New Earth: Flash

Chapter 10

That night, after Barry, Jesse and Iris had all returned, Thawne decided that he needed to be sure that the future had been restored, which was why he was now in the Time Vault.

"Gideon, has the future been restored?" Thawne asked.

"Yes, the historical records once again show Barry Allen as the Flash." Gideon said as she projected the article of the Flash disappearing in his biggest fight with Thawne ever had returned.

"Excellent." Thawne said.

"However, there has been another change in the timeline that I think you should be made aware of." Gideon said.

"Tell me?" Thawne said.

"While I cannot determine how exactly, this article appears in the timeline." Gideon said as she brought up another news article that was dated about a month after the previous one that read "Flash Returns. The City Celebrates." written by Iris West-Allen.

"Wait, he comes back?" Thawne growled, since one the small bit of comfort he'd found in being stuck in this time period was that at least he'd succeeded in removing the Flash from the timeline. Now he learned that his greatest enemy had indeed survived.

"I have no information on what causes this change." Gideon said.

"His sister. Bring up the historical archive on Jesse Allen." Thawne said.

"Jesse Allen, daughter of Henry and Nora Allen, younger sister of Barry Allen, also known as Impulse, the fastest woman alive, recruited in the Justice League of America." Gideon said.

"Stop. Of course. Jesse was never a speedster in the old timeline. But now she has the ability to follow us into the speed force and bring her brother back." Thawne said.

"What would you like to do about it?" Gideon asked.

"Correct the error made to the timeline. I gave Jesse Allen her speed. Now I need to take it away." Thawne said.

"That will be difficult. You never were able to figure out how to steal the Flash's speed." Gideon reminded him.

"The difference is that now I can study Jesse Allen's speed in person. That was the main reason I was never able to steal Barry's speed." Thawne said.

"I'd recommend waiting until both Barry and Jesse Allen have reached the speed necessary to send you home." Gideon said.

"I'll keep that in mind Gideon." Thawne said, since honestly, he could care less about Jesse. Barry was the only one he truly needed for his plans to succeed. Jesse Allen having speed would help him accelerate his plans, she was ultimately unnecessary.

The next day, Barry decided that before he headed to CCPD, he'd pay a visit to an old friend. One that he'd admittedly forgotten about until now, despite the fact that he'd had J'onn restore his memories too.

Anyways, as Barry walked through the familiar hallway, he took a deep breath before knocking on the familiar door.

"Come in." a familiar voice said and Barry opened the door to find Ralph Dibny waiting for him.

"What took you so long rookie?" Ralph asked with a smile, which Barry shared.

"Sorry, we had some other complications to deal with that kind of caused you to slip our minds." Barry said, a little embarrassed.

"Really, how so?" Ralph asked.

"Well for starters, I have a sister in this reality." Barry said.

"Seriously?" Ralph asked.

"Yeah, remember Harry's daughter from Earth two?" Barry asked.

"Jesse? Huh, I guess that makes sense. You're both speedsters after all." Ralph said.

"Yeah, then we also learned that the speed force was dying and had to create a new one, which resulted in Jesse becoming a speedster and us discovering that Iris also has powers now." Barry said.

"Huh, so I guess that means that the only member of Team Flash without powers is Joe now." Ralph said.

"So does that mean?" Barry asked and Ralph nodded as he stretched his arm out to reveal that he'd gotten his powers from the accelerator explosion.

"Well, I guess the good news is that DeVoe won't be after you since you got your powers from the particle accelerator and not from being on a bus." Barry said and Ralph smiled.

"That is a perk." Ralph said.

"While I'm here, I need you to do something for me." Barry said.

"Name it." Ralph said.

"Keep tabs on Thawne for me. We need as much evidence against him as we can get." Barry said.

"You got it." Ralph said.

"I'll talk to Cisco about making the Elongated man suit." Barry said.

"Thanks." Ralph said as Barry sped out of his office towards CCPD.