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*Natalie's POV*
As Mommy sang our song to me, I felt myself remembering the last time future Mommy sang that song to me…
(Flashback to 2025- six months before Natalie was sent to the past)
It was June 17, 2025 and Mom, Dad and Uncle Cisco's old friend Ronnie Raymond was visiting with Dr. Stein. They come by once a year to visit us and today Mr. Ronnie was helping Mommy and Daddy with a mechanical issue with something in the pipeline.
"Wow, Miss Nat. You have gotten so big" Mr. Ronnie marveled at me and I hugged him and then Dr. Stein.
"I'm five years old now! I can run almost as fast as Daddy now!" I exclaimed proudly. Daddy and Mommy laughed and Daddy ruffled my hair as he picked me up to kiss my cheek.
"Yep, pretty soon it's going to be hard to keep up with this little one" I scoffed.
"I'm not little anymore Daddy. I'm a big girl now" I insisted with a big smile, "I'm this many" I exclaimed holding my hand up to show that I am indeed five years old now.
"Of course, what was I thinking?" Daddy joked tickling my sides, "but you Natalie Nora will always be my little girl". I giggled and Mom kissed my cheek then Daddy's lips.
"Now you all can enjoy an Allen family mush fest" Uncle Cisco commented with a grin from next to Mr. Ronnie. Everyone laughed and Mom playfully punched Uncle Cisco's arm.
"I believe you had some devices you wanted me to look at Mr. Ramon" Dr. Stein commented with a smile. Uncle Cisco grinned and rubbed his hands together.
"Follow me Dr. Stein and prepare to have your mind blown" Uncle Cisco said evilly. Just like when he told the stories about the meta-humans when he babysits me. They headed towards Uncles Cisco's work room.
"You wanted me to look at the pipeline?" Mr. Ronnie asked turning back to my parents. Daddy nodded and while carrying me led Mommy and Mr. Ronnie to the pipeline where we keep the bad metas. Since its summer Mommy has her auburn hair like mine, I like the summers the best when Mommy's hair isn't white blonde or her eyes aren't glowing that ice blue. We got down to the pipeline and Daddy set me down so they could show Mr. Ronnie the problem. I started up a conversation with Gideon, the artificial intelligence that Daddy created when I was 3 years old. She is very nice and tells me stories about Daddy and Mommy from the past. Gideon tells me things Mommy won't let Uncle Cisco tell me, although he usually tells me anyway and says, "don't tell your mom but...".
After a few minutes a weird sucking sound started and I looked up to see a vortex opening right where a few metas where being held. The vortex forced three cells to open and a man stepped out of the vortex. I'd seen pictures of him before, Daddy said that he is really dangerous and needs to be put away forever. Uncle Cisco says that he should be shot in the face, multiple times. Mommy says that Uncle Cisco shouldn't say things like that in front of me.
"Vortex!" Dad shouted and then ran after him when he ran away. Mommy froze two of the metas but the one Mr. Ronnie was dealing with touched him and suddenly he turned to Mommy with anger in his face. The meta who touched him ran out through the hole in the wall.
"You left me for a stupid speedster in spandex. I needed you Caitlin and you left me for someone else when I was still alive!" He screamed throwing Mommy into a wall.
"Mommy" I screamed flashing to help her up, "Mr. Ronnie, leave Mommy alone!". Mom pushed me behind her.
"Natalie stay behind me, stay away from Ronnie" she said urgently then turned to face Mr. Ronnie, "Don't make me hurt you Ronnie" she warned holding her hands up. I listened to my Mommy and watched as she fought him but I knew she was trying not to hurt him. Then suddenly he just pushed her into the wall and I couldn't watch anymore so I rammed as hard as I could into Mr. Ronnie and he flew backwards.
"Natalie, what did I say?" Mommy said grabbing my shoulders, the panic evident in the voice.
"He was going to hurt you" I insisted stomping my foot, "Nobody hurts my Mommy without getting a beating". Mommy's face softened.
"The brat is going to pay for that!" Mr. Ronnie said getting up, looking angrier than before.
"Over my dead body" Mommy spat her hands covering over with ice.
"That can be arranged. I'll kill you, the brat, then the speedster homewrecker!" Mr. Ronnie threatened. What's a home wrecker? Daddy's never wrecked a home before. While Mr. Ronnie dodged icicles that Mommy threw at him, another hole opened and Daddy stumbled out with the bad man with him. The bad man started for me but Daddy was faster and grabbed me. I glanced at Mommy and Mr. Ronnie to see him reach into her chest and pull out her heart.
"MOMMY!" I screamed in horror as her body sagged to the ground and Mr. Ronnie dropped her heart to the ground with a resounding thud. For the first time in my life, everything was in slow motion. The bad man smirked and disappeared, Mr. Ronnie stumbled to and fell to the ground and Daddy let out a strangled cry as he fell to his knees. I struggled away from him and crawled to my mother with tears spilling down my cheeks. "Wake up, mommy. Please!" I begged crying into her hair. She didn't get up though.
"What have I done? Natalie I'm so sorry" Mr. Ronnie said as he fell to his knees by Mom and I. I pushed him away.
"Get away, you murderer!" I screamed with tears on my cheeks, "Daddy, help! Mommy isn't waking up" I screamed after Mr. Ronnie stumbled into the wall. A second later Uncle Cisco and Dr. Stein came running down the hall. They stood there frozen in shock. Daddy crawled to us and started shaking Mommy.
"Cait, Caitlin! Wake up, Caitlin. Please", I listened as Daddy sobbed, holding Mommy to his chest. The tears streamed down my cheeks.
"He killed Mommy! Mr. Ronnie tore her heart out of her chest" I cried at Uncle Cisco as he walked towards us.
"Barry, she's gone" Uncle Cisco said putting his hand on Dad's shoulder. I watched Daddy stiffen and his body shake with anger and pain as he turned to Mr. Ronnie
"Barry, I didn't mean too, I swear. I just felt so angry and I couldn't stop" Mr. Ronnie stuttered from the floor with tears on his face as he stared at Mom lying dead on the ground, "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry". Dr. Stein came to stand next to Mr. Ronnie pulling him into a hug. Daddy ran a hand over his face before he turned to me, despair taking over his usual carefree features that I love so much.
"Oh Natalie, I'm so sorry you had to see that" He said holding me close to his chest, I grabbed onto him tightly, the sobs wracking my body. I could feel Daddy crying as he held onto me.
"Why did this happen?" I hiccupped hysteria taking over. Daddy wiped my tears and I wiped his.
"I don't know, baby girl" he replied honestly.
"I want Mommy to wake up" I cried, my chest aching uncontrollably.
"Me too, baby. I need you to go upstairs with Uncle Cisco for a while" Daddy said gently, pushing the hair out of my face.
"No I wanna stay with you Daddy" I protested grabbing onto him tightly.
"I want to stay with you too, honey but I need to take care of Mommy now. I'll be up in a few minutes, I promise" Daddy soothed wiping the tears off my cheeks but they wouldn't stop flowing from my eyes, Mommy was gone and nothing could ever fill the void inside my heart. Daddy's scream and Mommy's heart being pulled from her chest will haunt me every time I close my eyes.
I drifted off to sleep as Mommy rose from the tub to walk away. I want my Daddy and Mommy to be alive for real.
*Future Barry's POV*
"Stand back!" I yelled as I flashed back into the locker room. Once they both moved I shot Natalie with it and prayed to whatever God was out there that my scarlet angel would be okay.
"Natalie?", Caitlin mumbled walking around me towards the tub. I let the gun drop to the ground and flashed to Natalie's side before Cait could reach her.
"Come on, baby girl. Open your eyes" I pleaded picking her up and out of the tub to lay in my lap. I felt the tears filling my eyes, "Natalie" I croaked out. Caitlin sat beside us and put her hand on Natalie's cheek to wipe the blood from her face.
"Natalie, it's time to wake up now" Caitlin whispered, Natalie shifted then opened her eyes to look up at us.
"Why do you look so sad, Daddy?" Natalie asked putting her hand on my cheek. The tears spilled from my eyes as I laughed slightly.
"I'm just so happy to see you, scarlet angel", I replied my voice cracking as I pulled her into a hug. Relief flooded through my body as I held my daughter safely in my arms. The days without her were suffocating, I don't think I'm going to let her out of my sight for at least 10 years.
"Daddy, I'm hungry" Natalie mumbled. Caitlin, Cisco and I laughed as I pulled away and kissed her forehead.
"And we need to change your clothes" Caitlin said, I don't think I'll get used to hearing her voice or seeing her face. It's been months since I've had either of those, since I've had my wife back. I'd just gotten used to her not being there, waking up alone and taking care of Natalie alone. Alone without her. Natalie crawled into Caitlin's lap, I knew she needed to reassure her mother that she was okay. I couldn't help but stare at the two of them, I didn't expect it to be this hard. I need to keep my mind focused on Natalie saying goodbye to everybody and getting her back home to our timeline. My head slumped to the back of the tub and I looked down at the timer, 6 hours left.
"I really don't want to ruin this family moment but this is totally cool, man" Cisco said with a huge nerdy smile on his face. I laughed lightly and stood up myself before helping Caitlin up.
"I don't really know what to say to you guys" I admitted taking Natalie after she reached for me.
"Same here" Caitlin replied crossing her arms. I knew this was going to be weird, not just seeing Caitlin but everyone.
"Wait, aren't you like stuck here?" Cisco asked in alarm. I chuckled and shook my head.
"No, you see this", I held up my wrist to showcase the watch, "you made this to absorb the energy of my speed force for an hour then when my hour is up, it'll take me and whoever is touching me to the future" I explained, Natalie looked down at it questioningly.
"Only 50 minutes left, Daddy?" She asked staring at the timer that was counting down.
"That's right. In 50 minutes, you and I will be sent back to 2025" I replied pushing the hair behind her ear. Tears erupted in Natalie's eyes and she buried her face in my neck.
"I don't wanna go without Mommy" She mumbled. I glanced up Cisco, pleading to him with my eyes, he nodded and grabbed Caitlin's arm.
"We'll give you two a minute" Cisco said pulling Caitlin from the room before she could protest. I know that she is Natalie's mother but Caitlin is dead in the future and Natalie needs to get used to not seeing her anymore. We both do.
"Hey, look at me baby girl", Natalie slowly pulled away from my neck to look at me, "I want Mommy back just as much as you do but she….she's gone and we have to accept that". I know how hard this is for Natalie to understand, she's five years old for Christ's sake.
"I know but I miss her" Natalie said wiping her eyes as silent tears ran down her cheeks. I felt tears in my eyes as I wiped her tears.
"Me too, more than anything but do you know how horrible the past few days have been for me without you. For Grandpa Joe, Uncle Cisco and Aunt Lisa?", Natalie shook her head, "We have people who miss us too. You are the most important thing in the entire universe to me"
"You are too, Daddy" Natalie interjected fiercely. I smiled and held her a little tighter.
"You are my number one priority and nothing hurt more than losing you. If I leave you here, then I'm going to be all alone in the future. Do you want that?" I asked gently.
"No! Where you go, so do I" Natalie said and I knew that she wouldn't fight me anymore. I glanced down at the clock, I saw we had 45 minutes left. I heard some conversation behind the door and knew that past me was back with Joe and Eddie. Time to face this music.
"Natalie, this is very important. Are you listening?", she nodded her green eyes giving me all her attention, "Good, I need you to not leave my side for anything okay. You can hug past me and all but stay close to me. I am not losing you ever again".
"I understand, Daddy", I grinned and started towards the door.
"That's my girl" I said proudly.
"Oh and Daddy," I glanced down at her, "I missed you". My heart warmed and I kissed my little angels head.
"I missed you too, scarlet angel. Daddy loves you very much" I replied. Natalie kissed my cheek and smiled wide at me.
"I love you, Daddy. Thanks for coming for me" Natalie giggled smiling at me.
"I'll always come for you, no matter what. Nothing could ever stand between you and I", I turned back to the door, "And now it's time to face the music. This ought to be interesting"
"Yes, it ought to be" Natalie giggled leaning her head on my shoulder. Here goes.
Tada! I hope you enjoyed that chapter! Next one will be up next weekend, I have a four-day weekend off school. Anyway, let me know your thoughts on this chapter! Thanks for reading, love you guys!