When the first one got him in the shoulder, all he could feel was the agony that spread from the wound.

With the second brought the dizziness.

The third caused his collapse, knees buckling beneath him.

Finally, with the fourth - black attacked. His world covered in its rein.

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When his world came back to the light, the first thing that he mentioned was the shackles attached to his ankles and the ones attached to his wrists. Next, he notices the blue padding, the fact that he was in the pipeline cell. Finally, he noticed that his - what he used to see them as - family outside the locked door. They all had weapons aimed at him.

"You know what I find so funny? Not the fact that I am locked up. Not that I am shackled. But the fact that you would think those weapons could hurt me, let alone would stop me!" Barry chuckled to himself, leaning against the cell walls. His face was covered with a smile-smirk worthy of Captain Cold and the Joker in one.

The shock-horror that covered all his family's faces was worth anymore then what was happening at that moment. It was so good that a couple of them even lowered their weapons.

They weren't anti-speedster weapons. He was fine. It took enough tranquillizer to kill an African Elephant twice over for them to get him unconscious even for a few minutes.

As he laughed, feeling all the needles jarring painfully on him.

How nice of them to leave them in him.

Just as they started to close the door on him, he leaned forwards his face millimetres from the door, whistling an eerie single note. It echoed through all of them, rattling their bones as the door finally hissed shut.

That is when Barry got to work.

He managed to knock one of the needles out of his back and used that to unpick the shackles before he started to try and get the others out.

Soon he was shackle-free and needle-free. It took him under five minutes to do this. The only reason for it being that long was because they had started to chill the room when the door shut.

After planning for this to happen at one point, he opened up the hidden compartment. In there was a weeks supply of protein bars - kindly hidden from the view of anyone but himself.

It was only fair for them to get jealous, so he was prepared for when this was going to happen.

Hidden further in that compartment was a suit-ring. The moment that he got out of here, he was going straight into that suit so that they can't track him any longer.

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Team Flash managed to return within two hours - after they had everything beaten out of them first. The first thing they did - after taking the unconscious Iris over to med bay - was to go check on Barry.

The moment that door was open, they only saw his eyes flash before all the glass shattered as he ran forwards at the highest speed he could from such a small space.

Team Flash was left on their backs, covered in thousands of shards of glass and metal with an empty flash suit.

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Barry shot out of the cell the moment that he could, holding his ring in front of him and the new suit forming around him. He left the other suit laying on the floor as a reminder as to what the others had lost.

He gathered materials and resources that he might need, broke the rest and headed away from the area that he once called his home.

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His new suit was a vivid scarlet. He was ever so fond of his nickname.

A gold belt was built straight into the suit, jagged like lightning running across him in an electrified loop.

His boots were the same gold colour, with slight points at the top closer to the back, like lightning. They also had point sticking out from the side, something like the ones that he previously had on the side of his mask, but only sticking out more while being less like lightning. His boot soles had retractable grips to them so that he will still have the ability to run on ice without impacting his running elsewhere.

The hands were completely scarlet, preventing them from windburn as he ran - that can get painful all too quick. Although his powers did well of protecting him from the speed force wind, the wind from the Earth not so much. Not much further up from his wrists, he had another lightning band of gold like his belt.

His logo was on a white background with a gold rim around it. The lightning bolt ran over the logo's circle, further than what all his other suits had. His lightning bolt was a bright vibrant yellow, with a slight gold tint to it in the light. When it was charged it shone a brilliant gold.

On the sides of his mask, the arrow-like shape - previously a simple bolt - stood further out from the fabric, a vibrant gold reaching out beyond the back of his head. The mask itself had a chin strap, pointing up to his lips, covering the chin completely. The parts for his eyes were kite-shaped and his nose was covered so that it also does not get windburn.

His speed healing does not like to heal windburn he has found.

All through his suit, there were black lines through and around it making it look like it was separate parts, but they were in the shape of lightning bolts, circling around his knees and elbows in a kite-like shape.

When he ran, these lines built up the electricity of the speed force, creating an extra effect and helping power the suit and some of his punches. The lightning bands also glowed, but only when running and for a select period after. Lightning would jump between the bands and the lines, creating a lightning bolt armour as he ran. This was a way of 'charging' the suit.

He had on his belt plenty of different tools to use. One of them in use at that moment was the one that had the ability to block his lightning from being able to be tracked. That function was going to come in very useful.

The whole suit was made of nanotech and so was the ring. Now only he could remove his mask and suit. All he needed was to tap either the ring or the lightning bolt and it would appear or disappear around him. But only he could trigger it.

With every hit that the suit took, it charged up a ball of energy so when he hits back, he hits with an added energy. This also worked with taking most of the hits so that he did not feel it. The amount of nanotech in the suit meant that it could continuously build, rebuild and repair itself when needed.

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He headed over to the last place that Team Flash would ever look for him. He headed for the Rogues base. This was a location that he figured a while back, but they were not causing any problem so he saw no harm in keeping it to himself at that present moment.

Behind him, his lightning was a blaring white colour. In between the bolts, there was a continuous stream of scarlet red lightning. He had finally figured out what it meant.

White was the fastest colour - stable and extra speed from the speed force. The scarlet showed the pureness of the energy - the reason why his speed is unable to be stolen. He was the speed force. Trying to take it from him would never work.

He came to a stop behind where Snart was, having the ability to look over all of the Rogues.

His following bits stacked themselves appropriately as they dropped out of his slipstream.

When he stopped moving, his head tipping downwards as lightning danced around his body. All the Rogues let out a simultaneous gasp.

This caused Snart to turn around and face him. The whirring of the Cold Gun filling Barry's ears.

"I wouldn't do that if I was you."

Snart lowered his gun, nearly dropping it as Barry raised his head to look at all of them.

"Stop."

His voice echoed through the building.

"I said stop!"

As he said stop, he raised his hand, controlling the kinetic energy of all the Rogues that dared to aim at him.

"That's more like it..." The sadistic chuckle followed the lack of movement.

Barry's smirk was steadily in place as all the Rogues froze up, unable to move. They only dared to listen and breathe now.

"What do you want?!" Snart barked at him.

"What. Do. I. Want.? However polite of you to ask me. The real question would be why. You see Team Flash seems to have had enough of how I run things you see. So I have been shackled up, drugged enough to kill all of you at least twice and locked in a padded cell. What I really want is for them to be taken off their throne," Barry smirked. "But I am currently appalled at how you treat a guest. Maybe I should head elsewhere and give others the chance to do what everyone has ever wanted... To take down Team Flash."

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Barry strode down the street, dressed in his new suit. All the screens showed the same thing. A message from Captain Cold and the rest of the Rogues.

'Come to us, you know where we mean. Killer Frost. Vibe. The rest of Team Flash. All of you come down.'

The message was on repeat. The voices echoing down around him.

"You sure that they will know this is where we mean?" Snart asked from just behind him.

They were all behind him, trailing in a block. Mike and Snart being the closets ones to him.

"They will." Leaving that blank, Barry set out into a run, leaving a trail around all the Rogues. He suddenly stopped back in his previous place. His suit was fully charged, glowing brightly. He put one arm out in front of him, before the other raised above him.

Before anyone could ask, all the power and energy from the screens around him and anyone in the area moving went through him and came out his other hand as a pure white lightning bolt.

"That enough for you?" Barry sassed to Snart.

"Hmm, no, I think it needs a bit more..."

"Cross the beams then."

"What?"

"Cross the beams and using that energy - directed away from all of us - I can send a massive message if you wanted something bigger."

"Fine."

Both Snart and Mike crossed their beams. Barry did the same trick earlier.

This time though, the lighting - fueled with so much energy - lit up the sky, blinding almost everyone in the area for a few moments as it went up into a massive ball of lighting.

"Speedsters can control kinetic energy. So really, I could have stopped you all so easily if it was not for Team Flash standing in the way of that sort of thing." Barry explained to them all once all their senses were in check.

In front of all of them, a breach opened. Out of the breach stepped everyone of Team Flash - excluding Barry - all with their weapons drawn. Then behind Team Flash, Team Arrow and Team Supergirl came through.

The only sound in the area was the long, menacing growl emitting from Barry.

"What do you want, Rogues?!" Arrow barked at them all.

It seems that they were ignoring Barry.

"How sad... Don't you want to play?" Barry said, tipping his head innocently.

"What has happened to you Flash?!" Vibe shouted to him.

"Being shot in the back four times happened! Being drugged with enough tranquillizer to kill an African Elephant twice over happened! Waking up with shackles around my ankles and wrists happened! Being locked in a padded cell, a cage happened! Being left for hours when I could have starved because of my metabolism happened!" Barry shouted.

The gasps that ran through everyone, including the crowds and different teams told him that Team Flash had not told them the real reason as to why they needed their help.

"Did this really happen?" Supergirl questioned him.

"Yes, all of it." Barry replied, "none of what I just said was a lie."

Team Flash suddenly turned pale and guilty-looking.

Iris, however, decided that she was going to shout to him, "you lie, just like you always have! Just so that you can have all the attention!"

The Rogues were fuming. All of them had their weapons pointing at Team Flash, most of them seemed to be at Iris now.

Wonder why that might be?

Mike was growling under his breathe as he aimed his weapon at Iris.

Snart was livid, Scarlet did not lie and he hates the attention. Even a blind man could see that.

Barry saw red the moment this was even uttered. His whole body started to vibrate covering him in a white, eerie glow. "What did you say..." He whispered.

"That you lie... Just wanting the attention like your parents!" Iris shouted in reply.

Everyone paled, falling back a step. Moments after they all moved, Barry was holding Iris up by her neck.

He licked his lips, his eyes wild looking as he chuckled to her face, "I did not want to break my one rule... But I'm willing to let that slide for you. How nice of me?"

"You... Are... Sick..." Iris choaked out, trying to wrench Barry's hand off her neck.

"And your death is the cure!" He growled out.

All around him, everything spurred into action, a flurry of movement. Until it, all stopped.

"Isn't it funny how life can be?" Barry chuckled, lightning starting to creep up his arm. "We live, we create, we birth, we kill, we die." He continued. The lightning was nearly at the straining Iris. "It's kind of shocking, would you not say?" As he said 'shocking' the lightning struck her.

Iris screamed out in agony, before going limp. The scent of burned flesh swamping the air almost instantly.

After not getting a reply, Barry pouted. "Hmm, no reply? How rude." He sighed dramatically, letting go and dumping her on the ground. "Now," he started, dusting his hands off, "where were we?"

Barry looked around at everyone before waving his hand again and allowing them all a chance to talk again. The noises that followed made him wish that he didn't.

"Oh, yes..." Barry drawled as he approached Snart.

He could hear sirens now, just a couple of blocks away. They would be here soon. More people to play with.

"The bringing down of the traitors." Barry's growl reverbed off everyone's bones.

"CCPD!" There was a shout in the distance. It looked like the Captain had come personally. "We don't know why you are doing this! But it stops now!"

"Why? The fun has only just begun!" Barry cackled, even gaining some weird looks from the Rogues.

"Flash? What are you doing?" The Captain asked, approaching him slowly as he lowered his weapon slightly.

"What should have happened long before they shot me in the back, Captain... Figuratively and physically..." Flash growled at The Captain.

He could see that they were thrown at the two perspectives. One that Flash had teamed up with the Rogues - the other that Flash had been betrayed by his team. The final deciding point was the fact that he had killed someone.

"Take aim!" The Captain ordered, raising his hand in the air.

All the officers took their aim at the multitude of Rogues on show.

Barry loved the fact that they forgot Speedsters could catch bullets.

"Fire!!" The Captain barked.

Within seconds the shots rang out, deafening blasts ringing out like fireworks on the fifth of November.

Everyone only managed to shield their heads before the smoke produced had cleared. The Rogue's all stood looking around in confusion.

Barry stood in front of them, head bowed as lightning crackled around him. He raised a clenched fist. When it was opened, all the previously shot bullets fell, clattering against the floor.

The officer's all started to voice their confusion while everyone else just sighed and felt like smacking themselves in the face.

"Scarlet here can catch bullets..." Snart breathed to the confused police department.

A few phrases were mumbled from under the police departments breaths.

"No one has a weapon that can do damage to me here except the ones on the 'bad side' so to speak," Barry shrugged, pointing over to where Snart was standing.

A crack rang out and Barry turned his head to look at Joe, a tranquillizer dart in his hand. "You thought this would happen again? While I have my guard up as well?"

Superman felt a stinging sensation in his arm, looking down he saw that it was the dart previously held in Barry's hands.

"Hmm, I wonder what that would do to him?" Barry thought moments before the man of steel collapsed into the girl of steel's arms.

Supergirl shot forwards at a rate of knots before collapsing in a scream at the feet of Barry.

"Did you hardly think I would not make something because of this? I am a genius, I am a chemist." Barry chuckled, revealing hidden kryptonite in his hands. "It is built into this suit for a very good reason. Including lead. Can't have any sneak peeks," he giggled.

Even that noise sent shivers down everyone's backs.

"Does anyone else want to challenge me?" Barry asked looking over the different teams.

The moment that some of the officers started to raise their weapons, Barry had already taken them down, their bodies lying next to Iris' body.

"Does anyone else want to meet death like an old friend?" Barry asked almost sarcastically.

"I think we're good now..." Someone mumbled from the back of the CCPD force.

'I like them.' Barry amusingly thought to himself.

"This city is ours now!" Snart barked at everyone.

One lightning-filled glare from Barry had everyone agreeing.

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Even fifty years later, Central City was under the control of the Rogues. The city was passed on from generation to generation. The only thing that stayed the same for decades - was The Scarlet Speedster.

"That was the story of how my group and I took control of this city and why now, as I pass on this scarlet wear, the reputation that follows. Now run, my child, run."

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