We were all clueless about what Thawne really had planned.

We were all ready to blast that dagger into nothingness, and end this.

To end Cicada's reign on this city.

But, it seemed that Ralph has solved what even Sherloque and I couldn't.

Because he had caught us all off guard when he shouted for us to not shoot that dagger that night.

But it had been too late, as the blast got closer and closer to the dagger in the air.

And what Ralph did was complete in impulse.

He jumped right between the blast and the dagger, the dagger bouncing off him and back to the ground, the blast coming in contact with his body, as he fell onto the ground with a thud, turning into something I couldn't even describe.

We all rush towards him, confused and shock present in all of our expressions.

"Cicada-" Ralph muttered out even through his condition, "Thawne, dagger-"

Cicada got up, calling upon the dagger, then escaped.

-

"How's Ralph?" Barry asks when we were all changed out of our suits and in the cortex.

"I've never seen anything like it." Caitlin admits, walking over to us, "I can't quite figure it out."

"His cells are kinetically inverted." Caitlin pulled up the results she got from her tests, "It's like they're the reverse of themselves."

"Should've spent more time trying to figure out how this thing works." Cisco sighs, setting down the Mirror Gun.

"I just don't understand why he would jump in front of that blast." Nora admits, "I mean, why would he do that?"

"That's the question, isn't it?" Sherloque mutters, leaving the cortex, "That's the question."

Cisco sighs, "In other news, Cicada deuce is still MIA."

"All right, we should get to CCPD, see if we can find anything that could help us track her." Barry nods towards Nora and I, then walks away, Nora and I quickly following him.

-

Cecile walked through CCPD with Captain Singh and Joe, "All the metas that we couldn't cure, we got safely evacuated and they're waiting at a protected holding facility."

"Nice work, both of you." Captain Singh nods, walking towards his office.

"Well the work's not done yet." Joe said, "I mean, the metas are safe for now, but Cicada's still out there, so the people are still in danger."

"Fill me in on the details." Barry calls out from where we stood when Joe, Cecile and Singh head into the office, as he pulled on the glove on his hand, "I'm ready for this nightmare to end."

Nora puts on her gloves, "It should've been over already."

I sigh, "Nora, look, I'm sure Ralph had a good reason."

"Until we figure out what it is, we just gotta concentrate on this, all right?" Barry agreed, then grabbed his tweezers and crouched over the glass, "Wait a second."

Nora crouched also, "What is that?"

"Looks like wood." Barry held up for me to see, as I crouched down also to get a better look at it.

"From what?" I thought out loud, "I mean the floor is marble, furniture's untouched, and the skylight's made of glass and metal."

"Well if it didn't come from Cicada's point of entry-" Barry trailed off, looking between us.

Nora finished his sentence, "She must've brought it from somewhere else."

-

"Definitely some kind of wood fragment." Cisco said, observing the tiny piece of wood.

I cross my arms, "And you think those will lead us to where Cicada's hiding?"

"We can find out." Cisco places it in a small container, "We can cross-reference this, see what kind of wood it is, then see where we end up."

"Is there any progress on Ralph?" Barry questions, as we walked into the cortex.

Caitlin shook her head, "No, he's still unconscious, and I can't figure out a way to reverse his cells."

Nora looked between us, "So I guess that means we still don't know why he jumped in front of that Mirror Gun, do we?"

"We do." Sherloque walked in, holding a few papers in his hands, "We do because Dibny solved the greatest mystery of all."

We all gave him a questionable look, as he continued, hitting the papers with his hand, "The Flash legacy, how to stop Cicada, repentance for his past sins all the reasons Eobard Thawne was helping you."

Nora nods, "And stopping Dad from disappearing in the future."

"Disappearing in the future is part of it, hm?" Sherloque hums, "But- this has nothing to do with your father."

I wrapped Barry's jacket tighter around myself, "Well- what's the real reason he helped?"

By now, Cisco had joined our conversation as Sherloque revealed to us what we had all been completely clueless to, "The real reason that Thawne wishes to defeat Cicada and destroy Cicada's dagger is because this dagger is the only thing keeping the Reverse-Flash in prison."

"That son of a b-" I began to let out a string of profanities, as Barry's around almost instantaneously wrapped around my shoulders, his arm covering my mouth.

Cisco stepped closer, "Destroying Cicada's dagger in the past will save Thawne from dying in the future?"

"That's right." Sherloque confirmed what he figured out, "Cicada's dagger has been dampening Thawne's powers all this time."

Caitlin starts, lSo if we get rid of the dagger now, it disappears in the future?l

"And Thawne gets out of Iron Heights." Barry shook his head, continuing.

Cisco points, thinking out loud, "A reverse time hack."

"Everything you said about Thawne is true." Nora was tearing up, "The only person he ever helps is himself."

I pulled Barry's arm away from my mouth, "Nora, this is not your fault-"

"Yes, it is." Nora shot back, then quickly left the cortex.

I sigh, as Sherloque begs the question, "Now the question we have to ask do we stop Cicada or do we stop Thawne?"

"Thawne isn't even an option right now." I argue, "How are we going to let thousands of innocent meta-humans die because we don't want Thawne to escape?"

"Zee's right- we're not gonna let thousands of meta-humans die, now or in the future." Barry sides with me, "We find Cicada- we destroy the dagger once and for all."

-

"You know you really are a lot like your father." I quietly told Nora, my arm wrapped around her as she held onto me for comfort, as we sat in the Speed Lab, "I see so much of him in you."

Nora's voice was quiet, "How so?"

"Trusting." I said, "And you always blame yourself when things go wrong- he always does that, even when it wasn't his fault."

As if on cue, Barry slowly walks in, looking between us.

I nudge Nora lightly, "Speaking of the devil."

Nora lets out a breathy laugh, as Barry sat on Nora's other side.

Nora sat up from my embrace and looked between us, "How do I fix this?"

I looked at Barry, as he sighed, lI don't know if you can, Nora. You made a mistake, you know? A big mistake. Sometimes in life, all we can do is just live with the consequences."

"So what you have to ask yourself is what kind of hero are you gonna be?" Barry told her, "One who takes a do-over after every mistake, or one who lives with it and moves forward?"

Nora gave us both a look, giving a signal that she needed to be alone for a moment.

I gave her a small smile, before getting up, reaching my hand out for Barry to take, as he does.

He interlocks our fingers and pulls me along into the hallway, the both of us just enjoying each other's presence because we were mostly worried about the fate of our own kind and how this was affecting Nora to even speak about anything else right now.

Suddenly, the alarm blares, causing Barry and I to run into the cortex where we met everyone but Nora there.

The words flew out of my mouth instantly, "What is it?"

"It's the wood particles you guys found." Cisco's fingers padded on the monitor, "Swish ash."

Sherloque eyes scanned the screen, "Part of the flowering ash trees indigenous to Europe, but also make up our biggest wood space not 12 miles from Central City."

I read the name, "Kolins Woods."

"That's where Cicada almost killed me." Cisco realized, looking at me.

"That's also one of the largest wooded parks in the country." Barry adds in, "We need a better plan."

"I've got one." Nora's voice comes from behind us, causing us all to turn around, "One that can stop Cicada and Thawne."

-

"Then once we find Cicada to entrap her, we give Young Grace the choice to take the cure." Nora explained to us as we walked through the woods, all suited up, Joe and Cecile with us, "And hopefully, when she's no longer a meta-"

"That bitch will cease to exist." Killer Frost finished her sentence, as I zipped my suit further and to my collarbone due to the cold breeze.

I nod about the idea, "That way we can stop her without destroying the dagger and Thawne never goes free."

Barry looks at Nora, "Now all you have to do is help Grace make the right choice."

Nora exhales, "What do I say?"

"Whatever's in your heart." Barry told her, "She'll listen."

"What a bunch of sentimental crap." Cecile spun around and faced everyone, "You two sound like a friggin' Hallmark movie."

Killer Frost chuckles, "I hear ya, sister."

"I think we're close." Joe trails off, then looks at Cecile, "You good?"

Cecile snaps out of it and gasps, "Oh, yeah, jeez, sorry- uh, this way."

Cecile lead us further through the woods until we reached a clearer spot, a cabin with the lights on, and the Time Sphere next to it.

"Guys, we found her." I pressed my finger against the comm in my ear, "Get ready."

Barry, Nora, Killer Frost and I made our way closer to the cabin, Cecile and Joe standing off to the side.

As if on cue, Cicada landed right behind us, holding her dagger, "I'm actually glad you found me before we left."

She stood up and smiled at us, "Now I can end your lives twice today."

"Not on my watch." Joe calls out, tossing the extrapolator in her direction, as right as Cicada swung, the breach had taken her right to Star Labs.

Cisco's voice came through the comms, "We got her!"

Cecile lead us into the cabin where Grace laid in the bed, "If you can connect to Grace as an adult, you can connect with her as a child- you just have to tap into her anger."

Nora took the device, holding it in her hands, looking up at Barry and I.

"You can do this." My eyes went soft and normal, "We're right here by your self."

Nora nods gently, before placing the device to her forehead and getting on her knees, grabbing Grace's hand, her eyes going black and red, showing us that she had connected to Grace's mind.

As Cisco counted down the percentage of how much longer they could hold Cicada, my anxiety began to sky rocket.

Moments later, Nora let out a gasp, her eyes returning back to normal as she teared the device off her head, Grace's eyes snapping open, looking around.

Nora exhales deeply, smiling at her lightly, "Thank you."

"Here she comes!" Cisco's voice was quick through the comms, as Nora slowly injected the cure into Grace with her consent.

The red under Grace's bandage turned a glowing blue just like the cure, showing us that it was in effect, letting us all sigh in relief and give her a hopeful smile.

Suddenly, our powers were stripped from us, moving under the door and outside.

Cicada was here.

Cicada broke down the door, as Joe swung at her, Cicada blocking it, turning him to face us, her knife to his neck.

Cicada threw Joe to the side, Cecile letting out a gasp, "Joe, no!"

Cicada threw some sort of glass toward Cecile, knocking her to the ground, throwing Killer Frost and I to the side before we could even do anything, using her abilities to have Barry and Nora on the ground, pinned to the wall.

Grace screamed, as Cicada hovered over her past self, carefully taking the bandage off, then looking towards Barry with a look full of hatred after the blue on the wound went back to matching Cicada's, "Now I'll finish what I started."

"That shard in her head- it's still part of the dagger, its dark energy is enough to counteract the cure." Sherloque voice came through the comms, "If we want to cure Grace, we must destroy that dagger."

My body ached with pain due to my body slamming against the wall before I fell when Cicada threw me.

Cicada got up, using her abilities to grab Nora and start dragging her towards herself, Barry and I letting out screams of her name.

"Mom!" Nora shrieks, "Dad!"

Cicada stopped, something flashing in her eyes as she looked up, her eyes trailing from Nora, to me, "Did you just say Mom?"

It was like a bright idea had crossed Cicada's mind, but it wasn't so bright for us.

Nora's breathing was heavy, and I could tell it was because of the fear she felt but didn't show.

Cicada used her abilities to pin Nora back next to Barry and pulled me towards her despite my attempts to fight out of the energy's grip.

"No!" Barry's voice cracked from screaming so much, "Stop- please!"

Cicada pulled me towards her, having me pinned to the ground, only from the waist down, my arms trapped under also.

Then, it clicked what she was about to do.

If she killed me, Nora would cease to exist.

She'd take away both his wife, and his daughter.

"You took my family away from me, Flash." Cicada held her dagger over me, "Now watch me take yours."

"Mom!" Nora cries out loudly, both her and Barry trying their best to fight out of the hold they were under.

"No, no- no-" Barry's scream echoed, "Zee!"

I inhale sharply, Cicada's arm swinging back with full force, aiming for my heart.

I turn my upper body as much as I could to the side, Cicada's dagger piercing into left forearm instead, a loud grunt leaving my lips, my teeth clenched, trying to endure the pain.

Cicada growls, carelessly pulling her dagger out, her fist wrapping around my neck, holding me down completely, my arm beginning to bleed out, ready to kill me there.

Barry's scream pierced through the room, my eyes screwing shut, trying to mentally prepare myself for what would come next.

"Barry!" Cisco shouts through the comms, and next thing I knew, when my eyes opened wide with surprise, the Mirror Gun came flying in through a breach, Barry catching it instantly, firing at the dagger.

When the blast touched the dagger, the hold Cicada had on us disappeared.

The dagger was knocked out of Cicada's hand's when the blast came in contact with it, the dagger freezing in the air, then disappearing just like the satellite as Cicada was off me, her back towards us as she watched her weapon disappear into nothingness.

By now, everyone had gotten up to their feet, watching what was happening.

I was the last one to force myself to my feet, my hand over my wound, my pain more focused there, than my entire body.

As Cicada went to grab her dagger right as it disappeared, her fingertips starting to disintegrate, as she eyed what was becoming of her.

She gasped, groaning bestially as slowly her arms began to follow, along with her entire body. Right before she disappeared completely, she let out an ear piercing scream, then it went silent.

Barry was already grasping onto me, hugging me as tight as he could, forgetting about my wound for a second.

"Ow-" I whimper quietly, gently trying to pull away to signal for him to loosen his grip.

His attention diverted towards my wound, as he instantly let go, "Are you-"

"I'm fine." I inhaled sharply, staring at him, "We need to get to Thawne."

-

The plan Thawne created to save his own ass went accordingly for him.

Right on time, he had gotten his speed back and broken free.

Barry and Nora had gotten ahead, running back in time to save the people Thawne was going to kill.

Then, we had used Thawne's Time Sphere against him and knocked him to the ground with the great speed he was using coming toward us.

And now, we all stood tall, Team Flash in the future, watching as Thawne recollected himself.

My arm was wrapped under my suit, and even if my powers were back, the wound would take time to heal.

But, regardless of Barry's protests, I still came along.

I stood between Barry and Ralph, my eyes bright white, as we were all ready to hit Thawne with all we had.

"Isn't this nice?" Thawne forced himself up to his feet, eyeing us all, "Team Flash, back together again- with a new guy."

"Ralph Dibny." Thawne points at him, "Welcome, you should be dead."

Ralph stood tall, "Yeah, I guess we have that in common."

"We'll take care of that in a moment." Thawne chuckles, then his eyes land on me, "Zee, always a pleasure."

"Frost." Thawne nods, "Cisco. It warms my heart to see you again."

"I want to apologize for-" Thawne demonstrates how he killed him first, "But had I not done that, you never would've had the means to become extraordinary."

Cisco didn't even flinch, "I don't need powers for that."

Thawne doesn't respond to this, as he makes a run for him, Cisco opening a breach, Thawne running right through it, as he opened another breach for Thawne to come through.

When he does, Cisco opened another breach right behind him, as Killer Frost blasted him toward it, Thawne holding his hands out to block the blast, letting out grunts and coughs.

My palms fired up, as I contained the heat in my blasts, firing them at Thawne with full force, sending him through the breach.

Cisco opened a breach in the air, as Thawne fell towards the ground, Ralph morphing his fist ten times bigger, hitting Thawne hard, sending him back into the air.

"Now!" Cisco instructs to Barry and Nora, opening a breach for them to run into, as they do just that.

Thawne hits the ground with a thud, and the minute he forced himself up, Barry and Nora were out of the breach and throwing lightning at him, Thawne flying back and hitting a stand, the metal denting and destroying due to the force.

Unexpectedly, Nora ran over to him, grabbing him back his neck, tearing off his mask.

We all took a step closer, stood at different spots as we watched what was happening.

"It's not my father's legacy that's gonna disappear, Thawne." Nora's voice was filled with anger and hatred, her hand phasing as she neared it towards Thawne's chest, her eyes glowing red, her voice vibrating, "It's yours-"

"Nora!" I call out, running so I was at Barry's side, my eyes wide.

Nora's head turns towards Barry and I; Barry already shaking his head towards her.

"So close, Little Runner." Thawne's signature look returned to his face when Nora's hand began to glow in cracks like Cicada's did before she disintegrated, "It was never going to work anyway."

Nora lets go of Thawne, her voice falling into a feared cry as she stepped closer to Barry and I, "Mom? Dad?"

My eyes went to normal, as I instantly went over to her, Barry by my side, as I carefully eyed her hands.

Nora's voice cracked, "Mom, what's happening?"

"A new timeline is setting in." Thawne spoke up from behind us, knowing the answer due to this being his plan.

Barry looked up at him, "What?"

"A new timeline that you created when you destroyed the dagger!" Thawne called out, "I'm sorry, Little Runner, for trading you in like this- but, I had to be sure that I could go free."