The 30th century was controlled chaos.
The cities shimmered with neon and advanced technology, but beneath the holograms, fear grew. Something was wrong with time. Fractures. Anomalies. Disruptions in the timeline.
Bart Allen, the speedster of the future and grandson of Barry Allen, felt it in his very bones.
At the headquarters of the Temporal Resistance, he was speaking with Nora and Jenni Ognats, descendants of other speedsters.
— It's like time is… imploding — Bart said, anxious.
— Someone's draining the timeline — Nora added. — And it has a Speed Force signature.
— It's not natural — Jenni concluded. — It's... deliberate.
An alarm rang.
— Fracture on Line 3. Earth-Prime. Central Zone. Invasion.
Bart clenched his fists.
— I'm going.
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When he arrived, it was already too late.
Lucas had already left his mark. Jesse Quick lay unconscious. The air still pulsed with traces of blue lightning.
— Who did this? — Bart asked, kneeling beside her.
She tried to speak.
— S-Savitar… he's back…
Bart's eyes widened.
— That's not possible.
A hum sliced through the air.
— But it's real — came the cold voice behind him.
Bart turned, and there was Lucas. Towering. His armor glowing with the energy of three stolen speedsters.
— You're from the future… I can feel it. The energy in you… it's refined. Pure. You're special.
— You're a temporal mistake — Bart replied, taking a combat stance. — And mistakes can be corrected.
Lucas smiled.
— We'll see.
The fight was explosive. Bart was creative. He ran between temporal moments, multiplied himself, created echo-clones.
— You fight like Barry. But you've got Thawne's rage — Lucas observed, dodging a strike.
— I'm better than both of them.
— Then prove it.
Bart struck Lucas's chest with a temporal blast. For the first time, Lucas staggered.
— Interesting…
But the battle was unfair. Lucas had absorbed three full Speed Force connections.
Eventually, he grabbed Bart by the arm and hurled him into a temporal fold.
— Tell your people… that time belongs to me now.
And he cast Bart into the 31st century in pieces.