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Chapter 151: An Odd Paradox X
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"And so the impossible happened... " Lucifer almost felt the urge to facepalm as his cosmic awareness sensed everything that happened in an instant, and nothing made sense anymore.
Ian absolutely has no idea exactly how it happened, but he was hoping it would go the way he desired.
Lucifer however to know. He could see it all at once, every speck of space in the universe, he could see the Flash in a space that isn't space.
He saw the Flash running through time and pure energy, the speed force. The Flash was trying to break the speed wall, and reach the core of the speed force.
The paradox. Iris' state, the changes in time. Everything led him to believe that all that had happened is due to the speed force.
Ian's manipulation was working to the point the Flash wasn't really trying to meet him, but simply to reach the speed force to understand how it works, and avoid triggering this situation ever again.
Reaching the core of speed was something he tried to do before amidst fighting Reverse Flash, but it was an impossible task.
It was so impossible in fact that even with his current desperation to reach it, he still couldn't do it. His speed was nigh faster than anything he was able to do before, much faster than light, all out of necessity.
His love for Iris was what mostly drove him to desperation, that and his desire to save the world. Alas, no matter how much he ran, he couldn't reach it.
To him, it seemed as if he was running aimlessly, and he knows why. There is a wall, a barrier to entry stopping him from reaching it.
But he never lost hope, he continued and continued until it happened. At the same moment when Ian was trying to go out in style, the wall broke.
Even Lucifer didn't understand how it broke, but it just did, making him realize something about Ian, and he was certainly glad he chose this route.
What came next was the Flash, also known as Barry Allen reaching the core... Only to find nothing but all the collective energy of the speed force.
It felt to Bary like the collection of time itself, kinetic energy, and temporal energy. It was very odd just as it was chaotic, and he was very sure the reason was himself.
The moment he broke the wall, he felt some things slipping out from the speed force, many things, and he absolutely had no idea what he had just done.
However, entering the speed force gave him the answers he wanted. The reason this all happened was himself, a specific action of his.
You see, the moment he entered, he discerned a familiar feeling, like he has been submerged in the speed force before. It was the feeling he felt when he tried to stop Reverse Flash from killing his mother.
And he understood there and then that he had pulled the entire speed force into himself at that time, truly a miracle, one that broke time.
Still, he had man questions in his mind. Like, where is Ian? He said he'd be waiting where the speed lies, but he is nowhere to be seen.
Breaking the wall. The things that slipped out as a result. The reason why this all happened... Iris' state, things were starting to line up in Barry's mind. He has been deceived.
He held back whatever emotion he was feeling and hastily ran back. He felt powerful, he felt fast due to his intrusion into the speed force, so he was able to do the thing he dearly didn't want to do.
He had to run back in time and stop himself from saving his mother. That was always an option in his mind, but it was one he didn't want to make, so he tried, he really did try to seek an alternative, but there was none.
The more fucked up thing was that he didn't have time to bid farewell to his mother. He didn't have time to bid farewell to anyone.
This was a sad day for everyone. The Flash after fixing everything, and finding himself in his true world wasn't happy in the least. In fact, he was terrified of what consequences there might still be due to his actions.
Most importantly, what escaped the speed force? He wondered. He knows that such a thing won't be undone because this is the speed force we're talking about, a force independent of time, so what it's imprisoning must be the same.
He could only stand all alone in a hidden alley, remaining frozen in depression as the chilly rain welcomed him back to his city, central city.
An ominously similar situation to Batman. He was sure things will be solved. He had enough trust in Ian to have peace of mind in that regard.
He certainly didn't believe in Ian's moral compass, but he believed in his selfishness and desire to keep his properties safe, and a paradox evaporating everything runs against that.
He prepared his mind, and he spent a lot of time with his Dad. It really was nothing special, just talking and solving crimes together.
They had absolutely no emotional moment. They just did what they do best without much change.
Those emotions however couldn't help but come crashing down on him now as he found himself all alone on one of the empty depressive roofs of Gotham, amidst darkness... He cried.
It was the same for many other beings. Some cried because the world lived. Some cried because the world lived, or to make it clearer, because the world didn't die.
Diana on the other hand found herself seething in anger for some unknown reason. Well, her emotions were a bit more complex than that. She must've had a bad dream.
Ian on the other hand acted quick, vanishing from Lucifer's view with all of the girls. Whatever it was they agreed upon remains unknown, but it was obvious that he tempted Lucifer into something.
His destination was far away as he vanished only after giving Layla some instructions. Take Over... It was a very simple instruction but she understood that he was leaving.
But she had no idea why, nor did the girls. In fact, they were just as surprised and Ivy would've found herself complaining about missing the opportunity to experiment more if she wasn't speechless.
The same was for Selina, Harley, and even Zatanna. Xanadu on the other had already left, seeking something else. They were all speechless by what was before them.
A metallic Rose. Ian really didn't intend for it to be this way, but the ship ended up looking like a rose, like a flower. Perhaps Hephaestus made it that way to satisfy Ian's artistic interest.
The spaceship was colossal, a bit bigger than how it was previously before Hephaestus completely transformed it into what it is, a grey Rose, and as usual, Ian named it, "Grey Rose?"
"Wow... Such a bit weapon of destruction." Harley remarked.
"Grey Rose? Yeah, predictable, but this on the other hand is unpredictable." Zatanna remarked, a bit stunned. The thing seemed magical, like centuries ahead of its time, for earth's technological level at least.
Not just that, it was made by a god and not any god, but the god of the forge, so the thing must have its fair share of divinity.
"Hm? It's a brilliant name, straight to the point... Anyway, we're leaving." Ian smiled, seeming quite happy.
"Leaving?"
"Yeah, leaving earth. Space will be our home for a very long while." Ian wasn't actually leaving, no, he was escaping because he knows he had attracted the ire of so many beings and people.
Most he doesn't even know of. Zeus wants him dead, and he must surely be planning something. He stole the green lantern power battery, and he just returned it, so the green lanterns will surely look for him.
He just fucked over the Flash, making him go through a miserable experience.
Most importantly, something was released, the forces of the universe, the kins of the speed force. Sage Force. Strength Force. The Still Force is lying in his dimension, waiting to be harvested, and then he can form it all into what he truly desires, the strongest force of them all...