distance ⚡ barry allen [1]

42. plot twist after plot twist

Barry walked over to the AI again, "Uh, Gideon, can you show us where your operating system is?"

"Certainly," She said. The hologram altered to show a complex diagram of the system.

Cisco let out a laugh, "Yeah. Nope. That's not gonna happen."

"Guys, he's in the corridor," Spencer told them, looking at Cisco's phone.

"Gideon, could you just, like, not tell him that we were here?" Barry attempted hopefully.

"Of course," Gideon stated, "I will accept any command given to me by you."

"Barry," Cisco groaned when Barry wasn't immediately following them

"Come on," Spencer sighed, reaching out for him, "We got to get out of here."

"Wait, wait, wait," He shook his head, staring at the projection, "Why would you accept my commands?"

"Because you created me."

Barry stared blankly at Gideon for a few short seconds before running over to his friends and zapping them out of the room, in the direction opposite of Wells.

That was a lot of information in thirty seconds.

~

"Really," Joe questioned, pacing around them in his living room, "For four very smart people that was really stupid."

He along with Barry, Spencer, Caitlin, Cisco and Eddie were gathered in the West house once again after Barry texted Joe to meet them. Needless to say, he wasn't thrilled when he heard about what they had done.

"What if Wells had caught you in that..." Joe trailed off.

"Time vault," Cisco spoke up, filling in the blank.

Joe nodded, "Thank you."

"Okay, I know we've seen a lot this past year, but time travel?" Eddie shook his head in disbelief.

"I did it," Barry stated casually, drawing everyone's surprised attention to him. He realized his mistake and went to correct it, "Or I will do it, I mean."

"Excuse me?" Eddie questioned.

"One of the two speedsters in Barry's house the night his mother died was Barry," Cisco explained, walking over to the blond detective, "I mean, The Flash. He was there. Which means that one day in the future, Barry will travel back in time to that night."

"Okay," Eddie breathed out, shaking his head at the reality of his life.

"Actually, I wasn't talking about that," Barry hesitantly began again, "I kind of...already time traveled. By accident."

"What?" Spencer questioned from her spot beside Caitlin on the couch. She'd had enough plot twists for one night.

"I was running to try and stop a tsunami from hitting the city," He began explaining.

"When was that?" Caitlin asked, raising her eyebrows.

"A few weeks ago," Barry turned to Cisco, "Right before you started getting those dreams."

"Oh, you mean the ones where Wells uses his super-speeding hand to shred apart my heart?" Cisco raised his own brows, "Those?"

"Yes, right," Barry sighed, "So, what if they're not dreams?"

"What else could they be?" Caitlin questioned again.

"Memories."

Joe shook his head, "I'm not following."