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Crazy Speedsters
"I don't understand time travel," Bibiana commented. She spun in her chair knowing that Thawne was locked up. "I also don't know why he sent me out to get coffee."
"Why don't you ask him? He's in the pipeline," Cisco suggested. The girl stopped spinning and felt the dizziness to start to form in her head.
"I told you not to spin on that chair," Caitlin told the girl.
"She did," Joe agreed.
"I just wanted to feel like a little kid again after going against the Reverse-Flash," Bibiana stated.
"Didn't you just stand there and do nothing? Also, didn't you get knocked out? Also, didn't you just send out two bolts of electricity?" Cisco asked.
"I came here to have a good time and I feel so attacked right now," Bibiana replied.
She leaned against the table and started to mess around by hacking into random things. Her attention was brought back when Barry entered the room. A smile appeared on her face before it changed into a frown once he started to explain. Thawne had told him about how he was trapped in the past and the only way back was to create the Flash after he tried to get rid of the Flash.
"A rare opportunity to go back in time and right a wrong and save your mother's life," Stein explained. "Quite the paradox Harrison has presented you with, Mr. Allen."
"The chance to be with someone you love," Caitlin commented. "Seems pretty cut-and-dry to me."
Bibiana had stared off into space since the conversation started. She would kill to have a close relationship with her mom or her family. If she was put in Barry's shoes, she would do it in a heartbeat.
"I think you should do it," Bibiana agreed. "I mean, it's up to you but to have a chance to grow up with your mom? After everything we've been through? I'll support you if you do decide to go back in time and save your mom."
"At first blush, Dr. Snow, Ms. Solace, it would appear so, but this has unparalleled risk," Stein explained. "Barry, the night your mother died, the night you saved you self from being killed... that event altered the time line you were already on, and changed the course of history."
"So, what you're saying is we're living in a parallel universe?" Cisco asked.
"Just like when I time-trvaked before," Barry replied.
"But he only changed one day that time," Joe added.
"Oh, how much drama happened from that," Bibiana commented. She lightly tugged on her hair, remembering the stress. Confessing, denying and admitting love.
"Exactly. Now imagine fifteen years of compounded experiences," Stein explained. "One different decision, no matter how big or small, impacts everything that follows. Moments upon moments, choices upon choices, new relationships. Nothing would be as it is today, and you'd never know the difference because you'd never remember any of it."
"So, let's say Barry had eggs on an Easter of 2011 and he goes back in time and eats a waffle instead. Can that stop us from meeting each other?" Bibiana asked.
"Theoretically, yes," Stein replied. Bibiana cast a look over at Barry.
"I love you so much, Barry. But eat your fake eggs on Easter," Bibiana told him.
"So if I go back and save my mom, my dad doesn't go to prison," Barry stated. He was retracing all the impacts of his mom's death. "I never live with Joe and Iris."
"You might never meet me or Caitlin or Ronnie or Bibiana," Cisco added.
"Truth is... there's no real way of knowing what your life will be," Stein confessed. Bibiana bit her lip and tapped her foot. She was extremely nervous but she wanted to support Barry.
"There's no choice here, Barry. You have to do this," Joe told him. He grabbed his jacket and looked at the boy he considered a son before he left. "You got to change the past."
Barry went after his father figure. Bibiana looked down at her hands and knew Barry was going to do the right thing.
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The half-asian girl sat in the time vault and stared at the news paper from the future. The one that said Barry will disappear in 2024 in the middle of a crisis. It contained snippets of their future. She had asked Gideon to pull it up for her.
Her eyes stared at the only change on the paper. Bibiana's name was no longer on the paper as it was before. The only difference was that in 2024, she wasn't Solace-Allen. She would be Bibiana Allen but now there was a chance that that wouldn't happen. But she was willing to do anything to make sure Barry was happy.
"Bibiana, we need you in the cortex," Cisco said over the PSA. The girl looked at the new paper for a second before she got off the floor.
"Gideon, you can put the newspaper clip away," Bibiana informed the AI. Quickly, she turned into electricity and went into the wiring.
In a second, she appeared in the cortex.
"You're getting faster," Cisco noted.
"I've been practicing," Bibiana replied.
"So according to Well's calculations, Barry's super-speed inside the accelerator ring. Once Barry reaches optimum speed, we then launch a hydrogen proton in the accelerator," Stein explained. His explanation told her that Barry was going to go back in time."Once the collision happens, a wormhole forms, opening a gateway into time itself. At that moment, I plan on shouting something along the lines of: 'Eureka,' or possibly, 'Excelsior.' I'm uncommitted."
"What do you think?" Barry asked Cisco. Time travel and messing with time was messing with Bibiana's head.
"I mean, on the one hand, it does make a kind of sense," Cisco replied. "On the other hand, why? Why? Why would you consider doing this?"
"You know why," Barry answered.
"So for this to actually work, how fast would Barry have to go?" Caitlin asked.
"By my estimates, Mach 2 at a minimum," Stein replied.
"You've never gone that fast," Caitlin stated.
"I believe in him. I believe that Barry can go that fast," Bibiana commented.
"Thanks, Bibi," Barry told her. He gave her a smile that made her want to fall of the chair.
"So, what happens if Barry doesn't reach that speed?" Joe asked. "I mean, I'm imagining a bug hitting a windshield. How far off am I?"
"Not very far, I'm afraid," Stein answered.
"Let me worry about how fast I have to go," Barry assured them. "We're gonna need something else too."
"Really?" Cisco asked. "And what's that? Because I don't know about you guys but I'm not at all interested in helping you get yourself killed."
"I need you to build a time machine, " Barry stated.
"Go on." Cisco was hooked.
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"
Eddie, press F1 on that keyboard," Bibiana told him. She quickly pointed at the keyboard in front of him while she typed away. The girl was falling into old habits and triple checking everything.
Eddie reached forward and pressed F1. Bibiana attacked the keyboard harder than ever. Her fingers danced across the keyboard before she stopped.
"Finger cramp," Bibiana announced. She shook her hand from the pain to wear it off.
"I'm sorry, but I'm told this is the only station with enough power to run these calculations," Stein told Eddie. Bibiana coughed loudly that caused Stein to look at her. "Yes, we need the station and Ms. Solace. But if we make a slight error creating the wormhole--"
"Say no more," Eddie told Stein.
Bibiana stopped paying attention the moment she regained her fingers back. Soon enough, she was typing faster than ever before. She stopped one more time as she looked at the information on the computer.
"Stein, I hate to break your inspiration speech but look at the computer on your left," Bibiana told him.
"Wait, that can't be right. Oh, dear," Stein muttered. Bibiana quickly got up before they both left for the other room. The one that the time machine was being built.
"We have a problem," Stein announced, once they entered the room.
"What?" Barry asked.
"It's a big problem," Bibiana added onto Steins announcement. A worried look crossed her face.
"The calculations," Stein answered. "There is a danger."
"I know. I'm ready to take the risk," Barry responded.
"Barry, this danger is bigger than just you," said Bibiana.
"Just like Ms. Solace said. It's not just to you, but to everyone," added Stein. "Wells didn't tell us everything. Barry, even if you do reach the right speed colliding with the hydrogen particle there is a chance that explosion could create a singularity."
"What's a singularity?" Caitlin asked.
"It's a black hole," Cisco answered.
"We could destroy Central City," Barry stated.
"For starters. If we create a singularity here and then cannot control it... we could be looking at a goal catastrophe," Stein explained.
"So long, and thanks for all the fish," Cisco replied.
"This is the part where all the religious people start praying to God," Bibiana muttered.
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"Well sure there is a bit of a risk," Thawne told them.
"I would hardly refer to possibly causing an extinction-level event as 'a bit of a risk'," Stein replied. Bibiana stared at the lab screens with a glare since it had Thawne plastered all over it.
"And your accelerator's been about as reliable as the beater I drove in high school," Joe commented.
"Ha ha. Let me ask you a question. How many meta humans, how many dangers have we faced this year together?" Thawne asked. "Or did you forget that was me fighting alongside each and every one of you? I have been planning this for almost two decades. It will work."
"And how do we make sure we don't open a black hole in the middle of Central City?" Cisco asked.
"So once the wormhole stabilizes, Barry will have one minute and fifty-two seconds to alter the past and return to this time," Thawne explained. "If and when he does that, you can close the wormhole and we can all live happily ever after. Almost two minutes. More than enough time to save Nora."
"I get the feeling that he's using the baby voice. The one you use when you talk to children," Bibiana muttered. She crossed her arms and wondered why they couldn't just kill him.
"But not enough time to stop you from going home?" Barry asked.
"Everything's a choice," Thawne stated.
"And what if I'm late?" Barry asked.
"You won't be," Thawne replied. "I believe in you, Barry. Always have. So I guess the question is, do your friends and family believe in you as much as I do?"
Bibiana never hated anyone as much as Thawne. How dare he try to make Barry lose faith in his friends and family. She had already stated that she believes in Barry. But there was a wavering fear inside her that everything would fail and the black hole would appear.
She watched Barry leave the cortex and into his running room. Her eyes snapped close shut and started to realize that she hasn't been spending as much time with Barry like before. A frown appeared on her lips but she tried to hide it by biting her lips.
"What's wrong?" Ronnie asked the girl that he saw as a sister. She shook her head and refused to open her eyes. "Bibi, you know you can tell me."
"Everything is just emotional," Bibiana replied. She snapped her eyes open and tried to avoid Ronnie's eyes. Caitlin and Cisco joined to form a small group.
"I thought Bibiana didn't do emotional," Cisco commented, trying to make her laugh.
They all feared that Bibiana would go back into post-accelerator and pre-Barry Bibiana. The one that kept to herself more than usual. The one that didn't crack jokes and references. The one that didn't smile or laugh.
"It's going to be alright," Caitlin assured the girl.
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*starts to write at 11PM*
*12AM*
"Wow, 800 words. I'll finish this in the morning*
*goes to sleep*
*wakes up at 5:30AM*
"I need to write"
*finishes at 7:08AM*
"I hope the WiFi starts to work again"
It's currently 7:10AM as I update this. As soon as this is published, I'm going back to sleep 😂
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