Stuck in the Past

Chapter 1

October 5th, 2038! This date marked our family and not for good reasons. But before I tell you what happened on that particular day, I am going to update you on my story.

My name is Thomas Henry Allen and I am the son of the famous superhero The Flash and bio-engineer and superhero, secretly, Cailtin Snow. I am nineteen years old and I work at CCPD, as my father used to do and I help out when it is necessary at STAR Labs.

Despite being very young, I already have two Phds, one in Bio-engineer and the other in Phisics. Let's say I've always been very good at school, so I've managed to get ahead academically in relation to other children.

My family consists of four direct elements, namely my father, Barry, my mother Caitlin and my sister Dawn. Dawn is younger than me by just a year.

Like all siblings we have similarities and differences. In our case, our only similarities is the fact that we both have powers and the same parents. My powers are a mixture of the powers that our parents have, that is, I have my father's super speed and my mother's ice power. However my sister has similar powers to my father and has gained some of the personality of Aunt Killer Frost.

Our differences are more physical and academic. Physically, I am taller than her. While I have brown eyes and brown hair, she has blue eyes and blond hair. Academically, I already have two Phds and she is finishing her studies in Criminology.

Our family is very close and we like each other very much but we are also extremely close to our parents' friends. For me, my favorite uncle is Cisco while Dawn prefers to spend time with Uncle Harry.

My introduction to my fantastic family is officialy over, so now I can tell you more about what happened on that horrendous day. It started to be a day like all the others, I woke up with the alarm clock, I got dressed to go to the CCPD, where I work as a CSI. I left my room and joined my parents and my sister in the kitchen to have breakfast together, as we did every day.

Then while my sister was going to college, I went to the CCPD, where I went to crime scenes with my favorite detective, Amy and at lunch, I went to meet my parents and my uncles. At lunchtime, Uncle Cisco told me more about his inventions, while my sister was more focused on listening to our Aunt Iris' stories.

Lunch went well and it was fun as usual and after that, we all followed our respective paths, that is, some went to STAR Labs, my sister was going to a friend's house due to a college work, Aunt Iris was going to the newspaper and I went back to the CCPD. This afternoon was calmer, where I just had to fill out some paperwork, but little did I know that when I got home, I was going to have the biggest surprise of my life.

I arrived home and noticed that something was not right because to start, the entrance door was open and this was not normal. As soon as I stepped on the door I heard my father's screams and knew that something bad had happened, so I prepared an ice dagger and advanced towards the voice and that's when I saw them.

My mother was lying in my father's arms, with a pool of blood at her side and beside her was a man about my father's stature looking at the scene while smiling. I didn't wait any longer and launched myself at him, jabbing the dagger at his shoulder. I noticed that he was surprised to see me there, but he managed to leave before I could attack again.

In front of me, I only saw my mother's blood running down the living room tile and the tears of my father who realized he was going to lose the woman of his life. Suddenly I hear a noise coming from the entrance to the house and for a few seconds I still thought it was the man who was here with them when I arrived, but then I saw my sister and I realized that she was coming home.

- Mom? Dad? What happened? - Dawn asked, kneeling on the opposite side from our father and holding our mother's hand, which was free.

- Barry, take good care of our babies. - said my mother almost in a voice that was not heard. - Never forget ... that I love you, my love.

- And you two, be good to your father and ... be happy, please. I want you to know that your mother loves you very much.

- Mom, calm down, you'll be fine.

- I'm fine, it doesn't hurt at all ... Promise me that you'll never forget me ... Neither me nor your Aunt Killer Frost.

- Never mother, we loved you.- My sister and I said at the same time.

It was noticed more and more the effort she made to keep her eyes open and a few seconds later, they never opened again. My sister screamed and shook our mother so she would wake up, but the three of us already knew what it meant ... Our mother was dead.

As much as we tried, we were not able to get our father out of our mother's border so I decided to call the only person who could help us. Fifteen minutes later our aunt Iris arrived, who was horrified to see the scene that was in our living room.

- Barry, you gotta get out of there!

- She died, Iris ... He killed the love of my life.- said my father crying more and more.

- I understand that it is complicated, but now you have to think about your children ... Barry they need you, more than ever.

He was thinking about it and decided to leave our mother's side and in the meantime the ambulance arrived to take her body for the autopsy. After that, all of our parents' closest friends came to visit us.

"Barry, I came as soon as I heard... What happened?" Asked Cisco, sitting next to my father.

- It was Jay! Cisco Jay killed Caitlin.