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"I'm nothing like The Flash"
"Some would say I'm the reverse."
Ciscos heart broke right then and there. He wished so much to be wrong but there Harrison Wells stood before him. Eobard Thawne. He knew as soon as the man raised his hand and it started to vibrate, that he would die and there was nothing he could do to stop it. Thawne spoke and Cisco barely heard the words. This was it.
"–What it's like to have a son."
Suddenly Thawne was yanked back.
"Bard stop."
Cisco blinked and there was Barry. A wave of relief washed over him before abruptly coming to a halt. He took in Barrys appearance. This was not Barry, not his Barry anyway. The one that stood before him was older, tired, with a haunted look in his eyes.
"Barry?"
The doppelganger looked over.
"Hey Cisco, just give me a second okay?"
Cisco nodded, because what the heck else was he supposed to do.
Barry turned back to Thawne.
"Leave him be."
"You know I can't do that Barry."
Barry let go of the older mans arm and cupped his face.
"Bard.. It's okay. It doesn't matter. The first temporal event is going to happen in the next few minutes. I can feel it. He won't be a problem then. We just need to ride the wave. We will remember, he won't, we can stop this before it happens...so just leave him be."
Thawne let out a sigh and grabbed the hands on his face, kissing them before lowering them down and entwining his right with Barrys left.
"Fine."
Barry smiled.
Cisco felt like he was loosing his mind.
"What? You two...temporal event.. Wave riding.. Kissing...seriously what the shit is going on here."
Barry dragged Eobard closer to Cisco.
"There isn't much time but I will explain what I can. I owe you that much. You have to understand Cisco, Eobard isn't a bad man, not really. He was just trying to protect us. Trying to protect himself, myself and our mission. We have had to do some... Unforgivable things. The future depends on it. You have no idea what's coming Cisco, but I promise you even though it may not look like it, we are trying to do the right thing."
Cisco gaped.
"He killed your mother!"
Barry looked down and smiled sadly.
"Yes. He did. I was there and it was horrible. But he did it so I wouldn't have to and I couldn't be more thankful."
"You're both crazy! How could you justify killing people like that. Is the future really so bad that.."
"Listen Cisco," Thawne interrupted, "he and I broke the universe. Not the world but the whole damn universe and we are trying to fix it. A couple of lives for all of creation... Worth it."
Cisco was about to start back up again when Barry reached out with his right hand a squeezed his shoulder.
"Im sorry but we're out of time. Goodbye Cisco."
Cisco watched the two men step away from him and then they began to vibrate. Their forms shifting into a mass of red energy before blinking out of existence.
Then everything went black.
~~~
Harrison gasped and blinked.
"You okay Dr Wells?"
Harrison chuckled.
"I'm just wondering who would rob a morgue."
He pulled out his phone and types out a text.
–––Made it in one piece. You?
The response was immediate.
–––Took a lot out of me but yeah. I made it. Make sure you deal with Cisco. No killing.
Harrison rolled his eyes.
–––Fine.