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[Fast Track screaming]

You were dead.

I saw your body.

And yet…

here I am, in the flesh.

How's that possible?

The Negative Forces…

brought me back.

Because they were too weak

without a fourth member of their merry band.

Didn't I tell you…

that finding ways to kill you

is my life's work?

Here's what's really funny.

Killing your mother

led to the birth of the Flash,

and killing Iris…

led to the rebirth of me.

So I guess you could say your mother and Iris…

were good for something.

[yelling]

[screaming]

Dad! Stop!

He's not worth it.

He killed your mother!

[laughing]

Dad, if you do this, you'll be just as bad as him!

[panting]

[Reverse-Flash] Yeah, what's the matter, Flash?

You can't finish the job?

You better finish the job!

Because if you don't…

they're next.

Dad, don't listen to him, please.

Even if he did kill Mom, now, in 2022, we're still here.

Don't you see? We're still alive.

[Impulse] She's right. We haven't been erased yet.

Which means Mom isn't dead yet.

They're both hurting.

-Badly. -Okay, so what do we do now?

We find Iris and we bring her home.

Then we take down the Negative Forces,

-'cause if they come back for a rematch… -I don't think they will.

They already got what they came for.

The last Thawne in existence.

What do they need him for?

[The Flash] One way to find out.

I have to find a way into the Negative Speed Force.

Dad.

No offense. That's insane.

I don't have a choice.

As long as Thawne's out there, everyone's in danger.

Chester ran a satellite search.

Thawne's nowhere on the planet.

The only place to hide is the Negative Speed Force.

-If I find a way… -[Cecile] No.

Look, I can feel all of the anger inside you, I can.

And I know that you've been to hell and back today,

but we need to think our next move through.

He killed Iris!

Barry, how can you possibly be so sure?

Because I am.

[XS] Guys.

We need to talk to our dad.

Fine.

I'll call Joe and tell him that we're all okay.

[XS] Look.

Assuming we can find our way into the Negative Speed Force,

let us handle this.

We will make sure Thawne gets back to Iron Heights.

Dad, we promise.

You weren't there.

You didn't see what I saw.

Iris died in my arms

before her body disappeared.

You say she's alive,

but for all we know, she's already been erased from this timeline.

The changes haven't caught up yet.

It's happened before.

You still want to kill him.

Don't you?

Hello?

Is anybody here?

[Damien] Hello, Iris.

Damien?

If you're here, does that mean that I'm dead too?

No, it doesn't.

What happened to you is far more interesting than that.

We have a lot to discuss.

[The Flash] Going inside is the only way to end this.

Barry, it sounds dangerous.

'Cause it is.

Fine.

So how exactly do you get inside the Negative Speed Force?

The first time I went into the Positive Speed Force,

Harry hit me with a concentrated blast of dark matter and lightning

that generated a tachyon reaction.

Well, I could rig the tachyon harness to do the same.

Only if you're trying to get into a negative place,

you need a negative source of lightning.

Like me.

[Cecile] Uh…

Meena, I don't think that's such a good idea right now.

We need to find a way in.

I'm the key.

Chester, get started.

How are you gonna deal with all of that anger?

Barry,

I can feel it pouring off of you.

What are you planning?

Oh, my God.

You want revenge.

But why? Bart and Nora said that Iris is alive.

And I know she's not.

[male voice] Cecile. Cecile.

What is it?

Someone's calling my name.

And now I'm picking up desperation.

[Bashir] You have to find us.

You're the only one that can help us.

-[The Flash] Who is it? -Bashir?

What happened? Where are the other Forces?

He's gone.

-Was it our Bashir? -Yeah.

He's in pretty bad shape.

He said that…

I'm the only one who can help them.

I think he wants me to help bring back the other Positive Forces.

His timeline's gone.

I love you.

[Negative Deon] Well, we wanted you to feel at home.

You, uh…

You know who we are.

Beings who can do all this.

I'm guessing you're the Negative Forces.

Why am I here?

You never wondered where your speed really comes from?

I built a machine…

that taps into the Negative Speed Force,

allowing me to siphon it for my own use.

Brilliant.

Oh, you didn't tap into it.

No, no, no. It tapped into you.

It's true.

The Negative Speed Force has always existed.

It chose you as an avatar because it feeds off your hatred for Barry Allen.

[Negative Alexa] The other Thawne forgot that.

No hate, no Negative Speed Force avatar.

That's why he had to go.

I don't know what you're planning.

But if you think I'm gonna stand here and play your stupid game…

[Negative Alexa] Relax.

We're not gonna hurt you.

I'm just gonna transform you.

[Damien] So, let me guess.

The last thing you remember is

figuring out that the Negative Forces used your time sickness

-to rebirth a new avatar. -Yes.

But if I've had this time sickness for months, then--

Why now?

The Negative Forces used your body as an incubator.

And, yes, it's a dastardly scheme.

Reminds me of my bad old days.

Okay, so if I'm alive, then…

Where am I?

You're here inside my Time Stone.

The talisman that you and Barry used to wipe out anachronisms during…

Armageddon.

I can't feel my connection to Barry anymore.

If it's the same for him,

I have to get out of here and I need your help.

-Even if you're-- -A remnant of my old consciousness

imprinted on a stone?

Bearing witness to all timelines for eternity.

Wahoo.

Are you saying that I'm stuck here forever too?

Oh, no, no, no.

No, that's up to you.

See, unlike me,

you aren't supposed to be dead.

The moment that the Negative Forces

annihilated your body,

the stone spared you.

It senses that you still have something important to do.

The question is,

are you up to it?

[Chester] Okay, you all ready? The harnesses are good to go.

[all grunting]

What is happening?

-Oh, God. -I'm shutting down remote ignition.

-Keep on going. -But, Barr…

Do it!

[yelling]

I'm calling it.

Dad!

-Why didn't it work? -I don't know.

If not, we can't access the Negative Speed Force.

Then we need another way.

Eobard would have known what to do.

But now he's gone.

Because of me…

and that damn machine.

Dad.

Meena…

You don't want to do this.

Yes, I do.

This machine ruined my life.

No, it didn't.

Thawne did.

There is nothing we can do about it!

Not anymore.

Yes, there is.

Look, Meena…

I know exactly how you feel.

You're the only one who understands.

Who knows how this has to end.

That's why you can't destroy your work. We need it.

What for?

So we can get you charged…

and you can share your speed again.

With me.

Your speed's at 100%.

Promise me when you find that bastard,

you'll never let him hurt anyone else ever again.

Do you remember what you did when you shared your speed with Eobard?

You told me how to share the most important parts of myself.

Baby girl…

Wherever you are,

please, please,

come back home soon.

Jay? Joan? What are you…

Why are you here?

We've been following Iris' particle trail across the timestream,

and it led us here.

When Cecile called, she said that Iris was still missing.

-[tracker beeping] -Not anymore.

Come this way.

What is that thing?

[Garrick] It's a time stone.

I've heard about it in my travels.

Where did you get it?

Damien Darhk gave it to me. He said I might need it one day.

But why is it glowing now?

Those particles that were left behind?

They're Iris' consciousness.

And now I think they've somehow ended up inside the stone.

How do we get her out of there?

I can't believe we're doing this.

Allegra, we have to bring the Positive Forces back.

This is the only way we can help Flash do it.

Who cares about him?

Yeah.

We just want our powers back.

Okay, look, both of you are now ex-psychics,

but you know exactly the way that this works.

Now start concentrating and help me focus it.

I will do all the heavy lifting.

You found me.

[gasps]

Oh…

Oh, my God, are you okay?

This is a nice office.

What happened?

Iris' time sickness, it spread to us.

So we needed to tether ourselves to someone in this reality.

I chose Cecile.

-Why? -Because of your boundless potential.

I opened the floodgates of your mind.

That's how you were able to absorb the gifts of others.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hold on, wait, wait.

So you're the guy who gave her all of our powers?

Mm.

Thanks.

You're… welcome.

So you now have the strength to bring back the Forces.

If you're willing to help us.

Of course I will.

What do you need me to do?

Your biometrics are spiking.

We thought the bad Forces were back,

but now you're going into the Negative Speed Force without us.

We're too late.

[grunts]

Thawne.

What the hell?

Eobard can't come to the phone right now.

He's going through some changes.

What are you doing to him?

Helping him reach his full potential.

If this was all about Thawne, why did you attack us?

Oh, man, you came at us first.

During Armageddon.

When you cut off the Negative Speed Force from his avatar.

[yelling]

Now, see, we…

We've been pulling the strings ever since.

Finally ready now.

[Negative Bashir] See, this is on you, Flash.

You tipped the scales.

We're just…

putting things back to normal, and then some.

[screaming]

This all started the day that you severed Thawne's speed.

The day that you upset the cosmic balance.

Something we didn't know was possible…

until you showed us how.

And that was also the day that we realized…

we could do the same.

Time to tip the scales.

[grunts]

Dad, are you okay?

It's all my fault.

What about Thawne?

The Negative Forces.

They were transforming him somehow.

So he's still alive.

But they already gave him his speed back.

What more could they want?

[Chester] Guys?

I'm picking up a huge influx of negative kinetic tachyons.

Where?

Right over downtown.

[people screaming]

There's no point in running.

[distorted] You're all going to die.

[people screaming]

[man] Run to safety!

[screaming continues]

[XS] Holy shrap. That's Thawne.

Who's his new tailor?

Satan?

[Chester] Guys, I'm not just picking up negative kinetic isotopes.

Reading temporal, geothermic, electrochemical ones too.

He has the power of all four Negative Forces now.

Why?

To tip the balance of power in their favor.

Turn the entire world into a living hell.

You said I had unfinished business.

What is it?

It's Barry, isn't it?

Where is he? What's happening?

If you want to find out, you have to get out of here yourself.

How, damn it?

Oh, come on, Iris.

Look at your life.

Look at everything that has happened to you

since Barry went into that coma.

You were destined to die,

held captive in another dimension.

Hell, you faced certain death over and over and over again.

And every time you should have died, only you didn't.

Why?

Because I always had help, I--

[mimics buzzer] Thanks for playing. Wrong answer.

Come on.

It's right in front of you.

You're a survivor.

You always will be.

I haven't reached my limit.

No, you haven't.

But what about the spark between Barry and I?

Well…

Just because you can't feel it,

doesn't mean it isn't there.

What are you gonna do now?

Spend the rest of eternity hanging out with Damien Darhk?

No.

Atta girl!

I'm gonna reignite it.

Say hi to your old man for me.

[screaming continues]

You're outnumbered. Four to one.

You're going to pay for everyone you've hurt.

Especially Eobard.

[screaming]

Bart?

Dad?

Is he going to be okay?

If that's Impulse, where is Thawne?

Right here.

What did you do?

I sent them back in time.

A billion years, to be precise.

[Bashir] We have one chance.

Okay. What do you need me to do?

Put it on.

There's a reason you were given all these powers, Cecile.

The powers you absorbed were enhanced by the one thing that I like.

Your ability to care about people.

That's why you were chosen.

So, take it.

The mask will reabsorb your psychic powers and transfer them to me.

Don't even think about it.

[screaming]

[Bashir] Wait.

She has to go through this.

Cecile, are you okay?

Did it work?

I sure as hell hope so.

[exhales]

Well, well, well.

Who's faster now, Flash?

Oh! [laughing]

How does it feel, Flash?

How does it feel knowing you could have prevented all this?

If only you'd killed me

when you had the chance.

Believe me…

that's a mistake I won't make.

Who's doing this?

Who's doing this?

[Deon] I am.

You're too late because your pathetic avatar

is powerless.

You call that power?

This is power.

This is impossible.

No, this is the end.

We're equals now, Thawne.

Equals?

Never.

I have always been,

I will always be better than you.

This is for Iris,

for everyone you've killed.

[yelling]

[people screaming]

What is it?

Some kind of temporal disruption coming from inside the stone.

[Iris West screaming]

Dad?

Baby girl.

-Oh! -Dad!

It's okay. It's okay. Damien Darhk showed me the way back.

[rumbling]

That felt like an earthquake.

Or something a lot worse.

Again, our top story, the deadly new speedster

who has already taken dozens of lives has been engaged by the Flash.

But fallout from the fight has turned the city into a war zone.

Residents are advised…

Barry's doing more harm than good.

They started Armageddon.

Jay, I need you to take me downtown, fast.

[Iris] Barry!

Barry!

Iris?

Barry, you have to stop.

No, I have to finish this.

No, Barry, listen to me.

The city can't take any more.

-That's why I have to end this. -You can't!

[Negative Reverse-Flash] She's right.

We'll never stop until one of us is dead.

Time to tip the scales.

[panting]

Get Iris to safety.

Good luck.

I'm done fighting you.

Do you think I won't kill you?

I'll slaughter you where you sit!

I just need more power. Do you hear me?

I just need more power.

[screaming]

We're not meant to tip the scales.

[panting]

You won't survive, Thawne.

You lie, Flash!

This is the moment.

[people screaming]

[screaming continues]

[breathes deeply]

No.

It's not supposed to end like this.

[screaming]

[panting]

Dad?

What is that?

It's the universe resetting itself.

[Joan] Barry, your Force particles are gone.

And as for you, Iris,

there's no sign of your time sickness anywhere.

You're completely cured.

And Gideon says there's no Thawne anywhere in the timeline.

Then it's really over.

All of it.

Bart, Nora, about the way I behaved today…

Uh-uh.

No.

Not after all of the things that you have helped us with.

He's right, Dad. At the end of the day, all that matters

is you did the right thing.

And on that note, I think we should all go back to our lives in 2049.

-Great work today, Flash. -Thank you.

As always.

Thank you.

Bye.

Guys, guys!

Thank you for everything.

It's all right, Pops.

It was all Aster.

No diss.

No idea what that means.

[all chuckling]

You don't need to.

All right, love you, Pops.

-Mom. -See you guys.

We love you.

How are you feeling?

Like there is so much I don't know. [chuckles]

But more importantly,

the B.L.O.C. is no longer working.

It was never my idea, was it?

No, it wasn't.

The Negative Speed Force used the machine to pick its avatars.

You were a means to an end.

I'm sorry you lost your speed.

Don't be. It was never my dream to be a speedster.

I know I never got to meet him,

but Eobard seemed like a very special person.

He was.

I wanted to give you this.

[Barry] We found it at S.T.A.R. Labs.

[sniffles]

Thank you.

For everything.

I should go.

Hey, Meena, look, if you need anything, just call us, okay?

We're here for you.

I know.

Oh, and if Team Flash ever needs a helping hand, as in the technical kind,

you know where to find me.

[Chester] Good news. Your brain's back to its old empathic capacity.

Dillon has her powers back.

The Queen too, who's back in Iron Heights.

I am going to miss being leveled up.

I'm just glad we all survived this.

Yeah, yeah, I guess I should be happy.

We did bring back the Positive Forces, and then there was saving the entire city.

That should be good enough.

It's a humble brag.

Hey, girl. I see you.

Look, here's to saving the world,

friends and Team Flash.

Or, as I like to call it,

Team Badass.

-Okay. -Yeah.

-Team Badass! Come on! -Team Badass!

Mm. Mm-mm.

Okay, that is not a decaf latte.

And this does not have three sugars.

Cecile, I'm sorry. I guess we mixed up coffees.

I already, uh…

No worries, it's fine.

Cecile, did you do that?

Uh…

Yeah?

But…

Okay, I really wished I had the right coffee.

And then I saw it in my head.

Then all of a sudden it was…

Oh, the Force is strong with this one.

Huh.

Well…

that's new.

[Tinya] I never thought I'd see you again.

I don't mean to be rude or whatever, but why am I here?

[Renee] Tinya.

Mom?

It's really you?

I didn't know if I'd ever get out of that place.

I just knew I had to see you again.

How did this happen?

When Iris beat her time sickness, it cured the Still Force too.

And then Renee showed up back at home in Coast City.

We have so much to catch up on.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

[laptop beeping]

Chamber malfunction?

What do you mean, chamber malfunction?

Frost, are you okay?

Frost?

Who the hell are you?

[woman] A friend…

I think.

I never want to let you go.

Then don't.

I mean, I could stay like this all week.

-That works for me. -[chuckles]

Iris, last night, I thought I lost you forever,

because I couldn't feel our connection.

When I was in the time stone, I couldn't feel you, either.

That's why I knew I had to get back to you.

So, I reignited our spark.

How?

You're my lightning rod too.

Thank you.

Seriously?

I mean, I've been gone for a while, but…

For reminding me that even the Flash has limits.

Thawne couldn't accept that about himself.

Which is why he didn't survive.

Barry, the Negative Speed Force will need to find a new avatar.

I know.

Because the universe is all about balance.

Which means that one day, the Negative Forces will have to pick one.

[Iris West] I wonder who they'll choose.

[Barry] We won't know until it happens.

But whenever that day comes, and whoever that avatar is…

we'll be ready for them.