<2050>
A portal opens up as the two speedsters come running out of it as their feet skid against the ground as they come to a screeching hault
Speed Demon's mask dematerializes as Henry looks around seeing that he and his sister were in Star City but something was wrong
It looked different to the one he had visited the last time..though it was understandable given the last time he was here was a few years before 2050 but even so, Star City looked like even more crap than before
He turns to look at Emily as she took her mask off
Henry: Okay, we need to figure out what happens.
He says as he taps his gauntlet as the newspaper article of their mothers death shows up showing that today was the day their mother died but that was what they needed to figure out..exactly how that happened
But still something lingered in Emily's mind
Emily: So, our mother took your dads last name, right?
Henry: Yeah.
That didn't sit well with Emily...considering she'd never heard the last name "Allen." until she discovered Henry
Emily: That doesn't make sense though. I always knew her as Annabelle Thawne. So shouldn't Gideon have been able to find her?
Henry wasn't sure why Gideon wasn't able to track Annabelle in the timeline with her real name, she clearly still existed otherwise he and Emily wouldn't even be alive but seeing as how Gideon wasn't able to find any references to her made him aware that something was wrong
But he couldn't worry about Gideon right now, his main objective was finding out what happened to Annabelle
Henry: Let's not worry about Gideon right now. This newspaper article says she was killed here in Star City but it doesn't give an address. So in order to know what happened, we need to find her and luckily I know someone who can help.
Henry starts walking as Emily follows him and something came to mind
Emily: So if we're here to find out what happened to mom, why didn't we come here before she died. Why'd we come here after?
Henry stops and turns to her as he answers her question
Henry: She never explained to you, the dangers of time travel did she?
Emily shakes her head "no" as Henry groans out clearly annoyed that she was never taught anything about being a speedster
Henry: Okay. Great, now I gotta be the one to explain it. Look short version. Whenever you mess with time, it tends to mess back. So to come here before her death, and get involved would change who knows how much. It could destroy the timeline in ways that can only be described as chaos. Make sense?
Emily nods in understanding as Henry turns and starts walking as he whispers something to himself that she couldn't hear
Henry: (Whispers) I would know.
But now Emily wondered where exactly they were going...Henry said he knows someone so she was curious as to exactly who he knew
Emily walks side by side Henry as the two walk..she wondered why they weren't running, they did have speed but maybe it's because Henry just walked to walk
But still Emily questioned who they were going to see
Emily: Who exactly is gonna be able to help us?
Henry didn't even bother to answer her question cause truth was..he didn't even know if she'd be able to help..it was 2050 and a lot could've happened in the last few years, that was the thing about time travel; just because you time travel doesn't mean time stops..it keeps moving forwards
~~~
A loud thud is heard as we see the door to the SCPD being opened up as we see Henry and Emily walking inside
The two of them were now in normal clothes as they couldn't exactly walk into SCPD wearing their suits...that would give them some unwanted attention which isn't what they needed right now
Inside we see a bunch of police officers and detectives around...Henry could see how they were just living their lives..solving cases..unbeknownst to them who has just walked among them
It's not like they could know..Central City and Star City kept to themselves
Emily could feel the stares coming at her as she leans in to Henry
Emily: So who exactly are we going to see?
Once again Henry doesn't answer her question as he walks forwards with Emily right behind him
And surprisingly no one steps them as Henry gazes around until his eyes met with the door that said "Captain" on it
Henry walks over to the door as he goes to knock but he turns back to Emily first
Henry: A couple rules, okay?
Emily nods as she twirls her fingers together
Henry: Number one, this person doesn't exactly like me, so no comments. Not about the past or anything. Our business is our business. And number two, you keep your name to yourself. Is that understood?
Emily nods in agreement as she smiles slightly; for the first time she was seeing Henry in a new way..as her brother
She quite enjoyed hearing him tell her what to do; she hasn't exactly had anyone to tell her what to do in a while so for Henry to tell her what to do..it was nice
Emily stops twirling with her fingers as she says
Emily: So who is this?
Henry turns to the door as he raises his hand as he says
Henry: An old friend.
Henry knocks on the door to the captains office as the door opens up and we see Dinah Drake standing there on the other end of it
She had a shocked but rather confused look on her face
Dinah: Henry....
Henry: Hello..Dinah. Can we talk?
~~~
You could see Dinah's confusion as she sat in front of her own desk as Henry sat in her chair with his feet raised onto the desk...she should've been mad that he'd have the nerve to sit in her chair messing with a bobble head she once got from Felicity but she couldn't be mad
All she could be was confused and shocked...and that was because..Henry hasn't been seen in the last two years..Central City finally got back to normal..it no longer had to deal with the devil but yet here he sat in her chair with his feet raised up onto her desk
Henry clears his throat as he takes his feet off the desk as he slides into the desk closer as he says
Henry: Why are you so shocked to see me? I mean, you had to know you'd see me again.
Dinah: That's because you've been missing, Henry. Everyone though you were dead.
Emily bit her lip as she heard Dinah say that..she didn't exactly understand time travel
Henry: Yeah, well the history books were wrong.
He says as he sets the bobble head down on the desk and then crosses his hands together
He stares at Dinah as she carefully held her hand near her gun; Henry just chuckles..she really thought she'd be able to get a shot off on him
Dinah removed her hand from her gun as she asks the king of central city
Dinah: Why are you here Henry? More importantly who's she?
Dinah points over at Emily as Henry's gaze follows her finger as he looks back at Dinah
Henry: Don't worry about who she is.
He says as he stands up from the desk and walks around it as he sits on top of it in front of Dinah
She goes to stand up but Henry puts his hand on her shoulder as he chuckles and motions for her to sit back down
Dinah let's out a grunt as she sits back down
Henry: Truth be told, Captain Drake.
I need your help.
Dinah was even more shocked...let alone him being here but him needing her help...she's heard everything now
Dinah: What could you possibly need my help with?
Henry laughs as he stands up the desk as he walks around Dinah and goes over to the door as he locks it and then turns back and gives Emily a nod of his head as she goes over and sits down at the desk
Dinah looks between them with her fear building up as all Henry could say is
Henry: My mother.
Dinah instantly stood up as she says
Dinah: Your mother?
Henry laughs as he walks over to Dinah
Henry: Let's skip the part where you pretend you don't know her, Annabelle Thawne, ring a bell?
Dinah remembered Annabelle..she remembered her a lot...she was sworn to secrecy about never being her up even when Mia asked who she was..she still kept the secret about who she was
Dinah looks between Emily and Henry as she looked at the girl carefully and saw the resemblance between her and Henry but she also saw something else
The resemblance between her and Annabelle..but she didn't even wanna know how that was possible
Dinah: What about her?
She questions looking back at Henry
Henry clears his throat as he walks back over to her chair as she shoos Emily away as she stands up and steps to the side as Dinah looks at Henry as he sits down in her chair again
Henry: Let's be honest, Dinah. Every time we've talked...every time we shared glances...every time you've said my name. You thought about her didn't you?
Henry was actually curious to her answer; and it was true, every time Dinah saw Henry...all she could think about Annabelle
Dinah: What's your point?
Henry raises his feet up to the table again as he crosses his arms
Henry: I need your help Dinah. See earlier today a woman was murdered.
Dinah: Okay, what's her name? I have some files over here.
She says as she goes over to the file cabinet and opens it up
Henry: My mother.
She stops as her eyes gaze over to Henry as if she'd heard an echo
Henry: Shocking, right? Even I didn't expect it.
Dinah breathes out at she says
Dinah: Annabelle is dead?
Henry laughs again as he takes his feet off the desk
Henry: Give me the files of every murder that's happened within the last six months.
Dinah couldn't believe it...it couldn't be the truth
Henry: Now, Dinah.
She nodded her head as she took the files out of the cabinet as she brought them over and placed them on the desk
Henry clears his throat again as he picks up one of the files before looking up at Dinah
Henry: You can go now.
Dinah scoffs at the nerve of Henry kicking her out of her own office
Dinah: I can help.
Henry: Uh, yeah. I don't need it. I can take it from here.
Dinah shakes her head as she crosses her arms...she wouldn't budge
But Henry sets the file down as he puts his hands on the desk as he stood up as his eyes turn red
Speed Demon: I said...go.
Dinah flinches at the sight of his voice as she turns around and goes over to the door as she opens it up and takes one last look at Henry before she walks out of the office and closes the door behind her
But she wasn't the only one who flinched...Emily flinched too...it was still hard for her to believe her brother was a...demon
Henry sits back down as his eyes turn normal as he looks back at Emily
Henry: How fast can you read?
Emily: Pretty fast I guess.
Henry picks up half of the files as Emily steps closer and holds out her arms as Henry sets the files in her arms but takes off the top one and puts it on the desk
Henry: Go read them.
Emily nods as she goes over to the corner and sits on the floor
Henry looks down at the files as he picks up the one he'd removed from Emily's pile and opens it
In the file we see a woman's body scorned to death, his entire looked as though it was set on fire, it was his mother...but there was something else
Henry could feel it...he could feel the destruction of this photo...it wasn't a crime of opportunity...it was a crime of passion
Most people who would look at this picture would throw up just by looking at it..but not Henry..he's seen some dark things, things you only see in your nightmares
You could see it in Henry's eyes..this woman was burned out of passion..it wasn't someone who picked their opportunity
No...no...it was far from it...Annabelle was killed out of passion but he still needed to find a suspect
He sets the file off to the side as he uses his speed to read the other files on the desk
He learned a lot in these files in three seconds, Annabelle wasn't the only one whose body was burned...who was killed in crime of passion...it was a serial killer
He stands up as he looks over at Emily and rolls his eyes seeing her reading the files slowly
Henry: What are you doing?
Emily stops reading as she looks up at Henry
Emily: Reading the files like you told me to.
Henry was annoyed at her as he walks around the desk and goes over to her as he grabs the files and uses his speed to read them in seconds
He then hands the files to her as he turns around and goes back over to the desk and sits on top of it
Emily stands up as she sets the files on the chair
Emily: So what did you learn?
Henry fiddles with the bobble head as he thinks about everything he learned and came to a conclusion
Henry: Someone is burning their victims..someone wants them to feel pain. Within the last six months there have been eight victims burned to a crisp.
Emily was horrified hearing Henry's words..how could someone do that? What made them so cold to wanna do something so horrible? She wanted to throw up but she held back
Henry: I'm actually quite impressed.
Emily gave him a disgusted look as she crosses her arms softly...how could Henry be impressed by the horrible nature in which someone is killing their victims? It's horrifying...it's insanity
Henry: We need a suspect, Emmy.
Emily: That's not my name.
Henry just rolls his eyes as he grabs his mother's file and opens it
Something still didn't make sense to him though
Henry: How did they do this to Annabelle? Out of all people. How her?
Emily raises a brow as she uncrosses her arms
Emily: What do you mean?
Henry: What are we Emily?
She still didn't understand as she shrugs her shoulders
Henry: Emily, what can we do that normal people can't?
Emily still didn't understand as she just shrugged her shoulders again getting Henry annoyed
He slams the file down as he says
Henry: We're speedsters, Emily! Speedsters.
Emily was at a loss for words not even realizing that's what he meant
Henry: We didn't get a powers from being struck by lighting.
Henry gets off the table as he starts pacing back and forth as he talks
Henry: Our powers were passed down to us.
He lets out a sligh chuckle
Henry: It's the only thing my dad ever gave me. It's the only thing I'll ever thank him for.
Emily didn't know who Henry'a father was...doing her research on him she never thought about finding out anything more than just him
Emily: Who is your dad?
That raised a question to Henry but shrugs it off as he had more important things to worry about
Henry: Our powers were passed down to us and Annabelle had speed. She was a speedster. So why didn't she use her speed to get away?
He looks down at the file as he studies it closely as Emily turns around as if she wanted to say something but she held herself back
And that's when a lightbulb turned on in Henry's head as he turns around to Emily
Henry: Is there something you're not telling me?
Emily looks at Henry as she plays off her coy demeanor
Emily: Huh? No. I've told you everything.
Henry clenches the file in his hand as he moves closer to Emily as she slowly backs up until he back was touching the door
He stands in front of her as he puts his hand on the wall
Henry: Emily, Emily, Emily. Do you know how I gained my kingdom?
Emily nods vigorously as Henry leans in
Henry: I killed people who didn't tell me what I wanna know.
Henry puts his hand on her shoulder as Emily's body shivers in fear
Henry: What aren't you telling me?
He asks as he takes his hand off her shoulder and awaits an answer
Emily: Sh-sh-she lost her speed.
Henry steps back in a way where you could tell that he didn't expect Emily to say that
Henry: How?
Emily shrugs her shoulders as Henry runs his hand through his hair
Henry: So that explains why she didn't run away. But we need a suspect.
Henry goes back over to the desk as he sets the file down as he begins to examine it again
Emily could see how invested Henry was..he tried to play it off as he didn't care about Annabelle and he only wanted to get rid of her but she saw if differently
She saw how Henry was actually concerned for what happened to Annabelle, he wanted to know the truth
Henry's head snaps back as Emily comes out of her thoughts
Emily sees how he may have discovered something
Emily: What?
Henry: I found something. Come here.
Emily walks over to Henry as he shows her the file
Henry: So I looked at every file Dinah gave us. And each one of them, photos were taken of the crime scenes.
Emily: Okay?
Henry: Look.
He says as he points to one of the photos where we see a man in a black hood standing behind the crime scene tape
Emily: I don't understand. Who is he?
Henry doesn't answer as he grabs another file and shows her another photo and in the photo the same man in the hood was seen
And that's when Emily realized something
Emily: He could be the killer.
Henry: Exactly. We have our first suspect.
Henry and Emily walk out of the office as Henry looks around and sees Dinah talking to two of her officers as he walks over and shoos the officers away as they leave and Henry stands in front of Dinah
Dinah: Seriously?
Henry shows her the photo as Dinah shrugs her shoulders unaware of what she's supposed to see
Henry: That man *Points to man in the photo* who is he?
Dinah looks at the man in the photo
Dinah: I don't know.
Henry: No one talked to him?
Dinah: No. I don't think so. A lot of people watch the crime scenes and then they leave.
Henry scoffs as he takes the photo back
Henry: There's gotta be something on him.
Dinah thinks about for a moment and how this man could be the one who killed Henry's mother and if that was the case he needed to be stopped
Dinah: Okay, come with me.
Dinah leads Henry back into her office as she goes over to the file cabinet and searches through it until she takes out a piece of paper
She turns and faces Henry as she hands it to him
Henry: What is this?
Dinah: This is everyone we talked to at the crime scene is the killer was there-
Henry cuts her off before she could finish
Henry: He was admiring his handy work. It's what I would do.
Dinah rolls her eyes as Henry gives her a smug smile
Henry: I'm glad I never killed you, Dinah. The captain of the SCPD is useful after all.
Dinah: Well do me a favor and catch this killer and then leave my city.
Henry nods as he walks over to the door as Dinah leaves him with one final statement
Dinah: And don't come back again.
He walks out of the office as he sees Emily sitting down as one of the officers was getting or at least trying to get a little more than friendly with her
Henry walks over and puts his hand on his shoulder as he moves him away
Henry: Do we have a problem here?
Officer: Mind your own business, this doesn't concern you.
The officer tries to push past Henry but Henry puts his hand on his chest
Henry: I suggest you stay back.
Henry turns around and grabs Emily's arm as he drags her and the two of them go outside and he sets her down on a bench
Henry: Stay here.
Emily: But...
Henry doesn't even give her time to finish her statement as he runs away from in a flash
Meanwhile the officer that Henry had a confrontation with begins to head out as he laughs with a few of the officers before heading out the back door as he takes his keys out of his pocket
He fiddles with them as he whistles out smugly
As he is walking a sudden thud behind him causes him to turn
Officer: Who's there? Huh? Who's there?
He looks around but doesn't see anything or anyone
Officer: Yeah, that's what I thought. Don't mess with me.
He goes over to his car as he puts the key in the door handle but before he could even unlock his car door a sudden streak sends him flying into the wall
He groans as he looks up and sees Speed Demon over top of him. His eyes widen seeing the face of death standing over top of him
Officer: Wha....what do you want?
Speed Demon kneels down to him as his eyes turn black as he grabs him by the throat and lifts him off the ground
The officer coughs as he began to beg for his life, he didn't wanna die. It's as if every moment of his life was coming back to haunt him
Officer: Please! I'm sorry! I'm so sorry! *Cries* I'm sorry!
And suddenly the man was dropped to the ground as he instantly sits up and looks around and saw that Speed Demon was gone. He was gone and he was alive
The police officer starts laughing and sighs in relief as he stands up
He starts walking as he looks around
Police Officer: That's what I thought! Ha! You'd better run! You can't kill me! You can't kill me!
The police officer smugly laughs as he turns around and his eyes widen as Speed Demon shoves his fist through his chest and crushed his heart in his hand as the police officer took one final breath before Speed Demon took his hand out of his chest and he fell to the floor
Speed Demon kneels down to him as he spoke
Speed Demon: Problem.....solved.
~~~
Emily patiently on the beach for Henry to return as she taps her foot against the ground as she whistles to herself
She wasn't sure where Henry went or whatever it was he was doing but she was sure he wouldn't just leave her here
She was hopeful that she'd get answers..cause obviously that's what she needed. But there was still something eating away at her, maybe she hadn't really thought this through
Sure she wanted to know her brother, to know everything about him..who he truly was; everything she did learn told her that Henry was crazy, a demonic man with the face of death but even still he was her family, she wanted to know if there was more to him deep down
A swift "WOOSH" behind her causes her to turn as she sees Henry standing there as he clears his throat and fixes his shirt
She stands up as she steps over the bench
Emily: Everything okay?
Henry nods as he replies
Henry: Everything's fine. Let's go. I have our first suspect.
And with that Henry and Emily ran away in a flash...as if they were never even there
~~~
Hours passed as Henry and Emily searched for their mothers killer but every suspect proved to be useless, they knew absolutely nothing; Henry was angry, he was sure he'd figure out who it was and why they did what they did
He'd know it just by seeing into the persons eyes; it's like he could feel into their very soul if they were a killer or not, but their suspects showed nothing like that
He wanted to kill their suspects but Emily annoying stop him; he'd be mad but they had more important matters to deal with
And it wasn't over, they still had one last suspect to question
Near the docks in downtown Star City, two streaks arrive as we see Henry and Emily standing there
Henry looks around at his surroundings before looking down at the piece of paper
Henry: Okay, this is the address.
Emily looks around
Emily: What's his name?
She asks looking over at Henry who just shrugs his shoulders
But that didn't give Emily confidence..if this suspect didn't have a name, maybe he was the one they were looking for
Henry: Let's look around. See what or who we can find.
Emily nods as Henry runs off as she starts walking as she begins to look around
It was quite the mess she saw, the piling of rocks and boards, the mess of dirt surrounding the area
She shrugs off the mess as she runs around to look for anything or anyone..more importantly their suspect
Inside the storage building, we see Henry walking inside as he gazes around; the storage room was filled with a couch and a tv and that's when it became known that someone was staying here
Henry could feel a presence behind him as he turns to see Emily
Emily: Did you find anything?
Henry shakes his head "no" as he turns around and walks over to the table that had papers on it
He puts his hands on the table as he looks through the papers but none of it made sense
He could feel Emily breathing on his shoulder as he turns and she takes a step back to give him some space
Henry: Do you mind?
Emily coughs slightly as she moves back further
Emily: So-sorry.
Henry turns back but before he could look through the papers again, a sudden thud causes both Henry and Emily to look up as they see the man in the black hood standing above them
The man took of running as he dived out the window as Henry looks at Emily
Henry: Run.
The two of them took off running outside the building as we see the man in the black hood running away from them
But he wasn't fast enough as Henry appears in front of him as the man falls down to the ground
Henry: Now who the hell are you?
Emily stops and sees what's happening
The man in the black hood looks up at Henry as he removes his hood
Henry's eyes widen seeing exactly who it was
Henry: Grace?
[Played the amazing Sydney Sweeney of course.]
Grace puts her hand through her hair as she looks up at Henry with a sligh smirk
Grace: Hey Henry, long time no see.
Henry let's out a sigh in defeat as he looks up at Emily who was curious as to who this girl was
Who was she? Well this is a girl whose known Henry for a long time, she's kinda like the cockroach that doesn't know when to leave
Oh and uh she's the love of Nora's life, there is that too
To Be Continued....