3.What Did You Do?
A portal opens up in the middle of a neighborhood late at night as Red Death comes to a halt
He quickly looks around confused about his surroundings as he questions himself
'(Where the hell am I?..)
Coincidentally a newspaper flies past him as he grabs it and reads the title to himself as it says 'The Flash returns after 6 months of missing' his eyes dart to the date as his helmet retracts revealing his face
"God dammit.."
Out of frustration he crumples up the newspaper and tosses it aside and taps his wrist as a hologram of Gideon appears in front of him
Gideon:
"Yeah that's only half of it, I chased down XS and followed her through the speed force but I ended up here *gestures around* I don't know what she's planning but it can't be good especially if it involves time travel"
Gideon:
You could tell she was genuinely worried about Erick, the way she looked at him..she truly did care for him despite being an AI; she did have sentience..she had emotions
"I'm gonna knock her out and bring her back to where she belongs..maybe break a few of her bones along the way, I mean Gideon she could screw up the timeline! And probably make things worse than they already are..someone has to be held responsible. Someone has to make sure she doesn't fuck up and break time itself"
Erick knew the consequences of time travel, he knew that if you changed a significant event it could alter everything from someone not being born to the world not even existing in the future. Even the smallest shift in the space time continuum could result into something very bad..and of course out of all people, it had to be XS; the inexperienced idiotic rookie hero..
"Gideon have there been any changes to the timeline since her arrival to this time period?"
Gideon stays quiet for a few seconds as she replies back with an answer
Gideon:
"But what?..Gideon what happened?.."
Gideon:
She pulls up a video of the Flash running up a building with someone else behind him, a yellow and purple lightning trial as the two jump up into the air as they punch the satellite with a sonic punch, destroying the satellite in the process
All Erick can do is just stand there dumbfounded by what just occurred..why would she do that? The Flash had it completely handled..what purpose did it to serve to punch a satellite with him? What alternatives motives were there to do such a thing?
He pulled himself together and took a long deep breath..he had to focus on finding XS and find out why out of all the possible time periods she could've gone to..why this one in particular?
"Gideon could you track XS's current location?"
Gideon:
"Yes please.."
A map pings her location as he dawns his Red Death helmet once again as his body sparks with red and black lightning as he runs to go after her..
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XS stood in the middle of an empty football stadium as she nervously paced back and forth contemplating what's she just did..this wasn't supposed to happen, but she couldn't help herself..she wanted to do the right thing and help the Flash out
She was so caught in her own thoughts she failed to hear the sudden *WHOOSH* as Red Death suddenly appeared in front of her as she yelped out in fear but her small moment of fear was replaced by a glare towards her 'arch enemy'
XS:What are you doing here?..
Red Death scoffed and replied back with the same tone
"
He shows her the video of her and the Flash destroying the satellite
"
She confidently walks up to him and tells him
XS:I helped save Central City, my home
Erick mentally face palms himself..
"
She shook her head in denial..why should she even trust him? Or as a matter of fact even be talking to someone who's the son of the Reverse Flash?..
As she XS turns around to run off, Red Death appears in front of her once again
"
XS:Get out of my way..
But he doesn't budge in the slightest as he stands his ground against her
XS:I said get out of my way!
She throws a punch towards him as he sidesteps her easily dodging her attempted hit as she spins around to kick him but he grabs her leg and throws her to the ground