Within Seconds: Flashpoint Edition

Time To Walk Away

"We believe you're a speedster, but you're gonna have to explain that part about Flashpoint again," said Wally, looking at Iris for confirmation. 

"All right, look," tried Barry, grabbing a dry-erase marker. "This is as simple as I can put it. I'm gonna use this glass, Mr. Ramon."

"What, no--" tried Cisco. 

"Imagine this line as time," interrupted Barry, drawing a straight line across the board. "I went back in time, stopping the Reverse-Flash from killing my Mom. In doing so, I created an alternate timeline; a whole new existence where you're Kid Flash--"

"Flash," corrected Wally. 

"Kid Flash," corrected Barry, Iris, and Cisco. 

"--and where my wife used to be my high school sweetheart and where Cisco's a billionaire," finished Barry. 

"So you're saying there's a whole timeline out there where I'm not rich?" confirmed Cisco. With Barry's nod, he frowned. "Boy, that's a glitch in the universe."

"No, I'm not buying it. My life is my life. it didn't just start three months ago, okay? I've always been me," denied Wally. 

"I don't know what to tell you, Wally, it's complicated," said Barry. 

Iris said, "Even if we did believe you, why are you telling us this now?" 

"Because I've been hiding here for too long. The Rival needs to be stopped. I stop the bad guys, and we can all take him down together," explained Barry hopefully.

Defensive, Wally said, "I can get him myself."

"Then why haven't you?" asked Barry. 

"All right, well, I'm not interested," said Cisco flatly. "I don't know how many times I have to tell you freaks, I already did my bit for Queen and Country."

Barry looked around, then said, "Wait, we're missing something..."

"My children?" asked Parker. 

Ignoring Parker once more, Barry zipped to the computer by Cisco. Using his speed, he clicked away on the keyboard, searching through files while Cisco nagged him for using the computer without permission in the first place. A few seconds passed, then Barry asked to be excused. No one had time to answer, let alone protest, before he was gone. 

His return brought a woman in a lab coat into the Cortex. 

"What just happened?" she breathed, utterly confused. 

"Stop bringing stranger's into my Lab!" shouted Cisco, pointing his finger at Barry. "Who is this?"

"This is Dr. Caitlin Snow. In my timeline, she's apart of our team," explained Barry.

"You just kidnapped this woman!" said Cisco and Parker together. They looked at each other, surprised by their aligning thoughts. 

"No, I didn't," said Barry by default. His brow came together. "Well, yeah, I guess I... She's a scientist, we need her."

"I'm not a scientist," denied the woman. 

Barry did a double-take. "You're not a scientist?"

"I'm a ophthalmologist," she explained. 

"An eye doctor?" asked Barry, scrunching his face. 

"A pediatric eye doctor," she said proudly. 

Wally widened his eyes. "And we're done."

Iris tapped Parker's shoulder, then nodded to Barry. Quietly, she asked, "Did you believe him?"

"I did when he first told me," grumbled Parker.