Collision

Chapter 15 - Percy + Barry

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"I'm bleeding out,
So if the last thing that I do,
Is to bring you down,
I'll bleed out for you.
So I bear my skin,
And I count my sins,
And I close my eyes,
And I take it in.
And I'm bleeding out,
I'm bleeding out for you,
For you."
-Bleeding Out, Imagine Dragons
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Leo burst into the room and shouted, "It's over, Flash! Let our friends go!"

"Woah, Leo, settle down!" I say quickly. "The Flash isn't keeping us here! We are here by choice!"

"She told us you'd say that!" Calypso responded, emerging next to Leo. "Don't worry, Percy, we'll save you from his influence!"

"Influe- wait what?" I didn't get a response as a plastic blue hairbrush flew at me. I ducked, and the hairbrush flew over my head and to the ground. "RACHEL!"

"I'm sorry, Percy, but this is the only way to save you all!" Rachel said.

Then the Bandit herself emerged. "Hey Dad, how about we have some fun, just you and me?"

We all looked around confused. Dad?! Who was her da- I was shocked to see Barry's reaction. He looked like a dear caught in the headlights. "Hey, Barry," I said, "you got something you wanna share with the group?"

The speedster looked like he wanted to punch himself. "The Bandit's real name is Nora, she's my daughter." I could see him start tearing up, and Iris gasped.

"You're Nora?!" Iris asked.

"Yeah, Nora Allen."

We all looked at Barry confused. Wouldn't it be West-Allen? Iris looked like she was about to say something until Barry spoke first. "She's not yours, Iris."

That just made us all even more shocked. Barry had a daughter, but it wasn't with Iris, his wife.

"Let me clarify," Barry quickly added. "First, for the demigods, Nora is from the future. Actually, it's more than that. She's from a different timeline altogether. Isn't that right, Nora?" We all looked at the Bandit for a reply, getting none. "I gotta say, it took me a while to figure out. You're not really my daughter. You are Savitar's daughter. After he killed Iris, or possibly even before, he met someone, your mother. Now I'm not sure who it is, but either way, I am not your true father. Now, you are here because you somehow managed to outrun the paradox all these years, and are trying to do the same thing your dad tried to: ensure that you come to exist."

I looked over at Leo, Calypso, and Rachel. They looked like they were going to join us, but of course, the Bandit had to open her mouth. "Don't listen to him! That's what he does, he makes stuff up to make you think he's the good guy! He's not! He kills his wife in the future just so he could bang a Greek God!"

There were gasps all around. Greek god? Nora's a demigod as well?

Before anyone could really process that, the Bandit raced around in purple and light blue lightning. It was soon accompanied by Barry's orangish-yellow lightning. The two raced in a circle, trying to catch each other.

Then Leo, Calypso, and Rachel attacked. It was incredible how in-sync they were. The fight was mostly one-sided as the rest of us tried to talk them out of hurting us. I'm not going to bore you with the details of us essentially letting them kick our asses. The important thing to note is that eventually, we had no choice but to knock the three of them out for the time being. We did that fairly easily, too. It's 9 on 3, what do you expect?

We all started celebrating when we realized something. "Uhm where are Barry and the Bandit?" Peter asked.

"Shit."

"Fuck fuck fuck."

"We need to find them." Everyone agreed with that last comment made by Will.

Suddenly, purple and light blue lightning filled the room again, and we all heard Barry yell ad he was slammed against a wall.

"Hey guys, I think I found him."

"Shut up, Kelp Face."

We all tried to attack, but our powers bounced harmlessly off. "Guys," Annabeth said, "stop wasting your energy. It obviously isn't working. It's like she's got a magic...al... field around her... THAT'S IT! Everyone, our powers aren't working against her because she's using magic! She must be a daughter of Hecate! We already know that children of Hecate can be very powerful with magic, and I'm sure her father being a meta-human is part of the reason her powers are as strong as they are!"

"So what do you suppose we do?" Piper asked.

"We pray to our parents and hope for a miracle." Everyone held each-other's hands as we closed our eyes and hoped, prayed, that our parents would hear our plea for help.

We all heard Frank's breath hitch, before he talked to us. "My dad's listening. I know because he just acknowledged me."

Next thing we know, a bright red aura erupted to life around Barry. We all saw the Bandit flinch slightly before being Barry stepped forward almost effortlessly. He was strong enough to easily over-power Nora now. The two fought for less than a minute before Barry had Nora in meta-cuffs. He looked happy yet sad as he stood next to his daughter, the Bandit. He started to walk away when Nora reached for her pocket, despite having meta-cuffs on.

Before any of us could react, the Bandit had pulled out a small knife and plunged it deep into her father's back. I heard Iris scream as Barry fell to his knees, and then completely to the ground. Within seconds, Peter had webbed Nora against a wall. She wasn't going to hurt anyone else.

Barry's POV:
I felt a sharp pain in my back and almost immediately lost feeling in my legs. I fell to the ground, ending up face down. My legs... I couldn't feel my legs. I heard Iris scream before rushing over, accompanied by I think two other people.

"Barry," it was Caitlyn. "I'm going to pull the knife out, okay? Will is going to hold pressure on the wound and try to use his powers to heal you." Will. That must be the other person who had rushed over.

I don't remember what happened next as the blade was pulled from my back. I remember screaming, and oh gods, the pain. The pain is why I don't remember much else, because the pain is why I succumbed to the darkness and lost consciousness.