Bashir Malik

"*Scared yet? You will be.*"
—Psych[src]
**Bashir Adil "Bash" Malik**, nicknamed **Psych** by Cisco Ramon, is a resident of Central City and the host of the Sage Force.

## Biography

### Early life

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### One of four

Before causing chaos in Central City, Psych attacked the Speed Force, showing it its greatest fear, after Fuerza attacked it first, causing it to seek Team Flash's help.

When the Flash was recovering from his battle with Fuerza, he encountered a villain that created similar seismic activity to Fuerza. When the Flash arrived, the villain was manipulating two agents of Crows Security by having them see a monster eating civilians. The villain felt insulted by the Flash's attitude that he had bigger problems, so the villain had the Flash see himself attacked by Reverse-Flash and Savitar, allowing the villain to escape.

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Dubbed Psych by Cisco Ramon, the villain made the stock brokers believe that they had lost trillions of dollars, their worst fear. As Psych laughed, the Flash, Frost, and Mecha-Vibe arrived, all wearing mental inhibitors; Psych used his power nonetheless and the heroes were stuck in fear as they mentally saw nightmare scenarios. This time the Flash generated energy to fire a bolt; Psych absorbed the bolt and intensified its efforts against the Flash, allowing Psych to escape again.

After his multiple battles with Psych, Barry's fear was manipulated to the point where Barry couldn't fight back. Then, Cecile Horton used Clifford DeVoe's hoverchair to fight off Psych. That night, Psych decided that it wanted all of Central City to fear it so it made a bubble of fear; as this bubble grew, citizens had nightmares and screamed. Psych then disappeared after being hit by Cecile's psychic wave.

After returning from the past where he battled Deon Owens, Cisco realized that Psych was the host of the Sage Force. Meanwhile, the battle with Psych had adversely affected the Flash, causing him to retire to a healing chamber; the next day, the Speed Force hoped that Barry was feeling better.

### Meeting his "mother"

Psych stayed in the Allen house until Iris West-Allen, Allegra Garcia, and Kamilla Hwang arrived, looking for the Speed Force, because it had killed Alexa Rivera and wanted to kill the other Forces; Psych greeted Iris as his "mother", learned why she was there, and attacked Allegra and Kamilla by showing them their fears. Iris attempted to talk with Psych civilly, but he was not receptive. When Psych showed Iris her fear, Iris was able to resist and exit the dream state, impressing Psych as only she ever did that.

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Suddenly, Psych felt pain and began to fade from existence, giving the women time to flee.

Later, Psych reappeared.

### Attacking the League of Lions

Bashir learned to harness the power of the Sage Force to emit tentacles that could move objects, as well as the ability to move quickly if needed.

Psych went to three billionaires, who once were his friends in the League of Lions and scared them into a coma.

As Caleb Fairweather was practicing golf in his home-office, Psych appeared to him and scared him until he fell into a coma.

Later, Psych approached Naomi LaSalle as she was conversing with Team Citizen; Naomi screamed as Psych showed her her fears. Suddenly, Team Citizen disappeared, as the Flash whisked them to safety away from Psych. Annoyed by the Flash's presence, Psych manifested his energy tentacles and threw "his father" into a nearby police car before exiting.

Psych searched for Lucas Sharpe and found him on I-95, planning to leave the city. Psych stood in front of Lucas' path, causing Lucas to swerve his car to avoid hitting him. Psych rapped on the window as Lucas looked to see if he had hit Psych; Lucas exited the car and talked with his old friend, Bashir.

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Suddenly, Lucas is whisked away from Psych; the Flash arrives with Alexa Rivera and the two talk with him. The Flash tries to convince Bashir that the League of Lions, except Naomi, tried to help him, but Bashir did not know. Psych did not believe this information and attacked the Flash with the energy tentacles. Alexa transformed into Fuerza and joined the fight. Fuerza grabbed Bashir and made him listen to Barry who realized that most of his friends did care about him and did not abandon him. So he agreed to help Team Flash.

### Helping Team Flash

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Suddenly, Deon Owens and the Speed Force appeared; Barry Allen was frozen in time as the Speed Force hit the Bashir and the women with energy tendrils, causing the three to fall before teleporting away and leaving Barry distraught.

## Personality

"*I'm direct, sis.*"
—Bashir Malik to Alexa Rivera[src]

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## Powers and abilities

### Powers

* **Sage Force connection/Meta-human phisiology:** As a host to the Sage Force, Bashir is directly linked to it and draws all of his power from it.
	+ **Psionics:** By tapping into the Sage Force, Bashir can augment his mind, allowing to access a range of different psionic abilities.
		- **Telepathy:** Bashir is able to use his powers to read minds and talk to others like when he spoke to Alexa without iris hearing.
		- **Empathy:** Bashir is able to use his powers of empathy to make other individuals feel what he wants them to feel.
			* **Pathokinesis:** Bashir was able to manipulate the emotions of everyone in Central City.
		- **Fear inducement:** Bashir can manipulate the fears of other individuals including the members of Team Flash.
			* **Hallucination inducement:** Bashir could trap other individuals within hallucinations with their fears and could cause physical harm to those individuals if hurt inside a hallucination.
	+ **Bioluminescence:** Bashir's eyes change colour to glow purple when he uses his powers.
	+ **Illusion inducement**: Bashir is able to create realistic illusions. He primarily uses this in a defensive manner to avoid certain danger or escape.
	+ **Energy absorption:** Bashir absorbed the lightning thrown by the Flash, a power shared with Fuerza. This only works to a certain extent however, as he felt discomfort when the fully-repowered Speed Force showered him with lightning, but otherwise still unharmed.
	+ **Telekinesis:** Bashir could move objects with his mind, such as when he closed a door in the Allen house without using his hands.. He is also able generate tendrils of pure sage force energy for offensive attacks, as when he used them to knock Barry into a police car. As well as when he used them to lift Barry into the air and fight Fuerza.

### Weaknesses

* **Indomitable will:** As Bashir primarily uses fear to subdue other individuals' courage. Cecile Horton amplified Barry Allen's courage around Central City, causing him to disappear.
* **Geothermic isotopes:** Similar to Alexa Rivera and Deon Owens, Bashir gives off traces of geothermic isotopes, allowing him to be easily tracked.

## Equipment

* **Psych mask:** As Psych, Bashir wears a mask to hide his identity.

## Appearances

### *The Flash*

#### Season 7

* "Fear Me"
* "The One With The Nineties" (mentioned)
* "Growing Pains" (mentioned)
* "The People v. Killer Frost" (mentioned)
* "Timeless"
* "Family Matters, Part 1"
* "Family Matters, Part 2"

## Trivia

* Bashir's powers are similar to Gayle Marsh/Psi's.
* Bashir's glowing eyes (which are purple) do not match any of the lightning bolts released upon the Speed Force's rebirth (yellow; the Speed Force, blue; the Strength Force, green; the Still Force; meaning that his Sage Force energy should be red, as that's what manifested upon the birth of the Forces of Nature) however, it's possible his mask has lenses that obscure the true color of his glowing eyes.
	+ Despite this, Bashir has been able to manifest purple energy in other ways aside from his glowing eyes; such as when he produces energy "tentacles" to grab things.
* Bashir may have the power to create a psychic projection of himself or can disperse himself as a form of teleportation, given he faded away (as opposed to running or obviously teleporting) after getting a blast of courage from Cecile.
* The symbol on Bashir's mask is the symbol of the Sage Force in the DC comics.

## Behind the scenes

* In the DC comics, Psych is a Zandian spy and user of the Sage Force. He debuted in *The Flash* #61 (March, 2019).

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 "Fear Me"
2. ↑ "The One With The Nineties"
3. ↑ "Growing Pains"
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Timeless"
5. ↑ "The People v. Killer Frost"
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Family Matters, Part 1"
7. ↑ Family matters part 2