New Earth: Flash

Chapter 37

After Jefferson left Star Labs, Barry decided to call in all of Team Flash, even making Iris pull Nash out of the Mirrorverse, since she'd left him in there for far longer than a few hours. More like a few days.

"Thank you for finally getting me out of there. It was fun exploring that mirrorverse, but the third day of complete isolation is when it got to be a bit much." Nash said to Iris.

"Well, now you've learned your lesson haven't you?" Iris asked.

"Yep, I promise from now on, I won't just search for the truth. I'll consider all possibilities before I do anything too reckless." Nash said.

"Good boy. Now let's go see why Allen is calling this team meeting about." Nash said and Iris nodded as they headed towards the Cortex to find Barry, Cisco, Caitlin, Ralph, Jesse, Joe, Cecille and Allegra waiting.

"What's going on?" Iris asked as Barry brought the rest of the team up to date on what Jefferson told them.

"So, you think the Markovians are going to come after Caitlin?" Joe said.

"Jefferson nearly guaranteed it, since Caitlin is the one who knows the most about the current stabilization cure, which the markovians will likely use to stabilize and weaponize their own metas." Barry said.

"And you want to let them take her?" Iris asked.

"Not so much we want to, but strategically, it's the smartest play. We want to rescue those metas, we need a way to expose Markovia that will also give us their location. Kidnapping a high profile American scientist with no cause qualifies." Cisco said.

"And it would make a great story. Kara isn't involved in this is she?" Iris asked.

"No, she's not. We've already decided that having capes involved in this operation is too risky. Superman and Supergirl are too well known globally to be able to pull this off." Barry said.

"So, how are we going to pull this off?" Ralph asked.

"I'm gonna check with Lyla, bring her up to speed on the situation, since I'm sure Oliver will be just as interested in this as we are, not to mention, she can likely get us more intel to help us make a plan for this." Barry said and they all nodded, but before anyone could say anything else, they heard the familiar sound of a speedster running as they saw a streak of yellow lightning running around them before it came to a stop to reveal a familiar face.

"Miss me?" Wally West asked with a grin.

"Wally." Joe said with a grin as he moved to hug his son.

"Hey dad." Wally said as he then moved on to hug Iris.

"Is mom with you?" Iris asked.

"No, she's still in Keystone, she doesn't even know I'm here, but I do have good news." Wally said.

"What?" Iris asked.

"Mom will live long enough to be at your wedding this time around." Wally said.

"What do you mean?" Iris asked.

"Rip gave me something that cured mom's macgregor's syndrome. Not that she actually knows it, since we decided that she couldn't be reminded of the old world." Wally said as he then hugged Barry.

"Guess I need to pay her a visit." Iris said.

"I guess you do." Wally agreed as he then noticed Jesse.

"Jesse." Wally said awkwardly.

"Hey Wally." Jesse said, remembering how they left things.

"Look Jesse, I hope you know that we're not getting back together." Wally said and Jesse sighed in relief.

"I'm glad we're on the same page and we couldn't be together now even if we wanted to be." Jesse said.

"What do you mean?" Wally asked.

"Your sister is marrying my brother." Jesse said.

"Wait, you and Barry are siblings now?" Wally asked.

"Yeah, it's another change in this world, but I couldn't ask for a better little sister, especially since it's thanks to her that Iris and I have been together since high school in this reality." Barry said and Wally smiled.

"Guess we're gonna be family after all sis." Wally said and Jesse smiled as she held out her hand, which Wally shook.

"So, you here to stay?" Joe asked his son.

"No actually, I'm still helping the Legends, but since a team was coming to the present anyways, I asked Sara if I could tag along so I could officially see you guys again. Also, I need something from Cisco." Wally said.

"Barry, would you mind?" Cisco asked and Barry nodded as he sped out of the cortex quickly and then returned, tossing Wally a ring as he did.

"Are you serious?" Wally asked with a grin.

"Yep and that is not the only one." Barry said as he came to a stop and produced 2 more rings, one with a canary insignia and one with a star insignia.

"One for Sara and one for Nate, since the other Legends don't have and don't want costumes and Ray's suit shrinks on its own." Cisco said as Wally took them.

"I'll make sure they get them. But, I've got some time before I need to get back to the ship, so why don't we catch up a bit." Wally said and and everyone seemed on board with that plan as they headed towards the lounge.