96Hey everyone, this is Chapter 8 of Legacy of the Speed Force.
I am sorry for the delay, I hit another writer's block on the story as well as working on my other story Unexpected Allies and helping out the family.
If any of you are wondering if this story is abandoned, no, it is not, I do not plan to abandon the story, I just won't be able to update as much as I want to, but I will update whenever I can.
Anyway, I hope everyone enjoys this chapter.
Central City.
Barry and Iris' Flat.
Present Day.
Joe has been at his daughter's flat for a good twenty minutes and has not been able to talk to her, not without Daniel interrupting them or purposely avoiding him from talking to Iris.
Iris fawning over the stories of Daniel's 'childhood' and how much of a good mother she was to him and Nora in the future, it made her excited as she plans to 'make it up' to Barry when he gets back from whatever he went.
The detective kept thinking about how blind his daughter is to not see the red flags about Daniel.
After recalling Henry's mention of a second Reverse-Flash, it didn't take Joe long to realize it's Daniel, it broke his heart to know his grandson has become such a twisted person and looked up to someone like Thawne.
What bothered him was how come Nora never brought up Daniel? Unless it had something to do with Sherloque's belief of when Nora changed the past 52 times, she kept changing the future and the future she is from, no longer exists, as well as the timeline Henry and Daniel exist.
The thought started to give him a headache, he needs to talk to the team at Star Labs and get more answers.
"I'll be right back, Iris. I gotta use the restroom," Joe tells his daughter.
Iris ignored him, as she was paying attention to Daniel talking about his 'amazing upbringing', Joe knew Daniel was manipulating Iris, using her emotions to blind her judgement.
A typical Thawne move.
He shook his head, he had to warn Iris but she is too stubborn to see reason and too blind to see Daniel is lying to her, Joe plans to get to the bottom of it.
Quickly arriving at the bathroom, he locks the door and turning on the fan, Joe couldn't help but cry.
His grandson becomes Thawne's copycat and most likely plans to either kill Barry or Henry, god forbid Bart.
Nora nearly tore the space-time continuum apart because she didn't think of going to Barry for help against Cicada due to pride.
The detective couldn't help but cry at the realization, his family is falling apart.
All because Iris deleted Patty's voicemail, which was meant for Barry to hear, all because Iris saw Patty and Henry as threats to her life with Barry.
Joe's thoughts are put to a stop when his phone is vibrating, he looks at the screen to see it is Cisco calling him.
Quickly turning on the fan in the bathroom before answering Cisco's call.
"Hey, Cisco," Joe greets Barry's best friend.
Cisco lets out a sigh in relief.
"Oh, thank god you picked up, Joe. Where are you?" Cisco asked with worry in his voice.
"I'm at Barry and Iris' flat, how come?" Joe asked Cisco.
Cisco took a deep breath before he spoke.
"You need to come to Star Labs. I have something I need to tell you and Barry," Cisco tells him.
Joe has a feeling Cisco saw a vibe.
"You saw a vibe of Daniel?" Joe asked.
He can hear Cisco gasp in disbelief.
"How do you know?" Cisco asks this time.
Joe let out a sigh.
"He's in the living room...talking to Iris," Joe sadly answers.
Cisco begins panicking on the phone.
"Get out of there, Joe. You are not safe there," Cisco warns him.
Joe nods at the warning.
"I'm already on it," Joe assures the young man.
Hanging up the phone, he took a deep breath a handful of times, before leaving the bathroom, he flushes the toilet a couple of times to prevent suspicion from Iris and Daniel.
Joe begins walking out of the bathroom and is by the living room, Iris looks at him with surprise.
"Are you okay?" Iris asked.
Joe shook his head.
"Got a phone call from the Captain. I gotta head out," Joe quickly answers.
Iris shrugs it off before turning her attention to Daniel, who grins at him.
"Take care, Papa Joe," Daniel tells him.
Joe hesitates for a moment before he is forced to play along.
"You too," Joe quickly responds, before leaving the flat.
Once inside his vehicle, Joe grabs his phone and begins dialling a number, after a good ten seconds the other line picks up.
"Hey, something's happening back home. I think we're gonna need your help," Joe told the person on the other line.
Central City.
Star Labs.
Present Day.
After the phone call from Joe, Cisco starts preparing the defences in Star Labs in case Daniel or Thawne shows up.
Cisco noticed Ralph is checking up on Henry, the speedster is still unconscious from what Caitlin confirmed is a seizure and how she guessed is due to the timeline changing and it is starting to affect his memories.
Caitlin had to sedate Henry with a modified drug she made in case Barry was to have one but never got a chance to test it on him.
"This is bad," Cisco mutters as he begins preparing to make sure Thawne or Daniel.
"Yeah, first Cicada, who is still MIA by the way. Nora screwing up the timeline. Barry has a kid who becomes his replacement, who in turn has a family of his own. Then we learn Barry has another kid with Iris, who is Thawne's number one fanboy, yeah Cisco, this is bad," Ralph tells Cisco.
The two friends nod while they spot Caitlin finally calming Bart down after his mini-episode, the friends of Barry Allen felt sorry for Barry's grandson/namesake, the poor kid has been through a lot already for someone his age, losing his mother, sister, friends and timeline when Nora unintentionally erased their timeline.
Then seeing his father have a seizure didn't help his poor mind Cisco and Ralph are grateful for Caitlin being there to calm Bart down, they don't know how to tell Barry about Daniel, let alone what Iris did to Bart, the duo can only hope this is Barry's wake up call to end things with Iris.
"Have you tried calling him?" Cisco asked Ralph.
"I did as soon as Cait' sedated Junior," Ralph answered.
"Did you get anything?" Cisco asked again.
"All five calls went to voicemail," Ralph quickly answers.
Cisco groans as he tracks Barry's phone to see the scarlet speedster is in Midway City, currently at Patty's house.
"He seriously has poor timing," Cisco bitterly admits.
Continuing to look at the security in Star Labs to make sure Thawne and Daniel can't get in, only to pause when he spots Sherloque at the Time Vault, looking through the speed force language, Cisco groans again upon forgetting Barry hired Sherloque to investigate Nora.
"I'll be right back, stay with him," Cisco told Ralph.
"Will do, Cisco," Ralph responds.
As Cisco leaves, Ralph sat down and stares at the resting speedster.
"Hang in there, you're an Allen, you'll pull through this," Ralph tells Henry.
Central City.
Star Labs, Time Vault.
A few minutes later.
After arriving at the Time Vault, Cisco spots Sherloque, who looks surprised to see him in the Time Vault.
"Mr. Ramon, what brings you here?" Sherloque curiously asks.
"I saw you in here through the security footage, which reminded me to ask if have you found anything?" Cisco answered.
Sherloque gives him a nod as he points to the screen in front of them.
"I have noticed Nora often came in here, but since the arrival of Mr. Spivot-Allen, she stopped coming here. It got me curious and started looking at the footage around the Lab," Sherloque starts explaining to Cisco.
Showing him footage of Nora having conversations with Gideon and having her send something in the speed force language, but not before Nora has the history erased to prevent it all from coming back to her.
"What is she doing?" Cisco asked.
"It was difficult at first, but I was able to solve the mystery once Mr. Allen allowed me to continue my work with no interruptions," Sherloque told him.
"Meaning?" Cisco asks again.
Sherloque smiles.
"I have been able to decipher the language and uncover who Nora has been communicating with," Sherloque explains to Cisco.
Cisco's eyes widen in horror as Sherloque reveals who the being Nora has been working with.
"Oh, frack!" Cisco said in shock.
"We must inform Mr. Allen right away," Sherloque informs him.
Cisco nods as he looks down at his hands.
"I could breach to his location and bring him, Patty and Henry here," Cisco tells Sherloque.
The detective nods at his plan, but before Cisco is about to open a portal, he stops himself and turns to Sherloque.
"Oh, frack, I should tell you I got a vibe when Henry had a seizure. Thawne's copycat is Barry's son with Iris, named Daniel West-Allen and he is at Barry's flat, in case I don't get back in time with Barry. You, Ralph and Caitlin need to prepare for Thawne and Daniel," Cisco warns Sherloque.
Who nods in response.
"I will, Mr. Ramon...but what Ms. West-Allen?" Sherloque asks.
Cisco sighs.
"We'll let Barry decide what to do with her, but she is powerless for the next 22 hours, so it should be easy to deal with her," Cisco answers.
As he opens a breach to Midway City and heads into the portal, leaving Sherloque alone in the Time Vault.
Central City.
Star Labs.
Training Room.
Present Day.
Caitlin and Nora were watching Bart train, it was the only way to keep the young boy's mind off of his father, Caitlin couldn't help but smile at how much Bart reminded her of Barry.
Like father, like son, like grandson.
"He's a quick learner," Nora said sweetly while looking proud of her nephew's speed.
Caitlin agreed with Nora, however, Caitlin knew Nora was hiding her pain of being powerless once again, but it is only for another 22 hours, she didn't want to take any chances of Nora possibly losing her powers for good.
"It is just another 22 hours to get through Nora and your powers will be good to go. From the files of Henry's wife, you should feel much better than before and possibly unlock your full potential," Caitlin tries to assure Barry's daughter.
Who smiles at her words.
"Thanks, Caitlin," Nora told her fondly.
"You're welcome," Caitlin kindly responds.
Both women watch Bart keep pushing himself and his lightning shifts briefly to a brighter shade of yellow before he fell on his knees, breathing heavily and out of breath.
"Dammit!" Bart cried out.
The young boy began slamming the floor in anger, but not before he burst into tears, Caitlin quickly runs towards the young boy while Nora stayed behind.
"It's okay, Bart," Caitlin tries to assure Barry's grandson.
"No, it's not!" Bart cried out before he continued.
"My mom's gone, my baby sister is gone, my friends are gone, my school is gone...I thought I lose everything when mom sent me back in time...when I saw dad..." Bart began explaining to Caitlin.
But the young boy couldn't finish as he burst into tears once he mentioned his father, witnessing his father collapse the way he did greatly affected the young speedster.
"I don't want to lose him too, he's all I have left of my time," Bart tearfully told her.
Caitlin sat down and wrapped her arms around him, Bart's head is lying on her leg for comfort as he continued crying as she slowly began stroking his head for comfort.
"I promise you, Bart, I won't let anything bad happen to your father," Caitlin tells Bart.
His crying seems to stop briefly as he looks up to her.
"You mean it?" Bart asked.
Caitlin struggled to contain her emotions once seeing Bart's pitiful look, reminding her of Barry whenever he had the same expression, she saw so much of Barry in his grandson.
"I mean it, Bart," Caitlin tells him.
Bart begins to smile and his crying seems to stop, although she could hear his muffled sniffling.
"Besides, your father is stronger than your grandfather, Bart," Caitlin adds.
She noticed Bart's sniffling begins to stop as he looks up at her again.
"You think so?" He asked.
Caitlin nods at his question.
"From what I heard from you and himself, he is far stronger than he believes and your grandfather even admits that," Caitlin admits.
Bart's smile begins to widen, Caitlin was in awe of how much Bart looks up to his father, Barry's son.
"Grandpa said that?" Bart asked in disbelief.
Caitlin's smile brightens as well.
"Yes, he has and he couldn't be more proud," Caitlin tells him.
Caitlin noticed Bart has finally stopped crying as he quickly hugs her.
"I wish it was you, Grandpa married," Bart muttered.
'You and me both, kid," Frost said in Caitlin's thoughts.
Midway City.
Patty's House.
Present Day.
Cisco arrives at Patty's house, after using his powers to arrive there, noticing he is in the kitchen, Cisco starts to look around the house in search of his best friend.
Taking a peek outside the window to see Patty's vehicle is still outside, meaning they are still in the house, heading towards the living room and finds nothing.
"Dammit," Cisco groaned in annoyance.
Looking towards the stairs that lead upstairs, Cisco walks up the stairs and once he reaches the hallway and noticed three doors.
Two were closed and one was slightly opened, Cisco chose to open the doors first, the first door on the left was revealed to be the bathroom, and the second door is a child's room, which he left open.
"So they must be in the master bedroom," Cisco said to himself.
Opening the door and is surprised to see Barry, Patty and Henry, sleeping on the bed, Barry was sleeping on his left side of the bed, Parry on the right and Henry was sleeping in the middle of them.
"I am so taking a pic of this," Cisco quietly said.
Making sure the flash isn't on before taking the picture on his phone, Cisco took a couple of photos before he starts waking them up.
"Hey, Barry," Cisco said quietly.
While gently shaking Barry's shoulder, after a few unsuccessful times, Cisco finally got Barry up, who is surprised to see him.
"Cisco? What are you doing here?" Barry asked him while slowly getting up.
"We have to leave, you guys are in danger," Cisco answered him.
This immediately woke Barry, looking concerned for his son and Patty.
"What do you mean?" Barry asked again.
Cisco took a deep breath, not knowing how to tell his best friend what he learned but before he can start explaining, Patty woke up and looks surprised to see him.
"Cisco, right?" Patty awkwardly asked.
"Hey, Patty," Cisco politely greets her.
Barry turns to Patty and Henry with fear in his eyes, Patty looks just as scared once Barry gave her that look.
"What's going on?" Patty asked Cisco.
Cisco took another deep breath.
"Long story short, 2049 Henry suffered a seizure due to his memories changing because of the changes in his future. When we were sedating him, I got a vibe from his memories...one of the vibes was of Patty," Cisco starts explaining to them.
Barry gives a nervous expression when Cisco's voice dropped from calm to panic.
"What happens to her?" Barry quickly asks.
"...Thawne kills her in front of you and Henry...with the help of his copycat," Cisco answered.
Barry quickly faced her and their son, tears began streaming down his eyes, placing his hand on hers.
"I'm not gonna let that happen," Barry assures her.
This helps Patty's terrified look, as she looks down at their son, the thought of their son witnessing her death scares her.
"I know you will," Patty told him.
However, Barry knew Cisco had more to tell him.
"You have more don't you, Cisco?" Barry said.
Cisco can only nod at his best friend'.
"I know who the copycat is and why 2049 Henry never mentioned him," Cisco told him with remorse.
"Who is he?" Barry asked.
Cisco began tearing up, not knowing how to tell Barry that Thawne's copycat is his son with Iris.
"Your son...with Iris, his name is Daniel West-Allen...all I was able to gather from the vibe is that he felt robbed of becoming your successor and wanted to 'get rid of the competition'," Cisco told Barry.
Barry is horrified at the revelation as he looks at Henry, knowing what Cisco meant by 'getting rid of the competition', Barry began weeping at the realization of how evil and vile his son with Iris, as well as recalling what Henry said about Thawne's copycat and how the power suppressor his mother gave him began to twist his mind after never being replaced.
"Oh god," Barry muttered before he burst with tears.
Cisco placed his hand on Barry's shoulder for support, Patty quietly began packing her and Henry's bags, while giving Cisco and Barry some time alone.
"Sherloque found something, but I think he should be the one to tell you what he found," Cisco told Barry.
All his friend could do was nod, as he slowly rose from the bed, Cisco hugs him.
"I'm sorry, Barr'," Cisco tells him.
"Me too, Cisco," Barry responds.
Barry turns to spot Patty left, causing him to worry greatly, but Cisco pats him.
"I'll go check on her, you should wake up your son," Cisco told him.
Barry didn't respond as he sat back down and began to wake up his son, who refused to wake up and tried brushing his father away.
"We have to go, little man," Barry tried waking up his son.
He kept shaking his head before going back to sleep, making Barry chuckle at his son's stubbornness.
"He sure loves his sleep," Barry said to himself.
"Truly his father's son," Cisco retorts.
Making Barry laugh, not a pitiful laugh but a genuine laugh.
The moment made Cisco smile, despite the terrible news they have learned as he leaves the master bedroom and starts looking for Patty.
Central City.
Star Labs.
Medical Room.
Present Day.
Ralph was sitting down and keeping tabs on Henry, the speedster was still resting and no new updates on his condition, leading him to begin tellin the resting speedster of stories related to Barry.
"Next thing I know, your old man shows up at the last second and saved my ass," Ralph finished telling one of the dozen stories he told Henry.
Ralph noticed his vitals improved slightly when he began telling him stories related to Barry, which left Ralph spending the next few hours telling Henry dozens of stories, he was so busy telling these stories to Henry that he didn't notice Caitlin behind him.
"How is he?" Caitlin asked.
"He seems to improve when I tell him stories about his old man, so I've been spending the past couple of hours telling him stories about him," Ralph answered.
Caitlin smiles at how attached Ralph is towards Henry, which didn't surprise her given what they heard from Henry, Ralph knew what it was like growing up without a father, the only difference between them was that Barry didn't know of Henry's existence and Ralph's father bailed.
Which led to her have nothing but respect for 2049 Ralph for stepping up and be a mentor to Henry when she and Cisco left and never had a role in his life.
"Get some rest, I can keep watch," Caitlin tells Ralph.
Who looks up at her with a hesitant look.
"You sure?" Ralph asked.
"I'm sure, Ralph," Caitlin told him.
Before Ralph is about to get up, he paused to look around them.
"Where's Bart?" Ralph asked.
"He's with Joe, Cecille and Nora, Joe took him to the lounge to watch some movies," Caitlin tells him.
Ralph got up from his seat and prepares to leave.
"I'll start up some popcorn and join them," Ralph says to her.
Leaving her alone with Henry, as she is about to sit down, her leg hits something.
"Ow," Caitlin muttered.
Looking down to find Henry's bag, forgetting she put the bag there right after the scan they did on Nora, Caitlin noticed a glow in the bag and her curiosity got the better of her and opens the bag, to reveal a tablet with 'Palmer Tech' etched onto the back.
"A tablet?" Caitlin said to herself.
Noticing the battery is draining, she looks through the bag to find a charger and she does find it, plugging it into the nearest outlet, she noticed a notification on his email, which was still open.
"No, I shouldn't," Caitlin said to herself.
'Come on, what's the worst thing that could happen?" Frost told her.
"It's an invasion of his privacy," Caitlin responds.
'Either you do it, or I do it, Caity," Frost warns her.
Caitlin groans as she bitterly opens the email app to reveal 3 emails that have been sent to Henry, moments before his timeline was erased, but what scared her was who sent the emails. One is from Ralph, one is from Cisco, and one from her future self, she chose to open the one her future self sent to Henry first, only to see it is a video message.
Before she is going to open it, she quietly puts on headphones and presses play.
Midway City.
Patty's House.
Present Day.
Cisco quickly found Patty, who is packing some clothes and toys for Henry, Cisco spots a Flash onesie and picks it up.
"Forgot one," Cisco politely tells her.
Patty jumped once she saw him, making Cisco cringe, forgetting Patty is probably on the edge after learning she might die.
"Sorry," Cisco awkwardly says to her.
"It's alright, I didn't hear your footsteps," Patty tells him, brushing it off.
Cisco rubs the back of his head, not knowing what to say as he gently hands over the onesie.
"Thought he might want this," Cisco tells her.
Patty grabs a hold of the onesie, she smiles fondly at it but Cisco saw the fear in her eyes, knowing her little boy is destined to become his father's successor.
"How is he?" Patty asked nervously.
"Barry?" Cisco asked her.
Who shook her head.
"Henry...the one from 2049?" Patty told him.
"Caitlin sedated him as soon as we put him in the medical room. Ralph is looking out for him when Caitlin went to check on Bart, the poor kid lost so much," Cisco tells her.
Cisco scorned himself for accidentally mentioning Bart, only to see Patty isn't confused.
"Barry told you didn't he?" Cisco asked.
Patty nods at his question.
"He showed me some photos of them," Patty politely answered.
As she put her head down to look at the onesie again, her look of fear was gone and replaced with a proud look.
"Barry told me some stories of our son told him...a part of me is scared for him...but I can't help and feel proud of my boy, knowing all the good things he will do," Patty admits to Cisco.
"Patty, from the vibes I was able to see in his time as the Flash, he is without a doubt one of the greatest men I have met," Cisco proudly told her.
This made Patty smile at Cisco's words.
"I just hope, I will be there to see it," Patty mutters.
Cisco let out a breath before he walks up to her and places his hands over her head.
"I can show you some of the memories if you want?" Cisco offers.
Patty only gives a nod in response before Cisco starts to show her some of the good deeds Henry will accomplish in his life as the Flash.
Cisco showed her the first four vibes he saw of Henry when he first came to the present, the first vibe shows Henry as Kid Flash and running towards something or someone, but not before donning his goggles and charging head-on.
The second vibe came next of a slightly older Henry with a modified suit, running in a blizzard with his goggles on and is carrying a bag behind his back.
The third vibe was an older Henry wearing a Flash suit on what was Barry's suit, future Cisco never got to give to Barry before his death, Henry was up against a meta-human with a sci-fi type gun and began firing at him, only for the speedster to easily evade the shots, running around the man and knocking him out with a swift right hook.
The fourth and final vibe Cisco showed Patty was Henry, running like never before as the lightning around Henry was glowing bright and shifting colours between yellow and bright blue as he charged towards the Lex Luthor/Brainiac hybrid with the last hit being so powerful, the impact of hit sends the hybrid flying from the hit and splits them apart in the process.
Once the visions left Patty, she took a deep breath to process the visions Cisco showed her, she let out tears of joy, knowing the good things her son will do in the future.
"Thank you," Patty muttered softly.
Before Cisco could respond, Barry arrives into the room with a still sleeping Henry in his arms.
"You got everything?" Barry asked Patty.
She nods as she puts the onesie in Henry's bag, Cisco saw the smile on Patty's face when she saw Henry was still sleeping.
"He didn't want to wake up?" Patty asks.
Barry chuckles.
"He sure loves his sleep, he must get it from me," Barry tells her.
"Definitely his father's son," Patty said.
Barry smiles with pride at her and turns to Cisco.
"You ready?" Barry asks Cisco.
"I'm ready when you guys are," Cisco tells them.
Patty nods to Barry as he does the same to Cisco.
"Breach to Star Labs," Barry said.
Cisco rose his hand as a breach opens to Star Labs.
The End of Chapter 8.
Sorry for taking so long to update this story, been busy with family lately and having writer's block on the story didn't help either, which led me to work on my other story Unexpected Allies, but I do plan on finishing this story.
Thank you all for waiting this long for an update of the story, I do plan to upload Chapter 9 before the end of the year.
Who was it that Joe called?
How will Barry take the news of Nora was working with Thawne after learning of Daniel?
What will Caitlin find in the video message sent from her future self?
Thank you all for liking this story and I will do my best to upload the next chapter before the end of the year, writer's block is a pain in the ass, especially when you know where to go with the story but you just can't write it for some strange reason.
I hope you all are doing great and I wish you all the best of luck and health to you and your loves.
Answering Questions/Reviews.
ki58ran: Thanks for liking my story, and all the best to you too.
XWF1000: Thanks for liking it, I don't plan on killing Joe anytime soon, but yeah I made him figure out something was off about Daniel given he's a cop for how many years and knows to follow his gut feeling, especially after the events of the previous seasons. Iris will have a slightly bigger role in the next couple of chapters, but let's just say she is NOT going to take Patty being in Star Labs well at all. They will find out about what they did in the future and it will affect them both, Barry will have too much on his mind to deal with the fact Cisco and Caitlin's future selves decisions.
Guest1: Sorry it took a while to update, I hit writer's block on the story. Barry now knows of Daniel being Thawne 2.0, but his full reaction will be in the next chapter given he is too busy processing the fact his evil son will help Thawne kill Patty and the news Sherloque has for him.
Guest2: Like what I said to Guest1.I hit writer's block on the story. Barry now knows of Daniel being Thawne 2.0, but his full reaction will be in the next chapter given he is too busy processing the fact his evil son will help Thawne kill Patty and the news Sherloque has for him.
Lora: I know his reaction in this chapter wasn't the best, but his full reaction will be in the next chapter given the other stuff Cisco told him.
Guest3: Thanks for liking it, hope you enjoyed this chapter.
Guest4: Hope you liked the chapter, Barry is devastated once Cisco told him about Daniel and his role in Patty's supposed death in the new timeline, but his full reaction will be in the next chapter. Nora wasn't told yet, but she will find out and it will affect her greatly in the next chapter, especially after being revealed to have worked with Thawne.
Guest5: Thanks for liking my story, that means a lot to me. I didn't forget about Sherloque investigating Nora, he spent the previous chapters investigating her and he will tell Barry and the rest of Team Flash in the next chapter as Cisco felt Sherloque should tell him. Nora hasn't worked with Thawne since she screwed the space-time continuum that led to his escape, but it still won't change the fact she still worked with him, even after Barry told her his role in killing his mother. Yes, she has sort of stopped working with Thawne since she erased the 2049 timeline.
Guest6: I hit a writer's block on the story, which took me a while to work on the story.
Guest7: I do plan on continuing this story, but sadly I hit writer's block on the story and it kept causing me to delay the story.
Lightning-pays: Thanks for liking the story and I do plan on continuing the story, I just won't be able to update as much and I will do my best to update whenever I can.
Guest8: My apologies for the delay, I have been busy with other projects and family lately. I hope you liked the chapter.
Guest9: It took a while, but I did update the story.
Guest10: Hello there, thanks for liking my story, I fell behind on this story due to family and writer's block. I have no plans on abandoning the story, but I will not be able to update the story as much as I want to, due to other projects and helping out the family.
IronMan2406: I have just updated, sorry for taking a while and like I said, I hit writer's block on the story and I do plan to continue this story, but it won't