2014 (Earth-1)

This is a timeline of events that occurred during **2014**.

	+ A month after being struck by lightning from the Speed Force and numerous times Barry heart supposedly stopping, "Harrison Wells", with permission from Joe West, takes the comatose Barry Allen to S.T.A.R. Labs, fully knowing that Barry's heart was beating too fast for the machines at the hospital to catch on and follow, temporarily short-circuiting the electric grids at the hospital.
* **January 8**
	+ One month following his enhanced brain mass power, Clifford DeVoe's increased brain power accelerates his amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, which later forces his wife to build him a special chair to keep him alive.
* **January 10**
	+ Serial bomber Mark Scheffer, who goes by the name "Shrapnel", begins setting off bombs across Starling City as an anti-government movement.
* **January 11**
	+ Oliver Queen continues his search for the man in the skull mask while Felicity Smoak travels to Central City to visit Barry Allen, who is still in a coma at S.T.A.R. Labs.
	+ Sebastian Blood begins his campaign for Mayor of Starling City and decides to organize a Unity Rally for the city the next day.
	+ Shrapnel sets off bombs and blows up another giant building.
* **January 12**
	+ Quentin Lance starts looking for the inside man in the police department associated with Cyrus Gold.
	+ During the Blood Unity Rally, Scheffer targets the rally, but The Arrow is able to stop Scheffer, who is arrested; and the bombs are disarmed.
	+ During the commotion, Thea Queen witnesses Roy Harper using his new strength to save Moira and confronts him.
	+ As The Arrow, Oliver makes an alliance with Sebastian Blood.
	+ Investigating Blood, Laurel Lance visits a mental institution, where she finds Blood's mother, who reveals that he killed his father and put her in the institution to cover it up.
* **January 17**
	+ Ramsey Deacon is honored at the 21st Annual Quasar Award Banquet in Keystone City. However, Deacon's three partners, Tim Kwon, Kurt Weaver and Sheila Agnani, decide to make it something bigger, stealing the idea and selling it for billions, leaving Deacon with nothing.
* **January 22**
	+ Sebastian Blood visits his mother and kills her after learning that she told Laurel Lance the truth.
* **January 23**
	+ Oliver Queen continues his search for the man in the skull mask and receives help from Laurel, who suspects that it is Blood.
	+ Fearing that he will be discovered, Blood has Laurel arrested for drug possession by his disciple, Officer Daily.
	+ Soon after, Sebastian Blood has Laurel kidnapped to lure The Arrow out.
	+ Roy Harper and Cindy Simone attempt to use his new powers to stop a murderer, but Roy goes overboard and puts the man in the hospital.
	+ The Arrow comes to rescue her; but during the fight, Laurel kills the masked man, who is Daily, unknowingly throwing suspicion off Blood.
* **January 24**
	+ Laurel Lance is cleared of charges, but is fired because of her addiction.
	+ Slade Wilson, now wearing a specific suit and mask; the Deathstroke suit and mask, who reveals to Blood that he only planned for Blood to get intimate with Laurel in order to hurt Oliver, and to not go after the vigilante; The Arrow. Wilson tells Blood if he attempts to go after The Arrow again, Wilson will kill Blood as The Arrow is his enemy to break and kill.
	+ The Arrow convinces Roy to train him in order to control his new powers as well as his change in mental state.

#### February

* **February 3**
	+ Ben Turner escapes from prison with assistance from H.I.V.E. associate Milo Armitage, who also pays him to steal a prototype of Malcolm Merlyn's earthquake device.
* **February 4**
	+ Oliver Queen tells his teammates that Slade got angry when he found out how Shado died, as Slade was in love with her, and attacked him, which ended with Oliver putting an arrow in his eye.
	+ The Arrow tracks down the device and he is forced to reveal his identity to Roy in order to get his help in destroying the device, and they manage to destroy the device.
	+ Roy Harper officially becomes a member of Team Arrow.
* **February 5**
	+ Laurel Lance learns that she may be disbarred because of her addiction and spirals further out of control. Oliver convinces Sara Lance to reveal herself to Laurel.
	+ Walter Steele convinces Moira Queen to run for mayor against Sebastian Blood; and she states that it is necessary for the campaign that it not be revealed that Thea is not Robert's biological daughter. Moira reveals that her obstetrician knows the truth and he needs to be dealt with.
* **February 6**
	+ A.R.G.U.S. director Amanda Waller propositions Turner to commute his sentence in exchange for him joining a "squad" she is forming.
* **February 11**
	+ Nyssa al Ghul, the daughter of Ra's and a member of the League, arrives in Starling City to convince Sara Lance to return to Nanda Parbat with her.
	+ Sara refuses, so Nyssa kidnaps Sara's mother, Dinah, and threatens to kill her if Sara does not agree to return.
	+ Instead of returning, Sara drinks snake venom. The Arrow arrives with an antidote and Nyssa releases Sara from her obligations to the League.
* **February 12**
	+ As Moira begins her political campaign, Felicity discovers that Thea's true father is Malcolm and reveals it to Oliver Queen, who decides to support Moira's campaign publicly while privately renouncing their familial relationship.
	+ Although, Sara is welcomed back by her parents, Laurel shows displeasure to her by angrily yelling at her.
	+ Sara later joins Oliver; and they have sex.
	+ Slade Wilson decides to deal with Moira's campaign against Sebastian Blood.
* **February 24**
	+ William Tockman orchestrates a heist of an electronic device that will allow him to access any bank vault. Oliver Queen as The Arrow, and Sara Lance as Black Canary, start working together to stop him, foiling one of his robberies.
	+ In response, Tockman uses the device to hack into the computer servers at Oliver's hideout and overload them so they explode.
* **February 25**
	+ Felicity Smoak, feeling left out with Sara now part of the team, attempts to bait Tockman into coming after one last heist.
	+ Oliver, Sara and John Diggle arrive in time to protect Felicity, but she takes a bullet to save Sara before knocking Tockman unconscious, feeling part of the team again.
	+ The Lances attempt to have dinner together and Sara and Oliver inadvertently reveals that they are in a relationship, much to Laurel's anger.
	+ Later, after a vicious argument with Oliver, Laurel reconciles with Sara and attends an A.A. meeting with Quentin.
* **February 26**
	+ Slade Wilson makes his presence known to Oliver by coming to his home and meeting with Moira.
	+ Oliver, Moira and Thea Queen give Slade Wilson, who has funded Moira's campaign, a tour of the house.
	+ Sara and the rest of the team are notified and arrive to assist Oliver, forcing Wilson to leave without engaging.
	+ Oliver deduces that Wilson is the one controlling the man in the skull mask, and is attempting to create more Mirakuru.
	+ Wilson informs Oliver that he is there to follow through with a promise he made to Oliver on Lian Yu.
	+ Later, Wilson looks at the cameras he planted on the tour throughout the house, monitoring everything that occurs in the house.

#### March

* **March 12**
	+ The Arcangel Zoriel resurrects Damien Darhk to the present; March 2014. Darhk and Archangel Zoriel makes a deal, in which Darhk promises Zoriel to kill his brother, Lucifer, and in return, Zoriel offers Lucifer's relic from through the ancient times, and Zoriel also offers to give him unlimited non-humane immortality until the end of times, in which, Darhk accepts.
* **March 19**
	+ Amanda Waller begins forming "Task Force X" also known as the "Suicide Squad", which consists of Floyd Lawton/Deadshot, Ben Turner/Bronze Tiger, and Mark Scheffer/Shrapnel.
	+ John Diggle and Lyla Michaels are called upon by Amanda Waller to lead her "Task Force X", also known as the "Suicide Squad", which consists of Floyd Lawton, Ben Turner and Mark Scheffer being used as expendable assets.
	+ The Squad is sent after Gholem Qadir, who has developed a deadly nerve agent. Shrapnel attempts to escape and is killed.
	+ After saving Qadir's life again, through a faked assassination attempt, Diggle is invited to Qadir's home for a party.
	+ Once there, Lawton locates the agent and is used as a target marker for a drone strike on the house.
	+ Diggle decides to save Lawton while Turner kills Qadir; as a result, the drone misses the house and a Navy SEAL team is forced to destroy the agent.
	+ Oliver Queen is forced to go to Waller for help, whom is an old acquaintance of Oliver. She tells him that A.R.G.U.S. has been tracking a new mercenary called "Deathstroke", whom the pair realize is actually Slade Wilson.
* **March 28**
	+ Starling City cancels the lease on the S.T.A.R. Labs facility in Starling City.
* **March 31**
	+ "Harrison Wells" begins shutting down the S.T.A.R. Labs facility located in S.T.A.R. Labs, and he enlists Caitlin Snow and Cisco Ramon to do the inventory and pack everything down and transfer everything in the Starling City facility to their headquarters in Central City.

#### April

* **April 7**
	+ Donna Troy and Dick Grayson gets married.
* **April 13**
	+ Oliver Queen and Sara Lance assist a police raid, and in the process help capture Frank Bertinelli.
	+ Oliver quickly realizes that Helena will return to kill Bertinelli once she hears the news.
	+ Laurel Lance is asked to return to the District Attorney's office to try Bertinelli's case.
	+ Helena shows up at the courthouse and takes hostages in exchange for Bertinelli.
	+ Sara goes to the courthouse to rescue Laurel, but Helena overpowers her and demands that Oliver deliver Bertinelli in exchange for Laurel.
	+ Oliver complies; but Bertinelli is killed in a crossfire with the SWAT team; Quentin Lance ultimately arrests Helena, after Sara stops her.
	+ Helena tells Oliver that he was right to discourage vengeance.
	+ Despite bringing Laurel to have been just a ruse for Helena, the District Attorney rehires Laurel to avoid scandal.
	+ Roy Harper breaks up with Thea Queen on Oliver's advice. Slade Wilson drives by and gives her a ride.
	+ Slade Wilson kidnaps Thea Queen. Wilson tells Thea about her true parentage; that Malcolm Merlyn is her biological father.
* **April 14**
	+ During this crisis, Slade Wilson's accomplice Isabel Rochev successfully dupes Oliver Queen in giving her total control of his family's company by Oliver giving her temporary CEO status to Rochev. She then uses her temporary power to convince the board of directors to make her position permanent, thus allowing her company to take full control of Queen Consolidated.
	+ Oliver Queen reconciles with Moira.
	+ When confronted, Isabel Rochev reveals that she has been working with Slade Wilson the entire time, and tells Oliver where Thea is being held.
	+ Oliver arrives as The Arrow; but Thea has already been freed - her kidnapping was a diversion from Wilson's real plan to free a group of convicts to be used as test subjects for the next Mirakuru trials.
	+ Thea confronts Oliver and Moira, saying that Wilson revealed to her that her biological father is Malcolm Merlyn.
	+ Quentin Lance is arrested for aiding The Arrow.
	+ Roy Harper leaves Starling City.
	+ Moira Queen's chance of winning the election increases as shown in the polls.
	+ Isabel Rochev tasks the company's scientific division to work on Mirakuru.
	+ Slade Wilson, who is announced a fugitive, visits Laurel and reveals that Oliver is The Arrow.
* **April 16**
	+ Oliver Queen's team destroys Isabel Rochev's lab so that Slade Wilson cannot use it to mass-produce the Mirakuru.
	+ In response, Wilson steals an electronic Skeleton Key from Oliver's hideout. He uses it to steal a bio-transfuser from a S.T.A.R. Labs facility in Starling City that Caitlin Snow and Cisco Ramon work at that will allow him to transfer the Mirakuru-infused blood to the freed convicts.
* **April 17**
	+ Oliver, as The Arrow, tracks Wilson and discovers that he has kidnapped Roy Harper and is using him to transfuse the blood. Oliver rescues Roy, and Rochev is critically shot.
	+ Later, Oliver reveals there is a cure for the Mirakuru and Felicity Smoak enlists the help of her friends at S.T.A.R. Labs headquarters in Central City to develop a Mirakuru cure.
	+ Wilson's super soldiers gather and he uses his blood to heal and empower Rochev as well.
	+ Laurel discovers that Sara is the female vigilante known as the Black Canary.
* **April 18**
	+ Laurel tries to tell Quentin Lance about The Arrow's identity; but he dissuades her from telling anyone.
	+ Laurel later blackmails her supervisor, Kate Spencer, into releasing and reinstating Quentin.
	+ Thea leaves home even after Oliver reveals to her that Robert knew about her non-paternity.
* **April 23**
	+ Roy Harper goes on a rampage, overwhelmed by the Mirakuru and no longer thinking for himself.
	+ During a fight, Oliver's leg is significantly injured and Roy escapes.
	+ Sara decides that Roy must be killed; but Oliver disagrees.
	+ Sebastian Blood writes down a speech for the murder of Moira Queen, which pre-dates her death.
	+ Roy comes to Verdant and Oliver uses the opportunity to inject Roy with pit viper venom to knock him unconscious and keep him sedated until a cure can be found.
* **April 24**
	+ Sara decides that she is not good enough for Oliver and leaves the city to find a friend.
	+ Thea Queen continues to distance herself from her family; so Moira Queen decides to drop out of the mayoral race, effectively giving Sebastian Blood the victory.
	+ Oliver dissuades Moira; and she reveals that she has known Oliver was The Arrow since last year's earthquake; and that she is proud of the man he has become.
	+ Moira, Thea, and Oliver are attacked by Slade Wilson, who tells Oliver Queen to choose between his mother and sister like he did with Sara and Shado.
	+ When Oliver refuses, Moira sacrifices herself and Slade Wilson kills Moira Queen in front of her children, leaving Thea and Oliver sadden and grief stricken.
* **April 30**
	+ The S.T.A.R. Labs facility in Starling City is officially shut down and many armored trucks, led by Cisco Ramon and Caitlin Snow, containing S.T.A.R. Labs equipment is tranferred to the S.T.A.R. Labs headquarters in Central City, Missouri.

#### May

* **May 3**
	+ Kylie Jenner disown Lucifer Morningstar as her father, with Kendall being the only one who cares for him and loves him, and she still wants Lucifer to be in her life, because unlike her siblings, she still cares for her father.
* **May 12**
	+ The remaining Queen family and family friends holds Moira Queen's funeral on the grounds of the Queen Mansion.
	+ When Oliver doesn't show up at Moira's funeral, John Diggle and Felicity Smoak enlist the help of Amanda Waller to track him down.
	+ The two finds Oliver in a secret hideout, where he reveals to them he intends to surrender to Slade Wilson and face his fate in order to protect everyone else.
	+ Isabel Rochev returns and shuts down Verdant, forcing Thea to make a decision to leave Starling City, and Sebastian Blood is sworn in as Mayor.
* **May 13**
	+ Diggle and Felicity inform Laurel of Oliver's intention to surrender to Slade. Laurel confronts him, revealing that she knows he is the Arrow and telling him that Sebastian is working with Slade, and that she has documented proof that Sebastian knew Slade was going to kill Moira.
	+ After confronting Sebastian Blood, Oliver Queen decides that they have no choice but to kill Slade's Mirakuru army.
* **May 14**
	+ The Starling City Siege occurs.
		- Slade Wilson's Mirakuru army, super soldiers wearing Deathstroke masks, invades Starling City and begins wreaking havoc on the city, cornering Oliver Queen and Laurel Lance.
		- John Diggle is confronted by Deathstroke armor-wearing Isabel Rochev/Ravager. As Wilson's army continue to terrorize the city, Felicity and Diggle outwit Rochev and escapes.
		- S.T.A.R. Labs makes a cure for the Mirakuru, but Slade Wilson sends his men to acquire it before Oliver.
		- Finally trusting Quentin Lance, the police force pledges to help The Arrow stop Wilson's men and Quentin Lance is reinstated to lead them.
		- Wilson reveals to Blood that he plans to destroy the entire city, people and all, in his quest for vengeance against Oliver Queen. As a result, Sebastian Blood steals the cure and gives it to Oliver Queen/The Arrow in return for help saving the city. For his betrayal, Slade Wilson has Isabel Rochev kill Sebastian Blood.
		- Carrie Cutter is saved by The Arrow during an attack Slade Wilson's Mirakuru army.
		- Oliver tests the cure on Roy Harper after Amanda Waller reveals that she intends to bomb the city at dawn to prevent Wilson's men from attacking the rest of the country.
		- Sara Lance returns to Starling City to aid Team Arrow, bringing along the League of Assassins, she saves Laurel.
		- Malcolm Merlyn saves Thea from an assailant and tries to convince her to leave with him; but she shoots him.
		- The cure works on Roy Harper. Sara arrives with Nyssa al Ghul and the League to provide backup for Oliver Queen, who gives Roy a red mask.
		- They confront Slade Wilson/Deathstroke and Isabel Rochev/Ravager at Queen Consolidated. Nyssa al Ghul kills Isabel Rochev/Ravager, and tells Oliver he needs to kill Wilson, who escapes.
		- John Diggle and Lyla Michaels free the Suicide Squad members and enlist their help to try to stop the drone strike. Amanda Waller inadvertently reveals to Diggle that Lyla is pregnant with his child.
		- Quentin Lance is seriously injured.
		- Thea meets up with Roy; but when she finds a bow and arrow, she loses trust in him and calls Merlyn. Soon after, Thea Queen leaves Starling City with Malcolm Merlyn.
		- Oliver Queen/The Arrow and Team Arrow successfully uses the cure on all of Wilson's men, thus successfully thwarting Slade Wilson's Mirakuru army.
		- Oliver tricks Wilson into kidnapping Felicity, believing she is Oliver's love. With Wilson distracted, Felicity injects him with the cure. Oliver defeats Wilson and Waller calls off the strike.
* **May 15**
	+ Oliver Queen imprisons Slade Wilson in an underground A.R.G.U.S. prison on Lian Yu.
* **May 17**
	+ Sara Lance rejoins the League as payment for helping the city.
	+ Quentin Lance collapses as a result of his injury.
* **May 28**
	+ Quentin Lance is promoted to SCPD Captain.

#### June

* **June 4**
	+ Malcolm Merlyn begins training Thea Queen to calm her mind and heal her emotional pain, while also mastering control over her physical pain.
* **June 18**
	+ Harlan Gaines is killed by Jacob Anton Ness/Poseidon. After that, Ness frames Michael Scofield for the murder, under the name of Kaniel Outis, and later under Michael's real name.

#### July

* **July 9**
	+ Mabel Cartwright is burns alive by Beth Kane, causing her death. Afterwards, Beth Kane becomes the criminal later known as "Alice".

#### August

* **August 13**
	+ The hijacking of the Frances King, a TI-class supertanker, by The Maelstrom and his crew. Nineteen pirates, eight Chinese soldiers and twenty-five innocent sailors dies.

#### September

* **September 12**
	+ Viktor Novikov ends his illegal operations and purchases Sanquine, relocating to Paris, and becoming a ringleader to IAGO.

#### October

* **October 5**
	+ Five months following Slade Wilson and his Mirakuru army's defeat, Team Arrow chases down a criminal in a truck, and succesfully capturing the citizen who failed the city.
* **October 6**
	+ Captain Quentin Lance calls off the task-force against The Arrow.
	+ Werner Zytle, who has claimed the mantle of Vertigo, attempts to kill The Arrow in a bide to raise his profile.
* **October 7**
	+ Barry Allen wakes up from his coma after 9 months.
	+ After waking up, Barry meets Harrison Wells, Cisco Ramon, and Caitlin Snow of S.T.A.R. Labs. He is then reunited with Iris West, Joe West and the CCPD.
	+ Clyde Mardon uses his powers, being able to control the weather, to rob Gold City Bank.
	+ Barry, using his new-found powers, stops a detained prisoner from grabbing a officer's gun.
	+ While at the precinct, Barry discovers his powers, accidentally destroying the glass of multiple cop cars.
	+ Oliver Queen and Felicity Smoak goes on a first date.
	+ After losing the first battle, Oliver Queen and Roy Harper, as The Arrow and Arsenal respectively, are able to stop Zytle, along with some help from Sara Lance who is back in town to figure out where Malcolm Merlyn is and then capture him and bring him to Ra's al Ghul alive.
* **October 8**
	+ Businessman Ray Palmer successfully buys and acquires Queen Consolidated under a plan of rebuilding the city and renaming it "Star City".
	+ Dr. Wells, Cisco and Caitlin tests out Barry's powers; his limits, and how fast he is going and also how fast he possible could go.
	+ During his test run, Barry runs at super-speed and suddently he remembers the night his mother was killed, which causes him to lose focus and break his arm.
	+ Three hours later, Barry's arm has healed thanks to his speed healing. He goes to CC Jitters to meet with Iris.
	+ There, Barry looks on as Eddie Thawne and Iris kiss, discovering their relationship.
	+ While walking down the street, Iris tells Barry how their relationship. Barry asks if Eddie dating his partner's daughter wasn't against Department regulations, which she protests. Immediately after, a cop car, chasing down a car, driven by meta criminal Clyde Mardon, the cop cruiser almost crashes into Barry and Iris, but he saves her.
	+ After saving Iris, Barry gets a climpse of the thief and realizes that Clyde Mardon is alive.
	+ Barry decide to chase down Mardon, eventually crashing the Mardon's car.
	+ Both Barry and Mardon makes it out of the car, Barry calls Mardon out, and in return, Mardon envelops the street in fog, evidently killing a civilian.
	+ At the crime scene, Joe meets with Barry and Iris and asks them why they were out here.
	+ Barry asks to speak alone with Joe, telling him the thief is Clyde Mardon, who is alive and can control the weather. But Joe doesn't believe him and tells him to take a grasp on reality.
	+ Barry leaves the crime scene, and confronts the S.T.A.R. Labs team about Mardon and the night of the particle accelerator explosion. They tell him that the accelerator went active. They all felt like heroes, and then it all went wrong. The dimensional barrier ruptured, unleashing unknown energies into their world. Anti-matter, dark energy, X-elements and many others, and that they don't what or who was exposed to any of the matters. They also tell him that they have been searching for other meta-humans like Barry.
	+ Barry tells them he met one earlier named Clyde Mardon and he can control the weather and killed a man.
	+ Barry decides to hunt down the meta-humans and bring him to justice. But Dr. Wells tells him its a job for the police and he is important, not himself. Dr. Wells continues saying he lost his company, reputation and freedom, and Barry broke his arm and it healed in three hours, and inside his body could be a man to a whole new world and they can't risk losing everything, because of Barry wanting to go out and "play hero". Dr. Wells tells him he is not a hero, but rather just a young man who was struck by lightning.
	+ Malcolm Merlyn drugs Thea Queen, and they fly from Corto Maltese to Starling City.
	+ **Original timeline, erased by Flashpoint**: John Diggle and Lyla Michaels' daughter is born in Starling City, Washington.
	+ Oliver Queen ends his and Felicity's romantic relationship even began, explaining how he cannot by both The Arrow and Oliver Queen, although he acknowledges loving her. After their talk, Oliver receive a phone call from Barry Allen, who reveals to the former that he woke up, and that he needs advice.
	+ Furious, Barry speeds 600 miles to Starling City to get some advice from Oliver Queen/The Arrow.
	+ Sara and Laurel Lance says temporarily goodbye. Afterwards, a drugged Thea Queen kills Sara Lance on Malcolm Merlyn's behest.
	+ Oliver ends their conversation by saying that he thinks the bolt of lightning chose Barry, and that he can be better and inspire people in a way he never could in a flash. Oliver then tells to take his own advice to wear a mask before shooting a grappling arrow to the top of a building, and the two part ways.
	+ Laurel Lance takes Sara's body to the team.
	+ Quentin Lance alerts Oliver to another archer in the city killing people, unaware about Sara.
* **October 9**
	+ After returning, Barry teams up with Cisco and Caitlin to catch Mardon, and Cisco gives Barry his first Flash suit.
	+ Barry Allen debuts as a superhero known as "The Flash".
	+ Joe and Eddie drives out to the farm where the Mardons was last at before gaining their powers.
	+ Mardon attacks Joe and Eddie, and knocking out the latter. The Flash saves Joe and Eddie from being crushed by a piece of the barn.
	+ In an attempt to stop Mardon, Barry runs around Mardon's tidalwave, only to thrusted backwards. Just as Barry doubts himself, Dr. Wells gives him a motivational speech.
	+ After the speech, Barry tries again and running around in opposite directions to split the tidalwave. After doing so, Barry succeeds in defeating his first villain.
	+ Moments later, Clyde Mardon is shot and killed by Joe to protect Barry, who was momentarily injured in his own attack.
	+ Oliver follows a lead and is able to identify the archer as Simon Lacroix.
	+ The team learns of Lacroix's next target and intercepts him. Laurel arrives, determined to avenge Sara's death. As Oliver attempts to dissuade her, Lacroix reveals that he was not in Starling City at the time of Sara's death.
	+ Team Arrow buries Sara; and Laurel decides not to tell Quentin that Sara is dead. Diggle reveals to Laurel that they are naming their daughter "Sara" in Sara Lance's memory.
	+ John Diggle decides to return to field duty again.
	+ Roy Harper reveals to Oliver that his sister, Thea Queen, left town when she learned he was working with The Arrow.
	+ In Corto Maltese, Thea is training with Malcolm Merlyn and has proven to be capable of defeating more than one henchmen in combat.
* **October 10**
	+ Felicity decides to work for Ray Palmer.
* **October 12**
	+ Barry Allen escorts Iris West to a university gathering honoring scientist Simon Stagg. When six gunmen storm the event, Barry saves a man before he could be killed, and chases gunmen and but fails when he faints.
	+ Barry begins using his abilities to stop minor crimes and help citizens across the city while starting to develop debilitating side effects.
	+ As Dr. Harrison Wells, Caitlin Snow and Cisco Ramon scramble to find out what is wrong with Barry, Joe comes down hard on Barry for taking the law into his own hands and risking his life.
	+ The S.T.A.R. Labs team determines that Barry becomes hypoglycemic from the use of his abilities due to a sped-up metabolism and needs to ingest more calories to maintain his energy level; 10,000 calories everyday.
	+ Barry realizes that it wasn't six gunmen but a meta-human named Danton Black, who can make multiple copies of himself.
	+ Iris becomes even more intrigued by the "Red Streak".
	+ Black intends to kill his former employer Simon Stagg, who stole Black's cloning research. With encouragement from Joe, Barry goes after Danton Black.
	+ The Flash successfully defeats Danton Black, and afterwards, Danton commits suicide by jumping out a window.
	+ Barry accepts Joe's help in the investigation of Nora Allen's murder.
	+ Harrison Wells visits Stagg, who has already become obsessed with The Flash and plans to exploit them as he did to Black. Wells (Eobard Thawne) kills renowned businessman Simon Stagg.
* **October 14**
	+ With no more leads in Sara Lance's murder, Oliver Queen focuses his attention on bringing Thea Queen home.
	+ Felicity Smoak is able to track her to Corto Maltese.
	+ Oliver Queen, John Diggle, and Roy Harper travels to Corto Maltese.
	+ Thea initially refuses to return.
	+ While he waits to convince her, Oliver assists Diggle on a mission for A.R.G.U.S. to ascertain the whereabouts of one of its agent, Mark Shaw.
	+ Shaw is revealed to have broken into the A.R.G.U.S. database and stolen information to sell on the black market.
	+ Trying to emulate Sara, Laurel Lance attempts to exact vengeance on an abusive boyfriend of a fellow AA member, but she is overpowered and ends up in the hospital.
* **October 15**
	+ Laurel seeks out boxer Ted Grant to train her to fight after Oliver's refusal.
	+ Using Felicity's help, Ray Palmer opens a file of details of advanced weaponry.
	+ Oliver and Diggle manage to stop Shaw, who convinces Diggle to tell Waller that he is dead.
	+ After a last minute plea, and Oliver revealing the truth about their father Robert's death, Thea agrees to return home, which Merlyn allows.
* **October 16**
	+ Oliver Queen, John Diggle, Roy Harper and Thea Queen returns home to Starling City.
	+ As the police investigate the murder of one of the city's crime families, Barry Allen suspects that the killer may be a meta-human who can control poison gases.
	+ As Barry and Joe work to discover the killer's identity, Dr. Wells and his team work to retrofit the particle accelerator into a prison for meta-humans where they can begin to find a way of reversing their mutations.
	+ Iris West and Eddie Thawne continues to hide their relationship from Joe.
	+ This brings up difficult feelings and memories for Caitlin Snow, whose fiancé, Ronnie Raymond, was seemingly killed by the explosion.
	+ The team identifies the killer as Kyle Nimbus, discovering that Nimbus does not control gases, but transforms his body into them.
	+ Barry Allen and the team begins to try to take down Kyle Nimbus aka the Mist.
	+ Team Flash learns that Joe West, the lead detective in the original case, is Nimbus' next target.
	+ Joe West decides to finally visit Henry Allen in jail after all these years, but things take a dangerous turn when Kyle shows up looking to punish Joe for arresting him years ago.
	+ Barry, as The Flash, races to Iron Heights Penitentiary to save Joe's life, forcing Nimbus to overexert himself so that he can apprehend him. The team locks Nimbus into a cell they have made inside the pipeline.
* **October 18**
	+ Nyssa al Ghul confronts Oliver and demands Sara's whereabouts. Oliver informs Nyssa that Sara was killed; and Nyssa reveals to Oliver that Malcolm Merlyn is alive and Sara was sent by the League to confirm his existence.
	+ After tracking Merlyn, Oliver Queen agrees to meet him in a public location, where Merlyn tells Oliver that he did not kill Sara, but only returned to Starling City to save Thea.
* **October 19**
	+ Dr. Wells begins testing Barry's powers by having him perform multiple tasks at superspeed. In the middle of the tests, a group of men attempts to hijack an armored truck carrying a diamond on its way to a museum.
	+ The Flash races over and stops a robbery but the culprits gets away after shooting a guard, and The Flash chooses to save the man instead of following the criminals.
	+ With the help of Joe West, Barry Allen identifies Leonard Snart as the leader of the group.
	+ While investigating the case, Barry gets a surprise visit from an old friend - Felicity Smoak, who heard about his new abilities and came to check them out for herself.
	+ Barry re-introduces Felicity Smoak to his friends at S.T.A.R. Labs as Caitlin, Cisco and Felicity partially knows each other.
	+ Realizing that The Flash, also known as the "Streak", is a man and not some kind of drone like the rest of his crew believe, Leonard Snart acquires a couple of items of stolen tech to help him continue without any powers. This includes a cryonic gun taken from S.T.A.R. Labs under the Starling City Siege.
	+ Dr. Wells is furious when he finds out that Cisco built the cold gun without telling anyone and now its missing.
	+ Iris is getting the silent treatment from Joe because of her relationship with Eddie.
	+ Nyssa kidnaps Thea in an attempt to draw out Malcolm Merlyn, known by the League as the "Magician"; but Oliver arrives to rescue Thea.
	+ Merlyn arrives shortly after to clear his name and insinuates to Nyssa that it was Ra's al Ghul who had Sara killed. Nyssa does not believe him; but Oliver does and vows to protect Merlyn for as long as he is in Starling City. Nyssa warns Oliver that he has made a serious enemy in the League before leaving and reporting back to Ra's al Ghul.
	+ Quentin Lance gets worried about Sara's status.
* **October 20**
	+ Snart begins surveilling the diamond at the museum, but is seen and is forced to use his cold gun to escape, killing an unarmed security guard at a theater.
	+ Cisco reveals that he created the gun as a fail-safe against Barry Allen should he become a villain like the other meta-humans they have encountered.
	+ Felicity helps the team locate Snart, who is now working on his own, when The Flash and Leonard Snart/Captain Cold has an epic confrontation, which is a trap set by Snart.
	+ Captain Cold, who is now a train, sabotages the train, forcing The Flash to choose to save them instead. After The Flash saved every civilian, Captain Cold overpowers The Flash, using the cold gun.
	+ Cisco, Caitlin and Felicity arrive in time to save Barry, and Snart is able to escape.
	+ Joe finally accepts Iris's relationship with Eddie Thawne.
	+ Dr. Wells demands Cisco not to build another fail-safe against Barry again.
	+ Barry Allen kisses Felicity Smoak goodbye.
* **October 24**
	+ Leonard Snart tracks down his former partner, Mick Rory, who has an affinity for fire, and offers him the other weapon he stole, the heat gun, and a place by Captain Cold's side taking back Central City from The Flash.
* **October 28**
	+ Bette Sans Souci, a meta-human with the ability to turn anything she touches into an explosive, appears in Central City. She is being hunted by General Wade Eiling, and is a former military explosives expert.
	+ Caitlin Snow, Iris West, Cisco Ramon, Barry Allen and Eddie Thawne are out drinking together. During the night, Barry tells Caitlin and Cisco that the shots of alcohol aren't affecting him like they do the others.
	+ A security guards finds out that Sans Souci has broken into the building. When Sans Souci is caught and confronted by the security guard, she inadvertently detonates a bomb before fleeing the scene, blowing up the entire floor, which a worker on a damaged scaffolding to fall to the ground.
	+ Iris looks on as The Flash rushes up the building and saves the man. She then sees The Flash as he looks back at him, but she doesn't recognizes him, due to Barry vibrating his head.
* **October 29**
	+ The Army, led by General Wade Eiling, takes over the bomber case which was assigned to Joe West and Eddie Thawne.
	+ The Flash finds and confronts Bette Sans Souci. The Flash convinces Sans Souci to trust him and try to help her.
* **October 30**
	+ Barry Allen brings Sans Souci to S.T.A.R. Labs where the team explains to her that she was changed by the particle accelerator, which bonded bomb shrapnel to her body on a cellular level; and they cannot reverse the process.
	+ Secretly, Dr. Wells convinces Bette to kill Eiling.
	+ The Flash races to stop her, and Eiling shoots her, who dies after mentioning Wells' name. Her body turns into a bomb.
	+ Barry speeds off with the body and drops it in the river to save the city from the massive explosion.
	+ Eiling visits Dr. Wells, demanding that they work together once again, this time to collect meta-humans. Wells refuses and warns Eiling to never return to S.T.A.R. Labs.
	+ Barry ends his friendship with Iris after she refuses his advice not to write about the "Streak".

#### November

* **November 4**
	+ Felicity Smoak's mother, Donna, shows up unannounced, and the two have a falling out over how different they are from each other.
	+ Thea Queen buys a house using the money inherited from Merlyn and convinces Oliver to stay with her.
	+ A cyber terrorist attacks Starling City, threatening to shut down all banks and set everyone on an even socioeconomic status.
* **November 5**
	+ Laurel Lance continues to train with Ted Grant, and reveals to him the real reason that she is learning to fight.
	+ While Oliver and Roy attempt to keep the peace on the streets, Felicity works to locate the virus. She quickly realizes that she designed the virus five years earlier, and that it is unstoppable.
	+ Felicity soon realizes that Donna was unknowingly sent by the cyber terrorist - who reveals himself to be Felicity's ex-boyfriend Cooper Seldon - who kidnaps them both.
	+ Using Donna as leverage, Cooper forces Felicity to divert a set of armored vehicles, carrying newly minted money, to their location.
	+ Felicity secretly uses the smart watch presented by Ray Palmer to Donna to also contact Oliver, who arrives as The Arrow with Arsenal and Diggle and stops Cooper and his team of mercenaries.
* **November 6**
	+ Felicity reconciles with Donna.
	+ Roy begins having nightmares that he was the one who killed Sara.
* **November 7**
	+ **Post-Flashpoint timeline**: John Diggle, Jr. is born to John Diggle, Sr. and Lyla Michaels in Starling City, Washington.
* **November 12**
	+ Barry speeds off to stop a car thief; but the thief's skin turns to steel and Barry breaks his hand while punching the criminal. He runs back to S.T.A.R. Labs before he can be hurt further.
* **November 13**
	+ The thief is identified as Tony Woodward, Barry's childhood bully.
	+ Back at S.T.A.R. Labs, Cisco determines that if Barry can hit Woodward with a specific velocity at right angle, then he can create enough force to compromise Woodward's metal structure.
	+ Joe continues investigating Nora Allen's murder and gets suspicious of Wells, who opened S.T.A.R. Labs one month after Nora's murder; but Wells states that he came to Central City because of his wife, Tess Morgan's death.
	+ Woodward kidnaps Iris and demands that she write about him.
	+ Barry, as The Flash, arrives and manages to temporarily disable Woodward's abilities.
	+ Afterwards, Woodward is locked away at S.T.A.R. Labs and finds out that Barry is The Flash. Iris also uses the name, The Flash, in her blog on the advice of Barry, who reconciles with her.
	+ Joe West, convinced that Dr. Wells is not involved, is visited by the mysterious second speedster, Reverse-Flash, who killed Nora Allen, steals the case files and threatening Iris's life if Joe does not drop his investigation.
* **November 15**
	+ Leonard Snart/Captain Cold is pulled from the timeline by Eobard Thawne/Reverse-Flash and joins the Legion of Doom to get the Spear of Destiny and avoid his death in the Vanishing Point. However, after the Legion was defeated by the Legends in November 1916, Snart is returned to this point in the timeline only mere moments after his departure by Mick Rory, who erases his memory to keep his future actions and his adventures with the Legends intact.
* **November 18**
	+ Jonathan Krantz is executed.
* **November 21**
	+ A murderer, Isaac Stanzler, begins taking out gang members; and when a body shows up in Ted Grant's gym, he becomes a suspect.
	+ Ted reveals to The Arrow that he was once a vigilante who retired after a drug dealer was beaten to death by accident.
	+ Ted reveals the murderer was his former protégé Isaac Stanzler, who was responsible for the death of the dealer, but is bested by Oliver before escaping.
	+ Isaac kidnaps Ted and Laurel Lance; but Oliver and his team are able to successfully stop him.
	+ Roy Harper tells Felicity Smoak about his dreams and later confesses to Oliver and Laurel.
	+ Using the technique learned from Tatsu Yamashiro, Oliver helps Roy access his memories to realize that he did not kill Sara; however, Roy discovers he did kill a cop while under the effects of Mirakuru.
	+ Ted Grant decides to continue training Laurel Lance.
	+ Isaac is confronted by the female archer calling herself "Cupid".
	+ Carrie Cutter/Cupid murders Isaac Stanzler and leaves his body dressed up as The Arrow.
* **November 22**
	+ Following a lead, Oliver Queen learns that Cupid is a former cop named Carrie Cutter who is obsessed with him as a result of her condition.
	+ Oliver struggles with how much time Felicity Smoak is spending with Ray Palmer; and the situation is made worse when he finds them kissing.
	+ Carrie uses a former confidential informant to track down Oliver's hideout, the Verdant, which is reopened by Thea Queen.
	+ Oliver lures Carrie away and rejects her romantic advancement before she tries to kill the both of them.
* **November 23**
	+ Ray Palmer rebrands Queen Consolidated into Palmer Technologies.
	+ The Arrow stops Cupid, which reinforces Carrie's delusion that he is in love with her.
	+ Subsequently, Oliver gives Cutter to A.R.G.U.S. as a new member of the Suicide Squad, gaining a favor from Amanda Waller.
* **November 25**
	+ Harrison Wells returns to his secret room, where he continues documenting Barry Allen's abilities and he dates it to be Day 349 since Barry was struck by lightning, and using his artificial intelligence, Gideon, to look at events in the future.
	+ Barry arrives at a crime scene where the victim was murdered via electrocution, and charred beyond recognition, suggesting a meta-human was involved.
	+ While investigating the victim's identity, the team identifies a power drain in the city. When Barry arrives as The Flash, he is attacked by Farooq Gibran, a meta-human who has the ability to siphon the electrical energy. The attack seemingly drains Barry of his speed, and Gideon reveals to Dr. Wells that there are currently no references to the Flash in the future of 2024.
	+ Dr. Wells realizes that Barry's problem is psychological.
	+ Gibran attacks S.T.A.R. Labs, causing a city-wide blackout and breaks into S.T.A.R. Labs, as William Tockman/Clock King takes siege of the CCPD.
	+ During CCPD siege, Tockman shoots Eddie Thawne close to the heart, critically wounding him.
	+ Harrison Wells heads down to the Pipeline and releases Tony Woodward on the condition that he kills Farooq Gibran, in which Woodward agrees to.
	+ Cisco turns on the spare generators. Caitlin jumpstarts Barry's speed into his system, but doesn't work.
	+ Woodward fights Gibran in the hallways, but ultimately Gibran kills Woodward in front of Barry and Caitlin.
	+ As Tockman is about to escape, he allows Iris to a moment with Eddie, who whispers to her to the gun from his ankle holster which she does, before Tockman makes his way up to the roof. Before reaching the roof, Iris stops and jams a gun in his head and he knocks as she shoots him in the leg. After Iris manages to stop him, she runs down to the lobby and radios in to Singh and tells him that its clear and to quickly come in and arrest Tockman, and soon after, Tockman is rearrested.
	+ Gibran attacks Team Flash, and Wells' life gets in danger, forcing Barry to mentally overcome his fear, re-connecting to the Speed Force, and Barry mentally connects to his speed, allowing Barry to kill Farooq Gibran using his speed.
* **November 26**
	+ In early hours of the morning, Barry heads to the CCPD and finds the precinct a crime scene, discovering Joe, Iris, and Eddie to be alive and well.
	+ Barry heads to the hospital to see Eddie and reveals to Joe that he regained his speed.
	+ Later, Dr. Wells learns that the timeline and future of 2024 is safe and remains intact.
	+ Dr. Wells then takes a sample of Gibran's blood to determine how he was able to drain Barry's abilities.
* **November 30**
	+ A killer, using boomerang blades named Digger Harkness, appears in Starling City.

#### December

* **December 2**
	+ Eddie Thawne proposes a task force to hunt down The Flash.
	+ A new meta-human, Roy G. Bivolo, shows up with the ability to send people into an uncontrollable rage, and uses his ability to rob a bank.
	+ Oliver Queen informs Barry Allen that he and his team are tracking a killer who uses lethal boomerangs.
	+ Barry and Oliver agree to team-up and catch each other's targets.
	+ Barry decides to go after Bivolo by himself.
	+ Bivolo uses his abilities on Barry; but because of Barry's powers it makes the effects last longer.
	+ Oliver tries to stop Barry, and the two engage in a fight until Dr. Wells and Joe use colored strobe light to reset Barry's emotional state.
	+ Afterwards, Barry and Oliver, as The Flash and The Arrow, captures Bivolo together and places him in the prison at S.T.A.R. Labs.
* **December 3**
	+ Eddie's task force is established after he was beaten by an enraged Flash under Bivolo's influence.
	+ Barry confirms Oliver's belief that he has a lot to learn. Oliver advises him to stay away from Iris, whom Barry is still in love with.
	+ Iris decides to end her support of The Flash.
	+ Oliver asks Barry's team at S.T.A.R. Labs, Team Flash, to keep his alter ego as The Arrow a secret, which they agree.
	+ A new meta-human, who can to manipulate fire, appears in Central City.
* **December 8**
	+ Tiffany Doggett dies of an overdose due to guilt for failing a GED test at Litchfield Maximum Penitentiary.
* **December 9**
	+ Oliver Queen and Roy Harper track down the home of Digger Harkness, the boomerang-wielding murderer, but they only find A.R.G.U.S. operatives looking for the same man.
	+ Caitlin Snow and Cisco Ramon arrive in Starling City to help Felicity Smoak investigate Sara Lance's death.
	+ Harkness attempts to kill Lyla; Roy Harper, Oliver Queen and Barry Allen arrive and stop him. Later, Lyla reveals Harkness was part of the Suicide Squad.
	+ Oliver's extreme interrogation methods lead Barry to question how emotionally stable Oliver is.
	+ Harkness traces Oliver's hideout, where he wounds Lyla before escaping.
	+ In order to leave town, Harkness plants 5 bombs around Starling City. While The Arrow captures Digger, The Flash uses both Team Flash and Team Arrow to defuse the bombs at the same time.
	+ Digger Harkness/Captain Boomerang is incarcerated on the A.R.G.U.S. prison with Slade Wilson.
	+ Lyla Michaels accepts John Diggle's marriage proposal.
	+ Before Barry and his team's departure, he and Oliver decide to have a friendly duel, with both getting an upper hand against one another at numerous times, but at the end of the friend duel, they are both evenly matched while also outmatching one another at their own speciality.
* **December 10**
	+ Joel Luschek is fired by Warden Tamika Ward, and as for the time Luschek takes responsibility, which causes Mendoza to be released on the original date.
* **December 12**
	+ Piper Chapman completes her parole and is officially stated as a free woman.
* **December 14**
	+ Tamika Ward is fired by Linda Ferguson because too many drugs, murders and attacks has occurred recently in Litchfield Max, which costs Tamika her job.
	+ Suzanne Warren tries to find ways to honor Tiffany Doggett's death and the presence in her life.
* **December 15**
	+ Gloria Mendoza is released from Litchfield Maximum Federal Penitentiary.
	+ Aleida Diaz punches her own daughter, Daya, in the throat and almost kills her. After that, both Aleida and Daya are sent to the SCU.
* **December 17**
	+ Alex Vause is transferred to Cleveland State Prison in Ohio.
* **December 20**
	+ Lucifer comes to see Aleida and Daya Diaz in Litchfield Max Federal Penitentiary, and he tells them that they are being released in January 2015, due to Lucifer's influence.
* **December 23**
	+ The League demands Oliver Queen to find and turn over Sara Lance's killer in 48 hours or they will begin murdering Starling City citizens, a mission led by Maseo Yamashiro.
	+ S.T.A.R. Labs sends Felicity Smoak the DNA results, which appears to be Oliver Queen's DNA.
	+ Realizing that she has been lying, The Arrow confronts Thea Queen, who demonstrates her fighting skill before escaping.
	+ Laurel Lance reveals Sara's death to her mother, Dinah, and convinces her not to tell Quentin Lance. Dinah asks her to avenge Sara's murder.
* **Deecember 24**
	+ Later, Malcolm Merlyn informs Oliver Queen that he drugged Thea and manipulated her into killing Sara and not remembering it.
	+ Merlyn filmed the event to use as leverage to force Oliver to take the blame and challenge Ra's al Ghul to a duel, which no one has dared in 67 years.
	+ Oliver challenges Ra's.
	+ Oliver Queen engages Ra's al Ghul, the leader of the League of Assassins, in a trial by combat, but is overpowered by Ra's who impales him and kicks him over the side of a cliff and Oliver is presumed dead for weeks.
	+ Barry and Joe are decorating a Christmas tree when Iris comes in with eggnog. While Joe takes call from the DA in the next room, Iris convinces Barry to exchange gifts early. Barry gives her a replica of her mother's wedding ring; she lost the original in the fifth grade, the gesture makes Iris happy as Eddie Thawne arrives.
	+ Later, Barry goes to S.T.A.R. Labs to give his new friends their gifts. Dr. Wells leaves abruptly during the festivities and Cisco reminds Barry it's now the anniversary of the explosion. Christmas was Wells' favorite holiday, but since the accident its now a bitter reminder of all he has lost.
	+ At Jitters, Eddie asks Iris if she believes Barry is in love with her. Iris denies it, despite the gift and allays his concerns. Eddie gives Iris a key to his apartment which she happily accepts.
	+ At the mall parking lot, Caitlin notices she is being watched from the shadows by a homeless man. Following the man when he tries to flee, she corners him and he sprouts flames from his hands and head. The meta-human, who is able manipulate fire, turns and reveals himself to be Ronnie Raymond. Shocked to see him she runs off allowing him to escape.
	+ Reverse-Flash, the yellow-suited speedster who killed Nora Allen, returns to Central City, in search of Mercury Labs' tachyon particle technology.
	+ At Mercury Labs, an unnamed physicist has successfully created the first tachyonic prototype. Suddenly, the Reverse-Flash speeds in and kills two guards. The physicist who created the invention witnesses the crime, and he and the Reverse-Flash come eye to eye for a split-second, before the speedster runs off while sprouting out red-colored lightning bolts.
	+ Later, Barry, Eddie and Joe investigate the scene. Eddie speaks with a surviving scientist who mentions a man in a yellow suit.
	+ In private, Barry notes to Joe only something moving at impossible speeds could have killed the guards. After hearing the scientists's description, Barry realizes it is the man who killed his mother. Joe is forced to admit the other meta-human has been in town for a few weeks; he didn't tell Barry because the man threatened to kill Iris.
* **December 25**
	+ The next day, Joe and Barry discuss the break in with Wells at S.T.A.R. Labs. Wells explains that Mercury Labs and S.T.A.R. Labs were rivals until the accident crippled S.T.A.R. Labs, after which Mercury Labs gained prominence in technology. Mercury Labs has been working on a project involving tachyon particles, and the three deduce this is the Man in the Yellow Suit's target. Barry suggest they use this fact to create a trap for him.
	+ Caitlin goes to Jitters to speak with Iris about her blog on the various meta-human sightings. She asks about the "burning man" story; a meta-human Iris has not really kept much track of. Iris promises to send her all the information she has and asks if Barry has been keeping secrets; noticing his strange behavior in the past weeks. Caitlin responds that she should talk to him if she is concerned.
	+ Wells and Barry talk with the head scientist of Mercury Labs at the police station; trying to obtain the tachyon experiment as bait. The scientist refuses; believing Wells is looking for an advantage in the market again.
	+ At S.T.A.R. Labs, Caitlin and Cisco work on the trap. Caitlin finally tells Cisco about Ronnie and that she needs help to find him again. Cisco believed she imagined it since Ronnie was vaporized in the explosion.
	+ Barry reviews his mother's case at his lab. He remembers the night of his mother's death.
	+ Iris breaks him out of his memory and they talk about her relationship with Eddie. Barry defends his bizarre behavior as shock at the speed of their relationship. He assures her he is happy that she is happy.
	+ After Iris leaves, Barry spots the Reverse-Flash watching him on the roof opposite to him. He chases the speedster, who finally stops in an alley. Barry demands answers for his mother's murder but the meta-human taunts him, says Barry will have to catch him first, and speeds off again.
	+ Barry battles the Reverse-Flash. Their chase winds throughout the maze of Central City's streets. The Reverse-Flash leads Barry to a stadium; the arena lights flare on as they arrive. Two speedsters begin fighting while racing throughout the stadium. Reverse-Flash taunts Barry; behaving as if they have met and battled before, while outmatching him with speed and superior fighting. Before leaving, he tells Barry it is his destiny to lose to him, just as it was also destiny for Barry's mother to die that night.
* **December 26**
	+ The next day, Barry relates what happened to Joe and Wells. Joe dismisses Reverse-Flash's claims as scare tactics in the heat of battle. Wells assures Barry the trap will hold but both voice their concern that Barry should stay out of the next stage of the plan; he is too close to this foe. Barry dismisses their concerns and heads off with Joe to get the tachyon device. Thanks to a bluff they are able to get it with little trouble. Overhearing some of their conversation, Eddie manages to get himself and his task force involved; believing it to be a chance to catch the Flash once and for all.
	+ Elsewhere, Cisco and Caitlin use a device to track Ronnie from where he was last seen. Cisco believes they should have told Wells and Barry but Caitlin says they must try this alone first. Cisco is warned that Ronnie is not like they remembered him, just as the device reacts to Ronnie's presence.
	+ Further down the hallway they find Ronnie hiding. Caitlin tries to coax him to come with them but he reacts with confusion and anger; claiming he isn't Ronnie, and warns them to stay away from him. He grabs Caitlin when she touches his burnt hands and whispers "Firestorm", before erupting into flame and running off from the pair.
	+ Back at S.T.A.R. Labs, the tachyon prototype is set in the heart of the trap. Barry is told by Wells and Joe again that he needs to back off and he reluctantly agrees.
	+ Down in the pipeline, Cisco finds a sobbing Caitlin and assures that because they know for certain Ronnie is alive, they can find him again. Caitlin is not certain she wants to find him, believing that unlike Bette and Barry, Ronnie has turned into a monster like the meta-humans they have locked up. She laments it might have been better if he had died in the explosion rather than becoming a meta-human. Cisco tries to console her as best he can.
	+ Barry goes to visit his father. Barry confesses to his father that he finally found the man who murdered Nora but he got away. Distraught, he tells his father it is now his fault that he is stuck behind bars. Henry tells him not to blame himself; that the murder has dominated Barry's life for fourteen years and he hasn't been able to truly lead his own life. Henry has also worked out Barry is in love with Iris but never told her. He tells his son not to let the killer take any more of his life from him.
	+ Barry returns home and talks to Iris. He confesses his feelings to her; admitting he never acted on them because he feared losing her like he did his parents. Iris remains silent; crying silently. Barry apologizes for upsetting her and leaves.
	+ At S.T.A.R. Labs, the group along with the task force wait for the Reverse-Flash. Cisco has been releasing pulses from the tachyon device to draw his attention. Surely enough, the speedster arrives and Cisco activates the trap; encasing him in a force field. Wells, Joe and the task force head down to inspect their captive while Caitlin and Cisco remain in the control room to keep the trap running.
	+ In the chamber, Joe attempts to interrogate the villain over Nora Allen's murder. The villain ignores him, but speaks to Wells; acting pleased they can meet face to face. The two trade barbs over knowledge of the other. When Wells points out they created the trap based on the villain's similar nature to The Flash he laughs; claiming he is quite the reverse of the hero.
	+ Cisco notes a fluctuation in the barrier and tries to warn Wells; just as the barrier drops for a second. The villain quickly grabs Wells; pulling him into the force field and proceeds to violently beat him. Joe has no option but to break the field generator to save Wells from the attack. Caitlin calls Barry for help and he speeds over.
	+ Reverse-Flash takes out the task force, flashes over to Eddie Thawne and stares into his frightened eyes but strangely spares him.
	+ The villain then speeds over to Joe and chokes him, reminding him that he was warned not to hunt him. Barry then comes in and takes the Reverse-Flash outside, flying out of the building in a tornado of red and yellow electricity, Caitlin and Cisco run outside to watch the fight.
	+ The fight is not going well for Barry as the Reverse-Flash continually beats on him. Before he can kill Barry, however, he is taken down by a stream of fire; it is Ronnie using his powers to stop the Reverse-Flash.
	+ With this turn of events, the Reverse-Flash tells Barry that "their race is not yet done" and that he will see him soon, he then speeds away.
	+ As Cisco runs over to help Barry up, Caitlin runs over to Ronnie who tells her to not look for him again He then ignites his flames and takes flight, soaring off into the sky while the three look up in awe, Barry is once again upset that the Man in Yellow escaped.
	+ Back at the station, a shocked Eddie wonders why he wasn't killed, but Joe can offer no answer. Joe is forced to admit the existence of meta-humans to Eddie. He swears Eddie to secrecy; that public knowledge of meta-humans would lead to a panic. Eddie agrees but asks if Joe knows who the Flash is. Joe simply responds he is the man who saved their lives tonight, secretly casting a glance at Barry.
	+ At S.T.A.R. Labs, Caitlin tends to Wells while Cisco wonders how the trap failed; apologizing for the danger they put their friend in. Wells assures them he is not upset about it; but he is annoyed they kept the fact Ronnie was alive from him. Caitlin covers for Cisco; she wanted a chance to bring him in herself, especially after seeing the state he was in. This defuses Wells' anger and he promises Caitlin he will help in whatever way he can to bring Ronnie home.
	+ Joe goes to see Barry in the police lab. Barry admits that the murder of his mother has kept him in the city for fourteen years. Joe admits that when he first brought Barry home he didn't know if he could handle him, but in a week Barry had brought light and life into his and Iris' lives. Joe does not want Barry to lose that light to fear.
	+ The two return home to find all of Barry's friends there, except for Wells. Joe admits he called everyone since Barry needed cheering up. Caitlin apologizes for Wells' absence, saying that he needed to recover from the beating. Barry congratulates Eddie and Iris moving in together but Iris does not meet his gaze.
	+ Cisco talks privately with Joe; during the brawl he noticed something that reminded him of Barry's account of Nora's murder: red and yellow lightning merging. Both realize there were two speedsters there that night, explaining how Barry ended up across the street. Iris calls them over and Joe puts the angel on the Christmas tree.
	+ At S.T.A.R. Labs, Dr. Wells enters his hidden chamber, unlocking it with a ring with The Flash insignia on it. Inside is the Blur's yellow suit. Dr. Wells attaches the stolen tachyon prototype to its chest. Smiling, he speaks in Reverse Flash's distorted voice, saying "Merry Christmas".
* **December 27**
	+ John Diggle and Roy Harper work to continue protecting Starling City in Oliver's absence as they have done over the three days.
	+ With The Arrow missing, a new crime lord named Danny "Brick" Brickwell plots to take over The Glades.
	+ After Thea Queen expresses concern over Oliver's absence, Malcolm Merlyn investigates the site of the duel and brings the bloodied sword back to the team, proclaiming Oliver's death.
	+ Diggle discovers Brickwell's plan, to secure all the evidence against street enforcers so they are released from jail and forced to join his crew, and heads to the police warehouse with Roy to stop him.
	+ Fearing for their lives, Felicity decides to trap the duo in the warehouse and let Brickwell escape.
* **December 28**
	+ Afterwards, Felicity Smoak proclaims the group non-existent without Oliver and quits both the group and helping Ray Palmer with A.T.O.M.
	+ Laurel Lance starts fighting Brickwell's operatives, donning an altered Canary costume.
	+ Merlyn advises Thea to leave Starling City with him.
	+ Maseo Yamashiro finds Oliver Queen's body and takes it to Tatsu, who restores Oliver to consciousness.