapter 1

The last thing Barry remembered before blacking out was kneeling next to Sara over Oliver's body at the dawn of time watching a new universe be born before he blacked out.

When he came to, Barry realized that he was lying on some kind of gurney with Poker face playing in the background.

"What the hell?" Barry asked as he opened his eyes and found himself in the medbay of Star Labs.

"How did I get here?" Barry asked.

"I can answer your questions Barry." Mar Novu said as he appeared in the medbay.

"I thought you were dead?" Barry asked.

"The multiverse died and then was reborn. So was I. Do not worry, I am only here to answer your questions on the situation." Novu explained.

"How did I get back to Star Labs?" Barry asked.

"When you rebooted the universe, you were each transported the location of your counterparts in this universe and took their place. This world is much different than the old one." Novu said.

"Not surprising, new earth means new outcomes. What do I need to know?" Barry asked.

"The most significant change would be that it is the year 2012 now." Novu said.

"This earth exists 8 years earlier than the old earth did." Barry realized.

"Correct. Also, the particle accelerator went off earlier in this new timeline, hence why you are currently in Star Labs." Novu said.

"I just woke up from my coma, didn't I?" Barry asked.

"You did. Your speed is at the level it was before the universe was reborn." Novu said.

"Does anyone else remember what happened?" Barry asked.

"Only your fellow paragons remember at this time. Yourself, Sara Lance, Kate Kane, Kara Zor-El, J'onn J'onzz, Ryan Choi, Lex Luthor and Oliver Queen." Novu said.

"Wait, what do you mean Oliver? I thought he was dead and you said he wasn't a paragon?" Barry asked.

"Because as far as I knew, he wasn't. Oliver Queen lives again as the paragon of life. The reason he became the spectre was so that he could gain the powers needed to fulfill his duty as a paragon, but in doing so, he also changed his fate and gave himself and everyone else fresh starts on this new earth." Novu said.

"So he's still alive." Barry said eagerly, since he was very happy to hear that.

"Yes, he is alive and will be for a long time. Now, I leave you, I am going to give you this first." Novu said as he waved his hand and suddenly Barry's brain felt like it was on fire.

"What did you do to me?" Barry demanded as the pain began to subside.

"I gave you your counterpart's memories to allow you to blend in on this new world without arousing suspicion." Novu explained and Barry nodded.

"Got it." Barry said as Novu disappeared as Cisco and Caitlin came surging into the medbay and began basically going through a rerun of what happened the first time he came out of his coma.

After he was discharged from Star Labs, since that went more or less the same as it had before, though this time, Barry had to keep himself from putting his hand through Thawne's chest when he saw him, old anger surfacing, Barry decided that while he figured the rest of the paragons could probably adapt to this on their own, since they've all dealt with crazy situations before, there was one that would probably be freaking out right now.

That was why he was running to Ivy Town where he found Ryan Choi in his office, freaking out like he expected.

"Doctor Choi." Barry said.

"Barry, what is going on? Why is it 2012 again?" Ryan asked.

"This is the new universe we helped Oliver create. Unfortunately, we didn't exactly get to choose how we'd enter it. We've been brought back to the beginning of Oliver's crusade, which I guess makes sense since he's the one who created this new world. And only the paragons know what happened." Barry said.

"This is crazy." Ryan said and Barry chuckled.

"After everything you've seen in the short time you've known me, you still think this is crazy?" Barry asked.

"Yes." Ryan said simply.

"Look, since I doubt that we'll need you to be the Paragon of Humanity again any time soon, unless someone else opens up the antimatter universe, I suggest you just try to adjust to this new reality." Barry said

"I don't know if I can." Ryan said and Barry chuckled.

"I've lost track of how many times I've thought that to myself before I did something impossible while I trained and then I did it. I know it will be hard at first Ryan, but if you can handle everything we went through during the crisis, I know you can handle this too." Barry said.

"I hope so Barry, but at the same time, I'm freaking out." Ryan said.

"Remember, if you need help adjusting, just give me a call." Barry promised him.

"Thanks Barry." Ryan said.

"See you around." Barry said with a grin as he sped out of the room and back towards Central City.