Barry was working in his lab at CCPD when he heard someone enter it.

"You look good for someone who just got out of a coma." Kara said with a smile and Barry smiled as well as he got up from his work and hugged her.

"Hey, what brings you to Central City?" Barry asked.

"Making Cisco's dream of making my suit come true and also talking to Iris about a career opportunity, she can tell you later." Kara said and Barry nodded.

"It's great to see you. Though I'm going to tell Cisco to put your suit ahead of mine." Barry said.

"What why?" Kara asked.

"Because I'm not sure how long I'll be able to be the Flash for right now." Barry said.

"What do you mean?" Kara asked.

"Do you remember when I made Oliver give me some of his spectre energy to allow me to get us into the speed force during crisis?" Barry asked.

"Of course." Kara said.

"Well, when he did, the energy, it destabilized the speed force. It's dying and my powers are disappearing with it." Barry said.

"Oh my god. Are you okay?" Kara asked.

"For now. And I've got a lead on something that can recreate the speed force, but unfortunately, it's taking time." Barry said.

"Is there anything I can do to help?" Kara asked.

"Unless you have a spare speed force, no. Sorry." Barry said.

"I'll check the Fortress's archives. It has tons of data not only on krypton, but the universe. I'm sure that in the entire universe, there's got to be some kind of alien race that has studied the speed force." Kara said.

"Thank you. But anyways, Kara, there's something else I need to tell you." Barry said.

"I'm listening." Kara said.

"You remember how Oliver saved us during the end of Elseworlds?" Barry asked.

"Yeah, he got an arrow from the monitor to destroy the book of destiny and save us. Why?" Kara asked as she didn't like where this was going.

"It turns out that the reason he got Novu to give him that arrow is because he made a devil's bargain. His life for ours." Barry said.

"He traded his life for ours." Kara said.

"Yeah." Barry said.

"And yet he still managed to find a way out of that. And Barry, we both know that either one of us would've made the same call that he did." Kara said.

"I know, but still." Barry said.

"I say, we all enjoy this new world and new lives we've created. And we'll find a way to restore your powers, but Barry, you don't need them to be a hero. They're just a tool. You're a hero with or without them." Kara said and Barry nodded.

"I know, but it doesn't make it any easier when the man who killed my mom and framed my dad for it is still out there and soon I will literally be powerless to stop him." Barry said.

"We'll stop him. You don't have to deal with this demon alone. We're still a team." Kara said.

"Easy for you to say. You lose your powers, you just need to spend some time in the sun. Me, I have no idea if I'll be able to restore my powers." Barry said and Kara sighed.

"Fine. Be that way. Just remember something. Having powers may make our jobs easier, but they aren't what make us heroes. Oliver, Sara, Kate, they don't have powers. That's never stopped them from being heroes. And while I'm sure that you'll figure it out, I also know that if you can't, you'll find another way to be a hero." Kara said as she walked out of the lab and now Barry felt guilty. He hadn't meant to snap at her, but losing his powers while he knew Thawne was still alive, that burned him up and he'd taken out on Kara. He'd have to apologize to her.

After his shift at CCPD was over, Barry headed over to Star Labs so he could use Gideon to decrypt Nora's journal so that he, Cisco and Caitlin would have access to all the information they needed to create a new speed force. However, now that he thought about it, the one positive about what was going on with his powers would make it easier to fool Thawne, since in order to conserve what speed force he had left, since while the speed force wasn't dead yet, it would be soon, which meant that he'd have to run slower. As in, the speeds he'd been able to run at when he first got his powers. Once he's created a new speed force, he'd be able to run at his real top speed, but for now, he needed to play it safe.

Anyways, when Barry arrived at Star Labs, he quickly made sure that Thawne wasn't around before entering the time vault and turning on Gideon.

"Hello Barry Allen. What can I assist you with today?" Gideon asked, since Barry had already been in the time vault to blind Thawne's cameras, so she was familiar with him.

"I need you to decode every entry in this notebook and look for anything regarding creating artificial speed forces and of course, do not record any memory of this encounter. Thawne cannot know I'm onto him." Barry said.

"Yes Barry." Gideon said as Barry placed the journal on the plinth and allowed Gideon to start scanning each page until she'd through the entire journal.

"Well?" Barry asked.

"Translating." Gideon said as she displayed the data.

"Send all artificial speed force data to Cisco's computer, but make sure Thawne can't detect what it really is." Barry said and Gideon nodded.

"As you wish. Is there anything else I can help you with?" Gideon asked.

"Erase all records of this meeting from your archives." Barry said.

"Already done." Gideon said.

"Thank you Gideon." Barry said as he quickly walked out of the vault.

"So, did you get it?" Barry asked when he entered Cisco's lab to find him and Caitlin waiting for him.

"Yep. We're going through the data now. I think it could be helpful to bring Professor Stein in on this though." Cisco said after seeing how complicated this was.

"Good time to bring in Firestorm I guess." Barry said and Cisco and Caitlin both nodded.

"Listen Barry, there's something we need to tell you." Caitlin said.

"Okay?" Barry asked.

"We're dating." Cisco said and Barry didn't look surprised.

"Looks like Iris owes me 20 bucks." Barry said.

"You two made a bet?" Caitlin asked, not at all surprised.

"Yep." Barry said, completely unashamed.

"Great. So anyways, where do we start to look for Firestorm?" Cisco asked.

"It's simple. Since we don't know if Stein has merged with Ronnie or Jax, I'll find something of his that you can vibe off of. It's good to have you back with your powers." Barry said.

"Agreed. I'd forgotten how much I missed them and I'm not giving them up again." Cisco said.

"Good. Because we need every asset we can get if we're going to stop Thawen and get my dad out of prison. This time without opening a breach to Zoom." Barry said.

"Agreed." Caitlin said.