Barry was sitting on the porch of the West house, heartbroken. His father had just been murdered in front of him. I have to do this. Barry looked back at everyone inside the house and saw how happy they were. How can that be me again? How will I be able to laugh or smile? I have to do this. Barry stood up and got ready to start running, but before he could, he heard a voice behind him.

"Don't do it, Barry."

"What the… who are… Sara?" He saw Sara standing across the street from the house. She was standing over her motorcycle, dressed in all black leather. Barry hadn't seen her since the Dominator Invasion. As far as he knew, she had been going around saving time with Ray, Stein, Jax, Snart, and Mick. "What are you doing here?"

"I'm here to stop you from destroying the timeline."

"What do you mean?"

"You going back in time causes a timequake that changes history: making sure that the Flash is never created and because of it meta-humans run Central City as well as Star City."

"What you call destroying time is really me saving my family."

Sara looked down and sighed; she remembered having similar feelings when she found out that her sister had died. "Barry, about a year ago, do you know what I learned?"

"What," he replied, angrily.

"I learned that my sister was dead." Sara said, "I had returned from the Waverider and I found out that while I was gone she was killed."

"I'm so sorry," Barry said.

"Instantly, I thought about going back to help her or do something." she grabbed his hand, "But I realized what could happen if I did. I learned that if I tried to save my sister, then me, my father, and Laurel would all be dead." She looked at him and saw the look in his eyes, "I want to show you something," she said as she got on her motorcycle.

"Okay, I will follow behind."

"No, you're getting on the bike."

Barry sighed but got on as Sara drove off. While driving Barry looked as they passed through Central City, he saw places where he had saved people and places he had been with his family. After a while, they entered a street of houses. He was very confused as to what Sara was going to show him. Sara pulled up to a blue house in a small neighborhood. She didn't say anything, walked over to the fence, and climbed over it. She gestured for Barry to follow and he phased through the fence.

"Whose house is this?" Barry asked quietly.

"It's my mom's," Sara replied as she pointed into the house. Barry looked through the window and saw her mom. It looked like she was packing to go somewhere. "She is leaving for a trip today. She won't be back for a few days." Dinah eventually finished packing and left the house. Sara walked up and opened the door. "Sit."

Barry sat down on the couch as Sara sat down next to him.

"Why did you bring me here?"

"To try to further explain to you why you can't go back."

"I have nothing. My mother is dead, my father is dead. I can go back in time and make it all different."

"But at what cost Barry? Iris's life... Oliver's, Felicity's... What if all of Central City dies because the Flash isn't there to protect it?"

Barry sat there thinking, thinking about all the people he'd saved. All the lives that would be different if he hadn't become the Flash. Finally, he thought about Joe and Wally. Without his mother's death, he never would have met them.

"Then what do I do, Sara?" He put his head in his hands. "How do I live with the fact that I have the power to go back in time to save my mother and my father, but won't."

"We get out of Central City. Trust me, we have to keep you away from the temptation."

Barry thought about what she said and what might happen if he went back in time. He thought about all the good he had done for the city. "I can't just leave Central City unprotected."

"Don't you have other friends with powers?" Barry nodded as he realized that this was the best thing to do. Central City has Elongated Man, Frost, Vibe, Kid Flash, and Jesse Quick. They can survive without me for at least a little while. "Oka- wait what do you mean by 'we'?"

"I am going with you. I am going to make sure that you don't mess with the timeline."

After a while, Barry looked at Sara and then nodded, "Okay." Sara got up and walked over to the front door. On his way, Barry smiled as he looked at old photos of Sara and her family. "Is this you?" Barry asked her as he held up a photo of a young Sara and a young Laurel sitting on a tree, "We used to race to the top when we were little, I'd win every time." She smiled at Barry, "Used to think it was because I was a better climber but, now I think Laurel let me win. She knew I was a sore loser, a lot has changed since then. I was an assassin, I was dead, and I was the captain of a frickin time ship. One thing remains the same, I'm still a sore loser."

"I know what it's like to lose family, my mom, my dad. Each death felt like there was no moving forward, like life would never be the same," He looked down, "And I was right it's not the same. But somehow it's okay, family isn't just the people you grow up with, it's the people you find, the ones you love, the ones that make you crazy, make you smile."

She smiled at him, "And I was supposed to be the one helping you."

They sat for a while until Sara and Barry eventually walked outside. "So, Sara, where are we going next?"

"No idea."

He walked over and was about to pick up Sara to speed them to another location before he could, she realized what he was going to do and backed up. "Whoa whoa whoa. Don't take another step unless you want to lose your arm."

"Wait then how are we going to get around?" He asked. She pointed at the bike as he sighed. "This is going to take so much time." as he reluctantly got on the bike as they sped out of Central City.

Meanwhile, in S.T.A.R. Labs in the time vault, the future newspaper changed, "'Reverse Flash Defeated By XS and Godspeed!' After long struggles since the time of The Flash, to Kid Flash and Jesse Quick. The Reverse Flash also known as Eobard Thawne, has been apprehended in a fierce battle with the hero known as XS. They had an assist with other heroes known as Vibe, Frost, Elongated Man, and The White Canary. These heroes have defeated the nemesis of Central City's very own Scarlet Speedster. The heroes have protected our streets every since The Flash went missing in a mysterious lightning storm over 25 years ago in 2024." at the top it read, "Written by Iris West