Future messes

Peter and Caitlin got to know a bit about their son, at least what he could tell them. He didn't want to mess with the timeline and to stop whatever Thawne's planning and not make things worse.

"I'm sorry, Blade did what?" Peter asks his son while he, Caitlin and Frankie were all having a family dinner at their place.

"For my fifteenth birthday, before I learned I had powers, I knew everyone else." Tommy starts off. "And everyone knew about your agreement to keep our powers a secret until the fifteenth birthday, so uncle Blade got me a complete set of vampire slaying knives." He explains and laughs at the end. "Mom got so mad. But not as mad from the katanas from uncle Wade."

"Okay, it's official. Wilson is never coming near our kids." Caitlin tells Peter.

"I can live with that." Peter agrees and takes a drink.

"Yeah, it wasn't as strange as afterward it was like having a second version of the Talk when my powers were awakening." Tommy tells them.

"Oh, god." Caitlin replies as she puts her head in her hands at the idea of the first Talk with her kids. Forget a second talk about their powers.

"That's on you when the day comes." Crystal promises Caitlin, not wanting to do that herself.

"Yeah, I was seriously confused as to what she was talking about." Tommy admits. "But then that night, it was like my blood was on fire. And at the same time, it felt like my blood was frozen. The next morning, my room was layered over with frost, I could see my breath, and my hair went from brown and white to white and brown." He says while gesturing to his small bit of white in the front of his hair and the rest of his brown.

"So, what do you do in the future, Tom?" Frankie asks.

"Oh, I work with uncle Fox in Parker Industries. He always said I'm a certified child prodigy. I already have a double master degree in physics and chemistry, four differentdoctorates, a Nobel Peace Prize, and a PhD."

Everyone at the table look amazing and shocked at their son's accomplishments.

"What?" Crystal asks, just as shocked by her nephew/half son's accomplishments.

"How?" Peter asked, staring at his son amazed that he had managed to accomplished all of those things at such a young age.

"Well, just like my father, I was naturally a fast learner," Tommy replied shrugging his shoulders. "At the age of two, I wanted to be a doctor. So I began learning the Hippocratic oath by heart. Growing up, my I.Q. level and Tina's were already much higher than most of the kids our age, so Mom and uncle Cisco, Harry and Fox decided that it would be best if they were to home school me, by the time I was around ten, I had already graduated high school and was starting university. At thirteen, me and Tina had won a Nobel Peace Prize for our cure in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and I've almost finished completing my double masters. So by the time I was sixteen, I had just graduated from the University of Central City with a: Ph.D., a double master degree in physics and chemistry, and 4 doctorates in; computer science, criminology, medicine, and psychology."

"My life was pretty much set from there," continued Tommy. "After school, I would work part-time at Parker Industries with uncle Lucius to make the world a better place every Mondays and Wednesdays, help mom out with analyzing lab reports every Tuesdays and Thursdays, and help Frankie, Uncle Miles, Harry and Cisco every Fridays tracking down and stopping criminals, I would also volunteer at the local hospital helping out the kids as best as I could. Working by day, and fight crime as a superhero by night," he finished with a smile on his face.

"Damn, my brother's an overachiever" Frankie mumbled under his breath.

"Wait," Caitlin said, raising her finger up in the air in a pausing gesture, "You guys found the cure to ALS?" she asked looking at her son, flabbergasted.

"Yeah we did," replied Tommy, smiling at his mother. "You were actually our inspiration for finding the cure," he confessed sheepishly.

"I was?" breathed out Caitlin looking at her son. She had spent so long searching for the cure for ALS with no luck, and here stood her son who just told her that he had found the cure.

"You were." He nodding his head. "As a kid, you told me and Tina about what had happened to your father," began Tommy, "and what you went through with it," he said pausing to take a breath. "We didn't want anyone else to go through that sort of pain that you had to endure." he replied looking at his mother in the eyes sincerely. "So we set out looking for a cure. Researching and gathering as much information as I could off of ALS. We would often stay back late at Parker Industries, working on trying to find a cure. It was hard at times. Coming home after a long day at work without any progress. It felt like we were missing something. A vital key. Then one day while I was at my lab, Tina called it a night, I had accidentally spilled some of her chemicals and...BAM!" He concluded, throwing his arms up in the air, "we were on every magazine cover across the globe," he said smiling at the family.

"But I guess what they say is true?" Tommy shrugging his shoulders, "Some of the best things in science were accidents," he said with a grin on his face. "Nevertheless, our discover for the cure in ALS helped a lot of people that day, it saved a lot of lives. But, we couldn't have done it without you," he said looking directly at his mother. "Without your constant support in us, pushing me and Tina forward when we felt like giving up, and always being there for me when I needed you the most. I wouldn't be where I am today without you." he smiled at his mother who had tears in her eyes. "So thank you" he told Caitlin gratefully, "for believing in us when no one else would," he said smiling at her as a tear ran down his own face.

"Oh, Tommy," said Caitlin, engulfing her son in a hug which he happily returned.

Peter watched their moment and wishes he could be there for when Tommy grew up.

He wishes he could prevent the Crisis.

-

Tachyon scanners set up at every half-mile interval across the city." Barry tells them the next day at Star labs as everyone returned.

"And the seismometer is searching for sonic booms in the hundred megahertz range." Caitlin says as she enters the cortex.

"As for the satellites, I've got Carrie, Charlotte, Miranda and Samantha scanning for her yellow-purple lightning signature." Cisco says pointing at the screens. "I am clearly the Samantha of this group, right?"

"Meh, more Miranda." Peter mocks.

"So, meaning if Nora uses the Speedforce..." May starts.

"She will appear." Harry finishes and they watch as nothing happens.

"I kinda thought she'd pop right up." Barry admits.

"If she's even here." Cisco comments. "How can you be sure that she even came back from the future in the first place?"

That's when Tommy came in and sat down in a chair with an Icee in hand. "Because Thawne sent her to do who knows what. He helped her tap into the Negative Speedforce." The team looks over to him, confused what he's talking about.

"The Negative Speedforce?" Barry asks.

"Yeah, the way that the Reverse Flash can travel anywhere and speedsters can't detect him." Tommy explains, wondering how they've never heard of it.

"What sucker named it that?" Cisco laughs.

"You did, uncle Cisco." Tommy breaks as he sips his Icee.

Cisco freezes and they look to Cisco. "Of course I did."

Barry gets an report on a metahuman breakin.

"I'll grab my gear." Cisco says and walks off.

-

It seems Nora now stole blueprints to McCulloch Technologies who has been using the satellite shrapnels to create weapons like the mind controlling phone.

"Were scanning for Negative Tachyons now." Peter promises as they're back at Star labs waiting for anything.

"Is this how it mostly is during this time?" Tommy asks.

"Yeah, why, how is it in the future?" Peter wonders.

"It's...more quiet. Not that many enemies. All of your enemies got old with age and just...quit. A world without Spider-Man, it's...its hard. The world moved on quickly, but not true believers in you." Tommy tells him. "Mom said you died saving people during a crisis. It wasn't until I was older when she told me you died saving the world from the Crisis. When I was taught how to use my powers by Miles, Mom and even trained by uncle Matt, I became the Winter-Spider to life up to your name. I just...for years, I wanted to be like you."

Peter listens and wishes he knew what was coming so he could stop it and he could watch his son and daughter grow up...see them grow into heroes.

"Tommy, you don't have to live up to my name. I don't know much about the future, but I know one thing. You are a better hero than I could be." Peter says proudly and Tommy looks confused. "Because when you go out there, don't try to be someone else. One thing that I know for sure, don't do it like me. Whatever you do out there...do it like you. You're not Spider-Man. You're the Winter-Spider."

"Thanks, dad." Tommy tells him and pulls him into a hug and Peter quickly returned, thinking this might be the only time he holds his son.

Suddenly, an alert goes off and Cisco and Peter go to check it out.

-

"The satellite's spotted our new temporal anomaly around here somewhere." Cisco says when a blinding light comes in and they see someone new come through as if he was running and comes to a stop.

"Greetings, traveler." Cisco greets the new man. "My name is Cisco Ramon." He greets the man who throws him against the wall.

"Hey!" Peter warns.

"Oh, great. Another angry one." Cisco complains.

"Is this Earth-1?" The man asks.

"Who are you?" Peter asks the man.

The man stops as his watch starts beeping and he turns to see Peter.

"Great. Another Spider-Dork." He complains.

Peter looks confused as he seems to know one of his doppelgängers.

"My name is Sarge. And I'm here...to stop the Monitor." Sarge introduces himself.

"Stop the Monitor?" Peter asks.

"That's what you're doing?" Cisco asks as he catches his breath while feeling his neck.

"I'm here to murder that false god." Sarge promises and Peter listens to what he says and apparently he wants to prevent the very Crisis that is coming to claim his life.

-

At Star labs, Tommy was roaming the halls, he sees Harry getting dragged out of the elevator...by Ragdoll, Weather Witch and Bug Eyed Bandit.

"Whoa! The Young Rogues?!" Tommy asks, getting excited when Witch shocked him with lightning.

Tommy leaped to the ceiling to avoid the shock, but the ceiling was also electrocuted, shocking him.

-

"Nora has put together a team of Rag Doll, Weather Witch, and Bug Eyed Bandit. I always wondered what happened to her." Peter recaps as he and Cisco returned after dealing with this Sarge who they let go to see of he could stop the Crisis. Maybe he could live to be there when his children grow up.

"So she plans to break into McCulloch Technologies, a weapons manufacturing company that has created weapons just like the phone." Fox tells them.

"And from what I can see, McCulloch is debuting a new line of products tonight." Caitlin adds.

"Perfect cover for a breakin." Tommy comments.

"Any idea what Nora's motive?" Joe asks.

"Our best guess? She wants to do something bad." Peter just says.

"Or maybe catch Cicada?" Iris offers.

"Why would she do that?" Tommy asks. "Well, I'm sorry, why would Thawne want that?"

"There's no way my daughter would be doing this for a bad reason." Iris tells him.

"This is exactly what I was afraid of." Barry agrees with him. "Thawne's been manipulated her. Now she's actibg like him, talking like him."

"That doesn't mean she's capable of killing." Iris states.

"She's working with Rogues." Barry tells Iris. "She kidnappedHarry, attacked Tommy. We don't know what she's capable of."

"Except everything the Reverse Flash was capable of." Tommy interrupts.

"We need to bring her in." Barry agrees and leaves as Iris chases after him to stop him.

"Something is bothering me. Why does Thawne want all this?" Peter questions. "Why send Nora back, have her keep a secret she's working with him? Why have her mess with the satellite?"

"He wants something out of it." Caitlin agrees.

"Wow." Tommy comments as they turn to look at him. "You two do think like one mind."

Caitlin and Peter smile at their son and back to one another.

"We'll figure out what Thawne's after. But we need to stop Nora." Caitlin tells them. "The place has metahuman dampeners so the Flash, and everyone won't be able to get in. But we will be able to."

"I'll handle Speedy." Tommy offers. "I know how she thinks, acts, and her moves."

-

That night, Nora was betrayed by the other Rogues, Harry was able to escape, and Nora and the workers of the place are being held hostage until the Flash shows to reveal his identity.

Peter showed up and is wearing the Velocity-Spider and the disguiser from Earth-38 to look like the Flash.

"Wait!" Peter says as they were about to kill a hostage.

"All right, Speedy. Mask off." Witch warns.

"Yeah, how about no?" Peter asks when Witch gets shocked and she drops her staff.

A blast of mist attacks Bug Eyed and Winter-Spider comes down.

"Confused?" Tommy asks.

"How the hell is this even possible?" Witch asks as Miles picks up the staff and reveals himself.

Crystal then strolls in after dealing with a now frozen Rag Doll who is inside a cube of ice.

"We bypassed security the same as you, except our powers still work." Crystal explains and gets ready to attack them.

"You're outnumbered, so stand down." Peter tells them as he reveals himself.

the Rogues look and see they can't do anything with all these powered individuals surrounding them.

-

They brought them back to Star labs and they left Nora to her parents.

"So what can we do now?" Peter asks.

"We need to find a way to destroy Cicada's dagger." Caitlin tells him.

"Then why don't you use your secret weapon?" Tommy asks.

"We have a weapon?" Cisco asks.

"Cicada's dagger is metal that can take away powers. Use the one thing that isn't a metahuman power and can destroy anything." Tommy explains. "There's one thing not of this world, powerful enough to destroy anything with a single punch."

Peter starts to put together what he's saying, and knows the one thing powerful enough.

"The Immortal Iron Fist." Peter whispers.

"The immoral what?" Harry asks.

"Danny Rand, he's a friend of mine who couldn't help with Cicada last time being in China. Matt said he recently got back to New York. He was raised in the ancient city of K'un-Lun. He went through some tests, punched a Dragon in the heart and became the Immortal Iron Fist." Peter expains to them. "One punch from his Fist could shatter steel with little strength. He could destroy Cicada's dagger instantly."

"That might be a bit harder than we thought." Ralph says as he strolls into the cortex after getting a message from Caitlin's parents. "Cicada stole the cure prototypes from the offsite."

"Why would she want that?" Peter asks.

"They're failed, broken versions of the cure." Cisco explains. "If a metahuman took that without the proper treatment..."

"They would die." Harry guesses. "She now has a lethal virus on her hands."

"That's why she stole the atomizer. So she can spread the virus." Barry finishes.

"This is what I was afraid of." Cisco says.

"Cicada wants to kill every metahuman in the city." Peter guesses.

"Wait, did you say a dragon?" They realize.

-

With Sarge, he's finally found it. He found where the Monitor is hiding, and it's in the sewers of Central City.

"I'm coming for you, Mar Novu." Sarge promises the man.

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