I know, I shouldn't be starting another story right now. But this idea has been in my head for the last week or so, so I thought I'd least started.

And, so you can't say I didn't warn you, this story is not Iris, WestAllen, or Nora West-Allen friendly. So simply don't read it if you don't like that. And calling me racist simply because I'm writing a story like this says far more about you than it does about me, as I'm sure some of you will ignore this and accuse me of being racist.

Anyway, hope you enjoy this first chapter.

Star Labs

Morning

It was a typical morning in Star Labs, Barry, Caitlin, and Cisco were discussing ways to take down Cicada, Iris and Nora occasionally offering input. Cecile was at work while Ralph and Sherloque were off doing who knows what who knows where. Joe still hadn't come back from visiting Wally with Jenna yet.

"Starting to understand why even future us couldn't stop Cicada," Cisco sighed. "Every time we get close to stopping him, it's like some sort of cosmic force swoops in to save him."

"Don't worry, we'll catch him," Barry said as he put a hand on Cisco's shoulder before looking over at Caitlin. "And in the meantime, we've got our secret weapon."

As Caitlin smiled at Barry's compliment, Nora was suddenly very grateful that Cecile was at work. She doubted she could explain that sudden wave of hatred and rage that swelled up within her. Every minute she spent in the past, every little moment she witnessed between her father and Caitlin, it reminded her why she had to come back. That she had to prevent the future, to keep them apart and her parents together. To prevent the incident from ever happening.

To prevent the end of her parents' marriage.

She never thought she would end up here. Not just in the past, but the entire situation. Working with her father's arch enemy to change the past, to make sure her father would never disappear. All she had to do was prevent one thing. One event and it would all change.

She couldn't help but remember the moment where it had all started. The moment where it had all changed. The moment where she had first visited Eobard Thawne.

Iron Heights Prison, 2049

Morning

Nora walked into the Metahuman Wing at Iron Heights, looking around with nerves. She wasn't sure why she had decided to come here. She just needed to go somewhere. Finding out about her mother's secret betrayal, that she'd had powers just like her father, Nora just needed someone to talk to. But why she had come here, Nora didn't know.

"Dawn," a low voice spoke up.

Nora nearly jumped at the sound of the voice. She turned towards the cell, seeing the face of Harrison Wells. Although it wasn't really Harrison Wells. It was Eobard Thawne, the Reverse Flash. Her father's arch enemy. Her heart hammered in her chest as she stared at Thawne, his eyes seeming to see right through her, down to her very soul.

"it's Nora," Nora said her voice quivering slightly.

"Nora. Just like your grandmother," Thawne noted and Nora snapped.

"Don't you ever talk about her! You have no right!" Nora snapped.

"You're right, I don't," Thawne acknowledged. "After all, it was I that took her from you father. I can't make up for that. I can't make that right. But I can right something else. I can give you your father back."

Nora stared at him, her mind not quite comprehending what he was saying. But once the words processed in her mind, her mind whirled.

"What are you talking about?" Nora asked and Thawne smiled, causing a chill to rush down Nora's spine.

"In my timeline, where I come from, your father never disappeared during the crisis of 2024," Thawne said and Nora started. "For a long time, I wondered why he disappeared, what possible difference there was. Then, as I watched him, I realized why. It's because he didn't have Caitlin Snow."

"What?" Nora asked her back stiffening at the mention of that woman.

"In the timeline where I came from, Barry Allen, Cisco Ramon, and Caitlin Snow were a team, just like they were in this one. And on that day, they defeated the enemy. But Caitlin Snow wasn't there that day; she wasn't there to fight alongside your father and Cisco. And you know why."

Nora did know. She had learned the whole twisted story from her mother when she was sixteen. And she knew what Thawne was telling her to do.

It was so ironic. The woman she had hated practically her entire life…was the key to making sure her father was around to raise her.

Star Labs, 2021

Morning

Barry yawned as Cisco looked over at him in concern.

"You okay?" Cisco asked and Barry nodded.

"Yeah, just tired. Nora kept Iris and me up half the night," Barry explained.

"Yeah, a new born is an adjustment. Don't worry buddy, you two will get the hang of it," Cisco assured him as Caitlin and Ralph walked in.

"Get the hang of what?" Ralph inquired.

"it's nothing, don't worry about it," Barry said as he turned to Cisco. "But we do have a situation. Cisco."

Cisco nodded, bring up the holographic screen. Caitlin and Ralph stared in horror at the rather gruesome scene of a man who looked like his head had been bashed in.

"This is William Smith. He was in a car wreck last night at ninety miles per hour. He ended up wrapped around a telephone pole," Barry explained.

"That's horrible, but what does this have to do with us?" Caitlin asked curiously.

"During the interview with the family, they said that William had been acting erratically the previous day: quitting his job, talking back to people, picking fights. I did a little digging; there have been four other cases with people who ended up dead that started acting erratically a few days prior in the last month," Barry explained.

"You think it's a Meta?" Ralph inquired.

"I think it's worth looking into," Barry said as he turned around to face them. "Ralph, I want you to interview the family members and friends. Cisco, work with him, see if you can find anything on anyone they may have come into contact with recently. Caitlin, we're gonna look over the autopsy reports. If there is a Meta going around doing this to people, we are going to stop them."

Central City

Now

"What's this about Sherly?" Ralph asked as he and Sherloque sat in a car. "You said you had a lead on Cicada."

"I do have lead yes, but not on Cicada," Sherloque said as he pulled out a cell phone and Ralph stared incomprehensively at the strange language on the phone.

"What is that?" Ralph asked confused.

"This is the code Nora West-Allen is using to communicate with her partner," Sherloque said and Ralph stared at him, even more confused.

"Partner?" Ralph asked and Sherloque nodded.

"Yes. You see, it is rather odd that those little moments, at the wedding, at The Jitters, at the apartment, were just little moments. But the moment she chose to intervene was when the satellite. Odd, is it not?" Sherloque said.

"You think Nora is working with someone. Why didn't you say anything to the others?" Ralph asked confused.

"I am following a trail; I don't know where it leads. I wish to know where before I tell anyone else," Sherloque said.

"Why tell me then?" Ralph asked confused.

"They trust you. I would like you to, shall we say, keep eye on Nora," Sherloque said.

'I'm not really comfortable with that Sherly," Ralph said uncomfortable.

"If Nora West-Allen is lying about this, perhaps she lying about other thing, no? Do not think of it as betrayal, think of it as protecting people you love," Sherloque said and Ralph sighed.

"I don't like this…but if you're right, I can't do nothing. Okay, I'll help you," Ralph agreed reluctantly.