{Everybody needs love and there is more than one kind

[myheadisaprison]

PSL with scarletspeedster1 + vivifier + snowandfrost

2. He's ninety percent amazing leader, father, and teacher, and ten percent unforgivable douche. These are the men I look up to in my life. Literally, what is wrong with me? [Cisco/Savitar]

Creature comfort, make it painless [Cisco/Savitar]

Injuries [Barry/Savitar]

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[vivifier]

Savitar had no idea, none at all, how he'd managed to claw his way back into reality. It wasn't like with the speed force. Some sort of trap where for an eternity he was barely aware, and then suddenly he was and he could control people from within it thanks to that stone. No, this had been actual death. A bullet from Iris West. Nothingness.

And then here he was. It had been at least half a year, maybe longer. He'd ended up in the same warehouse he'd spent so long planning in but nothing he'd left behind was there.

Certainly not his destroyed armor.

He had no real ideas on what to do here, no plans. What could he do? He was way past his element here, and there wasn't even the chance of any memory updates from Barry. After all, they're nowhere near the original timeline.

So for a long while, he just sat in the warehouse. Trying to get his bearings. And when that failed, he sped off, running through the town. Trying to see what was the same and what was different.

Well aware this was just going to get the attention of Team Flash. Well, so be it. He was supposed to be dead anyway.

[thisismadfreaky]

Another day, another meta alert at STAR Labs, it was nothing new at this point in his life. Sometimes, Cisco longed for the days when things were still simple, before there were too many betrayals to count on one hand. But he knows that's just the nostalgia talking and, despite a lot of very awful things that have happened in the last few years, he wouldn't be where he is or have the people he has in his life now if not for all the bad, too.

"Guys? Got something downtown, it was picked up on Church Street, but..." An over-annoyed and slightly dramatic sigh is huffed out as he recognizes a familiar pattern in the way the dot moves on the screen. "Barry, is that you?"

[scarletspeedster1]

Barry was out doing patrol already. He was on the other side of the city near Holly Blvd when Cisco came over his comm asking if it was him on Church. "No, I'm at Holly and Chambers. Give me directions, I'll catch it." Barry replied as he turned to head back towards Church St following the directions Cisco gave him.

After everything that had happened the last few years, specifically the past few months Barry was glad to just have some normalcy again. Standard patrol looking for other Meta's to stop or help or both.

[snowandfrost]

Caitlin looks over Cisco’s shoulder, her brows furrowing at the pattern in which the meta was appearing in. It can’t be.

“...guys, I think I know who that is.”

There is a slight tremor in her voice but luckily, Frost doesn’t think that it is necessary to make an appearance just yet. She looks at the energy signatures and the direction that it had originated from. It can’t be. She shakes Cisco’s shoulder and tugs him in the direction of where their gear lay waiting. If it is who she thinks it is, then Barry would need Vibe and Frost with him.

[vivifier]

He runs and runs and runs. He's not looking for solid information, really. He doesn't need to know if Iris married Barry, if Devoe is terrorizing the town, not any of it. He just runs, occasionally stopping to see where he's at or ...okay, he may take a peek at Joe or Iris.

Just to see.

Whatever it is he sees, it obviously doesn't make him very happy. Because back to running he goes. Faster and faster. Like he's trying to break apart, but it just doesn't happen.

[thisismadfreaky]

"What do you mean?" He glances over his shoulder and up at Caitlin. "Who--?" But he cuts himself short as she tugs him along, rising easily to his feet to follow her.

"Uh, Barry, we're gonna help you this one, buddy!" he calls over the comms as he grabs his gear, still giving Caitlin a quizzical look. What. The. Hell. Woman?!

[scarletspeedster1]

Barry is so confused. It's rare they need to help, it actually makes him stop a moment to listen to them better. "Guys?! Who is it? Who are we up against?" It's then he sees the streak of lightning, it crosses right in front of him. "No..it can't be...." And he's off running as fast as he can after it. Not now. Not again. He can't go through this heartache again. HR died, if Savitar was back then it meant he died for nothing. No. It had to be someone new. It just had to be.

[snowandfrost]

Caitlin takes a deep breath as she puts in the comm and grabs her Frost suit, changing behind a screen.

"Cisco, I know that pattern. I've seen it before. Up close. Personal. I'm hoping it's not him. That it isn't...Savitar." A shudder goes through her body that had nothing to do with her meaner roommate. "Which means if it is him, we shouldn't take any chances and we shouldn't let Barry face him by himself."

It took all of them last time. Not just Barry to defeat Savitar. She tugs the jacket in place and lets the change happen.

[vivifier]

He ends up back at the warehouses, well aware that someone's following him. Barry, obviously. He has no idea what's brought him back, but if nothing else he has to assume it's something to do with Team Flash. Either they've done something or someone else has. Either way, he has no intention of being anyone's pawn.

He heads outward again, towards the waterfront. His lightning sparks wildly, and by the time he gets there he finally has to skid to a stop to keep it from doing any actual damage to him.

After all. No armor.

[thisismadfreaky]

As he suits up himself, Cisco listens to Caitlin's explanation and he feels something in his chest tighten. "No, way," be shakes his head, securing his goggles on his face. "We handled that, he's gone ." Not that it means much when time travel is always hanging around, nevermind a number of other things that come flying their way any given day.

[scarletspeedster1]

Barry skids to a stop just behind Savitar and stares in shock. "What? How are you here?" Barry asks his voice shaking a little bit. How was this version of himself back in front of him? He was on the defensive in that he was tense and ready, but he was also confused because the man before him just seemed....defeated and broken like.

"Are...are you okay?" Curse his bleeding heart sometimes, but he was never one to let someone suffer if he could help.

[snowandfrost]

"Apparently, not as gone as you think," comes Frost's comment when the change is complete. "Now are we breaching there or are we sliding over?"

When she realizes that she knows that running pattern, Frost feels the hurt and anger from before bubble up. Good. She could use that on the battle field. As Felicity said, she could easily hulk out, but she had the rest of Team Flash to reel her in; not that she couldn't keep her cool. She could hear Flash talk to Savitar, asking how he got here, asking if he's okay.

[vivifier]

"Am I okay?" Look, he's just going to laugh a strange hoarse laugh. "Are you kidding?" He glowers at Flash, moving to start running once again. Like he said: he's not going to be anyone's pawn, and he's starting to think that vague idea that this was Team Flash's doing wasn't so wrong.

[thisismadfreaky]

"Guess not." Sometimes, seeing her all frosted out was still weird. Especially the easy slide she was gaining between the two parts of her like this. Better that she's gaining some more control, at least. "Breach is faster."

Without another word, he opens one to where he knows the two speedsters are and tugs Frost along with him right through it. The trip dumps the pair of them into the warehouse district seconds later. It just so happens that Cisco ends up stepping out right in front of Savitar, so there's suddenly a hand on the speedster's shoulder, "Where ya goin', there, buddy?" There might be some bitterness hidden in there somewhere. The guy had really screwed with the whole lot of them last time, okay, it was not really the best reunion.

[scarletspeedster1]

Cisco and Frost appearing was Barry's cue to act and he's quickly wrapped around Savitar in a full body restraint...which shouldn't be confused with a hug, in order to hopefully get him to calm down long enough for them to do something with him.

"Calm down, we're not trying to hurt you! We just wanna know what's going on and why you're here."

He knows this is probably a bad idea, but physical restraint is the only thing he can think of that will hopefully keep him from a)running off, and b) hurting someone.

[snowandfrost]

She doesn’t say a word, just catches Savitar’s gaze with the ice cold air rolling off her hands. She’s not as fast as a speedster but she knows for a fact that her daggers could certainly hurt one. Flash knows this and Savitar would certainly remember it. She keeps her hands at the ready just in case of any sudden moves.

[vivifier]

There are just so many things he has to react to here, where does he even start? First Cisco grabs him by the shoulder and he's about to jerk away with a cutting remark when suddenly there's Barry Allen grabbing him like a straitjacket made out of The Flash himself. And finally Frost and her daggers.

It's a lot. Really just a lot to react to.

So, he tries twisting and vibrating his way out of Barry's grip. Letting his lightning spark when and if that fails. "Let go of me!"

[thisismadfreaky]

"Look, man, we've done this dance number before," Granted, that time had Iris and a well-placed gunshot, but you know, details. "not really a fan of repeats, so how about you just answer the obvious questions like: How and why are you here?"

[scarletspeedster1]

It is insanely hard to hold onto Savitar when he tries to phase out of his arms and the lightning hurts a lot but he doesn't let go. He knows he can't let go. He's afraid for Iris and Joe and everyone else because he has no idea how and why his future remnant is here.

"Just calm down and listen. No one wants to hurt you, we just wanna know whats going on." But he's so not letting go if he can help it.

[snowandfrost]

Frost realizes that this might require a lot more finesse than she can afford. At least for right now. Vibe and Flash definitely had things in hand.

She reaches and puts a hand on Savitar’s other shoulder, hissing and wincing from the lightning and pain that she is sharing with the other two. The cold air permeates his clothes as if giving the supposed god a warning.

[vivifier]

He sure as hell wasn't going to turn his back on any of them long enough for someone to shoot him. Not again. Once was plenty, thanks Iris.

The cold air didn't do much to keep his powers working, the vibrating slowed and the lightning pretty much did as well. At least enough that if it was doing anyone damage, it was pretty much just him. Frost got quite the glare from him, but it didn't really stop him from still trying to get loose.

"I don't know!" It's not something he wants to admit, but he thinks it's also something they won't believe.

[thisismadfreaky]

Hey, turnabout's fair play, she deserved that shot, if we're being honest.

Cisco watches as Frost moves to cool Savitar down to help Barry hold him in place. He hopes she's containing that to just the evil double of their friend, but he keeps it on his tongue. "For someone who spent a literal age planning his every move, that's pretty hard to believe, dude."

[scarletspeedster1]

Barry shivers slightly but doesn't let go. If he could trust his double he would gladly let him go but he doesn't. Thankfully Frost sees to be keeping the effects mostly on Savitar. "We should get him back to STAR for now. Try and figure this out. Cisco can you open a Breach to the cortex?" This was not the place to be having this conversation. Barry wants to trust his double but there is too much bad blood between them just yet. Barry softens his tone, but not his grip. "It's gonna be okay. We're not going to hurt you. Please just let us help you. I want to help. I know you don't trust me. But I do want to help."

[snowandfrost]

She blinks and brown returns to her eyes when she hears Savitar admits that he doesn't know. She pulls her hand away and the blonde starts to fade away. She knows that it would be difficult for Barry and for Cisco to believe him. Like Cisco said: a literal age planning his every move.

But that tone. That tone in his voice is something that strikes a chord within Caitlin. He never admitted to not knowing. Ever.

[vivifier]

A literal age planning every single move, but then someone plans a move like this and he doesn't see it? He's more than a little shaken up by it. Being held onto by Barry, frozen by Frost, it doesn't help.

And when Barry says 'cortex', what he hears is 'pipeline', and he panics. "No. Cisco don't." Is that Savitar panic, unwanted-Barry-Allenness panic or some combination of both?

Either way, he starts trying to get away again. Call him crazy (ha), but he doesn't really believe anything Barry's saying.